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[Jun. 24th, 2009|09:38 pm] |
Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.
Words from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) pyat :
Frostbyte
Frostbyte is, uh, not something I ever really intended to talk about on this forum, so I'm going to be vague. Frostbyte is a character I portrayed in a roleplaying game. If I had to sum up his story, it was this: Frostbyte was everything that a libertine 14 year old boy prone to power fantasies could ever want to be. Ultimately, it destroyed him utterly from within. This is a metaphor for the progress of growing up and realizing that the stuff you thought used to be cool really wasn't all that cool.
Exalted
Exalted is a game originally made by Geoff Grabowski and a whole shit-ton of talented (and not so talented) freelancers. Fundamentally, like most fantasy games, it was made in response and reaction to the tropes of dungeons and dragons, but the most important one is that it is a moral vacuum. It is fantasy real-politik; in that sense it forces more moral decision making than most anything else. Also, tremendous power fantasy.
Cambridge
Cambridge is where I live. I spent college here, and the economy here is pretty strong, plus all my stuff is here, so I saw no reason to leave. I live here in an apartment with my room-mate, who is infinitely more jaded and worldly than I. The weather is cold, and rainy, but the public transportation is top notch!
MIT
is a great place to go to college if you can get away with it, believe you me, but it's not quite as surreal and 'Real Genius'-esque as you might think. Most of the time, believe it or not, we pretty much do the same shit as any other college, we just work harder and find more exotic ways to goof off.
Hedgehogs
are easily among the cutest of rodents. I've considered getting one, because - well, let's be honest here, their maintenance needs are minimal. But ultimately, even that minor responsibility strikes me as hazardous to the pet in question, and I value my feckless life while I can manage it.
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![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/89353729/341215) | From: pyat
2009-06-25 02:08 am (UTC)
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Thank you for sharing! :)
We're thinking of getting my oldest a hedgehog for her next birthday.
Words!
Oh, and hedgehogs aren't rodents; they're erinaceids, in a whole different superorder than rodents.
Lowell!
Commute!
Retro computing!
RPGs!
Carebears!
Heh, amusing. Although I think you sell ol' Frost short, although that's a discussion for another place and another time.
also, what the hell. WORDS!
Raksha!
Roleplaying games!
Tall, muscled ladies!
Eschaton!
Hometown!
Bondage!
Science!
Exalted!
Romance!
Arizona!
Words! plz?
(And oh hay this is Mnemmy. :D New[er] eljay!)
Dresses!
Lawyers!
Alcohol!
Hypnosis!
Sarcasm!
It's been awhile since I saw your journal, hope I'm not too late for WORDS! | |
