I'm making my packing list for a week at a hotel by the beach. Here's what I've got so far.
1 pair of convertible quick dry pants (they're pants! they're shorts! they're a swimsuit!)
1 pair of pajama shorts
Shirts (I haven't decided how many to pack yet)
1 wedding ring
1 pair of sunglasses
iPhone and charger
Ear buds
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Hotel shampoo bottle filled with Tide to wash clothes in sink
Flushable wipes (never assume the bathroom tissue ply situation!)
Medication
Booze
Food (I like to empty the cupboards to find all the snacks that have hidden and take them on trips instead of stopping or paying at the hotel or something)
Shirt-wise, I usually wear a tank top while driving and carry a short sleeve dress shirt up front with me for if we stop somewhere nice. Then I keep a second short sleeve dress shirt in the bag to change into after I reach my destination and freshen up. I also try to wear shirts I should throw out so I don't have to bring them back. This trip though, I don't have any throw-away shirts and I'm feeling fancier than two shirts and a tank top. Might still go with it though.
If I do, then my bag will only have pills, pajama shorts, one shirt, toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, and wipes. And then all the food and booze I can fit in the back of the car.
Thor's subplot editing in Age of Ultron
So Thor's subplot seemed confusing and it turns out it was because it was mostly cut.
The original idea was that Thor has this vision of the party, then a second part of the vision with Loki, then leaves to find answers, gets his professor friend, travel to the cave, gets in the waters, lets the Norn muse possess him, and the professor asks the Norn things to get info. Then Thor returns to explain they're dealing with the Infinity Stones.
The onscreen idea was that Thor has this vision of the party, then leaves to find answers, gets his professor friend, travel to the cave, gets in the waters, sees some visions again. Then Thor returns to explain they're dealing with the Infinity Stones.
At one point the idea was that Thor has this vision of the party, then leaves to find answers, then returns with answers.
I think there was a better way to save it in editing.
Thor has this vision of the party, then leaves to find answers, flashes back to the vision, but this time it slows down a bit and the color is dialed down except for the Infinity Stones on people's jewelry. Then Thor returns to explain they're dealing with the Infinity Stones.
Executives are happy because the cave scene is cut, length is saved, and the protagonist of the scene is proactive to move the plot forward.
There was so much jewelry in the vision, I assumed the stones were in there as Easter Eggs.
The original idea was that Thor has this vision of the party, then a second part of the vision with Loki, then leaves to find answers, gets his professor friend, travel to the cave, gets in the waters, lets the Norn muse possess him, and the professor asks the Norn things to get info. Then Thor returns to explain they're dealing with the Infinity Stones.
The onscreen idea was that Thor has this vision of the party, then leaves to find answers, gets his professor friend, travel to the cave, gets in the waters, sees some visions again. Then Thor returns to explain they're dealing with the Infinity Stones.
At one point the idea was that Thor has this vision of the party, then leaves to find answers, then returns with answers.
I think there was a better way to save it in editing.
Thor has this vision of the party, then leaves to find answers, flashes back to the vision, but this time it slows down a bit and the color is dialed down except for the Infinity Stones on people's jewelry. Then Thor returns to explain they're dealing with the Infinity Stones.
Executives are happy because the cave scene is cut, length is saved, and the protagonist of the scene is proactive to move the plot forward.
There was so much jewelry in the vision, I assumed the stones were in there as Easter Eggs.
30 Days of D&D at once
How you got started: My parents started DragonCon sooo... kinda born into it.
Favorite Playable Race: Halfling
Favorite Playable Class: Rogue
Favorite Gameworld: The Nebuchadnezzar, a dimension-hopping ark
Your favorite set of dice/individual die: e-dice baby! It's all e-dice now!
Favorite Deity: Olidammara, God of Chaos and Fun
Favorite Edition: 5th, but I do miss some elements of 3.5.
