enjoy the silence.
-pyper
What Goes Here?
6 years ago
Saturday, July 05, 2008
pyper and her bite of the wolf
oh and in case you haven't been to my myspace page to check out some pics of pyper here she is with her bite of the wolf. eh just to tie the comic together with the actual in-game image. i'll take a brighter pic at some point to show it off a little better prolly on sean's comp with the graphics as high as they'll go [they even warn you when you select that option...spooky huh?]. the vines wrapping around the bat'leth are barbed and if you look closely you can see that there's images etched into the actual metal itself. we finally turned the graphics up all the way on sean's new amazing computer and saw that they are wolves which are the warden's natural form so it makes perfect sense. here i am. oh and the shield in the picture is also a badass fabled drop from shard of hate and it emits a black mist with a glowing red orb in the middle mwha ha ha.
enjoy the silence.
-pyper
enjoy the silence.
-pyper
happy 4th of juliet
hope everyone had a happy 4th. mine was basically spent keeping in touch with my family via cell phone, playing video games, and watching tv. nothing special. i was feeling somewhat lazy. my grandfather (on my mom's side) had a minor stroke on thursday but they were at the beach where he has a house [well we'll call it a house - it's really two trailers stuck together]. so my mother and aunt traveled down to the hospital at the beach and they are still staying there hence the family cell phone convos. granddad is doing fine now so hopefully they'll be headed home today.
of the movies i perused yesterday they were mostly on the adolescent front:
nanny mcphee 5/10 - cute [again cute actually meaning cute and not badass]. great little lesson film for children about misbehaving. i really loved the use of the bright colors. very visual. extremely straightforward. watch it if you're watching it with your kids, otherwise i say pass.
daddy day care 7/10 - funny. it's a geeky kind of funny what with all the comic book and trekkie references. i'm not the hugest star trek fan but even i realized that kid was speaking klingon...maybe that has to do with the warden epic weapon featured in the comic strip below. eh who knows? anywho i like steve zahn, eddie murphy, and jeff garlin in this film. they work well together. not to mention i adore films with anjelica huston. regardless of the role she's playing she always gives a fantastic performance. seeing as how i just recently saw wall-e, it was nice to put a face to the voice of the captain of the cruise ship since i haven't seen that many movies with jeff garlin in them. very entertaining and worth watching with or without the kids.
nothing much else going on this weekend. i'm at work currently [::gasp:: on a saturday!] trying to clean up my desk as i'm starting school shortly and stephanie will need a clean work area when she comes in to take over my position. hopefully i'll get some reading done today and get a chance to watch charlie bartlett as dad burned it for me and i'm still dying to see it. shortly i'll be getting a copy of in bruges which also looks hilarious and unfortunately did not play at any theaters in the greater columbia metropolitan area ::growl::.
have a splendiferous weekend and as always, enjoy the silence.
-pyper
of the movies i perused yesterday they were mostly on the adolescent front:
nanny mcphee 5/10 - cute [again cute actually meaning cute and not badass]. great little lesson film for children about misbehaving. i really loved the use of the bright colors. very visual. extremely straightforward. watch it if you're watching it with your kids, otherwise i say pass.
daddy day care 7/10 - funny. it's a geeky kind of funny what with all the comic book and trekkie references. i'm not the hugest star trek fan but even i realized that kid was speaking klingon...maybe that has to do with the warden epic weapon featured in the comic strip below. eh who knows? anywho i like steve zahn, eddie murphy, and jeff garlin in this film. they work well together. not to mention i adore films with anjelica huston. regardless of the role she's playing she always gives a fantastic performance. seeing as how i just recently saw wall-e, it was nice to put a face to the voice of the captain of the cruise ship since i haven't seen that many movies with jeff garlin in them. very entertaining and worth watching with or without the kids.
nothing much else going on this weekend. i'm at work currently [::gasp:: on a saturday!] trying to clean up my desk as i'm starting school shortly and stephanie will need a clean work area when she comes in to take over my position. hopefully i'll get some reading done today and get a chance to watch charlie bartlett as dad burned it for me and i'm still dying to see it. shortly i'll be getting a copy of in bruges which also looks hilarious and unfortunately did not play at any theaters in the greater columbia metropolitan area ::growl::.
have a splendiferous weekend and as always, enjoy the silence.
