Gavin

[quote name='Raiyuu']2. I have limited Bible knowledge, but isn't the whole Sodom and Gomorrah bit in the Old Testament ([b]Vengeful God![/b]), and didn't Jesus come along in the New Testament and say 'forget all that stuff that happened before, you should really love everyone equally' ([b]Loving God[/b])?[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Stop listening to Homer for your Bible interpretations Raiyuu. :p Of course if you weren't, you're still right, but generally most Christians like to forget all that vengeful God stuff, which is Jewish, until it becomes useful again, for instance in discussions like this. [/SIZE] [quote name='Raiyuu']I also heard on the television (it must be true!) that the bit that says you can't be gay is the same bit that says you can't eat pork and locusts (non-Kosher food). So if you're living your life by the Bible's assurance that homosexuality is wrong, you should also be eating strictly Kosher.[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"][[I]Puts down his fried locust.[/I]] In the words of Peter Griffin, you son of a ***** !![/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Thanks a lot guys, I go for a nights sleep and you add three pages to the discussion. You all suck except for Ken who made me laugh. :p One thing I will admit, and I think this is natural given the fact that I'm male and have been raised with beautiful women on TV and the older brothers of friends who had enormous stacks of porno magazines in their room, is that I am a bit more uncomfortable about to sight of/the idea of gay male intimacy than I am about heterosexual intimacy or lesbian intimacy. As I said, it's not intended to sound homophobic, I just think as a twenty year old guy it's understandable. On a side note, I don't know whether this makes me prudish or not, but I generally consider kissing and cuddling about the furthest people should go in public with their intimacy[/SIZE] [quote name='The Boss'][color=darkred][size=1]I'm pretty sure that it's an accepted fact that homosexuality does not serve much "biological" purpose, being that it bares no children. But marriage doesn't make sense either. All marriage does is limit human beings to single sexual partners to bare children with, while in reality, we would have a much firmer population should males be allowed to impregnate any woman he like, one after the other.[/color][/size][/QUOTE] [size=1]It actually does make sense Mike, and believe it or not, it's very important for that whole "biological purpose". If a man or woman is allowed only one sexual partner for their children, and that couple live in area/time that precludes travel away from their local area then the local village/town survives longer because the children are genetically distinct from those of other couples, leading to the ability to have more children down the line. To tie it down to an analogy, there's an area about fourteen miles away from my called The Commons and it's people must have practiced that idea of having kids with other people when they fancied. The situation now is that everyone there is related to one another, and given some of them people I know from there, are suffering the effects of too close blood relations having children together. Seriously, I could probably show you a picture of the "missing link" by photographing one of them. It doesn't make sense nowadays of course as people travel further a field to meet their potential spouses, but seeing as marriage is a very old concept you can see the logic of it when it started.[/size] [quote name='Fyxe'][size=1]I really like it when people use the Bible as an excuse for shunning homosexuality, considering everything in the Bible is an opinion, and not the law of nature. Just pointing that out in a friendly manner.[/size][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]To you it's opinion Fyxe, to them it is the law of God which transcends all other laws, depending on how literally they take the teachings. As I've said already, I don't really give a damn because it doesn't affect me directly.[/SIZE]

[quote name='indifference'][COLOR="Indigo"]You people are silly. :p Wide-ruled paper is great stuff.[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]BURN THE HERETIC !! ;)[/SIZE]

[quote name='Japan_86'][COLOR="DarkRed"]I hate thread repeats. For me, I am against homosexuality and I am not afraid to express those feelings. But I still care for my friends who are. Heck, one of my best friends is gay. I do not shun him because of that. It's what's inside that counts, you know?[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]I have to admit that kind of mentality confuses me a lot Laura, I mean on the one hand you care for your gay friends by not shunning them, but are on the otherhand against homosexuality. I'm not trying to pick apart what you've said Laura, it just genuinely confuses me.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Kenshin DX']So why should I care if two men do what straight men and women do. There is nothing wrong with it just people are idiots who are intolerant to things that are different from their views of normal.