The Blackangel

I don't know what the hell is up, but the last one wouldn't embed.

I always listen to CD's in the car. I can't stand radio because it's either country or bubblegum pop. And bubblegum pop is nothing but the exact same whiny bullshit puked up over and over. And considering that 99% of what I listen to is underground music anyway, it's CD's or nothing. With YouTube, I watch the occasional music video but I'm more into news and documentary type videos. But I still spend several hours a day on it.

I never beat anyone at anything, I just beat people. I'm an extremely violent bitch.

Art is completely open to personal interpretation. For example I hate so called "modern art". I was at the local art museum several years ago, and their featured exhibit was nothing more than a white canvas with 2 red stripes that intersected near a corner. HOW THE UNHOLY FUCK IS THAT ART?????? Unless it was da Vinci's drop cloth, it isn't. Sure they also have some great pieces and it's a nice museum, but give me a damn break. I've seen far superior art int he Ripley's museum, such as a full scale replica of a stagecoach made entirely from matchsticks. Including the glass. Though I don't know where the hell you would get a clear matchstick. As for my art, it's the written word. As I've said many times, I've written 2 full length novels, several short stories, and a hell of a lot of unconventional poetry. Yet I'm the only person on earth who can fuck up a stick figure.

I would like to nominate a monkey.

I'm already registered and so is @Rain Dew as well. Lucky for us, our polling place is right across the street. After casting our vote, we're coming home and not opening the door for anyone. The cops here in town are corrupt and heavily bigoted and right wing, so I'm sure some chickenshit republiKKKlan will let them know that we voted Democrat, and try to scare us into changing our vote. I own guns, so I'm not scared. And there's no law that says you're required to open your door for cops, let them in, or step outside with them.

The parties aren't the same. The republiKKKlans are corrupt, and the Democrats are cowards. I'm a liberal Democrat, and it's disheartening to see my party too scared to use the same attacks against the republiKKKlans that they are using against us. It's seeming that we're more worried about hurting their precious snowflake feelings than we are about governing.

We have small, large, and jumbo size bottles of Fiji here. 500ml, 1 liter, and 1½ liter. A hell of the water here in the states is too toxic to drink, and I'm not talking about Flint. Their water is deadly, whereas with the rest of the country, it's just too toxic to drink. It's fine to do things like shower and do laundry. But it's too dangerous to drink it. It was somewhat like that for me. The water at home was enough to make you sick just from the taste alone. But only a couple miles away at my grandmas house, the water tasted amazing. And we were on the same lines. I'll never understand what the hell the damn difference was, but I guess it's a moot point these days.

I love horror movies. I'm into the psychological, Satanic, supernatural, and paranormal kind of movies. Things like Rose Red(psychological), Hellraiser(Satanic), The Bye Bye Man(supernatural), and Ouija(paranormal). I'm not into the goofy kind of horror movies like Paranormal Activity. Most slasher flicks suck too, especially since they go into an obscene amount of sequels. But there are some true gems out there like The Conjuring/Annabelle movies.

Alcoholism tends to run in my family, so I'm predisposed to it. My parents were both heavy chain smokers. The instant they put one out, they lit up another one. Even when pregnant with me, my mother didn't quit or even slow down. The damage it did to me while I was in utero is pretty obvious to those that know me in person. I understand your compulsion. Many men I have known had addiction to pornography. I don't really get it myself, but that doesn't negate the fact that it's a real addiction. That's why there's sex addict support groups, the same as there is AA and NA.

That's roughly me. When I was a kid I would get beat even harder if they could hear the sound coming from my gaming. So I ended up turning the sound off. Newer games where the dialogue is so much more complex, I don't mute. RDR2 for example is one that I don't mute. But the classic games, I almost always mute them. I either have to love it's soundtrack or the game has to be something where the sounds are virtually required. But the vast majority of games that I play are always muted.

