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You have entered the mysterious realm of Cody Allan Menzies. Within it's confines you will find the pitiful ramblings of a self-obsessed egomaniac, filled with horrifying tales of roleplaying, sarcastic reviews of movies, and the occassion lament of how little sex he is getting.


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Nov. 7th, 2009 @ 09:14 pm Noble End for a pack of Savages
How I'm Feeling: content
My Soundtrack : Rammstein - Mein Herz Brennt (Theme to Noble Savages)
My Noble Savages finally reached it's climax today after a long hiatus, and it was good to have the majority of my players back under the same roof for an final even that was as social as it was game related. It was also nice to see Lesley and Paul again, who brought their recently spawned orc Darwin along for his first roleplaying experience. I like to corrupt them early :D

The session was loose due to my work related stress keeping me from properly planning out the scenario, but people had fun as the hacked and laughed their way to saving the world one last time. It was a good feeling to give the game have resolution, even as scattershot as a lot of today was, and I actually feel slightly elated to have the game off my conscience. It's true, unfinished games haunt my soul. I think a lot of roleplayers can probably sympathize with that.

Anyway, time to try and sleep so I can be fully rested and relaxed before everything hits the fan on Monday (again.) It's been a while since I've felt this relaxed.
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Oct. 22nd, 2009 @ 10:39 am Like a Gerbil in the Rat Race
How I'm Feeling: You figure it out
My Soundtrack : The voices in my head.
Yeah, It's been like forever since my last bitchfest.  I haven't felt like sharing the angst online, and have been avoiding the usual online hangouts in a desperate attempt to prove how unhip I am.  But my courage has failed me.  Considering this the cyber version of me jumping up and and down and waving my arms in the air screaming "Look at meeeeeeeeee!"  As in real life, it is best to just pretend you didn't see it.

I love my job except when I don't.  I love roleplaying but barely have the energy to become engaged with plots swirling around.  I love my Dexter and but my attempts at a career as a crime-fighting serial killer are hindered by my squeamishness at the sight of blood.  I love my Nero Wolfe except when I run out, which is now.  I love my 22 inch widescreen LCD computer screen except when it blows up and needs to be replaced by my crappy 15 Viewsonic.  Which is also now.  I seem to have a love/hate relationship with my life.

Anyway, consider yourself bitched at.  Until next bitch.
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Aug. 31st, 2009 @ 07:14 pm Raugh!
How I'm Feeling: aggravated
My Soundtrack : Highlander Season 3 - Finale Part 1
It's amazing how one fucking shitty work day can undo the good buzz of a pleasant weekend.
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Aug. 10th, 2009 @ 10:33 am Weekends are too short
How I'm Feeling: contemplative
Spent a lot of quality time with Keenie and the Katiemonster this weekend, which was fun as always, and in exchange for some babysitting duties I was well fed with both food and good conversation.  Ended up watching, ahem, "Finding Emo" as Katie calls it, as it is one of the few DVDs I own that are fit for child consumtion.  Not a bad way to spend my time, and it's nice to know their is at least one young blonde who looks forward to seeing me :p

Anyway, back at work now, and all ready wishing for the weekend again.  It' would be nice if they could swap the days around.  Two days work and five day weekends would kick ass. 
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Jul. 14th, 2009 @ 08:46 pm Noble Failure
How I'm Feeling: melancholy
My Soundtrack : John Ottman - X2 Complete OST - White House Attack
Due to various outside factors affecting my player's ability to attend gaming (work, travel, babies), I've decided to put my Noble Savages on hiatus until further notice. This is a bit of a disappointment, but is nobody's fault, so I will just need to roll with it. Now I need to complete my Mass Effect rules so I can run that in it's place...
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Jul. 3rd, 2009 @ 07:34 pm Codys on the Verse of a Nervous Breakdown
How I'm Feeling: exhausted
I am not in a good way. I know it, others probably suspect it, and I need to take charge.

The last couple of weeks have been hell for me. Work has been one intense MF over the last couple of weeks due to large numbers of staff being off sick and an ever increasing workload, and I'm all out of happy pills and do not have a chance for a refill until next week. I am barely sleeping, and motivation constantly teases me with the promise of actually doing something only to retreat whenever I try to take it up on it's offer. I try to keep a brave face in front of my friends and colleges, but part of me is slipping away.

I beginning to feel like I'm living the Ron Livingston's speech from Office Space (if you've seen the flick I'm sure you'll know which one I'm referring to) and though intellectually I know this is not the case, emotionally is a different story . In fact all I seem to feel at the moment is rage and depression, and the swing between the two seems to becoming more frequent. Some days I can pass for normal, others it feels like it's clock tower time. I need to get my shit in order, before my perception becomes reality. I have some time off coming to me mid-July, at which time I will flee home for a couple of days. I hope that will do me so good, but considering how close to the bottom I seem to be I fear it will just be the eye of the storm. I need to affect a change. I've done so before, but I need to add some permanency to it.

