when i grow up

(23:32:07) ericthehodgeheG: there?
(23:32:10) The Lexicologist: here
(23:32:20) ericthehodgeheG: i just bought maybe 7 more games on ebay
(23:32:28) The Lexicologist: I envy you
(23:32:32) ericthehodgeheG: austin
(23:32:36) ericthehodgeheG: we need to live together
(23:32:56) ericthehodgeheG: if we're in the same house, we will have
every item anyone could ever possibly want for any possible reason
(23:33:08) The Lexicologist: this is the next thing I'm buying:
(23:33:11) The Lexicologist:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndcore/179230000
(23:33:13) The Lexicologist: it
(23:33:16) The Lexicologist: it's true
(23:33:17) The Lexicologist: well,
(23:33:24) The Lexicologist: anyone who doesn't suck
(23:33:30) ericthehodgeheG: right
(23:33:30) The Lexicologist: we might need mike liu for some of that stuff
(23:33:34) ericthehodgeheG: hehe
(23:33:41) ericthehodgeheG: oh my god
(23:33:51) ericthehodgeheG: wonderful showpiece
(23:33:55) ericthehodgeheG: created with the collector in mind
(23:34:05) ericthehodgeheG: the collector willing to shell out 75 smackeroons
(23:34:07) ericthehodgeheG: wow
(23:34:15) The Lexicologist: It will only be the third 3e PHB I own...
that's normal, right?
(23:34:25) ericthehodgeheG: are you counting 3.5?
(23:34:34) The Lexicologist: yeah
(23:34:37) ericthehodgeheG: but if we lived together
(23:34:45) ericthehodgeheG: i wouldn't need an actual job, or friends,
or a family
(23:34:50) ericthehodgeheG: my purpose would be fulfilled
(23:35:02) ericthehodgeheG: i could sit at home all day
(23:35:17) ericthehodgeheG: not actually reading, or playing, or
watching any of the items in the house
(23:35:26) The Lexicologist: just basking in all of them?
(23:35:28) ericthehodgeheG: i would bask in the comforting knowledge
(23:35:29) ericthehodgeheG: damn
(23:35:32) The Lexicologist: sucker
(23:35:32) ericthehodgeheG: bask was my word
(23:35:38) The Lexicologist: http://www.boneville.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/
(23:35:43) The Lexicologist: I got the softcover there
(23:35:53) The Lexicologist: but I kind of want the hardcover, too
(23:36:07) ericthehodgeheG: you probably need both
(23:36:08) ericthehodgeheG: for posterity
(23:36:11) The Lexicologist: right
(23:36:15) The Lexicologist: and it's a limited run
(23:36:18) ericthehodgeheG: anyways, before you stole my thunder
(23:36:23) ericthehodgeheG: you could read the softcover
(23:36:27) ericthehodgeheG: and never unwrap the hardcover
(23:36:31) The Lexicologist: oh man
(23:36:34) The Lexicologist: now I have to get it
(23:36:36) ericthehodgeheG: before the thunder stealing
(23:36:40) The Lexicologist: I could never unwrap it!
(23:36:50) The Lexicologist: see, you have to unwrap the new PHB
(23:36:50) ericthehodgeheG: it would be such a wonderful feeling
(23:36:54) The Lexicologist: because it contains errata
(23:36:59) The Lexicologist: ERRATA!
