My first day of Grad School
Yesterday was my first day of Grad School.
I saw a dude devour an entire pizza while I was waiting for my first class to begin. This guy ate 12 entire slices in 2 or 3 minutes.
This is what college is all about.
RPGing at the cutting edge of the New School.
When it comes to Role Playing Games:
I’m so new school, that I don’t even use Rule Books, Dice, Grids, or Miniatures; I just voice random thoughts by myself and call it a successful session.
Beyond Re-Animator
Like the first Re-Animator film, Beyond Re-Animator isn’t a Lovecraftian work of cosmic horror.
Beyond Re-Animator is like a mix of Return of the Living Dead Part II and The Green Mile. It’s a story about the institutional abuse, love, and disgusting zombies; A whacked out retelling of the story of the modern prometheus with lots of camp, and a moderate amount of gore and laughs.
In the spirit of its classic precursor, Beyond Re-Animator is a hell of a lot of fun!
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I could have studied Law, or gone into some other occupation, but none offered me the freedom writing did- and my passion for freedom is almost an obsession.
Robert E. Howard; Letter to H.P. Lovecraft dated June 15, 1933
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“There is nothing to do and nowhere to go; there is nothing to be and there is no one to know.”
— Thomas Ligotti
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I think this is Final Fantasy, which is really dorksville.
Scott DePace, The Howard Stern Show.
I am listening to Class Actress
“”So bring it on. Bring on the weekend. Bring it on…” ”
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You are talking to a man with no facts and a big mouth.
Jay Thomas, host of The Jay Thomas Show.
The Dreaming City by Michael Moorcock
(SPOILERS AHEAD!)
This morning I re-read the first Elric of Melnibone story, The Dreaming City. I’m still no closer to understanding Elric’s motivations* to bring ruin to his own people.
I understand that he has a bone to pick with Yyrkoon, the guy who usurped his throne and put some sort of spell on his lady, but why take down an entire civilization because of it?
Doesn’t that seem like a bit of an over reaction?
I’m no literary critic or psychologist, but I think that Elric is a casebook example of a malevolent narcissist. He is also quite possibly an asshole. Of course, that’s just my humble opinion.
That being said, The Dreaming City is every bit as fun as I remembered it. It’s fantasy that’s both epic and unpredictable; which is what fantasy used to be before it became a “genre.”
I can’t wait to get better acquainted with Elric “Woe is Me” of Melnibone and his demon sword, Stormbringer.
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* I’m using the first published Elric story as the basis for this entry.
