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Mar. 14th, 2013 03:21 pmTags:
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Dec. 19th, 2017 12:22 amrecordings of his own piano playing
Chopin's Fantasie-Impromptu opus 66
Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9, no. 1, in B-flat minor
Debussy's Clair de Lune
Erik Satie's Gymnopedie no. 1
Chopin's "Raindrop" Prelude, Op. 28, no. 15
Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9, no. 2
Debussy's Arabesque 1
Debussy's Girl With the Flaxen Hair
Chopin's Fantasie-Impromptu opus 66
Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9, no. 1, in B-flat minor
Debussy's Clair de Lune
Erik Satie's Gymnopedie no. 1
Chopin's "Raindrop" Prelude, Op. 28, no. 15
Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9, no. 2
Debussy's Arabesque 1
Debussy's Girl With the Flaxen Hair
Unofficial OOC Milliways Holidays List
Apr. 6th, 2018 05:23 pmUnofficial OOC Milliways Holidays List
This is by no means an official list; just because a holiday is not on it doesn't mean that it can't be celebrated.
Conversations with Dead People - Occurring in late October, this holiday involves pups talking with dead people from their past, present, or future. The conversation generally takes place during a dream and lasts one night only. There is a tag.
IMDb Flu - Usually occurring in winter-to-spring flu season, IMDb flu usually lasts for one week--sonetimes longer--and involves an illness where pups think they're someone else from their PB or voice actor. Here's a more in-depth explanation.
May the Fourth - Also known as Star Wars day, this holiday has generally involved play lightsabers, speeders, and special guest appearances by TFA-era Anakin and R2D2. Run by Lee. Here's the archives for May 25th, 2017, where Star Wars day was held for the 40th anniversary of the canon.
Summer Fair - Run by Bonnie, the summer fair involves a fruit and vegetable contest, stalls--like Emcee's kissing booth--and games, like tug-of-war. Here is 2017's version, the third annual summer fair.
Talk Like a Pirate Day - Occurring on September 19th, this holiday is just as it says on the tin: pups talk like pirates.
Cubefall - Occurring sometime in June, Cubefall is a week-long Cybertronian celebration run by Cam, which involves an at-will transformation for three days into either something cute, a robot, or at least one other option, usually a genderbend. The bar breaks out into K'nex and Lego pieces, and the fireplace is replaced with a furnace. Anyone who burns something in the furnace is said to have good luck. The furnace also changes items into other things. Here is the tag. Ellen Park is usually nominated to explain Cubefall to the patrons, and usually gets Ghengis Khan as one of her choices.
Halloween - Occurring on October 31st, this holiday involves Bar-picked costume changes and spooky movies being played on the televisions. Here is the tag.
Mardi gras - Also known as Fat Tuesday, this holiday is a celebration of life commemorated by Bar-picked costume changes and a party in New Orleans run by Yrael. Here is 2018's party.
AU Week - Occurring sometime in August, this plot involves taking the same characters and placing them in an Alternate Universe. For those who choose to play, the alternative universe is the way it has always been for that character. Remembering what happens after is entirely discretionary. Here is a more in-depth explanation.
This is by no means an official list; just because a holiday is not on it doesn't mean that it can't be celebrated.
Conversations with Dead People - Occurring in late October, this holiday involves pups talking with dead people from their past, present, or future. The conversation generally takes place during a dream and lasts one night only. There is a tag.
IMDb Flu - Usually occurring in winter-to-spring flu season, IMDb flu usually lasts for one week--sonetimes longer--and involves an illness where pups think they're someone else from their PB or voice actor. Here's a more in-depth explanation.
May the Fourth - Also known as Star Wars day, this holiday has generally involved play lightsabers, speeders, and special guest appearances by TFA-era Anakin and R2D2. Run by Lee. Here's the archives for May 25th, 2017, where Star Wars day was held for the 40th anniversary of the canon.
Summer Fair - Run by Bonnie, the summer fair involves a fruit and vegetable contest, stalls--like Emcee's kissing booth--and games, like tug-of-war. Here is 2017's version, the third annual summer fair.
Talk Like a Pirate Day - Occurring on September 19th, this holiday is just as it says on the tin: pups talk like pirates.
