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[Nov. 8th, 2009|04:44 pm] |
Hi all,
I have a character taking a train from Kiev to Kolomyya, Ukraine, and I'm trying to figure out what she would see as the train approaches the station in Kolomyya. At the moment I have this line, which is based off of several searches in Google Images, Flikr, Photobucket, etc.
"The rolling farmland outside the window gradually sprouted buildings and turned into the less savory view that always seems to characterize the portions of cities near railroad tracks."
Long shot, but is there anyone here who has entered Kolomyya by train? Am I reasonably close, or completely off base?
Thanks! |
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| Cheering for Football & Baseball teams in NYC in the 1960's |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|04:04 pm] |
Where: Commack (Long Island), New York. US
When: Main Character was born in the mid-1950's to Italian-American family. Story takes place in 1985.
Situation: Main character is having a conversation with a colleague from Chicago about sports teams that they cheered for as kids.
My character was born in the mid-1950s and lived in Commack, NY until he was 18. Would he have been a fan of the New York Giants football team, even if they had didn't make the playoffs from 1964 to 1980? Or would he have been a Jets (Titans of New York) fan even though the team didn't exist until 1960?
What about baseball? In the late 1950's, both the NY Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers moved out West. The NY Mets didn't actually start playing until 1962. Would he become by default, a Yankees fan?
From my research, I know that a Yankeets/Jets fan is a rare combination, since the Jets and the Mets are considered more of the "working class" teams.
As far as my Chicagoan, I know that North Siders are generally Cubs fans and South Siders are generally Sox fans. If my MC lived in Philly, it wouldn't have been a problem either.
Research: I checked the tags for 1960s, sports, new york; http://forums.newyorkjets.com/showthread.php?t=2777; Wikipedia: NY Giants, NY Yankees, NY Jets, NY Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers. Google: sports teams in NYC, traditional fans. Other: fan blogs, etc. |
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| Extrapolation of invertebrate eating habits |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|06:13 pm] |
It's yet another deeply disgusting insect question! My apologies in advance.
Setting: Horrific alternate universe/hell dimension with a serious pest control problem.
Googled: Insect digestive enzymes, insect vomit, etc. Much of which yielded gross results, but not the gross results I'm looking for.
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| lowering the standards is not the answer |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|08:50 pm] |
Look. I get that you really, really, really, really, really, REALLY, ZOMG FUCKING REALLY want to join my game. I do. You IM me the second I sign on and don't shut up about it until I flat out tell you that I can't review your app until the other mods sign on and you're going to have to wait. And even then you still poke me every once in a while to check the status. But let's face it. This is #3 that we rejected.
First rejection: you admitted that you didn't read any of the info pages and rules, you were overexcited, and zomg, there's just so much of it to read! And omg WAH WAH WAH I'M SUCH AN IDIOT PLEASE DON'T HOLD THIS AGAINST ME IT'S JUST SO HARD.
Second rejection: no you definitely read it this time, promise! some of it. you don't remember what. but you definitely read. skimmed the things you weren't sure were important for sure. there's just so much of it! WAAAAAAH I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED TWICE, I FEEL SO STUPID.
Third rejection: don't try again. No, really. You're not reading shit, and you're not absorbing anything. The FIRST TIME you were rejected, I gave you four links: the outline (less than a page in MS Word), the world info (two pages in MS word), the rules (less than a page in MS word), and the class rules for the class you are bound and determined to play (a page in MS word). That is ALL you need to know to get approved. All you need to do is submit an application that doesn't directly contradict everything in those pages. So stop whining at me. IMing me with a paragraph of caps about how stupid this game is making you feel is not going to change my mind. In fact, it confirms in my head that this is not the game for you.
Above all else, IMing me and telling me that we require too much reading and it's all just too hard and I should consider 'dumbing everything down' isn't gonna do it either. We've been running a year with a large group of players, and over a hundred characters that had no problem with it whatsoever. This is not rocket science. It's just not the game for you. |
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| I know, its Gaia... but... |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|05:22 pm] |
| [ | Feeling |
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Okay, so I know having RP as an interest on my Gaia profile is asking for trouble, but this was just too much.
Here's the abridged gist of what went down:
Girl: Hai ther! Wanna join my Twilight RP?! Your profile says you like RP!
