I have a hard time talking about my dreams. I've realized that I have this tendency to view the things I want as basically being impossible. I think I live in something like a fantasy world, by which I mean that I spend a great deal of my time and energy daydreaming and fantasizing, whether it be through actual fantasy (stories, etc.) or just imagining how things could have been or could be. But I seem to stop there; it's as though I tell myself that none of these things could ever come to be. I think that's why I've put little to no effort into any kind of gender reassignment, and why I don't write anymore.
It's like I just gave up sometime a while back. Like I was telling Lilly last night, there was a period of about two or three years in which I quite literally never left my house except on occasion, such as to buy things. I just hid away, and tried to be content with that. I always get so depressed talking about things I would want to happen, because in my mind, there's an automatic assumption that "want to happen" means "want to happen, but never will."
But awareness is the first step, right? I think I'm starting to change that about myself, slowly. I have a job now that doesn't make me revile getting up in the morning; and my presence on this site has helped me with some of my social and self-image issues. Hopefully I'm on the right track.
@Faerie Lord: I'm glad you shared that with us. I'm sorry if I forced to say something that you didn't want to share. But you have no reason to feel bad about telling us things. We're friends, right? At least as much as we can be over the internet.
All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the light that you see. All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the peace that you feel. All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to fill your heart on my own.
But the rainbow is an image of hope for many reasons, as it is a brilliant sight coming out of oftimes dismal weather.
I have a hard time talking about my dreams. I've realized that I have this tendency to view the things I want as basically being impossible. I think I live in something like a fantasy world, by which I mean that I spend a great deal of my time and energy daydreaming and fantasizing, whether it be through actual fantasy (stories, etc.) or just imagining how things could have been or could be. But I seem to stop there; it's as though I tell myself that none of these things could ever come to be. I think that's why I've put little to not effort into any kind of gender reassignment, and why I don't write anymore.
It's like I just gave up sometime a while back. Like I was telling Lilly last night, there was a period of about two or three years in which I quite literally never left my house except on occasion, such as to buy things. I just hid away, and tried to be content with that. I always get so depressed talking about things I would want to happen, because in my mind, there's an automatic assumption that "want to happen" means "want to happen, but never will."
But awareness is the first step, right? I think I'm starting to change that about myself, slowly. I have a job now that doesn't make me revile getting up in the morning; and my presence on this site has helped me with some of my social and self-image issues. Hopefully I'm on the right track.
I know exactly how you feel. Or at least somewhat. I do that all the time. I place myself in a fantasy world or re-write events that have happened so they work out in my favor or how I wanted to them end up.
I can't say much for everything else you feel though. I generally do this on a now-a-then basis. I can't stay that I've ever hid myself away, although it certainly would be nice to be able to do such a thing.
Its certainly good that you have a job you don't intensely dislike. I can't say much for mine, but I know I generally don't like having to wake up in the morning to go to work. But, that may just be me.
I know exactly how you feel. Or at least somewhat. I do that all the time. I place myself in a fantasy world or re-write events that have happened so they work out in my favor or how I wanted to them end up.
I can't say much for everything else you feel though. I generally do this on a now-a-then basis. I can't stay that I've ever hid myself away, although it certainly would be nice to be able to do such a thing.
Its certainly good that you have a job you don't intensely dislike. I can't say much for mine, but I know I generally don't like having to wake up in the morning to go to work. But, that may just be me.
I don't think anything is wrong with having an active inner life or imagination, but I think I use it to get me through things so much that I'm just detached from the "real world."
I get not wanting to go to work. It's not like my job excites me; but I can at least tolerate it, I guess. We do what we can, right?
My CD drive won't open. Would anyone who understands computers have an idea as to how I can open it? We've tried just about everything feasible on the software end, including a system recovery.
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All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the light that you see. All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the peace that you feel. All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to fill your heart on my own.
But the rainbow is an image of hope for many reasons, as it is a brilliant sight coming out of oftimes dismal weather.
A CD drive failing to open could be a completely mechanical problem; you may have to take the computer in. It can be a major pain in the butt to fix, especially on a laptop.
There might be a little hole in the front of the CD drive--try pushing a pin into it. It's the manual release. But if it's not working at all, then you'll have to get it looked at.
I don't think anything is wrong with having an active inner life or imagination, but I think I use it to get me through things so much that I'm just detached from the "real world."
I get not wanting to go to work. It's not like my job excites me; but I can at least tolerate it, I guess. We do what we can, right?
