Tyler

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:39:39 GMT

This creation was born mostly of boredom, silliness, listening to Game of Throne audiobooks all day long, and LOL'ing over Tini's many creations using the same web page to edit photos. Oh, the possibilities....

Behold, Tywin Lannister

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:10:35 GMT

First of all, I want to thank everyone who came to help Kristin and me move yesterday. It went super fast and was really easy thanks to all of you that came out. We really couldn't have done it without you, and even the pizza and beer couldn't have been enough to let you all know how appreciative we were for your help.

And for all interested parties, Kristin and I were wondering who would be interested in having Wednesgiving at our new place. Please let us know sooner rather than later if this works (or does not work) for you. t'anks :3

The move is going well, I have most of my books unpacked and I clearly have my computer set up (the most important thing). The kitchen is mostly done, and so is the bedroom. The downstairs room...well...not so much.

Mentally, the move is...going okay. I had some rough spots today when I had to drive back to my parents' house to pick up a few more things and also to drop the suburban back off. Seeing my room mostly empty except for old marching band and bowling (yes, bowling) trophies and my bed, and a few things hung up on my walls (a poster, some old OM awards) really affected me.

I didn't know moving out was going to be this hard.

It was tough to look around the room or even the entire house. Twenty years of memories was a lot of weight to bear. I'd never sleep in my old bed again. I'd never be in that room up until 4, 5, 6am at my desk playing WoW or Mass Effect, Bioshock, or any countless number of games I'd played long past my bedtime. I'd never again sit on the floor of that room, reading a Wheel of Time or Star Wars book when I should instead have been studying for Stats or Bio. I'd never paint another warhammer mini in that room. Or plan a Dark Heresy session. Or write out an army list. Nerdy, inconsequential things, but I have a lot of fond memories of the place.

Even driving through Leesburg was interesting. I'm not going to be driving past my high school every day going to or from work; I'd always get a feeling of pride when I'd see the marching band rehersing outside after school. In fact, I'm not going to pass any of the many landmarks on my way home from work again because, well, it's not my home anymore. And that's tougher to deal with than I would have thought.

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:58:33 GMT

YESYESYESYESYES!!!!! CAPSLOCKOMG, WE GOT THE HOUSE!!!

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:29:25 GMT

If you haven't done so already, please be sure to wish Kristin a very happy 24th Birthday today =)

Happy Birthday to the most amazing and beautiful girl in the 'verse. I love you, Kristin

<3

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:14:40 GMT

Aaaah, yes. Words. These Words are courtesy of classic1st .

1) Maw-ney - also occasionally "Mol-ney," is a commonly heard word on the morning show on 106.7fm, The Junkies. It is reserved for something that is awesome. Most often used by my boy, Money Metal Cakes, the 2nd best Junkie, 2nd only to Lurch

2) Silly - another Junkies term, it is usually used for an attractive woman, or a superior or superlative example of something.

3) Odin - the Norse God to whom I try to align myself. Typically known as the god of war, he is also the god of wisdom and the leader of the Aesir. I try to embody wisdom and leadership and look to Odin on a regular basis for courage, inspiration, and even friendship.

4) Negaverse - ugh. Although I know (unfortunately) that this is a Sailor Moon reference, I have not, and will not watch Sailor Moon. Instead, this comes from a LARP in which I play a character named Osric. He's a tad bit cursed and is marked w/ a symbol on his forehead. Apparently this symbol reminded people of this Sailor Moon shenanigans and since it has stuck. Upon further research, it seems that Negaverse is also a reference to Darkwing Duck, which is cooler than Sailor Moon, but not by much.