Me: I do like RP. But I really do not like Twilight, so I decline. I hope you find some good players though.
Girl: How can you not like Twilight? Are you actually a boy?! You aren't supposed to lie about your sex on Gaia you know! I'm reporting you, its against the contract!
Me: I don't think they'll do anything based on me being a girl who isn't into Twilight.
Girl: Well you must be a boy! Any real girl is totally into hot vamps.
This is about where I point out that on my profile it states I hate Twilight, and that they aren't actually vampires IMO. Things went down hill fast from there, and it degenerated into her typing in all caps, bold, red, large font that I was a fucking hoe, that only hoes like real boys (seriously WTF?) and Edward was the only guy for her, good luck with my diseases. etc. etc.
All because I told her I had a real guy in my life, a fiance nonetheless, and I was quite satisfied by him.
Seriously, why? How do I attract all the Twilight FANATICS on Gaia?
Edited for typos
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|04:45 pm] |
I'm interested in her having possibly been a slave when she first came to America, or (and this is just an idea) having been bought by an abolitionist-type in the South.
I didn't know 'abolitionist-types' were the ones buying slaves. Also, good job trying to gank a plot that's already been done once in game. You just keep trying to attach yourself to that one character and jump your ass on the angst wagon.
I'm also confused as to why Bast is childishly calling people stupid and posting pictures of Edward Cullen...
/annoyed and random post is annoyed and random. |
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| Travelling by foot: approximate time? |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|12:04 pm] |
Alright, so.
Current event summery: Apocalypse is being had. A gifted priest and a demon travel from Japan to Israel and along their way aid those who need to get to sanctuary points and spread Word. They've made it through China and just hit Long Son, Vietnam. The next sanctuary point is St Josephs Cathedral in Hanoi. There's a small school that has been kept together under the protection of a passed Matyre. Within are a little over thirty children and a few parents who, unlike other times have not been found by another guiding angel and need to be taken from Long Son to Hanoi.
Requested information: What is the general distance between Long Son and Hanoi and how long would it take to walk it? Minding that there are children, shit's flying everywhere, everything is in a fighting messy chaos, fire, doom, etc.
Googled: Looked up, or tried to, distance between Lang Son and Hanoi. And failed. I found some blogs though that said it took two days or so biking. I am denser than a block when it comes to Atlases and reading the distance ratio but I think it's about 100Miles. Also, my friend said that it's about 5H's on a train. Not sure what his sources are on that one, but.
I think a reasonable guess would be a week, or somewhere around there. I'd like a little more input on this decision, however.
Thanks in advanced peeps. |
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| Rough neighborhoods, ethnic neighborhoods, Strasbourg (FR) |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|01:08 am] |
Setting: Strasbourg (France) and Kehl (West Germany), 1950's to the present.
Searched: Copious use of Google Earth and Google Maps; Perry-Castaneda map library via UT Austin; Lonely Planet Guidebook section for Strasbourg and Alsace; Lonely Planet board searched "Strasbourg"; googled "maps", "Strasbourg", "bad/rough/dangerous areas"; Wikitravel. Also looked at what crime reports were available, without much enlightenment. Haven't checked to see if there's a "crime" section in the local paper, but my French probably isn't up to the challenge.
Question: I've turned up some anecdotal evidence that Hautepierre is a rough area now; Wikitravel also indicates that areas to the south and west of the main city are depressed areas, but this last is rather vague. (Elsau? Further out?)
Personal experience suggests that the area around a university is always seedier, but that doesn't seem to be the case in Strasbourg--at least according to Street View.
Via Google Earth, I did turn up signs of graffiti and abandoned lots and warehouses near the port, along the east bank of the city. Still, I could use some more concrete information.
So--where are the rough areas in the cities of Strasbourg and Kehl? I understand that "rough" is relative, here. Nonetheless, there must be somewhere in the city that isn't safe at night!
Bonus Question: What about ethnic neighborhoods? I'm told the area around the Synagogue has a concentration of Jewish businesses and services; I've also seen Neuhof and Neudorf typed as "historically ethnic," though bless me if I can find the source now.