[/QUOTE] [size=1]That's one thing that always struck me about these threads, that they always seem to deal with the male aspect to homosexuality, as if the word itself implies male rather than both genders. I suppose the obvious answer is that most straight guys while horrified by the idea of two males in a sexual relationship are immensely receptive to the idea of two females in a sexual relationship. Here's the thing guys, if they're lesbians, it might be hot, but you aren't going to be getting any of it.[/size] [quote name='Kenshin DX']No this isn't nearly as bad as all the gay marriage threads[/QUOTE] [size=1]I meant it in a collective sense, anything to do with homosexuality or abortion tend to generate the worst kinds of verbal attacks because both sides see themselves as being right. I should know, seeing as I've been involved in most of them right from the beginning. Now though, I'm happy sitting on the fence taking pop-shots at people I don't like.[/size] [quote name='Aaryanna'][COLOR="goldenrod"]The forum would get pretty boring and stale if no new threads on a similar or same topic was allowed. :p And the last thread that really got into this topic was back in January. Six months seems like plenty of time to me. Besides, one doesn't have to post in it if they don't want to. ^_~[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [size=1]I know, I've just gotten to the stage where I'm tired of listening to the same two arguments fired over and back for seven pages, but not quite so tired as I don't want to see if there's a slight chance that they'll chance. For instance, since the earliest threads on the subject itself, there's been a sharp decrease in the number of people who actually are against the idea of homosexuality/gay marriage outright. Though I suppose that actually strengthens your point as then they're not always the same.[/size]

[SIZE="1"]Well I've got what I imagine will be a lifelong addiction to Avonmore Light Milk or semi-skimmed as it's also called. I could quite easily and quite happily drink down three maybe four litres of the stuff a day, so long as it's from a tetra-pack carton and not one of those nasty plastic ones which screws up the flavour. Chicken Kebabs are definitely another one, down under in Tasmania, I pretty much survived on a diet of kebabs, noodles and Coke, and lost a stone and a half if that makes any sense to anyone. Little secret, unwrap it, throw in a few thick fries, and you've got yourself an awesome meal. Anything with Sweet Chilli sauce/flavouring also qualifies as being highly addictive for me, I just love the stuff.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Oh Jeez, and here I just hoped we might get a few weeks between an abortion thread and a homosexuality one, seriously, I now support Sandy's rule about not allowing repeat threads in a forum... Honestly, in a few words, I just don't give a ****. I used to, homosexuality used to be one of those awful, horrible things with the world that was somehow going to lead to the breakdown in the fabric of society. Nowadays if two people care that much about one another, I'm not going to call them on it, sure as I guy I have a preference to the sight/idea of a pair of hot lesbians in their twenties over a pair of forty year old gay guys, but as I see neither on a regular basis it doesn't matter to me. I mean sure, you can say your Church thinks it's evil and sinful and God knows what else, and mine does, and I accept that. But in the end, the main doctrine of the Catholic Church has been "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" and I really think I'd prefer my relationship not me put under a spotlight as an example of what is wrong with the world. People are people, let them get into a relationship with whoever the hell they want, if you believe that it's a sin well then it's God's call, not yours.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]I've no strange pets myself, well I suppose there is something strange about having fifteen or so cats but living in the countryside I suppose that's pretty much inescapable. A friend of mine when I was a kid was really into snakes, had all kinds of them littered in glass tanks in his room, feeding time was apparently something to behold. Biggest one he had was about six feet long and had to be put in a special container in their garage, this same guy is training to be a vet today, so I guess he really fulfilled his childhood passion. [/SIZE]

[LEFT][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=Black][SIZE=1][b]December 4th[/b] I imagine that at some point in the future, near or distant this war will end with my species destruction, that every semblance of society, art, literature, even war will continue to exist on the mausoleum planet called Earth. The zombies probably won't be able to survive, without their sole food source and numbers replenisher they'll probably just die off in much the same manner we will, it?s oddly comforting to know that in destroying us, they?ve destroyed themselves. A pair of helicopters landed this morning, resupplying the base with our most needed essentials, water, food, medical supplies and ammunition. I spoke to one of the pilots, a lieutenant named O?Donnell about what?s been going on with other bases in the province. Apparently three bases in the Cork area have been overrun in the last week, the personnel, rather than be turned detonated explosives near the base?s fuel depot... said you could see the smoke forty miles away, clear as you like. Is this what it?s come down to ? If we can?t win we just stem the tide of