| Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 |
savageplanet
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1:13p |
What's Next from Super Genius? In honor of HP Lovecraft's birthday, we thought we announce the next couple Call of Cthulhu adventures. First off is "The Doom from Below" in September. This 32 page adventure written by ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) stannex can be played by itself or as a continuation of "Murder of Crows". Here's the front and back cover:   And here's the back cover text: Deep in the New England woods lies a perfectly circular chasm plunging hundreds of feet into the earth. Is it a marvel of nature or the remnant of some ancient maleficence? As the investigators explore the depths of this haunted pit they face geologic dangers, bizarre subterranean creatures, and a message from the dawn of time. Will they find the courage to overcome The Doom From Below? The Doom from Below contains everything a Call of Cthulhu group needs for an evening's worth of Mythos-inspired fun, including pregenerated characters. It is the second in an innovative new series of Call of Cthulhu scenarios and supplements from Super Genius Games. "
The Doom from Below" will be followed by " Midnight Harvest" in October. As befits the month, it's a Halloween themed adventure written by the always awesome owen_stephens. It'll be 32 pages and set in the modern day. Here's the front cover:  We'll also have books in November and one in December, titles and images to come. As always, for more information, please check out our website at http://www.supergeniusgames.com Happy birthday HP Lovecraft! . |
weight_goals
[ revolcisum ]
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1:25p |
hey i just joined this community!
i'm sarah
age: 19
height: 5'9''
CW: 150
HW: 150
LW: 130
GW: i'm not sure yet...130 would be lovely
i have an utter lack of self control so i'm really looking for someone to help me out...this is really going to be tough for me! |
savageplanet
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10:29a |
Brian Blessed on Flash Gordon  "And it [the set] was full of dwarfs and all kinds of people. I love dwarfs. They’re the happiest people in the world. And I loved to chase them around the set and stuff like that. So the whole thing was colossal fun." From here: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=a rticle&id=17743 . |
weight_goals
[ mushylion ]
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10:24a |
Day 15 I'm having my first "downfall" of a day. Yesterday I ate less than 1000 Calories and worked out at the gym for an hour, burning a bit over 300. And I lost nothing. I'm afraid this is quickly turning into an eating disorder, which I never thought would be possible for me. But all I think of is my weight. It's all I can concentrate on. "How much can I lose by X date" and I want to do this the healthy and correct way that's best for my body, and that will be the most long term. I've been overweight since I was about nine, there were tramatic events in my life for a series of years and I'm pretty sure eating all the food is the only thing that kept me going, but on the other hand, I was teased in elementary school for being fat, middle school, too. In highschool I got much taller but was still a little over weight. I still felt fat and sluggish, even though looking back at pictures, I looked pretty freaking good. I don't wanna feel this way :( Current Mood:  sad |
savageplanet
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bantrobel
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cobaltbluetony
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bantrobel
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yduras
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1:09a |
Yesterday's News Did I tweet yesterday? I did! Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter Current Mood:  blank |
| Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 |
weight_goals
[ riseabove ]
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7:04p |
Progress Report! Okay... so I've had to go through and look at my progress photos since starting my new healthy life this past January, because my trainer is putting together a board of his star clients to display at the gym (eep!) I thought I would post an update here on my progress. Age: 26 Height: 5'9" Start Weight: 204lbs as of 17th January 2008 Goal Weight: undetermined* Current Weight: 161lbs as of 4 weeks ago I've gained, estimated by my trainer, about 15 - 20lbs of muscle, and I have lost just over 12% body fat (wooo!) Honestly losing that much body fat is way more exciting to me that having lost 43lbs total so far. Haha. *My weight goal is undetermined because basically my trainer and I set a goal of "50 pounds" when I started, just to have something to shoot for. I will likely get down a little further than 153lbs total, but my goals have more to do with how I look and feel, than what the scale says I weigh. My goals are more specifically oriented toward "what can my body do" than "what does my body weigh" and I'm happy with that. Okay, so.. I'm going to post some photos of my progress, under a cut, and then post some of the typical food I eat since a couple people have shown interest in that. I only weigh myself about every 5 weeks. We do body fat % measuring every 2 months-ish. I take pictures every month, usually around the beginning and the end of the month - always around the time I weigh in as well. ( Pictures here! Nine total. )( Food! )Sorry if that was tl;dr! lol Current Mood:  accomplished |
misteropinion
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5:38p |
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eddyfate
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6:14p |
Am I Dead Yet?
