I was being vain and googling my blog to see where it sat in the Google awesomness (interesting - Google's spell check says that Google is an incorrectly spelt word unless you capitalise it). Mind you the spell check reckoned half my words in that sentence were spelt wrong, due to it being unaccepting of GBR english ( the original!).
Anyway.
So yeah, I was googling Fluffy shark and I found a gift store for all your sharky needs:
Shark gift shop
I hope it ships to NZ
Monday 6 August 2012
Sunday 29 July 2012
Fizz
Here is a video of Fizz as a little bubby.
He's all big now and I have rehomed him into a lovely home.
He's all big now and I have rehomed him into a lovely home.
Drawings
So I have just been playing around with GIMP2 (the poorman's photoshop (it's free and just as good as photoshop)) and trying my hand at some cartoon like drawings. After seeing all the beautiful artworks that are on deviant art I was inspired. So here is my first crack at it.
It's a picture of me I guess.
The nose is a bit long etc. I did it all free hand. Just need to practice my faces a bit more.
Dammit, now that I look at it all I can see are faults!
Oh well. Too bad. I declare it finished.
It's a picture of me I guess.
Dammit, now that I look at it all I can see are faults!
Oh well. Too bad. I declare it finished.
Wednesday 11 July 2012
Return to Zork
After writing yesterday's post I had a bit of nostalgia and have located the intro and the soundtrack of return to Zork on youtube (not that hard).
That opening music sure sends shivers down your spine, warm happy shivers.
Return to Zork Intro
Return to Zork sound track
That opening music sure sends shivers down your spine, warm happy shivers.
Return to Zork Intro
Return to Zork sound track
Being a female gamer
As you probably already know, I am a girl and judging by my team fortress 2 fanart post I made, you can probably deduce that I like to play computer and video games. Not a hard conclusion to make.
I've always been very interested in playing video games since I as long as I remember. When I was a kid - probably about 6 years old - we had one of those old osbourne computers. You know, those beige coloured things from the early 90's. Because electronics manufacturers had never heard of any colours other than beige or grey (No happy people in those work places) .
My dad is an electrician and has always been very much into new technology and thus was always a gamer. So I was always watching him play over his shoulder
The first game that he got was "Return to Zork". The sequel to the famous text based adventure game Zork. And thus as a result "Return to Zork" was the first game I played.
The second one I played was either Doom or Quest for Glory. I always loved watching my dad play Doom, but then when he offered it to me I would squeal and exclaim it was too scary.
Then one day I got up the courage to play it and found I quite enjoyed it.
I always found it particularly amusing to kill the imps, because when they die you can see their buttholes and buttholes are always particularly amusing for a young child.
We also had an old atari that we used to plug in and play pacman and Cat catcher (or some other title where you catch cats and put them in the pound - similar to pacman)
The next step in my gaming life occurred when I was 8 and my 6 year old brother decided to cut his thumb off with an axe. After much time in hospital and with icecream as the highlight of my brother's stay, my parents bought us some little portable game stations with tetris on them to work as physio for my brother's reattached and healing thumb.
This soon progressed to us getting our PSX with the first game being Abe's Oddessey. Never mind it was rated M 15. Mum thought the little character on the front looked cute and obviously didn't check the rating.
That one was a bit too complex for kids of our age and was put in the too hard basket. But eventually we started mastering Crash bandicoot, Spyro and Croc.
Once we got a bit older and smarter we retried Abe's oddyssey and now it is an old favourite and I have bought ALL of them on steam.
Anyway fast forward to present day and you will quite often find me playing Team fortress 2 or one of the Halo series.
So as you can tell I like to play games. But when playing online I often have interesting encounters with other players solely based on one thing: my sex.
And thus in this blog post I want to discuss the different and very common reactions female gamers get from the online community.
So I recently purchased a microphone and have been using it. I have had good times and bad times and here are the kind of people I have met.
The Raj:
Like Raj from big bang theory, these guys are really chatty and having a good ol time with the boys, when suddenly you pipe up and talk and suddenly you never hear that guy say a single word again.
Sometimes you get whole servers full of Raj's.
The reverse Raj:
Just as the name suggests as soon as a guy hears you speak he chirps up and starts talking heaps, to you and to every one. Generally a friendly guy and you can have mean as conversations with him.
The Tough guy:
"Ooh there's a girl in the server I must repeatedly bash and abuse the other players to make myself look cool and then maybe she'll sleep with me!"
I've had a few of those; the server was all peaceful before I spoke up and then suddenly it wa full of slurs and insults to other players. Guys we can see right through your "toughness"and know it's a show.
The Wife beater:
This is generally a guy who picks on you just because you are a girl. Shouting slurs and unfounded insults at you. Often they believe that the internet is no place for girls and girls can't play for shit.
<--- me when these guys pipe up
These are the ones that make gaming a lot less fun.
These ones will abuse you to try and make you cry, so they can show off to their mates (the other guys just think they are tryhards). These guys are the reason many girl gamers either don't have mics or don't play online.
I have had a few of these guys myself and they are stupid. I don't know what their reasoning behind picking on female gamers is.
