Update of Updatedness: Electric Boogaloo

[jeriendhal]

The Funeral: Went as well as such things can go. The priest from the hospice stumbled a bit as he tried to discuss Grandma Symanski's life, given he didn't really know her, but he was trying. Once he switched back to the standard homilies he was in smoother territory though. Since it was about fifty miles from Westminster to the grave site at the veterans cemetery in Crownsville, there was no procession. We just broke for lunch and headed over there separately, with a memorial to be held later in about a month.

Begathon: Thanks to chaypeta and one anonymous Deviant, I've been gifted with two three-month subscriptions, and I've had a couple of people pledge to but copies of my books on Lulu.com in support. Thanks guys!

Gaming: Found a link via ps238principal to a demo of Gratuitous Space Battles. Essentially it takes the typical design and battle functions of a Resource Strategy game and eliminates all the damned base building you have to go through before getting to fun part, watching pixilated spaceship fly around zapping each other. Essentially it operates like a game of Steve Jackson Games' Car Wars. You set a number of resource points to use, designs ships to fit the budget, and then go at it. The only down side is that you can't control the fleet's actions once combat starts, but there are enough sliders to tweak their combat strategy before you get to that point to satisfy anyone. I've been playing the demo obsessively for the past couple of days now, and I'll probably be downloading the full version when I'm able.

Vulpine Imperium: I'm highly amused at some of the reactions I'm getting to this. I kinda with I'd thought of it when I was doing The Grace of God just for the sheer horror factor.

Rufus: Yes, about that.

Me: Hu?

Melika: We'd like a Word with you.

Me: What kind of Word? And how did you say it using a capital letter?

Rufus: We both wish to register our complaints with you.

Melika: You've been taking terrible advantage of the fact that chaypeta has put the comic on extended hiatus. Terinu is her project, not yours.

Me: But she said she likes...

Rufus: Now Altered Trajectory has been quite fun (even if you did metaphorically emasculate my character) but Arc was just...

Melika: There is such a thing as too much angst.

Me: That's why I put it on h...

Rufus: But really, this "Vulpine Imperium" nonsense is the last straw.

Melika: We would never abandon the Holy Den Mother as you suggest, even in the face of our Industrial Revolution.

Rufus: You think humans find factory smoke bad? Imagine smelling it with a nose that's five times as sensitive as yours.

Melika: Further we would not turn into a bunch of British Imperialists with a dose of German Fascism. You've practically got us walking around in jackboots.

Rufus: Which would be a neat trick given we can't actually wear boots...

Melika: Next thing you know you'll be commissioning pictures of me and Rufus in Nazi uniforms.

Me: Hey! Do not invoke Godwin's Law in my journal!

Rufus (ignoring me): I'm sorry, boy, but feldgrau would clash with my fur.

Melika: We'd be lucky in that case, Rufus. I'd more likely be appearing in something with a great deal of black leather and chrome studs. (pause) Rufus?

Rufus: Eh? Sorry. Got distracted a bit by the imagery there...

Comments

[aynne-witch.livejournal.com]

hehehehe - character rebellions can be interesting

[a-ferins-tale.livejournal.com]

Ah ha... THAT'S where i got it from.

mustwritenanowrimomustwritenanowrimomustwritenanowrimomustwritenanowrimo

And DEFINATELY NOT pick up a pencil or I'll be lost!

By the way... love it! Rufus and Mel would so not be amused... although Mel in black leather and studs... NO NO Imperilsm would almost sorta' definately not be worth it... maybe.

[a-ferins-tale.livejournal.com]

By the way, that last line is attributed to Rufus's line of thoughts.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Melika: Rufus, stop using your imagination.

Rufus: I'm trying, I'm trying.

[lilfluff.livejournal.com]

Heh. Clearly Rufus has not heard of Rule 3, "Never Visualize!" Of course rule 3 is normally invoked for things that require unicorn chasers...

[mjkj.livejournal.com]

...and here I thought Rule 3 was: "An ordinance at a death run outranks everybody"...

[mjkj.livejournal.com]

Hmm,... you saying Rufus as German soldier and Melika as SS...

But I guess Rufus would be in the Luftwaffe then...

...yeah I agree with the problem of fitting boots...

mjkj

[mjkj.livejournal.com]

Well, I think the SS-uniform could look good on Melika...

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Hmm, what color were the Luftwaffe uniforms? I only remember Goring's ridiculous white suit from The Battle of Britain film. :o

Mmmm, Melika, She-Vulp of the SS

Mel: NO!

[mjkj.livejournal.com]

It is definitely tempting... (poor Melika though...)

As for the uniforms I think it is best to check out wikipedia...

SS uniform
Luftwaffe uniform (and other German uniforms at WW II)

mjkj

[ankewehner.livejournal.com]

Do you know Hogan's Heroes? Klink was a Luftwaffe officer.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten that... Whoops.

[tamhavik.livejournal.com]

And so another variation was born... Luckily characters in stories normally can't actually hurt their writers... Have you seen Inkheart though?

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

It's on my Too See list, just as soon as I get functioning DVD player again...

[tamhavik.livejournal.com]

*Grins* The idea behind it is certainly interesting!