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Nov. 4th, 2009 @ 09:29 am Intercon J Schedule
My prospective Intercon J Schedule:

Friday: Probably either High Noon or Shadows Over Babylon.  We'll see what's open when it comes time to choose.

Saturday morning: 36 Degrees of Separation.  I've been wanting to play in Sharone's game since I heard about her writing it.

Saturday afternoon: My up-in-the-air slot.  Life at the Securemarket looks promising, and I know a goodly number of my friends are interested in it.  The Fuzzies game looks fun and silly.  Lost in the Jungles of Time also looks interesting.  We'll see.

Saturday evening: Ghosts of Urquhart.  I enjoyed both Survivors of the Naronic and All's Well That Ends, so any chance to jump in one of the British troupe's games is OK by me.  First-round pick, as I expect many people feel similarly.

Sunday: Probably 10 Bad LARPs: C-Section
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Oct. 14th, 2009 @ 09:21 am To All My Friends What Have Stuff
I'm still looking for some things to complete my Halloween costume. Let me know if you have them and would be willing to loan/barter:

1. A solid black (or dark grey)baseball cap/trucker cap
2. Dog tags, real or costume
3. A wide black fabric belt with a solid silver-metallic buckle, such that, when buckled, the buckle just looks like a plain silver rectangle.
Something along these lines: www.savemoresportstore.ca/images/accessories/belts/WebBeltNylBlackSilv.jpg
4. An aluminum baseball bat
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Oct. 4th, 2009 @ 11:33 am Holding out for a Hero?
So, it's been a while since I've run a role-playing game. By "a while," I of course mean five months. Now, thanks in part to Bernie's urging, I think I'll check interest for a new game. The system would be GURPS 4e, because I love it so. The genre would be 500-point four-color supers. Not secret powers like my last game - knock-down, drag-out fights in broad daylight with wackily costumed supervillains and mad scientists cackling behind the controls of their evil death rays in their hidden island fortresses. That being said, there will still be (or SHOULD still be, anyway) character development and actual roleplaying and such, but prospective players should be warned that there will be a lot more fighting. It's just what four-color supers do. The last game was about people who happen to have powers. This game is about cool powers, oh and about the people behind them, too.

If this sounds interesting to you, let me know. Please pass the word on to anyone who isn't my LJ friend who you think might be interested. If there's enough interest, I could start running in about a month or so.
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Jun. 24th, 2009 @ 02:21 pm Via morethings5
Current Location: Apartment
Current Mood: optimistic
http://www.thelastairbendermovie.com/

CONTINUE CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM

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Jun. 13th, 2009 @ 11:00 am Concert
Current Location: Apartment
Current Mood: excited
So, there's a concert happening at the Comcast Center in Mansfield on the 6th of August. This concert features Blink-182 and Fall Out Boy (both of whom I like), Chester French (whom I have barely heard of), and Panic at the Disco (one of my favorite bands IN THE WORLD right now). Would anyone be interested in going with me to this concert? I would probably go by myself, because I really really want to see Panic at the Disco live, but it's always more fun with people.

People who intend to spend the whole evening snarking about me liking any of the above artists need not apply, unless of course it is done in the most good-natured manner.
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Apr. 17th, 2009 @ 12:01 pm The PediSedate
Current Location: The Dorm
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Robins outside
I just feel that, generally speaking, when the stated purpose of your product includes the phrase "distract children while you sedate them," the least you could do would be to come up with a better name for that product than "PediSedate."

Here: http://www.geekologie.com/2009/04/pure_awesome_nitrous_oxide_gam.php

Just a thought.
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Apr. 6th, 2009 @ 05:23 pm Festival Retrospective
This Festival was tiring but very, very fun.

