Lady Asphyxia

[quote name='Petie' date='11 June 2010 - 07:28 AM' timestamp='1276201737' post='695043'] [color="#0000FF"]I'll be taking care of that and all other titles that once had HTML in them in the near future (probably tonight). Don't worry [/color] [/quote] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]Petie, I love you so much. [/size][/font]

[font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2][color="#000000"]Name: Alli[/color][/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2][color="#000000"]Age: 25[/color][/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2][color="#000000"]Gender: Female[/color][/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2][color="#000000"]Appearance: She's petite. Blonde. Quite pale, as a result of the long incarceration in the facility, in fact objectively you could almost call her 'colourless'. She's non-descript and doesn't stand out, except for her eyes. When she focuses her full attention onto a person, it can be an uncomfortable feeling. But for the most part, she listens. She has no superhuman strength or speed, and in many ways she's quite fragile. [/color][/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2][color="#000000"]Weapon: Alli's mental abilities have given her access to some precious things which other mutants don't: playing cards. Writing and drawing implements. Pencil sharpeners. And with infinite patience she took advantage of these things. The playing cards have been refined so that every edge is thin as a razor, to the point where merely touching the edge can cut you. She was required to use the blade from the pencil sharpener to work on each edge, but now she's stacked the deck in her favour. [If you'll excuse the pun.][/color][/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2][color="#000000"]Classification: Brain[/color][/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2][color="#000000"]Disorder: ADD. Do you know how hard it is to keep a mental giant's attention? In addition, she suffers from crippling headaches at inconvenient times. It would be fine if she could just [i]shut off her mind[/i] but it races around constantly. These have led to her being physically frail. She's not ill, exactly, but she's not the epitome of health, either.[/color][/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2][color="#000000"]Journal Entry:[/color][/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][color="#000000"][size=2] [/size][/color][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][color="#000000"][size=2]I have no explanation for this. I know 12 languages. I can remember everything that I read or see or hear, and I have spent a lifetime absorbing information. I have heard people call me a 'sponge' in the most sincere sense. I am a 'brain' in the facility discourse. I can analyse logistic possibilities in seconds. And yet nothing, [i]nothing[/i] I find can explain why we have dwindled from thousands to merely seven. Nothing of a natural cause, at least. I cannot help but conclude that there is something sinister out there, and when I am alone, when the tests have ceased for the day, I am left to ponder why [i]we[/i] are the seven left. [/size][/color][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][color="#000000"][size=2] [/size][/color][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][color="#000000"][size=2]These journal entries are to ensure our mental wellbeing in this experiment. I have never been comfortable with the idea of putting my thoughts on paper. I cannot keep up with my thoughts long enough to simply 'jot' them down. I don't know if I could even speak fast enough. Writing for me is similar to shackling myself, it drains me to simply constrain what I think into these sentences. I become sidetracked time and time again. I almost think it would be easier if they allowed me to write in another language, as a way to divert some of my energies. But they don't want to have to employ a translator in order to decipher our journal entries. [/size][/color][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][color="#000000"][size=2] [/size][/color][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][color="#000000"][size=2]...They've been testing more rigorously than usual. Memory games, games of chess that are concluded in one move, calculations of other subjects' speed and strength. They take me to the same room every 30 minutes and I must tell them what they've changed. What has moved. They've started me in training to analyse facial features, to read body language. I don't mind these things, I don't mind learning, and if it weren't for the fear that they will be using these skills to a nefarious end, I would revel in it. If it weren't for the non-scientific need to know [i]where[/i] I come from, where we come from, to understand the outside world, then I would be almost content. But as it stands, I do not understand this world. I understand only the institution. I know 12 languages....however I am only [i]permitted[/i] to use one.[/size][/color][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][color="#000000"][size=2] [/size][/color][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2][color="#000000"][attachment=14738:rpg photo.jpg][/color][/size][/font]

