Slogans 'R' Us

So; now every post (or perhaps every second post...) I make will be followed by an only somewhat appropriate slogan. That's pretty well all I've got to say on that particular subject; my favorite webcomic is not updating, I live a boring life, the contents of which I would not post on here anyways, and I suppose that while I probably SHOULD be happy that a main female character has actually thrown a harpoon (As is an extremely large, heavy, and metal pointy stick which I am kind of surprised she could lift...) at a main male character who, surprisingly enough, probably didn't deserve it. Maybe he did. Still can't decide. This happens in a book, by the way; one shiny penny to whoever can figure out which one!

Ha!

There are quite a few people in this world who seem to carry the distinct impression that I am evil. Even my own mother once called me evil. (Though she did change her mind later to my simply being vindictive, instead...) I decided to settle things once and for all. Well... sort of, anyways, as the ways I settled it was through a cheap 'selectors' quiz, which, if I truely wanted to, could be rigged in the blink of a... let's make that 'click of the mouse', instead. Sounds better.
So... Here's my results, ranked from 1 to 9:

#1 Neutral Good = "Peace and love"

#2 Chaotic Neutral = Lunatic

#3 Neutral Neutral = True Neutral!

#4 Lawful Good = Hyper goodie, goodie

#5 Chaotic Good = Little bit "wacko" but OK

#6 Lawful Neutral = Orders are orders

#7 Neutral Evil = Evil work all the time

#8 Chaotic Evil = Mad as hell and enjoys it!

#9 Lawful Evil = Sneaky lawyer

Take THAT! Not a speck of evil... honest. :) Although Neutral Good is, in fact, the #1 selection a good 1/3rd of the time... This is not the point. I also got Albert as my most alike legend of dragoon character, with Lavitz in second. This only reinforces my point. (I hope...)




Take the Mage quiz.
This has absolutely nothing to do with the above. Just bored. I think at some point in time, in the past, I got 'earth mage' on this quiz. Can't remember, though.

Mole

The word 'mole' is so marvelously, multiply layered. Many of my fine readers are probably aware of at least three different definitions of the word 'mole' straight off the tops of their heads... But wait! There's more! For the vast definition of the word 'mole', go here. To sum it up for you lazy people who don't feel like clicking a single link and then searching through oodles of text, here is an abbreviated version of what dictionary.com has to say:

1. A burrowing, furry insectivore with powerful front paws for digging, with little or no eyesight. (This would be the only true thing about all moles...)
2. Machine built for drilling/tunneling underground
3. Artificial structure built to shelter a harbour (Also known as, for whatever reason, a groin, among other things. They're those bits that stick out of beaches/cliffs, for example. These moles can be a bad thing, as they tend to prevent beach migration - the sheltered beach 'disapears' over time)
4. A spy concealed withing an organisation, or group; this particular meaning was also the name of a (reality?) TV show which I presume was popular a while back. (~2000)
5. A lovely dark, pixel blemish, occaisionally hairy, and occaisionally a sign of impending cancer (When moles go bad!). Some people love 'em, some people hate 'em, it entirely depends where they are.
6. A unit of mesurement in chemistry. Probably originally short for molecule, it's abbreviated anyways to mol. I'm pretty sure it represents 6.022 x 10^23 atoms, or some such, so there is actually a 'mole day' on October 23, starting at 6:22 AM and going until 6:22 PM. Some chemical companies have moles as mascots, and some members of chemical companies don't like this. Guess they don't like moles...
7. Pronounced differently, this is a sauce... I think it involves avacadoes...
8. Molar pregnancy. Rather nasty. I'm pretty sure there's one in Like Water for Chocolate, the book. (Don't know about the movie) Combine definition 4 and 5, and that's what this baby is. With ultrasound, fewer of these go around for too long.

I think I'm actually out of definitions... there are, of course, still naked mole rats (which aren't true moles) mole men (subturanian race of humans which make me SO happy!) and numerous other sutto-moles still out there, but none of them landed in the dictionary. Then, of course, there is the mysterious Desmon, whose relationship TO moles I haven't a clue, but it keeps getting lumped in with them. In case anyone is curious, I am, in fact, also fond of desmons.

Reminded of a book

In The Sleeping Dragon, by good 'ol Joel Rosenberg, there is a character by the name of Walter Slovotsky (whose last name I have doubtlessly spelt wrong). Now, Walter dear, at the beginning of the book, is a pompous, six-foot plus football player who thinks the world revolves around his head, and, as is such, he has a series of laws by which the world must operate. (They are of course referred to as 'Slovotsky's Laws'. Walter, in case anyone is curious, ends up being transported to another world as a much shorter, more dexterous personality whose ego gets turned down a notch via a sharp implement through one shoulder, but there you go. For an example of what I'm talking about, head here.)
On and off, I have been sorely tempted to make up my own set of rules... mainly because a certain RPG, and I suppose the media at large, has started to tick me off a tad. For now, however, I've only got one rule (though I suppose I'll be updating them as I come up with more brilliantly insightful, seemingly obvious, and dull as a post ideas). They will, as silly as it seems, be referred to as 'Rules of the Mole Queen'.

1. After they've gone and died, never try to resurrect your lover, child, or parent, because for heaven's sake, it's just going to turn out bad in the end anyways. (Note: Dark Lords are an accepted exception)

Hmmm... For whatever reason, I feel better now. I suppose this was caused by climbing to ring #100 in the same RPG which involves a minimum of two guys who attempt to bring their girlfriends back to life. After reaching this pinnacle, after having defeated many a foe (All of whom, for whatever reason, have a dish of curry strapped to their head. I am unfortunately serious. And yes, the dialogue has to be seen to be believed, too...) including ones with *&!$ instant death equipped as a status effect, and with whatever character you've got facing them un-equipped with anything that could ever hope to STOP said instant death.... *cough* Well, anyways...

I get to the top of this stupid wrestling match (which, again, involves curry...) to satisfy a sidequest, in order to get the ultimate something or rather for one of the game's character's (The vampire wrestler - whose much cooler brother is in the first part of the series, but lacking in this particular game.), because honestly, who can finish a game without completing all the sidequests and still be entirely happy with themselves? (Please don't answer that, I've made myself out to be enough of a nerd today as it is...) The penalty for loosing said bout is cryptically mentioned to said vampire wrestler at the very beginning of the long, long, long set of matches... supposedly, if V W were to win, he'd become the successor to the ultimate wrestling title. What he DOESN'T mention is that the @#*& penalty for loosing is the exact same as the flippin' bonus for winning, which, while never actually stated outright is extremely disturbing in content, and I'm pretty sure I've been permanently scarred... probably beyond the barbed wire thing.

Ah well, c'est la vie, after all. Or not... but I'm pretty sure I now know why the third game in the series never crossed the ocean. (Not that I wouldn't have bought it anyways... the plot and translation might really stink, but it's so much fun to play... Kind of like Katamari, only a different kind of destruction. And Katamari needs no translation.)