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'My Corduroyed Life' - Mark A's Journal
That's what I was doing last weekend...
Or at least, that's what I was doing in character last weekend. I went to Blackpool for one of our wonderful Beyond (http://www.crasiworld.com) roleplay meets: essentially, they are a Dungeons & Dragons style over the table roleplay game for a whole weekend, run by a professional DM (we pay him to do it). I was playing my character, Maiyart, in a group of six. Here's who was there:
Maiyart (me): A blind and hideously scarred Dwarven Ninja Assassin with mental powers, a sentient sword he talks to (because he has no familiar), and a comedy wig.
Shaggy (mcphee - http://www.monkeys-and-pirates.com/index.php): An absent minded, accident prone, loveable yet evil, Human mage who forgets he's evil, and loves doing conjouring tricks.
Linstram (Dave H): An Elven archmage turned Wolf God High Priest who has been magically (and irreversably) transformed into a humanoid toucan.
Shayde (Rich L): A Giant warrior from an extremist warrior sept of the God of War who has a mental link to his sword and a shotgun from a time anomoly.
Dark One (Mark L): A mummified mage with golden armour and a scary amount of innate magical powers.
Fatty (Mark C): A somewhat overweight warrior who has gained shamonic and tribal powers.
What I truly love about Beyond meets is that the characters have been going for years. Maiyart has been around for seven years, and some characters for up to fifteen years. So these characters have been played and played, and without a doubt, Maiyart is my most cherished and deep character.
Also, the piss up with the lads is always something to remember as well, and this was definitely another blinder...
Have fun,
M
Current mood: Mmmkay.
Current music: Waiting For The Day by Erasure.
Yes, I have porn, and if you don't have it, the only good reason is that you're too chicken to buy it...
Porn. The word is almost always whispered when talked about. It is certainly more of a taboo to talk about porn that it is to talk about, say, euthanasia. In fact, the morbid subject that is euthanasia is talked about in school RE lessons for goodness sake! I always wonder why porn is such a terrible, terrible taboo. At the end of the day, everyone gets horny pretty regularly, but may actually come into contact with an actual encounter where euthanasia may, or may not, be appropriate next to never. Why the thing about porn then?
I have seen both straight and gay porn. I have enjoyed both straight and gay porn. I have positively relied on porn for my sex life at some points. And I don’t care that people know it. You probably have too. There is nothing wrong with it. Of course, there’s the somewhat illegal forms of porn including the GBH stuff, and child pornography – but I’m not talking about those types. I’m talking about two consenting adults having sex, being filmed doing it, whilst getting paid. I think that porn is great.
Boxers are paid to smack the shit out of each other; porn stars are paid to shag. Where is the moral dilemma here? It’s a profession and a way of making money for these people, just like pushing paper with the odd smattering of marketing is a profession and a way of making money for me. I give people what they want (a job) by helping them and working on their behalf. Porn stars give people what they want (a wank) by getting naked and shagging on their behalf. It’s as simple as that really.
So why the taboo? It truly does perplex me.
Another thing about a lot of porn: it’s actually very comic instead of erotic. I saw a porn mag the other day that had more ‘mature’ ladies in it. The wonderful slogan on the front was ‘Attack of the Biddy-Snatchers’. How I laughed! SEVP (you probably don’t want to know) DVDs now have amusing out-takes where naked actors who don’t speak a word of English can’t read the autocue and say something ridiculous. I usually watch those before actually watching the boyz getting it on.
In my opinion, porn is not offensive, and nothing to be ashamed of. Porn represents the fact that you can’t have what you want when you want it, so you go for the closest alternative. How different is that from choosing a ham sandwich when you wanted chicken?
Have fun,
M
PS: After disecting porn as I have... I am remarkably unhorny right now.
Current mood: Unhorny.
Current music: Them Bones by Alice In Chains.
To be fair, if you're not going to the Quest meet, this is probably a very dull post...
This is a brief outline of who I'll be bringing as my character for the D&D dungeoncrawl. My main character (Hayashi) has leadership, so he's bringing along his companion...
Hayashi - Male Dwarf Monk (lvl 5)/ Assassin (lvl 4)
A cruel and vicious killer. has a code of honour, which he stick to vehemently. He has no time for fools and is arrogant and contemptuous to those who he feels are below him. Appears to relish being a ruthless killer with no remorce whatsoever.
Ishi - Male Gnome Sorcerer (lvl 7)
Fiercely loyal follower of Hayashi who appears to have mostly developed necromantic spells within his sorcery. Has a weasel familiar called Tama who's eyes show an evil that match his master's.
Both appear East Asian (or D&D equivalent of East Asian!) in appearance, culture, etiquette and attitude...
Have fun,
M
Current mood:
geeky.Current music: Raw Theme by Union Underground.