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Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
12:40 pm - If you are not reading this from my friends list...
...chances are you got here from my hyperlink on Cities. Yes, that's right, I killed Sir Tim. Before doing any quests. Or getting knighted. Or anything.

But I didn't do it by myself, of course.

All praise be to macksting for giving me Cruel Blades, Earth Knives, and copious numbers of clean bandages.
All praise be to Sheyona for wandering over to where I was, healing me numerous times, and giving me readings on his health.

And to whoever snuck up and turned him into an Air creature...

THANK YOU!

If you're not here from the hyperlink, do go try out Cities. It's loads of fun and the people are nice.

I have over 9000xp from fighting Sir Tim. I think I'll go visit the King now.
5 sides makes you smaller... Drink me!
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
10:04 pm - Thoughts that make you sit up and yell "Oh, God!"
I just realized...

...all harem anime is based off of King Lear.
Drink me!
Monday, May 5th, 2008
7:11 pm
It is now excruciatingly painful to bend or unbend my right leg. I hobbled while I made lunch, hobbled while I made dinner, and haven't done a whole lot else today.

I hope the mystery pain gets better soon.
1 side makes you smaller... Drink me!
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
2:46 am
Drag queens are hot.

...

Questions? Comments?
2 sides makes you smaller... Drink me!
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
1:38 am - Semi-Final Brunch Menu, please repost under filk filter, original will remain here
Okay, question time!


  • Can you get enough food that you like and can eat from this menu?

  • Is there something that got trimmed from the list that you're heartbroken about?

  • If you're having an omelette or crepe, is there some utterly delicious filling that I have neglected to have?

  • What kind of healthy cold cereal?

  • dan_ad_nauseam, will you get enough protein from this menu? If not, what should I add?

  • If you are planning to eat sweet crepes, is there anyone who needs theirs unbrandied? I'll be setting the brandy on fire.

  • If you need unbrandied crepes, I'm assuming you want fruit sauce. Do you want powdered sugar? Whipped cream?

  • Clams...innocent bivalve or deadly threat?


The Menu

Code: D=Dairy E=Egg M=Meat Mm=Mammal

Hot foods
Sweet Crepes (guest cottage) D,E
Gluten Free Pancakes or Gluten Free Hot Cereal, probably one for Saturday and one for Sunday (main house)
Omelettes (guest cottage) E
Bacon (main house) MMm
Sausage (main house) MMm
Pesto potatoes (guest cottage)
Hash browns (main house)

Cold Foods
Fruit
Cocoa Puffs
Healthy cold cereal

Beverages
Tea (Ceylon or Assam, English Breakfast, Mint)
Coffee
Orange Juice
Rice Milk
Almond Milk (soy milk freaks me out, man)
Milk D

Crepe fruit options:
Strawberry
Marionberry

Omelette options:
Cheddar
Red Bell Peppers
Mushrooms
Onions
Bacon
Olives

Finally, in order to provide this kind of bounty I'm going to need MINIONS to help out with Saturday and/or Sunday breakfast, following simple cooking instructions and being my eyes and ears in the main house while I work with crepes, omelettes, pesto potatoes and coffee in the Strawberry Quarantine Zone. Locals?

Now, you may ask, why should I be The Pooka's Breakfast Minion? Well, I'll tell you.


  1. Looks great on a resume!

  2. You'll be helping the filk community! Or at least the ones who could make it to Eugene in May.

  3. Adoring fans!

  4. I will be your bestest friend!

  5. You will recieve a fabulous, hand-decorated, one-of-a-kind commemorative hat!


Contact The Pooka at weirdfish 13 at yahoo dot com for further details. Offer cannot be exchanged for cash value. Void where prohibited.
4 sides makes you smaller... Drink me!
Friday, April 11th, 2008
3:37 pm
Just trimmed the friends list. If you're reading on your friends page you're still on, just got rid of some artists and musicians who hadn't friended me back and weren't posting about art. Also got rid of mookraker, because he also hadn't friended me.
1 side makes you smaller... Drink me!
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
12:26 am - Confidential to admnaismith


That's all.
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
1:31 pm - Blaaaaah...suck
Second Life requires that you install it from the administrator account. My home network admin has forgotten the administrator password on my computer, which he didn't want to give me because he didn't think I could be trusted with the big scary permissions. Now, SL has a required update. I cannot play SL without it.