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Mar. 13th, 2009 @ 10:15 am My Festival Schedule
Friday Night: An Evening with Clarence
Saturday Morning: Waitlisted for Oz
Saturday Afternoon: Running Paranoia
Saturday Evening: MCR2K
Sunday Morning: Running UnConventional Odyssey

This is going to be one crazy Festival...I've never even helped to run a game before, and now I'm running two.
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Mar. 3rd, 2009 @ 11:53 am Appeal for Costume Help
Hey there everyone! My Sunday morning game at Intercon requires me to be a samurai. I don't really own anything particularly samurai-esque, so if anyone has a yukata, hakama, kimono, straw hat, and/or bokken that I could borrow Sunday morning at Intercon, I'd be SUPER grateful.
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Dec. 15th, 2008 @ 05:55 pm The Will of the Sardakk N'orr will not be denied!
Current Mood: relaxed
It's been a crazy semester. I've been doing the Environmental Field Semester all semester, which has had me out in the forests of Weston several days a week in the early hours of the morning poking, prodding, numbering, coring, measuring, and aging lots of trees. My final project is finally turned in and my final presentation given, so I have taken the past few days to relaxify a bit.

Saturday I played Spycraft with [info]witticaster, [info]_dragonwolf_, and Bernie. [info]jh1230 was running his own mod, Malpractice. I feel kind of bad because we threw a bunch of curveballs at him, but we at least (just barely) avoided disaster. It was a fun time.

Sunday I went over to Elsinore/Elsewhere/The Dave Cave to play Twilight Imperium with [info]bronzite, [info]jh1230, [info]zapf, Bernie, and D.B. That game is seriously fun, but also seriously long. We played for about seven hours and didn't finish. On the last turn, we suddenly noticed that D.B. was very close to winning, so the other players quickly banded together. Bernie set an agenda which led to us voting to Publicly Execute his diplomat, and then moved a sizable portion of his fleet to destroy one of D.B.'s space docks. I (playing the insectile Sardakk N'orr) then swept in with my two War Suns, two Cruisers, and some timely Emergency Repairs to destroy his entire home fleet (three Dreadnoughts, two Carriers, and five Fighters)and conquer one of his homeworlds. This led to me getting to utter what has become my favorite catchphrase after a couple times playing this game:

THE WILL OF THE SARDAKK N'ORR WILL NOT BE DENIED!

Good times.
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Oct. 12th, 2008 @ 10:46 am Vermont Trip
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

I will not be at Brandeis this week, October 13-17. If I am supposed to be in a campaign with you, I will not be here. If you need me for something, I will not be here (although I will have my cell). I will be in Vermont, running all around the state with my Environmental Field Semester class.

ON THE SUBJECT OF TMA: I will leave all room reservation confirmations in the hands of either [info]witticaster or [info]kamianya (whoever feels responsible enough to not lose them between now and Friday...probably [info]witticaster). I will be back Friday evening, shortly before or at the time of game start, and will then be around all weekend.

ON THE SUBJECT OF CLUBS: I will not be here for BORG or BSCF this week. [info]witticaster, you're in charge of the BSCF meeting. All you really need to do is show up and prevent the eruption of violence. Really, you don't even need to prevent that, I'd just prefer it. Shannon will be informed of my absence from BORG.

I will not have access to e-mail, and thus I'll not be answering any e-mails you send me until Friday night at the earliest.
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Jul. 25th, 2008 @ 09:47 pm (no subject)
Riiiiight...so, after [info]neuromancerzss and [info]zapf were kind enough to warn us that Circle Theatres is both lousy and further away than I thought, I think we would be better served going to the AMC Framingham 16, which is closer and less universally hated on yelp and also (conveniently) has a 7:00 pm showing of The Dark Knight. Arrange rides in the comments, most of us will likely be departing from the house of [info]zapf, [info]witticaster, and [info]dragonwolf, but feel free to just meet us at the theater before 7 (6:30? 6:45? I dunno.)
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Jun. 22nd, 2008 @ 08:49 pm Awesome weekend
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This weekend was really cool. On Saturday, we went into NYC to catch a matinée of The Little Mermaid on Broadway for my niece and nephew. It was a really fun show, and they had a great time. My family then went home and I went and met up with Connor, and we headed downtown to the Highline Ballroom to see the one and only Jonathan Coulton in concert! His opening act was Paul & Storm, two guys who do a really excellent comedy/music performance. They were members of Da Vinci's Notebook's, the professional a cappella group responsible for the Irish Drinking Song that TCFI brought to Brandeis a year or two ago. They really put a smile on my face.

