Beyond a Farewell

I wanted to share this small experience I had about a month ago.

I was dreaming I was in my grandmother’s house with all my relatives, like the gatherings we used to do when I was a kid. All my cousins and uncles were present and I was looking for my grandmother who had been in delicate health. I found her sitting by the dining table as everyone else around talked and joked as we always did.

I felt there was some significance on what I was seeing but I couldn’t put my finger on it. At that moment I woke up.

A second later, the wake up alarm went off (don’t you hate it when that happens?) so I grabbed the cellphone and dismissed it. As I was going to place the device back into the night table, it rang. My mother’s number was on the screen and I suddenly knew what she was going to tell me because of the dream. “My love, your granny just died”.

That day I took a plane to another state for her funeral and all the family gathered on her house just as I had dreamed that day. It was an eerie experience to say the least.

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Jurassic Park 3D – Mexico

Excuse me for a second as I share some info with my Spanish speaking friends and anyone else who is interested about the release of Jurassic Park 3D in México:

Hace algunos días, mandé una solicitud de información a Cinépolis preguntándoles sobre la fecha de estreno de Jurassic Park 3D. El encargado me respondió que la fecha que tienen por el momento es para mediados de Agosto en la Ciudad de México, pero por el poco número de copias disponibles para distribuir, la película puede que tarde en llevar al resto de las salas del país entre 1 y 8 semanas adicionales.  Así que ahí lo tienen. Si podremos disfrutar de este clásico del cine, pero tendremos que aguantarnos un poquito mas. ¡Ni modo!

In short,  in English, it might arrive between Mid August to Mid October to your nearest Cinepolis cinema.

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Should have listened

Yesterday was a very strange day for me at our game.

You see, before going for our gaming session, I had some time at home while I baked some cupcakes for noms. And while they were in the oven, suddenly I thought… “Uhm, I should get the Jurassic Park theme in my cellphone for the game”. It was our Werewolf The Apocalypse game yesterday… but I had no reason to think of THAT theme in special. Why would I play a “dinosaur song” on the background? We are killing aberrations and spirits, not giant lizards!

Forward a couple of hours… my character got corrupted by some “evil spirit”, and the only way to cure her is to take her to the Umbra Realm of Pangea. Pangea.

PANGEA.

I looked at my GM to the eye. “You gotta to be kidding me”

I ended up asking my boyfriend for his cellphone to connect to youtube and play it from there.  Next time, I should listen more closely to my RP sixth sense.

Also, I’m getting a little worried I haven’t seen any indication of Jurassic Park in 3D in any of the local theaters. I was really, REALLY expecting it to arrive soon.

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Corre con Luna (Werewolf: The Apocalypse, character concept)

Luna, Red Talon

Lupus, Philodox, Red Talon.

Forms:

  • Lupus:  35kg, 80 cm in height, red and orange fur, amber eyes.
  • Hispo:  300kg, 1.60 m, bright red fur, yellow eyes.
  • Crinos: 250kg, 2.40 m, orange fur, golden eyes.
  • Glabro: 100kg, 1.90 m, tan skin, black hair, dark redish fur, yellow eyes.
  • Human: 60kg, 1.60 m, tan skin, dark brown hair, black eyes.

Corre con Luna (“Runs with Moon”) was born in a Wildlife Reserve in Sonora (23° 25′ 37.00″ N  104° 7′ 8.15″ W). It is one of the few remaining Mexican wolves in the world. Her Garou father left the pack the season she was born and never to see him again. His mother and the alpha male who replaced his father are alive along with five brothers and one sister in the reserve. As a young cub she thought the moon was running with her, hence her name.

She was in frequent contact with humans that would check on them, pinch them, put collars and let them go again. It was very strange and annoying. Her pack tried to avoid them,  simply because they did not like their scent. They were not afraid of those humans in special. Her encounter with poachers made her see that there are two types of human and she would kill human hunters without a second thought.

