Birthday stuff

[eurydicebound]

I just wanted to thank everyone for their birthday wishes yesterday. It meant a lot to me.

As it is, the day wa punctuated by these memorable moments:

1) Will decided he wanted to glue things together, so he got two pieces of paper, laid them on my mom's carpet, then took the cap off a bottle of elmer's glue and poured half the bottle out, trying to get enough on there to stick. I was cleaning up glue puddles for at least thirty minutes, trying to get it all up before it dried (and I didn't entirely succeed, damn it. I thought I had, but part of the rug's stiff this morning. Damn.).

2) I made an applesauce spice cake with cream cheese frosting from one of my new cookbooks, and it's extremely tasty.

3) David took me out to Olive Garden to eat. We went there for our honeymoon, so it's sort of become a tradition.

4) My mom gave me $20, so I went and splurged and got Robin McKinley's new book, Sunshine in hardcover. I wasn't going to, but I wanted it SO MUCH, and I didn't think I could possibly find a way to afford it... so there we go. Impractical of me at best, but what can you do?

We were going to go see a movie, but my back and ankle were giving me hell, so instead we went and rented LXG (I weep for the movie it could have been) and I started putting together my Confrontation army that my husband bought for me for my birthday. He really would like me to play, and it looks sort of like fun, so... what the heck, right? After all, who am I to look a birthday army in the mouth?

Here's an example fig from my army, mostly female Kelt barbarians... Of course, mine won't look anything like that good after I paint it, but you have to love those staff painters for Rackham, don't you?

Comments

[wilthoughts.livejournal.com]

I've been editing too the last few days, and I feel your pain big time. I wish I could paste the entire thing for you to read, but here's a couple of funny examples (it's ridiculously bad, changing tenses and viewpoints from clause to clause).

Impotence
While the user might desire to have sex, they are physically incapable of doing so for the duration of the side effect. You are not the king of love. (Emphasis mine..hehe)

or

The effects of drugs on the human body is vast and almost too numerous to count. Certain drugs can be quite beneficial to the human body, while others can be used and have quite a detrimental effect on the human body. The result depends on what is taken and used. The following is a listing of the most common types of effects that drugs will have during their use.

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[anaka.livejournal.com]

Wow, you gotta love those clear, concise sentences, baby. :)

"You are not the king of love."

Snerk.

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[wilthoughts.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's my signature at EN World now. :)

Don't forget to interview me. :)

[thatcash.livejournal.com]

*clicks the link*

Spasm Warriors?

Attack! *the army falls down, convulsing*

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[anaka.livejournal.com]

Well, I think it's a dumb name, actually. They're more like were-kick-ass warriors, as they change into big werewolf people sort of things when they see one of their own side get killed, as an expression of the goddess's fury. You gotta love it, really.

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[thatcash.livejournal.com]

Kick ass pic and idea. Pity about the name. Although that could be the idea. "Spasm warriors? We're not afraid with a name like that!" *cut to one of the female warriors carving through the opposing army.* :)