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Well, not only have we seen the movie now, but we've seen it twice! It was that freaking good! I loved Little Kirk. "Is there a problem officer?".
Everybody did such a great job with their characters. It was incredibly funny, but without being ri...
Wow.. it's been a while since anyone posted in this thread.. I didn't know it so I had to look it up..
Lars and the Real Girl?
Hi guys. I'm just getting in on this show. I'm watching it on hulu.com. So, I can start with episode one and go through them all. I hope to be caught up by the time the next new episode shows, which is April 25, I think. I really like it. LOVE the...
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- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Relationship Status:
- Single
- Birthdate
- November 1, 1980
- About Me:
- I’m totally crazy about my wife, Faith, the co-creator of this site. I’m a total geek as evidenced by the fact that I’m helping to run two fantasy websites. I love all things fantasy, from art to zines and will use any free time I have to indulge. One of my biggest loves is Magic: The Gathering and most Sundays I can be found at Games & Gizmos in Redmond, WA drafting.
- Website:
- http://www.FantasyIsLove.com
- I am a:
- Writer, Gamer, Role Player, Reader, Movie-goer, Fantasy Fan!
- (artist, writer, musician, designer, etc only) what do you do, and where can we see it:
- Unfortunately my writing can only be seen in very limited quantity on my own computer. I'm currently working on my very first novel though and the quantity is starting to not be so limited. :)
- Favorite Artists:
- rk post
- Favorite Writers/Books/Stories:
- Terry Goodkind, Terry Brooks, Terry Pratchett, J.K Rowling, David Eddings, Christopher Paolini, Philip Pullman
- Favorite Music/Musicians:
- Regina Spektor, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Staind, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Priscilla Hernandez.
- Favorite Games (video, card, role playing, etc):
- Magic: The Gathering, Settlers of Catan, Final Fantasy (all of them)
- Favorite Movies:
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Stardust, The Princess Bride, Labyrinth, The 10th Kingdom, Excalibur, Willow
- Favorite Television Programs:
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Kindred: The Embraced, Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, Six Feet Under, Lost, Heroes, Dexter, Weeds
- Favorite Fantasy Character:
- Cubit from my Work in Progress; Cara the Mordsith from the Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind
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New toys!
So, my work at the call center yielded a $50 gift certificate of my choice. I chose to get one for Amazon.com as I always do. Last night Faith and I sat down to spend it. Here's a list of the things we decided to get:
1) Watchmen
2) Sandman Vol. 1
3) V for Vendetta (graphic novel)
4) 2 VC Andrews books that were missing from Faith's collection
5) books 4, 5, and 6 of Kushiel's Legacy
6) Dr Horrible
With a sale that was going on to get one book free that all cost us about $30 or so after the gi… Continue
1) Watchmen
2) Sandman Vol. 1
3) V for Vendetta (graphic novel)
4) 2 VC Andrews books that were missing from Faith's collection
5) books 4, 5, and 6 of Kushiel's Legacy
6) Dr Horrible
With a sale that was going on to get one book free that all cost us about $30 or so after the gi… Continue
Posted on February 9, 2009 at 11:40am — 4 Comments
Writing in the new year.
So, I've sadly been avoiding any sort of writing yet again. I managed to write over 5000 words to start a fantasy novel in less than 2 weeks, but I haven't touched it since. I want to make a resolution for this year that I will be able to keep that will get me writing again. Strangely enough I'm sort of inspired by the movie Yes Man. In there they basically talk about how deciding to do something and then not following through is breaking a promise to yourself. I'd thought of it that way before,… Continue
Posted on January 2, 2009 at 11:27pm — 8 Comments
Best Ringtone Ever
So, the other day I got around to adding some ringtones to my phone. I had some on there before it got stolen early this year, but I never got things put back on it. During my ponderings on what I should put on my phone I finally thought of the Buffy Theme. So that's my new default ringtone. w00t! I also uploaded it to my profile here for any of you that are missing Buffy.