Thank you all in advance for any help you can provide! |
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| Medieval miscarriage that leads to infertility |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|02:10 am] |
Setting/Timeframe: Unspecified "medieval" semi-fantasy
For plot-related reasons, the following needs to happen in my story; woman is pregnant, miscarries either in the second or third trimester, is unable to conceive afterward. My questions are as follows:
1. What would cause the miscarriage?
2. What would cause the infertility? Would it be the same thing as what caused the miscarriage? 2.5. Or is it conceivable that, in a setting with extremely crude medicine, she could either catch an infection or have scarring from delivering the fetus?
3. Is this scenario even plausible in the first place?
Google and Wikipedia are of no help, as my question is far too specific, and the wikipedia articles are all assuming the pregnancy is taking place in modern day. |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 7th, 2009|09:48 pm] |
It's my playground. I can deny your application for any reason I want.
Seriously. Any reason I want. I could suddenly decide that every person apply to my game needs to intuitively know that their font should be bright pink and sparkle and then deny everyone who doesn't do that. I would be a pretty sad little cookie and end up in the Special Corner of the internet playing with myself, but that's a completely different issue. The point still stands that there's no RP Police going to swoop down from the ether to fine me for breaking the RP Law. Because there is no law. There's 'what works,' and 'what sends your game into a tail-spin and is thus generally avoided.'
So please, for the love of god, stop sending me IMs, PMs, e-mails, smoke signals, carrier pigeons, and whatever else I haven't banned you from yet telling me that I can't do something. I can. Stop telling me I'm not 'allowed' to deny you for the reasons I've outlined. If I'm shooting myself in the foot by not letting you in the game, then that's a natural consequence I'm willing to accept. Because all other drama aside, your particular brand of bitching is hands-down my least favorite ever. |
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| Dog Ear Revision Questions |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|12:09 am] |
I was just wondering... For those of you that had a revision for dog ears how long was it before you were able to 1) be able to reach above your head 2) work out?
Also what aftercare did you find helpful when it came to your recovery process for your revision?
Any other experiences related to dog ear revisions much appreciated.
Thanks in Advance
~Cris~ |
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| Changing last name on birth certificate |
[Nov. 7th, 2009|11:38 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | law (misc) | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | in my cave | ] |
| [ | Feeling |
| | curious | ] |
| [ | Currently listening to |
| | "For No One" - The Beatles | ] |
Where: Northwest Territories, Canada
When: 1970, 1998 or '99
Googled: "northwest territories changing birth certificate", but I really have no idea how to phrase this properly
This is about a fandom character, but is only for my own personal head-fanon, not for a story or anything.
The character in question, who is only known by her married name in canon, was born in 1970 to parents whose spouses had both recently died. She was probably brought up to believe she was the posthumous daughter of her mother's husband (who'd actually died at least four months prior to her conception).
Regardless of whose name was put in the "father's name" field (I think either the mother's dead husband, or - if she thought someone would catch on to the discrepancy or had a crisis of conscience - nothing at all), I figure this character was given her mother's surname at the time of the child's birth, which was almost certainly still her dead husband's last name.
In 1998 or '99, when we actually meet this character in canon, during the course of the episode she learns who her actual biological father is.
Now, after all that, my question. After providing proof of her newfound paternity (timing evidence, DNA tests with canon half-brother, etc.), would this character be able to change the surname on her birth certificate from to match her bio dad's? I know, with proof, she could probably correct whose name, if any, is on the "father's name" field. But she wouldn't want to give up her married name to legally change her surname to her bio dad's, so that leaves just the birth certificate.
I suspect the answer is "no", she wouldn't be able to change the surname, but it never hurts to ask. |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 7th, 2009|07:25 pm] |
You know after you try and dictate chars to others, you do not get to whine to your friends after they find a way to do what you want, and you don't like it.
( More detail after the cut... )
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| Another Day, Another Mocha |
[Nov. 7th, 2009|01:04 pm] |
The How's My Driving? Meme
Another day of work today.
Tomorrow we're starting 9AM-9PM Sundays! Whooo! What sucks about this is that I work in a strip mall, and all of the other stores close at 5~6PM. Awesome! We'll be the only store open at such a late hour, I really don't know how safe that is. :( Hum, well I can't complain if I'm able to afford Christmas presents and paying off bills. I'll be so happy once I've paid off my credit card and my best buy card. I'll just have to worry about my car payments and misc. things after that.
STILL WORKING ON MY STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. OH GOD.
