Wooooooo!

Helped run a remote broadcast for KISS 94.5 today, one of the stations I intern for. They were at a Dunkin' Donuts, collecting donations of school supplies for families in need (I almost typed 'needy families' which just sounds like they have attachment issues). I helped them move cases of notebooks and got a free breakfast from the Dunkin' Donuts staff. I was prepared to pay, but they said I was all set, and I am not one to turn down free food. After a few hours of that, I went to my paying job, at 8. It just felt weird going from one half job to a job in the same morning.

So, what is everyone doing next weekend? Amanda's going to come up to visit, but I will be working, so who wants to come up and crash at our place in Orono to keep Arch company whilst I slave away at the lab? Which has two sweet new plasma tvs. Which you can totally hook games up to. While I work.

Eh?

One day in the future (so movies and video games tell us) we will have this powerful (though unwieldy and largely impractical) firearm:


It's a Squad Automatic Weapon (a light machine gun) with a suppressor on the barrel and a grenade launcher mounted under it, designed to be slung over the shoulder and held like a chainsaw. Think the Smartgun machine gun from Aliens, with a grenade launcher.

Love- For the past four and a half years, Arch and I have been happily together, such to the point that some people speak of us as a unit. I don't mind that at all, and I'm looking to keep it that way.

Jesus- Due to my hair (facial and otherwise), and certain robes I've been known to wear, I've been told I look like the Christ. At one point during a production of Julius Caesar, my fellow cast members and I (all robed) stood me up a la crucifix silhouetted against a red lit background. Surprised the directors nicely.

Guitar- Been playing for about four-five years now, nothing at all serious, mostly noodling around with a practice amp and in front of a coffee house a handful of times, but I enjoy it. My technical ability is pretty much capped at playing the synth riff to "The Final Countdown".

Plungers- These have become part of my lifestyle largely since the inception of Saco's Angels, and I must say, they look quite nice suctioned over Ray's nipples.

Fur Pants- My legs have been referred as such. I've had hairy legs for most of my life, and it is to the point where they provide mild insulation while I wear my kilt in the cold climates of Maine.

PS: Ted Nugent is in your house.

The past few years of working jobs with normal hours has turned me into much more of a morning person than I was, but not morning enough to want to really shoot for being a morning show DJ. Case in point, I get up at 5 (not that unreasonable) to be at the station for 6 when the show starts, I usually get there at around the same time one of the hosts does. The other guy (who also teaches at NESCOM) gets up at 3. THREE AM! That's just nuts.

ON a completely unrelated note, I offer up our apartment for a boffer building weekend between friends. We've got a Home Depot within driving distance, though tools should be brought up if we do come up here.

Feel like staring up a new tank, so I'm planning on the following: a tiny planted tank. I've got a 1 gallon rig that I've kept bettas and crabs in, so I think I'm going to make that sucker a tiny little 1 gallon forest. Dunno if I'll ever put fish in it, maybe an Oto or two to eat algae, possibly 1 or 2 neons for color, but I'll see how that goes.

Meme from Jess (_reverie_)

Kilts-
I've been wearing them for, I'd say, 6-ish years now, and I'm proud to say I was one of the first to wear one at TA. And on that note, there have been few times I've been on the stage in the auditorium without one on. They are very comfortable, all men should at least try one out.

Boy Scouts-
Been in Scouting since I was five, and I made Eagle right before I turned 18. Some of my fondest memories are beating other younger children at contests at camporees and summer camp. The finest moment of the Scorpion Patrol (of which Brandon, Lance, and I were key members) was completing all of the activities (and winning all but two) of a weekend camporee before lunch on the first day, leaving us to do nothing but lounge around and light fires for the rest of the day.

Dewtinis-
Haven't had one in a while, but everyone must have their signature beverage. Mountain Dew, orange juice, and gin is mine. I think a 3 parts dew, 2 parts oj, and 1-2 parts gin (more gin if it's Tanqueray Rangpur) promotes tooth decay and inebriation nicely. Garnish with orange.

