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Behemoth the Barbarian
2002-04-06 03:31:21
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WOAH!
Congratulations :) Now you'll have two dragons around the house :)
I decided to combine Stone Jacuzzi with the Inn since there was no activity in both :)
I'm having a wonderful time at the university. There's a lot of work but I'm finally learning something I'm interested in, instead of learning a bit of everything like it was in high school.
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Beltion
2002-04-06 10:11:59
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Yeah, Congrats.
Make sure to sleep alot while you still have the chance. :)
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Lady Midnight
2002-04-11 04:31:50
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*smiles*
Thank you both 
*looks at Beh* That is wonderful news It is so much better when you finally get to study something that interests you instead of just being stuck in classes because you have to be with stuff that bores you.
So what games are either of you into now a days?
I just started playing DAOC (Dark Age of Camelot) myself. I am having a good time with it. I only have one character so far, and have not played much, but it is quite fun.
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Beltion
2002-04-11 10:29:49
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None
The last three or so months flew by while concentrating hard on schoolwork. Now that I have some spare time again I'm starting to notice that my current computer can't handle much anything (a Pentium MMX 200Mhz).
So to pass time I've read some lately, something I enjoy but didn't have a chance to do with all that school work to be done. And now that the spring finally seems to have made a breakthrough up here I'm also trying to spend more time outside.
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Behemoth the Barbarian
2002-04-25 11:14:25
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Re: *smiles*
I managed to play Heroes IV a little (if 14 hours of non-stop playing qualifies as little) before my new comp decided 3 days of working w/o trouble is enough... Once I get it back, I might have no possibility of playing, cause the exam session starts on the 1st of June and I'll have to do some serious studying. However the vision of the session is quite blurry now, especially that I'm leaving for a short vacation on the long weekend we have here (1st-5th May). I'm going to the mountains, to Zakopane (Belt should know where that is :) with some friends. The said vision should start materialising once I return :)
What've you been reading, Belt? I got fed up with fantasy and read two sci-fi books lately (Robert Heinlein's "Puppet Masters", Harry Harrison's "Deathworld") and am reading another - "Collision Course" by Barrington Bayley.
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Beltion
2002-04-26 00:33:46
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Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
Trying to get through some of the classics myself. And I must say I'm enjoying Conrad. Excellent vocabulary builder and very well written in all aspects.
"There he was before me, in motley, as though he had absconded from a troupe of mimes, enthusiastic, fabulous. His very existence was improbable, inexplicable and altogether bewildering."
Last sci-fi I've read must be Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Nice book, also considered somewhat a classic. Also when I'm handing out reading advice, 1984 by George Orwell is highly recommended.
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Behemoth the Barbarian
2002-04-26 05:24:24
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Re: Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
The classics... yeah, there is a list of books I know I should read. I heard about "Lord Jim" by Joseph Conrad (who, by the way, is a Polish writer in case you didn't know) and even got a 5 for an essay about it in high school, even though I haven't read it... As for Orwell, his "Animal Farm" was one of the very few books I read for school. I really enjoyed it, it's a fast read and a great book. Heard of "1984", of course, and it's on that dusty list I mentioned in the beginning.
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Beltion
2002-04-26 06:04:14
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Had no idea he was Polish
Assumed he was a britton, bot the first time I'm wrong when assuming things. Haven't read any of his other books, but Heart is really good. I reckon I'll see the movie after I've read the book (Apocalypse Now by FF Coppola is based on Heart).
Orwell: Yep, Animal Farm is a good read indeed. Nice simplification of the Soviet Union. 1984 goes a bit further and describes a future where the whole world is controlled by totalitarian regimes. Fascinating reading.
Oh, and if you like the occasional short read: The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. That's where my current sig is from.
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Behemoth the Barbarian
2002-04-26 07:00:49
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Re: Had no idea he was Polish
He moved to Britain as far as I know. His real name is Józef Konrad Korzeniowski. For his writer's pseudonym he used both of his first names (as you can probably see).
Heard of Edgar Allan Poe, there was a series based on his "Incredible Stories". I watched it a few years ago and, of course, *planned* to read the stories...
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Beltion
2002-04-26 12:04:21
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Poe is very famous...
quite possibly the best American author ever.
His story The Raven has been played out in a Simpsons Halloween special. That alone should testify to his greatness.
[edit]And "Józef K"? whoa, how's that for Kafka link. Josef K is the main char in one of his books... The Trial.[/edit]
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Behemoth the Barbarian
2002-04-26 14:04:46
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Re: Poe is very famous...
Haven't read "The Trial" as well... Sometimes I wish my Polish (literature) teacher had executed reading books for school more. Already you mentioned at least 3 books, I should have read. There's a whole bunch of Polish classic I missed out on as well.
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Beltion
2002-04-26 14:44:00
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Aye, true...
there should be more reading in school. But then again perhaps I'm only saying that because reading books is one of the easiest types of assignments IMO.
Getting back to sci-fi, read Hitchicker's Guide?
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Behemoth the Barbarian
2002-04-27 05:30:32
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Nope...
I've just begun my trip into the sci-fi world.
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Beltion
2002-04-28 04:45:01
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Well that's one you must read...
It's a wonderfull trilogy of five books that's as hilarious as Pratchett.
The books are: "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe", "Life, the Universe & Everything", "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish" and last but not least "Mostly Harmless". It has everything a good sci-fi should have, plus a paranoid android that due to time travel actually is older than the universe. The authors name is Douglas Adams, and his books "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" and "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" are also very amusing.
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Behemoth the Barbarian
2002-05-07 11:27:54
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Re: Well that's one you must read...
So may books, so little time. It's been quite a while since I could afford the luxury of just getting up and reading all day. Maybe I'll be able to do that in summer holidays. I've got a LOT of catching up to do, it seems.
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