I will take that to work with me and hopefully edit it and finish my homework! Oh, and study a bit of Chinese, I have to stay on task at school! :)
OH GOD STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
... I also have to find some time to go across town to get paper for pastels, oh- and pastels I guess. We're doing color drawings in Life Drawing class this Friday and I'm totally not ready for it!
... I should pack a lunch and get going to work.
... Like, right now.
... *goes* |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 7th, 2009|02:54 pm] |
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This may be just me but… I just needed to rant. It hurts my head that all of this is one player. Sorry for the letter format. Darling Player, For the love of god and country. If you don’t have the books don’t try to make a character based on your concept that “Hunters have dangerous jobs”. Especially when you’ve so far made three mortals and had to have your hand held through every step of the process EVERY! TIME! By more than one ST! Yes, darling, when you have to have three STs help you, over time, to make one mortal character because you “can’t do the math” (direct quote) you might want to give up and go back to your free-form stuff where everyone put up with your D.I.D. BS. In regards to your other character idea. No, if Garou mommy left behind something in your possession that just screamed to other Garou “Hay, look, KINFOLK!” you are not going to be an unaware Kinfolk. No, nope, no way. The shiny sparkly sue-mister thing you want her to have would have had her detected before she even turned 18…hell even before she turned the age of double digits. Oh and one more thing, dearest. If you ask one more ST to torture and rape your characters and I hear about it. I am going to lay down the fucking ban hammer on your head. Yes, rape happens IRL and in the WoD, but begging for it? Pestering STs to do it to your Cs? Might I suggest you find a good doctor and get an evaluation? It is people like you that make me want to find a way to FTP strangulation, because getting in my car to drive to you and hunt you down is far too much effort for your level of stupid.
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 7th, 2009|03:40 pm] |
There is nothing wrong with two characters taking several months to develop into a loving couple. In fact, it can be really fun to play out that interaction. Don't skip over everything so you can get to the lovey-dovey stuff right away. The journey is half the fun.
And for the love of god, when you're working on building a relationship like that, don't suddenly jump ship suddenly when you find someone who wants to go from acquaintances to lovers in three days. That's a really dick move, and you're going to be leaving the player of the other love interest wondering what the hell happened.
Some of us DO want to play romance, you know. It's just really difficult to do so when everyone else wants instant gratification. |
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| Minirant. |
[Nov. 7th, 2009|02:36 pm] |
So, about a year ago, a friend and I joined a game that was trying to revive itself. We enjoyed the concept, even if several of the other characters made us kind of scratch our heads — but that's a rant all to itself.
We go back and forth for a few months mostly without incident, and the board slowly dies around us. Not really wanting to give up on the SL we'd created, my friend and I continue to RP with one another unabated even when everyone else had left.
I go to log in to make a post for him today and find that my account's been wiped.
And his.
And everyone else's, along with every single post made to the board since it opened last year. Not archived, like they usually do with old threads, deleted. The only accounts still active are the admin's — who, before the wipe, hadn't logged in in about eight months? and two mods she was often known to smut with.
If she wanted to wipe the board and try again, fine, I just wish there'd been some warning so I could make my own copies of threads I'd particularly liked / would have liked to reference for continuity. Nrrrgh. |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 7th, 2009|11:25 am] |
Please. I don't think that, the night after being brutally raped, a teenaged girl would find comfort in a threesome.
Even if it is her best friends being 'supportive' and proving that they still they love her as a friend.
Especially not if they're all genderswapped versions of guys who think that watching a boxing match is a way to bond. I don't know how you go from guys hanging out with boxing to girls hanging out with bad porn, but... |
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| Scurvy |
[Nov. 7th, 2009|12:35 pm] |
Setting: A large city in the northeastern United States, modern day
Searched: "scurvy," "scurvy symptoms," "scurvy treatment," "scurvy effects," and so forth. Multiple articles on Wikipedia and a few online medical encyclopedias.
A young man in his late teens becomes so involved in a project that he neglects his diet over an extended period of time, and contracts scurvy. His symptoms eventually become bad enough that he goes to a doctor, receives a diagnosis, and recovers by resuming consumption of Vitamin C. My questions:
1. How long from the initial presentation of symptoms will they become severe enough to convince a person who makes a habit of neglecting his health that he needs to see a doctor?