-pyper
Thursday, July 03, 2008
bat'leth by brasse
i found a brasse comic i just had to post. she's a hilarious dwarf that makes some wonderful eq2 comics. myself, being the healing warden that i am, found this one quite humorous. you can go to here to check out some more of her comics. not all of them being eq2 related btw. some are lotro, wow, and other mmorpgs. i really miss how farming used to be in lotro /cry.
enjoy the silence.
-pyper
hancock and some epic eq2
hancock 7/10 - the movie was cute [and when i say cute this time i mean cute...not badass]. it was really short [1.5 hours] and with the digital theater we saw it in the really neat fight scene was so quick you couldn't keep up with it to see what was going on. besides that i really enjoyed it. entertaining enough but still left you wanting some more. some really great scenes. it's one of those films you can see now or wait till it comes out. either way you should prolly give it a go at some point.
last night's eq2 run was great! we went into chardok which is an evil evil zone and finished this horrid wyvern who goes by the name of severclaw. our group consisted of keline [beline's guardian], fievall [sean's brigand], phinneas [dad's necromancer], ritan [mom's conjuror], and fantar [ranger]. so fantar needs severclaw as the last named in his epic. fievall and i have fought severclaw before. the sucker has killed us at least twelve times if not more. well so we start the fight and things are going well. i burn one of my tunare powers that gives me 50% extra heals for 30 seconds and then it wears off. severclaw is down to 50% health and our tank drops. and then mom's pet is magically staying alive tanking the mob and then he goes down and she goes down and dad and his pet go down and fievall has feigned death in the corner. fantar starts kiting the mob around and so i'm basically out of mana but i start rooting the mob. and we're down to 5% of his health remaining and he starts moving so very slowly when he breaks my roots so i'm popping mana stones, necro hearts, and conjurer shards to try to get the teeniest bit of mana to keep at least one of my roots holding him still so fantar can pummel him with arrows. finally, finally i have enough mana to burn him and i cast a fire spell and he goes down! then he promptly respawns about 5 feet from my toon and i scream out of pure fright that he's back but apparently i was far enough away for him not to notice me ::quiet sigh of relief::. so then we evac as golems and di'zoks are repopping all around us and taking notice that we're still there and head down to court of korucust where we get phinneas his update for his epic by killing korucust although the first time we got to cok none of us had a key so we had to go kill the bridge keeper in order to obtain one and then got in no problem. we tried to go back down again and get to beline's [keline's main] epic spot but we weren't able to so we have made plans to go back next wednesday to get his update from the chardok library and the sebilis research area. all in all had a great time and am insanely ecstatic that we got both of those updates.
enjoy the silence.
-pyper
last night's eq2 run was great! we went into chardok which is an evil evil zone and finished this horrid wyvern who goes by the name of severclaw. our group consisted of keline [beline's guardian], fievall [sean's brigand], phinneas [dad's necromancer], ritan [mom's conjuror], and fantar [ranger]. so fantar needs severclaw as the last named in his epic. fievall and i have fought severclaw before. the sucker has killed us at least twelve times if not more. well so we start the fight and things are going well. i burn one of my tunare powers that gives me 50% extra heals for 30 seconds and then it wears off. severclaw is down to 50% health and our tank drops. and then mom's pet is magically staying alive tanking the mob and then he goes down and she goes down and dad and his pet go down and fievall has feigned death in the corner. fantar starts kiting the mob around and so i'm basically out of mana but i start rooting the mob. and we're down to 5% of his health remaining and he starts moving so very slowly when he breaks my roots so i'm popping mana stones, necro hearts, and conjurer shards to try to get the teeniest bit of mana to keep at least one of my roots holding him still so fantar can pummel him with arrows. finally, finally i have enough mana to burn him and i cast a fire spell and he goes down! then he promptly respawns about 5 feet from my toon and i scream out of pure fright that he's back but apparently i was far enough away for him not to notice me ::quiet sigh of relief::. so then we evac as golems and di'zoks are repopping all around us and taking notice that we're still there and head down to court of korucust where we get phinneas his update for his epic by killing korucust although the first time we got to cok none of us had a key so we had to go kill the bridge keeper in order to obtain one and then got in no problem. we tried to go back down again and get to beline's [keline's main] epic spot but we weren't able to so we have made plans to go back next wednesday to get his update from the chardok library and the sebilis research area. all in all had a great time and am insanely ecstatic that we got both of those updates.
enjoy the silence.