[font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]1. If OtakuBoards were a meal Allamorph would be the [/size][/font][b][font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]cheeese[/size][/font][/b][font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]. 2. Always a pragmatist, Al Gore is using video footage from his pending divorce for a new documentary about his wife, An Inconvenient [/size][/font][b][font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]Alimony[/size][/font][/b][i][font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]. [/size][/font][/i][font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2] 3. Boo says: â??I think my girlfriend is having an affair with an auto mechanic, last night I found a [/size][/font][b][font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]Hot Wheel[/size][/font][i][font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2] [/size][/font][/i][/b][font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]in her bed!â? 4. In real-life Desbreko is just like he is online. The only difference is that people don't like it when Des [/size][/font][b][font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]does the caramelldansen[/size][/font][/b][font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2] in public. 5. I've tried visiting other forums before but the people there always freak me out. On one message board their most popular thread is called The [/size][/font][b][font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]Palin[/size][/font][/b][font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2] Party.[/size][/font]

[quote name='Lady Shy' date='10 June 2010 - 10:35 PM' timestamp='1276169752' post='695018'] Sprite Central ;_; [/quote] Zelda forum. ;-;

[quote name='James' date='10 June 2010 - 09:42 PM' timestamp='1276166534' post='695013'] [font="Palatino Linotype"]We made a couple of announcements about the change in advance and we've now been on the new version for almost two weeks. A couple of weeks can be a long time when a big change happens, though! [/font][/quote] [font="'Arial Narrow"] [/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]Haha, teach me for staying offline during exams! It's alright, I'm on an even keel now. I found the 'previous username' button and everything is fine. I actually really like the new version, it's nifty. [/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2] [/size][/font][size=2][/size] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]In regards to the posts, are you sure it's not some strange glitch? If I check through [/size][/font][url="http://www.otakuboards.com/index.php?/user/828-lady-asphyxia/"][font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]these posts[/size][/font][/url][font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2], it says there's 13. But, for example, if I go to your profile, you've got several hundred. I'm aware that I don't post that much lately, but...wait, nevermind. If you search via user posts it seems to only register for a year's worth of posting, i.e. until June 10 last year. Since I haven't been that active there's only 13 posts (kinda shameful, really). But if you search via author post in the search function and set the year to a longer range, you can access them all. Okay, it's figured out. *nods* [/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2] [/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]But awesome job on the changeover, James. I know I'm two weeks late but it looks amazing! [/size][/font]

[quote name='eleanor' date='28 April 2010 - 03:38 PM' timestamp='1272429493' post='693172'] [font="trebuchet ms"] Also I generally get urges to get wasted to avoid writing giant papers.[/font] [/quote] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]Really? I find drinking [/size][/font][i][font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]helps[/size][/font][/i][font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2] me write said papers. [/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2] [/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]So....I drink. Your definition of how much depends entirely on how much you drink. If you drink nothing, I drink a lot. If you're an alcoholic, I don't drink that much. In answer to your question: things that make me feel like drinking: stress, relief, nice dinners, pub dinners, social gatherings, college gatherings (haven't been to one of those for a while), busy weeks, before exams (although I've only done that once. It helped, I swear!), after exams, when writing papers, after writing papers, to celebrate...the list goes on. I've only drunk to 'forget' once and it was very effective and I had a great time, partially because I was supported by some amazing friends who made it their mission to help me forget what I was outrunning. Normally drinking is just a happy thing for me. I'm out and talking and socialising and it just slides right into that situation. [/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2] [/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]When I was younger, I didn't like the taste of alcohol at all. It's one of those things, like coffee. Now, I really appreciate the different tastes. A glass of Bundy and Coke or Bacardi and Pepsi Max after work but before dinner goes down really nicely. Or a glass of whiskey after dinner with cheese and fruit is lovely. A glass of wine with a dinner with friends is great. A shot of tequila out on the town can actually be a good thing. And cocktails are just amazing marvels of taste. The different mixes you can get are so awesome. And surprising, too. [/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2] [/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]I don't think I know anyone who drinks when they're already depressed, because alcohol is essentially a magnifying glass for emotions. If you're up it's great, if you're down....why would you do that to yourself? I've had friends who come home and say, "I've had a shit day, do you want to go to the pub?" but it isn't the [i]drinking[/i] that's important in that situation, it's the socialising. The drinks are just a vehicle to do that, to get to another location and relax and socialise and chat. [/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2] [/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]Ultimately, I'm for drinking. Appropriately. I don't think I drink more than once a week, if that, but if I do I will almost always have more than one drink. Do I get plastered every time? Nope. Have I been plastered before? Hellz yes. Do I regret it? Not to date. You might not like the feeling the morning after (and I very rarely ever get to that point, because after the first time or two, you do know your limits), but because of the type of person I am, I don't do things that would ruin my life. Full stop. [/size][/font]