I don't like taking the happy pills, but they at least mellow me out. I don't like putting on the act for my friends, but they have their own issues and don't deserve mine. I don't like being overwhelmed at work, but if I'm not constantly moving I think I might break down. I don't like whining in LJ, but this is probably the one place I can be honest, even if only to myself.
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Jun. 26th, 2009 @ 11:15 pm End of Weak Week
How I'm Feeling: relieved
Some wine, some conversation, some awesome company. The best way to end a truly shitty week.
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Jun. 25th, 2009 @ 11:02 pm Autobots - roll out!
How I'm Feeling: nerdy
My Soundtrack : Steve Jablonsky - Transformers OST - Autobots
Okay, usual dealy thing for the movies on Saturday. Meet up about four-thirtyish to get tickets, grab something to eat and generally socialize until 6:30pm, upon which time we which 2 1/2 hours of giant robot porn.
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Jun. 25th, 2009 @ 10:18 am Seeking Transformers
How I'm Feeling: Giant Robot Porn Geeky
Currenly plotting/scheming/wetdreaming of going to see Revenge of the Fallen this Saturday.   Anybody want to tag?  It will be Giant Robot Porn.  Can't go wrong with that. 

Please reply via comment, text, or via the Autobot Matrix.  Which is cooler than the Keanu Reeves Matrix.  It has cookies.  Cookies that transform.  Into robot cookies.  I should try this sleep thing, shouldn't I? 
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Jun. 13th, 2009 @ 10:43 pm "She's have fantasies of being drunk while I'm having fantasies of being drunk..."
How I'm Feeling: drunk
Pretzels, alcohol, pizza, cheesy movies and more alcohol. Is there a better way to spend a Saturday night?
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Jun. 12th, 2009 @ 10:26 am D&D: Our successes are made of Fail
How I'm Feeling: nerdy
After missing last week's session due to various plagues and mechanical problems, we managed to survive another session of [info]zakzahn 's D&D campaign.  The session started out well enough, with most of the party making a daring escape from the giant glass test tubes we were imprisoned in last session, and finally managing to reunite with the members of the party who were not stupid enough to get themselves arrested.  A good portion of the game was taken up with discussion with NPCs on where we, as the city's most wanted, should do next, which was fun and had lots of nice roleplaying (and some unneccessary nudity from my character).  The session then took an increasingly bizzarre turn as we underwent testing in the dream realm to unlock our next level of power, which included my gay character being turned into a himbo and feeling up the party's only female member, and some of us being turned into small furry animals and taking on a pyromaniac dragon.  The strangest thing was we seemed to have actually passed our test, though I somehow doubt this was what the GM had in mind.  Next week should be more grounded ... yeah, right.


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Jun. 10th, 2009 @ 11:09 pm This movie must be made...
How I'm Feeling: geeky
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Jun. 10th, 2009 @ 06:22 pm Desktop Meme (or Lack Of Clever Title)
How I'm Feeling: chipper
Photocopied from [info]niennahirilfea

Rules:
01. Anyone who wants to can post this meme and their current wallpaper at their LiveJournal.
02. Explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper!
03. Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on!



Okay, basic rundown of the picture is that it's a nude woman posing. Nuff said really. Actually, I took the photo myself and am proud of it (as I am of the others in the series). It's also fair non-explicit and faux-artistic, so I don't have to worry about offending visitors. Lastly, Kumi is hot.
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Jun. 10th, 2009 @ 10:33 am Of Central Americian Dictators and Baby Gamers
How I'm Feeling: thoughtful
Looks like Noble Savages is going on hiatus as of the beginning of July, as I am loosing two players (though one more temporarily than the other.  The first is off to do a tour of Central America, no doubt to spread Orcish diplomacy to the region.  The other, in her own words, has been "knocked up" and is due to give birth in early July.  I have made her promise to bring the resulting spawn to game when he his old enough to travel, as I like to corrupt them early when it comes to roleplaying.  Other than that, last night's session went reasonably well despite having to rush some events due to the upcoming exits.  Onward, orcish soldiers!
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Jun. 7th, 2009 @ 12:34 am Weekend Nerdity
How I'm Feeling: dorky
Due to not feeling the best, stayed home this weekend and have spent my time engaging in much nerdity. You know, instead of having a life or some simulation of.

Played a bit of Jade Empire. Okay game, nice setting, but lacking the awesome awesomeness of Bioware's other RPG epics (KOTOR, Mass Effect etc). Could hook me later on with more play, and I will admit a certain amusement at playing a Shaolin Monk with Wolverine claws, but at the moment I don't see me playing this one over and over again like the aforementioned games inspired me to do. In related news, caught the trailer for Knights of the Republic MMORPG Bioware's producing. Looks flashy, but I'm hoping the really outdated Matrix-style slow motion action will not make the final product. There is cinematic, and then there is cheesy gimmickry. Luckily I have faith that Bioware knows the difference.

