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Kagus

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Re: Sandy Fjord
« Reply #315 on: April 09, 2009, 03:54:05 pm »

I'm in a bit of a funk now for some reason, not feeling too high and mighty...  But then again, the day did start off on a rather unusual note.

I woke up a little after noon and just looked out the window for a while as I tried to convince myself to get up.

While I was doing this, I heard a bit of a scuffle at the window (one of those with a hinge in the middle on both sides, bit like a revolving door.  Push it out on the bottom and the top comes in just as far) and then saw a bird appear and start flipping out.

The window was only open a crack, and this happened only after I had been staring at it for some time.  My groggy mind started to hope that the thing would just squeeze back out, but apparently the window looks a lot less solid from the inside.  The bird bumped against it futilely for a while before perching on the curtain and staring at me.  It then started chirping.

I got up, put some pants on (because it was damn cold), and moved over to the window.  The bird flew to the other end of the room, not wanting to be too close to the big scary ape with no shirt.

I moved an obstructing spider plant out of the way and started to push the window open far enough so that the bird would have a reasonable chance to escape.

While I was in the process of doing this, the bird shoots over from the other side of the room and crashes into the window which I was just about to open before falling down onto the heater, where it flaps frantically for a while (only serving to wriggle itself around in the crack it fell in) and then stops moving.

I open the window and leave the room to take a piss, hoping to hell that it's just stunned or playing dead.

I come back, and it's still sitting in the heater.  I go back to the bathroom and return with some paper with which to pick it up, and then gently pluck it out of the heater and plop it down outside in the hopes that it would wake up and bugger off on its own time.

Well, it's nine hours later and the thing's still sitting out there.  I'm rather certain it's dead.  It either had a fear-induced heart attack or simply broke its neck (either from hitting the window or flipping around with its head jammed in the heater).

So there's a dead chickadee wrapped in toilet paper lying outside my window.  It's also slightly damp from the hot tea I dribbled on it earlier in an attempt to wake it up.  Brilliant move, I know.

Other than that, I have spent the day listening to the same three AiC albums I've listened to all week, and watching videos on YouTube of someone else playing Sacrifice.  I've died a few too many times in DoomRL lately for that to hold my interest right now.

Naturally, boredom led to reflection.  And reflection is detrimental for mental health.  Time to put on some Aerosmith and grab a refreshing drink.


Hmm...  Maybe it's all the potato chips I've eaten today...

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Re: Sandy Fjord
« Reply #316 on: April 09, 2009, 03:57:07 pm »

Um, maybe they're cursed potato chips?  Cursed potato chips of reflection?

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« Reply #317 on: April 10, 2009, 04:27:52 pm »

I have spent almost a week completely alone in my grandfather's farmhouse, and in this quiet time of contemplation and relaxation I have learned a very important lesson.

Under no circumstances should someone like me be left unsupervised for more than two days.


I have spent the better part of the evening (it may not have been all that long, but it was certainly the better part) watching Zero Punctuation reviews of games I have never played and don't really have much intention of playing.  I then got hungry and went upstairs to eat something.

I efficiently divided the time spent waiting for the pasta to cook into psychotic theatrical monologues, practicing my swordsmanship with a bread knife and pretending to be a zombie.  I then told the radio to shut up already, no sane person actually likes those songs.

But then again, I was shouting at a radio, so perhaps I shouldn't deem myself a suitable spokesperson for the mentally stable.


The reason the radio was allowed to continue blasting these horrifyingly popular wastes of air into the kitchen was simply because I had left my music-playing phone downstairs, and if there isn't some inanimate object to fill the silence then I will.  And as anyone can deduce from the information presented earlier in this post, that is a bad thing.

Also, the radio station which plays all the songs I like is not being picked up for some bizarre reason.  Incidentally, my grandparents have a miniature butcher's cleaver which is simply adorable.


Good night everybody.  Sweet dreams!

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« Reply #318 on: April 11, 2009, 09:02:27 am »

Kagus, I had a dream that you were dead. I'm not sure why I was dreaming about the forum, but I was all like "Ah, Sandy Fjord will be over now since Kagus is dead, that's not good." Just thought you might want to know.

