An interesting take on the whole polarisation of nature and nurture. Or in this case, talent and hard work. ;) Compares the stylistic differences, in both learning and product, when it comes to prodigies vs late bloomers. Goot stuff!
I'll be attempting to finish this piece in time to enter Erotic Signature's contest again this year.
This year's nugget attempt is Inanna, the Sumerian goddess of sex, war and fertility. One of the more well-known surviving poems about her tells the story of Inanna's Descent into the Underworld, ostensibly to attend a funeral - but really, to conquer it. ;) Things don't quite go as planned though... It's a riveting story, with dollops of horror, gore and vengeance! And meat hooks. Yes. Meat hooks!
Since this is only one of the preliminary parts, (I tend to assemble pieces in bits and bobs), I still need to do stuff like the lions... and... anything else I think should go in!
Oh. And if you're curious and haven't seen it, the other piccy is what I entered last year. Didn't get into the book but hey... At least it means I *finished* a piece last year. XD
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Is it odd that I'm wondering if I could comfortably MUD on an iPad?
I molested the one at work today, and the keyboard was surprisingly pleasant to use. I don't like the iPhone's keypad much; it's too small for my HUGE FINGERS! (Ok, so I don't really have huge fingers, but that's not the point...)
But unfortunately the one at work hasn't been broken to our evil collective wills, and so, apparently, I cannot open a telnet connection on it...
If someone out there has tried MUDding on an iPad, tell a nugget!
My beloved surgeon doggy... here's to hoping you found the poodle of your dreams.
~_o to those of you who have no idea what I'm babbling about... Move along, nothing to see here. XD
Edit:
Zoot! The things you keep, (or well, I keep) without realising you kept them!
I still have Broekn's desc after so many years. O.o
"A large, shaggy mongrel dog stares up at you with limpid amber eyes. He wears a rather silly grin, and his tail thumps the ground in delight at seeing you. He's shedding long brown fur all over the place, and looks like he'd love to have his floppy ears scratched."
If you don't agree with any of these statements:
Guild Wars is definitely not the game for you. You won't find it fun. You'll be one of those people who goes, 'Ok I've finished the storyline and have 1 (or 2 or 3 or whatever) set of elite armour. There's nothing to DO in this game!'
If you agree with some of these statements:
You might like Guild Wars, give the Free Trial a try.
If you agree with all of these statements:
You'll probably love this game. I know I do. =)
(P.S. The probability of this 'assessment' being accurate depends on being honest with yourself. There's nothing wrong with liking statted shinies. After all, Sacred Gold, which I looooooove is packed with statted shinies! OTOH, it's not an MMO.)
Why? Because Hard Mode's more fun, and I'm too lazy to get the back door keys, of course!
And you'll be the sole healer, with 5 healing skills, and no healing elite as usual.
Oh, and did I mention that there'll be Mursaat, and Orion and Dunham aren't infused? No? Well I just did! *beams*
I wuv you too Livia!
*runs off cackling madly*
NugWay - A Short Explanation
I've tinkered around with the classic DiscordWay team on PvX till I've found something that works much better for me.
Nugway:
Player:
The Classic Caller - Monk Variant:
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Assassin's Promise {Elite}
You Move Like a Dwarf!
Finish Him!
Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support
Protective Spirit
Enduring Toxin
Castigation Signet
Rebirth (Optional)
Runed Stats: Smiting Prayers - 14; Protection Prayers - 8; Divine Favour - 2; Deadly Arts - 12
OR
The Ritualist Caller:Heroes:
The Minion (Melee) Master/Blood Ritual eManagement:
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Discord {Elite}
Animate Shambling Horror
Animate Bone Minions
Blood Bond
Rotting Flesh (alternative: take Weaken Armor if fighting many humans)
Oppressive Gaze
Blood Ritual
Signet of Lost Souls
Runed Stats: Blood Magic - 10; Death Magic - 14; Soul Reaping - 9; Curses - 3
The Minion (Ranged) Master + Death Nova/Protector:
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Discord {Elite}
Putrid Bile
Animate Bone Fiend
Death Nova
Signet of Lost Souls
Protective Spirit
Aegis
Remove Hex
Runed Stats: Death Magic - 16; Soul Reaping - 9; Protection Prayers - 10
How NugWay differs from DiscordWay
Nugway is much lower on direct healing power than the classic Discway.
