Below are the 7 most recent journal entries recorded in gelectrode's LiveJournal:

Monday, May 18th, 2009
7:05 pm	Ansury's Backstory Pt 1 Because I have nothing really else to do, I am posting some backstories for some of my characters in WoW. Hey, I have a lot of time when I'm making the long-ass flight from Winterspring to Tanaris. This first story begins not long before the Scourge campaign in Frozen Throne. Dagren the Orcslayer looked upon the myriad refugees huddled in Brill. Too many, he thought, Far, far too many to stay hidden for long, and not enough of them are strong enough to take up arms against the Scourge. They started coming in only a few weeks ago. There was a strange lull in the Scourge's onslaught of late, but that was to little comfort. The monsters held the capital, and surely were in control of the lands to the east, around Andorhal and Stratholme. No word from Grand Marshall Garithos, no word from Gilneas or even Stromgarde. The terrible cataclysm that befell Dalaran was visible even above the charnel of Lordaeron's capital. The only option was to evacuate westward to Argamand Mills, or even eastward to the monestary. Dagren had been contacted by an envoy from none other than Alexandros Mograine, who sent word (the only outside contact they've received in weeks) about a counter-offensive against the Scourge. A crusade to cleanse the undead infection from Lordaeron. But they were still surrounded by nightmares, and short on men with strong sword-arms to help them escape. It was at desperate times such as these that required pacts to be made with the worst humanity had to offer... Blackthorn scowled at the messenger. "Bah. I didn't see the Silver Hand give us any help when the Scourge came this way. Why should we help you whelps now?" "Please, sir," the messenger pleaded, "Lives are at stake. And what will you do when the Scourge turns its attention this way? There is power in numbers. Surely you can spare at least some troops to give us a fighting chance? If it's gold you wish, we are willing to give all we have for some measure of safety..." Blackthorn paused. His encampment was fairly secluded from the rest of Tirisfal, but he couldn't deny that they needed money. His scouts reported a number of goblins setting up shop somewhere near Silverpine. With enough gold, he could secure an escape route with a zepplin... "Very well..." he started, cautiously, "But I want the money up front. You can keep the soldiers until the job's done." The messenger bowed, and backed out of Blackthorn's tent. I can find a few idiots to send on a suicide mission, Blackthorn thought, Times like these, we can afford to thin the herd... Marn spat on the ground. "I don't like this Ansury. Why'd you think Blackthorn agreed to this? We don't need the money this badly, do we?" "Shut up. I don't need you rattling your mouth off so every undead can hear us for miles around." "Hey, I'm just making conversation." "You're making noise." The refugees gave the two bandit mercenaries a wide berth. They didn't mind the crude, foul-tempered men protecting them from the undead, but they were worried about who would protect them from the bandit mercenaries. "You know what I think, Ansury?" "What life would be like without a wind-pipe?" "Nah. I think that the boss send you out on this mission so you don't come back." "Possibly. That's why he sent you along, I'm willing to bet." "Hah, hah. Funny. See, I think that he doesn't like you. Me, I can understand; I took that one woman he'd been eyeing back when we hit the village with the graveyard. But you, you just rub him the wrong way. Always talkin' back, counting the money in front of him. He doesn't like ya." "Your point?" "You're a freak." He grinned, "Nothin' but a whiny, snobby weirdo." Ansury stopped, and turned to his companion. He breathed in, about to retort, but paused. "What?" Marn said, stopping, "You too good to talk now? Huh?" Ansury remained silent. "Yeah, that's what I thought. You ain't nothing but a poser. All brooding and quiet. Probably weak, too." Ansury remained silent. Marn's voice started getting louder, "Shadow take you, TALK, you pansy! You wanna go?! You think you got the ba-" Without warning, Marn's chest exploded in gore as a wickedly taloned arm tore through him. His expression was of dire shock and horror as the ghoul who was sneaking behind him began feasting on his shoulder. The refugees around them screamed and began to run in a panic further down the road. Ansury grinned as he drew his greatsword. "You talk too much." he said, aiming his swing at the two of them. Current Mood: optimistic (Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
