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Final Scores of the Lyrics Game -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) dividedbyzero: 235 (R2: 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,13,14,17 | R3: 10,16,19 | R4: 15,20)
smailtronic: 180 (R1: 4,14,16 | R2: 6,10,13 | R3: 3,8,9,11,12,17)
wonderbreadwop 160 (R2: 5,7,11,12,16,20 | R3: 2,3,4,6,8,17 | R4: 1,15)
hairy_canary: 125 (R3: 1,2,3,5,6,8,9,10,11,17,20 | R4: 12,15,19)
celestyna: 100 (R3: 1,3,5,7,8,11,12,16,17,20)
twoswimy: 90 (R2: 7,9,11,12,16,17)
spleazeball: 80 (R3: 3,5,6,7,8,11,12,17)
revsphynx: 75 (R4: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,16,17,20)
tpbrcombo: 70 (R3: 1,2,3,5,9,13,15)
huzzahs4me: 70 (R4: 2,3,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,16,17,20)
chikkiboo: 55 (R2: 4,9,13 | R3: 11)
mskauri: 20 (R3: 2,8)
m0nkeygrl 20 (R4: 6,10,12,14)
ewok_626: 10 (R3: 11)
some_noah: 10 (R3: 12)
amazingfishboy: 5 (R4: 18)
intendent: 5 (R4: 11)
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THE RULES: a) No Googling. b) Each round I will add a word to each end. c) Example/Scoring: Round 1: satisfied, tell (25 points)
Round 2: be satisfied, tell me (15 points )
Round 3: I'll be satisfied, tell me that (10 points)
Round 4 (and beyond): and I'll be satisfied, tell me that you want (5 points)
"Can't Buy Me Love" - The Beatles d) Only unanswered lines will proceed beyond Round 4. e) Comments are screened. f) The comma reperesents a line break, nothing more. The actual punctuation (or lack thereof) or capitalization may be different.
Score: dividedbyzero: 225 (R2: 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,13,14,17 | R3: 10,16,19)
smailtronic: 180 (R1: 4,14,16 | R2: 6,10,13 | R3: 3,8,9,11,12,17)
wonderbreadwop 150 (R2: 5,7,11,12,16,20 | R3: 2,3,4,6,8,17)
hairy_canary: 110 (R3: 1,2,3,5,6,8,9,10,11,17,20)
celestyna: 100 (R3: 1,3,5,7,8,11,12,16,17,20)
twoswimy: 90 (R2: 7,9,11,12,16,17)
spleazeball: 80 (R3: 3,5,6,7,8,11,12,17)
tpbrcombo: 70 (R3: 1,2,3,5,9,13,15)
chikkiboo: 55 (R2: 4,9,13 | R3: 11)
mskauri: 20 (R3: 2,8)
ewok_626: 10 (R3: 11)
some_noah: 10 (R3: 12) A few points of distinction: dividedbyzero is the only person to have guessed #19 and tpbrcombo is the only person to have guessed #15. The only one no one has guessed is #18.
Edit to Add: amazingfishboy just got #18.
THE GAME 1. on a new romance, and love won't hurt2. chance we'll take it, give us any rule3. more than a hunch, that this group must4. living like a star, ice on my fingers5. takes everything you've got, taking a break from6. up to your dreams, suddenly you're finding out7. piece of the pie, fish don't fry in8. tiny ship was tossed, if not for the9. gray skies hello blue, 'cause nothing can hold10. to put on make-up, it's time to dress11. Philadelphia born and raised, on the playground is12. gonna be this way, your job's a joke13. crime they didn't commit, these men promptly escaped14. never meaning no harm, beats all you never15. special kind of story, everybody finds a way16. made the hit parade, guys like us we17. you ought to be, so they loaded up18. dreams and better scenes, and best of all19. you shake and shiver, you know we got20. your head above water, making a wave when | |
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THE RULES: a) No Googling. b) Each round I will add a word to each end. c) Example/Scoring: Round 1: satisfied, tell (25 points)
Round 2: be satisfied, tell me (15 points )
Round 3: I'll be satisfied, tell me that (10 points)
Round 4 (and beyond): and I'll be satisfied, tell me that you want (5 points)
"Can't Buy Me Love" - The Beatles d) Only unanswered lines will proceed beyond Round 4. e) Comments are screened. f) The comma reperesents a line break, nothing more. The actual punctuation (or lack thereof) or capitalization may be different.