Pre-Gen Con rush rolled into Gen Con rush, and is now the post-Gen Con rush. So, bullet points:
* Gen Con was amazing. I usually have a good (if busy) time there, but this year was both a particularly good time and particularly busy.
* Being able to put faces to names is very helpful to me. Most of those faces being attached to cool people helps.
* Seeing old friends was also awesome. The fact that they were universally excited about my new job is only icing on the cake.
* Fans in person are far, far cooler than fans online.
* I have a list of swag from the con, which I'll post later...
* ... after I finish packing up the apartment, move Friday and then unpack the apartment over the weekend.
* This week I'll also be moving my office, which means I will have moved every aspect of my life to one degree or another this month (including my physical person).
* Verizon promised to call me last week to talk about canceling my service. As of tonight, I have not gotten the call back.
* My "to do" list is currently separated into Past Due, Way Past Due and JESUS FUCK WHY ISN'T THIS DONE YET? Losing access to 10% of my files for the next few days isn't helping. It would be 100% if I hadn't done a backup prior to Gen Con. |
weight_goals
[ mushylion ]
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1:00p |
Hi Everybody! Hi everyone! It's nice to be apart of this community, thanks for your support! I eat about 1200 Calories per day. My diet is enriched with calcium and lots of protein. I am great at exercising, but not when I'm dieting, so I really need to work on that. Height: 5'9" Day: 14 Starting Weight: 218 Current Weight: 211 End goal: 140 Difference thus far: 7 lbs Breakfast: Oatmeal (Lower Sugar Cinnamon Apples), Calcium supplements, and Whey Protein shake (110C + 120C = 230C) Lunch: Roast Beef on wheat from subway with two slices of provolone, nothing else and a diet coke (which made me feel like shit. (280 plus 50 = 330. Daily total = 560) Dinner: not yet! |
weight_goals
[ riseabove ]
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12:55p |
Cross Fit, anyone?
Has anyone here ever done Cross Fit at an actual Cross Fit gym or with a Cross Fit trained trainer? I do Criss Fit style workouts with my trainer, but he doesn't really even realize what he does is similar, it's just the way he was taught when he first started out.
There is a Cross Fit gym in my city and I'm thinking of trying out for one of their classes in the fall, but I just wondered if anyone here has trained with a CF trainer and if so, could share experiences? I really enjoy CF and find all their videos and demos super inspiring/motivating and I've learned a lot. |
bantrobel
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bantrobel
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balthial
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2:10p |
Haven't been in contact with anyone much lately. News: My job started paying me, hurrah. I have a new place to go witht he pay check. It is pretty damn nice. I kind of feel like a king, honestly, just having a bed is so so nice. Yeah, yeah, I know how that sounds, but that's how it is. Having some nasty eye problem. My eyes hurt, they itch, they're strained, and they feel weirdnear thetear ducts. They also kind of look weird near thetearducts, and have some bruising hereand there. I feel like I've ben punched and poked in the face and spent three nights up reading. I've been embarking on a procedure to clean my eyelids daily with q-tips. It is suggested for blepharitis, which my Dad has and which has me paniced at the moment as well. Its making me realize taht I don't really live my life well. Better diet and more discipline is needed, me thinks. To avoid using my eyes I am listening to pod casts instead of working. Interesting thing I learned: New AIDS cases on the rise because people can't figure out how to put on a condom. It never seemed that hard. Its like, I know where to buy a condom, I know where my dick is, what's the problem? Also because people are not gettingtested. I should probably do that, not that I've had a lot of high risk sexual activity in my life. Also reading a "America's Secret War" a history of of the US response to 9/11, what drove it, the Iraq war, et cetera. Its pretty interesting. Focuses on the geopolitics, the logic behind decisions, et cetera. VERY interesting, and I suspect mostly accurate. (on the basis of minimal digging I've done on the internet, so buyer beware.) It focuses on the realities of what was going on in Iraq, Afganistan, et cetera, so it COULD be accurate. Most of these books seem to want to proceed by analyzing the personality and philosophy of Bush or bin Laden. I can not think of any more useless activity. I swear, I love history and foreign policy so much. It makes me horny. Anyway, I'm typing this with my eyes closed, so I'm going to go pretend to work some more now |
yduras
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1:10a |
Yesterday's News - Home Again Did I tweet yesterday? I did! Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter Current Mood: blank |
| Monday, August 18th, 2008 |
victoria_lane
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9:49p |