Cubefall - Occurring sometime in June, Cubefall is a week-long Cybertronian celebration run by Cam, which involves an at-will transformation for three days into either something cute, a robot, or at least one other option, usually a genderbend. The bar breaks out into K'nex and Lego pieces, and the fireplace is replaced with a furnace. Anyone who burns something in the furnace is said to have good luck. The furnace also changes items into other things. Here is the tag. Ellen Park is usually nominated to explain Cubefall to the patrons, and usually gets Ghengis Khan as one of her choices.
Halloween - Occurring on October 31st, this holiday involves Bar-picked costume changes and spooky movies being played on the televisions. Here is the tag.
Mardi gras - Also known as Fat Tuesday, this holiday is a celebration of life commemorated by Bar-picked costume changes and a party in New Orleans run by Yrael. Here is 2018's party.
AU Week - Occurring sometime in August, this plot involves taking the same characters and placing them in an Alternate Universe. For those who choose to play, the alternative universe is the way it has always been for that character. Remembering what happens after is entirely discretionary. Here is a more in-depth explanation.
Holidays List
Apr. 4th, 2018 07:14 pmUnofficial Milliways Holidays List
This list is wholly unofficial; any holiday can be celebrated by anyone regardless of whether it is on the list or not.
Mardi Gras - Also known as Fat Tuesday on most Earths, this is a celebration of life found worldwide, but primarily in New Orleans, Louisiana. Commemorated in the bar by Yrael, sometimes includes costume changes.
April Fool's day - Occuring on April 1st, this holiday is filled with pranks.
Cubefall - A Cybertronian celebration, Cubefall includes by-choice transformations for three days and occurs in May or June.
Halloween - Includes Bar-driven costume changes for one evening on October 31st.
Remembrance Day - The celebration of the end of World War I on some Earths, occurring November 11th.
Thanksgiving - A time of feasting in America, occurring in late November on a Thursday.
Christmas - Occuring December 25th, this holiday involves gift giving and egg nog.
Winter Solstice - Occurring December 21st, this holiday involves gift giving, clearing the air with people who you've argued with, and staying up until sunrise. On occasion, there is a Yule-goat-related bonfire.
Lunar New Year - Occurring in February, this holiday involves fireworks and giving money to children in fancy envelopes.
American Independence day - Also known as Steve Roger's birthday, this holiday occurs on July 4th and usually involves fireworks.
New Year's Eve/Day - Often celebrated by Emcee with a bar-wide party, New Year's Eve is the last day of the year, falling on December 31st on most Earth calendars. The new year celebrations involve music, dancing, and a countdown to midnight.
Towel Day - A strange holiday falling on May 25th where everyone in the bar is encouraged to bring a towel around with them.
Birthdays of Ada Lovelace (December 10) and Charles Babbage (December 26) - These holidays are celebrated by Enzo as his own version of the holiday season. They are holidays to celebrate the forefather/mother of computing. Babbage's birthday is celebrated with music, as that would really annoy him.
La Fête nationale - Commonly called Bastille Day in English-speaking countries, this French holiday commemorates the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille, on July 14, 1789. Celebrated in bar with cakes and banners.
12th Perigee's Eve - Celebrated by the trolls, this Alternian holiday occurs sometime in December and involves decorating a "behemoth leaving."
Azerothean Holidays
New Year's - pretty much just like Earth, but more fireworks
Lunar Festival (lines up with Chinese New Year) - a night elf and tauren druidic holiday that honors the elders that fought off the first invasion of the Burning Legion ten thousand years ago. Involves fireworks, special foods, and visiting the spirits of the ancestors to show that they are still remembered. (And also returning a crazed Wild God to rest for another year.)
Love is in the Air (Valentine's Day)- a goblin holiday created purely to make money. A plague of perfume encourages gift giving among the populations of the capital cities and the goblins are happy to sell chocolates and trinkets.
Noblegarden (Easter) - an Alliance holiday (now adopted by the Horde as well) celebrating new life and friendship. Traditional for nobles and lords to hide coins, candy, and treasures in colorful eggs for citizens to find.
Children's Week (Children's Day, Japan, usually first week in May) - A week taken by the champions of Azeroth to spend time with orphans, spoiling them and fulfilling their wishes.