5) Ruiner of Beers - my nickname given to me due to my dastardly maneouver when around other beer drinkers. If you don't know, then listen well. If you and a friend are drinking beers in glass bottles, and you wish to be a dick (or rather, test the manliness of your friends), you tap the top of your friend's (soon to be your enemy's) beer with the bottom of your beer bottle. Be sure to come down on top of your friend's beer bottle in a straight, downward motion, so that the bottom of your beer bottle comes into contact directly overtop of the mouth of your friend's beer. This will cause the beer to overflow and foam up and out of the bottle's mouth. If your friend (who is now questioning why he ever befriended you) is a bitch, he will look on in shock and awe as his beer spills over his hand and onto the floor, which is an aggregious drinking faux pas (see also: "Party Foul" or "Alcohol Abuse"). If, however, your friend is a true man, he will immediately cover the mouth of his beer bottle with his mouth and with every ounce of his manliness, he will attempt to prevent the escape of any beer and drink the beer foam as fast as humanly possible.

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:49:43 GMT

and i JIZZED IN MY PANTS.
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Thu, 21 May 2009 03:03:08 GMT

I'm ruining the internet again by not putting my picture behind a cut.

But I'm too excited at finally getting that damn sword to care. =P

Mon, 04 May 2009 21:01:52 GMT

Coheed and Cambria is going to open for Heaven & Hell (Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Vinnie Appice) AUGUST 23, 2009 at Marriweather Post Pavillion in Baltimore, MD.

Tickets go on sale 6/5. Who is with me?

I mean, Coheed and Cambria with basically Black Sabbath? The only thing better than this is if Coheed and Cambria opened for Led Zeppelin.

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:23:18 GMT

Bitches best not steal my eggs....

For Tini

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:44:59 GMT

more fun than it should be...

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:29:51 GMT

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1 - Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to "Random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use photoshop MSPaint to put it all together.

They'd only sell this album in Starbucks.

20 things that start with T

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:40:47 GMT

1. What is your name: Tyler
2. A four Letter Word: Trip
3. A boy's Name: Thomas
4. A girl's Name: Taylor
5. An occupation: Travel Agent
6. A color: Turquoise
7. Something you wear: Trousers
9. A food: Tiramisu (for Kevin)
10. Something found in the bathroom: Toilet paper
11. A place: Tijuana
12. A reason for being late: Traffic
13. Something you shout: Trifling! (for Blake)
14. A movie title: Terminator 2: Judgement Day
15. Something you drink: Tequila (for Audrey)
16. A musical group: TI (for Tini)
17. An animal: Tiger
18. A street name: Thomas Jefferson St NW (Washington, DC)
19. A type of car: Toyota
20. Name of a song: Thank You (Led Zeppelin) (for Kristin <3)

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:05:45 GMT

oneofusoneofusoneofus...

1) Adeptus Astartes/Space Marine (Warhammer 40k). My super ambitious project. It's been started, however, that doesn't necessarily mean it'll ever get done.

2) Count D (Pet Shop of Horrors)

3) Android 17 (DBZ). I don't care much for DBZ, but if Kristin does Android 18 and others do DBZ stuff, that'd be a lot of fun. Oh, and it looks retardedly easy.

4) Cid Highwind (FF7)

5) If Blake ever decides to do Kirk Lazarus

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:32:51 GMT

Fire Prism progress post

The ~~right~~ left one has the beginning of highlighting.

Another side by side where the ~~right~~ left has the first bits of highlighting.

Completely highlighted. Thanks to Rush for giving me the hint, it looks much much better now than it did before.

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:24:14 GMT

stolen from my love =P

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicise those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. The Bible
7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare
15. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20. Middlemarch - George Eliot
21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34. Emma - Jane Austen
35. Persuasion - Jane Austen
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41. Animal Farm - George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50. Atonement - Ian McEwan
51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52. Dune - Frank Herbert
53. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding
69. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72. Dracula - Bram Stoker
73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75. Ulysses - James Joyce
76. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78. Germinal - Emile Zola
79. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80. Possession - AS Byatt
81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87. Charlotte's Web - EB White
88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90. The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94. Watership Down - Richard Adams
95. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

DaVinci Code should not be on this list. The Godfather should.

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:34:40 GMT

Apparently Keanu Reeves is considering starring in a Cowboy Bebop live action film. I generally don't get worried about the destruction of franchises that I love, but this is not good news.

