Hey y'all, hope you have a fantastic time whatever you're doing this Halloween :D
As always, we encourage you to try your hand at pumpkin carving, whether it be in real life, or simply on the line. Here's one we did earlier...
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Friday, 31 October 2014
Sunday, 26 October 2014
Weekly News Round-Up #73: 19/10/2014
Hello, one and all! I hope your week has been delightful as always, we've got a few anecdotes to share, so we'll just jump right into it...
To kick off the week, we were considering the use of currency symbols in the names of hister businesses. Master took a particular liking to J€N CORP (J€NT€RPRI$€$ just seems over the top).
Tuesday saw the group discussing a rather unusual news story. ArwaChihuahua brought up the case of the dolphin that fell in love with a woman. I think it's fair to say that after that little chat we were all in a silent agreement to quit talking about dolphins for a while.
Alongside the dolphin discussion, ConscienceSarah was having a rather nice time looking through the [Insert paint brand] wall paint colour charts. She finds that the names of the colours are quite unique and often make a wonderful description for certain features of characters in the Shtory, which is currently still in the development process. Bear with us, it will be completed.
During the middle of the week, Sharah had a most remarkable packed lunch, which was fittingly named 'Harry Pita'. Take a look for yourself...
Thursday afternoon was also quite interesting, if I do say so myself.
Sharah proved to be a little jittery and ended up jumping a mile high when the Head of Upper Academy came over and talked to us. According to Sharah, he 'just popped out of nowhere.'
Afterwards, we had an impromptu 'show and tell' session', where Anya Stark showed us some of her gymnastics skills, inadvertently risking her life in a stunt, whilst Sharah did some tap dance. Both were very impressive!
Until next week, have a good one! ;)
To kick off the week, we were considering the use of currency symbols in the names of hister businesses. Master took a particular liking to J€N CORP (J€NT€RPRI$€$ just seems over the top).
Tuesday saw the group discussing a rather unusual news story. ArwaChihuahua brought up the case of the dolphin that fell in love with a woman. I think it's fair to say that after that little chat we were all in a silent agreement to quit talking about dolphins for a while.
Alongside the dolphin discussion, ConscienceSarah was having a rather nice time looking through the [Insert paint brand] wall paint colour charts. She finds that the names of the colours are quite unique and often make a wonderful description for certain features of characters in the Shtory, which is currently still in the development process. Bear with us, it will be completed.
During the middle of the week, Sharah had a most remarkable packed lunch, which was fittingly named 'Harry Pita'. Take a look for yourself...
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| Harry Pita...the bread who lived... |
Sharah proved to be a little jittery and ended up jumping a mile high when the Head of Upper Academy came over and talked to us. According to Sharah, he 'just popped out of nowhere.'
Afterwards, we had an impromptu 'show and tell' session', where Anya Stark showed us some of her gymnastics skills, inadvertently risking her life in a stunt, whilst Sharah did some tap dance. Both were very impressive!
Until next week, have a good one! ;)
Saturday, 25 October 2014
Report: LARP - Friday 24th October 2014
On Friday 24th October 2014, the Sandwich Crew took part in a LARP (Live Action Role-Play) team building exercise as part of an away day (as mentioned in WNR #74). Here's a summary of events.
LARP written and organised by Simon Wicks.
LARP theme: Zombie Apocalypse
Location: Localville Country Park
Characters:
Simon Wicks - Mal/Farmer Bill (NPC)/Emelia (NPC)/Sam (NPC)
Cap - Zelda/Zombie A (NPC)
Jen - Hector Jones/Zombie B (NPC)
ArwaChihuahua - John Price
ANT - Bertha
Anya Stark - Kye Lewis
Ruby - Olivia
ConscienceSarah - Dr Tamara Hayward
Plot summary (written by Cap)
Eight survivors of the zombie apocalypse have been travelling together for about a year, all with different backstories and relations.
The day started as a typical day around camp, eating the food we'd managed to preserve. The action kicked off when a local farmer, "Bill" arrived, to tell us he'd heard a scream and wanted to know if it was us in trouble. He was glad when we told him it was nothing to do with us. He also wanted fruit but we refused. Naturally, we went off on an investigation to see what the disturbance was, and we came across a corpse, the corpse of someone called "Emelia". This disturbed Zelda greatly. Dr Tamara did her best but Emelia was long gone... however we did find on her, a diary and a mysterious substance in a glass vial. We took these things and examined them for clues, and found that the vial was stolen (by her) from the lab that she worked in. We left the corpse in the body, covered in leaves out of respect and moved on. Zelda later revealled she knew Emelia, as she had worked with her, but could not be sure what was in the vial as what was going on in Emelias labs had nothing to do with her.