He's going to have to reinstall windows on my computer to fix this. It's going to take *hours*.

Blaaaaaah.
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
10:21 pm
Hey look! Random question generator meme!

1. Who would you rather get stuck in handcuffs with, [info]fatalfille or [info]admnaismith?

admnaismith: Occam's Razor. If I'm in handcuffs, that means police are involved. I want my lawyer. Also admnaismith wins the "most fun to break the law with" award on my flist.

2. Have you dreamt of [info]jenrose1 before?

yes...she actually made an appearance in my infamous "serial killer in the microwave" dream.

3. What musical instrument would [info]jenrose1 most likely play?

She *does* play the piano. I would almost peg her as a guitar type, though, because of the filk/sing-along thing, but then again, it might present her with some logistical problems.

4. Does [info]kireishojo make you hot?

Not these days, a spouse provides focus for an eye that doesn't so much wander as drift without an appropriate target. But I did have a crush on her in high school.

5. Can [info]mookraker be bad influence?

Why, yes! If you consider talking about roleplaying games or Bubblegum Crisis for 12 hours straight to be bad.

6. [info]fatalfille got turned into an animal! What animal is it?

No, I'm not going to say swan. They're lovely, but they're bitchy. I'm going to say deer.

7. What do you think about [info]wolfsavard?

I kind of want to be her.

8. Who's [info]jenndolari dating?

As far as I know, Emily.

9. What is [info]jenndolari to you?

I don't have to answer your questions!

(the funny thing is, I think she'll actually get that.)

10. What would [info]mookraker not be caught dead in?

God, I don't know. I've seen him in moth-eaten beige, tie dye, a conservative suit and a velvet dress. I'm gonna say banana hammock. Now I have to go wash my brain.
3 sides makes you smaller... Drink me!
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
11:05 pm
Idaho.

Discuss.
4 sides makes you smaller... Drink me!
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
12:34 am - What did that poor sirloin ever do to you?
Firstly, Shugo Chara. The manga rocks *so* *much* *harder* than the anime. And the anime rocks hard.

Secondly, the Modern Priscilla Cook Book. Let me tell you about the Modern Priscilla Cook Book. I got it for Christmas this year, it was published in 1924. Back then, oven temperatures and standardized measurements were a new, innovative thing, and this book had them. I love historic cookbooks...not so much modern ones with "historical" recipes, though. But I digress. The Modern Priscilla Cook Book is good at a number of things. Their recipe for Roast Pig makes my mouth water, and they have recipes for every kind of candy and preserve...great stuff! However, some of their recipes are kind of odd. I can forgive the Chop Suey with bacon as simple failed reverse engineering of cultural cuisine. I can dismiss the large number of prune and date recipes by assuming that people's tastes were different. Likewise with the asparagus with the mayonnaise and olive dressing. But there is no excuse for what I am about to share with you here.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Modern Priscilla's method for cooking...

Steak

2 pounds round steak
salt
1 egg
cracker crumbs

Cut steak into pieces just large enough for individual servings. Salt them and dip each, first into beaten egg and then into cracker crumbs. Saute on both sides, then cover with water and simmer about three hours, or until tender. Servings, 8.


No comment.
2 sides makes you smaller... Drink me!
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
1:47 am - Songs To Add Pants To Meme
Put your music player on "random." Skip songs with not-very interesting titles (such as "Concerto #4 in E minor")
List the titles of the first 25 songs to come up.
Put "in my pants" after each title.
Bold the ones that actually made you laugh

1. How it is Applied In My Pants
2. Black Pony In My Pants
3. Living Things In My Pants

4. Losing My Religion In My Pants
5. The Hills of Greenmore In My Pants
6. Telekinesis In My Pants
7. Grand Prairie TX, Homesick Blues In My Pants
8. Peace In My Pants
9. Fun In My Pants

10. Six Feet Under In My Pants
11. Buenos Aires In My Pants Okay, this one I laughed because I still have the Evita soundtrack, and not because of the pants thing, but hey.
12. Every Mouse Just Wants To Rule The World In My Pants
13. Mysterious Chocolate In My Pants
14. I Meant to Do That In My Pants
...but it just didn't work out that way. Woo!
15. Phantom Doll In My Pants
16. Fair Was the Blossom In My Pants Husband: "I would say so."
17. Der Fuehrer's Face In My Pants Husband: "I'll kill him!"
18. Low In My Pants
19. You Can Have Him In My Pants
20. God Bless That Poor Moonshiner In My Pants
21. Drink Down The Moon In My Pants