My CD drive won't open. Would anyone who understands computers have an idea as to how I can open it? We've tried just about everything feasible on the software end, including a system recovery.
I don't think there is anything wrong with it either. It provides a nice escape from the real world. I guess that's why I enjoy Rpgs and anime so much. Alternate worlds/realities where anything can happen.
As for work, yeah, heh. My job isn't that bad, its just the hours frustrate me sometimes. Like, I've had off all week and I have to work 8 hours tomorrow and Sat. at the very least. I have a feeling I'll be working Sunday, since its the 1st of the month and the busiest day. Hopefully, if I do indeed have to work Sunday, it won't be for that long.
@CD Drive: I can't say I know much about that. If you can't get it open by convention methods, I'd say try to pry it open carefully as to not damage it.
Hi again coffee-folk, happy Friday to everyone
This morning I had an interesting revelation
If I'm ever going to break free of the cycle I've stuck myself in, i need to learn to say no
If I ever wish to become who I am and who I want to be and do what I want to do, I have to stop feeling guilty for being my own person. I realized that MY life, that is, the life that I will have on not even a year, when I'm 18, is being driven by MY ambitions, MY goals, MY dreams, not what I'm supposed to fulfill in my role in my family, or in the social groups I'm in, or how most people see me. (its a very Black-blue vs green thing, which is funny because those are the colors I identify with most)
This, i feel, is my biggest internal conflict, beyond anything concerning gender and sex and the like, is that I have trouble following what I want to do as opposed to what I'm "supposed" to do.
Whats funny, is that often, I find quotes on magic cards and video games that apply quite well to a situation in my life. For a while now, the words in my sig, "I wonder... The face under the mask...Is that... your true face?" represents the rediscovery of my inner self, my real self, and that the person even behind the mask that i showed to people, was hiding something from herself, that she was even there. and now, for this new revelation, I think the flavor text of Null Profusion fits very well. I will not be bound by what others say is my destiny.
An issue arises when I think to myself how I'm going to do this. I have an issue with saying "no" to my parents. Its been years since I willfully outright defied them, before right now anyway, and I still have trouble doing that. Last night, my dad was just like "your nails are too long, cut them" and I was just like "*sulk* ok..." and I did. Those of you tha know me, would know that my nails, (formerly awesome) my hair and my eyes are the only real feminine traits i have, at least solely physical ones, and are some of the few things I'm proud of. The fact that I destroyed such a thing at the command of my father, shows I'm too bound by how things were for the past 17.5 years, and makes me wonder how easy leaving actually will be if they object, which they most likely will.
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"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown" ~ H. P. Lovecraft
Which big Magic personalities have you met in real life? What were they like? (Authors, columnists, WOTC folks, artists)
Which Magic personalities would you like to meet?
When I travelled to the 2005 Brazilian Nationals, I had dinner with a group of people that included former World Champion Carlos Romão. We didn't really talk much, actually, but we were on the same table.
As for who I'd like to meet, obviously that would be Rosewater. In fact, I'd like to have a lenghty conversation with him about the state of Magic, what I like and dislike about it, and, most importantly, the color pie. That could easily span a couple of days.
@Faerie Lord - I'm sorry for your loss, man. I hope his family can gather the strenght to hold on.
I hate talking about my dreams too since they can be really revealing, but then again, i hate to talk about anything that concerns me
Really? Well, hey, we have something in common. Obviously I don't hate talking about myself, as I do it often enough, but I tend to feel self-conscious about it and in most situations, I avoid it.
@Lilly: Learning to be assertive is one of the hardest things to learn, not to mention autonomy. I guess it's more like an attitude toward life you need to cultivate, and there are all kinds of old habits to unlearn. But it's part of growing up, wouldn't you say? It's good to go through changes like that. You'll do fine.
I sympathize with your problem. Both of us seem to err on the side of caution too much; we acquiesce to what we've been dealt because it's easier, in the short run, just to be quiet and not rock the boat. But you're realizing now that it's not better. That's something I wish I would have acted on a long time ago. But I still have time, really.
@CD drive: I'm guessing it's some hardware issue with the driver slot, because the last time it happened, someone had to pry it loose. It only ever happens with certain specific CDs, so those might be a little bent or something. Joshua said even his computer, which is perfect working order, has had problems with those certain CDs before. If we can just get this open without damaging it, we'd probably be able to use it just fine.
