What's Your Story?

[Jenne]

This. Is. Cool.

I've learned some stuff about you guys, and I thought I knew quite a bit already.  I gave a shortened answer because really, my life's kinda boring.  But I'm loving reading each of your entries.

Thanks, Cram.  <3

[Jenne]

I am.

Nice t'meetya, JESUS.

[Eater of Clowns]

I am Eater of Clowns, Limpid Lust Pariah of Foulness, Baron of the SouthCoast and Lord of Rats in the Sovereign Principality of Kaosuu, The Omnipotent Grinner!  Most of you know my actual name, which I stole off a knight.

I cook passably, drink beer, coffee, and booze and little else.  I write but not enough and I love the shit out of it.  I cannot present myself well on the Internets and I have no idea why.  I blame emoticons.  In real life, if asked serious questions about myself, I get bored immediately and either attempt humor or direct the conversation back to the other person.

I like live music, I'm terrible with women, I find bicycling, hiking, and sunlight extremely favorable, and I have an older sister that I care more about than just about anything.  My favorite movie is Dr. Strangelove.  My job is simple, adequate, boring, and intermittently disturbing.  I still kick rocks down the street to see how long I can keep it going without breaking stride.  I dig cigars.

Oh, and I love that comic in the OP.  I have tried to stop asking people "What do you do?" and instead opt for "What is life like for you?"  People are very interesting, and finding out that they enjoy plants doesn't suffice for me.

PS.  I enjoy plants.

[maphdet]

I am.

Nice t'meetya, JESUS.

AH shit-I only meant that At my current situation, I just am. Not much time for anything else.
(not I am as in the freaking bible shit-i am the blah blah blah.

Maybe I'll re-visit this thread when I have the time to write a proper 'what's my story'.  )

[bugmenоt]

Hey, it's Weltbürger!

I live in a small town in northern Switzerland. The town is very old and has many beautiful buildings, of which one of them is my home. I once found a map on which this town is reconstructed as it was 700 years ago and my home seems to be the same as then. When I walk through the streets, I like pretending to be in that time. Probably my image is wrong on many levels but I like it anyways. I also like pretending to be 500 years in the future, where a big part of today's civilization is missing or different. When I walk through the streets with an absent mind, people probably see me as introverted and shy. This is also how I see myself. However, over some years I've learnt to act as if I was outgoing because it makes it easier to meet new people. But I still think that me being outgoing is kind of a farce and not who I really am. At all, I often have troubles distinguishing between what I am/think and what I pretend to be/think. And I'm glad that the handful of friends I have can live with that. I've liked RPGs for a long time. As of now, I take part in a pen&paper RPG which has been running for 1.5 years. For september this year, I will co-organize a LARP for the first time. It will take place in a squat where I've been active for many years.
This squat contains a big part of my social network. We organize concerts, speeches, discussions, bad taste parties, impromptu theaters, book tables, etc... all without profit. I like to tend bar, discuss how the things could be, lead the meetings in order to keep them factual, draw silly comics, fix everyone's computer/smartphone/printer/dreambox/etc..., draw maps for openstreetmap, criticise other people's music likings, send unidentifiable letters to local politicians, fuck with people who call the squat's phone line, take a friend's dog out when she's to busy, cook vegan (I'm omnivore, but vegan meals are the most compatible), maintain my ebook collection which is awesome. And I'm more obsessed with language than most other people, that's why I sometimes turn out to be a grammar nazi, but only in my native language which is german.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

You forgot to mention your disdain for women.

[Cramulus]

what kind of LARPs do you run /play over there? You swiss cats have a very different LARPing culture than we do in the states, I'm always curious about it. The one time I LARP'd in Germany it totally knocked my socks off, but that was a big ass festival-style game.

[bugmenоt]

what kind of LARPs do you run /play over there? You swiss cats have a very different LARPing culture than we do in the states, I'm always curious about it. The one time I LARP'd in Germany it totally knocked my socks off, but that was a big ass festival-style game.

