Archive for the just for fun Category

SO Not Fair!

Posted in just for fun with tags , , on 15July, 2008 by ouyangdan

Hellboy has a prehensile tail, and my level 2 Tiefling Warlock does not.

 

Boo.

 

But my Tiefling Warlock still gets 5 plus my Int modifer temporary hit points for using Vampiric Embrace!

Eat that, Hellboy!

More about my Tiefling Warlock: One, Two.

Monday Monty Python

Posted in just for fun with tags , on 14July, 2008 by ouyangdan

ahh…John Cleese.  He is so funny when he goes crazy.

 

A Poll For You, Readerland!

Posted in just for fun with tags on 13July, 2008 by ouyangdan

Those of you w/ kids, how long do you keep stuff?

The Kid brought home a ton of great artwork and schoolwork. I am really very proud of her, and it is exciting to see how she has improved over the months. I really very much for some reason am inclined to keep it all forever! The practical me says that we don’t have that kind of space, and WTP am I going to do w/ all of this accumulated work over the years?

So, Readerland, how long do you keep your kids’ stuff? Do you have any solutions? For now, I am photographing some of it, and have put some of it up at BaCaW in a Photobucket slideshow, but that is not a permanent answer.

I mean, how can I part w/ all of this?

Photobucket

My Favorite Things

Posted in just for fun with tags , on 9July, 2008 by ouyangdan

From my favorite episode of Friends.  This just made me laugh so hard I almost peed.

 

Every.  Time.

 

Wednesday Whedon Moment

Posted in feminism, just for fun, random babble with tags , , , on 9July, 2008 by ouyangdan

This one is for Tobes.  Actually, it’s for all of us.

 

I am one of those totally dorky people who becomes so invested in a TV show character that she has spent years watching grow that she will cry at certain moments in that show.  This scene in the final episode of BtVS made me blub.  Completely and totally w/ snot pouring down my face blub.

To me it says a lot more than a bunch of girls getting supernatural powers.  It is a message that speaks beyond the pop culture and right to the heart of all women everywhere.

To you who think that Whedon isn’t a feminist, you have missed the fucking mark.  You have not been paying attention.  It’s called seeing past the pop culture and using your brain and seeing what the fuck he is trying to accomplish.  Joss Whedon gave us the first true female heroine on television in pop culture.  I know we had Wonder Woman, the bionic woman and such…but Buffy was the first girl who was like us.  Whedon gave us this girl, this person who looked like us and gave her the ability to not only not lay down and cry waiting to be rescued but to kick a little ass and do the rescuing herself.  Regardless of what SMG might say off camera, Buffy is a feminist icon.  She was just a girl, and a force to be reckoned w/.

Ever since his work on Roseanne, Whedon has been creating women who stepped outside of what was expected and perceived.  They were mouthy, they were sometimes crass and obnoxious.  They were sexual beings in charge of their own lives (once they figured out how to get there).  They were beautifully flawed and yet perfectly admirable.  

 

So, w/o further ado, I give you my favorite blubworthy Buffy moment.

Here’s to the Slayer in all of us.

 

(Cross Posted)

OYD Cooks

Posted in just for fun with tags on 8July, 2008 by ouyangdan

I have been meaning to do this for a while.  I cook a lot in my spare time…and try to find simple things to throw together when I have time.

Tonight it was vegetable pizza.

2 cans refrigerator crescent rolls or your favorite crust, baked and cooled (this will make two small or one larger pizza).

1 lb cream cheese, softened

1 cup sour cream

either 1 pkg hidden valley ranch seasoning mix, or roasted garlic powder and dill to taste, whichever you prefer (i always just throw in whatever until i like it)

various chopped vegetables, including but not limited to cucumbers, tomatoes (seeded…b/c otherwise ewww), broccoli.  I also use shredded carrots in lieu of shredded cheese, or you can actually use cheese.  tonight i used minced green onions.

mix the cream cheese, sour cream and seasoning together until smooth.  spread over crust, and sprinkle w/ lots of veggies.

Enjoy!

 

This is in my collection of things to take for potlucks or other bring your own dish gatherings.

Monday Monty Python

Posted in just for fun with tags , on 7July, 2008 by ouyangdan

So many things I could say about this.

 

In some ways, it’s funny b/c it hits a little too close to home.  If I don’t laugh…

 

My Level One Tiefling Warlock

Posted in just for fun with tags , , on 2July, 2008 by ouyangdan

Has a daily spell that inflicts 3d10+3 damage. I rolled a natural 20. Also, I used enhanced Dark One’s Blessing first, cursing my opponent, adding another 1d6 damage. I rolled a 6.

If I curse my foe and they die after, I also gain 4 temporary hit points.

I have doubled my HP.

I may be over powered.

LOLZ

PS…the Guy is so not the DM of me! (just my Level One Tiefling Warlock)

I AM More Emo Than Harry Potter!

Posted in just for fun with tags on 1July, 2008 by ouyangdan

Which Star Wars Character Are You?

 

You are Luke Skywalker. You are adventurous and love to be where the action is. Your curiosity runs wild and you have to seek out the answers to all your questions or else you will not be at peace. People see you as a great leader, although you are uncomfortable with this because you don’t see yourself the same way. You just believe in being honest and focusing on the good in the world. You are sweet and lovable and have many friends that would be lost without you.
Find Your Character @ BrainFall.com

h/t to Phy/Bob (thanks! i needed that!)

Personally, I think I am more of an Anakin…but wev.

Star Wars is teh coolest!

Monday Monty Python

Posted in just for fun with tags , on 30June, 2008 by ouyangdan

the “i’ve been a little down” late edition.

this is the only part of Holy Grail that the Guy finds amusing. he loves the French knights.

OK…i do too!