@Jimmer-jammer That's excellent I'm really glad to hear that you have an excellent network of support and love in your life, my friends and family are important to me, as I'm sure they are to everyone, congrats on beating the drugs and alcohol, Brent Hinds from Mastodon is probably closer to me in terms of bad habits than I'd like to admit, but, as you say, each to their own and, whilst I don't take any drugs and only drink moderately, I'd like to cut the drinking down to almost nothing. In terms of life in my neck of the woods is progressing, I'm working on some semi-autobiographical fiction, as I was saying to @colonelkilgore and planning to apply for a Master's course in creative writing. Do you read at all? There's a books thread on here, feel free to tag me in there if you can find it and want to share something on that topic.
"Even in the face of death, the samurai stands unwavering, for honour is a blade sharper than steel".
@colonelkilgore Thanks pal. Do you read at all? Presumably science fiction? I like the works of Olaf Stapledon, to that effect. Perhaps you're familiar with his ouevre?
Edit: I also read The Dancers at the End of Time (or something similarly titled) by Michael Moorcock, it was an interesting read.
@TheBrandedSwordsman I love to read (particularly fantasy and sci-fi) but I need to have some free time and be fully relaxed or my racing-mind just veers off from what I'm reading and the next thing I know is, I've done twenty-or-so pages and cant remember a thing.
I'm not familiar with Stapleton but know of Morcock and like his viewpoint. I really like Iain M Banks but am struggling to find the time to invest in his works.
@TheBrandedSwordsman nice! Well that'll be my next one after CP, as it was the next one that was published. Let's hope this quiet spell in work lasts a while eh?
@TheBrandedSwordsman I only caught the post-tea session of the test this morning. The coverage was pretty good although the on screen graphics were a bit weird (maybe to compensate for 4:3 screen size?).
Delighted for Root getting his ton on his 100th test and gutted for Sibley not managing to last the over.
@Thrillho Yeah Burns did well as an opening batsman I felt? But, yes Joe Root did well, and still in ,I believe. Are you a fan of cricket in general? Watching tomorrow?
"Even in the face of death, the samurai stands unwavering, for honour is a blade sharper than steel".
@Jimmer-jammer I think I had a conversation on here with someone about the life of sex drugs & rock n' roll generally dividing the artists in society from the "regular people" it's a clear-cut choice about who you want to be sending you down either path, as a musician and someone who smokes that stuff I think you fall into the artist category, what do you think on this subject?
N.B I am only talking in generalized and traditional definitions of artists and non-artists, and obviously there are many grey areas in between where you indulge or don't up to or less than a certain level of either black or white extreme.
Furthermore, what do you think about the relationship between drugs and art in general?
imo all you need is your imagination to create art, but if you fall into a clique or scene the drugs and peer pressure are always gonna be there, to the detriment, presumably, one would think, of the art.
@TheBrandedSwordsman It sounded like Burns was doing well but had an utter brain fart for the shot that got him out (I only saw it in the end of play highlights).
Three centuries for Root this year already is pretty amazing too!
I do like cricket but just don’t get to see much of it seeing as it all went to Sky. And much like F1, I then almost always end up missing the highlights so only read the reports online. My dad took me to England vs Bangladesh in the World Cup the other year which was amazing. Watching the final on TV was awesome too!
I’ll probably see some of the post-tea session again tomorrow.
And then the Six Nations kicks off in the afternoon
@Thrillho Excellent, I've only been to Lord's once but would like to go again, I am looking forward to seeing how Stokes performs in this match, personally, especially after the heroics at Headingley! Good point about Root, though - three centuries in that space of time is very impressive indeed. Regarding Burns, yes, that was an astounding reverse-sweep and I have no idea what he was thinking, astounding for all the wrong reasons!
@Jimmer-jammer I don't believe we've discussed this before - Where do you stand on Miyazaki's Souls games? They're some of my favourite games besides Legacy of Kain: Defiance and some Resident Evil and Silent Hill games.
My avatar is a picture of a build I created in Dark Souls Remastered (Baldur Armour, Golem Gauntlets (from a boss), Knight leggings, and Greatsword) based on the main character from the manga that partially inspired Dark Souls, and my name is a nickname for that character within the manga.
@TheBrandedSwordsman sorry to butt in but cool story that has a little to do with your subject-matter. I got heavily into souls games as we have discussed previously. I eventually learned of how there was some loose inspiration from the manga Berserk, so immediately ordered the Blu-ray of the old anime translation from the 90’s and absolutely loved it. Then a couple of weeks after I finished the anime for the first time and was playing Dark Souls 3, I got to the end of The Ringed City (the Dark Souls 3 epic dlc) and was struggling a little against the Slave Knight Gael. After a couple of deaths, a summon sign appeared at the bonfire just as I respawned so I summoned and the player that emerged could not have looked more like Guts... in fact I’m pretty sure his username was Gatsu-something or another.
He was pretty epic and we kicked Gael’s ass without much drama. It was an epic way to conclude my first play through of the trilogy.
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