April 13, 2005
P.O. Blues, Game, Captain Vegetable
Woke up this morning,
Woke up this morning,
And my clock said quarter to one.
Woke up this morning,
My clock said quarter to one...
An' I thought to myself, this day ain't gonna be fun.
Drove in this morning,
Drove in this morning,
And the car clock said it was 'round nine.
Drove in this morning
And I noticed it was around nine...
An' I knowed that there'd be no parking for this car o' mine.
Walked in the front door,
Strode in the front door,
Saw the note say'n the network was screwed.
Came in the front door,
Saw that note, said the network was screwed.
I gots the systems team power outage mad scramble tidy-up blues...
(What a pity I don't play an instrument, otherwise I could give you an mp3. :)
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Ran the first full session of the Changeling game... I'm a little worried that it was too heavily expositional, but people seemed to enjoy themselves well enough. I'm going to have to take notes about what I said about the world - for example, the following freeholds have been mentioned:
The Embassy Theatre, which contains the king's palace.
Wakefield Markets, which belongs to someone Jenni's character doesn't like.
Somewhere in Karori, belonging to a Dougal who's lord to Vax (an Eiluned ally of Jenni's character).
National Library, which belongs to Grand Vizier Marika of House Eiluned.
And as foretold in the prophecy from the character creation session, someone got stabbed in the face - with the jawbone of Maui's grandmother, no less. Oh, I foresee fun times ahead... ;)
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I think that the story about Cookie Monster cutting back on cookies is interesting because it talks about Seasame Street having a multi-year story arc, rather than using Cookie Monster to remind kids that cookies are "sometimes" food. I mean, surely everyone remembers Cookie Monster dressed in mad bling (yo), singing about "Healthy Food, tastes real good!". And that's disregarding Captain Vegetable!
"It is I - Captain Vegetable!
With my carrot, and my celery!
Eating crunchy vegetables is good for me!
And they're good for you -
So eat them too
For teeth so strong
Your whole life long
Eat celery and carrots by the bunch!
Three cheers for me, Captain Vegetable!
Munch, munch, munch!"
Okay, when I say "everyone remembers", I probably mean "everyone who was a member of the Muppet Club, or is a whole lot younger than me". :) Here's a place where you can apparently download a .wav of the song.
Anyway, I should get back to the damage control...
Posted by svend at April 13, 2005 10:25 AMYounger than you? Probably the other way around. I'm sure there was something in the media about Disney (having bought the rights to the Muppets) getting concerned about Kermit's branding profile among children.
I sure hope there was something in the media about that, or I'm going mad. Has Disney even bought the Muppets?
Oh well, either way, anyone remember the episode of the Simpsons where Bart and Lisa have no idea what a muppet is, and Homer is forced to explain it? I think it was the same episode that had the musical of the Planet of the Apes...
Posted by: andrew at April 13, 2005 1:58 PMHi ya, a certain chinese workmate from FP of mine has invited you to dinner at your house. I am the apparent organiser and it hasn't been confirmed with everyone yet. rough plan:
5pm sunday (not this week, but the one after)
She will be cooking and it could take up to 2 hours to cook so you can arrive later, but
She has requested that we bring some of the ingrediants or at least pay for a few, which I think is fair
I will need to call her back at the shop tomorrow with rough figures of people. Please get back to me soon
Also tell me if you are able to give her a lift to your house or home. She says she can walk, but I'm not too sure.