(23:37:06) ericthehodgeheG: i hate errata
(23:37:16) ericthehodgeheG: mostly because of magic
(23:37:19) The Lexicologist: heh
(23:37:24) The Lexicologist: so, before the thunderstealing
(23:37:44) ericthehodgeheG: i could just wander from room to room and
run my hands over the various collections
(23:37:53) ericthehodgeheG: i think i could do that forever
(23:37:58) The Lexicologist: I've often said that a big part of me
wants to give up on any other ambitions, and just open a comic
book/gaming store
(23:38:11) ericthehodgeheG: the sad thing is i've seen a lot of those go under
(23:38:12) The Lexicologist: it's hard for me to think of a happier
way to spend my days
(23:38:16) The Lexicologist: yeah, me too
(23:38:29) The Lexicologist: and a lot of the best ones went quickest
(23:38:33) ericthehodgeheG: you could be one of those dudes painting
warhammer figurines all day while nobody shops there
(23:38:45) ericthehodgeheG: yeah i know exactly what you mean
(23:38:55) The Lexicologist: the guy who used to let you have more
comics than you could afford, and who would trade you candy for cards
out of boosters that you didn't want
(23:39:07) ericthehodgeheG: yeah, the kind of shopkeeper you'd hope to be
(23:39:10) The Lexicologist: his store went under cause a car crashed
through the front window and he couldn't recover from it
(23:39:18) ericthehodgeheG: jesus
(23:39:29) The Lexicologist: he was just barely getting by, and then that
(23:39:35) The Lexicologist: Popularities, it was called
(23:39:39) ericthehodgeheG: hahahah
(23:39:40) The Lexicologist: which, looking back, is brilliant
(23:39:45) ericthehodgeheG: that's a great name for a comic book store
(23:39:56) The Lexicologist: I dunno if he meant as ironically as we
think of it now
(23:40:03) The Lexicologist: but damn did I love that place
(23:40:11) The Lexicologist: so, wait
(23:40:22) The Lexicologist: if you're spending the whole day
caressing things, that means I'm working?
(23:40:41) ericthehodgeheG: you're the one with the phd
(23:40:52) ericthehodgeheG: i'll start up an lsat prep business
(23:40:59) The Lexicologist: you're the one with the sick lawyer-test score
(23:41:03) The Lexicologist: yeah, lsat
(23:41:05) The Lexicologist: that one
(23:41:08) ericthehodgeheG: i'm also the one not in law school
(23:41:17) The Lexicologist: how's that goin' by the way>
(23:41:18) The Lexicologist: ?
(23:41:20) ericthehodgeheG: wait would we be collecting porn?
(23:41:23) The Lexicologist: and is china ever happening?
(23:41:32) ericthehodgeheG: i don't know about china
(23:41:38) The Lexicologist: I think we'd have to be married before it
would be okay to collect porn
(23:41:43) The Lexicologist: not to each other, mind you
(23:41:50) ericthehodgeheG: i've always promised myself that i would
collect porn once i could afford it
(23:42:05) ericthehodgeheG: porn is fucking expensive
(23:42:06) ericthehodgeheG: haha, one of us can be married and the
other can collect porn
(23:42:07) The Lexicologist: to other dudes
(23:42:08) ericthehodgeheG: dibs on porn
(23:42:14) The Lexicologist: heh
(23:42:16) The Lexicologist: ok
(23:42:21) The Lexicologist: you can be the porn specialist
(23:42:29) The Lexicologist: I'll do banjos on the side
(23:42:34) The Lexicologist: and by do I mean collect
(23:42:40) The Lexicologist: and by collect I mean have sex with
(23:42:52) ericthehodgeheG: you know every wall in the house has to be
lined with shelves
(23:42:54) The Lexicologist: and by banjos I mean redheads

(momentary digression to a certain reddish mutual acquaintance)

(23:43:17) The Lexicologist: my shelves in this apartment are amazing
(23:48:23) ericthehodgeheG: do you know how to build a house? i don't
think there are many houses with built-in shelves along every single
wall inside
(23:48:46) ericthehodgeheG: oh dude we need those rolly ladders on wheels
(23:49:00) The Lexicologist: yeah, big time
(23:49:19) ericthehodgeheG: do you know how to build a house
(23:49:24) The Lexicologist: we need to follow the design of the
orphanage I'm in
(23:49:33) The Lexicologist: and not have any floor between the second
and third story
(23:49:50) The Lexicologist: so that the shelves can go like 20' high
on the entire second floor
(23:49:55) ericthehodgeheG: god
(23:49:56) The Lexicologist: and then the rolly ladders will be amazing
(23:49:57) ericthehodgeheG: that is so hot
(23:50:08) The Lexicologist: I don't know how to build a house
(23:50:22) The Lexicologist: but I built a giant swingset
(23:50:24) The Lexicologist: does that count?