Well, I'm off to work in a minute. You banana-nut muffins all have a great day, and I'll see ya later.
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All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the light that you see. All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the peace that you feel. All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to fill your heart on my own.
But the rainbow is an image of hope for many reasons, as it is a brilliant sight coming out of oftimes dismal weather.
That CD drive is pissin' me off. I'm thinking it's one of two issues:
1) The drive's shot. This is highly, highly unlikely because this CD drive sees hardly any activity, so there's only a very slim chance that it could've died.
2) A software issue of some kind. Mams said that she'd saved another file to this particular CD last night and it was after that that the CD drive refused to cooperate. I know from experience with old burned CDs that sometimes when you mess with the amount or type of data already present on that CD after a long period, it can compromise the data. This possibility is further proven by the drive's behavior when you push eject; it attempts to read/spool the CD inside repeatedly, with no results.
I'd originally thought that it was a spyware issue, because extended exposure to spyware can cut off the functions of even CD drives and external hard drives. But I performed a system recovery last night (which was way overdue) and returned the PC to factory condition. That would've eradicated about 99% of spyware traces. It didn't help things, so I'm guessing that wasn't the cause.
What's most annoying is that I can't find anything long enough to work in the manual release. *Seethe*
It's not the curse, dammit. It's a common technical issue with high-traffic PCs, and believe me we have a high-traffic PC.
There you go again, automatically discrediting the curse. It's like you refuse to put stock into hexes and evil magic. But mark my words, one of these days, you are gonna turn around and bump into some old hag, and POOF, you'll be turned into Ann Coulter, or some other appropriately hideous beast of the bog.
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[16:23] Alacar Leoricar: maybe if you do it'll make the porn more meaningful
Grr. I never have enough time to read through everything on break, let alone respond.
I just wanted to stop by and say that you might not hear much from me in the next couple of days, because I'll be at work all day today (I'll be on tonight), but tomorrow I'm going to AnimePunch in Columbus, and I'll be there all day. Hopefully I'll be able to catch some new anime, as well as find some needed accessories for my car. *Must have Totoro seatbelt covers*
Photon,are you like a big Sean Astin fan?ever seen that short-film he made?
I personally enjoy the work of Elijah Wood alittle more.;)
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Why else would Photon like Sean Astin?He probly respects his work as an artist,and longs to see his films.
Anyone here an Elijah Wood guy?I loved him in "The Good Son."That movie was crazy.heh.Hes was good as Frodo too.
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In no order...
Mark Rosewater (Lead designer at WOTC) - Besides being a guy who I would have a zillion questions for, Maro just seems like such a fascinating guy. Mago (Former Author of 'House of Cards', now MTG rules manager and occasional R&D member) - While I love all of the authors of House of Cards, Mago is probably most responsible for shaping me into the Magic player I am today - a guy of corny theme decks and improbable combos built around the most suspect of cards. Talen Lee (SCG writer) - Talen's very much an 'everyman' in many ways. He's not a pro tour winner, but I find that I almost always agree with what he's saying, and I look forward to his column a lot. Kelly Digges (Former SCG writer, now MTG.com copy editor) - I don't want to meet Kelly Digges so much as I want to -be- Kelly Digges. I could never be John Finkel. I could never be Mark Rosewater. But I feel like I could almost be Kelly Digges. I mean, I'm a copy editor. I love Magic trivia. While I'm not as amazingly and consistently funny as Kelly is in his articles, I can sometimes spin out humor. Evan Erwin (SCG video writer (and regular writer)) - I can't believe it took me so long to discover his video column at SCG. (I read SCG at work, without sound on the computer, so I always skipped it.) He's clearly a pretty good player, and I'm incredibly impressed with his custom sets, but he can also talk about Magic on a level that schmoes like me can like. Richard Garfield (Created MTG, still serves it occasionally in various ways)- This is what I always imagine Richard Garfield to be like. Maro and AF and the others are like squabbling mob men, arguing over some aspect of the set in a dark and smoky room. All of a sudden, a door in the back creaks open and an older man steps through. Everyone falls silent. The man makes a pronouncement in a gentle, almost timid voice. Everyone immediately agrees, and the man disappears back into the shadows. That's obviously wrong - Garfield wasn't even involved directly in Magic for a long time - but people like Maro speak about him with such reverence.
Why else would Photon like Sean Astin?He probly respects his work as an artist,and longs to see his films.