I have heard some theories:
1. They are trolling because they are trolls
2. They think you are one of those girls that game just to get attention - which as, you read from my extended blurb above I am not one of them - which they assume can't play because they aren't real gamers, so they try to abuse them so they never come back. This one particular guy was abusing me even though I had a higher score than him and had been playing for less time.
3. They are just trying to appear macho in front of their mates
My general reaction to these guys is:
Common insults from these guys target your weight.
I don't understand why some guys think female gamers are fat? All the female gamers I know are in good condition and quite pretty and all the wider girls I know don't game at all. I mean we follow the same weight rules as guys, just because you play games doesn't make you fat and fact I think a higher percentage of female gamers are thinner than male gamers.
Also an interesting point - it is difficult to eat while you play games. And often if I am still feeling hungry after food I will game as I am unable to physically eat and game at the same time.
And for those of you who think - well you can't prove you are not fat. Yeah I can. I intend to post pics up here once my cool as mask is finished. Just incase in the unlikely event that this blog becomes famous I don't want to get recognised. Call me paranoid, but meh.
The Gentleman:
Lots of slurs and boy talk going on beforehand. Then click! No more swearing, everyone is super friendly and super nice and everyone burps butterflies and farts rainbows.
The other woman:
Another female gamer, who is just as cool and laid back as you. We give each other the virtual acknowledging head nod. Girls represent!
The Confused:
These are players that have no idea whether you are a prepubescent boy or a girl. Or just assume you are a kid.
Girls do actually sound different to kids. Please guys, learn this difference.
The Awesome:
This player doesn't care whether you are male or female, as long as you can play well. The revelation of your sex does not affect their behaviour in any way, shape or form.
Gifs from: Reaction gifs and images - http://reactionsimages.tumblr.com/
Edit: I will edit my crappy grammar later. Right now I want to go to sleep.
I've always been very interested in playing video games since I as long as I remember. When I was a kid - probably about 6 years old - we had one of those old osbourne computers. You know, those beige coloured things from the early 90's. Because electronics manufacturers had never heard of any colours other than beige or grey (No happy people in those work places) .
My dad is an electrician and has always been very much into new technology and thus was always a gamer. So I was always watching him play over his shoulder
The first game that he got was "Return to Zork". The sequel to the famous text based adventure game Zork. And thus as a result "Return to Zork" was the first game I played.
The second one I played was either Doom or Quest for Glory. I always loved watching my dad play Doom, but then when he offered it to me I would squeal and exclaim it was too scary.
Then one day I got up the courage to play it and found I quite enjoyed it.
I always found it particularly amusing to kill the imps, because when they die you can see their buttholes and buttholes are always particularly amusing for a young child.
We also had an old atari that we used to plug in and play pacman and Cat catcher (or some other title where you catch cats and put them in the pound - similar to pacman)
The next step in my gaming life occurred when I was 8 and my 6 year old brother decided to cut his thumb off with an axe. After much time in hospital and with icecream as the highlight of my brother's stay, my parents bought us some little portable game stations with tetris on them to work as physio for my brother's reattached and healing thumb.
This soon progressed to us getting our PSX with the first game being Abe's Oddessey. Never mind it was rated M 15. Mum thought the little character on the front looked cute and obviously didn't check the rating.
That one was a bit too complex for kids of our age and was put in the too hard basket. But eventually we started mastering Crash bandicoot, Spyro and Croc.
Once we got a bit older and smarter we retried Abe's oddyssey and now it is an old favourite and I have bought ALL of them on steam.
Anyway fast forward to present day and you will quite often find me playing Team fortress 2 or one of the Halo series.
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| Yes that's me |
So as you can tell I like to play games. But when playing online I often have interesting encounters with other players solely based on one thing: my sex.
And thus in this blog post I want to discuss the different and very common reactions female gamers get from the online community.
So I recently purchased a microphone and have been using it. I have had good times and bad times and here are the kind of people I have met.
The Raj:
Like Raj from big bang theory, these guys are really chatty and having a good ol time with the boys, when suddenly you pipe up and talk and suddenly you never hear that guy say a single word again.
Sometimes you get whole servers full of Raj's.
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| Fom The Tonight I'm Frakking You video |
The reverse Raj:
Just as the name suggests as soon as a guy hears you speak he chirps up and starts talking heaps, to you and to every one. Generally a friendly guy and you can have mean as conversations with him.
 |
| A girl? Where? |
The Tough guy:
"Ooh there's a girl in the server I must repeatedly bash and abuse the other players to make myself look cool and then maybe she'll sleep with me!"
I've had a few of those; the server was all peaceful before I spoke up and then suddenly it wa full of slurs and insults to other players. Guys we can see right through your "toughness"and know it's a show.
The Wife beater:
This is generally a guy who picks on you just because you are a girl. Shouting slurs and unfounded insults at you. Often they believe that the internet is no place for girls and girls can't play for shit.
<--- me when these guys pipe upThese are the ones that make gaming a lot less fun.