[font="Arial Narrow"][size="2"][b] What year was your favorite birthday?[/b][/size][/font] [font="Arial Narrow"][size="2"]Last year! I celebrated 5 times! I was in England on exchange and went to London with a friend for a photoshoot! and to see some plays. Then I went to stay with my sister (who lives there permanently) for my birthday. She and her husband and I went to the pub, and then my Mum walked in! She'd flown over to surprise me! Then they made me all my favourite foods, a birthday cake shaped like balloons and we all got merrily sloshed! Then two days later we flew to Paris for a birthday present, then I spent a week in Nice. Then I returned to France to visit my old flatmates, and they took me to Eurodisney as a birthday present. Then I returned to Australia and had another party. Oh yeah, it was awesome. [/size][/font] [font="Arial Narrow"][size="2"][b] What year was your worst birthday?[/b][/size][/font] [font="Arial Narrow"][size="2"][b]I don't...really remember. Probably my 19th. I was in the middle of exams and one of my friends had died a few months before hand and all of my friends were too busy and my family was so far away... What is the best gift you have ever received?[/b][/size][/font] [font="Arial Narrow"][size="2"][b]Um, my Mum flying over for my birthday. That was pretty damn cool. My heart stopped, I was so shocked. When is your birthday, anyway? [/b][/size][/font] [font="Arial Narrow"][size="2"]In 10 days! So I want Happy Birthday messages! [It's the 20th of June. I'm pretty excited but probably won't do anything. I'd like to, but I have final exams around my birthday, then a large majority of my friends are going overseas for the holidays, and then by the time we get back it's already August. So I'm not sure anything is going to happen. We'll see.][/size][/font]

[font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]So, all I'm saying is...wow. As someone who used to watch Wacky Races, I love how you've taken the characters and made them real. I love the uncertainty and the hope and the sweetness...it's really good. [i]Really[/i] good. You've managed to capture the essence of it and give me a full story right here, just in this. [/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2] [/size][/font] [font="'Arial Narrow"][size=2]In terms of critique, I don't have much to say. You're use of dialogue is great, it flows naturally and it is used to reveal things more subtly than by just [i]telling [/i]the reader. The description of the village just makes me melt, since it seems so sweet for someone like Dick to do. The descriptions themselves are not over-written, they're light and non at all cumbersome to read.... great job. I'm really impressed, here. I really liked it. [/size][/font]

[font="Arial Narrow"][size="2"]In some respects, I have to agree with Eleanor. I read this and I want more. Where did she come from, how did she get here, what is the situation that has led to a woman being shot by a firing squad? Fantastic description and it does hint at things...but that's all, and it frustrates me as a reader. I get the feeling that this is injustice but I don't know. I can understand that if the woman has done something terribly wrong, then it is hard to make a person feel empathy for her, but at the same time, it's difficult to feel empathy for her anyway because we just aren't given enough. Where is this woman? That said, I did enjoy it as much as possible. I like the portrayal of the last thoughts before a death, the acknowledgement of inevitability. It's very good. I just feel like it needs...something more, you know? [/size][/font]