Midsummer Fire Festival (northern summer solstice til US Independence Day) - bonfires are lit across the land and guardians appointed to watch over them. Meant to raise spirits and ward off ancient evils. Ends with a grand firework show on the 4th (technically the Engineer's Explosive Extravaganza, an Undermine goblin holiday)
Pirate's Day (Sept 19th) - including this more for completionist sake. A 'holiday' imposed by Dread Captain DeMeza taking over the port town of Booty Bay where all are welcome to join her crew for the day
Brewfest (Oktoberfest, last two weeks in Sept-1st week in Oct) - originally a dwarven holiday, any race that makes ale, mead, or beer is welcome to participate in the annual competition for who makes the best brew
Harvest Festival (last week in Sept) - a grand buffet in honor of the fallen heroes of the Horde and Alliance (also celebrates the first closed beta; in EU realms Peon Day celebrates this)
Hallow's End (Halloween) - a complicated holiday. Was once celebrated by the kingdom of Lordaeron as a time when the veil between the living and dead was thin and a giant wickerman was erected that anyone could toss a burning branch into, symbolizing burning away anything that would be unwanted in the long, cold winter months (fears, sorrows, old loves, grudges, etc). When Lordaeron fell the rest of the Alliance continued the tradition, not quite understanding its meaning (adding in costumes and candy buckets). When Gilneas rejoined the Alliance, the original meaning returned with them.
The Horde celebrates this for an entirely different reason. Hallow's End commemorates when the Forsaken broke free of the Lich King's control and regained their free will. Their wickerman is an effigy of the Lich King.
Day of the Dead (Day of the Dead, Nov. 1st) - the day when the veil is thinnest. Spirits of the dead may speak when graveyards are visited and bread and orange marigolds are offered.
Pilgrim's Bounty (American Thanksgiving) - Reflect, give thanks, share a ton of food.
Feast of Winter Veil (Christmas) - a holiday celebrating the myth of Greatfather Winter traveling the world and blanketing it in snow, thus preparing it for rebirth and renewal. The dwarves (and thus Alliance) focus on the figure of Winter, seeing him as a Titan ancestor. The tauren (and Horde) focus more on the Veil aspect, renewal and rebirth. Goblins now take advantage of both versions to peddle gifts and treats, including paying an orc and dwarf to dress up as Greatfather Winter.
This list is wholly unofficial; any holiday can be celebrated by anyone regardless of whether it is on the list or not.
Mardi Gras - Also known as Fat Tuesday on most Earths, this is a celebration of life found worldwide, but primarily in New Orleans, Louisiana. Commemorated in the bar by Yrael, sometimes includes costume changes.
April Fool's day - Occuring on April 1st, this holiday is filled with pranks.
Cubefall - A Cybertronian celebration, Cubefall includes by-choice transformations for three days and occurs in May or June.
Halloween - Includes Bar-driven costume changes for one evening on October 31st.
Remembrance Day - The celebration of the end of World War I on some Earths, occurring November 11th.
Thanksgiving - A time of feasting in America, occurring in late November on a Thursday.
Christmas - Occuring December 25th, this holiday involves gift giving and egg nog.
Winter Solstice - Occurring December 21st, this holiday involves gift giving, clearing the air with people who you've argued with, and staying up until sunrise. On occasion, there is a Yule-goat-related bonfire.
Lunar New Year - Occurring in February, this holiday involves fireworks and giving money to children in fancy envelopes.
American Independence day - Also known as Steve Roger's birthday, this holiday occurs on July 4th and usually involves fireworks.
New Year's Eve/Day - Often celebrated by Emcee with a bar-wide party, New Year's Eve is the last day of the year, falling on December 31st on most Earth calendars. The new year celebrations involve music, dancing, and a countdown to midnight.
Towel Day - A strange holiday falling on May 25th where everyone in the bar is encouraged to bring a towel around with them.
Birthdays of Ada Lovelace (December 10) and Charles Babbage (December 26) - These holidays are celebrated by Enzo as his own version of the holiday season. They are holidays to celebrate the forefather/mother of computing. Babbage's birthday is celebrated with music, as that would really annoy him.
La Fête nationale - Commonly called Bastille Day in English-speaking countries, this French holiday commemorates the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille, on July 14, 1789. Celebrated in bar with cakes and banners.
12th Perigee's Eve - Celebrated by the trolls, this Alternian holiday occurs sometime in December and involves decorating a "behemoth leaving."