2. Will symptoms completely vanish after he begins taking Vitamin C, or will there be some lingering effects?
Edit: I know that even fast food has enough Vitamin C to prevent scurvy. I am still researching exactly what he will be eating (my top candidate at the moment is Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tarts, which I have confirmed have no Vitamin C), but I will make sure that it is something that would actually lead to scurvy. He essentially locks himself into his room with a stockpile of insert-non-perishable-food-substance-here for weeks at a time. |
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| Nurse's medical training vs. a doctor's? |
[Nov. 7th, 2009|03:19 am] |
I have a character in a modern setting who is trained as a nurse, but has been hired to fill the medical-officer's position on a small special-ops team. It would be helpful to know what, specifically, would be different in her training and medical knowledge-base vis-a-vis what one would expect of someone who had trained to qualify as a doctor.
She is by and large not actually working with living patients in this position (it's a Torchwood fic, the medical officer's main duty is dissecting dead aliens so it's not like they're gonna sue if she's learning on the job), but there will be moments when she's also called on to serve as a field medic, and I'm not quite sure where her "right, off to hospital with you" breakpoint is going to be in relation to the injuries/conditions her predecessor was capable of treating on-site. She does have the advantage that said predecessor hasn't, um, actually left, as such, and would be available to advise and talk her through procedures she may not have the exact skills for, if they're close enough to the range of what she may be trained for/capable of -- setting bones? Minor sutures? What does she know, and what does she know that she doesn't know and needs to outsource? It's the gap between the two specializations that I see as a potential source of plot-points, and I'm not quite sure how to even begin Googling that... |
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| Kidney damage |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|09:36 pm] |
What would cause pain/discomfort in a kidney, that wouldn't show up on a kidney function blood test?
I need it to be something that wouldn't be discovered right away. So far, I'm thinking of a benign tumor. Would a benign tumor impact the results of a kidney function blood test?
Search terms: kidney disease, kidney ailments, kidney function blood test, kidney ailment not showing up on blood test, kidney damage, hidden kidney damage, underlying kidney damage, underlying kidney disease, benign tumor in kidney, benign tumor kidney test results, blood test results benign tumor, kidney blood test results benign tumor.
While searching with these terms gave me lots of information, I could not figure out the answer to my obscure question.
*EDIT* Preferably a condition that would not show up on a urine test, either. Something that can only be found via ultrasound. Character is a wizard whose magical aura disrupts medical machinery, but ends up having a kidney problem that would have been fine had they been able to see it, but since they can't do imaging on him all they have to go on is blood/urine tests, which show up clean. That's why I was thinking along the lines of a benign tumor, because a malignant one would probably show on the blood test.
So, would a benign tumor impact the results of a blood test? |
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| Brains? |
[Nov. 7th, 2009|08:04 am] |
Nothing sucks more than waking up brain dead @_@
Especially when you were gonna do homework. Ah well, I have time, still. |
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| OOC complains |
[Nov. 7th, 2009|03:47 am] |
1- No, my priest guy, brother Markus, is not a pedophile. Can we stop with that joke already? It was funny the first time, the accusations are getting a little old now...
2- Yes, I'm a girl who plays guys most of the time. Yes, I've played ONE dude who passed himself off as a girl. One, in around ten years of tabletop gaming. No, ALL my characters are NOT sexual deviants. The crossdresser was actually completely straight, he even got married at the end of the game! Can we, again, stop with the jokes already? My own sexual orientation has nothing to do with who my characters lust for. I am not my character.
3- On that subject, I'd appreciate if you found another expression for "this is bad" than "gayyyy". What are we, twelve? Real life homosexual here, I know you don't mean anything bad by it on purpose, but it does get on my nerves. Besides, some people might be less tolerant than me by the name-calling, and you might end up hurting someone for real. Be more careful.
I actually like (most of!) these guys a lot, it's just minor annoyances. I know they're teasing me, but there are other subjects to tease me about than this one. |
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| Just stop |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|11:54 pm] |
We get that you can't let anything go, but harassing players on a board you stormed away from is only showing how immature you are and driving players away from your new board. They're comparing notes and figuring out you're complaining about them to the each other. How about you think of other people for a change? It would totally surprise everyone if you acted like a grownup and got yourself a different attitude. Play and let play.