Score: dividedbyzero: 195 (R2: 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,13,14,17)
smailtronic: 120 (R1: 4,14,16 | R2: 6,10,13)
twoswimy: 90 (R2: 7,9,11,12,16,17)
wonderbreadwop 90 (R2: 5,7,11,12,16,20)
chikkiboo: 45 (R2: 4,9,13)
THE GAME 1. a new romance, and love won't2. we'll take it, give us any3. than a hunch, that this group4. like a star, ice on my5. everything you've got, taking a break6. to your dreams, suddenly you're finding7. of the pie, fish don't fry8. ship was tossed, if not for9. skies hello blue, 'cause nothing can10. put on make-up, it's time to11. born and raised, on the playground12. be this way, your job's a13. they didn't commit, these men promptly14. meaning no harm, beats all you15. kind of story, everybody finds a16. the hit parade, guys like us17. ought to be, so they loaded18. and better scenes, and best of19. shake and shiver, you know we20. head above water, making a wave | |
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THE RULES: a) No Googling. b) Each round I will add a word to each end. c) Example/Scoring: Round 1: satisfied, tell (25 points)
Round 2: be satisfied, tell me (15 points )
Round 3: I'll be satisfied, tell me that (10 points)
Round 4 (and beyond): and I'll be satisfied, tell me that you want (5 points)
"Can't Buy Me Love" - The Beatles d) Only unanswered lines will proceed beyond Round 4. e) Comments are screened. f) The comma reperesents a line break, nothing more. The actual punctuation (or lack thereof) or capitalization may be different.
THE GAME 1. romance, and 2. it, give 3. hunch, that 4. star, ice 5. got, taking 6. dreams, suddenly 7. pie, fish 8. tossed, if 9. blue, 'cause 10. make-up, it's 11. raised, on 12. way, your 13. commit, these 14. harm, beats 15. story, everybody 16. parade, guys 17. be, so 18. scenes, and 19. shiver, you 20. water, making - Tags:games
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LYRICS GAME, ROUND THREE or those of you playing, tpbrcombo has posted Round Three of his lyrics game.
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 ere are the answers to the lyrics game from yesterday. If you missed it and wanna play it before seeing the answers, go here.
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 was reading through some journals and came across a quick and dirty lyrics game in chikkiboo's journal involving first lines to songs from a couple of days ago. I thought it'd be fun to do here today, since I'm bored. Here's the first lines to 50 songs. No comment screening, no points, just something fun to play on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Give your answers before reading the comments, Google'n 'n shit is cheat'n, yo.
1) Kings from Queens, from Queens come Kings
2) You don't know me but you don't like me
3) Well I feel bad and I've felt worse
4) Hey hey momma, said the way you move
5) I backed my car into a cop car the other day
6) People try to put us down
7) If I, I get to know your name
8) As I was walking down the street one day
9) My daddy was working 9 to 5 when my momma was having me
10) I've got so much trouble on my mind
( 40 more )
If you wanna do another 50, go check out chikkiboo's game here. Also, 3weasel has 50 lyrics up for guessing in his journal.
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LYRICS GAME: ROUND TWO aul has posted Round Two of his lyrics game over here.
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LYRICS GAME: ROUND ONE
 y pal tpbrcombo has begun a lyrics game for the month of November. He decided to try his hand at a themed game as well. My hats off to him because not only did he unwittingly steal an idea I had for a future theme, but he did it in a manner which is way more interesting and puzzling than I would've done it. Even better, I get to play, yay!
The theme involves numbers.
It looks like we're going to start alternating these games. When he's doing them, I'll be sure to mention it here, including the additional rounds, since a lot of you seemed to enjoy it. As a side note, if any of you think it'd be fun to do a lyrics game, of this format or otherwise, let me know. I'll advertise for you here as well.
And without further ado: Paul's November Lyrics Game, Round One.
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LYRICS GAME: FINAL SCORES AND ANSWERS
hope everyone enjoyed the October lyrics game. Below are the final scores and the answers revealed.