-pyper
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
about a boy
about a boy - 8.5/10 - i loved it. it's a given that i like hugh grant regardless of how many hookers he sleeps with [the same goes for charlie sheen] but the whole film was just great. granted i missed the last minute or so due to my dvr cutting it off but just a really nice piece all together. deals with a lot of issues that are typically handled in a rather more serious or flippant way depending on the film. other movies tend to go way over either side of the border when addressing things such as suicide, depression, death, dating, and life in general but about a boy pokes some fun while still showing a sincere effort regarding the somberness of some of the topics. i like british humor a lot too so if you're not a fan avoid the film.
nothing much else going on. i've really got to read this biology book. last night's attempt to read while transmuting ended in another charasis: voes and charasis: maidens run. which in all fairness were actually very nice runs for me as i looted my wayward moon tunic (which i've been dying for) and ::gasp:: my defender of the forest master!!! masters in this game are totally way too expensive to ever afford unless you spend all your time trying to make money and not playing so i was completely ecstatic! wootastic!
anywho nothing much else for now.
enjoy the silence.
-pyper
nothing much else going on. i've really got to read this biology book. last night's attempt to read while transmuting ended in another charasis: voes and charasis: maidens run. which in all fairness were actually very nice runs for me as i looted my wayward moon tunic (which i've been dying for) and ::gasp:: my defender of the forest master!!! masters in this game are totally way too expensive to ever afford unless you spend all your time trying to make money and not playing so i was completely ecstatic! wootastic!
anywho nothing much else for now.
enjoy the silence.
-pyper
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
brokeback, wall-e, and wedding crashers...it almost sounds like you could put them all together somehow...
doh dee doh. so i watched several movies this weekend and have two on my dvr that i've got to finish. let's get started.
wedding crashers 8/10 - i found it hilarious. in some movies the blatant disregard for our morales is a bit much. in this one they found a way to make fun of it and turn it around. i laughed a lot. vince vaughn and owen wilson are a great pair. i also LOVED isla fisher's role in the film. i thought she was fantastic in definitely, maybe though as well playing the part of moi.
wall-e 8.5/10 - really cute. obvious underlying message about not ruining your planet and getting off your ass every once in a while. when we go see these films on the days that they premiere i always enjoy the reactions from the eight billion kids in the theater, especially the one behind us asking if she could have more of her chicken mcnuggets. it was quite an enjoyable experience.
brokeback mountain 7/10 - i was thoroughly surprised by this film. i'm not homophobic or anything, just not a big fan of watching two guys make out or go at it which is what i wrongly assumed would be the majority of the movie. plus apparently millions of women think jake gyllenhaal is sexy or some such. i am completely the opposite and find him rather unattractive. heath ledger on the other hand was immensely adorable and it rather stinks that he passed away earlier this year. the movie rather shows their relationship in a very tasteful manner. eh so the first twenty minutes of the film ennis (ledger) and jack (gyllenhaal) meet and are up in the mountains and do their relationship thing. after that they both get married [to women] and end up having kids. the boys reunite after a four year stint of not being together and ennis' wife sees a most passionate kiss betwixt the two which ultimately sets his marriage into a downward spiral. anywho i could keep going and give a complete synopsis of the events that followed but we'll stop there and leave it at the movie dealing more with the ethics of society and how the homosexual community was treated years ago. it's enlightening and saddening all at the same time. i think it's worth seeing if you have the opportunity.
