This guy came up with a good analogy for playing against Nightcrawler in HeroClix.
"Imagine you and your good friend have a large disagreement- in order to resolve this issue, you decide upon the most brutal and primal means of resolution ever: a street fight. You agree on a time and spend a week preparing yourself, working the bag, etc. On the agreed upon day, you show up with several friends around to witness. Your friend shows up with a hand gun. Now there wasn’t specifically a rule against handguns. Your friends officiate that this is fair, and in reality you should have prepared yourself for this possibility and worn a bulletproof vest."
Enough said. Stupid Hyperspeed. Stupid Nightcrawler.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Blogs
Here's a thought. Blogs, they are kind of place to just say whatever is on your mind. To put it out into the world without recourse. As such many people blog about their feelings and about their relationships. Some people blog a lot, about everything. So say you go on a date with a blogger, and you know his blog, and that he blogs a lot. So at the end of the date you go and check his blog, knowing what you will see. His thoughts and impretions of your date. This is kind of awesome and kind of horrible. This happened to me and on the one hand I feel like I'm intruding but on the other hand it is public info, out for everyone to see.
Kind of the same battle the police have everytime they have to deal with an internet related crime.
It also leads me to wondering about the specific cercumstances. Do I really want someone to be interested in me? It's nice. Really nice, to know I can get dates again and make them feel attracted to me so quickly after. But I love Natasha, I thought she was the person I was going to spend my life with. And with this girl, am I just a rebound? She broke up with her boyfriend a few weeks ago and said she was going to wait for him. I know it is only a matter of time of being alone before I slip back into a bad place, I am unsure how long that window will be though. I'm definately not doing anything with anyone besides causual dates before Romania. I'm glad I'm going alone after everything. Give me some time to really be alone and decide where I'm going in life right now, which direction my path is headed, if I need to adjust anything, all that stuff that I haven't had time to sort out, just keep jumping from idea to idea.
Starting tomorrow I'll be "working" 8 hours a day. Doing theatre/film or zombie related activities. I figure this way I will get more work done instead of kind of working as projects come. I will force myself to find projects to fill the time. I took a week off, played some video games, hung out with people, and sorted my room (mostly), time to get back to work.
Kind of the same battle the police have everytime they have to deal with an internet related crime.
It also leads me to wondering about the specific cercumstances. Do I really want someone to be interested in me? It's nice. Really nice, to know I can get dates again and make them feel attracted to me so quickly after. But I love Natasha, I thought she was the person I was going to spend my life with. And with this girl, am I just a rebound? She broke up with her boyfriend a few weeks ago and said she was going to wait for him. I know it is only a matter of time of being alone before I slip back into a bad place, I am unsure how long that window will be though. I'm definately not doing anything with anyone besides causual dates before Romania. I'm glad I'm going alone after everything. Give me some time to really be alone and decide where I'm going in life right now, which direction my path is headed, if I need to adjust anything, all that stuff that I haven't had time to sort out, just keep jumping from idea to idea.
Starting tomorrow I'll be "working" 8 hours a day. Doing theatre/film or zombie related activities. I figure this way I will get more work done instead of kind of working as projects come. I will force myself to find projects to fill the time. I took a week off, played some video games, hung out with people, and sorted my room (mostly), time to get back to work.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
On risks...
Don't refuse to go on an occasional wild goose chase - that's what wild geese are for. ~Author Unknown
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. ~Soren Kierkegaard
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ~Pablo Picasso
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap. ~Cynthia Heimel, "Lower Manhattan Survival Tactics"
I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I'm not afraid of falling into my inkpot. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. ~Frederick B. Wilcox
Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is? ~Frank Scully
Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking. ~Tim McMahon
Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at. ~Author Unknown
The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take. ~Wayne Gretzky
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean. ~G.K. Chesterton
What is more mortifying than to feel you've missed the Plum for want of courage to shake the Tree? ~Logan Pearsall Smith
A ship in harbor is safe - but that is not what ships are for. ~John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic
To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
To win you have to risk loss. ~Jean-Claude Killy
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny. ~Napoleon Bonaparte
If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances. ~Julia Sorel (Rosalyn Drexler), See How She Runs, 1978
Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise. ~Author Unknown
Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy. ~Samuel Johnson
This nation was built by men who took risks - pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action. ~Brooks Atkinson
The more chance there is of stubbing your toe, the more chance you have of stepping into success. ~Author Unknown
The healthy being craves an occasional wildness, a jolt from normality, a sharpening of the edge of appetite, his own little festival of the Saturnalia, a brief excursion from his way of life. ~Robert MacIver
Of all the people I have ever known, those who have pursued their dreams and failed have lived a much more fulfilling life than those who have put their dreams on a shelf for fear of failure. ~Author Unknown
Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome. ~Samuel Johnson, Rasselas, 1759
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. ~Robert F. Kennedy
Adventure is what happens when you just did something stupid. ~Professor Bernie
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. ~Seneca
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? ~Robert H. Schuller
You must lose a fly to catch a trout. ~George Herbert
While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster. ~Abigail van Buren
The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. ~Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic. ~Author Unknown
If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being? ~Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
Dare to be naive. ~Buckminster Fuller
It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves. ~André Gide
Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide? ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau
There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything. ~Vauvenargues
One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ~André Gide
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. ~James Bryant Conant
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. ~James Thurber
We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring. ~David Grayson
Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. ~Ray Bradbury
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. ~Soren Kierkegaard
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ~Pablo Picasso
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap. ~Cynthia Heimel, "Lower Manhattan Survival Tactics"
I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I'm not afraid of falling into my inkpot. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. ~Frederick B. Wilcox
Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is? ~Frank Scully
Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking. ~Tim McMahon
Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at. ~Author Unknown
The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take. ~Wayne Gretzky
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean. ~G.K. Chesterton
What is more mortifying than to feel you've missed the Plum for want of courage to shake the Tree? ~Logan Pearsall Smith
A ship in harbor is safe - but that is not what ships are for. ~John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic
To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
To win you have to risk loss. ~Jean-Claude Killy
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny. ~Napoleon Bonaparte
If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances. ~Julia Sorel (Rosalyn Drexler), See How She Runs, 1978
Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise. ~Author Unknown
Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy. ~Samuel Johnson
This nation was built by men who took risks - pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action. ~Brooks Atkinson
The more chance there is of stubbing your toe, the more chance you have of stepping into success. ~Author Unknown
The healthy being craves an occasional wildness, a jolt from normality, a sharpening of the edge of appetite, his own little festival of the Saturnalia, a brief excursion from his way of life. ~Robert MacIver
Of all the people I have ever known, those who have pursued their dreams and failed have lived a much more fulfilling life than those who have put their dreams on a shelf for fear of failure. ~Author Unknown
Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome. ~Samuel Johnson, Rasselas, 1759
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. ~Robert F. Kennedy
Adventure is what happens when you just did something stupid. ~Professor Bernie
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. ~Seneca
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? ~Robert H. Schuller
You must lose a fly to catch a trout. ~George Herbert
While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster. ~Abigail van Buren
The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. ~Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic. ~Author Unknown
If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being? ~Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
Dare to be naive. ~Buckminster Fuller
It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves. ~André Gide
Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide? ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau
There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything. ~Vauvenargues
One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ~André Gide
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. ~James Bryant Conant
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. ~James Thurber
We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring. ~David Grayson
Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. ~Ray Bradbury
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Do something different
I want to do different things. I want to experience a new world set by my own rules. I want to write, create, imageine, travel, and never be held back. But I want someone to do it with me. I am constantly finding myself around people who tell me how things are done when they have no clue. Theatre people with no more experience then I have, telling me what theatre can and can't be, how I can't do certain things. Why? Because they've never seen it done that way, because they are afraid of anything new, because they think they have all the answers and are scared to admit they don't.
I don't have the answers, I just have my experiences.
Even now I've found a person who makes me so happy and she will talk about doing adventurerous things but she won't actually do them. This leaves me in a hard spot; do I calm my life until she is ready to adventure (which might never happen) or do I move on, leaving behind a chance at real happiness and maybe, a secure life. I'm not much of one for being secure, which is funny because I want security. Most of my fears arise out of my lack of a secure future. Like I know I'll be fine until I'm old but once I'm old... well the life I'm living now doesn't exactly provide a comfortable retirement plan.
I want people to do wild things with me. Like travel across Canada, hit every Province and Territory and stop wherever we want. This is something I could do on my own but I am, sadly, a very social creature and get very depressed when I can't share something with others. I want to write a comic book but every artist I know is intimidated by the idea. I want to write challenging theatre but people are scared to support theatre that is risky.
There isn't really an end to this post. I'm unsure of my path with this girl. And I'm still looking for someone who is looking for adventurers like I am.
I don't have the answers, I just have my experiences.
Even now I've found a person who makes me so happy and she will talk about doing adventurerous things but she won't actually do them. This leaves me in a hard spot; do I calm my life until she is ready to adventure (which might never happen) or do I move on, leaving behind a chance at real happiness and maybe, a secure life. I'm not much of one for being secure, which is funny because I want security. Most of my fears arise out of my lack of a secure future. Like I know I'll be fine until I'm old but once I'm old... well the life I'm living now doesn't exactly provide a comfortable retirement plan.
I want people to do wild things with me. Like travel across Canada, hit every Province and Territory and stop wherever we want. This is something I could do on my own but I am, sadly, a very social creature and get very depressed when I can't share something with others. I want to write a comic book but every artist I know is intimidated by the idea. I want to write challenging theatre but people are scared to support theatre that is risky.
There isn't really an end to this post. I'm unsure of my path with this girl. And I'm still looking for someone who is looking for adventurers like I am.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Who is this guy?
So today I met a very interesting man. The Red Paperclip Guy. Yeah you know who I'm talking about. He's doing a Fringe show and as it happens so am I. But while R.I.S.K. is about trying to wake up the world and change people's lives in even tiny ways. Who Are These Guys? seems to be literally a show about the journey of trying to find out who the guys in this picture are.
Kyle seems to make his money from doing crazy things. Like public speaking, trading paper clips, buying everything in a store and selling it online for ridiculasly jacked up prices (suitcase for $10,000 sold this morning,) and doing a fringe show about trying to find five guys in a picture.
I'm not sure if I'm inspired or repulsed by the idea of Kyle's life. Simply because I wish it was mine. I try to do crazy things like this and always end up falling flat and either loosing friends or having them tell me that my ideas will never work. Not to mention where does he get the money to do some of his projects?
I don't know but love him or not. I'll do my little part to help him find out Who Are These Guys?
Mike D.
Kyle seems to make his money from doing crazy things. Like public speaking, trading paper clips, buying everything in a store and selling it online for ridiculasly jacked up prices (suitcase for $10,000 sold this morning,) and doing a fringe show about trying to find five guys in a picture.
I'm not sure if I'm inspired or repulsed by the idea of Kyle's life. Simply because I wish it was mine. I try to do crazy things like this and always end up falling flat and either loosing friends or having them tell me that my ideas will never work. Not to mention where does he get the money to do some of his projects?
I don't know but love him or not. I'll do my little part to help him find out Who Are These Guys?
Mike D.
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