Tuesday, December 14, 2004

   Judged.
Comments on commentary-

Sen- No problem with being a dork with a dorky haircut.

Shinfaru- When you were younger eh? Getting old, Shin? lol. =P

Erin- That book rocks. Hurray for people who read Catch-22.

Mr. Fett- Crimson Spider? I was kinda surprised to see him too. Not pleasantly surprised either, lol. Was expecting the thread about toleration of homosexuality to pop up though.. it was about due for something like that to be created.

Aye de Eff- Thanks. Sometimes I get the feeling that people find me to be that dark, morbid person who is apathetic about death. I might be somewhere near that but.. not quite. ;) "Suburbia: The place Ken wants to escape from."

Lea- Yeah! ATDI rocks.

Over and over a slave.

I've mentioned this thread before, but I have a different tangent to go off on. I matched wits with Drix D'Zanth quite enjoyably, I learned some things and he hopefully learned some things- but, I'm amused at the common behavior disccusions follow on OB now. It seems like nothing in OL can be discussed anymore with one or both of the people degenerating into childish attempts at wit, lol. You'll note that when I have nothing further to say about a certain subject, I don't say anything- I respect the other person. That seems to be dying on OB- everyone is inflexible in their opinion, stagnating in neutral. He is five years my senior and I seemed to be slightly more mature than he was- that is rather amazing to me. Intellectual thought you learn with age- a 30 year old is supposed to know more than you do in wisdom and in intellect. I wasn't surprised that he was able to match wits with me- he is 21, I am 16. He is supposed to be my senior in all respects. I was taken aback that, while I was doing my uptmost to us rational thought, he seemed to degenerate into this pseudo-wit babble. I decided to review the thread over to see how often this was occurring between people. No one was really being respectful to the other person- maybe I'm just old fashioned, sit down and have a nice discussion but that's ridiculous. You have people with high IQ's acting like 10 year olds talking about a movie that one thinks sucks and the other thinks is good.

"Does not suck!"

"Does too suck!"

"Does not suck, you weenie head!"

"O.O! Does too suck, you mudeater!"

"Snotnose!"

"Buttsniffer!"

That is exactly how it appears to me, lol. I'm not too exposed to social dialogue- but do intellectuals IRL do this? If so, I'm going to be embarrassed because all it does to me is cause a grin on my face. I hate to just be standing there grinning at people trying to burn me, but I have no qualms at being proven wrong, lol. Life is supposed to be a learning experience- you aren't supposed to know everything at age 16, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 or even 80. You learn until you die, in other words. Learning means that your previous thought will probably be overridden for the "facts" as presented to you, until those "Facts" are replaced by newer, more truthful ones.

I'm not the smartest person on OB, but I'm starting to get the belief I might be the wisest, lol. Surely someone, somewhere agrees with me that all of that extra pseudo-wit is unnecessary to the flow of knowledge and discussion. All it does is attempt to prod the person into folding and degenerating into the same sort of pseudo-wit. It's like a bane on what could be a really good thread.. kinda sad, really. Oh well. Remember folks- you can always be wrong, but that means you get a chance to learn what's right. Being proven wrong just means next time, you'll be the one who is right. Learning is a process, it never stops- you never know all, you never have seen all. Sometimes you're the teacher, sometimes you're the student- and sometimes, you are the sage.

It doesn't matter if you are the student, that means you are getting the chance to learn to be the teacher. It's to your benefit no matter where you are in the process.

Slow hands.

I wrote the first RPG sign up rough draft I have written in a year and a half it feels like. Read it, if you would.

[b]August 13th, 1642[/b].

Tired, sore and getting near broke you slump down into the chair, letting out a brief sigh. Here you are, in Port Royale- you left the graceful, serene beauty of your European home to seek the glory, riches and wonder of the New World but have only gotten yourself some sea sickness thusfar. You take a glance around at the people in the tavern with you- some of them you recognize from the ship, all of them wearing the same worn-out look that you do. The captain of the guard is flirting with the prettiest barmaid he can find, the bartender is sharing some information with a shady looking character- people are drinking, laughing and living it up to the best of their ability. A few young lads are sitting restlessly, waiting for that potential captain to waltz in and invite them to join his crew- it's just as you imagined.

As your eyes trace around the room, they lock onto a pair of eyes that are staring right back at you- the man peers at you with the uptmost of curiosity, measuring you up somehow. His eyes bore into your head, making you feel very uneasy- you look away and ignore him, ordering the cheapest drink to ration the precious amounts of money you have. Sipping it, you steal a glance back to where the man was- and find that he has disappeared silently from his spot. Feeling somewhat relieved, you join in the festive atmosphere- this is beginning of your adventure, here in the Caribbean Sea.