(23:50:28) The Lexicologist: it had a platform on it
(23:50:31) ericthehodgeheG: can we live in one of those?
(23:50:46) ericthehodgeheG: can you take some house building classes at ruster
(23:50:58) The Lexicologist: ruster is a new one
(23:51:11) The Lexicologist: if I called my friends rusters I would
think of rust monsters
(23:51:21) ericthehodgeheG: they make good pets
(23:51:28) The Lexicologist: I don't know if that would be better or
worse than thinking of cocks
(23:51:29) ericthehodgeheG: for druids, i guess
(23:51:50) The Lexicologist: I'd never heard that
(23:51:53) The Lexicologist: makes sense though
(23:52:07) ericthehodgeheG: i think i read they are receptive to training
(23:52:08) The Lexicologist: you'd have to be a pretty aggressive
druid to keep the rustmonster fed, though
(23:52:50) ericthehodgeheG: true
(23:53:04) ericthehodgeheG: you could be trying to destabilize the
world's economy or something
(23:53:09) The Lexicologist: does it matter where our house is?
(23:53:11) ericthehodgeheG: although that's pretty against balance
(23:53:21) ericthehodgeheG: i was going to suggest somewhere with cheap land
(23:53:53) The Lexicologist: you could probably play it as chaotic
neutral-- that there's so many extremist forces out there that the
only way to affect balance at all is to be extreme
(23:54:04) ericthehodgeheG: you're pretty set on getting married right?
(23:54:16) The Lexicologist: yeah, I really hope that happens
(23:54:19) ericthehodgeheG: can she live in the shed attached to the house
(23:54:30) ericthehodgeheG: i don't want her cramping the house's style
(23:54:34) The Lexicologist: depends if we have a good name for the shed
(23:54:36) ericthehodgeheG: she might touch my stuff
(23:54:42) ericthehodgeheG: like the honeymoon shed?
(23:54:44) The Lexicologist: like "gnight eric, I'm going to the ____"
(23:54:57) The Lexicologist: that's not a very good name
(23:55:03) The Lexicologist: it should probably rhyme
(23:55:06) The Lexicologist: and offend my wife
(23:55:08) ericthehodgeheG: shed of everlasting devotion?
(23:55:52) The Lexicologist: you'll have to learn to use linux
(23:55:57) The Lexicologist: or maybe mac OSX
(23:56:00) ericthehodgeheG: the bungalow of hard fucking?
(23:56:06) The Lexicologist: damned if I'll have any windows boxes in my house
(23:56:18) ericthehodgeheG: we can have a windows shed also
(23:56:26) The Lexicologist: all the good pc games will be on console
by then, right?
(23:56:33) ericthehodgeheG: who knows
(23:56:42) ericthehodgeheG: your wife can stay in the same place we keep my porn
(23:56:53) ericthehodgeheG: right? it makes sense
(23:57:09) The Lexicologist: do you do the porn viewing outside of the shed?
(23:57:27) ericthehodgeheG: as in, i stand outside looking through the window?