22. Fine In My Pants
23. Single Combat In My Pants
24. I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger In My Pants
25. WISH In My Pants

EDITED FOR ACTUAL CONTENT: I have filled the last slot of a special heart-shaped candy box, and this means I have to take the next step in a special project. Watch this space for details.
6 sides makes you smaller... Drink me!
Friday, March 14th, 2008
2:07 am
If you didn't love Songs to Wear Pants to before...you will now. 
Drink me!
Monday, March 10th, 2008
11:26 pm
I WANT CAKE!

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That is all.
15 sides makes you smaller... Drink me!
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
5:30 am
This is totally what would happen if we lived anywhere with a neighborhood association.
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
10:54 pm - swiped from angelgoddess, who got it from danaphrael, who got it from a cabin boy under Mr. Columbus
truly hilarious, but long )
1 side makes you smaller... Drink me!
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
8:31 pm - Unguessed movies from the imdb meme
4. Athiest, Gypsy, Diabetic, Clergy Under Influence
Chocolat
9. Fish Out of Water, Goth, Accountant, Crossbow
The Adamms Family

Edit: Joys of ADD. http://www.songstowearpantsto.com

All the super short ones are free downloads! Can we say Pants playlist on shuffle?
2 sides makes you smaller... Drink me!
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
8:30 pm - It's that time again!
IMDB keyword meme
1. Go to IMDB.com and look up a bunch of your favorite movies.
2. Post three or four official IMDB "Plot Keywords" for each.
3. Y'all guess the movies.

1. Power Abuse, Vomit Scene, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Biblical Quote - guessed by admnaismith

2. Hula Hoop, Clock, Fall From Height, Career Woman - guessed by mookraker

3. Evil Clown, Cult Cartoon, Invasion, U Boat - guessed by mookraker

4. Athiest, Gypsy, Diabetic, Clergy Under Influence

5. Breast Feeding, Sexuality, Death, Noodles - guessed by hsifyppah

6. Skeleton, Harpy, Cat, Bull - guessed by hsifyppah

7. Frog, Country Music, Prophecy, Gubernatorial Candidate - guessed by admnaismith

8. Oedipus Complex, Abraham Lincoln, California, Endless Loop - guessed by admnaismith

9. Fish Out of Water, Goth, Accountant, Crossbow

10. Weightlifting, Swimming Pool, Subway, Comic Book Shop - guessed simultaneously by tian_shi and kireishojo
20 sides makes you smaller... Drink me!
Thursday, February 14th, 2008
3:33 pm - Thankful Thursday

  1. Moms

  2. Naps

  3. Jelly Bellies

  4. I just heard ambulance sirens for the third time today. Things aren't so bad for me.

Drink me!
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
5:54 pm - ganked from admnaismith
YOUR PORN STAR NAME: Your mother's middle name + your favorite color.

Trouble Indigo

YOUR ROMANCE NOVEL NAME: Your first pet's name + plural of the first instrument you learned to play.

Princess Hurdy-Gurdy

YOUR FILM NOIR NAME: Your place of birth + your mother's maiden name.

Oz Winston

YOUR CAPITALIST OVERLORD NAME: The name of the bank or brokerage house where you do the most of your business + the first street you lived on.

Citibank Elm

YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS: The expiration date on your credit card + the PIN on your ATM card + the last four digits of your Social Security Number.

7/12 1234 5309

EDIT: I cannot believe I actually have to say this. Don't answer this meme with real answers. It's a meme that makes fun of the "Your whatever name" memes by asking all the questions that online companies will ask you in order to retrieve your password if you forget, plus some actual legal identity based questions. None of my answers, not a single one, is real. This is a joke. If you answer with any real answers in your own journal, I am sad for you. If you answer with *any* answers that seem real in my comments, I'm deleting.

Also, a girl with the legal middle name of Trouble features in Cory Doctorow's, "I, Robot". This story appears in his collection Overclocked. It's a great read.

current mood: sincere
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