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:05:16 GMT

They turned out better than expected.

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:37:03 GMT

Well, the Dragon Ball: Evolution trailer has been posted on FilePlanet and of course YouTube now. I never saw the tv show or read the manga, and I rolled my eyes when I heard they were doing a live action movie, but it looks like it could me mildly entertaining. Goku looks like Johnny Knoxville, though, which made me laugh.

I've tried multiple times to add a link for the youtube video, but it doesn't seem to be working. Look up Dragon Ball: Evolution on YouTube and you should be able to find it, or just download the thing from FilePlanet.

Saturday Night Live - 'Twas the Night Monologue

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:47:15 GMT

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:07:51 GMT

Eldar Farseer. Not too shabby for not painting in a while, though I'm not very happy w/ the gold lining.

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:41:40 GMT

Everybody is posting Christmas lists...

I'm posting an army list.

I win.

1500 Pts - Eldar Roster - Unnamed

HQ: Farseer (1#, 120 Pts)
   1 Farseer @ 120 Pts
      Psyker; Doom ; Guide ; Fleet; Ghost Helm (GH); Rune Armour (RAmr); Spirit Stones (P:SpStn); Shuriken Pistol (Sp); Witchblade (WB)

Troops: Dire Avengers (11#, 267 Pts)
   9 Dire Avengers @ 267 Pts
      Fleet; Avenger S-Catapult (ASC)
      1 Dire Avenger Exarch @ [44] Pts
         Fleet; Bladestorm (BS); 2 Avenger SC
      1 Wave Serpent @ [115] Pts
         Energy Field (Wave Serpent); TL Shuriken Catapult (TL-Scat); TL Scatter Laser(TL-SctL)

Troops: Dire Avengers (11#, 267 Pts)
   9 Dire Avengers @ 267 Pts
      Fleet; Avenger S-Catapult (ASC)
      1 Dire Avenger Exarch @ [44] Pts
         Fleet; Bladestorm (BS); 2 Avenger SC
      1 Wave Serpent @ [115] Pts
         Energy Field (Wave Serpent); TL Shuriken Catapult (TL-Scat); TL Scatter Laser(TL-SctL)

Troops: Guardian Jetbike Squadron (6#, 152 Pts)
   6 Guardian Jetbike Squadron @ 152 Pts
      Unit Type: Jetbike Infantry; Turbo-boosters; Eldar Jetbike (EJB); Shuriken Cannon (SCan) (x2); TL Shuriken Catapult (TL-Scat) (x4)

Troops: Pathfinders (Rangers) (5#, 120 Pts)
   5 Pathfinders (Rangers) @ 120 Pts
      Fleet; Infiltrate; Move Through Cover; Stealth; Ignore Difficult Terrain; Pathfinder Stealth; Scouts; Pathfinders; Shuriken Pistol (Sp) (x5); Ranger Long Rifle (RLRifle)

Heavy Support: Fire Prism (1#, 150 Pts)
   1 Fire Prism @ 150 Pts
      Holo-Field (Vehicle) (H-F); TL Shuriken Catapult (TL-Scat); Prism Cannon (PC)

Heavy Support: Fire Prism (1#, 150 Pts)
   1 Fire Prism @ 150 Pts
      Holo-Field (Vehicle) (H-F); TL Shuriken Catapult (TL-Scat); Prism Cannon (PC)

Elite: Fire Dragons (7#, 251 Pts)
   5 Fire Dragons @ 251 Pts
      Fleet; Fusion Gun (Fg); Melta Bombs
      1 Fire Dragon Exarch @ [56] Pts
         Fleet; Tank Hunters; Crack Shot (CS); Firepike; Melta Bombs
      1 Wave Serpent @ [115] Pts
         Energy Field (Wave Serpent); TL Shuriken Catapult (TL-Scat); TL Scatter Laser(TL-SctL)

Total Roster Cost: 1477

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23 points short, so not sure what to do with that. But this army should be EXTREMELY fast and very very shooty. No hand to hand to speak of, which is kind of concerning, but the overall theme is just to fly in, shoot the enemy into oblivion, and then get out before anybody really knows what hit them. I sort of have the image in mind of Hueys chopping in and Flight of the Valkyries blaring in the background....

