Also, we need a 'walker with some sort of similar proclivities to Manatarqua. Maybe one who prefers to take the form of a wagon? Or a swarm of flies or something? How about just a wall? That should satisfy Keeper's search for ancient "weird."
But yeah I think you're probably right that many of them don't know who else is on that master list that we have. I think Szat's initial idea, too, that perhaps several of the people on the list are listed on the wrong side or might not have existed at all is a good one.
It's particularly useful from the perspective of Zhiran, who's reconstructing information after the fact and can't exactly go up to a random 'walker and say "Are you involved in this war? Loyalist or rebel?"
Guys, I don't know how to turn off and since I'm not creating I'm getting REALLY **** TWITCHY HERE...
Like, I'm not even exaggerating and it's legitimately bothering me somewhere deep down. And this is with a conceptual walker and other stuff I still need to finish perched on my back. It's seriously eating at me.
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I wish I had some advice for you, Barinellos. I'm usually pretty good about "turning off." I guess the simple solution is to either just write something, even if you don't intend on keeping it, or distract yourself with a game or movie or something. I myself am watching the Racket Girls MST3k episode and playing a video game. Maybe that will help?
I guess the simple solution is to either just write something, even if you don't intend on keeping it, or distract yourself with a game or movie or something. I myself am watching the Racket Girls MST3k episode and playing a video game. Maybe that will help?
I'm not in the right frame to write at the moment. Actually haven't written anything all day.
This is just like part of the worst possible time for me to need distraction because the house is unusually quiet for the next week or so and I'm too exhausted from work to really start on much of anything. That might change on Thursday, but until then SO MUCH BLOODY WORK...
Edit: Actually, I do have one thing I've written that hasn't been typed yet. I should probably get that out right quick, even if I don't produce anything else tonight.
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At twilight's end, the shadow's crossed / a new world birthed, the elder lost. Yet on the morn we wake to find / that mem'ry left so far behind. To deafened ears we ask, unseen / "Which is life and which the dream?"
I guess the simple solution is to either just write something, even if you don't intend on keeping it, or distract yourself with a game or movie or something. I myself am watching the Racket Girls MST3k episode and playing a video game. Maybe that will help?
I'm not in the right frame to write at the moment. Actually haven't written anything all day.
This is just like part of the worst possible time for me to need distraction because the house is unusually quiet for the next week or so and I'm too exhausted from work to really start on much of anything. That might change on Thursday, but until then SO MUCH BLOODY WORK...
Edit: Actually, I do have one thing I've written that hasn't been typed yet. I should probably get that out right quick, even if I don't produce anything else tonight.
Well, also, it's important not to put too much pressure on yourself here. I mean, yeah, you have a ton of stuff you're working on, but it's not like there's any real hurry on it. Believe me, I know that impulse to get stuff done, but sometimes I think it's a good idea to not do anything. Let your mind sort of clear itself. I have always been a firm believer in down time, either from work or from creative endeavors.
Is your brain trying to switch you into Do Art Mode? I've been finding lately that if I can't write because I'm jittery, drawing tends to help me calm down and be less neurotic.
I am like... the last person to ask how to turn off though My strategies tend to involve alcohol or Tylenol PM.
Is your brain trying to switch you into Do Art Mode?
That's like... not just a different gear, but a different ENGINE altogether at this point.
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I've been finding lately that if I can't write because I'm jittery, drawing tends to help me calm down and be less neurotic.
No, I think once I get this typed up, I'll be able to settle. I just haven't accomplished anything today and I think it's my subconscious's way of putting its foot up my arse for it.
Well, also, it's important not to put too much pressure on yourself here. I mean, yeah, you have a ton of stuff you're working on, but it's not like there's any real hurry on it. Believe me, I know that impulse to get stuff done, but sometimes I think it's a good idea to not do anything. Let your mind sort of clear itself. I have always been a firm believer in down time, either from work or from creative endeavors.
The problem is, I've been up for so long that stopping altogether is causing the issue. That's partly because I haven't had a day off in TWO BLOODY WEEKS. I need to wind down, not go full stop.
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At twilight's end, the shadow's crossed / a new world birthed, the elder lost. Yet on the morn we wake to find / that mem'ry left so far behind. To deafened ears we ask, unseen / "Which is life and which the dream?"
The problem is, I've been up for so long that stopping altogether is causing the issue. That's partly because I haven't had a day off in TWO BLOODY WEEKS. I need to wind down, not go full stop.
Okay, then. I've got a game for you. Meet me in the new thread (that I'm about to make) and we'll have some fun.
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My advice is probably useless in the specifics but it might be helpful by accident.
Whenever I can't turn off, I tend to start working on an open problem in Mathematics. Currently, I work on investigating the Graceful Trees Theorem, which is really nice because it only requires simple arithmetic and can easily be worked on with only pen and paper, but it also can use as little or much brain power as you feel like expending.
Specifics of Graceful Tree Theorem
Graceful Tree Theorem: All Trees are Graceful. Definitions: Tree: A Tree is a Graph that has no Cycles. -Graph: A graph is a set of points and edges (lines, curves, whatever) connecting these points. SO basically draw a bunch of dots on a sheet a paper and draw a bunch of lines between them. -Cycle: A cycle is when you can start at a point and follow edges around until you get back to that point without ever repeating an edge,
Graceful: A Graph is graceful if you can label the edges with the numbers 1, 2, 3, ..., n (Where n is the number of edges, so you stop when you run out). Then you label the vertices with numbers 1, 2, 3, ..., k (k is the number of vertices), such that The number of the edge is the difference between the numbers of the vertices.
Fess Up: The Graceful Tree Thereom is actually all connected trees are graceful. Connected means that if you start at one vertex, you can eventually make your way to any other vertex (or,there are no "islands" of vertices). I just like the really simple statement for elegance.
Anyways, actually proving the Graceful Tree Theroem is pretty darn difficult (It has been an open problem for about a century), however proving it for certain cases is still probably publishable, so that is what I have been working on. Specifically, I've been trying to prove that all Binary Trees (you start with point, then connect i to two points, then each of those points connects to two more points, etc.) are graceful. SO far I have failed but it is fun to work with regardless. If anyone is interested enough to learn more, I could put up pictures to help illustrate things more clearly. It really is fun to play around with
Edit: Actually, I do have one thing I've written that hasn't been typed yet. I should probably get that out right quick, even if I don't produce anything else tonight.
So, for the record, I think this worked.
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At twilight's end, the shadow's crossed / a new world birthed, the elder lost. Yet on the morn we wake to find / that mem'ry left so far behind. To deafened ears we ask, unseen / "Which is life and which the dream?"
Edit: Actually, I do have one thing I've written that hasn't been typed yet. I should probably get that out right quick, even if I don't produce anything else tonight.
"Ah, all of a sudden it's iambic pentameter here." There are too many great shorts to choice one. The two "Hired!" ones together are fantastic, Circus on Ice is great, Money Talks is a favorite, as is X Marks the Spot and Last Clear Chance. Oh, yeah, and Why Study Industrial Arts.
Well, looks like I've got a date with a mst3k shorts youtube playlist tonight...
I keep returning to the thought that, if we ever wanted to try a real-time M:EM event of some kind, we should all agree to watch the same movie at the same time, create a thread for it, and live-riff that thing.
Because it could be a heck of a good time.
It could also be really, really stupid.
But it could be a heck of a good time.
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My strategies tend to involve alcohol or Tylenol PM.