those turning ? Been with Jenny every spare minute the day allows, I?ve really only known her for about fourteen months, but we have this connection like I?ve never had before. I don?t know whether it?s the apocalyptic nature of life, or whether I?ve found the woman of my dreams. Either way, I?m grateful for someone to share with what?s left of life. I think I?ll ask her to marry me... [b]December 5th[/b] I can?t believe we?ve gotten here already... to this point... there?s really no turning back after this... society is gone... God is dead... A group of military police arrived in my units barracks today and escorted us to the medical centre... there we were informed that under orders from the Taoiseach and President of the Republic all frontline military personnel were to be given injections of a chemical compound designed to ?alleviate problems?... I think we all knew what that meant... we were going to be doped like horses to fight without a second thought to save those who?d wormed their way into positions of high power... They held us down one by one and a needle the size of my baby finger was pushed into our necks and put God-knows what into our systems... I feel stronger than I?ve ever felt before, more awake, like I could fight for a year without stopping. I imagine I?ve been given the maximum safe dose of adrenaline, maybe more, along with caffeine or a similar organic compound to keep me alert. Probably some steroids in there as well, maybe other enzymes, I don?t know... to be honest I don?t really want to know... I probably should... but I just don?t want to...[/LEFT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[quote name='Clurr'][FONT="Arial"]Also, I can't STAND writing on wide-ruled paper. Unfortunately, that's exactly the kind of ruling in both my composition books. Bleh. I don't know why I hate it so much, I just much prefer college ruled.[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Oh thank God, finally someone else who hates those wide margins as well, they're just so wasteful looking aren't they ? Though I normally just get notepads with no margins and add them myself.[/SIZE] [quote name='Clurr'][FONT="Arial"]Does anyone think the method of writing might have something to do with it? I don't know; whether it's notebook paper, Microsoft Word, or a type writer, the blank page does a good job of frightening me.[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Depends on what's at hand really. Ninety-nine percent of the time I use Word, but if I'm away from my PC and happen to have a notepad and pen handy I've no real objection to it, though I do find myself crossing out entire paragraphs that I dislike, so it's a bit messier than a Word document. [/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]I just watched the [b]Fable 2[/b] trailer on the official site and I'm pleased to say it's looking to be an interesting prospect, though hopefully Peter and Lionhead will launch the PC version and the XBox version at the same time rather than as another "The Lost Chapters" styled edition months later. KillZone for me was sort of a unexpected pleasure for me, so hopefully the sequel will be something of the same, though I hope this time they don't choose voice actors people immediately identify as being badguys, Ronny Cox being an obvious example. Funny, I've used his name twice today in two entirely different connotations. After MGS3, I've got high hopes for [B]Guns of the Patriots[/b], though the plotline from what I've read seems a bit far fetched, but with MGS that's hardly new. [/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Definitely agree with Nerdsy, anything Bioware have made has turned out to be utterly epic in nearly every sense of the word, [B]Jade Empire[/B] and [B]Knights of the Old Republic[/B] being my two best examples of this as I never got into the D&D games. My favourite aspect to Bioware have been their concentration on a solid story, environment and character development above graphics, as was much the opposite with Bethesda's [B]Elder Scrolls Oblivion[/B], which though a fine game, and a definitely improvement on it's unplayable predecessor Morrowind lacked depth and story to me. I will have to disagree though that GTA isn't epic, because in a gaming sense, it has most certainly revolutionised it's own genre and many others, San An being the biggest so far, though I imagine IV will only improve on it.The series stories have always been gripping and despite playing some of the worst society has to offer, you do gain a genuine understanding of their mentality, which is only a further nod to Rockstar's story-telling abilities. [b]Command & Conquer[/b], need I say more ? I thought not. Well except that Generals was EA rather than C&C. [b]Age of Empires[/b], see above, though unlike C&C, AoE has yet to have it's Generals.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"][URL="http://movies.ign.com/articles/748/748266p1.html"]http://movies.ign.com/articles/748/748266p1.html[/URL] Ran across this checking out Eddie Murphy's biography on Wikipedia and thought it was just a case of a prank given the article redirects back to EM's own page. But lo and behold I do a Google search and find out that there really is a fourth incarnation of the comedy series planned for 2009. Discuss. In all honest, my main feelings are horror and disappointment at Murphy for being so foolish to attempt to resurrect the classic trilogy, while at the same time being hopeful he may actually pull it off. Judge Reinhold absolutely has to be in it, as does Ronny Cox otherwise it's just going to be another Die Hard IV for me. My biggest concern is, I suppose, that Eddie Murphy has simply gotten too old to play Axel Foley as we expect him, though no other actor alive could capture that same sense of comic timing for the character.