Final scores:
stormodacentury: 48 ((2) #2, #4, #8, #10, #12, #14, #15, #21, #22 (3) #1, #5, #6, #7, #13, #16, #25 (4) #9, #17, #18, #19, #20, #23, #24 )
leinahtane: 36 ((2) #2, #3, #12, #16, #21, #23 (3) #6, #7, #8, #14, #15, #17, #18, #20, #22)
janietrain: 36 ((1) #8, #21 (3) #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #12, #13, #14, #16, #17, #19, #22 (4) #2, #11, #23, #24)
m0nkeygrl: 34 ((1) #4, #8 (2) #5, #11, #13, #14, #21, #22 (3) #3, #16, #17, #23 )
mrslk: 28 ((1) #4, #8, #14, #15 (3) #3, #13, #17, #21, #22, #23)
snaxx: 22 ((3) #1, #3, #4, #5, #10, #14, #16, #17, #21, #22, #23)
smailtronic: 22 ((3) #2, #4, #5, #8, #13, #16, #17, #19, #21, #22, #23)
free_vigilante: 19 ((4) #1, #2, #3, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #13, #17, #20, #21, #22, #23, #25)
army_of_frogs: 18 ((3)#3, #5, #8, #12, #14, #21, #22, #23, #24)
dividedbyzero: 16 ((3) #3, #6, #8, #14, #17, #23, #25 (4) #10, #22)
kristinkay 12 ((3) #8, #13, #14, #19, #21, #23)
tpbrcombo: 12 ((1) #12 (2) #3, #25 (4) #21, #22)
yshaloo: 10 ((2) #3, #24 (4) #8, #9, #21, #23)
versimilitant: 9 ((2) #8, #17, #21)
chikkiboo: 9 ((2) #3, #8, #9)
frozenrhino: 8 ((1) #10, #20)
betawriter: 8 ((1) #8 (3) #3, #23)
sexywitch: 8 ((1) #8 (2) #17 (4) #23)
ferretiger: 6 ((3) #17, #19, #23)
kungfoogirl: 6 ((1) #8 (3) #23)
twoswimy: 6 ((1) #8 (3) #23)
ange420: 4 ((1) #4)
bulletsandbones: 4 ((1) #20)
revsphynx: 4 ((3) #3, #14)
mix3d3m0ti0n5: 4 ((2) #17 (4) #8)
delicarose: 3 ((2) #3)
( Answers: where the kicking yourself commences )
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LYRICS GAME: ROUND FOUR
( Standings )
Stormo still has a tenuous hold on the top spot with Nathan (formerly drummerville) and Carla shuffling positions and hot on his heels. Janie tossed-out twelve correct answers this round after missing Round Two to slip into 4th. At this point, all of the songs have been guessed. Only three of them have been guessed by one person, but by three different people. That makes me feel like I did a pretty good job of spreading things around without getting TOO obscure and ridiculous.
Just in case you've forgotten, lyrics 21-25 are all from songs which mention New Orleans. This will be the last round of the game. Correct answers are worth 1 point.
1. blue-blood streets of Boston, up in Berkley
2. in there from Pueblo, Colorado and it's addressed
3. alam. She's from Birmingham, bam alam. Way
4. I'm going to Wichita, far from this
5. she's going to L.A., but she never
6. a divorcee in New York City, I had to
7. Pat in old D.C., well they're gonna
8. a man in Reno just to watch
9. when they reached Miami Beach, they got
10. back to south Tallahassee, down 'cross the
11. a store in Tupelo, there was a
12. ain't no Kid Chicago, I ain't no
13. me down to Memphis on a midnight
14. highway east of Omaha, you can listen
15. the town of Lincoln, Nebraska with a sawed-off
16. the city of Compton, to serve me
17. raised in south Detroit, he took the
18. down yonder in Louisville, lived a cat
19. went down to Charlotte, they're not home
20. way down around Vicksburg, around Louisiana way
21. what I have done, spend your lives in
22. or write so well, but he could play
23. Bobby's hand in mine, we sang every song
24. it's warm and green, I'm gonna have a
25. in a topless place, and I stopped in
Next week I'll post the final scores and the answers.
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LYRICS GAME: ROUND THREE
 tandings:
stormodacentury: 27 ((2) #2, #4, #8, #10, #12, #14, #15, #21, #22)
m0nkeygrl: 26 ((1) #4, #8 (2) #5, #11, #13, #14, #21, #22 )
drummerville: 18 ((2) #2, #3, #12, #16, #21, #23)
mrslk: 16 ((1) #4, #8, #14, #15)
tpbrcombo: 10 ((1) #12 (2) #3, #25)
versimilitant: 9 ((2) #8, #17, #21)
chikkiboo: 9 ((2) #3, #8, #9)
frozenrhino: 8 ((1) #10, #20)
janietrain: 8 ((1) #8, #21)
sexywitch: 7 ((1) #8 (2) #17)
yshaloo: 6 ((2) #3, #24)
kungfoogirl: 4 ((1) #8)
ange420: 4 ((1) #4)
twoswimy: 4 ((1) #8)
betawriter: 4 ((1) #8)
bulletsandbones: 4 ((1) #20)
delicarose: 3 ((2) #3)
mix3d3m0ti0n5: 3 ((2) #17)
After snoozing in Round One, Stormo got a whopping 9 correct answers in Round Two, just edging out the newly wed Carla who added 6 correct responses to her Round One performance. Nathan came from out of nowhere to take third with 5 correct answers.