Jonathan Coulton, as expected, put on a really awesome show. He did all the songs you'd expect him to - Skullcrusher Mountain, Code Monkey, Re: Your Brains, Still Alive, and so forth, as well as a few of his lesser-known numbers that I also like, including Curl, I Feel Fantastic, and I Crush Everything. Awesomely, he also covered Birdhouse in Your Soul, and it was AWESOME. I nearly broke down in tears of joy. Connor obligingly opened his home to me for the night, and we discussed Magic and he showed me a really excellent free game called Flywrench that I need to track down now...

On Sunday, I met up with [info]twilighttremolo! We met at Port Authority and had some lunch at a really great little falafel place we found somewhere around 48th St. Unfortunately, I think I ate too much (or too fast), 'cause I didn't feel so great for the next hour and a half or so. Fortunately, my dear Tegan was very understanding and we just sat around in Central Park, playing twenty questions and talking and being happy. It was a very very happy visit...but I'm going to miss her until I can see her next!
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Jun. 3rd, 2008 @ 04:13 pm Prince of Persia
I know I don't post to LJ that often. Truth be told, my life is pretty uninteresting (not BAD by any means, just not terribly interesting), and the lives of my role-playing characters are only somewhat more interesting than mine. But when I do post, you can bet I have something I need to say.

Prince of Persia is one of my favorite video game series. Apparently, info about it has been out for a while, but I've just found out that they're going to be making a movie. Backed by Disney. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal as the Prince.

Let me emphasize this: Prince of Persia movie. Disney. Jake Gyllenhaal.

I've nothing at all against Disney, and nothing at all against Jake Gyllenhaal. They are very good at the things they do. Prince of Persia should not be one of the things they do. Prince of Persia is about one way-more-l33t-than-any-human-has-any-right-to-be swordsman taking on an entire world of innocent people transformed into gruesome monsters, which he then executes in even more gruesome (yet incredibly cool) ways. That is Prince of Persia. This? This right here is going to be live-action Aladdin.

I am sure that it will be a pretty average movie, and that it will be enjoyable to watch once and forget about. What really bugs me is that they have taken the Prince of Persia license for no reason - no reason - but to sell the movie. They will be completely ignoring the content of these games, which I think could make a rather good action-horror movie in their own right, and giving the Prince a spunky sidekick. The Prince of Persia does not do spunky sidekicks. The Prince of Persia triple back-flip wall-runs across a the debris of a fallen tower 50 feet off ground level before launching himself in an arc of flawless, deadly grace to slice the heads off of two demons simultaneously and swatting one of the severed heads square into the chest of a third.

Let's see Jake Gyllenhaal do that.
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Apr. 24th, 2008 @ 12:10 am A Question of Faith
The Famous Fairview Five adventure no more…but at the request of the amazing Jonathan Kindness, I will now be documenting the adventurers of a ragtag band of faithful clerics, a long time ago in a land far, far away…

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Apr. 9th, 2008 @ 03:34 pm Play it Forward
Current Location: My room
Current Music: Brawl, from the common room
I haven't posted in months...oh well, now seems as good a time as any.

The BORG play opens tomorrow night! It's called Monday Always Leads to Murder, and it's extra funny. We've got shows at 9pm tomorrow, 8pm Saturday, and 1pm on Sunday. It's free admission, and you should TOTALLY come see it, because it's eating my life.

Festival of the LARPs was this past weekend, and I think it went pretty well.

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Aug. 27th, 2007 @ 01:17 am A Summer's End
Current Location: My basement
Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: "Skullcrusher Mountain" - Jonathan Coulton
I am about to go back to Brandeis…whew, it’s been a nifty summer. So many cool things have happened, including fun parties, getting to see hometown friends, getting to see Brandeis friends, playing some fun online D&D, completing a summer course in Chemistry, and holding a job at the Hallmark Store. It’s all been good…but even so, I am excited to come back.