4:19 pm	Watching boiling water I work at a textbook reseller. All day, I sit in front of a computer, looking books up on Amazon to see how much they're going for, then enter them into our database, taking note of its condition. It's tedious, but it pays more than Macy's, and I only have to drive 14 miles total each day. Also, the schedule is 8-4 monday through friday. It's like I have a normal job. I'll have to get a better job if I want an actual career, but it's a start. Anyway, the computers only go to a handful of sites. I can't, for example, make a livejoural entry from work. However, I can access everything Amazon has to offer. Which is quite a bit, actually. They have message boards. Yeah, I was kinda surprised too. Granted, 90% of it is Evolutionists vs. Creationists, but slacking off is slacking off, and I'll take what I can get. Although, for true vitriol, you can't beat looking at 1 star reviews. Morbid curiosity leads me to books I actually like so I can wonder how someone could possibly find Terry Pratchett's Color of Magic *boring*. I find a certain nihilistic glee in reading bad reviews for popular stuff, like the Eragon series, or for Ann Coulter 'books'. Today, however, I read the 1 star reviews for The Secret. My mother has a copy (I think she got it as a Happy Retirement gift when she left Macy's), and I keep hearing references to it here and there (Apparently The Monarch doesn't approve). So I took a gander, mostly due to the fact that 1 star reviewers don't care about blowing endings since they're still pissed off from reading what they consider utter garbage. Hence, I received several breakdowns on what "The Secret" is. Basically, if you want to get anywhere, the book says, you have to believe you already have it. Say, if you want to lose weight. Start believing you're thin. Think thin thoughts. Eventually, you will start to lose weight as your habits mimic your frame of mind. The fuck? Alright, so what if I want a girlfriend? I pretend I have a girlfriend? I do that 2-3 times as it is. And what if I want $1 million? I start spending money out my ass? I've seen people do that, and they usually end up moving back in with their folks (not me, I never actually left). Come to think of it, I have proof that this doesn't work. Think back to when you were in college. How many people did you meet in college make it past the first year? Did you? Did you believe that you were a smart person? Maybe you are, but just didn't have the DISCIPLINE to make it in college. THAT is the main problem with students dropping out of college or high school. Quite simply, they didn't have the right study skills to make it through their courses. Neither did I, actually. But here's my Secret: I stuck it out and adapted. I switched majors and went with one that I could actually accomplish. Thus, I'm a historian, not a physicist. Believe me, no amount of delusion can make you a Calculus ninja. I tried that. Current Mood: hungry Current Music: Moby Dick - Led Zepplin (Comment on this)
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
5:22 pm	Almost forgotten Almost forgot I had this. I guess I should use it, I've had enough on my mind to fill three of these things. Toonami got the can the other day. Took me by surprise, even though they were reduced to Saturday nights. The outcry was huge, especially among the Anime fans that usually populate [as]. I'll miss it too, but why? It's just a TV programming block. It's not like it was a ground breaking show, right? Not exactly. I think what most people will miss is the memories. Everyone remembers catching really neat anime on Toonami for the first time. It makes it seem like the end of an era, though it's only been ten years. My issue with the cancelation is that I always assumed that Toonami meant "This is Cartoon Network's Action Block". You can't get rid of that, any more than you could get rid of Adult Swim's anime. Or could you? Moribito, a neat little show that seems to fill the need for serious [as] anime was pushed to 4:30 am on the saturday schedule. Can [as] be phasing out anime? Unthinkable! I started watching Adult Swim because of Futurama. I stayed because I reconized Trigun from a friend of mine. By the time I saw Brock Samson mop the floor with a mummy and pee on his body to keep him down, I was sold. Or was it when Carl was talking about his son that was never born because he's never had consentual sex without money involved? I dunno. Point is that at a time when I wasn't sure about my life in general, I had all these wonderful stories to keep my deep-fried brain interested. As sappy as it sounds, it gave me a sense of camaradarie with a friggin' TV block. Toonami seemed like Adult Swim's brother. Technically, it was it's older brother, but apparantly, Moltar was involved with the earliest bumps, giving the whole thing a circular feel. What bothers me the most is that Cartoon Network so easily casts off the older stuff that made it great. Sadly, that seems to be the case with the medium of television as it is with all businesses. Adult Swim remains, and I enjoy the comedy focus that it has. But I miss the edge that action gave it. Moribito seemed like a good heir to the throne that Cowboy Bebop held so long ago (yeah, so it was only six years ago. bite me). I hope this is the first of many more regular posts I will make in the future. I'm trying to find a writing voice, I figure a way to get into that groove is to just write as much random stuff as I can. Couldn't hurt. Current Mood: thoughtful Current Music: Ask DNA - The Seatbelts (Comment on this)
Monday, April 30th, 2007