Favorite Character You Have Played: Larceny Padfooting, classic halfling rogue
Favorite Character You Haven't Played: A tauric polar bear of legend
Craziest thing that's happened that you saw: Triple nat 20 kills a red dragon in the first action of the first round
Favorite Adventure You Have Run: I converted Ocean's 11 into an adventure
Favorite Dungeon Type/Location: Kobold Lair. Tiny tunnels, tons of traps, moral implications of kobold families
Favorite Trap/Puzzle: I made three doors to enter the dungeon. They were all instant death.
Favorite NPC: Uncle from the Jackie Chan Adventures cartoon turned into the wise knowledge base and artificer. He abused the characters terribly and they loved it. I would play him a few times and to show the respect this character garnered, he went into a trance to Contact Another Plane and spoke to a god, who was very intent on leaving a good impression on Uncle and went all fanboy on him.
Favorite Monster (Undead): Skeleton, with early edition rules that make them very hard to stab cause they have no guts
Favorite Monster (Abberation): Intellect Devourer 5e! So over-powered and scary.
Favorite Monster (Animal/Vermin): Toad with Titanic template
Favorite Monster (Immortal/Outsider): Incubus. Everyone expects the sexy demon woman, but not the sexy demon man.
Favorite Monster (Elemental/Plant): None really.
Favorite Monster (Humanoid/Natural/Fey): KOBOLDS! They're so sneaky!
Favorite Dragon Color/Type: Clockwork... or the new 5e Gold.
Favorite Monster Overall: Thing The DM Made Up
Least Favorite Monster Overall: Beholder. Is anyone really scared of these or is everyone just faking it because it's on the cover of everything?
Favorite Energy Type: Fire... burn everything. Cliched, but it's fun.
Favorite Magic Item: Ehlonna's Quiver. Totally underrated.
Favorite Nonmagic Item: Mithral umbrella, the umbrella was in the a splatbook and the idea to apply mithral to it was mine. Folding shield that granted a balance bonus.
A character you want to play in the future: I always want to play more Baron Von Munchhausen, a real life German nobleman who was famous for outrageous tales of incredible deeds.
A character you will never play again: A wild west character who carried no gear except dynamite.
What is the number you always seem to roll on a d20? 3
Best DM you've had: If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.
Favorite Playable Race: Halfling
Favorite Playable Class: Rogue
Favorite Gameworld: The Nebuchadnezzar, a dimension-hopping ark
Your favorite set of dice/individual die: e-dice baby! It's all e-dice now!
Favorite Deity: Olidammara, God of Chaos and Fun
Favorite Edition: 5th, but I do miss some elements of 3.5.
Favorite Character You Have Played: Larceny Padfooting, classic halfling rogue
Favorite Character You Haven't Played: A tauric polar bear of legend
Craziest thing that's happened that you saw: Triple nat 20 kills a red dragon in the first action of the first round
Favorite Adventure You Have Run: I converted Ocean's 11 into an adventure
Favorite Dungeon Type/Location: Kobold Lair. Tiny tunnels, tons of traps, moral implications of kobold families
Favorite Trap/Puzzle: I made three doors to enter the dungeon. They were all instant death.
Favorite NPC: Uncle from the Jackie Chan Adventures cartoon turned into the wise knowledge base and artificer. He abused the characters terribly and they loved it. I would play him a few times and to show the respect this character garnered, he went into a trance to Contact Another Plane and spoke to a god, who was very intent on leaving a good impression on Uncle and went all fanboy on him.
Favorite Monster (Undead): Skeleton, with early edition rules that make them very hard to stab cause they have no guts
Favorite Monster (Abberation): Intellect Devourer 5e! So over-powered and scary.
Favorite Monster (Animal/Vermin): Toad with Titanic template
Favorite Monster (Immortal/Outsider): Incubus. Everyone expects the sexy demon woman, but not the sexy demon man.
Favorite Monster (Elemental/Plant): None really.
Favorite Monster (Humanoid/Natural/Fey): KOBOLDS! They're so sneaky!