Azerothean Holidays
New Year's - pretty much just like Earth, but more fireworks
Lunar Festival (lines up with Chinese New Year) - a night elf and tauren druidic holiday that honors the elders that fought off the first invasion of the Burning Legion ten thousand years ago. Involves fireworks, special foods, and visiting the spirits of the ancestors to show that they are still remembered. (And also returning a crazed Wild God to rest for another year.)
Love is in the Air (Valentine's Day)- a goblin holiday created purely to make money. A plague of perfume encourages gift giving among the populations of the capital cities and the goblins are happy to sell chocolates and trinkets.
Noblegarden (Easter) - an Alliance holiday (now adopted by the Horde as well) celebrating new life and friendship. Traditional for nobles and lords to hide coins, candy, and treasures in colorful eggs for citizens to find.
Children's Week (Children's Day, Japan, usually first week in May) - A week taken by the champions of Azeroth to spend time with orphans, spoiling them and fulfilling their wishes.
Midsummer Fire Festival (northern summer solstice til US Independence Day) - bonfires are lit across the land and guardians appointed to watch over them. Meant to raise spirits and ward off ancient evils. Ends with a grand firework show on the 4th (technically the Engineer's Explosive Extravaganza, an Undermine goblin holiday)
Pirate's Day (Sept 19th) - including this more for completionist sake. A 'holiday' imposed by Dread Captain DeMeza taking over the port town of Booty Bay where all are welcome to join her crew for the day
Brewfest (Oktoberfest, last two weeks in Sept-1st week in Oct) - originally a dwarven holiday, any race that makes ale, mead, or beer is welcome to participate in the annual competition for who makes the best brew
Harvest Festival (last week in Sept) - a grand buffet in honor of the fallen heroes of the Horde and Alliance (also celebrates the first closed beta; in EU realms Peon Day celebrates this)
Hallow's End (Halloween) - a complicated holiday. Was once celebrated by the kingdom of Lordaeron as a time when the veil between the living and dead was thin and a giant wickerman was erected that anyone could toss a burning branch into, symbolizing burning away anything that would be unwanted in the long, cold winter months (fears, sorrows, old loves, grudges, etc). When Lordaeron fell the rest of the Alliance continued the tradition, not quite understanding its meaning (adding in costumes and candy buckets). When Gilneas rejoined the Alliance, the original meaning returned with them.
The Horde celebrates this for an entirely different reason. Hallow's End commemorates when the Forsaken broke free of the Lich King's control and regained their free will. Their wickerman is an effigy of the Lich King.
Day of the Dead (Day of the Dead, Nov. 1st) - the day when the veil is thinnest. Spirits of the dead may speak when graveyards are visited and bread and orange marigolds are offered.
Pilgrim's Bounty (American Thanksgiving) - Reflect, give thanks, share a ton of food.
Feast of Winter Veil (Christmas) - a holiday celebrating the myth of Greatfather Winter traveling the world and blanketing it in snow, thus preparing it for rebirth and renewal. The dwarves (and thus Alliance) focus on the figure of Winter, seeing him as a Titan ancestor. The tauren (and Horde) focus more on the Veil aspect, renewal and rebirth. Goblins now take advantage of both versions to peddle gifts and treats, including paying an orc and dwarf to dress up as Greatfather Winter.
OOM: Groundhog's Week
Mar. 15th, 2018 04:43 pmMarch 11th
The day started out so peaceful.
Autor was napping after an awful night full of bad dreams, when Wilford started tearing around the house and screaming at someone. The boy awoke with a start, rolling out of bed and grasping for a weapon. He found a knife, and clutched it close to his chest until his heart stopped hammering around his ribcage.
He set the blade down and retrieved his glasses, putting them on. Once he was brave enough to venture upstairs, he found Wilford a nervous wreck, and Nichola no better. She explained that she had left the gate open, and the dog escaped. She said in no uncertain terms that it was no one's fault but hers, which relieved Autor. He returned to his room to wait for Wilford to find the dog.
March 12th
There was still no sign of Buster. Autor went shopping, because there was no food in the house. He cleared the mail off the table, called the landscaping company, and wrote the ad for his replacement. He tamped down anxiety about losing his job before he planned if Buster never returned.
Still no sign.
March 13th
Buster returned on the afternoon of the third day. Wilford didn't.
March 11th
The day started out so peaceful.
Autor was napping after an awful night full of bad dreams, when Wilford started tearing around the house and screaming at someone. The boy awoke with a start, rolling out of bed and grasping for a weapon. He found a knife, and clutched it close to his chest until his heart stopped hammering around his ribcage.
