FallingMarc

I've still got a Dragonrealms account, but I haven't played in a while... my characters are probably bored as hell. That's one of the better ones if you like text-based stuff though. M

Rain clouds overhead Keeping me from the DZ Tomorrow: clear skies And now I am off To hear Bruce Campbell lecture He is a badass. M P.S. First you wanna kill me, now you wanna kiss me. Blow.

This one makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I don't know who wrote it. Heart of the Moon Tonight I sat upon the step And listened while the evening slept To the moon who spoke so soft to me Of life and love and destiny. Watching as clouds covered her light, Sitting quietly in the dark of night. Sad they'd hidden her beauty away, I wondered what the moon would say. Clouds wisped away; then all was clear, Beauty intact; I'd had nothing to fear. Then joy in her light touched my heart As I watched the dark of the clouds depart. She spoke to me from high above "You should not hide your heart from love; For pain, like clouds, will soon pass by And your light will fill the evening sky". And then quietly she left me all alone To ponder the seeds that she had sown; And knowing this was my destiny To open my heart and set it free.

Do what I do. Anytime a random thought pops into your head, and you stop and think, "what the fuck?" just add it to a continuous post. Read it the next day, and you can actually see your sleep deprivation slowly taking its toll on your sanity.... M

I don't usually post random crap like this(well, except when I'm up all night), but this just struck me. I'm a psychology and aviation student. I'm taking a class that is cross-listed as psych/aviation/industrial engineering. It meets in the Mechanical Engineering building here. Now I know why people are engineers. This building is HUGE, clean, beautiful, and everybody in this class gets their own big roomy workstation with a rolly office chair and a nice computer. Most of my psych classes meet in rooms where the desks collapse if you lean the wrong way. I'm thinking of changing majors just so I can sit in this room more. And, I'm in the middle of class posting on DZ.com. Groovy? M

"Hello, my name is Smoke-Too-Much." "You'd better cut down a bit, then." "Pardon?" "I said you'd better cut down a bit then." "Hmm... oh! Smoke... too... much! Very clever." "I imagine you get people making jokes about your name all the time, though." "No, actually... I'd never noticed before." Marc (a.k.a. Karl Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurtslich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bittein-nurnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitz-weimach-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shonendanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm)

Wow, 20-odd replies and nobody actually came out and seriously said "I'd do it!" Well, as I am completely and utterly single, have been for a long time, and have no serious prospects at the moment... sure, I'd shag. M

I don't remember when MTV was good, but that's really only because I didn't get cable till a couple of years ago. Kids in the Hall rocks. No, Kids in the Hall rawks. No, Kids in the Hall RAWKS!!!11,,, random net slang, random net slang, misspelled words, w00t. I get up and go skydiving in a few short hours! Random misspelled net slang w00t! M

Is it just me, or is a cute girl wearing a loose sweatsuit, but not so baggy that you can't tell she's got a good figure, one of the most phenomenally attractive things in the world? Why is that? I really can't wait until tomorrow. Wake up 20, go skydiving a lot, leave my rig for a free reserve repack (b-day present from my parents), come back, drink with friends. Throw in some action and a good jam and it's the perfect day. And a really good sandwich. Throw that in there too. Never underestimate the power of a really good sandwich to make everything else better. I mean a really good sandwich. The kind of sandwich that only comes once in a great while, when you're really hungry, and you know that the perfect sandwich would just turn your life around. The kind of sandwich upon which whose bread I am not worthy to apply mayonnaise! The sandwich to end all sandwiches! That kind of sandwich would make the day complete. You know the cliche about "staying up so late it's early"? What about when you stay up so late it's not even early anymore? Well, it's 7:52, and my relief should be coming any time now. I'd say it's almost time to stop RUMINating, and start SLEEPINating! Ahaha. I'd like to thank you all, and in closing, I want to remind you, next time you're in a public restroom, don't be embarrassed to say, "Look at the size of my turd!" Nobody here is. Blue skies Marc

5:25- Still bored. Just in case you were curious. Songwriting sucks with no actual writing going on. I would pay cash for inspiration. There's an ATM by the door. It hasn't worked for a week. It's kinda funny when people punch it. Uh oh... I think I've reached the point of zoning out- I just stared at that last sentence for about 10 minutes. Time for caffeine. Someday, someone will make a movie about my life, and I doubt tonight will make a very interesting scene. Well, I guess it wouldn't be a real Ruminations without a good cynical jab at the opposite sex and whine about my lack of a sex life, so here goes: I'm getting really good at totally hitting it off with a woman, then meeting her awesome boyfriend. It's better than meeting her asshole boyfriend, but at least when that happens, I don't feel quite as guilty about silently wishing they'd break up. The sun is starting to come up. I wish I could actually see it, but all I can see from here is the buildings across the street starting to get lighter. I don't think I'll ever be able to watch a sunrise in quite the same way after seeing the morning from a hot air balloon over Rantoul. Skydiving kicks so much ass. 6:15- I brought some homework down. Maybe I should do that. 6:18- Nah. 6:55- One more hour. Bladder becoming uncomfortable, but bathroom is at LEAST 20 feet away. I can handle it. I can hold on... M

