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Post by Deep Figure Value on May 6, 2018 16:01:20 GMT -5
I'm a total green teamer (a right I feel I've earned by sticking with them even through the Pitino years), but yeah, I thought after going 7 against Milwaukee, they'd be done for against Philly. Still one to go, so I won't exhale yet, but I'm not going into "Bruins fans today" panic mode until game 1 against the Cavs is scheduled. The Lightning have been so nasty in the playoffs I didn't expect the Bruins to get past them. I didn't either, but the extent of my Bruins fandom is a pair of old McFarlane figures of Orr and Cheevers downstairs somewhere and not switching the channel with the afternoon oafs prattle on about them. Hasn't stopped me from egging a couple of the hockey hard nuts I know on by saying that maybe they'd perform a bit better if they didn't have one of their keys outwardly trying to make out with the other team every game. |
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Post by Deep Figure Value on May 9, 2018 20:32:45 GMT -5
Sorry for the delay, folks. Real life seems to have hit across the board. We wanted to try and hold our breath for any stragglers in the sign up thread, but it looks like we've gotten what we're gettin' (more on that to come), so I'll have a card up for you folks tomorrow.
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Post by King Richius on May 10, 2018 16:46:53 GMT -5
Hey Rated R , you gonna add an entrance to your bio? Don't make me write another generic entrance for Tyler Draven cuz I'll have you coming to the ring riding a donkey surrounded by hookers and chickens  |
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Post by Deep Figure Value on May 10, 2018 16:57:56 GMT -5
Hey Rated R , you gonna add an entrance to your bio? Don't make me write another generic entrance for Tyler Draven cuz I'll have you coming to the ring riding a donkey surrounded by hookers and chickens #TBT to the time I wrote that exact, grandiose entrance for Mantis Tobogan's SuperBrawl appearance. |
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Post by Deep Figure Value on May 10, 2018 18:20:10 GMT -5
So, I needed to come share this with y'all, 'cause it's somewhat relevant and made me happier than I've been all week.
My favorite weekly podcast features a segment called "The Promo About Nothing", wherein they take the sh*t out of various promos that ultimately wind up being about nothing. This week's, curiously, featured my pic base, Jeff Monson. His lead off line is the single funniest thing I've heard in any promo for wrestling, MMA, or otherwise, and I've never been more proud of the bald headed tattoo nut that I've chosen to play David Brennan.
Do watch this, if only for the first line, and laugh your nuts off just as I did.
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Post by King Richius on May 10, 2018 18:23:29 GMT -5
So, I needed to come share this with y'all, 'cause it's somewhat relevant and made me happier than I've been all week. My favorite weekly podcast features a segment called "The Promo About Nothing", wherein they take the sh*t out of various promos that ultimately wind up being about nothing. This week's, curiously, featured my pic base, Jeff Monson. His lead off line is the single funniest thing I've heard in any promo for wrestling, MMA, or otherwise, and I've never been more proud of the bald headed tattoo nut that I've chosen to play David Brennan. Do watch this, if only for the first line, and laugh your nuts off just as I did. OMG I'm in tears! |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2018 18:46:12 GMT -5
So, I needed to come share this with y'all, 'cause it's somewhat relevant and made me happier than I've been all week. My favorite weekly podcast features a segment called "The Promo About Nothing", wherein they take the sh*t out of various promos that ultimately wind up being about nothing. This week's, curiously, featured my pic base, Jeff Monson. His lead off line is the single funniest thing I've heard in any promo for wrestling, MMA, or otherwise, and I've never been more proud of the bald headed tattoo nut that I've chosen to play David Brennan. Do watch this, if only for the first line, and laugh your nuts off just as I did. oh my god. This is fantastic. |
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Post by Deep Figure Value on May 11, 2018 12:13:45 GMT -5
Confession time: I've gone mad with power.
The implications of the fact that since becoming mod, 9 times out of 10 I've gone to 'quote' a post and inadvertently hit 'edit' because I'm stupid and clumsy have reached their apex with me, as I've discovered that this matter exists on locked threads as much as it does on active threads.