(23:57:31) The Lexicologist: I don't know if I'm comfortable with hard
wanking in the bungalow of hard fucking
(23:57:33) ericthehodgeheG: i can do that
(23:57:51) The Lexicologist: you're keeping mike and sarah up
(23:57:54) The Lexicologist: because I keep laughing
(23:58:02) ericthehodgeheG: tell sarah to shut it
(23:58:15) ericthehodgeheG: do you know anyone else with a collecting
fetish/obsession
(23:58:21) ericthehodgeheG: it has to be an actual compulsion
(23:58:38) ericthehodgeheG: they have to buy things they don't
actually want because they know they might someday want it
(23:58:51) The Lexicologist: heh
(23:59:01) ericthehodgeheG: we need to have a GIGANTIC satellite dish
on the roof
(23:59:04) ericthehodgeheG: it doesn't have to do anything
(23:59:08) ericthehodgeheG: it just has to be fucking huge
(23:59:15) The Lexicologist: ok, I need to go
(23:59:19) ericthehodgeheG: it can be a birdfeeder
(23:59:20) The Lexicologist: I'm laughing to hard
(23:59:27) ericthehodgeheG: i'm serious about this
(23:59:27) The Lexicologist: s/to/too/
(23:59:34) The Lexicologist: I'm laughing so hard it made me stupid
(23:59:56) ericthehodgeheG: get me the cat girl's address
(23:59:57) The Lexicologist: who switches the preposition and the quantifier?
(00:00:10) The Lexicologist: for the thank you note?
(00:00:12) ericthehodgeheG: yes
(00:00:14) ericthehodgeheG: do it
(00:00:17) The Lexicologist: considering
(00:00:26) The Lexicologist: I may point her to your blog instead
(00:00:30) The Lexicologist: if I do, I will tell you
(00:00:31) ericthehodgeheG: not good enough
(00:00:35) The Lexicologist: so you can leave a note for her
(00:00:44) ericthehodgeheG: the effect
(00:00:49) ericthehodgeheG: you know it would be diminished
(00:00:51) ericthehodgeheG: drastically
(00:01:05) ericthehodgeheG: you're better than this, austin!
(00:01:38) ericthehodgeheG: anyways, goodnight
(00:01:48) ericthehodgeheG: but i'm serious about the house
(00:01:58) The Lexicologist: lemme get my first real job

(stuff is edited out here, that segues into beanie babies. i'm serious)

(00:06:27) ericthehodgeheG: which beanie are you
(00:06:32) The Lexicologist: giganto
(00:06:40) The Lexicologist: I don't even have to think about that one
(00:06:41) ericthehodgeheG: what?
(00:06:44) ericthehodgeheG: i don't know them
(00:06:48) The Lexicologist: though, someone said I was an owl once
(00:06:54) The Lexicologist: giganto is a wooly mammoth
(00:06:59) The Lexicologist: I have the beanie baby
(00:07:09) The Lexicologist: I had the beanie buddy, but I gave it to
my nephew when he was born
(00:07:23) ericthehodgeheG: i thought you were a wooly bear
(00:07:47) The Lexicologist: my favorite animal is a wooly mammoth
(00:08:11) ericthehodgeheG: ok, so we can get a hedgehog, and a wooly mammoth
(00:08:15) ericthehodgeheG: they can be friends
(00:08:43) The Lexicologist: have you read the fourth book in the good
L'Engle series?
(00:08:46) ericthehodgeheG: this house is going to rule
(00:08:48) The Lexicologist: it's called many waters
(00:08:50) ericthehodgeheG: haha the little ones?
(00:08:54) The Lexicologist: little mammoths
(00:09:00) The Lexicologist: dream pet
(00:09:04) ericthehodgeheG: right, and they were real nice
(00:09:09) ericthehodgeheG: they called the unicorn?