Also, while I'm at it, I found out where you got your name from a while back. It's in the goblin language files:
[T_WORD:CRAZY:kagus]
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Re: Sandy Fjord
« Reply #319 on: April 11, 2009, 11:34:52 am »

"Ah, Sandy Fjord will be over now since Kagus is dead, that's not good."

Your sentiments towards my untimely death are most touching...


And yeah, the name actually has a little bit of backstory.  For a long while, my pseudonym was "CrazyGoblin", a name I picked up after tooling around with a goblin NPC model in Gmod (from the Dark Messiah pack) and getting it to display an expression of such psychotic glee that I couldn't help but fall in love with it.

When I came here I wanted a slight change on the deal, so I tried to figure out how to translate my name into Dwarf.  However, none of the races have words for other races (or even their own), so I was forced to use the Goblin word for "crazy".  Crazy, Goblin, CrazyGoblin.

I've always liked goblins for some reason...  And the Dark Messiah goblin happens to look rather dashing in hats.  These facts, combined with my insane predilections, formed a rather fitting name.  It also led to me finding this image, which is simply adorable.

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« Reply #320 on: April 12, 2009, 08:16:48 pm »

You're towards the top of my "People on the Internet I Don't Know, But Should Be Emotional About the Deaths of" list.
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« Reply #322 on: April 12, 2009, 11:09:59 pm »

Just a guess...

Toady One? (Of course!)
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« Reply #323 on: April 13, 2009, 08:14:56 am »

Just got around to changing out some of the music on my phone, and while I was doing that I noticed a few pictures I took before taking off from school.

I was washing my hands in the bathroom when I looked up and saw this seriously freaky madman staring back at me.  His hair wasn't exactly disheveled, but it had this psychotic, sanity-wearing-thin kind of look to it, and his eyes burned with a rather disconcerting heat, fueled by his joy in terrorizing others.

So I tried to capture the moment by taking a few pictures.  Not only was this difficult due to the obvious problem of taking a mirror picture that does not include any evidence that it is a mirror photo, but the pictures also turned out to be crap thanks to my stupidly poor phone camera.

That, and my aim was off on most of them.  All of them, really.

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Those were actually the best out of all the ones I took.  Those last two are only in there because one has that coming-around-a-corner creepiness, and because the other has space for a thought balloon (should I ever desire to dick around with it a bit).

I didn't notice it until later, but the "Kiss Me" on my shirt only makes the effect that much cooler.

Since these things look utterly pathetic, I tried prettying one of them up a bit in GIMP.  I believe it should be noted that I haven't used GIMP in over a year, and I never managed to figure it out completely in the first place.  I've never been that good of an image tweaker.

So here is why you should always learn how to use something before you actually start using it:
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Yeah.  And that came about from trying to enhance the contrast and fix those damnable spots.


In retrospect, I probably should have tried dicking around with the first image, since it's slightly less buggered to begin with.  That, and the "Kiss Me" is much clearer...

Well, unless I develop a sudden savant-level proficiency with GIMP, I don't think any of these shots are going to be used for...  Well, much of anything.  Pity, since they provide a perfect opportunity to look EVEN MORE mentally unstable.

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« Reply #324 on: April 13, 2009, 10:00:49 am »

Who's at the top?
Just a guess...

Toady One? (Of course!)
Yeah, Toady is.

Also, Kagus, remind me to never break into your house when you're in there alone. I'm not sure what you'd do, but I don't think I want to know.
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« Reply #325 on: April 13, 2009, 10:02:38 am »

Are you familiar with Richard D. James alias Aphex Twin? He's an electronic music artist also known of his rather twisted album cover art.

I'm asking 'cause you share quite a resemblance (be warned, creepy face coming up):
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« Reply #326 on: April 13, 2009, 11:03:26 am »

Also, Kagus, remind me to never break into your house when you're in there alone. I'm not sure what you'd do, but I don't think I want to know.