I'm about halfway through, right up through the two part "Death of David Brennan" saga, and when I'm done, none of my original run RPs will be damaged by the old coding system that went kaput when ProBoards switched servers sometime around 2012.
I'm so happy I could cry. Probably will.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2018 18:04:48 GMT -5
So, I needed to come share this with y'all, 'cause it's somewhat relevant and made me happier than I've been all week. My favorite weekly podcast features a segment called "The Promo About Nothing", wherein they take the sh*t out of various promos that ultimately wind up being about nothing. This week's, curiously, featured my pic base, Jeff Monson. His lead off line is the single funniest thing I've heard in any promo for wrestling, MMA, or otherwise, and I've never been more proud of the bald headed tattoo nut that I've chosen to play David Brennan. Do watch this, if only for the first line, and laugh your nuts off just as I did. That was amazing.
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Post by Prophet of Ash on May 12, 2018 20:43:38 GMT -5
So, I needed to come share this with y'all, 'cause it's somewhat relevant and made me happier than I've been all week. My favorite weekly podcast features a segment called "The Promo About Nothing", wherein they take the sh*t out of various promos that ultimately wind up being about nothing. This week's, curiously, featured my pic base, Jeff Monson. His lead off line is the single funniest thing I've heard in any promo for wrestling, MMA, or otherwise, and I've never been more proud of the bald headed tattoo nut that I've chosen to play David Brennan. Do watch this, if only for the first line, and laugh your nuts off just as I did. I like watching people get  ed for free. it's why I use redtube |
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Post by Deep Figure Value on May 19, 2018 9:35:26 GMT -5
Hope everyone was a fan of the first installment of "David Brennan beats on a small child", 'cause part two is a doozy.
Also, my basement is flooded.
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Post by King Richius on May 23, 2018 8:56:30 GMT -5
Gonna try to sweep aside the tumble weeds in this here general discussion with a question for everybody prompted by the discussion in Brennan's RP thread: what is your favorite book?
Mine is Dune by Frank Herbert.
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Post by The Gangsta on May 23, 2018 12:22:46 GMT -5
Gonna try to sweep aside the tumble weeds in this here general discussion with a question for everybody prompted by the discussion in Brennan's RP thread: what is your favorite book? Mine is Dune by Frank Herbert. That's a great book. Haven't read it in three years or so, but I'd love to read it again. Mine's is probably Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. |
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Post by bad guy™ on May 23, 2018 12:27:59 GMT -5
Gonna try to sweep aside the tumble weeds in this here general discussion with a question for everybody prompted by the discussion in Brennan's RP thread: what is your favorite book? Mine is Dune by Frank Herbert. From my teenage years, I would have said Hero-Type by Barry Lyga. That's still up there, and I still read his books even though he doesn't write that series anymore other than a one off he did last year. Now, it's easily Animal Farm. |
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Post by Deep Figure Value on May 23, 2018 12:33:17 GMT -5
Gonna try to sweep aside the tumble weeds in this here general discussion with a question for everybody prompted by the discussion in Brennan's RP thread: what is your favorite book? Mine is Dune by Frank Herbert. Obviously goes without saying, but my all time favorite is The Outsiders by SE Hinton. It spoke to me when I needed some serious speaking to. I routinely reread it, and even now, twenty one years after I first read it, I still pick up on little nuances and things that I really love. You wouldn't think such a thin novel aimed at young adults would be so dense, but there's a lot going on there. Apart from that (and Hinton's other Tulsa-based novels), I'm kind of all over the place. I read a lot of Vonnegut when I was in high school, though I see him as less a novelist and more a writer's writer who was able to tackle more mediums than the one that made him famous. Case in point? My favorite pieces from him are a short story titled Harrison Bergeron, and a collection of whimsical essays he'd written over time called God Bless You, Doctor Kevorkian, in which the narrator utilizes the services of Jack Kevorkian to engage in a series of near-death experiences which allow him to confer with and interview various deceased individuals of various renown (Billy Shakes, Eugene Debs, and of course, Kilgore Trout). My favorite author when I was in elementary school was Michael Crichton, but I don't much care for the genre these days. Otherwise, I read a lot of non-fiction, and I particularly enjoy biographies (truth truly is stranger than fiction). I've attempted, to no as of yet avail, to arrange numerous book burnings of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. EDIT: and since bad guy™ mentioned it while I was going way overboard with my response, add Animal Farm to the pyre. God, f*ck that book. |
