Explanations are in order

[vovat]

I slept for almost ten hours last night, all told. Except it really wasn't that long, because Cracker kept waking me up. I had planned on getting up earlier, but I fell back asleep and had a dream about being in some kind of camp-like situation at what appeared to be a low-key amusement park. There were no rides that I remember, but there were some kiddie attractions (moon bounces, slides, etc.) and swimming pools, and it was all brightly colored. I was staying with a group of other kids, but I didn't get along with them. They were rarely openly mean, but they tended to exclude me, and I thought they were probably making fun of me behind my back. We were doing some kind of play, and one of the kids was mad that I was reading something on the wall instead of helping another kid (whom I didn't notice), and I ended up getting really upset and running back to the room where I was staying. By this point I realized the whole thing was a dream, but I still insisted on finding my room. The janitor let me in, and I woke up soon after that. I think the dream also involved hooking up my old Texas Instruments computer, but maybe that was a different dream. I'm pretty sure the main idea was about when my dad forced my siblings and me to go to YMCA day camp, and I didn't like it at all. It was actually slightly better the second year, but why we were sent back after disliking it so much the first time isn't something I can understand. Besides, if I remember correctly, that year I was older than everyone else there except the counselors and counselors-in-training. The best childhood summers I can recall primarily involved sitting around eating Twin Pops and reading Oz books. Anyway, getting back to the present day, I'd wanted to heat up a pot pie for breakfast, but I ended up not having enough time, so I had Hot Pockets instead.

As part of some meme or other, slfcllednowhere asked me about some of my icons and interests. I might as well explain them here, in case someone else is curious about these same things.


The Woozy is a character introduced in The Patchwork Girl of Oz. He's an animal made up of squares, rectangles, and flat surfaces, covered in thick skin. He's capable of flashing fire from his eyes when he's angry, and he likes eating honeybees. Despite infrequent appearances in the series, he seems to be quite popular with many readers, and I'm no exception.


Polychrome is another Oz character. Being the Daughter of the Rainbow, she's a sky fairy who spends most of her time dancing. There have been a few occasions when she ended up stranded on Earth when her father returned to the sky.


The picture is of Snufferbux, the bear from Ojo in Oz, playing an accordion, which I liked for several reasons. After I'd been using it without text for some time, bethje added the lolcat-style caption as a joke, not intending that I actually use it. It amused me, though, so I added it to my active icons.


Interests:

1. bwoop bwoop
I was basically just copying Beth on this one. It's what young Jabu-Jabu says in the Zelda game Oracle of Ages.

2. captain n
A Saturday morning cartoon from the late eighties and early nineties (it lasted three seasons, although the last was lackluster) incorporating characters and settings from several different Nintendo games.

3. chrono trigger
A cool RPG from the makers of the Final Fantasy games. As the title suggests, the plot makes heavy use of time travel.


4. 8-bit theater
Speaking of Final Fantasy, this is a web comic loosely based on the very first game in the series.

5. ruth plumly thompson
She continued the Oz series after L. Frank Baum died.

6. james kochallka
A comic artist and musician. I guess I don't know that much of his work, but I find what I do to be really funny.

7. dragon warrior
A series of RPG's made by Enix (who have since merged with Square). The series is called Dragon Quest in Japan, but had to be changed to Dragon Warrior in the States due to copyright issues. These issues have since been resolved, so more recent American versions have come out with the original Dragon Quest name. Confusing, huh? Anyway, the games are insanely popular in Japan, but much less so here, so not all of them have been translated or ported.


If anyone else wants to ask me about these things, go ahead. Or if you want me to ask about yours, that's fine as well.

Comments

[colbyucb.livejournal.com]

Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest/Warrior.... fluffljdkhasdhsad. So many hours addicted to them. Dragon Warrior I moreso, as it makes WoW's level grinding seem like a breeze. How many times was I killed by a Scorpion or Wyvern? Man that dude in the town wasn't kidding when he said it got more difficult to the south.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

The level-building seemed to get a little easier with each successive game. From what I recall, there were only a few occasions when I had to wander around gaining experience in DW4, while that was a majority of the first game. I will say, though, that one advantage to games with level-building is that you can always try things again after building yourself up a little more, and they'll usually be easier. In the long run, it makes them easier than action-based games, at least for me.

And how about that insanely long dialog during battles? "Thou hast verily done 30 points of damage to the Wyvern! And there was much rejoicing!"

[dragonxbait.livejournal.com]

Our cats wake us up around 3 am, and then around 5am (we get up at 5:45 on weekdays), demanding either food or attention. Locking them out of the room at night doesn't work because they will throw their bodies against the door and mew and various points all night when we do that. We love them, so we just tell ourselves it's good practice for the sleep deprivation of having a newborn :-P

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Cracker always seems to want my attention when I'm trying to sleep, but not so much when I'm actually up and about.

We love them, so we just tell ourselves it's good practice for the sleep deprivation of having a newborn

I think that's one of many reasons why I could never handle taking care of a baby. But if you do want to have one, I suppose that getting in practice is a good idea. {g}

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

nd one of the kids was mad that I was reading something on the wall

THAT'S just begging for a metaphorical interpretation...

I think I asked you about those same things when I did that meme or something similar a long time ago!

[vovat.livejournal.com]

nd one of the kids was mad that I was reading something on the wall

THAT'S just begging for a metaphorical interpretation...

Heh, I didn't even think of that. It was actually on a poster or something, and not directly written on the wall, but still. I don't remember what it said, but I don't THINK it had anything to do with my kingdom falling to the Persians. {g}

I think I asked you about those same things when I did that meme or something similar a long time ago!

Yeah, people tend to ask about the same ones (especially "bwoop bwoop") every time I participate in the meme. Maybe I should add some of the explanation posts to my memories, so I can link to them instead of having to explain them anew every time.

[vilajunkie.livejournal.com]

I don't mind doing the meme thing, but I'll probably answer it on here rather than my own journal.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Sure, that's fine. I guess I'll stick with three icons and seven interests, since that's how slfcllednowhere did it.

Icons:




Interests:
1. Alan Lee
2. Bakemono
3. Black Shuck
4. Botos
5. Oni
6. Ukiyo-E
7. Youkai