Favorite Dragon Color/Type: Clockwork... or the new 5e Gold.
Favorite Monster Overall: Thing The DM Made Up
Least Favorite Monster Overall: Beholder. Is anyone really scared of these or is everyone just faking it because it's on the cover of everything?
Favorite Energy Type: Fire... burn everything. Cliched, but it's fun.
Favorite Magic Item: Ehlonna's Quiver. Totally underrated.
Favorite Nonmagic Item: Mithral umbrella, the umbrella was in the a splatbook and the idea to apply mithral to it was mine. Folding shield that granted a balance bonus.
A character you want to play in the future: I always want to play more Baron Von Munchhausen, a real life German nobleman who was famous for outrageous tales of incredible deeds.
A character you will never play again: A wild west character who carried no gear except dynamite.
What is the number you always seem to roll on a d20? 3
Best DM you've had: If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.
EPIC RAP BATTLES OF INSANITY!
I wanted to give these two sides of me a chance to let off some steam. Therapy.
Epic Rap Battles of Insanity! Adam Simon VERSUS Armando Simón Tercero! BEGIN!
Armando:
Yo soy Cubano! El jefe de aqui!
You wanna be first? The line starts behind me.
You’re just a mask I invented to hide who I am.
A spoonful of sugar so they don’t choke on my scam.
You might as well scram. Here comes the final exam.
Why do you choose to be you when you can be who I am?
Adam:
I’m the bon vivant of O-town and I’m glad that we’ve met.
My biggest regret is I can’t follow the example I’ve set.
There’s no need to be first; in fact, I prefer it.
If you win and caused the loss of others then you’re unfit
For the philosophy of me that the universe is knit
And what happens to one, happens to all.
You came first, but we evolved, and I’m the belle of the ball,
All eyes on me performing while you stand in line at will-call.
Armando:
You want your name up in lights and you’re chasing your byline.
Google my name and I’ll show you how to get a headline.
Yo soy Armando El Tercero De Perez,
Primo Hermano De Bacardi, Nieto De
Médico Cardiólogo Del Presidente
Fidel Castro, El Doctor Simón!
You’re an AKA on my police reports, A-dumb.
Adam:
You’re real, but reality is perception.
The world perceives me. You’re a just failed inception.
I fly planes and race cars while you ride the back seat,
Trapped and restrained to just yell as I sleep
On two-thousand thread Egyptian, perfect family at my side
You might have been born, but when I was born, you died.
Levi's in Africa script treatment
Levi Rucker stands still in the jungle. Before him is a mutated leopard, eating his guide. Just before turning on him, Levi is spared by hunters. Levi explain in his first of many travel tips that iBandla lamaNazaretha are a religion whose leaders wear leopard skins as neckware despite their protected status. The poachers spare him and Levi catches up with his photographer on the way to the Swaziland border, where Levi cuts to the front of the line and presents a letter from their government allowing him passage to showcase their sights. Levi and his photographer are given conditional grants. They may enter, but must leave together. A precaution to avoid citizens escaping the country. That night, the photographer disappears from his room.
Levi continues without him, exploring Swaziland and getting a new photographer in a drug baron named Lindiwe Dyuba who keeps pushing to return to the border. Lindiwe wants to escape Swaziland and his life of crime. He assures Levi he can make himself look like his former photographer.
Outside a casino, Levi is attacked and Lindiwe saves him. The two celebrate with alcohol, drugs, and sex. At the last possible moment, Levi discovers that Lindiwe is a she in disguise.
The next morning Lindiwe explains her name is Tintswalo Mavimbela and he created the Lindiwe character because woman have no rights in Swaziland are often raped. Levi suddenly realizes that he may have contracted AIDS and Tintswalo urges him to return to the border with her. Levi reveals that his tourism article is a false front as he investigates reports of chemical weapons testing. He hopes the reports are true so that it will launch him to fame. Tintswalo argues but ultimately agrees to their original deal. She will be his photographer and he will escort her out of Swaziland.