Posted on November 30, 2008 at 3:01pm — 1 Comment
Birthday fun!
Yesterday was my 28th birthday. Man, I'm getting OLD. But despite being a decrepit old man I did have quite a bit of fun. First on the agenda was opening presents. We decided not to focus much on presents for our birthdays this year, but mine were still pretty awesome. I got a booster of Magic cards because my wife heard how disappointed I was with the cards I'd opened recently. She's so sweet. I got the new Ratchet and Clank game for my PSP which promises to be great fun.
My final present was… Continue
My final present was… Continue
Posted on November 2, 2008 at 6:34pm — 2 Comments
My first novel!
So, I've started work on my very first novel. It's of course a fantasy themed novel. It revolves around a character Cubit, a character that I've RPed in various places over the last 10 years. He's a fiery little womanizing Pixie whose world is falling apart around him. He's starting to find out that everything he knows is wrong and now it's up to him to find out what's really the truth. I'm 1500 words in and I can still hardly believe that I'm finally going to write a novel. It's a wonderful fee… Continue
Posted on October 5, 2008 at 3:20pm — 4 Comments
Comment Wall (85 comments)
- At 3:35pm on April 12, 2009,
Faith McKay said…
- Happy Easter, hon. You should upload that photo of you and Wil Wheaton on here!
- At 9:47pm on March 18, 2009,
Brian Rathbone said…
- Thanks Robert. I'm enjoying being here. I think it's been almost 20 years since I read the first Dragonlance Chronicles, and it's amazing how many characters are still vivid in my mind.
You can definitely finish that novel! I think the key to writing a first novel is to give yourself permission to write badly. Don't even stop and search for that perfect word or turn of phrase, just keep typing. Don't even feel you must reread it right away. Let it sit a couple weeks and work on something else. Then you can come back and drum up the hope that one day you will finish editing and rewriting your novel.
The real magic is in the editing :)
If you need any inspiration, just give a shout. I'll be happy to give it a go.
- At 6:41pm on March 17, 2009,
Teresa Arellanes said… - Hi, Hi, Hi Robert! Happy St. Patrick's Day!
- At 6:53pm on February 22, 2009,
Kat Calandrino said… - Yeah. That's another reason I've been hesitating over picking up the fourth book. I'm pretty attached to her character and moving on to someone else with her still being a part of the social circle might be hard to get into. I'm glad you seem to be enjoying it. You'll have to let me know if I should pick it up.
- At 7:42pm on February 15, 2009, Kat Calandrino said…
- Yes. A friend of mine recommended her Kushiel's series to me since I reminded him of the main character. I <3 her work though I only have the first three so far.
- At 10:34pm on February 13, 2009, Kat Calandrino said…
- I know! We really do need to actually meet one of these days. I'm game for fantasy geekiness though I am behind on my reading as I ran out of space on my bookcase...
- At 10:54pm on February 9, 2009,
- Look at the last one on this thread (video)
- At 4:59pm on February 9, 2009, Amy said…
- Yeah, thanks for that. :) I'm still figuring it all out. I wanted to get some good book suggestions. I'm on an urban fantasy kick right now.
- At 2:38pm on January 31, 2009,
Samuel Walters said… - TNG is a fantastic series. I'll be starting an episode-by-episode review of DS9 pretty soon, though I didn't see a single episode of it during its original run -- except for the pilot, which I didn't think much of. Heard that it got better, though, so here's hoping! ;-)
- At 10:11am on January 30, 2009,
Lady Steel said… - Hail Robert,
I didn't discover fantasy until my early twenties and Tolkien was my first. When I met my husband and went to his parents house, I remember I walked up these long stairs and at the top was a floor to ceiling bookcase crammed with fantasy paperbacks. I thought I have to marry this man. I married him, read all his books and am always looking for more, books that is.
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