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[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

From a different group I'm in:

"Off Topic Awesomeness:

I know I'm probably 10 years behind the times but I just found this, lol.

Go to youtube and type "do the harlem shake," press enter, then just wait.

[DoodlePanda]

MrsJoseph wrote: "From a different group I'm in:

"Off Topic Awesomeness:

I know I'm probably 10 years behind the times but I just found this, lol.

Go to youtube and type "do the harlem shake," press enter, then ..."

Whaaaat??
*mind blown*

How have I never heard of this before!! :D

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

DoodlePanda wrote: "MrsJoseph wrote: "From a different group I'm in:

"Off Topic Awesomeness:

I know I'm probably 10 years behind the times but I just found this, lol.

Go to youtube and type "do the harlem shake," ..."

IKR???? I could have been looking at that for MONTHS.

[DoodlePanda]

Exactly!!

[Elise]

LOL

[Nyssa]

So.I just took this quiz for s&g and recived the following result:

You're Lauren Olamina from Parable of the Sower.

Hopeful. Empathetic.
When anyone needs a shoulder to cry on or a bit of advice, they turn to you. Life's challenges have a way of falling into place when you turn your optimistic eye on them.

Lauren Olamina has hyper-empathy, a condition that makes her sensitive to the pain of others. In this dystopian future, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced into a world fraught with danger. With other refugees, Lauren conceives of a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for mankind.


I've never heard of this character, book nor author before so I looked it up.

First thing I noticed is that its the first book in a series with an African American protagonist written by and African American author - cool!
As noted by the quiz it a Science Fiction series, with an African American protagonist written by an African American author - double cool!
Plus, it has elements of Fantasy (my favorite genre) to boot! - Icing on the cake!

I think I'll have to give this one a try! Parable of the Sower

[Chris , cookie guilt]

I got

You're Sam Sloane from Orbital Decay.

Scrappy. Principled.
You weren't voted most anything in your high school yearbook. In fact, some people thought you were a bit of a screw-up. But the truth is you can roll with life's hard knocks and come out smiling. You've even got a heroic streak in you.

Sam Sloane and his outer space construction crew are ex-convicts and Grateful Dead junkies. But when they uncover a plot that threatens all Americans, they surprise even themselves with their response.

Read more about Sam Sloane in Orbital Decay by Allen Steele: http://bit.ly/1zJs4K8

[Nyssa]

Chris wrote: "I got

You're Sam Sloane from Orbital Decay.

Scrappy. Principled.
You weren't voted most anything in your high school yearbook. In fact, some people thought you were a bit of a screw-up. But the t..."

Yours sounds like fun too! :)

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Yeah, and surprisingly accurate. lol

Thanks for bumping my TBR shelf up.

[Nyssa]

Chris wrote: "Yeah, and surprisingly accurate. lol

Thanks for bumping my TBR shelf up."

I'm pretty sure that was sarcasm, but I'll take it! Hee hee hee. :D

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Chris is now Scrappy Doo.

[Nyssa]

colleen the contrarian ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "Chris is now Scrappy Doo."

LOL

Take the quiz Colleen!

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

You're Harlequin from "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman.

Spontaneous. Rebellious..
You play by your own rules. You laugh in the face of authority. And along the way, you just might inspire others to break the mold, too.

Harlequin lives in a future world of strict rules and a stricter timeline. The unquestioned ruler, The Ticktockman, presides over all. That is, until Harlequin bursts onto the scene.

Read "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison, in his short story collection: http://bit.ly/1vZNcuG

[Nyssa]

colleen the contrarian ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "You're Harlequin from "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman.

Spontaneous. Rebellious..
You play by your own rules. You laugh in the face of authority. And along the way, you just might inspire..."

I think that sounds just like you! Do you agree?

[Chris , cookie guilt]

That's a fucking weird ass story, Colleen.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Well, I'm not sure I'd say I laugh in the face of authority. More behind their backs.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Chris wrote: "That's a fucking weird ass story, Colleen."

I'll need to read it now, I guess, Scrappy.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Apparently I'm one of Isaac Asimov's robots: You Robot.

How is that not surprising. And why even ask the superpower question. Who doesn't choose invincibility? Dead people, that's who. :)

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Homeinmyshoes wrote: "How is that not surprising. And why even ask the superpower question. Who doesn't choose invincibility? Dead people, that's who. :)"

*dead*

[HomeInMyShoes]

I think I need to stop reading. Is this some sort of addiction? I've been reading every spare moment since New year's Eve and I'm closing in on books three and four for the year.

[Nyssa]

Homeinmyshoes wrote: "I think I need to stop reading. Is this some sort of addiction? I've been reading every spare moment since New year's Eve and I'm closing in on books three and four for the year."

Did you actually say "stop reading"? Are you unwell?

[Mike (the Paladin)]

I'm not processing that phrase...just random syllables.

[Nyssa]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I'm not processing that phrase...just random syllables."

IKR!?!

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Nyssa wrote: "So.I just took this quiz for s&g and recived the following result:

You're Lauren Olamina from Parable of the Sower.

Hopeful. Empathetic.
When anyone needs a shoulder to cry on or a bit of advic..."


Loved that duology!

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

I took the quiz:

You're a Blackcollar from the book... Blackcollar.

Capable. Secretive.
You can detect BS a mile away. You know how to assert yourself, and sometimes even your friends aren't sure what you're thinking. That's OK, you'd protect them to the ends of the earth.

