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i care about M.E.! my enjoyment!!

Weekend was a little odd. The parentals and Lori and I had a few glasses of wine and decided to play LotR Monopoly, which resulted in my usually mild-mannered father demanding to be Aragorn because he was "the king" and then (after an initial ding for stealing vegetables from Farmer Maggot) proceeding to:

- build fortresses all over Rivendell and Rohan and rub his hands with unseemly glee whenever any of us approached
- buy all the horses on the board (which I kept landing on at $200 a pop) and then mock my "losing money at the ponies"
- eventually bankrupt each of us, quite happily beginning with my mother
- declare that now that he was rich he needed "bling bling"
- insist on playing to the bloody end even when I only held Isingard and Mount Doom and was desperately selling strongholds for damn horse money

Who knew he had it in him to be a Monopoly tycoon?

And then we went over to

chootoy's and played Silent Hill 3, which had us all cowering and whimpering because a bigger pack of chickenshits you never did see. It's quite pathetic, really.

Also this weekend: agonized over story for remix challenge, watched the "Best Christmukkah EVER!" episode of the OC, re-strung my stupid guitar, ate bacon and waffles. mmmmmmm, sacrelicious.

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my usually mild-mannered father demanding to be Aragorn because he was "the king"

Good lord. At least we know where Lori gets her Monopoly bloodthirst from, right?

And would you believe I've never played any of the Silent Hill games? I keep meaning to, but, meh.

I've never played any of the Silent Hill games

You SHOULD. Just rent one and make sure that you have the vibration turned on, because you can feel their hearts POUNDING and it's so terrifying!

where Lori gets her Monopoly bloodthirst from

Dude, for real! She was making all kinds of unholy deals with him over the ponies and her beloved Osgiliath! It was horrendous.

and decided to play LotR Monopoly

They have LotR Monopoly??? These movies will be the death of me. The DEATH of me, I say!

It's the BEST Monopoly EVER. One of the die that come with it has the Eye of Sauron instead of a "1" on it, and there's optional rules where if you roll the Eye, the Ring moves one space on the board. And when the Ring gets to Mount Doom, Middle Earth is destroyed and the game is over. It's SO much fun!

Want! Want! Want!

The fact that LotR Monopoly seems to involve building fortresses all over the calm, quiet places in Middle Earth just proves how eeeeeeeevil it is.

My dad is pretty much banned from playing board games with the family because he always goes crazy and wins. Hee.

The first time we played it, my evil sister built a fortress on Bag End. Have you ever heard of anything more foul?

My dad is pretty much banned from playing board games with the family because he always goes crazy and wins.

Hee! There's one in every family. The sister excels at money-based games, and I sweep at the trivia, so I guess there's *two* in ours. *g*

And then there's my family. I'm competitive, of course, but everyone else in my family (dad, mom, brother) play board games and roleplaying games and work/have worked/do side work in the actual industry. I'm the freakin' sport of the famil because I don't have someone to play Magic or D&D* with. Shudder.

*not actually D&D because, dude, they've all been playing so long, they're so beyond D&D. Shudder.

everyone else in my family (dad, mom, brother) play board games and roleplaying games and work/have worked/do side work in the actual industry

Hee! That's pretty damn cool. Even if it doesn't work out well for you, poor poodle. *snug*

My deep family shame. People mention roleplaying games and I flinch. Cause, yo, that's pure humor. I write gay porn about boybands and my mother knows about it, but I'm embarrassed that you can find family members' names scattered all over various trade publications and at gaming cons. Hee! Life's funny.

AHAHAHAHA! It's like when my sister, her boyfriend, and my brother play Monopoly, only with less cheating and screaming. Cheating is, like, an essential part of any board game when it comes to my family, man, swear to God. Your dad sounds like a riot.

Cheating is, like, an essential part of any board game when it comes to my family

I used to cheat more when I was younger because I have this legendary history of being the sorest loser EVER. Seriously, my parents bring it up in any competitive situation. *g*

Your dad sounds like a riot.

My dad is generally easy-going and not overly interested in board games or pop culture, but as of late he's been, like, watching MuchVibe and those MMM Bios and whatnot with me and asking me about music and celebrities and movies and things. So I suppose this strange latent talent for conquoring Middle Earth is part of his new movement. Hee!

I think your father sounds absolutely charming. Hee!

I have this legendary history of being the sorest loser EVER.