1:39 am	Sneaky I do not have access to a image hosting site. I am, however, able to upload pictures in other ways, this being the only one I could think of. I am doing this because of the Esgaroth fighting realm boards has suddenly become interesting, and I wish to look my best. It's an Oroboros. the image of a serpent eating it's own tail. it is a sign of eternity, of unending-ness, if you will. the perfect circle without beginning or end. constantly growing as it consumes itself. it shames me that there are so many effing lowercases, but i'm gonna yell at talus the phallus about that tomorrow. (fuckin' ow....) Current Mood: aw gawd, the pain... Current Music: Real Men of Genius (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
4:38 am	Retail Hell Who the hell shops at 6:00 in the morning? Honestly? WHy the crap am I here, up at this unholy hour, simply so that all the zombies who buy into the consumer culture so deftly handled by our corporate masters can return all the crap they got yesterday and buy all new crap that they still don't need? Working for a retail chain makes me turn communist, I swear. But seriously, why is this need to buy and return stuff so strongly that I have to work like this? And don't get me started on those poor bastards working at places like Walgreen's who were open YESTERDAY. Absolutely no break for these people in their quest for a living wage. I'm not going to loll on the meaning of Christmas and all that; that's been done quite a bit in the last few years. But this kinda shit keeps happening all year round. The good news is that I'm off somewhat early today, then off tomorrow. Then I work New Year's Eve AND day. But I'm off (with holiday pay) on Isaac Asimov's Birthday. 'k... I guess I'll re-read Foundation or something. Current Mood: tired Current Music: Muse - Knights of Cydonia (Stuck in my head for some reason) (Comment on this)
Monday, October 23rd, 2006
2:21 am	Blarg I finally got my diploma the other day. Quite a relief, really. I'd only been waiting a whole year to pay off that last semester, nevermind the fact I should have been set in the Spring. Now I simply don't know what to do. All that time waiting, and it suddenly just happens. No ceremony, no commencement speech, nothing. I mean, I went to the commencement ceremony last year, but I really wasn't paying attention. It didn't effect me; I wasn't actually graduating. Five and a half years at college and what do I have? A simple bachelor's degree in History. Basic stuff. No double major or high honors or anything like that. I feel like I should be doing something, but I've been waiting for so long, that it's all I really know how to do. Wait. I just wish I could wait while earning something closer to an actual wage instead of the hand-out size paycheck that Macy's pays me. I really haven't been happy in four years. I mean, I've been in good moods since then. Really good moods. The kind of good moods that only come from pulling a couple chase rares at a Magic: The Gathering Prerelease, or seeing a bunch of half-naked Goth/Punk chicks dance around in a burlesque show (Suicide Girls Burlesque Tour. I highly recommend it: Best 20 bucks I ever spent). Starting to wonder whether or not a girlfriend would help at this point. I mean, I kept telling myself for the last few years that all I needed was to find someone, but now I'm not sure that's the trick. I've never taken enormous pride in my work at anything. Even graduating was something of an anti-climax. Both times. I kept telling myself that college graduation was going to be it, the crowning achievement in my life, and all that really happened that day was the diploma finally came in the mail a year and a half after I got fucked over by Professor Lewis Perry of Saint Louis University. I'd post his phone number, but that's probably against the rules somewhere. Probably more so than posting is real name. Ah fuck it. Still, at the end of the day, at least I can safely say that I'm an educated man. I've gone to the classes, I've taken the tests, done the research, and finally achieved recognition. Plus the ring is boss. Current Mood: tired Current Music: Audioslave - Nothing left to say but Goodbye (Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
10:30 pm	First Post Well, I suppose I should use this thing. I originally started it for the express purpose of submitting posts on Gamepolitics.com, since Jack-ass Thompson decided to troll the forums over there like it was his job. Rather than make an actual introduction, I give you this: (Click here to post your own answers for this meme.) ✓ I miss somebody right now. ✓ I don't watch much TV these days. ✓ I own lots of books. ✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses. ✓ I love to play video games. × I've tried marijuana. × I've watched porn movies.  (Not whole movies, anyway.) × I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.  (I wisened up before I got really psychotic. Thank Christ.) ✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy. ✓ I curse sometimes. × I have changed a lot mentally over the last year. × I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me. ( it goes on... ) (1 Comment |Comment on this)