Etc.

[slipjig3]

Once again, by the numbers:

1) We'll get this out of the way first:
Me: Fine.
rafaela: Fine.
The other driver: Fine.
The other driver's car: Mostly fine.
My car: I really don't want to talk about it.

2) So we're having lunch out, our one big splurge of the week, at a restaurant I've never been to before, and I'm wrestling with the menu. rafaela asks me what I'm getting, and I say, "Do you have a coin I can toss?" (Yes, I do leave it up to chance sometimes.) She says, "I might," and begins rummaging in her purse. I make a joke: "How about a d20?"
No, she didn't have a d20. Instead, she handed me a d12.
She had a d12 in her damn purse. Just in case, y'know, a d12 emergency should arise.
If this ain't a geek relationship, I don't know what is.

3) The cat grooves on Creedence. Just sayin'.

4) We went to the thrift store today, just for fun. There, rafaela nabbed herself what has to officially qualify as the Greatest Thrift Store Find EVER: a perfect-condition London Fog trenchcoat, in her size, for just over twenty spondoolicks. Dude, it don't get no better than that.

5) Bought a humidifier. Does that mean I'm an adult now?

Comments

[thejunebug.livejournal.com]

No, it means you're OLD!

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Don't make me come down there and kick you.

[thejunebug.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, you and your walker are gonna get me. I am sooo scared!

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

*angry wet cat look*

[irisira03.livejournal.com]

Bought a humidifier. Does that mean I'm an adult now?

Nah, we had to get a DEhumidifier for the house because our basement smelled like mold.

So, if you are, that means I am too. Ew. :-P

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Well, great. So what do we do know? Does this mean we have to, like, start watching The MacNeil-Lehrer Report and go to Rotary Club meetings or something? (I'm personally partial to Spongebob's 3 steps to becoming an adult: 1) wear sideburns; 2) say, "Tax Exemption!" and 3) develop a taste for freeform jazz.)

[pixiekatz.livejournal.com]

d12 in purse == AWESOME.

That's truly amazing.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

See, this is why I love my LJ friends—you all get the jokes. If I tried telling my work friends about this, they'd say, "Wait, d12? Isn't that that rap group?"

[pixiekatz.livejournal.com]

Actually, carrying around a d12 seems like it would be really useful, especially in situations like that (I'm cripplingly indecisive).

There's a baggie of assorted dice somewhere in my house from when my brother and I played too much D&D, I should gank a couple and keep them on my person at all times.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Man, I must be a geek: that actually made some sort of logical sense. (I'm the same way about my copy of Fluxx, actually.)

[odheirre.livejournal.com]

d12. I was going to make a crack like, "well, say someone hit you with a ... and you had to roll for damage," but I'm trying to think what that was used for, even. I mean, d20 was always used for hits, saves, that sort of thing. Wasn't d12 used for damage with a great battle axe if you were a fighter or something? d4's and d12's were neat but not vital dice.

Glad to hear everyone is OK re: the car.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Have I mentioned lately that I love you, Bryan?

[odheirre.livejournal.com]

Aw, shucks. *shuffle feet*

[mick-hale.livejournal.com]

I'm totally impressed by the d12. And somewhat scared. But impressed.

Seriously, who uses d12s? It's not like you need to randomly generate the next level's HP bonus for your barbarian. Sheesh.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Hey, life is unpredictable. You never know.

[odheirre.livejournal.com]

Damn it! Barbarian hit points. That's what it's used for.

Still think it's used for some damage roll somewhere - great sword or great axe.

[mick-hale.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I had to look that up. Seriously, who plays Barbarians?

[merowme.livejournal.com]

okay, so I'm not cool, I had to ask what a d12 was. and I'm old, I have a humidifier. eeep. Go sits in corner with her cane, oxygen tank and knitting.

Glad everyone is okay (car thing)