Well, I suppose it was bound to happen sooner or later, but one of my friends accused me of white-knighting and trying to get laid by calling him out for misogyny. I find it a little flattering in the sense that I was able to get under his skin and thus garner the label in his eyes. It also troubled me a little because I felt the need to ask myself ( Read more... )

First item, Dan sent me this declaration (trigger warning for rape) a few days ago for discussion. I found it troubling as someone that has made the mistakes of trivializing rape and being unconsciously sexist, realizes that these were shitty things to do, and spends time becoming more enlightened in the ways of feminism in an effort to not make ( Read more... )

It has been a rather uneventful couple weeks mostly. I'm starting to stress about finances a bit thanks to getting hit with a civil warrant for part of my medical bills. I wanted to work something out with them at a time when finances were tighter, but they wouldn't have it. I suppose I can take another shot at it and see if I can work out a deal ( Read more... )

So I'm very glad that I'm practicing soldering with junk boards. I seem to be getting my amateur mistakes out of the way and learning from them before I even touch the expensive boards. Stuff like not wetting the tip of the iron properly, overheating (and subsequently scorching) the board, ripping up contacts, dumb shit that I can learn from (?). I ( Read more... )

So things have been going pretty well lately, with the exception of allergies kicking my butt. Jenna hooked me up with some local wildflower honey and that feels like it's helping me get things under control. I know trees need sexytime and all, but I like breathing, dammit! I also discovered that even when my allergies flare, I should probably not ( Read more... )

I mean, seriously. I don't see him jetting to the same price as Jace, but his abilities to say "fuck your hand and your permanents too" are friggin solid. And being colorless, I can see him getting a lot of use in a variety of decks. We'll see though.

Anyway, it has been a little while since I posted here. Things have been going pretty well lately, ( Read more... )

Today's internet technology lets us exchange ideas and news over great distances in a matter of seconds. It's just a shame that so many of those ideas are either completely asinine, ugly, or ignorant beyond comparison. I almost hate being a white male when I look and see my own kind helping to perpetuate our stereotype as domineering, egotistical ( Read more... )

I picked up Chun-Li a couple days ago. Steve had a good feeling about my play style and recommended her for me to learn in ST. I pick her up and immediately start putting Steve on the run, which is VERY hard to do in ST given his experience. We spent about twelve hours bouncing between ST and Super4, until my forearms were sore as hell. I get ( Read more... )

It has been one hell of a week and a half. Magfest happened, and was fucking awesome. I didn't work this time...not one bit. I donned the robe of the dude and kept a swagger going that could not be disrupted, not even by drunken band members that stalked me through the hotel for about a half hour. Some short kid with corn rows or punk hair or ( Read more... )

I am declaring myself to be the Naruto of the fighting game world. I got my butt kicked, but I will not stop reaching for greatness. BELIEVE IT ( Read more... )