[size="2"][font="Arial Narrow"]English and French. I learnt German in high school but dropped it once I graduated, on account of being royally screwed over by the teacher, who taught us nothing and then expected us to do well. I nearly had a nervous breakdown. So then I took french. I'm now considered to be Advanced III, at a C1 level (which might make sense to some of you). I read french books for leisure, etc, although I still have some difficulty speaking it...but you know the facebook group: after three drinks I'm bilingual. [/font][/size]

[size="2"][font="Arial Narrow"][size="2"]Gotta say, I'm groovin' to the new layouts. Wet Paint actually reminds me of one of the [url="http://web.archive.org/web/20030607005801/http://www.otakuboards.com/"]older versions[/url] of OB, it's the same sort of colours. Very cool, guys. Very cool.[/size][/font][/size]

[size="2"][font="Arial"]I'm excited! Australia's in Group D with Germany, of course, so I'm not too sure how it's going to go. Last time, we lost to the damn Italians who went on to win the Cup....maybe that's a good sign for Germany? The downside to being Australian is that all the matches are on at like, 3am. My last world cup, we woke up at 3am for it, then the sound wasn't working on the TV so we were watching it on complete silence whilst screaming like madmen.... ...I love football. [/font][/size]

[size="2"][font="Arial"]So, not that I'm completely freaking out or anything, but......why can't I access my old posts? I know they're still there because if I just search 'Asphyxia' they come up, but if I click through my profile it says I have twelve. [i]Twelve[/i]. And now there's a new layout and people [Lady Shy?!?!] have changed their names and I should know them and I [i]don't[/i] and I'm kind of feeling a little like the floor has dropped out from underneath me. Kinda like a newbie, actually. Also....can I have my star back, pls? I feel so naked without it. [/font][/size]

[quote name='Stephanie'][size=1]I had a dream that I met you and we went clubbing.[/size][/QUOTE] [FONT="Arial"][SIZE="2"][FONT="Arial Narrow"]Haha, sounds like a plan. But I might need to give my liver a month or two to recover. Also, Vegemite is wonderful but 3 pieces feels like a little too much. :/ [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT="Arial"][FONT="Arial Narrow"][SIZE="2"]Just going to put it out there: open bars hurt. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]

[quote name='Delta'][SIZE="1"][COLOR=#35425e]Oh wow. You know what? Lady Gaga's production numbers always remind me of [B]Jem and the Holograms[/B]. Used to watch it every weekend back when I was a liiiiittle kid. [CENTER] [I]Jem is my name No one else is the same Jem is my name![/CENTER][/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE] [FONT="Arial Narrow"][SIZE="2"] I [I]adored[/I] Jem and the Holograms. They weren't well known in Aus, and I have no idea how we ended up with their 'movie' (the first 4 or so episodes put together), but I watched it over and over and over and over. I recently googled it and found out you can buy it on DVD. And I totally am going to, because while it's completely lame...I still heart it. And some of those songs aren't bad. [Although it did take me a couple years to realise they have no eyebrows.] And Gavin, theme hospital was brilliant. I can't believe I'd forgotten its existance. [/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT="Arial Narrow"][SIZE="2"]A.K.A. Where the bloody hell are you? (a.k.a. Let's catch up!) I joined OB in June 2003. I was a junior member, an Otaku Idol competitor, a mod, a supermod, a lurker and now just a random occasional visitor. OB's seen me through high school, through my first years of Uni and through about 5 different moves. I made friends with you guys and I just realised that I haven't spoken to you all in forever. So. Have you seen the right sidepanel on the facebook page that says "Reconnect with x"? This is the OB form of that. Tell us about yourself and what you're up to now. [I]Reconnect with OB. ;)[/I] [B]Asphy[/B] [B]Who:[/B] Member [almost] 6 years, currently in 'fade-to-black' mode. [B]Where:[/B] Living in Sydney, Australia! Just moved into my very first apartment and have my own local bar. [B]What:[/B] Still at Uni [le sigh] for 12 more months and then I'm a grown up. Run around like a chicken-sans head with two of my best friends, who I'm living with. Have finished 3 years at college -- best and most ridiculous years of my life. Studying business and french. Spent 6 months of last year in Scotland. Love cooking, love fitness, love socialising. [B]When [i.e. Back Then]:[/B] Was one of 'Liam's flock', then moved into Anthology and the Arena and spent ridiculous numbers of hours reading and critiquing stories. Met and loved [B][I]so[/I][/B] many OBers I don't recall everyone, but you know who you are. [B]Why: [/B]Because I realised I missed you guys. [B]Favourite Things About OB: [/B] Making a new post and waiting for the notifications that there was a reply. Pancake Bunny PMs. The community?[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT="Arial Narrow"]I'm sad. I thought the stars were for me only. I used to feel special. Now it seems everyone has stars? [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Hey, that's a great idea. But carrying guns is banned in my country...[B]why don't I bring a knife[/B]? [/SIZE][/FONT]