Anyone here an Elijah Wood guy?I loved him in "The Good Son."That movie was crazy.heh.Hes was good as Frodo too.
No, it's because he's hot. Also, I do like him as an actor, and from what little I know of him through his portrayal in the media, he seems like a sweetie.
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[16:23] Alacar Leoricar: maybe if you do it'll make the porn more meaningful
Hot....Okay then....whatever floats your boat dude.
Oh I would love to meet Richard Garfeild aswell,he seems like he would be a cool guy to hang out with.I heard somewhere we was managing a monkey ranch somewhere now though...;)
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Hot....Okay then....whatever floats your boat dude.
Oh I would love to meet Richard Garfeild aswell,he seems like he would be a cool guy to hang out with.I heard somewhere we was managing a monkey ranch somewhere now though...;)
I've decided to glower at you hatefully for no apparent reason.
I'm not sure I would want to meet a lot of Magic personalities, personally, although if I had to make a choice, I wouldn't mind meeting Mago or JMS. I would say that they have both had an impact on my Magic experience, and everything of theirs I have read has been fairly relevant to me and my play style.
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[16:23] Alacar Leoricar: maybe if you do it'll make the porn more meaningful
Anyone here an Elijah Wood guy?I loved him in "The Good Son."That movie was crazy.
That was one messed up movie. If Macully Culkin didn't creep you out already, that film will do it for sure.
Magic personalities? Frankly, after the GDS I'd be reluctant to face anyone in R&D, especially Forsythe. He's mean. And outside of R&D I dunno who I'd be interested in. Garfield would be cool to meet, but what do you say to the guy? "Nice game. Thanks for making it."? Lame. The pro-tour players are so out of my league I wouldn't even know how to hold a conversation with them. The various writers would probably be the most fun to hang out with, but again, lacking on the conversation bits. I mean, when you basically play a game casually and for fun, how do you relate to the experts who live and breathe it?
Rodimus, we have a very diverse group of people, including more than a handful of homosexuals. And the comment about 'whatever floats your boat' almost comes across as scathing.
I've never been an Elijah Wood fan. It seems he gets a fan base for being good looking, but I can't really say he's a good actor at all. But meh.
It's like I just gave up sometime a while back. Like I was telling Lilly last night, there was a period of about two or three years in which I quite literally never left my house except on occasion, such as to buy things. I just hid away, and tried to be content with that. I always get so depressed talking about things I would want to happen, because in my mind, there's an automatic assumption that "want to happen" means "want to happen, but never will."
But awareness is the first step, right? I think I'm starting to change that about myself, slowly. I have a job now that doesn't make me revile getting up in the morning; and my presence on this site has helped me with some of my social and self-image issues. Hopefully I'm on the right track.
@Faerie Lord: I'm glad you shared that with us. I'm sorry if I forced to say something that you didn't want to share. But you have no reason to feel bad about telling us things. We're friends, right? At least as much as we can be over the internet.
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All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to fill your heart on my own.
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Acquiesce + Solemn Simulacrum = Awesome.
That's just one of the many combos possible in the sets in the Academy Portal.
Also, Future Visions needs further revisions. It looks.. poor by comparison But it can be saved!
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I know exactly how you feel. Or at least somewhat. I do that all the time. I place myself in a fantasy world or re-write events that have happened so they work out in my favor or how I wanted to them end up.
I can't say much for everything else you feel though. I generally do this on a now-a-then basis. I can't stay that I've ever hid myself away, although it certainly would be nice to be able to do such a thing.
Its certainly good that you have a job you don't intensely dislike. I can't say much for mine, but I know I generally don't like having to wake up in the morning to go to work. But, that may just be me.
Windmills do not work that way!
I don't think anything is wrong with having an active inner life or imagination, but I think I use it to get me through things so much that I'm just detached from the "real world."
I get not wanting to go to work. It's not like my job excites me; but I can at least tolerate it, I guess. We do what we can, right?
My CD drive won't open. Would anyone who understands computers have an idea as to how I can open it? We've tried just about everything feasible on the software end, including a system recovery.
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All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to fill your heart on my own.
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I don't think there is anything wrong with it either. It provides a nice escape from the real world. I guess that's why I enjoy Rpgs and anime so much. Alternate worlds/realities where anything can happen.