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Due to their planned return, though "resurrection" might be a better word, I'm going to add the infamous [b]Spice Girls[/b] to the list, on behalf of anyone who like me had a sister who was impressionable enough to like their music when they were "famous". I just hope to God that the kid Eddie Murphy had with one of them inherits his father's talents as opposed to his mother's. [/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]While writer's block is, as I've found, an inescapable part of the creative process, I would tend to agree with Mike and Break on their opinions of how to alleviate it. My personal favourite is listening to a piece or pieces of music that fit the mood of what you're trying to write. Is anyone else here completely unable to write when someone is looking over their shoulder ? [/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]My first consistent exposure to anime would have [B]Dragonball Z[/B], when it was airing on Cartoon Network in the 90s, I immediately thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen, despite understanding relatively little of the overall plot as I'd dropped in right in the middle of the Frieza Saga. Looking back, the first anime I ever saw was probably like Inkstitchling, [B]Speed Racer[/B], although until now I could never remember the name, only a vague memory of a car and the words Mark 5. [B]Starvengers[/B] AKA Getter Robo G, [b]Sci-Bots[/b] AKA Starzinger and [B]Grendizer[/B] were two very early animes I saw when I got them on VHS tapes at a car boot sale.[/SIZE]

[LEFT][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=Black][SIZE=1][b]December 1st[/b] I can't get the blood off my hands...no matter how hard I wash them... I close my eyes and see the faces of the innocent people who died... my family... my friends... Most of Europe's major cities have fallen... The hoard simply continues to grow at an exponential rate... the troops here, both drafted and enlisted alike are constantly on edge... the town below is completely overrun with them... we've even stopped making sweeps for survivors... I want to say it's the smart thing to do... if this refuge is detected... I don't want to even think about that... I found Jenny today, alive working with the medical unit in base... she was among the last of the survivors found in the sweeps yesterday... she just fell into my arms and started crying... I think I was crying too... I don't really remember... I just kissed her with all the relief I could muster. We spoke for a while, her story is the same as mine and so many others. She said she was sorry, I said I was sorry, I reality I think we were both just glad to find someone else we knew... Been trying to get online, I imagine OtakuBoards will be almost silent, maybe a stray member of two like me trying to find their friends... But comm privileges are tight, we don't know how long we can maintain the telephone network if things keep getting this bad... it's not as if the zombies are pulling down the poles... but the battles themselves are doing their share of damage... I'm going to see if I can swing some time, just to post a few words and maybe get a response... [b]December 2nd[/b] Sweeps were resumed today... but the mission spec is different... now if we see survivors, our orders are now to kill on sight... so that they can't become zombies... I wanted to scream murder... I couldn't... I just nodded and picked up my gun and got in the jeep with the rest of the unit...It's not right... but there's logic to it, and right now I don't think morals apply any more... I was reassigned from the medic squads to frontline infantry... apparently anyone who was part of the old shooting clubs is considered trained enough for it... can't say I minded... thought I could make a doctor... but the suffering just got to me... We can't engage the enemy except in small numbers... we just don't have the arms or ammunition... I think even the brass know we're going to have to abandon the barracks soon... or people are going to start drawing suicide missions to get what we need... I don't think there'd even be and objections at this point... Funny thing, this sounds just like the old stories of the War of Independence... hit and run against and enemy that has no mercy... I never realised how brave those people were until now... Made love to Jenny last night, just something I think we both needed... a connection to another person... if only for a short time...