Author Archives: Michael C. McGreevy
Protected: [WoW – Asshole Filter] Fuck you, you fucking fucks
Because I forgot to post this yesterday
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Protected: [Tabletop Filter] – Dinner, anyone?
The Japanese are CRAZY
Les Miserables 2D fighting game
Yes, you fucking read that right.
A Les Miserables 2D fighting game.
Most of the text is in Japanese, so it’s a bit of a pain to figure out how to get the file, but once you do it’s priceless.
Robojean, baby. Aww yeah.
Sad thing is, I just blew through most of the game kicking serious ass with Cosette.
At one point, somehow, I dropped a burning barricade on my opponent.
I am not making any of this up.
Protected: [Tabletop Filter] What nights work for you?
Happy Birthday, xanyboi!
Even though you’re out of town and might not ever see this.
Old School Gamer Geek Happy Fun Joy
Growing up, I played a lot of different tabletop games. Recently, I’ve been yearning to get back into that a bit. I’m already planning on getting an AD&D campaign going (yes, I know…I’ve said it a lot) when xanyboi gets back into town, and I’ve been wanting to find other games that my friends and I used to play as well. One of those games was a relatively simple card game called Modern Naval Battles. The premise was pretty simple. You were dealt some ships, and you drew cards that allowed you to blow up the ships of the other people playing. The game has been off the market for years, though, and whenever I’ve found copies of it on eBay it’s been very expensive.
Well I got a bug up my ass to do some searching for it today, and I made a wonderful discovery. It seems as though the rights to the game reverted back to the creator, who made a few updates to it (namely changing the name to Cold War Naval Battles due to the fact that it’s not so “modern” anymore) and put it out on the web for people to download and play for free. All you have to do is print out the cards on card stock, cut them out, and you’re good to go.
Which is going to be quite a daunting task, considering the number of cards that there are in the set.
Hooray, yet again, for the wonder that is the internet.
Weight Tracking Summary
Your current weight | 286.4 lbs
Weight change since your last recorded weight | +3.4 lbs
Total weight change to date | -132.8 lbs
Bah.
Bah, Bah, Bah.
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised about this one. Pretty much eaten like crap all week long (the downside of weekend long Valentine’s Day celebrations).
And other than the nice moment at Applebee’s earlier today, it’s been a pretty shitty day otherwise.
419.2 / 286.4 / 225
I CAN do this.
Bizzare
Ok…Something totally strange happened to me today, and to be frank nothing like it has ever happened before.
I went to lunch with my boss (Applebees! Yay Weight Watchers friendly food), which is not the strange part. I mean, my boss and I sometimes have strange conversations…but I digress…
As I was leaving, I noticed a young black woman following behind me. As is my typical custom, I held open the door for her and stepped aside. She thanked me, but didn’t walk through.
“You’re very interesting looking,” she said.
“Thank you!,” I replied.
“My name is Amy,” she said, offering her hand.
“I’m Michael,” I replied, shaking hers back. At this point, I figured she was trying to sell something or get something out of me. Her approach kind of seemed like the people who come to your door saying they have to meet people and then try to sell you magazines.
“I was watching you while you the whole time you ate,” she continued. “I just wanted you to know you are very handsome.”
I thanked her again, blushing at this point and probably stammering a bit, and she went back to her table and sat with her friends. My boss gave me some good natured ribbing as we left, and that was the extent of it.
She wasn’t particularly attractive or anything like that. It’s not like I’m sitting here going “OMG some gorgeous chick totally came on to me.” It’s just…I don’t recall EVER having someone, completely out of the blue, walk up to me and tell me I was attractive. Maybe flirt with me, but nothing that bold…that…honest? Just putting it out there becuase they wanted you to know, and not expecting anything in return.
It was…nice. I think. It really kind of weirded me out.
I’m still not used to this whole “people seeing me as attractive” thing.