Trolling a board you left so you can complain to the people still on it about what they're doing is sad. Play your sparkly slut alteregos with your little group of sex starved associates and create all the self absorbed plots you want to your heart's content. Nobody you left behind cares that you've moved on. Why do you still care about what they do? |
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| Working and need some suggestions. |
[Nov. 7th, 2009|12:00 am] |
I'm working on a new RP board. It's branching into canon which I've decided to break into since I normally avoid it like the plague. I'm curious if I can get some feedback from members of this site since I trust a lot of your judgments on things. This is the first attempt I've made in a while for a Forum RP and I'm extremely nervous about it.
http://deathnotesr.proboards.com/index.cgi
I've only been working on the site itself for a half hour. If anyone would be interested in dropping some thoughts on management or anything else I'd love to hear it and appreciate any comments.
It's a OC take on Death Note. Stopping just before the end of the first season to introduce a new big bad and change the ending of that episode. I'm wanting to basically make a anime-themed RP to mostly vent on. Bringing in themes that will fit and work with the DN-verse. |
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| Professional photographer, late 1940s |
[Nov. 5th, 2009|10:47 pm] |
Vintage camera enthusiasts, help me out! My character is an American documentary photographer in 1949. He specializes in location work, nearly always outdoors and often in rough conditions. He's taking a solo trip to Mexico (probably by bus and train rather than by car, though that could change) to scout and shoot various subjects. I'm trying to determine what sorts of cameras/film/lenses he might haul along and what other supplies and tools he might need to do his work.
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| Well that's new... |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|07:57 pm] |
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Someone getting mad at me because I asked to see a sample of their writing before we got into possible plots for an RP. o.-
Is it really so unrealistic to want to see how someone writes before I waste time and effort coming up with a plot? |
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| E-Peens and the Single Gamer |
[Nov. 7th, 2009|03:33 am] |
There is something really REALLY annoying about gamemasters who wave their E-peen about by stating just how badass their player PCs are, and who will totally kick your PC's arse if they just look crosseyed at him.
I swear, if I get the "Do you really think it's a good idea to annoy\love\flirt\paint\ignore MyPup?" statement again, I will find a way to send a punch to someone via my modem. Especially when it's not meant an advice and just a way to try and cower me into being awed of his PC like everyone else. |
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| Bad RPer Quote of the Night. |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|08:46 pm] |
Names changed to protect the wantonly idiotic.
"X enters the bar in black leathers the vest being sleeveless carrying a sachel in one hand. A small calico kitten sits on his shoulder. His pale blue eyes searches the room curiously as he walked over and sits on a couch."
English this bad makes me actually throw up in my mouth a little.
And before three of you immediately ask, no, it is his first language. |
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| Hmmm..... |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|03:35 pm] |
I'm thinking after Slink finishes his Questy thingy, doing a short one of my own. Probably wouldn't work as well as I'd like, unless I got an artslave, and even -then-!
But still. It's as good an excuse as ever to flesh out the kir-ta. |
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| Why yes, the comm revolves completely around you |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|05:02 pm] |
Dear You,
Your idle threats are no longer good here. Stop bitching to people about not getting your way and then threatening to leave the comm. IDGAF!!! Honestly, two weeks of your non-stop, schizophrinic, paranoid, conspiracy theorist bull shit is enough. No one is plotting against you! If you want to leave, I will no longer try to stop you. You aren't that good of a writer anyway. Sure, my writing may lack in some things, but at least I tend to learn from others, and I like descriptive details. One sentence is crap. What the hell are the other players suppose to do with one measly sentence? Sure, one sentence can have a wealth of information in it, but yours are crap!
( No one cares that you think we are all plotting against you )
Edit: To fix a word...
Edit because LJ hates me and doesn't want to fix crap!
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| Are there Aboriginal American myths/legends about Changelings? |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|10:31 am] |
Are there Aboriginal American myths or legends about Changelings, human children who are stolen and replaced with non-human children? Preferably, originating from groups that lived in the Midwest of the USA.
I've searched on google, but searching for "changeling" brings up a lot of stuff about "changeling: the dreaming," which is not helpful, and asked a research librarian I know.
Stories about children being flat out stolen, or stolen and eaten, are interesting but I specifically want to know if there's stories about children being REPLACED.