I prefer the smaller LARPs. Once I went to a bigger one, which was pretty much like an open air festival with several sub-games which required singing up weeks before and such kind of burdens. The play in september will count around 40 people. Most of them will know each other. There will be a group of 5 people who organize all the nessecary things and define some key points of the storyline. The other people will just organize their own costume and character. We will give absolutely no rules how to build a character. There is no need to prevent self-overpowering because we expect noone to be that lame. The scenario will be wasteland, inspired by Mad Max. Even though we don't have a wasteland area around we will fit things together somehow. We're even still not sure if we use dies or cards. A first meeting of the ones who organize it will be tomorrow. We are not really experienced in organizing such plays. The only kind-of-LARPS which I helped organize have been for kids. Tipps and tricks are appreciated.

You forgot to mention your disdain for women.

And not to forget: old people

[Cramulus]

I write a blog that's mostly about running boffer fantasy LARPs, specifically a game called NERO.

But there might be some good advice there for a more freeform game... lemme see if I can dig up any fluffy theory articles

http://nerology.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/emergent-plot/
http://nerology.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/game-planning-using-concept-and-resource-maps/
http://nerology.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/the-threefold-model/
http://nerology.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/the-cast-recurring-npcs/
It doesn't sound like a very adventure/module oriented game, but if you plan on running adventure scenarios, this might be useful: http://nerology.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/module-writing-tips/

[Rod Stewart]

I do whatever it takes to get me a martini and some tail.  Preferably at the same time! 

[Nadezhda]

I read anthropology blogs outside of class, for fun.
I read fantasy novels, because fantasy is the shiznit.  I'm on book 2 of the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
I like to make beaded jewellery and the occasional bit of wire-working, but have not done it lately.
I like to write!  But I don't do it because school is all-encompassing.  I really ought to do it more.

Previously, I went to a private college for crazy hippies where I learned how to do spa massage, acupressure, reflexology, iridology, many 'intuitive' practices, hot stone massage, mani and pedicures, gel and acrylic nails, energy healing and reiki, and a bunch of other stuff.  My dad wanted me to go to the school.  All the certificates are useless because the field of spa crap sucks balls and has very little scientific gratification.  I am a much happier panda at University.

Facebook is my liiiiiife.

I keep deleting paragraphs because I am not sure they are interesting enough.  I'm a boring person beyond my deeply sexual feelings for Anthropology.  If Anthropology were a chick and I had a wang, I'd bone that field so harrrrd. 

[ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞]

If Anthropology were a chick and I had a wang, I'd bone that field so harrrrd. 

So what you're saying is, Anthropology really makes your genes flow?

[Adios]

If Anthropology were a chick and I had a wang, I'd bone that field so harrrrd. 

So what you're saying is, Anthropology really makes your genes flow?

SLAP!!!!

[ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞]

If Anthropology were a chick and I had a wang, I'd bone that field so harrrrd. 

So what you're saying is, Anthropology really makes your genes flow?

SLAP!!!!

Oh right. I forgot about the pun fatwa.



Nothing to see here folks, move along.

[Eve]

Shit, I love this thread. I REALLY like getting to know weird/random things about people, and find it interesting to see what things they choose to share about themselves.

• I actually love my job, which is a pretty awesome thing to say at 24 years old. I get to talk to people about their sex lives and educate the shit out of them all day long.  Being a sex educator is a big step on the path toward What I Really Want to Do.  Also, job has perks and perks are sweet. Just sayin'.     


• I do a lot of listening and advice-giving. And I totally relish in it. I love knowing shit. I especially love knowing other people's shit and helping them out with it.


• I'm a dedicated stoner. If I could transfer bowls to beers, I'd be a super awesome alcoholic!


• I love poetry, both reading and writing it. (Nerrrd.) Haven't actually written anything in a year, can't bear to look at my own stuff.


• I live on the internet but I'd rather be outside all the time. Ridiculous allergies and a horrible case of insta-sunburn make it easy to hole up and sloth my way around Wikipedia instead.


• I start a lot of things that I never finish. Ex: any project ever! nanowrimo! college! cleaning my room!


• I spend most of my days off with my parents right now. They're awesome people and we're really close. It also sucks and is a huge stressor what with the whole dad dying of horrible degenerative disease business.


• I love traveling. Long distance, local, wherever.


• I spend a lot of time wishing my life were a musical.


• I also daydream about Muppets, Harry Potter, doing porn, using my oven to cook something other than the mouse living inside it, and having even more pretty shoes.


• I like to play with my boobs when I'm bored.