last night got on eq2 and helped galubot finish up his epic by taking out the dread pirate jones in chelsith. then we ganged up with cara's alt lulla (dirge), an assassin from zealous (eluna's alt i think), galubot (swash), brigon (guardian), and wizairde (coercer) to go run charasis: vault of eternal sleep so brigon could get the last mob for his epic. the run went phenomenally well if i do say so myself and i'm giving myself props for solo healing a less than 40 minute run of the zone. it's safe to say others can do the same but man they kept me on my toes with gal running out there pulling mobs continuously and the falling into holes that happens occassionally (granted i fell into a hole and ended up causing the only death [sorry lulla] that happened the entire run but still). also got my transmuting up to 305 so i'm slowly but surely making my way to that 400 mark.
eh back to work for now. apparently i might go see hancock tonight or tomorrow...
enjoy the silence.
-pyper
wedding crashers 8/10 - i found it hilarious. in some movies the blatant disregard for our morales is a bit much. in this one they found a way to make fun of it and turn it around. i laughed a lot. vince vaughn and owen wilson are a great pair. i also LOVED isla fisher's role in the film. i thought she was fantastic in definitely, maybe though as well playing the part of moi.
wall-e 8.5/10 - really cute. obvious underlying message about not ruining your planet and getting off your ass every once in a while. when we go see these films on the days that they premiere i always enjoy the reactions from the eight billion kids in the theater, especially the one behind us asking if she could have more of her chicken mcnuggets. it was quite an enjoyable experience.
brokeback mountain 7/10 - i was thoroughly surprised by this film. i'm not homophobic or anything, just not a big fan of watching two guys make out or go at it which is what i wrongly assumed would be the majority of the movie. plus apparently millions of women think jake gyllenhaal is sexy or some such. i am completely the opposite and find him rather unattractive. heath ledger on the other hand was immensely adorable and it rather stinks that he passed away earlier this year. the movie rather shows their relationship in a very tasteful manner. eh so the first twenty minutes of the film ennis (ledger) and jack (gyllenhaal) meet and are up in the mountains and do their relationship thing. after that they both get married [to women] and end up having kids. the boys reunite after a four year stint of not being together and ennis' wife sees a most passionate kiss betwixt the two which ultimately sets his marriage into a downward spiral. anywho i could keep going and give a complete synopsis of the events that followed but we'll stop there and leave it at the movie dealing more with the ethics of society and how the homosexual community was treated years ago. it's enlightening and saddening all at the same time. i think it's worth seeing if you have the opportunity.
last night got on eq2 and helped galubot finish up his epic by taking out the dread pirate jones in chelsith. then we ganged up with cara's alt lulla (dirge), an assassin from zealous (eluna's alt i think), galubot (swash), brigon (guardian), and wizairde (coercer) to go run charasis: vault of eternal sleep so brigon could get the last mob for his epic. the run went phenomenally well if i do say so myself and i'm giving myself props for solo healing a less than 40 minute run of the zone. it's safe to say others can do the same but man they kept me on my toes with gal running out there pulling mobs continuously and the falling into holes that happens occassionally (granted i fell into a hole and ended up causing the only death [sorry lulla] that happened the entire run but still). also got my transmuting up to 305 so i'm slowly but surely making my way to that 400 mark.
eh back to work for now. apparently i might go see hancock tonight or tomorrow...
enjoy the silence.
-pyper
Monday, June 30, 2008
eh change and all that nonsense
wow so i found my blog from forever and a day ago in 2003...obviously. it's amazing how your life changes, your views change, your goals change, the people around you change, and how you just literally "grow up." i look at things i worried about then that aren't a big deal now and how things are different in just 5 years and how lots of people i know have had things happen in their lives that are incredibly worse than how my life has turned out. it's amazing how everything changes!
so there are some blog postings that would cover a tad bit of the lapse that can be found at my myspace page if you're in for some movie reviews and light reading about my life.
