I laid down some pain for the field crickets that are sieging my house. We'll see how that goes.

R.I.P., MJ. Man, that's going to bum me out for a bit. I just finished burning every Michael Jackson CD I own so I can listen on the inevitable hellish Friday commute.

So, back on April 29th I promised myself if I actually started paying attention to my working out and my eating habits, and dropped 100 pounds, I'd get myself a new Charger (the fancy one). This has since morphed to a Camaro, or basically 'Some Sweet Ride'. As of Friday I celebrated the 20 pound mark, and am starting to lock down and look at really tackling this rather than settling into a routine (because I have the basic routine down, and I need to keep pressing myself as my body starts adjusting to actually being, well, used again.) As part of the fun, I will once or twice a week post a vehicle I am eyeing as a reward for this. The car has to meet some specific criteria, of the Responsible (Really) kind. I obviously won't drop 80 for some time, but it doesn't hurt to start planning ahead. Criteria are:

* Sweet Looking Ride (To me, at least, I think some may disagree, but hey)
* Faster than balls (Specifically, handling will be secondary to me, though a high secondary, in terms of performance. I will not look at cars that cannot 0-60 in less than 5.3 seconds. My current car does it in about 6 seconds, for comparisons, 5.8 on good days. A 2009 Nissan Altima does it in 7.5, for another comparison.)
* A car that I am unlikely to own in the event of a pod person replacing me and starting to behave like a grown up adult who has responsibilities

Now, the Camaro is near and dear to my heart, but I also am thinking of comfort in terms of cabin size and road trips. In that, Rob had mentioned this, and even my dad loves how this car looks, and I am a really big fan of my Charger. So I present The 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8

The Terran Alliance (Me) is currently waging war across seventeen star systems on the largest map in the game. There is a rift old systems destroyed by a series of asteroids, a no man's land where pirate ships from collapsed empires seek to make a profit in the decay of the Universe. The Arcean empire's destruction has left a void between the Terrans and their principle allies, the Altarian resistance, a former republic and the sister race of man. However, the remnants of the Arceans in addition to the vanquished Drengin have formed to bulk up a race that has decided it can no longer be Neutral, and so  fall under the multi-colored flag of the Iconian Refuge, who until now has sheltered the majority of the civilians and non-evil military.

This new alliance has of three has only been founded due to the pressure to a Dread Lord returning and turning the dide of the Terran advance against the Thalan empire. An ancient being of thousands of years of age, the Dread Lord has gifted his chosen, the Thalan Chancellor, with the power to create wormholes, bring the dead from destroyed worlds back to increase the onslaught of worlds, and immortality to the natives of the land. Their power grows exponentially with every year, and the news casts after the destruction of Mars in a last stand against a Dreadlord Armada speak of the concern for the very survival of the human race. But not all is lost.

Terran archaeologists have unearthed a  series of Precursor cruisers, machines from the ancient enemies of the dreadlords. They have been modified, and have advanced the technology of the human race a dozenfold. Spies from the independence League, a federation of minor planets who appeared after the destruction of the Vegans by the Thalans, have stolen and funneled technology, enemy movements, and the secret to wage war in high-gravity environments, such as the gas giant the dread lord currently inhabits. And there are a series of energy bursts throughout the galaxy, leading to the curing of disease and the doubling of birth rates for a civilization ravaged by pollution that has resulted from never ending war, unexplained phenomena that seems to come from an unknown, but beneficial, hand.


The point of typing all this out is I haven't even played a campaign mission yet. THIS IS ALL FROM A RANDOMLY GENERATED GAME. The dread lord? Random. The factions? Random. The news cast showing the destruction of Mars? Happened. The reports? Happened. Basically everything I described up there has happened through random events and the AI behind making a game run interesting. Everything.

That is all.

I had a dream last night htat pretty much solidifies that, if I don't continue writing the outline of a game idea I had sometime around my vacation in March, I will have wasted a good idea. Good game concepts, woo.

I think my Gloom character is going to have to be a person put to sea on a funeral pyre whose offerings to the Raven Queen were robbed before he arrived at the North. One of the items will be given to him in return for X years of service on the wall. The rest? WHO KNOWS. But he can't go North without them. Stupid customs.

The Six Most Sadistic Dishes From Around the World. Not for the weak of heart.

1. Started your own blog (duh)
2. Slept under the stars (pathfinders)
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (DisneyWorld)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Hutterite community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Guide Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp.
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day
101. Gotten married
102. Gotten divorced
103. Been arrested
104. Marched in a demonstration
105. Flown in a hot air balloon
106. Swam in one of the Great Lakes
107. Walked across the Golden Gate Bridge
108. Swam with dolphins
109. Caught fireflies
110. Panned for gold
111. Climbed a tree
112. Graduated from college
113. Crossed the Rocky Mountains in a car
114. Visited a Native American reservation
115. Gone hang-gliding
116. Won money gambling
117. Climbed a Mayan pyramid
118. Seen a UFO
119. Visited a tropical rain forest
120. Visited the Colosseum in Rome
121. Got a speeding ticket
122. Seen Stonehenge
123. Been to a rock concert

If you saw a police car with ME in it, what would you think I got arrested for?

Post your answer here and then post this question on your LJ and see how many crimes you get accused of!!!!