Having completed her initiation rite, Luna returned to the reservation to ensure her pack was well. She met with them, and although she wasn’t accepted into their ranks, she kept them company for a time. Humans of the reservation seemed excited to see her alive. Now with much broader awareness, Luna realized that these humans watched over her pack ensuring their health and tried to prevent other hunters to enter their territory (not very good at it, by the way). She allowed them to put on her the collar tracker, but when they left, she ripped it off and buried it. Luna has done that every time she visits.

She is known for her playful personality, but when it’s time to hunt or fight she excels at it. Luna is 6 years old, and appears to be 18 years in human form. Luna is also reputed to be curious and asks a lot of questions, but ends up forgetting half of the explanations given to her.

She got a backpack as a fetish to carry small prey and objects more easily in her Lupus form.

Luna does not believe that the extremist ideas to exterminate all humans are practical. There are too many humans and some of them want to protect wolves. The ones in her reserve do what they can keep her family alive and healthy so she believes those humans deserve to live. She hates sport hunters and poachers with passion and will attack them at first sight.

She does not believe that the destruction of humans is the key to defeating the Wyrm.

Luna has never eaten human flesh and has no intention of doing so. She follows the litany best she can and thinks that if Talons do not follow the rules of the Garou, they are no better than the human hunters who do not follow the prohibitions imposed by other humans.

Her favorite food is hare or rabbit.


The Pack

Name:

Alpha: Velkan (Shadow Lord, Ragabash, Hominid)

Totem: Quetzalcoatl

Members:

  • Corre con Luna (Red Talon, Philodox, Lupus)
  • Worgren (Get of Fenris, Auron, Hominid)
  • Rasha (Fiana, Galliard, Hominid)
  • Heinz (Silver Fang, Philodox, Hominid)
  • Danka (Glasswalker, Theurge, Metis)

Defeated:

  • 97 vampires (Brujas/Gangrel)
  • Lots of Banes
  • Black Spiral Dancers
  • Pile of Corruption in the Umbra
  • Vazariel (demon)
  • Rustarin (Smei)
  • Lots and lots of vampires
  • Lord of Pestilence (5th Generation Vampire)
  • Beefcake (Werewolf Abomination)

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Book Review: Sunrise Sunset – Christina L. Barr

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I have to be honest. I stopped reading supernatural books a while a ago and I just couldn’t get back to the genre. The books I had were either too bland or over the top! I struggled for a while until I gave up and dropped them altogether. I decided to give Sunrise Sunset a try because I had read Christina’s other works and she had yet to let me down.

Right from the start you get thrown into the strange lives of these characters. The plot quickly evolves pulling you with lots of suspense. There are always questions lingering that makes you speculate a lot about what’s behind all these powers but you won’t see the ending coming. Chases, explosions, mysterious pasts, strange powers, hope, love, tears and blood, the books has it all and its all woven in a very entertaining plot. After this, I might actually have to start looking for new supernatural books.

I have to warn you! The book has its dark, cringe worthy scenes. You could say that the main villain is something out of a nightmare and you’ll certainly wish for sunrise to come as soon as possible. I really recommend you to give it a try.

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~Enchanted Sunset~

Enchanted Sunset is my ranch at Equine Ranch. I used to breed Andalusians but after a long hiatus, most of the horses died or got sick. Right now we are getting back on our feet, diving into the excitement of Azteca horses!

We got 3 surviving mares with Emidio on their bloodlines. Emidio was one of the foundation horses of my previous herd and I’m looking to try to keep some of his legacy on our new breeding program. We will work to try to have several grullas.

~Emidio’s Legacy~

Flaming Sun

Andalusian

By: Flaming Falchion
Out Of: Solis Aurei

Palomino Dun

Carrier

Alpura

Andalusian

By: Misty Mountain Sunset
Out Of: Thundering Glaive

Cremello

Clear

A Liveship of Chocolate

Aztec

By: Deckhand on a Liveship
Out Of: Whiskey For Chocolate

Smoky Black Silver

Clear

~Our New Herd~

MARES:

STALLIONS:

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Halo 4 Midnight release!!

These are some of the photos I took for our Halo 4 midnight release. I brought Halo cupcakes and shared them with the staff of Gamerush! :D

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