[/LEFT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[SIZE="1"]Heard about this on the news yesterday, I hope your friends are alright. What concerned me most was hearing there'd been damage to a nuclear power station, but apparently none of the reactors were in danger. In relation to Retri's arguments, while I think he has a point and that we should try and keep the suffering of others in our minds, rather than just seeing each as tragic and moving on. However realistically humans don't do that, we feel bad about these people who died but in reality there's nothing we can do for them, and let's face it, there's always new tragedies to take the spotlight. I know that sounds harsh, but it's realism, there's always suffering in the world, but maybe that even compounds Alex's point to keep aware of these people, or maybe just to be thankful for what we have. I mean Irish people could harp on about the Irish Famine that killed between one and two million people, just to put that figure into perspective, that's a third of the Holocaust and ten times the East-Asian Tsunami. But it happened one hundred and fifty years ago, so what would be the point of it ? That said, a remembrance day would probably be appreciated. [/SIZE]

[LEFT][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=Black][SIZE=1][B]August 20th 2007[/B] Ugh, dinner just isn't sitting well tonight, should have known by the look of those chips, looked like they'd been cooked about a week ago. Maybe it's just nerves, back into high school and my final year in a couple of days, it's on my mind the whole time, oh well not much that can be done so it makes no never mind in the end. [b]September 12th 2007[/b] Second week over, and things seem to be running pretty smoothly, I've even asked Jenny to go to the Debs with me, I swear my heart was in my mouth and I probably sounded like a complete retard. She gave me one of those smiles of hers and said yes, maybe the fact she's already eighteen makes it less weird to her. Now all I gotta do is pick up and new job and get some cash together, get the van painted and take her there in style. English is a bastard, four page assignment due in three days on Shakespeare's Othello, God damn I hate that play, thought we were done with it already. Oh well, put in the work now and in thirty years I can retire with a big fat pension on some tropical paradise fucking girls half my age every night, if I've still got the energy. Hah, can't wait. Gran's birthday went smooth as silk, loved the present, imagine now that she's the eldest she thinks a lot about time, so getting her something from when she was a kid seems to have put some of that sparkle back in her eyes. [b]September 14th[/b] Happy Birthday little sis, try to stay out of trouble and for God's sake stop watching that 16th birthday shit on MTV, because we are not the kids of millionaires and if you want a car, even if you badmouth mine, you'll have to work for it. [b]September 21st[/b] Seems what was going on in Shannon a few weeks back has been turning fairly serious, that soldier who got sick had something called "African Rabies", and they've quarantined the entire area around Shannon Airport over this disease. Seems Mary Hearney is finally getting that tubby ass of hers into gear as Health Minister, if Dick Roche was running the show, chances are we'd have all died already. I still can't believe that fucking idiot kept his job after Galway, just shows you that the whole "you scratch my back, I scratch yours" mentality is still alive and well. Word is the army is going to be running the quarantine, I just hope it doesn't get to the stage where they need the army reserves too... Jesus if something happened to Dave I don't know what I'd do, heh elder brother mentality kicking in there... Think I'll log on to OB for a while and swap stories with the guys, maybe they know some more about this African Rabies thing. [b]November 17th[/b] I want to lie down and die... just bury myself under a ton of earth and let time pass me by for the rest of eternity... I didn't even realise I packed the diary... suppose it's my subconscious giving me a way of dealing with this, getting it out of my head and onto paper... get my feelings out. The quarantine was broken about three weeks ago, after the reserves were called in, every single one of them from every barracks around the country, including my little brother. Dad nearly had a fucking heart attack, we all did. The disease had spread right into Limerick City and people were fleeing by the thousands, right into army barricades. People got shot dead but they still kept coming, so the army had to fall back to other positions... that's when Dave got his call... I don't remember when we heard he was transferred into the hospital, apparently one of those psycho rioters had taken a chunk out of his hand when he went to check the body... he hadn't said anything... then just slipped into the coma. Some army brass told my father and mother that he was very sorry for what had happened and that he would receive the best of care... It sounded off from the start, since when did they give a shit about reservists ? It didn't matter, he'd already been infected and was starting to turn. If I'd known then I would have taken my gun and put him out of his misery right then and there. It's not fair... none of it is... If God is up there he must be too stoned out of omnipotent fucking head to get involved... or maybe the atheists have been right all along and he just doesn't exist. Doc called in mom and dad a few hours later and pronounced David dead... I?d never seen a reaction like it... I never want to see it again... Mom was hugging him and crying so hard she didn?t even realise she?d cut herself on his fingernails... Nurse patched her and then went straight to the brass... he just looked at her... now I get what that look meant... seek and destroy. He came back and offered to have David transferred to our local undertaker, ?the least he could do for such a fine trooper?. 