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[b]August 14th, 1642.[/b]

The next morning, feeling a bit 'dazed' from your celebration, you start to look for work- there are many opportunities in and around Port Royale, but you know only a few of them have the potential to lead you to glory. Amongst the scattered jobs you could take is a once and a life time offer- from behind you you hear someone yell "[b]CREW WANTED FOR PIRATE HUNTING EXPEDITION TO KILL THE MOST FEARED PIRATE OF THE SEA[/b]". You take an interest in the this- the most feared pirate of the sea.. and you could be apart of the crew to kill or capture him. That sounds as good a start as any to your goal of riches/fame/glory. Hunting around for a bit, you finally find, inside the tavern, a small crowd gathered around a single table- a smart-looking man sits there holding a stack of sign-up sheets. He hands them out to everyone that wants one, including yourself.

"Just fill out the required items. We are not too picky about who joins up- just as long as you are willing to work hard for the Captain. Are you willing?"

You nod in reply and he nods back, letting you get to signing up. You sit down at the nearest table and glance over the sheet- trying to hide your excitement, you start to fill out the required information.

~By the order of Port Royale's Governor, Governor Bartnett, we hereby declare an official pirate hunting expedition to take place aboard the 5th rate Frigate HMS Hunter on the date of August the 17th in the year 1642. All who wish to join on this expedition must be able bodied, willing to work and not afraid of death.

We will be seeking out the infamous pirate, Captain [u]Julian Kidd[/u]. Wanted for: [i]Pirating, extortion, smuggling, kidnapping, murder, manslaughter, destruction of His majesties' property, scandalous conduct with Governor Bartnett's daughter, the seizure and illegal sale of the- Sloop-Of-War HMS Greencoat; Royal Sloop HMS Hillshire; 5th Rate Frigate HMS Blunt; Merchantman HMS Answorth; Merchantman HMS Yorktown; 6th Rate Frigate HMS Scorpian; Gun-Brig HMS..[/i] [the list continues for quite a ways, so you skip the rest of it, somewhat in awe of this 'Julian Kidd'].

[b]Real Name[/b]:
[b]Date of Birth[/b]:
[b]Gender[/b]:
[b]Past Employment[/b]:
[b]Tasks You Are Proficient At[/b]:
[b]Personal Armaments[/b]:
[b]Other[/b]:


(*Date of Birth= age or supposed age. *Past Employment= bio. *Tasks you are proficient at.. what are you good at? Bandaging up wounds? Cannon gunnery? Swordplay? Navigation? Cooking? Keep it in context with the time frame. *Personal Armaments- what kind of sword do you use? Do you have some of those new-fangled one shot pistols? Do you use armaments at all? Other- put your personality here if you want, or whatever you want there.)

What do you think? I have a basic plot outlined in my head.. but I don't know if people really would go for a Pirate RP, lol. I will prolly add some footnotes so people know what the ships are, what the grades mean, etc.. maybe get a map of 1640's Caribbean Sea from somewhere.

Arr. ;)

Dead or dreaming.

Just a shot in the dark, but does anybody here know if strawberries grow extensively in the Black Forest area of Germany? That would be the province of Stuttgart, I believe- the Black Forest is in that south-west most province.

Just a random inquiry.

Know thyself.

People take things personally from me, lol. "Why do you not care if you come off as an ass?" "Why do you care if I come off as an ass?" Over my short existence I've come to find that a great many people make it a personal goal of theirs to misunderstand you and to go off on tangents due to their misunderstandings. They will claim you are x or you are y or you are z. They are sure you are x or y or z and wonder why you have to be such an x to them or had to be like y at the time or say a z-ish thing- well, what are you to do? If Z, X and Y are apart of your soul, what are you to do? What's a man to do? Filter and mute himself just to coexist with people? Half live just to gain the company of a few people who don't enjoy his nature? I don't think so, lol. I'm usually a very nice person, but I say some quirky things people take wrong- or, sometimes, I'm just downright controversial. Well, if someone is too vocal about it.. Dr. Suess said something I heard awhile ago that I have lived by since.

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Suess

Respect is one thing. Lying to someone just because they don't accept you for who you are is another.

Bloodshed.

Hmm. Situation with a friend of mine. Something about non-consensual sex while she was 'passed out' and her being late for her period.

I smell trouble and I don't like it.

I'll catch you later. I need to see what this is all about.
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