I'll take that as a compliment.  Mainly because I have no idea what else to do with it.


As for RDJ A.K.A. AT, I'd never heard of him before.  But although that is a very nice leer, I still maintain my superiority.  Mostly because he NEEDS to use digital image editing techniques to secure a place in your nightmares.  I just need to misplace my shaving cream.  Somewhere next to my sanity.

Also, he's an electronic music artist.  Case in point.


EDIT:  My second attempt at making something halfway-decent ended up being halfway-bollocks.  Which, depending on how you look at it, is about the same.

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« Reply #327 on: April 14, 2009, 02:48:19 am »

"Kagus, Bay Watcher, looses a roaring laughter, fell and terrible!"

I want to skim through the topic to try to catch up on the story, but I feel terribly threatened by the seven pages...

Happy Ridiculously Late Birthday!
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« Reply #328 on: April 14, 2009, 07:27:33 am »

Currently trying to get things in order for taking off later today.  I've packed most of my stuff, lined up what I'm going to wear for the train trip, located my ticket and all the other little things so that I don't have to think about them.

Well, you know that ultra-clever special hiding place that you are so proud of yourself for thinking of and are most certainly not going to forget about after you've put something there?  Of course you do, we all do.

Now, guess where I put my keys.

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« Reply #329 on: April 14, 2009, 02:40:10 pm »

Ah, 'tis good to be back...   The train ride was rather uneventful, with the only point of interest coming at one of the stations we stopped at briefly.  Back when FTV had its trip in to Oslo, we each had to buy these week-long passes for public transport (I have no idea why, didn't use the bloody thing a single time while we were there).  Anyways, I had to borrow the cash needed to pay for it from one of the other guys since I had forgotten my wallet.

So when it was my turn in line to get one of these things, I went up to the counter and plopped the note down in front of me.

The clerk sat and stared at me for a while.  I stared back.  He then stared more intently.  I said nothing.

Then he asked "well, what do you want?".  Apparently, you actually have to ASK for what you want to buy.  you can't just hand money to a clerk and expect them to know what you want.

So, dull backstory aside, I was sitting on the train and looking out the window.  After a few moments, I saw the clerk who had given me that pass come out from behind a corner and walk down some steps.  Small world...

This is pretty far from Oslo, by the way.


Anyways, I happened to be taking the same train as a couple gals from here, so we got to share a cab on the ride to school.  Nice getting to shave 66% off the cab fare and have someone to talk to while you're at it...  Bread knife swordsmanship and zombies were mentioned.

So here I am yet again, back where I'm supposed to be.  Namely, the nuthouse.  I've been looking forward to getting back here...  Getting back in the action, don't ya know?

Well, as it turns out, I got a chance earlier than expected.  As I was taking my bags in to my room, I heard some people talking down the hall.  After putting everything into place, I peek around the corner to see what's up (my room is at an intersection).

One of the doors is sitting wide open, and I can hear feminine voices chatting.  Now, this isn't just your ordinary run-of-the-mill room with ordinary run-of-the-mill students...  No, this room is home to a particularly special young lady.  A particularly special young lady, whose voice was the deciding factor for me as I started silently creeping down the corridor, hugging the wall so as not to be seen from the doorway as I made my way ever closer.

Yep, that's right.  Her.


I stopped a short distance away from the wide-open portal that had beckoned me, and listened.  From the sound of it, the girls were relatively far into the room, so I had a bit of leeway when approaching the "sight range" of the doorway.

Creeping just a teensy bit closer, I stopped to steady myself.

After a couple calming breaths, I pumped my lungs full of air and quickly swung my head into the brightly-lit doorway, bellowing like a startled hippopotamus with Tourette's.  One that was wearing a fedora.

I was rewarded with a chorus of shrieks, and the sight of seeing three girls who were lying on a bed and watching a computer screen suddenly attain unassisted flight and spin a full 180° to see what the **** was going on.

She managed to catch a brief glimpse of my impishly grinning face before I started sprinting down the corridor and outside, cackling like a deranged crow all the way.


It's good to be back.
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