He set the blade down and retrieved his glasses, putting them on. Once he was brave enough to venture upstairs, he found Wilford a nervous wreck, and Nichola no better. She explained that she had left the gate open, and the dog escaped. She said in no uncertain terms that it was no one's fault but hers.
"Again?" Autor said, and checked the date on his phone. March 11th. What?
Wilford said that he had reset. Which meant to Autor that he must have died, somehow. He was an angry nervous wreck this time.
March 12th
Autor went shopping again, because there was no food in the house after the reset. He cleared the mail off the table, called the landscaping company, and wrote the ad for his replacement.
Wilford and the dog both returned home, which meant that Autor got to keep his job.
The day started out so peaceful.
Autor was napping after an awful night full of bad dreams, when Wilford started tearing around the house and screaming at someone. The boy awoke with a start, rolling out of bed and grasping for a weapon. He found a knife, and clutched it close to his chest until his heart stopped hammering around his ribcage.
He set the blade down and retrieved his glasses, putting them on. Once he was brave enough to venture upstairs, he found Wilford a nervous wreck, and Nichola no better. She explained that she had left the gate open, and the dog escaped. She said in no uncertain terms that it was no one's fault but hers, which relieved Autor. He returned to his room to wait for Wilford to find the dog.
March 12th
There was still no sign of Buster. Autor went shopping, because there was no food in the house. He cleared the mail off the table, called the landscaping company, and wrote the ad for his replacement. He tamped down anxiety about losing his job before he planned if Buster never returned.
Still no sign.
March 13th
Buster returned on the afternoon of the third day. Wilford didn't.
March 11th
The day started out so peaceful.
Autor was napping after an awful night full of bad dreams, when Wilford started tearing around the house and screaming at someone. The boy awoke with a start, rolling out of bed and grasping for a weapon. He found a knife, and clutched it close to his chest until his heart stopped hammering around his ribcage.
He set the blade down and retrieved his glasses, putting them on. Once he was brave enough to venture upstairs, he found Wilford a nervous wreck, and Nichola no better. She explained that she had left the gate open, and the dog escaped. She said in no uncertain terms that it was no one's fault but hers.
"Again?" Autor said, and checked the date on his phone. March 11th. What?
Wilford said that he had reset. Which meant to Autor that he must have died, somehow. He was an angry nervous wreck this time.
March 12th
Autor went shopping again, because there was no food in the house after the reset. He cleared the mail off the table, called the landscaping company, and wrote the ad for his replacement.
Wilford and the dog both returned home, which meant that Autor got to keep his job.
OOM: The Life of a Dog Cook
Nov. 16th, 2017 06:14 pmAt $1000 per week to do menial labor, Autor is glad to work for Wilford. Autor has his own room--house, really, Wilford is rarely home, and is quiet when he is--and all expenses are paid. Autor's even learning English better, thanks to an app on his phone--which Wilford also acquired for him. He texts Wilford often, all updates about Buster, in broken English. Autor has a fake ID, a netbook, and plenty of time in between cooking for the dog--and cleaning up the subsequent barf--to study his materials to apply for medical school.
Wilford warned Autor about going out after dark, because that's when the monsters come out. Los Santos is ever so strange; the rules of polite society are fairly skewed, and people shoot each other over tiny infractions. Here, it is legal to run over jaywalkers. They all reset, so there's no reason not to go around murdering with no provocation; all except Autor, who keeps to the house, only venturing out to the supermarket two miles away. He can use his sylladex without attracting stares, as everyone has a portable inventory, which is incredibly useful.
Jim is present in the house on occasion. He's simply there, reading or watching TV or sitting by the pool. Autor ignores him, and Jim ignores him in return, not saying a word to Autor or acknowledging his presence. One night, when Wilford had crashed at the studio, Jim turned up and started playing music, much to Autor's annoyance. Eventually, they co-exist peacefully. Autor knows it won't last.
Wilford demands very little of the ex-soldier and pays him well, so Autor tries to give him his best. He keeps the house spotless--except for the kitchen table, which is covered in mail that Wilford never opens--and the dog happy.
Taking care of the house and Buster is a mindless series of tasks, so it's a good thing that Autor's studies are fascinating to him. Reading the books--anatomy, biochemistry, and epidemiology texts Guppy picked out for him--isn't easy, because he's jumpy and distracted, but he's too interested in the material to quit, a good sign.
