Rain Dog @Leucrotta@awoo.space

my love of fantasy and TTRPGs mean I'm split about what's the best part of Conan the Barbarian;

* Conan's father telling him about the riddle of steel, full of world building and cultural richness OR

* the Atlantean Sword scene, full of mystery and wonder OR

* when the PCs successfully stealth in to capture the princess and then completely abandon their plan so they can set shit on fire and hurl big cauldrons of stew down the stairs etc

"can Democrats undo college campus branding and capture the working class" seriously, some of us have our lives on the line every time there are Republicans in office and it doesn't actually improve that much under Democrats, this is not the Bulldogs vs Tech game, so kindly fuck off to McMurdo Sound or somewhere.

okay, I am now done with job hunt stuff for the time being and can eat something and step myself back from the desire to cut my wrists that job hunting can (and in this case did) inspire. The sun is shining and in a bit I can draw, like what I actually WANT to do with my life.

another "what about this job appeals to you?" question answered with "This would be an opportunity to build on my current skillset" rather than "I do not want to live then die under an I-5 onramp."

"Hear that, Mister Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability. That is the sound of your death. Goodbye, Mr. Anderson."

"My name is... SHAKE ZULA! THA MIC RULA, THA OLD SKOOLA! YOU WANT A TRIP I'LL BRING IT TO YA!"

WHOA BLACK BETTY BAM BA LAM
WHOA BLACK BETTY BAM BA LAM
OUR VOICES ARE AS QUIET AND MEANINGLESS AS DRY GRASS
OR RATS FEET OVER BROKEN GLASS
IN OUR DRY CELLAR
BAM BA LAM

dude DUDE a fencing school locally is hiring a front desk person

I don't actively want many jobs I come across, mostly I need to pay bills and rent. I want this job more than I want to do accounting if this gives you any idea.

of course listening to "Mona Lisa Overdrive" leads to the thematically similar "Alech Taadi," "Black Betty" and "Jesus Built My Hotrod."

dude DUDE check this out https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184894580/ancient-women-were-hunters-and-grandmas-were-the-most-skilled-ones-study-suggest

a straight up comparison between humans and orcas this is awesome

*Morpheus voice*

Look around you, what do you see? Hyper herm skunktaurs. Muscle doberwomen. Fat samoyed furs wearing only very smelly socks. The very people we are trying to save. But most of these people do not want to be unplugged from the Matrix. Neo, were you paying attention or were you looking at that hyena in the prominently bulged red skirt?

oh geez Trent, put a fucking sock in it

your midichlorian count has to be as high as Master Yoda's

wait, this is about the same point where I got completely sick of "Pretty Hate Machine" and went off to listen to something else the last time, isn't it?

switching to Lords of Acid, that's very 90s too.

I know it's my standard joke but for DECADES now I keep forgetting how the first songs on this album are about anger, abuse and chronic psych problems, and then BOOM abruptly into whining like Anakin about getting laid

how many years will you take, you've TAKEN EVERYTHING.
my head is filled with disease, my skin is begging you,
I'm on my hands and knees, I want so much to believe.

#SongLyrics #Bleepy #aaaaaangst

also; Peturbator came out with a new album in 2021? This one new track sounds so NIN like I now need to listen to Pretty Hate Machine again, and I will try very hard not to get distracted from job hunting, by drawing little doodles of people doing backflips while firing twin mini-Uzis etc.

the good news is I have a video interview tomorrow as follow up to Monday's phone interview, the REALLY good news is I have a legit excuse to duck out on spending tomorrow with my Dad, the bad news is I zipped outside to be polite about talking on my phone and it is NOT WARM out there. brrr brr brrr

I suddenly realized there are D&D players who'd need healing surges, bloodied, and minions explained to them the same way there are D&D players who'd need THACO or non weapon proficiencies explained to them, and this made me feel old enough that my bad knee is acting up.

subtoot;

things you can sing to the tune of "My Little Pony"

"prostate massager"

tired; "Reptiles and Samurai" is about the conflict between the reptilian, primal id and the conscious, civilized ego

wired; "Reptiles and Samurai" is the theme tune for an imaginary 80s cartoon intended mostly to sell toys (different types of dinosaur people vs samurai distinguished by weapons)

I finally came up with a good description of having to stick around my parents' place for dinner with them;

"as fun as a 4 hour documentary about Stalingrad on a good day and about as fun as actual Stalingrad on a bad day"

Even if they are on sale and I desperately WANT to I shouldn’t spend $10 on a sparkly toy unicorn. Unrelated, I’ve decided I don’t need a half edible quite yet; I managed to get through Sunday evening without. But if Thursday’s as bad as I anticipate I might need that then.