It was shortly after that that the first zombie was sighted (Zombie A), however it did not attack, and the group decided that zombies were stupid, clumsy, and seemed lost and confused rather than violent. Meanwhile Bertha found a strange amulet in the forest...
Olivia, Mal and Bertha also went scavenging for food, since supplies were running low. They returned to camp highly intoxicated and vomiting. Turned out they'd eaten some suspicious berries. Dr Tamara treated them with edible absorbent yummy goodness which would soak up the poison in their stomach, and they made a speedy recovery.
Later, out in the forest, Hector came across a severely wounded man, and brought him back to camp for Dr Tamara to take a look. She changed his bandages, and it was revealed that his name was Sam, and he was the brother of the previously deceased Emelia. The news of her death shocked him, and he was difficult to get information out of, however we did gather that he did not know what was in the vial either.
Unfortunatley we did not have much time, as two zombies (angry this time - Zombie A and Zombie B) attacked the camp. The others fled, leaving Sam behind. Sam was eaten by Zombie B, and in a moment where the group momentarily escaped the zombies, they chanced the use of the contents of the vial on him. This caused him to come back to life, and not as a zombie! The vial had been a cure all along!
The zombies attacked again, and this time the group weren't so lucky. Many of us were turned. But some survived... the zombies seemed to be avoiding Bertha and, (with some prompting) it was discovered that the amulet repelled zombies. Bertha used this to help as many members of the group, but unfortunately most of us met an unfortunate fate. Welp.
LARP written and organised by Simon Wicks.
LARP theme: Zombie Apocalypse
Location: Localville Country Park
Characters:
Simon Wicks - Mal/Farmer Bill (NPC)/Emelia (NPC)/Sam (NPC)
Cap - Zelda/Zombie A (NPC)
Jen - Hector Jones/Zombie B (NPC)
ArwaChihuahua - John Price
ANT - Bertha
Anya Stark - Kye Lewis
Ruby - Olivia
ConscienceSarah - Dr Tamara Hayward
Plot summary (written by Cap)
Eight survivors of the zombie apocalypse have been travelling together for about a year, all with different backstories and relations.
The day started as a typical day around camp, eating the food we'd managed to preserve. The action kicked off when a local farmer, "Bill" arrived, to tell us he'd heard a scream and wanted to know if it was us in trouble. He was glad when we told him it was nothing to do with us. He also wanted fruit but we refused. Naturally, we went off on an investigation to see what the disturbance was, and we came across a corpse, the corpse of someone called "Emelia". This disturbed Zelda greatly. Dr Tamara did her best but Emelia was long gone... however we did find on her, a diary and a mysterious substance in a glass vial. We took these things and examined them for clues, and found that the vial was stolen (by her) from the lab that she worked in. We left the corpse in the body, covered in leaves out of respect and moved on. Zelda later revealled she knew Emelia, as she had worked with her, but could not be sure what was in the vial as what was going on in Emelias labs had nothing to do with her.
It was shortly after that that the first zombie was sighted (Zombie A), however it did not attack, and the group decided that zombies were stupid, clumsy, and seemed lost and confused rather than violent. Meanwhile Bertha found a strange amulet in the forest...
Olivia, Mal and Bertha also went scavenging for food, since supplies were running low. They returned to camp highly intoxicated and vomiting. Turned out they'd eaten some suspicious berries. Dr Tamara treated them with edible absorbent yummy goodness which would soak up the poison in their stomach, and they made a speedy recovery.
Later, out in the forest, Hector came across a severely wounded man, and brought him back to camp for Dr Tamara to take a look. She changed his bandages, and it was revealed that his name was Sam, and he was the brother of the previously deceased Emelia. The news of her death shocked him, and he was difficult to get information out of, however we did gather that he did not know what was in the vial either.
Unfortunatley we did not have much time, as two zombies (angry this time - Zombie A and Zombie B) attacked the camp. The others fled, leaving Sam behind. Sam was eaten by Zombie B, and in a moment where the group momentarily escaped the zombies, they chanced the use of the contents of the vial on him. This caused him to come back to life, and not as a zombie! The vial had been a cure all along!
The zombies attacked again, and this time the group weren't so lucky. Many of us were turned. But some survived... the zombies seemed to be avoiding Bertha and, (with some prompting) it was discovered that the amulet repelled zombies. Bertha used this to help as many members of the group, but unfortunately most of us met an unfortunate fate. Welp.