Considering how life like the graphics are today, anything from the Wii and back has outdated graphics that most would consider extremely poor. I saw somewhere online someone saying that people who play any old graphics aren't real gamers. I let the kid have it. I've been gaming since before a lot of the members here were even born. I love 2, 8, 16, and 64 bit graphics. I'm the type of person who doesn't care what other people are into. For example, I listen to Nickleback. Sure the world may hate them, but I like their music, so I see no reason to not listen to them. With the PS1/N64, by comparison to today's graphics you're absolutely right. They haven't aged well. The only graphics I can think of that even come close to being realistic, are the cutscenes in FF8. Everything else was pixelated as hell. But that was simply due to the graphic capabilities of the time. Also there were no motion capture games. It was all completely digital animation. So now that we have actors both in voice and action, the games we have are basically interactive movies. But, you also have to remember that a lot of us value nostalgia. With me, it could possibly be a little excessive. I listen to 80's rock, play 80's games, and drive a 1987 Iroc-Z. Have ever I mentioned that I'm a child of the 80's?

I've never known anyone personally, but I have seen the effects of gambling addiction. Loss of job, house, cars, and more important, family. People who can't control their addiction and get help for it often lose everything. Like any addiction, it can easily destroy you. I had a massive drug problem when I was younger, but I was lucky enough to beat it. I've now been clean for 18 years, but it's a never ending battle to keep from falling back into it. When you have heavy stress you think things like "A little bit of blow would settle me down". There's no such thing as "a little bit of blow". Do it once and you're back in. @Rain Dew has said that if I do fall back in she would do what she had to to get me help. But if I refused, or kept using in secret, she would leave me. So I fight myself to keep from going back. I have a medical marijuana card, so that helps if I feel that I absolutely have to get stoned.

RDR2. There's the trapper requests, and I can't do it. The reason why, is because for a few articles of clothing that he can make, it requires rats. One hat requires ten rat pelts, and another requires a single rat pelt. I will never harm or kill a rat. They are sacred animals to me, so I no longer try to complete all side quests. I complete as much and as many as I can. But there's a limit to what I will do.

Mine should be pretty obvious. I find solace in RDR2. Being in a simpler time and getting around by horse, stagecoach, and trains instead of cars. It's peaceful, and just relaxing to me. I also like getting into gunfights and killing people.

Fiji. Hands down it's the best water. I've tried Voss, but wasn't all that impressed. I like to spoil myself with a pack of Fiji when I can afford it.

I still read the newspaper, but that's just to keep up on local news. There's very little about world events. For example there was only a small article about the queen dying. It's a good way to get local news, and also line my bird and rat cages.

If I go to a casino, I always play the slots. I can't afford the $10 ante to get in on Poker or Blackjack. So the slots is where you'll find me. On cruises I don't gamble a lot, but I tend to hit the casino more. The best I've ever done is to walk in with about $10 and leave with $41. I'm not the biggest on gambling, and I actually haven't gambled in years. But I also love to play penny poker. Everyone gets a roll or two pennies, (1 roll is 50¢) and we gamble with that. No big lost if you bust. But still a lot of fun. But typically I only gamble with my life, not my money. I do dangerous and stupid shit, but it's a lot of fun in my eyes and a hell of a rush. I mean who else has jumped from one truck to another going 70 mph (112.654 kmh) with only a football helmet for protection?

The only mainstream bands from the 90's that I like are Linkin Park and Disturbed. Technically they released their first album in 2000, but it was close enought o the 90's that I still count it. Like I said, everything else that I listen to is either underground or 80's rock.

We all know I have never played TLOU due to my phobia. Can you describe it in RDR2? That would make it a lot more easy to understand it, since I'm still confused by it, since I'm extremely familiar with RDR2. I know a hell of a lot about the game. Not everything, but I still have extensive knowledge about it.

Another Dumbass Moment by The Blackangel What does canon mean in this instance? I have no clue what you guys are talking about.

The iPhone 14 is up for sale Friday (9-16-22) and is about $1,000. I'm trading in my iPhone 12 Pro, so I'm going to be getting it for about half price.

Personally I wasn't impressed with BOTW. I don't like the mechanics, the fragility of weapons, the lack of rupees to be able to buy anything in the game. ANd the graphics are just a hair better then Wind Waker. that's saying something, because the Wind Waker graphics are nothing short of vomit inducing. If I want to play a cartooney Zelda game, I have NES, SNES, N64, and Gameboy to play them on. If I'm going to go for a new game the graphics had better be equal to, or better than Twilight Princess. But considering the route they have gone, they don't give a shit. In my opinion, the quality of the Zelda Franchise started going down at the release of the Game Cube, and that trend has only gotten worse ever since. Which is sad, because The Legend Of Zelda is one of my favorite franchise's in all of gaming. It got me through an extremely abusive childhood.