Just two nerds doing life together

Strove (Male/21) & Doll (Female/22) play some games, listen to some music, watch some movies and talk about 'em here

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Song of the day #32

Cat Empire - How To Explain

Fuck it, lets go full Latin! Cat empire fuse jazz, ska, reggae with a heavy dose of Latin influences. High energy and good vibes throughout.

~Strove

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Bonus, because this track is fantastic too:

Cat Empire - The Rhythm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt6WBlHG_4s

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Song of the day #32

Cat Empire - How To Explain

Fuck it, lets go full Latin! Cat empire fuse jazz, ska, reggae with a heavy dose of Latin influences. High energy and good vibes throughout.

~Strove

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Strove and I have been lootin’ some caves, killin’ some orcs, and mostly getting our asses handed to us in Divinity: Original Sin recently. Here are some screens I thought were nice.

~Doll

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Song of the day #31

Jinjer - Beggar’s Dance

Odd lil bonus track at the end of the “King of Everything” album, jinjer slips into an entirely different style and its just slick. I love it.

~Strove

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aurora-surrealis replied to your post “So, Avatar Country. First Impressions. Personally, I sorta feel like...”

Soooo disagree. :(

Ah :( well, everyone has different tastes with this kinda thing I suppose :P

~Doll

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So, Avatar Country. First Impressions.

Personally, I sorta feel like it’s... it’s not very Avatar. It almost feels like a small side project rather than a main album. That being said, I don’t think it’s nearly as bad as I’ve heard some people saying.

I’m not really a fan of the tracks King’s Harvest and The King Wants You, but I can really see the rest of the album growing on me after a couple more listens - which is pretty common for me. It takes a couple goes for new music to properly sink in nine times out of ten.

In essence - I likely won’t consider Avatar Country as being on par with Feathers and Flesh, and certainly not with Hail The Apocalypse and Black Waltz. But it certainly ain’t bad, that’s for sure.

~Doll

Its... Interesting. Im finding myself kinda liking the album but it doesnt leave an avatar impression really. The impact it leaves is of an experimental EP rather than a full release, some tracks felt like they were leading up to a bit of an avatar signature sound either in vocals or in music but never really got there. Feel like the album was good but it was missing that edge that i listen to avatar for.

That being said, i did enjoy it a decent amount and several tracks may well grown on me though i couldn't tell you which ones by name... Having all of them with near identical titles isn't helping the identity of each track nor the album and i think thats my main issue. Its the identity crisis album...

~Strove

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So I accidentally forgot this post was drafted, but better late than never, right?~D

Incoming delayed seasonal post~S

So, to start things off, we had a pre-Christmas celebration with Strove’s fam, I was introduced to their odd anti-tradition tradition of having non-Christmas meals (was very good though, gotta be said).~D

Yeah that started as a joke when, when asked what we were going to eat for xmas, my brother an i took the piss and said mc donalds. That year we had proper grill style stacked burgers with all the addons, all done at home ofcourse. This year it was xmas burritos, pulled roast lamb, hummusy stuff, mint sauce, pomegranate etc.~S

Also, Strove bought me a Lightseekers deck, and one for himself so we could play it together! I had been considering getting it myself since we played it at EGX, so that was pretty nice. I broke our budget slightly to get him a Lego Beatles Yellow Submarine set since he’d seen it a few weeks earlier and completely freaked out over it like the adorable nerd he is.~D

Ok but that shit was like, the entirety of my childhood wrapped up into one nostalgia kit. I spent many many years playing with lego and listening to the beatles.~S

Due to family visiting reasons, Strove and I had to be apart for Christmas day itself...~D

Yeah, that hurt~S

...but he visited along with his mum and younger brother for New Years Eve and ended up staying overnight, so that was pretty nice. We played some board games, drank slightly too much and had a chill New Years’ Day.

All in all pretty ite, but we’re hoping we can be together for the whole thing next year. ~D

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Song of the day #30

Brothers Moving - Cant Deny

~Strove

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Listening to Avatar Country with Strove... I’ve heard mixed reviews. Hope it’s good. ;-;

~Doll

[dolldirector]

Been painting some small details on my Space Wolf infantry today, and I also primed my last Thunderwolf & rider, so they’re all ready to be properly painted now.

Once I finish my infantry off, I wanna custom-make some basic armour for my Thunderwolves, and start building my Wulfen… except that’s gonna take some work ‘cause I basically wanna repose all of em. Their default posing is kinda awkward and could definitely be cooler. So I’m gonna cut 'em up at their joints and do it my way, already got some ideas in mind.

Genuinely pretty happy with my Warhammer collection so far though. I’m probably gonna buy some more Thunderwolves, some Fenrisian Wolves and perhaps a couple Razerback transports. All that’s left to do now is actually play the bloody game…

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~Doll

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Bartenders Bothers #5

No you dont want the following drinks:

a lager

a cider

another lager

a coffee

a lager and lime

another cider

a medium house red

a different lager

a lager we dont sell

a lager topped

a cider and black

can we make the wine a large

another lager topped

oh you dont have that? make that a vodka and orange

one vodka and lemon

two vodka and coke

another vodka and lemon

can we change a vodka and coke for a cider...

No! Fuck off! What you want is the following:

5x Lager, 1 with lime, 2 topped

1x a different lager

1x coffee

1x large red

4x cider, 1 with black

3x vodka, 1 orange, 1 coke, 1 lemon

Know what you want before you get to the bar, dont get there THEN ask youre 14 buddies what they want only to miss one out and have an argument as to who is paying...

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So uh, I practically finished off my Wolf Lord when Strove and I met up this week

I still can’t believe this model turned out so good. The first Warhammer model I’ve technically finished (technically cause I still sorta wanna try some edge highlights but that’s kinda just finicky finishing touches at this point), and I’m so damn proud of it!! Had to buy some lil grass tufts, fake snow and matte varnish to finish off the look but I’d say it was worth it.

Huge thanks to Strove for being an excellent teacher. Just hope the rest of my dudes will live up to the standard I’ve set...

~Doll

Doll has had this kit kicking around for, what, over a year now. Only recently did she start building and its been amazing to watch her work. Every step, drawing on suggestions of mine but being more and more proud of herself and her work. That smile just kept going and i love it. Also, this guy, with a bit of edge highlighting may well be better looking than anything ive done before... Which is simply not on... Even so, bring on the rest of the wolves, more conversion, painting and good times eh?

~Strove

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Bartenders Bothers #4

Lipstick... Thats it, i swear some women use a full tube of the shit and make out with their damned drinks. Shit doesnt come off through the glass wash, stop it.

~Strove

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Song of the day #29

Black Moth - Red Ink (Condemned to Hope album)

Female fronted gritty, stoner rock band. Crank this one up, it gets better the louder you play it.

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Song of the day #28

Two feet - Love Is A Bitch

Minimal, slick, classy, sexy. This is the Two Feet sound

~Strove

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I’ve been considering song covers for years, and recently it’s been brought up in conversation a little more with Strove. Hhhmmmmm I kinda wanna do it but I also kinda never want to hear my own voice on recording ever (or let anyone else hear it, for that matter).

I’ve been wanting to for years though...

~Doll

Man, dont even get me started. Ive wanted to do, not traditional singing but beatboxing and chior-esque bits with a loop machine, as well as wanting to give voice over and voice acting a go but... Yeah, same deal despite positive comments on both beatboxing and voice... Maybe one day we can build eachother up and get something done.

~Strove