brief synopsis of what's going on atm. i own a house in lexington, sc. i'm about to start grad school at usc in biology for my phd. i'm dating the man of my dreams who goes by the name sean south. the current animal population is as follows, aurora (corgi), eros (corgi), rukia (catahoula leopard dog mix), aremis (cat), petie (horse), and cooper (horse). a lot of the other animals have new homes. luna unfortunately passed away when she managed to get out of the house a coupla years ago and run straight into the highway in front of my home. my address is on hwy 6 and it's a very dangerous road. sean and i live together and we have a roommate jon. amy and jason got married! my plans are to get through my phd as quickly as possible and start post-doctoral work and hopefully get a teaching position at clemson so i can sell the house in lexington and move back to the area i love so much.
if/when you read this before i was about 40 lbs overweight. well since then i've gotten up to 100 pounds over and now i'm back down to just 80 lbs over so i'm on a diet that i've been sticking with for about 2 weeks now and i exercise at least 4/7 days per week. i don't get to see the horses very often as they're back at jake's place but i'd really like to start riding again. although i think if i do start riding again i would actually like to go bound back into the world of lessons and just let petie and cooper hang out as yard ponies since they seem to enjoy that lifestyle.
i still hate capital letters. i drink way less and can moderate it much better now than before which is most definitely a good thing as getting overly drunk has gotten me into way more trouble than i ever want to be in again. i haven't had a drink in a month and a half as part of a four month stint of not drinking that i'm currently working on.
i'm an everquest 2 addict. i'm quite good at it if i do say so myself. i've graduated from eqoa and moved on to bigger better things. my main is pyper who is a level 80 warden/80 provisioner with 140 aas and is currently working on transmuting skill levels on the crushbone server (previously innothule) if you ever want to play. i play with a great group of people that i love and enjoy spending time with. and i'm sure you all knew i'd end up as a druid in eq2 just like i was in eqoa. i'm a healer through and through.
anywho i'm currently working, sending claims and entering payments for vista psychiatric consultants so i really should get back to the end of the month crud right away.
i hope everyone is having a wonderous day!
enjoy the silence.
-pyper aka ach
so there are some blog postings that would cover a tad bit of the lapse that can be found at my myspace page if you're in for some movie reviews and light reading about my life.
brief synopsis of what's going on atm. i own a house in lexington, sc. i'm about to start grad school at usc in biology for my phd. i'm dating the man of my dreams who goes by the name sean south. the current animal population is as follows, aurora (corgi), eros (corgi), rukia (catahoula leopard dog mix), aremis (cat), petie (horse), and cooper (horse). a lot of the other animals have new homes. luna unfortunately passed away when she managed to get out of the house a coupla years ago and run straight into the highway in front of my home. my address is on hwy 6 and it's a very dangerous road. sean and i live together and we have a roommate jon. amy and jason got married! my plans are to get through my phd as quickly as possible and start post-doctoral work and hopefully get a teaching position at clemson so i can sell the house in lexington and move back to the area i love so much.
if/when you read this before i was about 40 lbs overweight. well since then i've gotten up to 100 pounds over and now i'm back down to just 80 lbs over so i'm on a diet that i've been sticking with for about 2 weeks now and i exercise at least 4/7 days per week. i don't get to see the horses very often as they're back at jake's place but i'd really like to start riding again. although i think if i do start riding again i would actually like to go bound back into the world of lessons and just let petie and cooper hang out as yard ponies since they seem to enjoy that lifestyle.
i still hate capital letters. i drink way less and can moderate it much better now than before which is most definitely a good thing as getting overly drunk has gotten me into way more trouble than i ever want to be in again. i haven't had a drink in a month and a half as part of a four month stint of not drinking that i'm currently working on.
i'm an everquest 2 addict. i'm quite good at it if i do say so myself. i've graduated from eqoa and moved on to bigger better things. my main is pyper who is a level 80 warden/80 provisioner with 140 aas and is currently working on transmuting skill levels on the crushbone server (previously innothule) if you ever want to play. i play with a great group of people that i love and enjoy spending time with. and i'm sure you all knew i'd end up as a druid in eq2 just like i was in eqoa. i'm a healer through and through.
anywho i'm currently working, sending claims and entering payments for vista psychiatric consultants so i really should get back to the end of the month crud right away.
i hope everyone is having a wonderous day!
enjoy the silence.
-pyper aka ach
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