Betta Fish-
I'm on my eighth beta (named alpha-zeta), my first female. She is an as-yet-unnamed rescue from a humane society, I've taken to calling her sweetie. I got her from the Bangor Humane Society when I was producing a radio show for them for a class, and I found out that her and several other animals were seized from a home in Augusta where a dude had wayyyyy to many pets, including goats, in his house. She's mostly blind in one eye, but doing well.

Saco's Angels-
Initially a bicycle gang from the mean streets of Saco, Maine, now a small webcomic updating whenever we feel like it, it also represents a group of friends I've gathered over the years from high school and PortCon.

Bam! Reply to this with the word "Words" and I'll send you five words that come to mind when I think of you.

It's amazing what you find in an old photobucket account.

Ganked from Nami

If I were a DND character, thass me:
STR:7
INT:13
WIS:15
DEX:11
CON:9
CHR:12

I'd say that's Rogue or Mage material right there

Quiz

PortCon was fun too.

Went in at 5:30 to work with the morning show on KISS 94.5, I actually got to go on the air, telling an anecdote relevant to the topic of the morning. I was on Real Radio for a minute!

Then I cleaned out the station vans.

Crew of the Nobile! I need your aid.

I've been thinking of writing up a short story or something about the Nobile and its crew, the only thing is that you guys have created far more interesting characters and backgrounds than I ever could. In order for me to do you guys justice in this one could you send me names and blurbs about your steampunk selves?

Finally got my internship gig started. Kicked around the Blueberry station for a little bit, watched the PD do his thing, and on Tuesdee I get to sit in with the main morning show at 6AM. Only issue I'm running into is setting up a consistent schedule over there, haven't figured out how to easily set that up yet.

Had a fun weekend, saw some sweet movies (UP and Terminator Salvation), played some Pokemans, drank for Tom for his birthdee (Ordered Run of the Mill's sampler paddle, their stout is still my favorite), but fuck if a cold didn't knock me on my ass yesterday. Doing better now, but I'm at work, washing and sanitizing my snotty hands pretty damn often. Nobody else needs this hiv.

AB was fun.

I dressed up in two sweet costumes, got some shirts and a series, tried to eat nasty shit (my fault, really), got kissed by a man, didn't see enough panels, saw some fun game shows, drank beer on a train, stood on a fountain, was asked to get off said fountain, identified erectile dysfunction, woke up with a stiff neck, and had a good time in general.

Next year: Tom and Ray need to come. Period, bring your ladies too. I'd like to run a panel or a game show, I've decided, but I'll take a dick in the eye before I staff Anime Boston. I think they were a little short on security and programming this time around, but they fixed the registration problem. They didn't do it like we expected, but they fixed it at any rate. Next year I may entertain the idea of staying Sunday night, we'll see how that goes.

Hey all, Kirk has decided to room with us, something about not wanting to sleep with 8 other people, so what this means is everybody's room just got cheaper! $130 each, so, everybody just got an extra $20 to spend thanks to Kirk!

Mick, I'll give you your refund when I see you, Julie and Ryan, enjoy your collective $40 :D

Turns out we're doing a 5 man raid next weekend. This ups the price to $147 each (Kirk owes $44 for Thursdee crashings). Still under $150!

Woooo!

Airship Nobile's logo rendered in felt, on my back:



I think it came out nice, two layers of felt (I wanted it black, the white was neccessary) and some thread, I like how my shoulder ropes and flask pocket came out too. I might put a smaller one on a sleeve, haven't decided yet.

Wooo! Time for a final rundown of what's what.

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Gonna be a good time.

We've got fiddler crabs again:



We decided we had to do something with Gordon's tank, and I didn't want to put it away so we agreed on a crab tank. Thus far we've got these two, an as yet unnamed male and female. We plan on getting more (I think we're going to clean out the new mall pet store's stock) and having some danios to swim around and be stupid. The danios we've had have a habit of dying off, but hey, that'll make the crabs happy.