The two explore their relationship while on a road trip through the worst country on Earth, stopping at one point for Tintswalo to sell drugs to a warlord. Ultimately, Levi must infiltrate the chemical weapons facility alone as Tintswalo reveals she is on the building's watch list for treason.
Inside, Levi meets Geils, a scientist responsible for an invention that induces madness and the application of it towards the Mambo, political opponents of the king turned into bloodthirsty zombie-like savages who are terrorizing Swaziland. Geils, mad himself, sees Levi as a kindred soul and invites him to join in the fun. He reveals his intention to poison a large lake that feeds to severel countries with the poison, turning the populace into Mambo, convinced that in madness is truth.
Levi steals a gun and shoots a propane tank, gaining him escape. Reuniting with Tintswalo, the two head towards the border before Levi has a change of heart. If he escapes, the lake will be poisoned and all those people will die. He decides to act. Tintswalo leaves him to walk back to town. Levi stops and has a beer, trying to come up with a plan. Tintswalo returns to him, only to be overrun by Mambo. Using a trick from the facility, the two escape death and Tintswalo, having seen the horrors of the Mambo, agrees to try to stop Geils.
As the lake is large, the two split up to ask the people in town if they have seen Geils. Levi discovers Tintswalo's car at an empty convenience store. He sees her being raped behind the store and returns to the car, grabbing one of her guns and emptying it into the man. He takes her back into town to recover at a motel and does the only thing he knows how to do: gets her high. Levi decides the Swazis are not worth saving and wants to drive to the border, but Tintswalo says these things happen to her because of the evils she's done. She needs to right this wrong.
The two pass a village made of shipping containers and their car breaks down before it reaches the lake. They take guns and ammo and hike towards the lake, only to find they are too late. Geils has poisoned the lake already. Military helicopters fly down and a battle between Geils' mercenaries and the Swaziland military begins. Tintswalo takes on the worst of the soldiers and is recognized by Geils. Levi loses a leg in an explosion. When the dust clears, the king and a few of his men kill all survivors except Geils, Levi, and Tintswalo. The king kicks Tintswalo in the head, knocking her unconscious, and toys with Levi as his men stomp on Geils and shoot him dead. As the king toys with Levi, another burst of fire is heard. Tintswalo stands with a machine pistol, having killed the soldiers from behind. Before anyone can speak, she empties the gun into the king.
The two suffer from mosquitos as they hobble back down the road, trying to keep Levi from dying. They rest at the broken car a moment before moving on to the shipping container village, only to find it now populated by Mambo.
Captured by the Mambo, Levi's bite-sized parts and organs are removed and eaten. In a futile, one legged leap of anger towards the creatures, he lands on their dinner table and they begin to feast on him. Again, Tintswalo uses his suffering as a distraction to reach a gun and save him. Levi demands in collecting up all his severed parts and taking them with him. "These are mine..."
Carrying Levi in a wheelbarrow, Tintswalo walks towards the bordertown only to find that South Africa, on the other side of the border, is swarming with Mambo, much to the amusement of the Swazis who watch through the fences with guns. A kind Swazi allows them to use his storeroom to rest. Tintswalo later returns to Levi, disguised as his former photographer. She is carrying the kind man's clothes in one hand and a bloody knife she seems not to notice in her other. She changes Levi into the clothes and puts him in the wheelbarrow, practicing her fake name and story about tourism. The Mambo have passed for now. As they go through the border, Levi sees wanted posters in the guard's hut. He sees Tintswalo as Lindiwe Dyuba on one and another for Sikelela Mavimbela which also looks like Tintswalo.
As she wheels Levi through South Africa, Tintswalo explains how horrible her life was in Swaziland and what she had to do to survive, revealing herself to be completely insane, possessed of multiple personalities, and one of the chemists who worked with Geils to develop the Mambo. Levi says nothing as he fears losing his ride and still finds Tintswalo attractive.