Dude. Now is the time when I fess up to having pounded my fists on the Sorry board in fury (thus making EVERYONE's pieces fall off and entirely ruining the game) because my brother had blocked me so my dad could win. In other words, I empathize bigtime.

Am trying to wrap my mind around the concept of transferring the ultimate capitalist game to a pre-industrial society. I mean, only Saruman (with his arms factories and tree-killing) probably even *got* the whole capitalist tycoon thing, and boy did he screw up. *g*

I fess up to having pounded my fists on the Sorry board in fury (thus making EVERYONE's pieces fall off and entirely ruining the game)

I couldn't even respond to this for a good ten minutes because I'm laughing too hard. In FURY!! That's so wonderful! aaahahahhaah!! I'd hate to see what would happen if somebody scuffed up your new shoes, baby. *g*

And I guess the trick to LotR Monopoly is to just keep telling yourself that you're fighting for the good of Middle Earth. Although that does mean that you start to see the other players as your enemies, and, hmmmmm. I guess that's not so good. But we have to stop the Ring from getting to Mount Doooooooom! Surely that cancels out any of the moral shadiness of gouging Galadriel for landing on Pellinor Fields when you have a fortress built on it?

You know what? I now remember that it was Parcheesi and not Sorry, but yeah. Fury. FURY!!! Only my family can drive me to such ridiculous excess. I hope.

dude, I only met your dad once, but it absolutely kills me to think of him saying the words "bling bling." :D

Heh! He said "gold chains" first, but then remembered all the shows he's been watching about P.Diddy and corrected himself. It's strange, but very entertaining and we have extended conversations about the state of music and hip-hop. Hah!

declare that now that he was rich he needed "bling bling"

Ahahahahahaha!!!

Hey, I hear you're reading Kavalier & Clay.. which one is gay? Sammy?

...y'know, I'm two-hundred and twenty-five pages in, and neither of them has made much show of gayness. Although if I had to go with one, I'd go with Sammy. awwwwww.

And have you been watching the OC? Because Seth compared him and Ryan to Kavalier and Clay! So sweet. *g*

Goddamnit! Remember when they fell asleep on the kitchen floor together? That was awfully cute. :/ I would really pair Sammy with Julie given the fact that I very much doubt there will be incest in the book and I think Joe has a thing for the Saks girl. But yes, if either of them are gay it's Sam.

I just checked, and I'm on page 226, I kid you not.. LOL!

AND I MISSED IT. I really need to hook up the tv in my bedroom.

heh. we have a lotr trivial pursuit game at home and everytime, whoever plays, there's always a big fight about who gets to be Aragorn. for pretty much the same reason.
i don't know why they bother, i always win. (and am almost always aragorn, although last time i was galadriel and she whupped everyone's arse.) ahahhahahaaaa!!11!! because i always win.

ahahahaha! There was LotR trivia at the store when I bought Monopoly, but since all I know comes from the movies, we decided to just get the less-smart game. Hee!

Can I start calling you Elessar now?

only if you do it in that whisper growly Sauron voice. :p

and! and! the trivial pursuit game is the movie edition. there're even questions about the extended version of ROTK. hah. hah!

Your father's behavior is the reason I HATE Monopoly. I watched my entire family turn into greedy bastards. I know, I know, I'm overreacting. 'Nuff said. LOL

Heh! My dad is usually bordering on apathetic when it comes to games, so we were really all kind of in shock. Which is probably why he found it so easy to whup us all. *g* Really, I was just so meanly happy that my sister wasn't winning, I didn't take it too hard!

He sounds like he belongs in my family. We're totally bloodthirsty and cutthroat at all boardgames... although my mom now refuses to play Risk or Monopoly with us (because she cannot compete and is a sore loser) and my brother won't play Trivial Pursuit without having a partner (for the same reason). My brother has a nasty habit of flipping over the Risk board when he falls behind sending those little army pieces flying in every direction.

I routinely school unwary guests at Monopoly with my sooper sekrit strategy. There have been at least 5 games in the last year I've played where I've been laughed at for my "poor strategy" and "playing stupid" at the beginning and then within 10 rounds own half the board. Stupid bastards didn't know what hit them. ;)

Oooh! Next time I see you or your sister, I should show you guys my Marvel Comics trivia game. It's pretty hardcore. :)

my mom now refuses to play Risk or Monopoly with us (because she cannot compete and is a sore loser)

hee! I'm actually surprised that my mother took losing with such grace, but I assume it was the result of the wine she'd had. *g*

And, Marvel Comics trivia game? That sounds so cool! And hard!

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