My friend Arnie

So…my friend made this card of me on our group blog: blogsplog.wordpress.com

He asked me when he did it if I had seen it, and I said yes. I saw the card…what I didn’t see was the heartfelt, hysterical and lengthy reasoning that he wrote for making the card.

I read that for the first time today…and I just about laughed my way out of my chair. And then I felt like crying because I miss my roommate of two years so much. I miss California and all of my friends so much. You are all so wonderful and special and I will never in my life forget you or leave you behind. I’m just in a new direction right now, is all.

Arnie’s Post:

I’ve been painting a lot this weekend, and as a result I have had a lot of time to think about things in the process. One of those things was how coordinate some specific personality traits of more people who I know that read this blog into Magic cards. A momentary lapse of stupidity caused the breakthrough that allowed me to create Jeege’s card. The idea called for him to be a legend. Legends, for the Magic-impaired readers out there, are a kind of creature in the game where only one may be in your control at one time. power and toughness are represented by * because they are determined by certain parameters (power= how much damage a creature can do; toughness = how much damage a creature can take). now… on to our explanation!

The first ability Jeege is given is the ability of trample. I, for one, have always thought that this is one of the most kick ass abilities in the game and thus is an honor to hold (a reason I wanted The Jeege to have it). To understand trample one must understand attacking and blocking. Attacking is something any creature may do by tapping (if you don’t know what tapping is then you probably are not the type of person that finds this blog funny). When you attack, you always attack the person you are playing against. they have the option of blocking your attack with a creature of their own. If this occurs, your creature deals damage equal to its power (first number) to that creature’s toughness (second number). However, if a creature has the trample ability, and there is leftover damage to be done after the toughness, then it goes to the player! In other words, it clears out what lies in its path and continues on toward it’s target. This is significant to the area of Jeege’s personality that I want to emphasize… now!

The significance of the attributes:

The first attribute begins with the trample ability. However it is important to note that it is only in effect while The Jeege is attacking. This is because Jeege, as those who know him well can confirm, will spend most of his time in a very tame and secluded state. He does this, mostly, in his chair while watching his computer screen taking in whatever information, art, game, film, or music it may be displaying. The next detail is that Jeege is continually tapped while in play. This is also because of the lifestyle I just explained, but more so a nod toward Jeege’s continued absence. He is a man who’s responsibilities are spread out over a wide area and he is seldom seen at home as such. And, as explained earlier, he is not exactly the most outgoing type when he finally finds his rest at his desk. But during this time, this secluded respite, The Jeege is acquiring a plethora of information. So much so, that if one were to stop him at some point and ask him what was on his mind, a torrent of nuanced, passionate, and well informed opinions will stream forth as if you caused the last chink to an already bursting dam. This is represented in the gathering of rage tokens. Should The Jeege not be given the opportunity to express his rage, what would become of him? It is one of the fantastic mysteries of creation. However, one can suppose that he might die from the burden of his own passion. That is why The Jeege: Wielder of Rage cannot survive more than 5 turns without releasing his passion. Which brings us, finally, to the second ability.

At the cost of four mana (or courage to break the deafening silence) one can untap The Jeege: Wielder of Rage and thus enable him to attack. If he attacks, he releases all of his built up rage at the end of the turn, and begins his pursuit of more important matters than the last. This, I repeat, is coupled with the added trample ability, for no one within a 15 ft. radius can further go about their business without first acknowledging that The Jeege’s river of rage has been released.

Now, to clarify one last matter. Some may have noticed that I have interchanged the words rage and passion in this lengthly explanation. This is because The Jeege’s rage is not always hateful or anger. In fact, it is more commonly excitement and bursting happiness. This is because Jeege is simply a passionate man. So passionate that he even finds a blog like this, where its readers take no interest in stupid sports games, to write his football reviews for the Minnesota Vikings. So really, passionate is the better word to describe what I am getting at in this card. But I chose to call The Jeege the wielder of rager, rather than calling him the wielder of passion, because that just sounds gay and thus would not represent his character. Or wait… maybe it would?

asada – out

….HYSTERICAL

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The Blogsplog

In case you didn’t know, I actually post on two different blogs. I post here, but part of the reason that I haven’t been posting regularly here is because I’ve actually been posting pretty consistently at The Blogsplog.

The Blogsplog contains a collective of writers who are friends and aquaintances from years gone by and whom enjoy eachother’s company/witty charm. (mainly myself…my witty charm)

So, just so you know, I will focus a majority of my random writing about cultural things and so forth on the blogsplog and I will write reviews and career things here! At Lights. Camera. Fizzle.

Thanks!

P.S. My posts are the ones that say “posted by jeege” at the bottom. Just in case your only interested in what I have to say.

Birthday: Awesome.

I couldn’t think of any better way to thank everyone for an incredible birthdate celebration than a nice blog posting.

So…THANK YOU!

I have an incredible group of friends who make me feel very special and privileged to know them. Thank you for your numerous wall posts and phone calls and thank you to those of you who (bafflingly) saw fit to give me gifts and cards.

You all make my heart happy…and yes it was happy birthday.

Thank you!

First posts…new blog…will anyone read?

I have an eight dollar and sixteen cent budget for every day of the next month.

I must tread lightly or I may be doomed to a few weeks worth of Ramen.

Its easy enough on the belly, I suppose.