Once in a proper city, Levi's influence takes over in a whirlwind. He is hospitalized and treated for immediate injuries in all the luxury South Africa can provide. He arranges for Tintswalo to come to America as an informant through his government connections and his editor. They travel first-class, land in New York, and a car is waiting to take them to Levi's trendy loft. Levi warns Tintswalo not to go outside, gives her several hundred dollars, and points out the bathroom and the takeout menus before abandoning Tintswalo in the foreign environment, completely out of water. He retreats to a surgery unit and spa, in which his is constantly interrupted by her calls on matters such as the woman who broke into his home (the maid). While at the spa, a US government agent visits to request a debriefing of his activities. Levi tells him to read about it on newsstands and smiles, drinking a green juice. Checking out, Levi collects the messages from Tintswalo and throws them in the trash and he talks on his phone about "getting that one shrink to put my girlfriend on a shit-ton of lithium to make her real docile and sweet." Levi limps to the curb and hails a cab. He gets inside and directs the cabbie to go to Silvana's. When the driver replies, Levi sees that he is a sub-saharan African. He smiles and thinks. "You ever been to Silvana's?" Levi asks. "Not on my wages." Levi smiles.
Levi continues without him, exploring Swaziland and getting a new photographer in a drug baron named Lindiwe Dyuba who keeps pushing to return to the border. Lindiwe wants to escape Swaziland and his life of crime. He assures Levi he can make himself look like his former photographer.
Outside a casino, Levi is attacked and Lindiwe saves him. The two celebrate with alcohol, drugs, and sex. At the last possible moment, Levi discovers that Lindiwe is a she in disguise.
The next morning Lindiwe explains her name is Tintswalo Mavimbela and he created the Lindiwe character because woman have no rights in Swaziland are often raped. Levi suddenly realizes that he may have contracted AIDS and Tintswalo urges him to return to the border with her. Levi reveals that his tourism article is a false front as he investigates reports of chemical weapons testing. He hopes the reports are true so that it will launch him to fame. Tintswalo argues but ultimately agrees to their original deal. She will be his photographer and he will escort her out of Swaziland.
The two explore their relationship while on a road trip through the worst country on Earth, stopping at one point for Tintswalo to sell drugs to a warlord. Ultimately, Levi must infiltrate the chemical weapons facility alone as Tintswalo reveals she is on the building's watch list for treason.
Inside, Levi meets Geils, a scientist responsible for an invention that induces madness and the application of it towards the Mambo, political opponents of the king turned into bloodthirsty zombie-like savages who are terrorizing Swaziland. Geils, mad himself, sees Levi as a kindred soul and invites him to join in the fun. He reveals his intention to poison a large lake that feeds to severel countries with the poison, turning the populace into Mambo, convinced that in madness is truth.
Levi steals a gun and shoots a propane tank, gaining him escape. Reuniting with Tintswalo, the two head towards the border before Levi has a change of heart. If he escapes, the lake will be poisoned and all those people will die. He decides to act. Tintswalo leaves him to walk back to town. Levi stops and has a beer, trying to come up with a plan. Tintswalo returns to him, only to be overrun by Mambo. Using a trick from the facility, the two escape death and Tintswalo, having seen the horrors of the Mambo, agrees to try to stop Geils.
As the lake is large, the two split up to ask the people in town if they have seen Geils. Levi discovers Tintswalo's car at an empty convenience store. He sees her being raped behind the store and returns to the car, grabbing one of her guns and emptying it into the man. He takes her back into town to recover at a motel and does the only thing he knows how to do: gets her high. Levi decides the Swazis are not worth saving and wants to drive to the border, but Tintswalo says these things happen to her because of the evils she's done. She needs to right this wrong.
