.:Today's LSS:.
by Stephen Speaks
it's her hair and her eyes today
that just simply take me away
and the feeling that i'm falling further in love
makes me shiver but in a good way
all the times i have sat and stared
as she thoughtfully thumbs through her hair
and she purses her lips, bats her eyes as she plays,
with me sitting there slack-jawed and nothing to say
coz i love her with all that i am
and my voice shakes along with my hands
coz she’s all that I see and she’s all that I need
and i'm out of my league once again
it's a masterful melody when she calls out my name to me
as the world spins around her she laughs, rolls her eyes
and i feel like i'm falling but it's no surprise
coz i love her with all that i am
and my voice shakes along with my hands
cause it's frightening to be swimming in this strange sea
but i'd rather be here than on land
yes she's all that i see and she's all that i need
and i'm out of my league once again
it's her hair and her eyes today
that just simply take me away
and the feeling that i'm falling further in love
makes me shiver but in a good way
all the times i have sat and stared
as she thoughtfully thumbs through her hair
and she purses her lips, bats her eyes as she plays,
with me sitting there slack-jawed and nothing to say
coz i love her with all that i am
and my voice shakes along with my hands
cause it's frightening to be swimming in this strange sea
but i'd rather be here than on land
yes she's all that i see and she's all that i need
and i'm out of my league once again
.:Today's Boardwork:.
... is for the brokenhearted.
As a favor to a special friend, today's boardwork was top to bottom, all about heartbreak songs. I guess it would hopefully be cathartic for this friend of mine, and help this friend move on in due time...
I can't believe how this went full circle...
.:Yay:.
Finally completed the Underground Seas that I needed. At the same time, I have a shiny Unhinged Swamp... all I need is a shiny Unhinged Island... maybe three total... heh.
.:Lovely Moments:.
I managed to twist April's arm enough to have her go to my class with Fr. Ferriols and sit in. While she was smiling and all over how old and slow Fr. Ferriols was, she found the meat of his lecture to be most enlightening. I figure she was drawn to the unique stories and assorted things Fr. Ferriols had in store for the class. I figure she's not quite used to that, as Mochi, her teacher, is more of a by-the-book kind of a person...
Anyways, I owed her one for bringing along the Fruitworks juice. I really appreciated it, and I'm glad she enjoyed her time in the class...
.:Exhausting:.
Two straight dates with Grace, and both were food trips. Let me just say that I especially like Lamb Burger from Brothers, although I figure lamb still goes best with rice and not in between a sandwich. Grace and I had a fun date for the most part, although the both of us were fairly tired. We were just walking around the place and all in Greenhills, before we headed out to Galleria and ran into Dominique, who apparently quit his job recently. Lucky guy, really. Really lucky...
In any case, yesterday, I was with Grace again, and this time we were just around the Mandaluyong area, having our fill of squid. Let's just say a lot of great ideas came out of that, and my new shirt looks really great... I'll show it off next time... heh.
I am currently looking at a potential business in my hands. I think that considering this is the traditional retail business we're talking about and it's arguably the most lucrative thing I've ever run into, there's no reason for me to not give this a try...
.:Unhinged!:.
This is a crazy tournament report, and that's precisely why I'm going to write it...
First Round:
First match was against Peppy. The thing is, he was running a red-green deck with regular creatures and elements of beatdown here and there. I managed to draft a combo-friendly blue-green deck that used a few Gotcha keywords in conjunction with Loose Lips as well as having Johnny, Combo Player on my side to wreak havoc.
In any case, first game saw us trying to cast creatures for the beat down, and I actually had to mulligan during the first game. I managed to win it by swinging some fatal beats with the Shoe Tree (Which required me to put my shoes on it as +1/+1 counters.) and some other creature. I used Framed to tap all his potential blockers.
One thing I noticed about this match, though: Nobody seems to want to block those Red Hot Hotties, regardless if they're blockable. I don't think screaming like an insane fool would really be an enticing thing to do... oh, well. I won with my crazy card combos, although he got me once with that Touch and Go card...
Avatar of Me managed to do the trick for me, though. Given my height and shoe size, that critter was a 6'10 beatstick...
Standing: 1-0
Second Round:
My second match was against Mikey. He was running a black-white defensive deck, I believe, and I was particularly lucky with my permission. However, I ended up losing the match a couple of times when I got mana screwed after winning the first game via stable beatdown. I was beginning to have a wicked combo going for me already, as I asked him to say the word “creature” in the Loose Lips card, which meant he'd have to bounce back any of my Creature Guy cards in the graveyard. I had problems blocking his creatures though, since his key one was flying. At the same time, my card draw engine wasn't going too well...
Oh, yeah. I hate AWOL, by the way. More on that later, though.
Amazing how Johnny, Combo Player can really make for an amazing card in the game. He practically helped me control the first game via fishing out all my permission. It's just too bad I didn't manage to win the succeeding games as Johnny got AWOLed way too soon...
Standing: 1-1
Third Round:
I went against Franco, who was also running black and white. Similar deck to Mikey's, but Franco seems to be even better with more fast critter drops like Vile Bile and Bad Ass. I lost twice in a row to him as I mostly couldn’t do much about the stuff he had, and he had creature kill which kept my stuff from getting off the ground. Rod of Spanking is a funny card, and the effect of having to sound submissive is just pretty funny.
Now, AWOL was misread by the S.J. to say that the creature doesn't come back even in another game, which wasn't the case. With that being said, I was screwed out of a Keeper of the Sacred Word and a Johnny, Combo Player, who were AWOLed by Franco first game and Mikey during our prior match, respectively. That clearly hosed me from doing anything about my opponents...
In any case, I still got a decent deck to work with, and I'd like to continue joining Unhinged tournaments mainly because I sure could use the cute lands... heh.
Lessons Learned From The Tournament:
– Never, ever use Mouth To Mouth. It's a sorcery that makes me have a breath-holding contest with my opponent to gain control of an opposing creature. Thing is, I never won in the four times I cast the effing spell. Once, I laughed, the second time I laughed because someone kept on saying “porno, porno, porno” in a really funny way, and the third and fourth time, I was up against Franco, the scuba diver. Ack.
– Shoe Counters are fine, as long as they're not on the L5R tablecloths.
– Nothing like having Richard Garfield on your side and a good knowledge of cards and casting costs... too bad I never got my hands on one.
– Loose Lips is amazing!
– AWOL is good for only one game.
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