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Post by bad guy™ on May 23, 2018 12:52:24 GMT -5
Gonna try to sweep aside the tumble weeds in this here general discussion with a question for everybody prompted by the discussion in Brennan's RP thread: what is your favorite book? Mine is Dune by Frank Herbert. Obviously goes without saying, but my all time favorite is The Outsiders by SE Hinton. It spoke to me when I needed some serious speaking to. I routinely reread it, and even now, twenty one years after I first read it, I still pick up on little nuances and things that I really love. You wouldn't think such a thin novel aimed at young adults would be so dense, but there's a lot going on there. Apart from that (and Hinton's other Tulsa-based novels), I'm kind of all over the place. I read a lot of Vonnegut when I was in high school, though I see him as less a novelist and more a writer's writer who was able to tackle more mediums than the one that made him famous. Case in point? My favorite pieces from him are a short story titled Harrison Bergeron, and a collection of whimsical essays he'd written over time called God Bless You, Doctor Kevorkian, in which the narrator utilizes the services of Jack Kevorkian to engage in a series of near-death experiences which allow him to confer with and interview various deceased individuals of various renown (Billy Shakes, Eugene Debs, and of course, Kilgore Trout). My favorite author when I was in elementary school was Michael Crichton, but I don't much care for the genre these days. Otherwise, I read a lot of non-fiction, and I particularly enjoy biographies (truth truly is stranger than fiction). I've attempted, to no as of yet avail, to arrange numerous book burnings of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. EDIT: and since bad guy™ mentioned it while I was going way overboard with my response, add Animal Farm to the pyre. God, f*ck that book. Outsiders was phenomenal. Had to read that in, like, seventh grade. The copies most students were given were originals because the teacher didn't want us to know Hinton was a girl till after we read. Same with Mockingbird. I had the advantage of knowing because I had to have large print because I have crap eyes, and was asked to not say anything because that was a larger discussion for after the books, but still. That's actually where I got my nickname. Because of my hair and skin tone, my friend Brett started calling me Ponyboy. It caught on. And I've worked with Brett at a few different jobs since high school so the name caught on there too. And I get the hate for Animal Farm. It's not just Animal Farm, it's Orwell in general. 1984 receives less, but still a lot, of hate. I think the problem is the books were SOOO hyped and have become staples in American literature that it's soured a lot of people on Orwellian ideas in general. Satire is literature's epitome of hit or miss. Thus, Orwell is either loved or hated, no middle ground. Grapes of Wrath, Lord of the Flies, and Fahrenheit 451 all fit into that category too. |
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Post by Deep Figure Value on May 23, 2018 13:32:05 GMT -5
Obviously goes without saying, but my all time favorite is The Outsiders by SE Hinton. It spoke to me when I needed some serious speaking to. I routinely reread it, and even now, twenty one years after I first read it, I still pick up on little nuances and things that I really love. You wouldn't think such a thin novel aimed at young adults would be so dense, but there's a lot going on there. Apart from that (and Hinton's other Tulsa-based novels), I'm kind of all over the place. I read a lot of Vonnegut when I was in high school, though I see him as less a novelist and more a writer's writer who was able to tackle more mediums than the one that made him famous. Case in point? My favorite pieces from him are a short story titled Harrison Bergeron, and a collection of whimsical essays he'd written over time called God Bless You, Doctor Kevorkian, in which the narrator utilizes the services of Jack Kevorkian to engage in a series of near-death experiences which allow him to confer with and interview various deceased individuals of various renown (Billy Shakes, Eugene Debs, and of course, Kilgore Trout). My favorite author when I was in elementary school was Michael Crichton, but I don't much care for the genre these days. Otherwise, I read a lot of non-fiction, and I particularly enjoy biographies (truth truly is stranger than fiction). I've attempted, to no as of yet avail, to arrange numerous book burnings of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. EDIT: and since bad guy™ mentioned it while I was going way overboard with my