24 hours later mom was dead too... Dad just went crazy... that was the last I saw of him... just got into his car and drove away with my sis, he gave me money and told me to take care of myself... that I was a full-grown man and needed to take care of myself... I like to think he got somewhere far enough away from the virus not to be affected, truth be told, he?s probably dead, sis too. I tried to go on, get up and go to school... but people gave me those looks, as if there was something wrong with me too... In the end I just packed a few bags, a couple of duvets and my gun and hit the road like dad had. It was probably the best thing I could do, far as I heard the town is crawling with flesh-eaters... mom and Dave among them... Seems like something out of a horror novel, one that just won?t end... The gun is constantly loaded and on the seat next to me... I've not slept in what seems like an eternity... [b]November 24[/b] I'm going to keep writing in this, people need to know what's happened first hand... If I can get to a computer and a scanner I'll upload everything onto the net... Swept for survivors yesterday, armed to the fucking teeth as usual... Society as we knew it no longer exists... it's split between those who hide in their homes and wait for a zombie patrol to come and kill them, or those like me can't win this war, but still fight a few battles where possible.... Made contact with zombies three times already, nobody I knew or recognised... that's how we do it... you don't sweep your own local area... you couldn't focus properly if you did... I'm running with a full load now, three guys from school who survived like I did... couldn't ask for a better crew in reality... we shoot first, ask questions later... if it doesn't walk right, it gets a cartridge. Raided O'Hallorans a few days back for ammunition, place is a graveyard. Mattie kept a veritable fucking fortress though, took us an hour to get the door open, only to find a bunch of corpses inside... they?d been dead a few days, looked like asphyxiation... we burned them and took as much as we could carry of supplies... [b]November 27th[/b] Telephone lines are working again, one of the sweep teams got a pair of telecom engineers, we?d been working with mobiles for communications for too long. Made contact as soon as we could with emergency services... apparently the army has taken up in the Collin?s Barracks in the Commeras and are advising anyone with civilian survivors to bring them there for protection... [b]November 28th[/b] I remember watching films the Terminator and thinking stuff like this could never happen, that the human race was invincible, that we?d go out into space one day and everything would be Star Trek and Utopia... I don?t expect that any more, I don?t expect food or water... I expect death... either from a zombie, or from a comrade if I get bitten... That same brass fucker who told mom and dad he was so sorry about David is running the show, he remembered me and had me marched straight to the infirmary... as if living a full fucking month after meeting him wouldn?t convince him I don?t have the virus... Tests came back clean and he said nothing, just nodded. I was tossed a set of fatigues and told I?d been drafted... Apparently the government is hiding out on one of the costal islands and still giving orders... Cowardly fuckers, I?m not going to fight their fucking battles for them, I wonder how many of their kids got infected, how many of them lost their entire family... [b]November 30th[/b] This is fucking insane... we sit here on some God-forsaken mountain and raid the towns for food and water to keep the civvies going. Any man or woman over the age of eighteen has been drafted, I?ve been put in with the medical corps to make sweeps for more survivors... from what I hear it?s the same all over the country... and the world... Taoiseach?s asked London for the aid of their airforce to bomb out zombie dens... I wonder how Bill and Jamie are doing... Sergeant?s banging on my door, seems it?s time to head out... [/LEFT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[SIZE="1"]I love fruit, it's a shame between myself and my brother we can go through a week's worth of fruit in about twenty minutes if the mood hits. Apples, pears, bananas, grapes, strawberries and oranges are all good. I love pineapple but it's an absolutely chore to eat as the juice gets all over my face and chin. Mandarin oranges are great for snacks as a few of them generally taste better than a full orange to me, oranges shouldn't be peeled but rather quartered and eaten that way. Melons are probably the only fruit I know I don't like, along with lemons which I never realised people actually ate as a fruit by itself. Melons just have a weird taste that doesn't appeal to me. Watermelon is a different story though, if not for the seeds, it's be heavenly. Favourite juice drink: Apple & Blackcurrant, though apparently it's Apple, Grape and Blackcurrant.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Okie-dokie. I assumed that seeing as the whole thing was being set in a virtual OB and there was Sandy and Charles characters already that we were playing ourselves. But creating fresh characters is fine too, guess I'll have to decide what kind of character would fit this new me.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]N00b Mountain ? I suppose this is payback for Charles' thread... Just kidding. Actually given that my second username was Outcast, n00b Mountain seems to be the perfect place for me to watch over. I'm afraid I still don't get the player character thing, are we not supposed to be version of ourselves, in which case what happens in we're already an NPC or Game Master ? As I said I'm just a bit confused on the whole sign up thing. [/SIZE]

