Jack Squat's Justlessly Juxtaposed Random Banter #101

[TwoBitWriter]

I tried to keep it as morally ambiguous as possible. There is a protagonist, but there are no "good" and "bad" guys. Even the aliens involved are no better or worse than the humans.

But I won't go into too many more details. I hope some New York-ian will appreciate what this Midwesterner has written.

But thanks, Dragonprime...

[Flickerdart]

Moral ambiguity is always a good change of pace. Then again, I read through so much Soviet sci-fi over the summer that laser beam bazooka wielding marines that shoot everything instead of having a plot don't really work anymore. Also, happy endings are for suckers.

[wadledo]

On the subject of books, I discovered something last night:
I like detective novels.
I like fictional detective novels.
I like fictional detective novels with supernatural themes.
I like fictional detective novels with supernatural themes based in the great lakes area.

[DraPrime]

Wadledo, would you care to explain?

[Gem Flower]

*peeks into thread* Books? Books are awesome, end of story. *runs away*

[Jibar]

BLARG!

Jibar needs a new hobby.
I'm horribly bored, with very little to do.
Living a life of leisure is fine an' all, until you realise you actually need to find some leisure to live.

[DraPrime]

May I recommend learning how to play an instrument?

[randman22222]

BLARG!

Jibar needs a new hobby.
I'm horribly bored, with very little to do.
Living a life of leisure is fine an' all, until you realise you actually need to find some leisure to live.

Hobbies... Anywhere where you can learn archery? That's fun. Or some martial art. Or learn an instrument. Or...

What else is there?

[DraPrime]

What else is there?

Guns? kind of like archery, but with more BANG!

[wadledo]

Wadledo, would you care to explain?

In the booksellers world, detective novels are very similar to trashy romance novels.
Being that the vast majority of them are horribly written, sell like hotcakes, and disdained by anyone with a good amount of common sense.

And, you know, Great Lakes.*shiver*

[Cristo Meyers]

Sounds to me like you've stumbled upon the Dresden Files...

[Rawhide]

Did somebody mention books?

[Uncle Festy]

Dude, you were in the game. How could you not know?

I didn't know you were writing a book about it.

[Cristo Meyers]

Well now you know.

...and knowing is half the battle *smile* *tooth sparkle*

...4 more hours...

[randman22222]

<snip>
...4 more hours...

Until?

[bosssmiley]

Hobbies... Anywhere where you can learn archery? That's fun.

+1 this. Archery rocks. I spent a while practising it (when I was going through my martial arts phase a few years back).

More worryingly my sister, a primary school teacher, has also taken up archery this summer. I fear for her class next year.

Or some martial art. Or learn an instrument. Or...

What else is there?

Craft skills: Carpentry ("All hail King Norm!"). Scrimshaw or woodcarving. Bookbinding (classes in it all over the place, even Norfolk).

Or you could just host a dungeon.

[Player_Zero]

Learn more maths.

Build more farms.

[Cristo Meyers]

Until?

I leave work and save what little is left of my sanity and self-respect.

Not that I had vast quantities of either, mind you

[bosssmiley]

Learn more maths.

Build more farms.

Construct additional pylons

[Dr. Bath]

Construct additional pylons, Jibar.

Or paint some clouds. Clouds are easy. You can always start to make it up if you lose which cloud you were painting.

EDIT:

[Jibar]

Hmm... out of interest, because it's starting to sound like a fun project, who would read a blog by me?
I wouldn't discuss my life and it's tribulations because, frankly, you could read tens of thousands of blogs of the same damn thing and the only defining feature of mine would be some form of genre awareness.
I'd use it to discuss whatever I happen to be enjoying (or not) at the time; video games, film, TV, maybe even politics. Maybe a couple of just random prose or poetry.
I would also use it to post entries from the Cat-Muffinmicon. I need to do more on this, and giving myself some sort of schedule via a blog, with definite people reading and enjoying, would probably give me the motivation I need to do it.

[Phase]

Cristo, if your book sells, you should sell it over the internets, giving all of us a cheat code towards a free copy!

[randman22222]

Hmm... out of interest, because it's starting to sound like a fun project, who would read a blog by me?
I wouldn't discuss my life and it's tribulations because, frankly, you could read tens of thousands of blogs of the same damn thing and the only defining feature of mine would be some form of genre awareness.
I'd use it to discuss whatever I happen to be enjoying (or not) at the time; video games, film, TV, maybe even politics. Maybe a couple of just random prose or poetry.
I would also use it to post entries from the Cat-Muffinmicon. I need to do more on this, and giving myself some sort of schedule via a blog, with definite people reading and enjoying, would probably give me the motivation I need to do it.

For the reason in bold, I would definitely read it.

[Rawhide]

Learn how to make this. Then modify it to this.

[Kaelaroth]

Jibar, I would savour every word.

[Player_Zero]

Heh. Additional pylon-ninja'd.

Also, I tend not to read blogs... I mean, yeah, everyone likes an output, but they tend to be somewhat boring, no offence intended to anyone who might have one mind you.

If you do a blog and fill it with the most inane, crazy and insanity-inspiring things then I might read it though.

[Cristo Meyers]

Learn how to make this. Then modify it to this.

This is one of those times I really wish I could access youtube here. Anything with the name backyardartillery definitely interests me...

Cristo, if your book sells, you should sell it over the internets, giving all of us a cheat code towards a free copy!

Only if everyone helps me with advertising. Word of mouth, spread the word.

[Dr. Bath]

I've read one or two interesting blogs... The best was a guy trying to play Oblivion as an NPC (no running, avoiding quests at all costs, being a coward etc.) really funny, but the updates are reeeeally slow.

[Destro_Yersul]

I have a blog, it just happens to be full of my probably uninformed and generally negative opinion of nearly everything I could think of. Also it updates slowly, because I don't write in it often.

Have to say I don't discuss my life, per se, just the things in it that I despise. Haven't written anything on my job though. I should do so. Maybe I'll complain how minimum wage hasn't moved in years and the pay increase I get every 500 hours is a whole 25 cents....

[Thufir]

Hmm... out of interest, because it's starting to sound like a fun project, who would read a blog by me?

I'd probably read it. If you put a link to it in your sig I'd definitely read it, because then I'd be reminded of it whenever I read one of your posts.