response, add Animal Farm to the pyre. God, f*ck that book. Outsiders was phenomenal. Had to read that in, like, seventh grade. The copies most students were given were originals because the teacher didn't want us to know Hinton was a girl till after we read. Same with Mockingbird. I had the advantage of knowing because I had to have large print because I have crap eyes, and was asked to not say anything because that was a larger discussion for after the books, but still. That's actually where I got my nickname. Because of my hair and skin tone, my friend Brett started calling me Ponyboy. It caught on. And I've worked with Brett at a few different jobs since high school so the name caught on there too. And I get the hate for Animal Farm. It's not just Animal Farm, it's Orwell in general. 1984 receives less, but still a lot, of hate. I think the problem is the books were SOOO hyped and have become staples in American literature that it's soured a lot of people on Orwellian ideas in general. Satire is literature's epitome of hit or miss. Thus, Orwell is either loved or hated, no middle ground. Grapes of Wrath, Lord of the Flies, and Fahrenheit 451 all fit into that category too. I love 1984. Loved it the first time I read it at 15, all the same with each subsequent read (though it is the catalyst for me failing sophomore year English, but that's neither here nor there). I think you're supposed to read Animal Farm first. I dunno. I didn't. I read 1984, and then some 13-15 years later I read Animal Farm, and it was postured as this great, big masterful piece of satire that was just so, so on the nose that it fell flat with me. Then you get in with the folk that pedastalize the book, my god. I caught so much heat and negative karma and all that a while ago on Reddit for dumping on that book, and people come out of the f*ckin' woodwork acting like it's some big piece of Ricky & Morty hyper intelligent mind-food that I must have been too dumb to get, like "aCkShYoUaLlY, did you even know it's not a satirical expose on the dangers of Communism but really the impeding doomdeath that would come should the world ultimately embrace the cultish tones of Stalinismmmmmmmmm?!?!!!!?!?!1?!"Like, no sh*t. My kid could've probably picked up on that. He's three, his favorite television program is Daniel Tiger, and his favorite book is Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes. Ugh. Animal Farm.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 17:04:19 GMT -5
I've attempted, to no as of yet avail, to arrange numerous book burnings of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. I'll bring the gas and marshmallows. Geez, I read The Great Gatsby in high school and I have never read something so ungodly boring. Ever. It explores various issues but it does so in such a pretentious way that I tapped over midway through the book. The movie(s) based on it are just as worse. I'm upset now, just thinking about that goddamn book.
Back to the original topic at hand, if I had to pick my favorite book of all-time it would have to be...Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice. I know it's such a....generic answer but I guess looking back on it, I read it at the perfect time as it was in middle school where you start to develop and grow as a person. Middle school, for lack of a better word sucked but luckily for me I had ways of dealing with all that crap. Writing and horror movies were two of my favorite things ever. Wrestling; of course was another way but I also really got into music - especially horror punk. I had just discovered this band, The Misfits and through them, I discovered a plethora of different bands that were all about the same things that I was into as a teenager. Needless to say, I love the book. Along with Bram Stoker's Dracula, those books really made me fall in love with horror fiction and it inspired me and really solidified my love for vampires (pre-Twilight) and horror in general.
Other honorable mentions are Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Seven Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello although the last one doesn't really count as a "book" per say.
But yeah.
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Post by Kyzer on May 23, 2018 17:27:01 GMT -5
Gonna try to sweep aside the tumble weeds in this here general discussion with a question for everybody prompted by the discussion in Brennan's RP thread: what is your favorite book? Mine is Dune by Frank Herbert. I can't pick just one favorite book. I will read anything that Chuck Palahniuk puts out. He is far and away my favorite author. Choke and Damned are the two I have read the most often. I liked American Gods by Neil Gaiman a lot. Why Not Me? by Al Franken was really funny back in the day. I read a lot of non-fiction especially anything that has to do with history. |
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Post by bad guy™ on May 26, 2018 11:17:44 GMT -5
Happy birthday, EBR!
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I dont know good luck 