Just in case you've forgotten, lyrics 21-25 are all from songs which mention New Orleans. Correct answers for this round are worth 2 points.
1. streets of Boston, up in
2. there from Pueblo, Colorado and it's
3. She's from Birmingham, bam alam
4. going to Wichita, far from
5. going to L.A., but she
6. divorcee in New York City, I had
7. in old D.C., well they're
8. man in Reno just to
9. they reached Miami Beach, they
10. to south Tallahassee, down 'cross
11. store in Tupelo, there was
12. no Kid Chicago, I ain't
13. down to Memphis on a
14. east of Omaha, you can
15. town of Lincoln, Nebraska with a
16. city of Compton, to serve
17. in south Detroit, he took
18. yonder in Louisville, lived a
19. down to Charlotte, they're not
20. down around Vicksburg, around Louisiana
21. I have done, spend your lives
22. write so well, but he could
23. hand in mine, we sang every
24. warm and green, I'm gonna have
25. a topless place, and I stopped
Next week will be the 4th and final round.
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LYRICS GAME: ROUND TWO
tandings:
mrslk: 16 (#4, #8, #14, #15)
frozenrhino: 8 (#10, #20)
m0nkeygrl: 8 (#4, #8)
janietrain: 8 (#8, #21)
betawriter: 4 (#8)
bulletsandbones: 4 (#20)
tpbrcombo: 4 (#12)
sexywitch: 4 (#8)
kungfoogirl: 4 (#8)
ange420: 4 (#4)
twoswimy: 4 (#8)
I figured a lot of people would get #8 and that a few people would get #4. I was surprised more people didn't get a correct guess on #14 and I was shocked that Paul got #12, lucky duck. Janie was one of the only people to successfully get one of the "New Orleans" songs. I was sad that no one got #2. Several of them in Round Two will be fairly obvious if you know the song. Regardless of the outcome of the game, obscurek wins the distinction of providing the funniest answers. It doesn't deserve to remain screened, so if you want a good chuckle, go check it out.
Just in case you've forgotten, lyrics 21-25 are all from songs which mention New Orleans. Correct answers for this round are worth 3 points.
1. of Boston, up
2. from Pueblo, Colorado and
3. from Birmingham, bam
4. to Wichita, far
5. to L.A., but
6. in New York City, I
7. old D.C., well
8. in Reno just
9. reached Miami Beach
10. south Tallahassee, down
11. in Tupelo, there
12. Kid Chicago, I
13. to Memphis on
14. of Omaha, you
15. of Lincoln, Nebraska with
16. of Compton, to
17. south Detroit, he
18. in Louisville, lived
19. to Charlotte, they're
20. around Vicksburg, around
21. have done, spend your
22. so well, but he
23. in mine, we sang
24. and green, I'm gonna
25. topless place, and I
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 've been busy.
Last Saturday I picked-up a new student in Allentown. His name is Clayton and he has been working in the trucking industry for a number of years, but he hasn't done over-the-road for the past several. So my company is putting him through the training program to knock a little of the rust off and to learn some of the company specific things concerning the Qualcomm. He only has to complete 140 hours, so he'll only be with me for about another week and a half.
Since he's already an experienced driver, we've been rolling non-stop. Since leaving home last Thursday, I've clocked nearly 7,000 miles. Sometime this week I'll see if I can get a photo of him.
The film Jarhead, starring Jamie Foxx and Jake Gyllenlhlhalhlhnnyllnhl Donnie Darko, is a film about the United States' liberation of Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm, from American Beauty director Sam Mendes. The movie lasts twice as long as the actual combat operations and is only half as interesting.
