Just frelling around

I’ve been lurking on Twitter for a few months (@spinachy), and I’ve always participated in the hidden friendly corners of Reddit.  But mostly I’ve just been reading books and playing my Steam games, which has been pretty great. 

I am in college/university

I’ve graduated college/university

I am in high school

I like my job

I’ve never had a job

I am shorter than 5’5

I’ve worked a job I hated

I wear glasses

I have a tattoo

I have more than one tattoo

I don’t have tattoos but I want some

I’m vegetarian

I have allergies

I’m sarcastic

I’m self-conscious about my body (not especially - I get that way sometimes but mostly I don’t think about it very often)

I’m shy

I’ve been called over-emotional

I have a strange sense of humor

I wear a piece of jewelry at all times

I’m atheist

I have red hair

I have blonde hair

I dye my hair regularly

I am an only child

I have more than three siblings

I have a niece

I have a nephew (I was raised an only child but I have a sister; we met as adults)

I couldn’t choose a favorite song

I’ve failed a class

I can speak two or more languages (I can puzzle out written French and sometimes Spanish, but not very well)

I can play an instrument

I’ve hugged someone in the last 24 hours

I’ve kissed someone in the last 24 hours

I have a best friend

I’ve known my best friend for more than 10 years

I have met a friend from the internet

I’ve kissed someone of the same sex

I’ve had sex in the past month

I’m in/have been in a long distance relationship

I’ve had a one night stand

I’ve been dumped more than I’ve dumped someone

I’ve cheated on someone

I’ve met someone famous

I’ve broken a bone

I’ve spent more than six hours straight online

I’ve been out of my home country

I have friends who are married

I have friends who have children of their own

I have been in a wedding party

I’ve ridden in a limousine

I am a morning person

I am a night owl

I like anime

I like Disney movies

I like comedies more than action films

I like action films more than comedies

I always order dessert

I hate fast food

I can’t cook

I enjoy puns

I enjoy being alone

I read for pleasure

I don’t play video games

I believe in ghosts

I believe in aliens (more or less - I don’t disbelieve)

I enjoy conspiracy theories

I’ve been somewhere considered ‘haunted’

I’ve stayed up all night for no reason

I can’t keep secrets

I’ve had a Skype call with more than four people

I’m good with children

I’ve cheated on a test (funny story - I cheated because it didn’t count towards a grade - I was too proud to just fail, and I still feel guilty about it!)

I’ve watched an entire season of something in one day

I am wearing something green right now

I am wearing something yellow right now

I am wearing something purple right now

I’ve never tried alcohol

I’ve had alcohol while underage

I’ve played a drinking game

I’m scared of snakes

I’m scared of heights

I’m scared of clowns

I’m scared of spiders

I collect stamps

I collect comic books

I keep old bus/train tickets

I don’t know the words to my national anthem

I’ve been to a professional sports game

I have more than three key rings on my keys

I’ve had my hair cut in the past month

I’ve cosplayed

I can’t swallow pills

I played through it once and immediately bought it.  It’s really strange and absorbing.  It’s based on Fallen London - so, Lovecraftian choose-your-own-adventure.  The bulk of the gameplay is text-based, but you also sail a ship around, visiting ports, fighting creatures and other ships, and discovering stories, which you trade for benefits and gear. 

You can choose whatever gender and title you like for your own character and romance men or women or both.  So far I’ve discovered you can have a sweetheart in port as well as dally with some of your officers, but I don’t know if you can do both in the same playthrough (or what the consequences are).  You can ignore all that, too, but it’s always so nice to have those options.  You also choose your captain’s background, as well as the game’s winning conditions, which I thought was especially refreshing.

It’s an incredibly fun and open-ended kind of game, with an original world and a lot of memorable moments.  Don’t let the permadeath thing scare you off; if you don’t like it, you can turn it off by manually saving the game at any time.  I’m sticking with permadeath for now, but I’ll try it the other way if the game starts to feel repetitive (I doubt it will, since a lot of the NPCs and encounters are randomized each playthrough).

Rules:
 write the first ten songs that come up on shuffle (no skipping) and quote your favorite lyric from each song, then tag 10 people.

Thank you for tagging me, @elveatas - I love these!

1. Sweet and Tender Hooligan by the Smiths - “In the midst of life, we are in debt, et cetera.”

2. Colony by Joy Division - “A cruel wind that bows down to our lunacy and leaves him standing cold here in this colony.”

3. Carnival by Mark Lanegan - “Trying to look like you just might know that all of the good that you’ve seen just went down and into the drain.”

4. When You Don’t See Me by the Sisters of Mercy - “You bought a mask; I put it on.  You never thought to ask me if I wear it when you’re gone.”

5. Lights by the Sisters of Mercy - “Well, there have been better plans, but none that I could ever understand.”

6. Perfect Kiss by New Order - “Tonight I should have stayed at home, playing with my pleasure zone.” 

7. Sheila Take a Bow by the Smiths - “Boot the grime of this world in the crotch, dear.”

8. Sometimes by Erasure - “Climb in bed beside me, we can lock the world outside.”

9. Troubled Times by Screaming Trees - “Troubled times and worry will turn your head away.”

10. Temple of Love by the Sisters of Mercy - “Crying, weeping will not save your faith for bricks and dreams for mortar.  All your prayers must seem as nothing, ninety-six below the wave, when stone is dust and only air remains.”