[LEFT][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=Black][SIZE=1]Been meaning to sign up to this for a while. [b]Character Name:[/b] Gavin Lee [b]Age:[/b] 20 [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Physical Description:[/b] Stands just over 6' tall with a noticeably muscular build. Has longish wavy brown hair currently with matching-coloured goatee, blue eyes which are normally covered with glasses to remedy poor eyesight. [b]Location:[/b] County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. [b]Living Style:[/b] Lives with parents and siblings in family home in the country eight miles from the nearest town, population approximately 25,000. Works odd jobs irregularly to provide own income. Family finances would be considered middle class. Attends high school 13 miles away and is entering final year this September. [b]Notable Possessions:[/b] - Van (1972 Volkswagen Type 2, in rather worn condition) - Nokia mobile phone with charger - Single barrelled five gauge shotgun with ammunition (hidden in van) - Full set of golf clubs [b]Special Skills:[/b] - Unrefined but notable skills in hand to hand combat - High strength and physical resilience - Experienced shotgun user, high level of accuracy - Comfortable in the wilderness - Noted leadership skills [b]Diary Entry:[/b] Only five weeks of holiday time left, then it's back to Ballingarry. Can’t say I’m exactly looking forward to it, but in reality I’ve been fucking around too much and need to move on with my life. Thinking about applying to the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, but with €10,000 a year in fees, I’ll probably just end up going to Limerick like I planned. Flicked through the news for a bit, not really that much going on, new Justice Minister talking about how he’ll lower crime rates significantly by setting up some new committee, here’s an idea, why don’t they just get more cops out on the streets, instead of burying them under half a mile of paperwork. I’ll never get politics, election’s just over and people are already complaining about the government, seems like you can never please folks. Not much been going on on OB lately, talked to a few friends and made a few posts, only a hundred and twenty or so before I hit three thousand, hard to believe I’ve been there nearly six years at this stage, kinda puts stuff in perspective. The rain is beating down outside, not exactly the weather to be caught out in. Must revamp MyO and start posting on it again, if only to pass a little time, maybe a pastel coloured scheme this time. Considering driving into town and picking up some sweet chilli chicken and rice, damn I love that stuff. Getting a car was probably the best decision I’ve made in a while, and I couldn’t believe that I was able to buy a Type 2 for so little, though the cost of running the damn thing will probably bankrupt me. Still, the looks you get off people are awesome and it’s not something money can buy. Still, being able to insure it as a “classic car” definitely saved me a lot of money, probably would have looked at upwards of €2,500 otherwise. James has asked me to go shooting with him again this Saturday, I swear that cousin of mine is just a little too much like his dad for good measure. Season is damn near over and we’ve probably killed most of the game we’re going to get, mountain should be dry enough to get right into the best parts. Been hearing some weird reports on the news, some soldier from the States collapsed in Shannon and had to be rushed to hospital, medics said they’d never seen anything like it before, then an hour later say it’s just an unusual disease not much seen this side of the world. Makes you wonder what kind of stuff is out there...[/LEFT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[SIZE="1"]As I said to Bill, that game title always reminds me of an ex-girlfriend of mine. I've only played the demo of Dark Crusade, so I can't really claim to know the game well, however that which I did play I found to be well constructed and really solid, with a plot that actually kept you interested, even if it did cast Humanity as being altogether evil bastards. I'm an RTS addict, and I have to admit I'm definitely considering getting the game, even if it just means I can show Bill you don't need to be a 40K fanatic to be able to kick someone's rear end.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]I've never been superstitious and always found it enormously amusing to know/work with people who are. Back when I was working in a large supermarket chain, a co-worker of mine used to throw salt over his shoulder if he ever spilled some, would never walk under ladders nearly **** himself when he broke a mirror. It was great.[/SIZE]