I changed the 'Curse/Resto' N/Rt to a 'Minion Master/Blood' N/whatever. Obviously, healing power is lost. However, Blood Bond adds much greater survivability for minions, as well as any physical dps (or any wanding casters). Oppressive Gaze reduces incoming damage, Rotting Flesh adds pressure, and Blood Ritual is always nice to have. Blood Ritual may not be a good choice if you're a front-liner... but then bear in mind that NugWay is very much a mid/back-liner's setup. When I use melee classes or builds, I don't run NugWay at all.
Nugway is more versatile than classic Discway.
The Blood Ritual and Death Nova Discords work fine as a pair. If you don't bring the Resto Rit Discord, your spike power may be a little lower, depending on what you DO bring. But leaving the Resto Discord at home means you can bring anything in the third slot, and have it work well. I favour Broad Head Arrow or Unsteady Ground, but really, it can be anything. Makes it particularly good for missions in Nightfall where you're forced to bring a particular hero. Don't worry too much about losing the healing, the Protection and Healing hench monks do just fine in any mode.
How tested is NugWay?
I've been using it more or less exclusively, if running a Discord base, since the changes to the Blood Magic line. In that time, I've acquired Legendary Vanquisher (finished Cantha and Nightfall with it), Legendary Guardian, and am at the last rank of Legendary Master of the North. Been too lazy to pursue the last one since the War in Kryta event, because all I do now is kill Mantle for fun!
Go forth my battery minions, and NUG THE WORLD!
Lil Questalot – Kill Ten Rats Edition (Ages 2+): Consists of one Lil Questalot Interactive NPC and ten Lil Questalot Ratbots with Shoot’n'Loot action. Each Ratbot comes with its own RFID enabled body part that can be collected and returned to the Lil Questalot NPC. Will you be able to find enough of the right parts to complete the quest? Additional Lil Questalot Ratbot parts sold separately.
I wuv Melmoth!
In, as I mentioned at his blogplace, a non-scary golden-battered way. >.>
Sooo I had a rather interesting conversation with an old friend, whom for the purposes of this exchange, I dub Mr Reasonable.
Nugget: I dun get it. With the ability to poing from one Multiversal moment to another at will, why do you even bother with linear time? I mean, it's gotta be like having an infinite undo button for life right? Make a mistake? Undo! Wooties!
Mr Reasonable: *laughing* You're assuming that I make mistakes.
Nugget: *glare*
Mr Reasonable: Mm well. Those little sketches you've been doing lately - they're a good thing, by the way... Haven't you found that if you restrain yourself from repeating one particular stroke over and over, until you get it 'just right', that the flaws - if you must call them that - add up to a stronger, livelier piece?
Nugget: Um. Sort of. *Guilty face* I still undo a bit...
Mr Reasonable: I've noticed. *grins* But consider - you only started this lately, and you are, indeed, hitting that Undo button less often. And the pieces are certainly improving for it.
Now - apply that to life in linear time, if you will. For one thing, it's rather difficult to pinpoint that dramatic moment where everything goes to Hell. People certainly claim they can, but when you're able to pick a moment - a locus in an infinite number of outward points, it becomes much harder to see which one, precisely, was the source of the disaster. Not to mention, each fragmentary path starts so close to its kin that there's hardly a noticeable difference until you follow said path a rather long way. With each point along that path being the centre of yet another infinity of other paths, and so on.
What then, if having gone far enough along the diverging path you've picked, you find it isn't quite right in one, or even multiple aspects? Ah, well, you could slip back to that particular point you had in mind in the first place, and pick another path... and another... and another. All of them almost identical at their point of origin. And truly, the idea of ceaselessly repeating a near identical infinity of moments in the hope of undoing something unpleasant sounds like an exercise in utter boredom.
Power isn't omniscience, sweetness. It's simply a widening of possibilities.
And besides, I'm allergic to boredom.
Nugget: OMMMMM. XD
This week's random head started out as Eurydiche from Tanith Lee's Faces Under Water, and ended up as... well, what you see here.
I find that for every piece that turns out the way I initially envisioned it, there's another 20 (or more!) that turn out nothing like what I had in mind in the first place. This, of course, is one of those 'nothing likes'. For one thing, Lee does mention that Eurydiche, when she wears a mask, wears a huuuuuuuuge butterfly. But I just couldn't get the butterfly to work. Alas!