playing the beta test of ea.com’s majestic.
holy cow… freakishly immersive. Like living in the x-files.
they call you on the phone, leave email messages, IM you. fax you.
you interact with othe rplayers, some of which may or may not be trustworthy, to solve a puzzle, and a conspiracy. I’m lovin’ this.
thesilentprtnr: Did you get my voice mail?
BigLug23: yes, thank you.
thesilentprtnr: Have you had any interactions with your allies yet?
BigLug23: a few, there’s a lot of them.
BigLug23: what must I aquire?
thesilentprtnr: I see. Keep trying. In any event, EA will likely announce the suspension of Majestic tomorrow morning
thesilentprtnr: Then we can begin.
BigLug23: excellent.
BigLug23: what will we begin?
thesilentprtnr: When you’ve received the suspension notice, I’ll contact you again with more information.
BigLug23: very good. thank you.
BigLug23: how do I contact you?
thesilentprtnr: Right now it’s essential that you get to know your Allies. You need to determine who can be trusted.
BigLug23: will do. can I trust you?
thesilentprtnr: That’s all I can say right now. In the morning things will start to become clearer. And please don’t contact EA. That would only complicate things.
BigLug23: Ok, … until next time.
thesilentprtnr: Auto Response: Sorry, I’m currently unavailable to chat.
MainerdKyle: Hello, I’m Kyle, the System Admin from Majestic. Is Scott von Berg there?
BigLug23: Yes, Hello.
MainerdKyle: Good. Something’s wrong with MAjestic and no one at Anim-x is answering the phone.
MainerdKyle: I’m at the backup server site. I just saw what looked like a gnarly meltdown.
MainerdKyle: Has anyone contacted you from EA?
BigLug23: Not yet, no.
MainerdKyle: Well, I called EA, so they’re aware of it.
MainerdKyle: They should be emailing everyone soon.
BigLug23: Thanks for the update!
MainerdKyle: I’ve got a bunch more people to contact, so I can’t talk :-
MainerdKyle: I’m sure someone will be in touch.
BigLug23: ok. Thank you. Have a good night.
MainerdKyle: Auto Response: I’m not online right now, sorry. Don’t believe what you hear– I’m not *always* on the computer! 😀
I can only think of a few ways this could get better.
Current Scenario – Heavy Rain. Cat purring at feet, snuggly. Me, freshy showered and shaved… in a semi-hypnogogic state, eating fresh sunflower bread with peanut butter for breakfast, with a side of hot earl gray tea.
Improvements – Skip work. Get my sweetheart in here. Spend the day in bed, reading, talking quietly together, feeding each other, making love and sleeping in each other’s arms.
For at least a week.
yeah.
Fodder for a new icon or three or four. It’s nearly 30 years later, and I’m still trying to figure out the invisible three-man (three bear) motorcycle.
I talked to my brother last night, aroud 11pm, midnight…. they got a windows cd, but still have a defective sound card. next weekend I’ll bring one of the spares up and set him tright… he really want to play hellcab, and some of the other games. I know how annoying it can be to work with a hobbled machine. Note to self, send off mail for assorted mailfolks today. I have treats for a few people to drop at the post office.
Sakes, Monday again. Makes sense…the weekend was good, but didn’t seem too short. Well, best be off on my daily routine. Going walkies, then a nice shower before dressing for work. see you kids later on.
epizootic (ep-uh-zo-OT-ik) adjective
Spreading quickly among many animals.
noun
Such a disease.
[French epizootique, from epi- + Greek zoion animal.]
Author and humorist Mark Twain once observed, “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” Open a newspaper or magazine and chances are you’ll read about the frightening “epidemic” of mad cow disease. Of course, it is we who are mad when we feed these herbivore animals body parts of other animals, including other cows, but I digress. With today’s word we know the right term to use when it comes to an animal disease. The root dem(os) in the word epidemic, meaning `people’ is the same root that gave us the word democracy. Here are two other words with their animal equivalents: endemic/enzootic and demography/zoography.
How to melt my heart with joy at 8 in the morning.
“I take ye everywhere.” – My love, referring to me.
I do love her so.