As for work, yeah, heh. My job isn't that bad, its just the hours frustrate me sometimes. Like, I've had off all week and I have to work 8 hours tomorrow and Sat. at the very least. I have a feeling I'll be working Sunday, since its the 1st of the month and the busiest day. Hopefully, if I do indeed have to work Sunday, it won't be for that long.
@CD Drive: I can't say I know much about that. If you can't get it open by convention methods, I'd say try to pry it open carefully as to not damage it.
Windmills do not work that way!
This morning I had an interesting revelation
If I'm ever going to break free of the cycle I've stuck myself in, i need to learn to say no
If I ever wish to become who I am and who I want to be and do what I want to do, I have to stop feeling guilty for being my own person. I realized that MY life, that is, the life that I will have on not even a year, when I'm 18, is being driven by MY ambitions, MY goals, MY dreams, not what I'm supposed to fulfill in my role in my family, or in the social groups I'm in, or how most people see me. (its a very Black-blue vs green thing, which is funny because those are the colors I identify with most)
This, i feel, is my biggest internal conflict, beyond anything concerning gender and sex and the like, is that I have trouble following what I want to do as opposed to what I'm "supposed" to do.
Whats funny, is that often, I find quotes on magic cards and video games that apply quite well to a situation in my life. For a while now, the words in my sig, "I wonder... The face under the mask...Is that... your true face?" represents the rediscovery of my inner self, my real self, and that the person even behind the mask that i showed to people, was hiding something from herself, that she was even there. and now, for this new revelation, I think the flavor text of Null Profusion fits very well. I will not be bound by what others say is my destiny.
An issue arises when I think to myself how I'm going to do this. I have an issue with saying "no" to my parents. Its been years since I willfully outright defied them, before right now anyway, and I still have trouble doing that. Last night, my dad was just like "your nails are too long, cut them" and I was just like "*sulk* ok..." and I did. Those of you tha know me, would know that my nails, (formerly awesome) my hair and my eyes are the only real feminine traits i have, at least solely physical ones, and are some of the few things I'm proud of. The fact that I destroyed such a thing at the command of my father, shows I'm too bound by how things were for the past 17.5 years, and makes me wonder how easy leaving actually will be if they object, which they most likely will.
And I love Majora's Mask too.
FL: There's no rush at all to fix FV, but like with all other custom sets, the sooner the better, but not at the expense of the quality of the set.
Well, I've only got 2 classes today, then I'm Scot-free!
(not that I'd contracted any Scots previously)
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As for who I'd like to meet, obviously that would be Rosewater. In fact, I'd like to have a lenghty conversation with him about the state of Magic, what I like and dislike about it, and, most importantly, the color pie. That could easily span a couple of days.
@Faerie Lord - I'm sorry for your loss, man. I hope his family can gather the strenght to hold on.
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@Lilly: Learning to be assertive is one of the hardest things to learn, not to mention autonomy. I guess it's more like an attitude toward life you need to cultivate, and there are all kinds of old habits to unlearn. But it's part of growing up, wouldn't you say? It's good to go through changes like that. You'll do fine.
I sympathize with your problem. Both of us seem to err on the side of caution too much; we acquiesce to what we've been dealt because it's easier, in the short run, just to be quiet and not rock the boat. But you're realizing now that it's not better. That's something I wish I would have acted on a long time ago. But I still have time, really.
@CD drive: I'm guessing it's some hardware issue with the driver slot, because the last time it happened, someone had to pry it loose. It only ever happens with certain specific CDs, so those might be a little bent or something. Joshua said even his computer, which is perfect working order, has had problems with those certain CDs before. If we can just get this open without damaging it, we'd probably be able to use it just fine.
Well, I'm off to work in a minute. You banana-nut muffins all have a great day, and I'll see ya later.
All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the peace that you feel.
All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to fill your heart on my own.
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1) The drive's shot. This is highly, highly unlikely because this CD drive sees hardly any activity, so there's only a very slim chance that it could've died.
2) A software issue of some kind. Mams said that she'd saved another file to this particular CD last night and it was after that that the CD drive refused to cooperate. I know from experience with old burned CDs that sometimes when you mess with the amount or type of data already present on that CD after a long period, it can compromise the data. This possibility is further proven by the drive's behavior when you push eject; it attempts to read/spool the CD inside repeatedly, with no results.
I'd originally thought that it was a spyware issue, because extended exposure to spyware can cut off the functions of even CD drives and external hard drives. But I performed a system recovery last night (which was way overdue) and returned the PC to factory condition. That would've eradicated about 99% of spyware traces. It didn't help things, so I'm guessing that wasn't the cause.