These ones will abuse you to try and make you cry, so they can show off to their mates (the other guys just think they are tryhards). These guys are the reason many girl gamers either don't have mics or don't play online.
I have had a few of these guys myself and they are stupid. I don't know what their reasoning behind picking on female gamers is.
I have heard some theories:
1. They are trolling because they are trolls
2. They think you are one of those girls that game just to get attention - which as, you read from my extended blurb above I am not one of them - which they assume can't play because they aren't real gamers, so they try to abuse them so they never come back. This one particular guy was abusing me even though I had a higher score than him and had been playing for less time.
3. They are just trying to appear macho in front of their mates
My general reaction to these guys is:
Common insults from these guys target your weight.
I don't understand why some guys think female gamers are fat? All the female gamers I know are in good condition and quite pretty and all the wider girls I know don't game at all. I mean we follow the same weight rules as guys, just because you play games doesn't make you fat and fact I think a higher percentage of female gamers are thinner than male gamers.
Also an interesting point - it is difficult to eat while you play games. And often if I am still feeling hungry after food I will game as I am unable to physically eat and game at the same time.
And for those of you who think - well you can't prove you are not fat. Yeah I can. I intend to post pics up here once my cool as mask is finished. Just incase in the unlikely event that this blog becomes famous I don't want to get recognised. Call me paranoid, but meh.
The Gentleman:
Lots of slurs and boy talk going on beforehand. Then click! No more swearing, everyone is super friendly and super nice and everyone burps butterflies and farts rainbows.
The other woman:
Another female gamer, who is just as cool and laid back as you. We give each other the virtual acknowledging head nod. Girls represent!
The Confused:
These are players that have no idea whether you are a prepubescent boy or a girl. Or just assume you are a kid.
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| Prepubescent boy-girl |
The Awesome:
This player doesn't care whether you are male or female, as long as you can play well. The revelation of your sex does not affect their behaviour in any way, shape or form.
And just for you a dancing doctor:
Edit: I will edit my crappy grammar later. Right now I want to go to sleep.
Thursday 14 June 2012
HBS
So I went to work the other day and me being me I hadn't really done much washing lately and my choice of underwear had diminished. Basically it was down to wearing really old undies with the elastic all dead so the undie was really loose or really new undies of which had super tight elastic BUt would stay on my butt. Naturally I chose those that would lead to less embarrassment which mean those that continued to protect most of my dignity.
I mean I could have worn the loose undies with tight pants, but because I am lazy I only had baggy pants left and baggy pants + baggy undies = chaos.
So why were my new undies as tight as a gold fish's anus (my goldfish poops quite well thank you).
Well this is why. My bum is considered that of the small size, so generally I buy small sized undies. So in usual habit I went and bought some small undies. But I think the small that I bought this time is really the small of a rather petite nation.
When I got them out of the packet and had washed them, they looked like the size of children's underwear and I'm pretty sure I did not buy kids underwear.
So anyway I wore my rather tight undies to work in some lovely pants with thin fabric to eccentuate my panty line. Conscious about my VPL I mentioned it to a colleague, who called it "HUNGRY BUM SYNDROME". Floored at this awesomely descriptive phrase I thought I would share some lovely pictures of starved buttocks for you all to enjoy (or retch at).
Yep they've thought of everything.
And just cause this is so cute:
So after seeing all this hungry as arses, I feel like less of an arse about my hungry arse. :)
Picture credits are either on the picture themselves or they are here:
www.mirror.co.uk
wannabebrazilian.wordpress.com
www.aladyrevealsnothing.com
www.stuff.co.nz
Little monster pants by Katewares
I think that is all, if there are more and i have forgotten them then let me know.
I mean I could have worn the loose undies with tight pants, but because I am lazy I only had baggy pants left and baggy pants + baggy undies = chaos.
So why were my new undies as tight as a gold fish's anus (my goldfish poops quite well thank you).
When I got them out of the packet and had washed them, they looked like the size of children's underwear and I'm pretty sure I did not buy kids underwear.
So anyway I wore my rather tight undies to work in some lovely pants with thin fabric to eccentuate my panty line. Conscious about my VPL I mentioned it to a colleague, who called it "HUNGRY BUM SYNDROME". Floored at this awesomely descriptive phrase I thought I would share some lovely pictures of starved buttocks for you all to enjoy (or retch at).
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| Om nom nom |
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| This one is so desperate to escape its pant captor that it is exploding out the top |
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| I think this is one of the most hungriest bums I have ever seen. So hungry its tattoo is off centre |
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| A bite size snack for bums on the go |
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| This bum is really chowing down on it's meal of pants. |
And just for interest's sake this is a bum bra To hold your butt cheeks up
Yep they've thought of everything.
And just cause this is so cute:
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| In Soviet Russia pants eat you! |
So after seeing all this hungry as arses, I feel like less of an arse about my hungry arse. :)
Picture credits are either on the picture themselves or they are here:
www.mirror.co.uk
wannabebrazilian.wordpress.com
www.aladyrevealsnothing.com
www.stuff.co.nz
Little monster pants by Katewares
I think that is all, if there are more and i have forgotten them then let me know.
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