And he can afford med school. Anywhere he wants to go. He looks up today's $1000 on an inflation calculator, and learns that in 1915, that's equivalent to 101850 in German Marks, and 21000 in American dollars. And he's earning that per week. Just for fun, he divides a million dollars by the American sum, and finds he'll be a millionaire in 47 weeks. Even less, if he invests in companies that did well in 1915 and plays the stock market--with perfect knowledge of the 1929 crash.
Unfortunately, his life in Los Santos is not all peaceful. A drunken partygoer gave him a fright when she landed in Wilford's pool after jumping out of a helicopter. She, exuberant, survived without a scratch on her. Wilford told Autor to shoot the next person who does that. Autor refused.
Thankfully, the house is quiet, for the most part, and Autor finds he likes his life here. Wilford occasionally cooks dinner when he's of a mind to, feeding Autor things he can't pronounce. After living in Los Santos, where people walk around in chicken suits for no reason and monsters roam the dark, Autor finds that he understands why Wilford is the way he is.
They get along swell.
Wilford warned Autor about going out after dark, because that's when the monsters come out. Los Santos is ever so strange; the rules of polite society are fairly skewed, and people shoot each other over tiny infractions. Here, it is legal to run over jaywalkers. They all reset, so there's no reason not to go around murdering with no provocation; all except Autor, who keeps to the house, only venturing out to the supermarket two miles away. He can use his sylladex without attracting stares, as everyone has a portable inventory, which is incredibly useful.
Jim is present in the house on occasion. He's simply there, reading or watching TV or sitting by the pool. Autor ignores him, and Jim ignores him in return, not saying a word to Autor or acknowledging his presence. One night, when Wilford had crashed at the studio, Jim turned up and started playing music, much to Autor's annoyance. Eventually, they co-exist peacefully. Autor knows it won't last.
Wilford demands very little of the ex-soldier and pays him well, so Autor tries to give him his best. He keeps the house spotless--except for the kitchen table, which is covered in mail that Wilford never opens--and the dog happy.
Taking care of the house and Buster is a mindless series of tasks, so it's a good thing that Autor's studies are fascinating to him. Reading the books--anatomy, biochemistry, and epidemiology texts Guppy picked out for him--isn't easy, because he's jumpy and distracted, but he's too interested in the material to quit, a good sign.
And he can afford med school. Anywhere he wants to go. He looks up today's $1000 on an inflation calculator, and learns that in 1915, that's equivalent to 101850 in German Marks, and 21000 in American dollars. And he's earning that per week. Just for fun, he divides a million dollars by the American sum, and finds he'll be a millionaire in 47 weeks. Even less, if he invests in companies that did well in 1915 and plays the stock market--with perfect knowledge of the 1929 crash.
Unfortunately, his life in Los Santos is not all peaceful. A drunken partygoer gave him a fright when she landed in Wilford's pool after jumping out of a helicopter. She, exuberant, survived without a scratch on her. Wilford told Autor to shoot the next person who does that. Autor refused.
Thankfully, the house is quiet, for the most part, and Autor finds he likes his life here. Wilford occasionally cooks dinner when he's of a mind to, feeding Autor things he can't pronounce. After living in Los Santos, where people walk around in chicken suits for no reason and monsters roam the dark, Autor finds that he understands why Wilford is the way he is.
They get along swell.
Two weeks pass in Los Santos, and Autor finds he's settling in nicely. Buster makes a lot of messes, true, but cleaning them up doesn't take too much time. Neither does cooking for the dog, or himself. He has plenty of time to devote to his studies for premed.
Wilford is rarely home, and when he is, he's quiet, which suits Autor just fine. The man never sleeps in his own bed. He zonks out in a chair or stays awake, staring at his laptop. Autor often prepares German pancakes and bacon with coffee for breakfasts, and Wilford seems to appreciate eating that in the mornings. He eats like a horse, Autor notices, which is also just fine. For a thousand dollars a week, cooking and cleaning is easy enough.
Autor hasn't done much exploring of Los Santos, and for good reason: people dress in chicken suits and drive tanks. He panics the first time someone pulls a gun, and so keeps to the house.
But he's running out of food. He has to go shopping. He leashes Buster reluctantly and leaves the house.