Sunday, 19 October 2014
Weekly News Round-Up #72: 12/10/2014
Hello and good day to y'all! I hope you've all had a smashing week because I know it's been a good one for all of us :D
As you may be aware, it was Cap's birthday on Thursday! It was a jolly good day and it seems that everyone had fun. Here's a pic of Master's gift to Cap:
Thursday also proved to be a day of discussions...
In the morning, ArwaChihuahua and Wicks were sat in the library with a textbook which, oddly enough, had buttons printed on paper that, obviously, could only be access via the virtual edition. It did seem rather curious why they weren't removed from the print edition. This only left Wicks and Aswa poking the page in an attempt to activate the 'hint' buttons. Naturally, this led to a discussion on the next generation of e-books. Wicks suggested that it would be most delightful if you could have moving diagrams on paper, much like a gif. on paper.
Onto another topic, Cap and Wicks had a chat about the evolution of the trouser. Do you think there's a future for trousers, or perhaps, as Cap and Wicks reviewed, nudist beaches will expand and become a global thing? I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
As ConscienceSarah and Master prepared for an interview, we considered some abstract questions that they could ask. Favourites included 'if you could be a fruit, what fruit would you be?' and the same but substituting 'fruit' for 'shape'. A possible answer could be something like 'a tomato, because I'm controversial'. When asked Sharah's reply appeared to be very well thought out. She answered "I'd be a raspberry, because sometimes I'm sweet, sometimes I can be sour, and also I can be annoying, like when you get raspberry seends in your teeth. Also Wicks doesn't like raspberries."
So, as always, we like to keep you updated on our progress with the comic book shop each week. This week, Master decided that she wouldn't bother going into the shop to see if they had WicDiv. Instead she found their telephone number on the line and called in. Of course, it was the usual guy, ensuring a slightly awkward conversation, especially when they still didn't have it in stock. *sigh* Better luck next week.
As Friday rolled around, Cap managed to come up with some 'ship' names for Wicks and Sharah/Slickens - Wickens - and herself and Slickens - Slap. Currently I'm unsure if anyone's shipping any of these, but you never know.
Lunchtime turned out to be a counselling session for Master. After reading the Internet hoax about 'The Expressionless', Master was rather disturbed, but after re-telling the story to everyone, and having a good laugh about it all, she felt much better about the whole thing. Unfortunately, Sharah was feeling a little queasy and went for a walk outside, which initially confused us all. Once again, Master would like to express her thanks for the support :)
Saturday evening brought us to Cap's birthday bash, which was held at a pizzeria. Arguably the most hilarious thing that happened was that we had the opportunity to witness ConscienceSarah cut up her pizza and roll it up! In the end, she was the last one to finish. The combination of events did little to help, with her pizza having the largest diameter and being cooked in the batch after everyone else's, plus the fact that Sharah is the slowest eater out of all of us.
On the other hand, Master was given the job of calling waitresses to get water refills and, at the end, asking for the bill. After calculating the exact amount that everyone was to contribute, we ended up with a pile of money, which Master, also the in-house accountant, counted up. Overall, the bill platter looked a little like this:
The waitress looked more than pleased to count it all up, which did take a little while. Finally, she returned with a tuppence change on the platter, which we added to the tip pile, and can be seen poking in on the right side of the above photo.
Overall, I think I speak on behalf of everyone when I say that we had a fantastic time. A huge thank you to Cap for inviting us!
Until next week, have a good one ;D
As you may be aware, it was Cap's birthday on Thursday! It was a jolly good day and it seems that everyone had fun. Here's a pic of Master's gift to Cap:
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| Cap's birthday cake! |
In the morning, ArwaChihuahua and Wicks were sat in the library with a textbook which, oddly enough, had buttons printed on paper that, obviously, could only be access via the virtual edition. It did seem rather curious why they weren't removed from the print edition. This only left Wicks and Aswa poking the page in an attempt to activate the 'hint' buttons. Naturally, this led to a discussion on the next generation of e-books. Wicks suggested that it would be most delightful if you could have moving diagrams on paper, much like a gif. on paper.
Onto another topic, Cap and Wicks had a chat about the evolution of the trouser. Do you think there's a future for trousers, or perhaps, as Cap and Wicks reviewed, nudist beaches will expand and become a global thing? I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
As ConscienceSarah and Master prepared for an interview, we considered some abstract questions that they could ask. Favourites included 'if you could be a fruit, what fruit would you be?' and the same but substituting 'fruit' for 'shape'. A possible answer could be something like 'a tomato, because I'm controversial'. When asked Sharah's reply appeared to be very well thought out. She answered "I'd be a raspberry, because sometimes I'm sweet, sometimes I can be sour, and also I can be annoying, like when you get raspberry seends in your teeth. Also Wicks doesn't like raspberries."