What's most annoying is that I can't find anything long enough to work in the manual release. *Seethe*
*reluctantly hands his laptop over*
There you go again, automatically discrediting the curse. It's like you refuse to put stock into hexes and evil magic. But mark my words, one of these days, you are gonna turn around and bump into some old hag, and POOF, you'll be turned into Ann Coulter, or some other appropriately hideous beast of the bog.
I just wanted to stop by and say that you might not hear much from me in the next couple of days, because I'll be at work all day today (I'll be on tonight), but tomorrow I'm going to AnimePunch in Columbus, and I'll be there all day. Hopefully I'll be able to catch some new anime, as well as find some needed accessories for my car. *Must have Totoro seatbelt covers*
Photon,are you like a big Sean Astin fan?ever seen that short-film he made?
I personally enjoy the work of Elijah Wood alittle more.;)
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Me? I'm more of a David Boreanaz fan myself. Of course, I enjoy his film and TV work, heh.
Anyone here an Elijah Wood guy?I loved him in "The Good Son."That movie was crazy.heh.Hes was good as Frodo too.
"Let this mark the end of the Cybertronian wars,as we march forward to a new age of peace and happiness.Till all are one!"- Rodimus Prime, Transformers:the Movie(1986):symr:
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In no order...
Mark Rosewater (Lead designer at WOTC) - Besides being a guy who I would have a zillion questions for, Maro just seems like such a fascinating guy.
Mago (Former Author of 'House of Cards', now MTG rules manager and occasional R&D member) - While I love all of the authors of House of Cards, Mago is probably most responsible for shaping me into the Magic player I am today - a guy of corny theme decks and improbable combos built around the most suspect of cards.
Talen Lee (SCG writer) - Talen's very much an 'everyman' in many ways. He's not a pro tour winner, but I find that I almost always agree with what he's saying, and I look forward to his column a lot.
Kelly Digges (Former SCG writer, now MTG.com copy editor) - I don't want to meet Kelly Digges so much as I want to -be- Kelly Digges. I could never be John Finkel. I could never be Mark Rosewater. But I feel like I could almost be Kelly Digges. I mean, I'm a copy editor. I love Magic trivia. While I'm not as amazingly and consistently funny as Kelly is in his articles, I can sometimes spin out humor.
Evan Erwin (SCG video writer (and regular writer)) - I can't believe it took me so long to discover his video column at SCG. (I read SCG at work, without sound on the computer, so I always skipped it.) He's clearly a pretty good player, and I'm incredibly impressed with his custom sets, but he can also talk about Magic on a level that schmoes like me can like.
Richard Garfield (Created MTG, still serves it occasionally in various ways)- This is what I always imagine Richard Garfield to be like. Maro and AF and the others are like squabbling mob men, arguing over some aspect of the set in a dark and smoky room. All of a sudden, a door in the back creaks open and an older man steps through. Everyone falls silent. The man makes a pronouncement in a gentle, almost timid voice. Everyone immediately agrees, and the man disappears back into the shadows. That's obviously wrong - Garfield wasn't even involved directly in Magic for a long time - but people like Maro speak about him with such reverence.
No, it's because he's hot. Also, I do like him as an actor, and from what little I know of him through his portrayal in the media, he seems like a sweetie.
Oh I would love to meet Richard Garfeild aswell,he seems like he would be a cool guy to hang out with.I heard somewhere we was managing a monkey ranch somewhere now though...;)
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I'm not sure I would want to meet a lot of Magic personalities, personally, although if I had to make a choice, I wouldn't mind meeting Mago or JMS. I would say that they have both had an impact on my Magic experience, and everything of theirs I have read has been fairly relevant to me and my play style.
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Magic personalities? Frankly, after the GDS I'd be reluctant to face anyone in R&D, especially Forsythe. He's mean. And outside of R&D I dunno who I'd be interested in. Garfield would be cool to meet, but what do you say to the guy? "Nice game. Thanks for making it."? Lame. The pro-tour players are so out of my league I wouldn't even know how to hold a conversation with them. The various writers would probably be the most fun to hang out with, but again, lacking on the conversation bits. I mean, when you basically play a game casually and for fun, how do you relate to the experts who live and breathe it?
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I've never been an Elijah Wood fan. It seems he gets a fan base for being good looking, but I can't really say he's a good actor at all. But meh.
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