The two pass a village made of shipping containers and their car breaks down before it reaches the lake. They take guns and ammo and hike towards the lake, only to find they are too late. Geils has poisoned the lake already. Military helicopters fly down and a battle between Geils' mercenaries and the Swaziland military begins. Tintswalo takes on the worst of the soldiers and is recognized by Geils. Levi loses a leg in an explosion. When the dust clears, the king and a few of his men kill all survivors except Geils, Levi, and Tintswalo. The king kicks Tintswalo in the head, knocking her unconscious, and toys with Levi as his men stomp on Geils and shoot him dead. As the king toys with Levi, another burst of fire is heard. Tintswalo stands with a machine pistol, having killed the soldiers from behind. Before anyone can speak, she empties the gun into the king.
The two suffer from mosquitos as they hobble back down the road, trying to keep Levi from dying. They rest at the broken car a moment before moving on to the shipping container village, only to find it now populated by Mambo.
Captured by the Mambo, Levi's bite-sized parts and organs are removed and eaten. In a futile, one legged leap of anger towards the creatures, he lands on their dinner table and they begin to feast on him. Again, Tintswalo uses his suffering as a distraction to reach a gun and save him. Levi demands in collecting up all his severed parts and taking them with him. "These are mine..."
Carrying Levi in a wheelbarrow, Tintswalo walks towards the bordertown only to find that South Africa, on the other side of the border, is swarming with Mambo, much to the amusement of the Swazis who watch through the fences with guns. A kind Swazi allows them to use his storeroom to rest. Tintswalo later returns to Levi, disguised as his former photographer. She is carrying the kind man's clothes in one hand and a bloody knife she seems not to notice in her other. She changes Levi into the clothes and puts him in the wheelbarrow, practicing her fake name and story about tourism. The Mambo have passed for now. As they go through the border, Levi sees wanted posters in the guard's hut. He sees Tintswalo as Lindiwe Dyuba on one and another for Sikelela Mavimbela which also looks like Tintswalo.
As she wheels Levi through South Africa, Tintswalo explains how horrible her life was in Swaziland and what she had to do to survive, revealing herself to be completely insane, possessed of multiple personalities, and one of the chemists who worked with Geils to develop the Mambo. Levi says nothing as he fears losing his ride and still finds Tintswalo attractive.
Once in a proper city, Levi's influence takes over in a whirlwind. He is hospitalized and treated for immediate injuries in all the luxury South Africa can provide. He arranges for Tintswalo to come to America as an informant through his government connections and his editor. They travel first-class, land in New York, and a car is waiting to take them to Levi's trendy loft. Levi warns Tintswalo not to go outside, gives her several hundred dollars, and points out the bathroom and the takeout menus before abandoning Tintswalo in the foreign environment, completely out of water. He retreats to a surgery unit and spa, in which his is constantly interrupted by her calls on matters such as the woman who broke into his home (the maid). While at the spa, a US government agent visits to request a debriefing of his activities. Levi tells him to read about it on newsstands and smiles, drinking a green juice. Checking out, Levi collects the messages from Tintswalo and throws them in the trash and he talks on his phone about "getting that one shrink to put my girlfriend on a shit-ton of lithium to make her real docile and sweet." Levi limps to the curb and hails a cab. He gets inside and directs the cabbie to go to Silvana's. When the driver replies, Levi sees that he is a sub-saharan African. He smiles and thinks. "You ever been to Silvana's?" Levi asks. "Not on my wages." Levi smiles.
Day 4 of being vegan
Breakfast: Skipped
Lunch: Skipped
Dinner: Beans and sweet potato and wine
Am I forgetting the drugs? I'm taking a LOT of drugs.
Day 3 of veganism
Breakfast: Skipped
Lunch: Beans and watermelon (almost licked cheese off my hand after a gush from Hunter's grilled cheese but didn't)
Dinner: Skipped
So one day of being vegan, but it was practically a fast.
Lunch: Beans and watermelon (almost licked cheese off my hand after a gush from Hunter's grilled cheese but didn't)
Dinner: Skipped
So one day of being vegan, but it was practically a fast.
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