So, as always, we like to keep you updated on our progress with the comic book shop each week. This week, Master decided that she wouldn't bother going into the shop to see if they had WicDiv. Instead she found their telephone number on the line and called in. Of course, it was the usual guy, ensuring a slightly awkward conversation, especially when they still didn't have it in stock. *sigh* Better luck next week.
As Friday rolled around, Cap managed to come up with some 'ship' names for Wicks and Sharah/Slickens - Wickens - and herself and Slickens - Slap. Currently I'm unsure if anyone's shipping any of these, but you never know.
Lunchtime turned out to be a counselling session for Master. After reading the Internet hoax about 'The Expressionless', Master was rather disturbed, but after re-telling the story to everyone, and having a good laugh about it all, she felt much better about the whole thing. Unfortunately, Sharah was feeling a little queasy and went for a walk outside, which initially confused us all. Once again, Master would like to express her thanks for the support :)
Saturday evening brought us to Cap's birthday bash, which was held at a pizzeria. Arguably the most hilarious thing that happened was that we had the opportunity to witness ConscienceSarah cut up her pizza and roll it up! In the end, she was the last one to finish. The combination of events did little to help, with her pizza having the largest diameter and being cooked in the batch after everyone else's, plus the fact that Sharah is the slowest eater out of all of us.
On the other hand, Master was given the job of calling waitresses to get water refills and, at the end, asking for the bill. After calculating the exact amount that everyone was to contribute, we ended up with a pile of money, which Master, also the in-house accountant, counted up. Overall, the bill platter looked a little like this:
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| So much munneez! |
Overall, I think I speak on behalf of everyone when I say that we had a fantastic time. A huge thank you to Cap for inviting us!
Until next week, have a good one ;D
Saturday, 18 October 2014
Sunday, 12 October 2014
Weekly News Round-Up #71: 05/10/2014
Well, I've really put off writing this edition of WNR for quite some time now. It was a quiet week, to say the least, where DLM was MIA, we were low in numbers at lunchtime and, in general, people were either busy or at home.
Nevertheless, there were still some fun moments, for example, when Wicks informed us all that "losers have to make the choice of which side of the table to sit on, so everyone's a loser!" So there we were, all sat there. An abundance of losers :)
Meanwhile, ANT told us all about a movie that she'd seen recently that she found particularly enjoyable. The aforementioned film is titled 'Marvelous' and follows the story of a remarkable man called Neil Baldwin. ANT urged everyone to go watch it.
Keeping the spotlight on our Hulk-tastic friend, I feel like we should all take a moment to appreciate that, on a certain lunchtime, ANT's meal consisted of Monster Munches, a Fruit Winder, and later spag bol. Well, they do say that variety is the spice of life ;p
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Nevertheless, there were still some fun moments, for example, when Wicks informed us all that "losers have to make the choice of which side of the table to sit on, so everyone's a loser!" So there we were, all sat there. An abundance of losers :)
Meanwhile, ANT told us all about a movie that she'd seen recently that she found particularly enjoyable. The aforementioned film is titled 'Marvelous' and follows the story of a remarkable man called Neil Baldwin. ANT urged everyone to go watch it.
Keeping the spotlight on our Hulk-tastic friend, I feel like we should all take a moment to appreciate that, on a certain lunchtime, ANT's meal consisted of Monster Munches, a Fruit Winder, and later spag bol. Well, they do say that variety is the spice of life ;p
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Thursday, 9 October 2014
Sunday, 5 October 2014
Quote Week: October - Day 7
"I broke my spoon on this crumble. It's meant to crumble!"
- S.A.
Story behind quote:
Who'd have known that apple crumble makes such a fantastic building material? As featured in WNR #70.
- S.A.
Story behind quote:
Who'd have known that apple crumble makes such a fantastic building material? As featured in WNR #70.
Weekly News Round-Up #70: 28/09/2014
Hey peeps, how's it going? It's been a relatively quiet week around here, but there's always plenty of funny moments...
Monday wasn't the best of days. After a chat about nasty bugses, Master found what appeared to be a dead daddy-long-legs in her salad. I think it's fair to say that everyone was thoroughly repulsed by it. Remember kids, always wash pre-packed salad, even if it says it's washed and ready to eat. Even after the second wash it might still be dodgy.