In other news, I am looking for an EXERCISE BUDDY. For those of you who do not already know, I have congenitally low HDL cholesterol, and the basic gist of that is that I will die when I am 40 unless I get 30-45 minutes of cardiovascular exercise at least 5 days a week, every week. I am much better at sticking to a regimen if I have someone else to exercise with. My “exercise” during the year consists mostly of jogging, though I very occasionally may walk to Gosman to swim, but it’s far and my time is limited as is, so…yeah. My workouts will be, as mentioned, 30-45 minutes of continuous moderate jogging around the Brandeis campus area, 4-5 days a week depending on my schedule and other forms of exercise (such as the Tai Chi club). If you are interested, drop me a line at mkamm@brandeis.edu or just comment on this entry.

But enough about that! You want to hear more of the tales of Derek Sloane and his intrepid companions, don’t you? Well, if you do, then follow the cut…

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May. 7th, 2007 @ 04:27 pm Finals Update
Current Location: My room
Current Mood: good
Current Music: "Creepy Doll" - Jonathan Coulton
Well, it’s been a busy week this week. Three finals down, one to go. Naturally, the last is physics, certain to be the most difficult one. All the same, some studying should at least ensure that I do not fail. Karaoke on Wednesday night was super-fun, and I was surprised at the amount of vocal talent that was displayed by various parties. Sadly, I had to miss a couple parties this weekend in the name of roleplaying commitments, but those were fun, as well! Not even a week left at Brandeis, how strange…man, I’m half done with college. Also, Nny was here yesterday, and seeing him (even briefly) was a fantastic treat. I can’t wait till he’s back with us.

Some folks have been taking this fancy-shmancy Heroes test, so I took it, too. Follow the cut to see who I am (bet you can’t guess!) ( Read more... )

Click here, and I shall regale you with the continued adventures of Derek & Co.

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Apr. 10th, 2007 @ 12:10 am Another Update
Current Location: Castle Commons
Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: "The Music and the Mirror" - A Chorus Line
So, I think it’s update time, yes I do. Cinderella Confidential, our wonderful play, went off wonderfully thanks to all the wonderful people who participated. Yay wonderful! And then we were on vacation, and I’ve been buzzing about submitting applications for summer employment. Ideally, I’ll get a part-time position in a game store or a book store…but I’m flexible. Can’t be a camp counselor again this year because I’ll be taking Chemistry during the week. Being back at Brandeis, though, is certainly not an unwelcome change. Festival of the LARPs is this weekend, and I am crazy excited. And Jonathan's campaign is tomorrow, and I think I am even more excited about that!

Speaking of Jonathan's campaign, let us leap headlong into the sweet embrace of a fantasy world, as we re-join Derek & Co. ( Read more... )
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Jan. 3rd, 2007 @ 02:10 am A Rebuttal and a Continutation
Current Location: My basement...again
Current Mood: sleepy
So, after many questions, I suppose I should shed some light on my decision to pursue vegetarianism. Vegetarianism seems to me to be a good choice for several reasons. It saves on all the energy needed to produce, harvest, process, and distribute animal feed, which is in addition to the energy needed to care for, slaughter, process, and ship the animals themselves. For direct plant foods, they need only be grown, harvested, processed, and shipped, without all the extra steps that need to be taken to produce animal meat. Even organic, grass-fed beef uses a lot of extra energy in its production. Second, it saves land: if all the land used to grow cattle feed and all the land used as cattle pasture/feedlots were just used to grow food plants directly…I’ll let you imagine how much more food we could produce. Yes, I know we already have a huge surplus of corn – that’s because corn is heavily subsidized. Why is corn heavily subsidized? Because that’s all we’re feeding to feedlot cows, instead of the grass they evolved to eat and draw nutrition from. I’m not going to go on a full rant about feedlots here, but suffice to say, it’s ugly, it’s wasteful, and it’s just plain cruel. Going vegetarian allows each person to play a small part in reforming how America eats. Plus, it allows me the comfort of a clear conscience.

Now, on to the adventurers of the charismatic Derek Sloane and his stalwart compatriots. Follow the cut, if you dare!

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