The Faint Taste Of Copper I woke up with the faint taste of copper in my mouth. It only happens when I have clenched my jaw tightly through the night. Given the dreams I had, I wasn't shocked. Personal demons frolicked through my darker thoughts, exhausting me when I should have been recuperating. It didn't strike me as a great omen, particularly coupled with the fact that I woke later than I would have liked. But I let that detrimental little thought slide out of a desire to give hope a chance. I had put out a fervent intention for opportunities to surface during a weekend meditation. I wanted to be clear headed enough to know them when they presented themselves. While it was an odd day, the kind where everything is just slightly off enough to be unsettling, it wasn't dreadful. There was a great deal of serendipity flooding our lives. __wolverine__ was granted some closure in regards to an event and a few lucky breaks popped up he was wise enough to recognize. He was due. It was beautiful to behold. I, myself, had a parade of unexpected circumstances from the most unlikely of places. It's never the networking you think will do you some good which ends up being worthwhile. It's those unassuming exchanges with people who connect with you in an unpredictable fashion that yield gold when you least expect it. It's why I say artists should never discount people, no matter how they look or how unimportant you think they are in the scheme of things. Lucky breaks are mercurial. Any successful person will tell you that. This afternoon, I read an intense script with a great deal of potential to be birthed into something delicious. It was a real rush to read something so well written and so visually stunning that I was seeing the movie in my head. That doesn't happen a lot. I read tons of mediocre crap in the process of trying to get cast. The good stuff is rare. It was the highlight of my day. I also had a good conversation with a mentor about the artistic tantrum I had over the course of the last couple of weeks. It's a natural bi-product of The Artist's Way but it's not easy to swallow for someone used to being more restrained. The process of rehabilitating my creative life as well taking my career more seriously has been brutal. Even so, I haven't given up on this. I've come too far, having invested nearly half a year. Hundreds of successful creatives have trusted this program to get through rough patches. I'd rather believe something beautiful can come of all of this effort even when it's painfully hard. Current Mood:  cheerful |
bdot
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5:34p |
what is up with live journal today???? if i click "post" or any other link on the site, i get a random user icon and *nothing else*. then i click refresh and i go to the post page, or wherever it is i wanted to go!
i don't think it is supposed to work this way...... |
evilbutcute
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5:18p |
Dear Absinthe, I promise to take you more seriously next time. if there is even a next time. You are sweet and you are fun, but holy shite... you pack a mean punch lil fairy. Thank you for teaching me the virtues of drinking in moderation, and that you're indeed a liquor, not a liqueur. Love Always, Me Current Mood:  contemplative |
lordravage
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7:21p |
I never thought I would make the news this way!!!! Im on the news!!! Current Mood:  excited |
| Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 |
weight_goals
[ slimsuzy ]
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10:40a |
Hello
Hi there, just stumbled across this community. What a choice idea! Just what I need - some accountability for my weight goals.
Just trying to figure out my stats - we use Kgs rather than pounds, so gotta do a bit of calculating :-)
Height 5"8 (ish)
CW: 163 pounds
1GW: 156 pounds (i'm going to buy myself some new sneakers when I get to this weight)
2GW: 149 (and hopefully get married when I get to this goal :-) |
| Monday, August 18th, 2008 |
weight_goals
[ heavenstarz ]
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5:45p |
10,000 walking method Calories: 328 time: 1hr 30 min Steps- 12152 mile: 5.753 (distance) I did the 10,000 step exercise today and it felt great, so I also walked some more since i took 5 days off which was a bummer. Now i would have to manage my exercise to my soon to be busy schedule at my new job at the store. Not to mention handling stressful life issues and getting over my allergies hay fever episode that had me on lock down for a little bit. And no more yo yo diets for me .....I went from 140 to 156.... yes i did all those strict diets like egg,coffee and grapefruit diet...thats one whole diet in one. After that episode i gained my weight back...but i did use to be 179 before I started that crazy diet and i dont recommend it to anyone because last year i had to recover from it cause i had sores in my stomach and i was pale as snow and not healthy . And since i suffer from Ibs which i was born with makes my food intake more challenging So now i'm starting over in the healthy way. I'm new here and my name is: Kristina age 22 weight 156 ideal weight 127 nice to meet you all ......! Current Mood:  optimistic |
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