The following day, Wicks decided to carry out an investigation into the number of Polo's there should be in a pack. According to online sources, the average is 25. With this information, when dishing out Polo's to everyone, we had to say the number that we were, in true '21 Dares' fashion.
In the middle of the week, things got slightly heated at lunchtime and soon became a verbal colleseum. Although it was just fun and games, we were all jumping at the opportunity of banter. Master had a good laugh at the fact that ANT had inconveniently ruffled up her hair in an unsuccessful attempt to get rid of a spider, whilst ConscienceSarah called out to people in a rather 'laid-back' manner. I believe we can describe it as an 'ermahgerd' sort of voice.
Thursday proved to be somewhat problematic. Oski Bear looked at his Academy-issued ID card and deemed it not damaged enough. Only seconds later, a loud snap resounded in the study room and we realised soon enough that he'd snapped it in half. Welp, all that was left to do was ask around for sellotape.
On the topic of snapping plastic objects, ConscienceSarah had a rather solid apple crumble that ended up breaking her spoon. In the end, she resorted to chiselling pieces off with the butt end of a more sturdy plastic knife.
Continuing on what seems to be a streak of misfortunes, ANT, Wicks and Master strolled into Localville town centre on Friday with high hopes that WicDiv would have arrived by this week. Of course, a slightly awkward conversation with the shopkeeper ensued, as it was still stuck in postage. Never mind, they say 'third time lucky', right?
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Monday wasn't the best of days. After a chat about nasty bugses, Master found what appeared to be a dead daddy-long-legs in her salad. I think it's fair to say that everyone was thoroughly repulsed by it. Remember kids, always wash pre-packed salad, even if it says it's washed and ready to eat. Even after the second wash it might still be dodgy.
The following day, Wicks decided to carry out an investigation into the number of Polo's there should be in a pack. According to online sources, the average is 25. With this information, when dishing out Polo's to everyone, we had to say the number that we were, in true '21 Dares' fashion.
In the middle of the week, things got slightly heated at lunchtime and soon became a verbal colleseum. Although it was just fun and games, we were all jumping at the opportunity of banter. Master had a good laugh at the fact that ANT had inconveniently ruffled up her hair in an unsuccessful attempt to get rid of a spider, whilst ConscienceSarah called out to people in a rather 'laid-back' manner. I believe we can describe it as an 'ermahgerd' sort of voice.
Thursday proved to be somewhat problematic. Oski Bear looked at his Academy-issued ID card and deemed it not damaged enough. Only seconds later, a loud snap resounded in the study room and we realised soon enough that he'd snapped it in half. Welp, all that was left to do was ask around for sellotape.
On the topic of snapping plastic objects, ConscienceSarah had a rather solid apple crumble that ended up breaking her spoon. In the end, she resorted to chiselling pieces off with the butt end of a more sturdy plastic knife.
Continuing on what seems to be a streak of misfortunes, ANT, Wicks and Master strolled into Localville town centre on Friday with high hopes that WicDiv would have arrived by this week. Of course, a slightly awkward conversation with the shopkeeper ensued, as it was still stuck in postage. Never mind, they say 'third time lucky', right?
Until next week, have a good one ;)
Saturday, 4 October 2014
Quote Week: October - Day 6
"Instead of Facebook poking, it's face-to-face poking."
- S.A.
Story behind quote:
ConscienceSarah initiates a poke battle at lunchtime.
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- S.A.
Story behind quote:
ConscienceSarah initiates a poke battle at lunchtime.
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Friday, 3 October 2014
Quote Week: October - Day 5
"I ordered around 6 books and they all came at the same time. It was like Christmas!"
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
The glories of shopping on the line...
- A.T.
Story behind quote:
The glories of shopping on the line...
Thursday, 2 October 2014
Quote Week: October - Day 4
"DISGUSTING!"
- S.A.
Story behind quote:
ConscienceSarah really wasn't very impressed at a certain incident... #Skelting. As featured in WNR #69.
- S.A.
Story behind quote:
ConscienceSarah really wasn't very impressed at a certain incident... #Skelting. As featured in WNR #69.
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Quote Week: October - Day 3
ArwaChihuahua: "We're here to see the exams officer."
(Unclear that she was the) Exams officer: "What can I do for you?"
ArwaChihuahua: "Exams officer?"
- A.A.
Story behind quote:
An awkward encounter with an annoyed exams officer. As featured in WNR #68.
(Unclear that she was the) Exams officer: "What can I do for you?"
ArwaChihuahua: "Exams officer?"
- A.A.
Story behind quote:
An awkward encounter with an annoyed exams officer. As featured in WNR #68.
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