Been catching up with the third season of Primeval, I show I enjoyed but am having reservations about. The show's time anomaly premise and characters still hold my interest, and it seems to have a clear sense of direction in it's story telling (something the similarly themed Torchwood utter failed at), but the individual episodes have been really hit and miss (the less said about the ending of the first episode the better, and I'm iffy about the new characters added in.) Still, it satisfies my need for Brit-flavoured supernatural shenanigans, and it will tide me over at least until the new season of Being Human begins.

It other TV news, finally got around to watching the pilot for the never-produced Aquaman series. It's a shame it failed to pick up, because for all it's flaws, the pilot had a lot of promise and ambition, and the series could could have developed into something really interesting. Extra points too for an excellent Jaws reference and a cool underwater sequence of the character swimming playfully in a school of non-aggressive sharks. Yeah, we know why I'd watch it...

In webcomic news, excellent last panel in today's Order of the Stick. I laughed so hard it hurt. Bravo.

Anyway, I should try this sleep thing people keep talking about. Adios.
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May. 13th, 2009 @ 08:46 pm Most awesome movie of awesomeness
How I'm Feeling: geeky
My Soundtrack : Oxhorn - Oxhorn Brand Medley
Holly shit, this may be the greatest movie ever made. Many kudos to [info]kiwired for pointing it out to me. I had a Codygasim just watching it.

( Movie greatnesss behind the cut )

In other news, no work and all Mass Effect make Cody a very lazy boy...

(Freckled blue bisexual alien archeologists rock my world. Repeatedly.)
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May. 7th, 2009 @ 10:42 am Star Trekkin...
How I'm Feeling: Movie Geeky

Because the Wolverine thing worked out, I've decided to go two fer two and organize an outing to the latest Star Trek flick.  The session I'll be aiming for is the 6:10pm session at Riccarton on Saturday, so if interested don your Spock ears, set phasers to fun and leave a message at the sound of the critical exception error.  Or comment below.  Whatever works for you.
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May. 2nd, 2009 @ 09:55 pm Wolverine - Making the Cut
How I'm Feeling: nerdy
My Soundtrack : Harry Gregson-Williams - Wolverine OST - 01 Logan Through Time
Just came back from seeing Wolverine, which was an entertaining action romp. It was cool to see Hugh Jackman don the claws and mutton chops again as the movie followed him as he kicked ass from the 1800s through to what I assume is the 70s (the movie never makes the time peroid clear), showing how he gained the name Wolverine and his unique skeleton The movie features a nice reinterpitation of Victor Creed by Liev Schrieber, who is all toothy grin and quiet menace, and Ryan Reynolds makes a brief but welcome outing as the Merc with the Mouth. Other mutants all have their moments (the movie is a little top-heavy with cameos) and the action is swift and exciting.

The movie does have some issues, though mostly minor. Certain sections breeze by too quickly (the Adamantium bonding sequence could and should have been a bit longer) and the ending is a bit on the nose in tidying up the loose ends from this to the original X-Men trilogy. I dunno, maybe last year's awesome Iron Man set the bar for superhero movies too high. If you are a fan of the first three films, you'll most likely enjoy this one, as it is fun piece of popcorn. And any excuse to have Jackman pop claw is okay in my book.

Will probably go and see Star Trek next week, which looks interesting (and will hopefully be the first of these modern reimaginings to justify it's exsistance.) Also Terminator 4, GI Joe and Transformers 2: Bigger Giant Robot Porn also look like they might be fun ways to spend an evening. Anyway, until then, see you later. Bub.
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Apr. 28th, 2009 @ 11:00 pm Expedition to find the Wolverine
How I'm Feeling: geeky
Going to see Wolverine on Saturday, so here's an open invite to anyone wanting to tag along. I'll be heading to the 6:40pm session at Hoyts Riccarton, and will be announce the actually plan of attack once I have an idea of who is expecting to show. If interest, just contact me by the usual LJ comment, text message, email of astral projection. Please be aware some of these methods are more effective that others.
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Apr. 5th, 2009 @ 01:15 pm The meaning of friendship
How I'm Feeling: disappointed
Last night was an interesting experiment in what friendship means to some people. They had a chance to celebrate a special anniversary with someone close to them, someone they have known and supposedly cared about for years. They came up wanting. Only a mere handful of their friends actually showed up to celebrate with then.

Some were unable to attend for legitimit and understandable reasons, but these people are not the subject of this post. Others did not, and were rather blasie about there reason. Many simple did not bother to even given a reason, just simple ignored their friend. And some, who are truly unforgivable, decided to hijack the anniversary event for their own selfish egos.

The special someone was left distraught over what was meant to be their special night. They have every right to be after their treatment. I cannot say I am angry at these peoples treatment of this special person, their supposed friend. The whole thing has left me ... sad.

I am not a perfect person, nor have or will ever claim to be. However I hope that I will never be as bad a friend as those I witnessed last night.
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