 I'm wondering if any of you Central Kentucky locals like playing the game Risk? Y'know the old Hasbro board game? I have the PC CD-ROM of it that has LAN capability for game play and some wonderful BIG maps (140+ countries), as well as support for Capital Risk, Mission Risk, and an interesting variant called Ultimate Risk. I was thinking, that if there was enough interest, of cobbling together a LAN party and if it's a hit, doing it a few times a year. The ROM was made long before the days of security schemes and is easily copied so everyone could play and it runs really well on a laptop. Additionally, I have two extra machines in the house that people could use if they couldn't bring their own box/laptop, in addition to my own laptop, Welf's laptop, and a third laptop of questionable reliability that could be used in a pinch.
I was thinking it might make for a fun, if geeky, inauguration event for The Guy RoomTM. Since I've got a wireless router, non-smokers could play upstairs simultaneously with the smokers downstairs. It would be an all-day event, probably on a Saturday, so even if you live a few hours away it'd be worth the trip if you're interested. You could come play for a few hours or dig your trench and battle all day. There would be plenty of snacks, leading up to dinner which I'll cook for everyone. There's ample floor-space for crashing-on if it goes late into the night and/or heavy drinking ensues and The Drive Home becomes daunting. While the gaming will be the centerpiece, it'll be a chance to have fun, hangout, and be social. Up to 8 people can play simultaneously on the big maps, so there'll be plenty of time in between turns for goofing off and conversation. Foul-mouthed trash-talk will be expected... bitch.
Anyone game? Don't worry if you've never played or played little, and want to join in anyway. Since the game takes care of the tedious aspects of the classic board game (dice rolling, army calculation, etc), all that's left is moving your virtual pieces around and conquering the world!
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   fter spending nearly an entire day doing virtually nothing in St. Louis, Steve and I picked up a load in Salem, Illinois bound for Laredo, Texas where it most likely is later headed for Mexico. Laredo is a bustling border town, that over the past decade or so has grown exponentially to accommodate the boom in shipping between the U.S. and our southern neighbor. Between the massive amount of shipping, the seediness of Nuevo Laredo on the other-side of the river (no doubt with a teeming red light district lined with $20 street hookers), and the pervasive presence of law enforcement of every stripe, it feels like Mos Eisley on Tatooine.
I feel like Han Solo, you're Chewie, she's Ben Kenobi, and we're in that fucked up bar!
Which reminds me, I need to go see Clerks II as well as Pirates in the very near future.
don't remember dreams very often which is always a source of envy for me for those of you who do. Yesterday, I slept for a few hours while Steve was driving and awoke from a very vivid dream involving friends in Omaha. Now, with the exception of meeting navygreen and her family a couple of months ago, I don't know anyone in the Omaha area. In the dream though, these were very good friends who I cared a lot for, and I was visiting them for the umpteenth time and there was a feeling of history and back story.
And when I woke up, I felt this huge feeling of loss. I wanted to know these people and for them to be real. Then I began pondering about my subconscious. Maybe I have this rich, alternate-reality life in my subconscious that I only visit when sleeping but I'd have no way of knowing since I don't remember them. Maybe we all do; only remembering the really bizarre parts of the dream because they're so foreign to this reality. This of course led to thinking about the nature of reality and that old chestnut, what is real? That whole Matrix notion of reality being a product of the mind. Is it any less real because it's only a dream? And what about psychotics? Schizophrenics? Maybe they have an ability to relate with the personalities and people of dream reality while awake, a la John Nash in A Beautiful Mind. Maybe they're not crazy, just wired differently.
 ately, I've fallen out of love with LiveJournal. There's no particular reason that I can associate with this malaise so I'm attributing it to one of two things: either it's just a phase which I'll snap out of or it's just my typical time line for boredom with all things computer/internet, which is about 3-5 years. In the late 80's, it was local electronic BBS. In the early 90's, it was internet-based MUD games. In the late 90's, IRC and the early aughts it's been LiveJournal. I don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon and I hope it's only a phase. My current internet obsession has become Conquer Club. Dork that I am, I even bought a premium membership for the low, low price of $20 annually so that I can play unlimited simultaneous games. I've always loved playing Risk, and lately that love has been intense, playing both at Conquer Club as well as a Risk CD-ROM I've owned and enjoyed for many, many years. I don't know if anyone else on my f-list is a Risk player, but if you are I highly recommend checking the site out. If you do and wanna play, send me a message and we'll play together.
've still got gams to share. These belong to shaden.
Barring any late submissions, I have my two favorite photos left to go. Look out!
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