[quote name='DeLarge'][B][SIZE=1]Trainspotting [/SIZE][/B][SIZE=1]by [B]Irvine Welsh[/B]. I've been thinking for a while that I should start reading more seminal novels, and I really enjoyed the film so I thought I'd give the book a whirl. It's very good so far, although I'm taking it slow at the moment to get used to the accent it's written in. For those of you that don't know, the whole book is written in a strong Scottish (Glaswegian, if I remember correctly - someone please correct me if I'm wrong on this) accent[/SIZE], [SIZE=1]so it's not exactly your conventional novel! [/SIZE][/quote] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Leith-ian. It used to be the bad-side/neighbour to Edinburgh. I live just near it now. ^.^ And, um, I mostly read non-fiction now. History makes me happy. ...I'm such a nerd. :rolleyes: [/SIZE][/FONT]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE=1]You know as cynical as it sounds, I'll bet young Patten is off somewhere profusely thanking whatever deity he believes in that he wasn't the father in the end. [/SIZE][/quote] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]I wouldn't be that sure. Apart from the reports that he's "devastated", put yourself into his shoes. This 13-year-old thought he made a mistake and did what many, [I]many[/I][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial] [SIZE=2]other men in his situation failed to do: he manned up and took responsibility. He spent, what, three months believing that he had a daughter, helping care for her and bonding with her. He had the faith and trust in his partner to respond with conviction and loyalty as the world questioned her, and at the end of it he has lost both 'his' child and probably a lot of faith in people, too. People may question the morality of a 13 year old having sex, but when it comes down to it, this kid has a lot more courage and will to do what's right than a lot of people, and I can only hope that he hasn't been permanently scarred because of this. As for the rest of this: what gets me is the actions of the real father, who slept with the girl and then thought she'd 'take care of it' (by getting the morning after pill), and then claiming he didn't even think she was attractive and didn't want to be with her, wishes he'd never met her. And can I point out that 'My son was drunk' (a la the father) does [I]not[/I] absolve him from responsibility, since he was obviously up to the task, and also tends to make you look like a bad parent for allowing a 14 year old to get drunk. I think it's a sad situation all round, and everyone's been hurt, which is such a shame. [/SIZE][/FONT]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Webster is rolling in his grave.[/FONT][/quote][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] If it were up to Webster, we'd all be spelling 'feather' as 'fether' now. I think he'll adapt. He was all about economical spelling usage. :p[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]There's a character limit? o.O Since when?[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]It's sad. Apparently the father and daughter don't even talk anymore. Can you imagine going from choosing to live with someone to not even talking to them -- over a field trip? There were cracks in the relationship beforehand. There's no way that a fully functional relationship could disintegrate over something so stupid.[/SIZE][/FONT]