Guess who's back at school and stuck back at a desk on this wonderful Thursday night/Friday morning? YES! ME! Guesssss who's gonna sit here and read whatever thoughts pop into my head over the next several boring hours? YES! YOU! Don't you have something better to do? Of COURSE not! Is it just me, or does this new song by the artist formerly known as Puff Daddy REALLY sound like someone with no rhythm played a track once, poorly, and they just looped it so that it was the same every time? Saturday is my birthday. I will celebrate by doing the same thing I do almost every Saturday. I will eat gingersnaps and drink hot tea. No, wait, I mean I will eat gingersnaps and go skydiving. Yes, that's right, I have less than 24 hours left to be a teenager. Is there some right of passage I'm supposed to complete at this point? Or should I just go get hammered tomorrow night? Maybe it'll help me pick up naive freshman chicks. "Hi. I'm 20. Wanna fuck?" It's better than "nice shoes," but I guess it's still not quite as attractive (at least in a pragmatic sense) as "I'm 21." There's a maintenance request form on the pile here from a girl-"Toilet clogged! Please help ASAP!" We have a plunger here at the desk. I plunged a girl's toilet yesterday, too. Why can't they plunge their own crap? I would personally be quite embarrassed if I called someone in to my bathroom and said, "Look at the size of my turd! It's too big to flush! Can you help me? I can't deal with it myself, it's just way too massive of a turd for me!" I'm an RA this year. My floor seems cool so far, and I like being there to help out when they need it, but it sucks that I can't (or at least it's *really* discouraged) party with them. It would reduce my credibility when I'm on the night shift, if I had to bust a party in a room. Oh well. Shift happens. Sorry, I stole that pun from a Dilbert comic. Yeah, I'm a dork. It's 4 am. I want the people across the lobby to leave and turn off MTV. One, I brought my guitar and I'm writing a couple of songs that I wanted to work on tonight, and two, I really don't think I can stand more of this crap MTV plays. Sorry to anyone who's offended by that, but I really can't. One 5 second long 3 note bass riff that repeats for 4 minutes straight while a bunch of people go "boom, get out the way, get out the way, get out the way, boom," the whole time does not qualify as a song, at least not a song worth listening to. Hey! They left! Groovy! 4:40... I should hit post before the computer crashes and I lose all this brilliant work. Updates as warranted. M

Damn. I wish I could say I understand, or I know what you're going through, but I don't... I can't even imagine your situation. Sounds like you've got your son's best interests in mind, though. I'm here for ya in any way I can be. Marc

That's the most I've laughed at an animated short since I found that "Romeo & Juliet" thing last year. Absolute genius. M

It has been a while Most haiku: not so funny But at this, I laughed M

I play guitar and screw around with keyboards and drums, and I played tenor sax in my high school jazz band. I'm somewhat passively looking for a new band to jam with, so if anyone's in Illinois I'm available. The guys I'm playing with now are good but not very motivated... as in we have a show this coming Tuesday night, and it's the first we've played since last November. M

There once was a skydiver lad And not enough sleep had he had While sitting online and wasting some time he shouted, "This isn't a haiku! It's not even a limerick! The last line doesn't fit the meter, or rhyme, or anything! What a dumbass!" M Yes, I'm feeling loopy

Please, I'm not THAT young Birthday is the thirty-first I'm turning... 20 And, This week is a bitch must be back to training now I could use a nap M

The ranks are forming Lurkers tremble in fear Haiku Pimps unite M

Awesome, thanks for getting all this stuff, Eric! M

[snobby English accent]I believe you meant to say "Well Bred," my good man, not "Well Breed." Ahaha. Buttered scones, anyone?[/snobby English accent] M

I second everything Phree just said, plus an ALL CAPS, BOLD, UNDERLINED, AND ITALICIZED EMPHASIS (ooh, I must really mean it, huh) to the "Balloon jumps rock" and the "Thanks for the kickass tent Jack"! This was the best week of my life. I met a lot of great people, went on some phenomenal skydives, enjoyed some awesome parties, and I already cannot wait until next year. Things I learned at Rantoul this week: Rantoul locals (at least the vast majority) are very cool, and very happy to see us. Skydivers (at least the vast majority) (including all the .commers I met) are among the most fun, most laid back, and just all-around coolest people I've met anywhere. A credit card at the WFFC can be a double-edged sword. People walking across the main landing area when there's a CASA load coming down all at once don't look up. The sunrise is beautiful from a few thousand feet. See you next year. Marc

Must... resist... urge... to tell pedophilia jokes... ::eyeing hot fork with mischievous look:: M P.S. The blind man, deaf man and the lame man went on a pilgrimage to a healing spring. The blind man washed his eyes with water from the spring and exclaimed "I can see! I can see!" The deaf man washed his ears with the spring water and exclaimed "I can hear! I can hear!' The lame guy drove his wheelchair into the water and exclaimed "I got new tires!"

I was gonna say how I felt left out, also not getting any drunken phone calls. But if they're involving toothless yokels and sheep, I'll pass. At least until I get there on Monday. M

Just kinda curious, but how is this actually going to impact the money anybody spends jumping? Are you guys planning to get your D then stop jumping altogether? I don't think my license will affect my "as much as I can afford and feel like" jump schedule. Actually, I think these are way closer to accurate requirements anyway- at 120 jumps, there's no way I'm over halfway to considering myself an "Expert" skydiver. Just some thoughts. M

Moving back to Champaign on the 5th- depending on how late of a start I get that day, I'll be out that night or the next morning, through the end. Probably staying some nights in tent city and some back at my place in Champaign. M