Thanks in advance. |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|10:49 am] |
My dad was told by the doctor that he had 'environmental pollutant' bronchitis (which is not a type of bronchitis, but a catalyst for the condition) and that it was not contagious (which is total bull). That doctor is an idiot.
Also my mom seems to have it now, too. I'm surrounded!
Edit: Now she's hacking and coughing and doing the dishes and sticking her hands in the food! DAMN IT. |
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| District Attorney's office? |
[Nov. 5th, 2009|10:11 pm] |
Time: Present
Place: Chicago, if that makes a difference
Terms searched: District Attorney ranks, District Attorney promotion, District Attorney's office positions.
So... I know that the chief District Attorney is an elected official, but the people under him/her? I know they have ranks/titles/names, and that you've got to be promoted up until the ADA (if I remember correctly). My character is a....higher-than-average lawyer in the DA's office, and he's up for a promotion--not quite to ADA--but I don't know what to CALL the promotion's title.
So my question is this: What are the levels/titles in the District Attorney's office BELOW DA and ADA?
thanks in advance!! |
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| Tattoos. |
[Nov. 5th, 2009|07:01 pm] |
I have a fantasy culture that practices heavy tattooing, amongst other body modifications, notably scarification and earlobe stretching/ear gauging/whatever. It's a rite of passage for children to get very intricate henna-like tattoos on their hands, arms and feet when they reach a certain age. These ones are usually the only ones they get nowadays, but in the past the tattoos would cover the legs, entire arms, shoulders, neck and parts of the face (forehead--in place of eyebrows which are burned off--nose, chin, lips on women). I would like to say that the country's technology is somewhere around 16th or 17th century, but it really has no real-world equivalent. ( Probably useless background information. )
The tattoo idea came from the Ainu culture, so I figured even though the designs were fundamentally different, these people would use a tattoo knife similar to the makiri to keep the connection. But the more research I did, the less it seemed to make sense. The Ainu had thick bold tattoos, while mine are similar to mehndi--could a tattoo knife be so precise? What would be a better option? I've also thought about using tebori instead (I know the Ainu are not related to the Japanese! It's just that apparently the technique is just as good or possibly better than the needle machines most people use today) but I couldn't actually find out how old tebori really is, or what traditional needles were made out of. Just a lot of stuff about yakuza tattoos and how the Japanese used to use tattoos to brand criminals. I don't need that.
Also, because the designs are so intricate and the people who get them are so young, I'm guessing that they're going to stretch and lose their shape. How often would these need to be redone? I had it set up so that they would get their initial hand/foot tattoos at eight years old, and every three years until they were twenty the tattoos would be traced over again and more would be added on. (The face tattoos would come with marriage.) Is that plausible? Is it too often/not often enough? What herbs/medications/whatever out there could be used to preserve them? (Google will turn up bio oil and whatnot for this, which I can't use because it's a modern product :/)
Apologies for the long post. |
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| Exploring ancient cities |
[Nov. 5th, 2009|08:11 pm] |
I'm writing a story which involves characters exploring a newly discovered ancient city that's been empty for roughly a thousand years, and I have some questions about the state it would be in. The city is set up with military and religious buildings forming a big, rectangular wall made of stone. In the center of that was a big field, which was filled with wooden homes.
My question is basically this: How much stuff would be left after a thousand years, and how much would fall apart and decompose? I'm assuming wood would rot after that much time; would there be anything left at all? What about cloths, like cotton or animal skins? The city is located in a rain forest, if the climate makes any difference. If anyone has any tips on anything that might be found in an ancient city that people might not think of, I'd really appreciate that, too.
I've been Googling and Wikipedia-ing Mayan and Aztec ruins all night, because my city is very loosely based on them, and I've read articles about them on a variety of websites. I've basically been searching for archaeologists' reports, photos of the ruins, and so on, but I'm not really sure what sort of search terms I'd have to use to find the answers I want.
ETA: I just had a thought. The people who lived in this city are supposed to have been wiped out as a result of a war (and probably other contributing factors, but I want that to be the most blatant). If an invading army were to have burned down the wooden buildings in the center, would there be any way to tell after so much time? As for bodies left to the elements, would there be any skeletons left, or would those have decomposed as well? |
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