Blackcollars were the universe's deadliest fighting force, 29 years ago. Now, they're older and even more secretive, but they've still got it. Basically ninjas of outer space, they'll be the only hope in humanity's rebellion.

Read more in Blackcollar by Timothy Zahn: http://bit.ly/1zgCwaS

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Homeinmyshoes wrote: "I think I need to stop reading. Is this some sort of addiction? I've been reading every spare moment since New year's Eve and I'm closing in on books three and four for the year."

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I'm not processing that phrase...just random syllables."



What Mike said.

[Nyssa]

MrsJoseph wrote: "I took the quiz:

You're a Blackcollar from the book... Blackcollar.

Capable. Secretive.
You can detect BS a mile away. You know how to assert yourself, and sometimes even your friends aren't sure..."

Wow Mrs. J! I didn't know you had a biography out!?! How very secretive of you!! I wonder what you're thinking?

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Nyssa wrote: "
MrsJoseph wrote: "I took the quiz:

You're a Blackcollar from the book... Blackcollar.

Capable. Secretive.
You can detect BS a mile away. You know how to assert yourself, and sometimes even you..."

lol!

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Okay I did the quiz to.... I came up as Anson Carmichael from The Alien Years. The description is:

Unstoppable. A Leader.
To you, big challenges just mean bigger rewards. You're disciplined and expect the best from others, and you can inspire your friends to follow you anywhere.

When 15-foot aliens arrive on Earth and start treating humans like pests to be exterminated, the Carmichael Clan has something to say about it. Lead by Colonel Anson Carmichael, they'll never give up the resistance.

I haven't read this book, maybe I need to?????

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Just took the Which Dungeons and Dragons Character are You/ Quiz. Guess which character I got... Yeah, Paladin.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Okay I did the quiz to.... I came up as Anson Carmichael from The Alien Years. The description is:

Unstoppable. A Leader.
To you, big challenges just mean bigger rewards. You're dis..."

That's how I felt about the book I was related to, too!

[HomeInMyShoes]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Just took the Which Dungeons and Dragons Character are You/ Quiz. Guess which character I got... Yeah, Paladin."

I got:

"Wizard: Kings alter the laws of man as they please. What makes you think the laws of nature are any different?

You love to learn, study and use your knowledge and experience to solve problems and advance yourself. These traits will always keep you ahead of others."

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

"Rogue: You prefer to talk your way out of a situation than to use knowledge or violence to solve problems. You are street-smart, have keen senses, and your friends think you're charismatic and helpful, though sometimes mercurial"


Well, I agree with the mercurial part, anyway.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

...you know Colleen, I think yours was about as predictable as mine. I can see you as a Rogue.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I wonder if Bard was a class option in the quiz. That's probably what I'd pick to play - I was always indecisive and like the jill-of-all-trades aspect, plus I've always been musically inclined.

Apparently bards are considered a rogue class, though, so I guess it works. I never played a straight rogue, though. I wants me some magic, damnit!

[Mike (the Paladin)]

They are now. Back in the earliest version of the game Bards were hard to play but if you made it they were about the most dangerous and versatile character in the game. They were originally fighter/rogue/druid multi-class characters. They were changed to a subclass of rogue later.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I don't think I was alive for the earliest version. ;P

[HomeInMyShoes]

1974. I believe I started playing around 1984. Ugh, that's a long time ago. It was fun. I was a human wizard. We had fun until we, as teenage boys would, took things way too far with one of the other players characters when he didn't show up a few weeks in a row. Much hilarity and of course hurt feelings arose.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Definitely not alive, then.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

1978. I was a DM and got the group together. As a player I've played a Ranger, a fighter and most often a Paladin.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

I remember those old bards. Though 2nd edition came out with the modifications before I'd ever gotten a character to the appropriate levels. I remember being so pleased that we now had an Insta-bard.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

The only one I ever "played" was when I was a DM. He was my "go to" NPC for rescues and disseminating information to the players.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Sort of a Gandalf with a fiddle.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

I've always wished I could have played these games growing up.

*sigh*

It's hard being the only geek you know for miles around.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

That's the way it is for me now, Mrs. J.

Unless maybe I want to play something like Corn Cobs and Collards.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Chris wrote: "That's the way it is for me now, Mrs. J.

Unless maybe I want to play something like Corn Cobs and Collards."

That sounds like dinner...

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Well, I was that way as a kid. I lived on a farm and none, repeat NONE of my friends got this kind of imaginary worlds. It caused more than a few fights. But I used old sheets to make my own surcoat. I had a variety of wood shields and swords...

It was 1978 when I discovered D&D, I was 26.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I never really got into D&D. I tried some MMUDs and stuff, but I always lost interest before I ever leveled up enough to do anything interesting.

The game du jour when I was in high school was Magic the Gathering, but I never got into that, either.

But I always liked the ideas of the games and the stories behind them, and I knew people who played so I'd pick up a thing or two.

Like right now I've been watching Jer playing Dragon Age: Inquisition, and I pretty much know the story and everything even though I don't play myself.

I'm a gamer by osmosis. ;)


(Or should that be by proxy?)

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Ok guys - here you go. A much more detailed 'What Kind of D&D Character Would You Be?' quiz: http://www.easydamus.com/character.html

[HomeInMyShoes]

colleen the contrarian ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "Ok guys - here you go. A much more detailed 'What Kind of D&D Character Would You Be?' quiz: http://www.easydamus.com/character.html"

Awesome.

True neutral human wizard (6th level)

Not surprising, but lots of close scores and lots of questions I could answer both ways. I am just an adaptable person.