Wilford is rarely home, and when he is, he's quiet, which suits Autor just fine. The man never sleeps in his own bed. He zonks out in a chair or stays awake, staring at his laptop. Autor often prepares German pancakes and bacon with coffee for breakfasts, and Wilford seems to appreciate eating that in the mornings. He eats like a horse, Autor notices, which is also just fine. For a thousand dollars a week, cooking and cleaning is easy enough.
Autor hasn't done much exploring of Los Santos, and for good reason: people dress in chicken suits and drive tanks. He panics the first time someone pulls a gun, and so keeps to the house.
But he's running out of food. He has to go shopping. He leashes Buster reluctantly and leaves the house.
Rae and Autor drinks list
May. 2nd, 2016 08:58 pmAvocado Delight
vanilla ice cream
low fat milk
1 ripe, Fresh California Avocado, peeled, seeded and halved
frozen strawberries
honey
nutmeg
cinnamon
Whipped Cream
Blend the ice cream, avocado, and strawberries in the blender. Add the rest of the ingredients and serve in a chilled highball glass. Top with whipped cream.
Pomegranate Twist
citron vodka
orange liqueur
pomegranate juice
lemon juice
Pour the vodka, orange liqueur, pomegranate juice, and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker over ice. Cover, and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted. Strain into a chilled martini glass to serve.
Fuzzy Kitten
George Dickel rye whiskey
lemon juice
honey syrup
allspice liqueur
absinthe
Shake ingredients and serve in a chilled martini glass. Garnish with orange zest.
vanilla ice cream
low fat milk
1 ripe, Fresh California Avocado, peeled, seeded and halved
frozen strawberries
honey
nutmeg
cinnamon
Whipped Cream
Blend the ice cream, avocado, and strawberries in the blender. Add the rest of the ingredients and serve in a chilled highball glass. Top with whipped cream.
Pomegranate Twist
citron vodka
orange liqueur
pomegranate juice
lemon juice
Pour the vodka, orange liqueur, pomegranate juice, and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker over ice. Cover, and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted. Strain into a chilled martini glass to serve.
Fuzzy Kitten
George Dickel rye whiskey
lemon juice
honey syrup
allspice liqueur
absinthe
Shake ingredients and serve in a chilled martini glass. Garnish with orange zest.
OOM: Erna's Embraces
Oct. 22nd, 2015 06:05 pmIt's another gorgeous morning in Goldkrone, and Autor embraces his mother. "Hello, Mutterchen."
"Hello, Autorchen," she says, squeezing him back. "You've been hugging me more often than usual, lately. Not that I'm complaining, but is there a reason why? You haven't gone and gotten in trouble at school, have you?"
Autor hesitates. He needs to take the opportunity to embrace her while he still has it; he'll be moving into Milliways soon, and turning his back on her forever. He also doesn't want her to worry about him. "I'm just happier, I guess," he says. "And I want to share that with you."
"Thank you, son," she says, beaming at him and gathering him into another warm embrace. "I'm so glad you're happy. The happiness of one's children is every mother's hope."
And Autor hugs her back, his eyes watering as he tries not to cling.
"Hello, Autorchen," she says, squeezing him back. "You've been hugging me more often than usual, lately. Not that I'm complaining, but is there a reason why? You haven't gone and gotten in trouble at school, have you?"
Autor hesitates. He needs to take the opportunity to embrace her while he still has it; he'll be moving into Milliways soon, and turning his back on her forever. He also doesn't want her to worry about him. "I'm just happier, I guess," he says. "And I want to share that with you."
"Thank you, son," she says, beaming at him and gathering him into another warm embrace. "I'm so glad you're happy. The happiness of one's children is every mother's hope."
And Autor hugs her back, his eyes watering as he tries not to cling.
OOM: Oswin's Visit To Goldkrone
Oct. 21st, 2015 10:18 pmThe morning mist has burned away this Saturday, and the cobblestone streets glisten with dew in Goldkrone. People mill around, getting ready for the day and greeting one another. There are no cars on the streets, but the occasional horse is put to use. Autor leads Oswin through a door near his school from Milliways.
"[Remember,]" he says in French, "[I've told my mother you're coming, so try to... I don't know, act natural? But not too natural. I don't want her scandalized.]"
"[Remember,]" he says in French, "[I've told my mother you're coming, so try to... I don't know, act natural? But not too natural. I don't want her scandalized.]"