(00:09:15) The Lexicologist: something like that
(00:09:20) ericthehodgeheG: you know she has a bunch more books
(00:09:28) ericthehodgeheG: they're weird though. they look like
adolescent girl books
(00:09:34) ericthehodgeheG: going on vacation and meeting a dark handsome boy
(00:09:53) The Lexicologist: they're actually about the Austin family,
if I'm not mistaken
(00:09:56) The Lexicologist: (and I'm not)
(00:10:10) The Lexicologist: we need good desk chairs
(00:10:16) The Lexicologist: and ramps and elevators
(00:10:32) The Lexicologist: (lined with shelves)
(00:10:40) ericthehodgeheG: i'm sure by then professor x chairs will
be commonplace
(00:10:45) ericthehodgeheG: oh man shelved elevators
(00:10:48) ericthehodgeheG: you are a visionary
(00:11:19) ericthehodgeheG: there will be a fire pole? spanning all
of the floors
(00:11:26) The Lexicologist: well duh
(00:11:38) The Lexicologist: but we need *two*
(00:11:38) ericthehodgeheG: god i wish i was rich
(00:11:41) The Lexicologist: so we can race
(00:11:41) ericthehodgeheG: i could just take care of this now
(00:11:43) ericthehodgeheG: hahaha
(00:11:49) ericthehodgeheG: that's so awesome
(00:12:13) The Lexicologist: they should be the ones with the spiral
staircases going up around them
(00:12:20) ericthehodgeheG: i was thinking spiral ramps
(00:12:34) ericthehodgeheG: i actually was thinking of spiral ramps
right before you said that
(00:12:38) The Lexicologist: well, the stairs flatten out so it becomes a slide
(00:12:45) ericthehodgeheG: hey don't get crazy now
(00:12:47) The Lexicologist: you know, for intruders
(00:12:50) ericthehodgeheG: hahaaha
(00:12:59) ericthehodgeheG: will there be a giant lever that says, pull me
(00:13:05) The Lexicologist: maybe
(00:13:10) The Lexicologist: but one thing is for sure
(00:13:12) ericthehodgeheG: or maybe, don't pull me
(00:13:14) The Lexicologist: secret passages
(00:13:22) ericthehodgeheG: yes!
(00:13:25) The Lexicologist: we can have pull me and don't pull me
(00:13:33) The Lexicologist: but either way you're screwed
(00:13:34) ericthehodgeheG: this is amazing
(00:13:41) ericthehodgeheG: i was thinking of secret passages too earlier
(00:13:46) ericthehodgeheG: if you're building your own house
(00:13:51) ericthehodgeheG: how could you not
(00:13:58) The Lexicologist: you would really have to
(00:14:13) ericthehodgeheG: would the secret passages have shelves?
(00:14:38) The Lexicologist: where else would we keep our secret collections?
(00:14:43) ericthehodgeheG: hahahahaha
(00:14:45) The Lexicologist: well, I mean, other than in the vault
(00:15:06) ericthehodgeheG: i don't care what you say, it's phsyically
impossible to survive diving into a pile of solid gold coins
(00:15:16) ericthehodgeheG: much less swimming through them
(00:15:49) The Lexicologist: are you trying to imply that you're the
launchpad to my scrooge mcduck?
(00:16:26) ericthehodgeheG: ouch
(00:16:29) The Lexicologist: you know, we should really spend all of
our days writing letters to companies about what to release as
collectors' editions, and what features to include
(00:16:38) ericthehodgeheG: all of our days right now?
(00:16:46) The Lexicologist: no, once we have the house
(00:16:47) ericthehodgeheG: you know, maybe dave will win the next wsop
(00:17:06) ericthehodgeheG: do you understand how crotchety we could be
(00:17:16) ericthehodgeheG: we would have unlimited crotchety license
(00:17:28) The Lexicologist: "Dear Disney. You have not yet release
Gargoyles on DVD. Please remedy this, and include a documentary about
why you raped so many different mythologies and legends for this
program."
(00:17:47) ericthehodgeheG: ow, my stomach hurts
(00:17:55) The Lexicologist: bad clams?
(00:18:05) ericthehodgeheG: that's incredible
(00:18:11) ericthehodgeheG: we have to use the word rape in every single letter

(someone uses the word rape in another letter that that isn't really offensive, but i'm playing it safe)

(00:20:24) The Lexicologist: that's two
(00:20:49) ericthehodgeheG: extra points for rapine
(00:20:57) The Lexicologist: heh
(00:20:59) The Lexicologist: ok
(00:21:02) The Lexicologist: canoeing tomorrow
(00:21:08) The Lexicologist: gtg
(00:21:33) ericthehodgeheG: hey
(00:21:35) ericthehodgeheG: send me the log