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:37:52 GMT

These will most likely be reposted by Kristin when she gets around to sifting through all the pics she took, but she was nice enough to send me these. Oh LARPing.... <3 you Kristin!

The three Wolyar standing in a circle, looking balla.

Osric, Luthien, and Andvari (from left to right) ready to take on anybody

The tanks from another angle.

Sel'khet (kneeling), the lovely Cardea, and Bijou ready to DPS you into oblivion

Added by request =P

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT

1500 Pts - Eldar Roster - Unnamed

HQ: Farseer (1#, 120 Pts)
   1 Farseer @ 120 Pts
      Psyker; Doom ; Guide ; Fleet; Ghost Helm; Rune Armour; Spirit Stones; Shuriken Pistol; Witchblade

Troops: Dire Avengers (11#, 267 Pts)
   9 Dire Avengers @ 267 Pts
      Fleet; Avenger S-Catapult
      1 Dire Avenger Exarch @ [44] Pts
         Fleet; Bladestorm; 2 Avenger SC
      1 Wave Serpent @ [115] Pts
         Energy Field; TL Shuriken Catapult; TL Scatter Laser

Troops: Dire Avengers (11#, 267 Pts)
   9 Dire Avengers @ 267 Pts
      1 Dire Avenger Exarch @ [44] Pts
         Fleet; Bladestorm; 2 Avenger SC
      1 Wave Serpent @ [115] Pts
         Energy Field; TL Shuriken Catapult; TL Scatter Laser

Troops: Guardian Squad (10#, 100 Pts)
      10 G Defender Squad @ [100] Pts
         1 Weapon Platform @ [20] Pts
            Missile Launcher

Troops: Guardian Squad (10#, 100 Pts)
      10 G Defender Squad @ [100] Pts
         1 Weapon Platform @ [20] Pts
            Missile Launcher

Troops: Pathfinders (Rangers) (5#, 120 Pts)
   5 Pathfinders (Rangers) @ 120 Pts
      Fleet; Infiltrate; Move Through Cover; Stealth; Ignore Difficult Terrain; Pathfinder Stealth; Scouts; Pathfinders; Ranger Long Rifle

Troops: Guardian Jetbike Squadron (6#, 152 Pts)
   6 Guardian Jetbike Squadron @ 152 Pts
      Unit Type: Jetbike Infantry; Turbo-boosters; Eldar Jetbike; Shuriken Cannon; TL Shuriken Catapult

Elite: Howling Banshees (9#, 176 Pts)
   8 Howling Banshees @ 176 Pts
      Fleet; Banshee Mask; Power Weapon; Shuriken Pistol
      1 Howling Banshee Exarch @ [48] Pts
         Fleet; War Shout; Acrobatic; Banshee Mask; Shuriken Pistol; Executioner

Heavy Support: Falcon (1#, 190 Pts)
   1 Falcon @ 190 Pts
      Holo-Field; Spirit Stone; Bright Lance; TL Shuriken Catapult; Pulse Laser

Total Roster Cost: 1492

Well....that's what I'm planning on working with here in the near future...Rush, you're probably the only one on my friends list who knows what the hell any of that means, so any advice would be great =P

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:55:40 GMT

Election day drinking game!

What you need: Friends (unless you're an alcoholic), a TV, maps of the United States, red and blue crayons/colored pencils, drinks of your choice

What you do: Everybody colors in each of the 50 states with the color they believe that state is going to vote (red for republicans, blue for democrats). As the results come in, for every state you colored in wrong, you take a shot/drink. Call in sick the next morning.

Dark Heresy

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:39:41 GMT

I love this RPG (and the warhammer 40k universe) too much to not try and play it again in some form or fashion. I'm considering bringing my old campaign back as a play by post. Rush, Mike, anybody else, does this sound remotely possible and would anybody be interested?