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Phil Reed... I remember him.  The poor sap, though... I wouldn't let ANYBODY tatoo shit onto my body (if I really didn't want it in the first place)...

Dude, you sent ME the edible underwear... I thought it was kinky, but what's with all of the bite-marks?  Eatin' britches?...

[May 13, 2005CP: Linda Westphal]

Any thoughts on "dead beat dads"?

See, the story is, I'm 22 now, and I haven't seen or heard from my real father since I was 2 (when he walked out on me, my mom, and my older *half* sister).Ã,  That's two decades without knowing my real father.Ã,  Not a phone call to say "hi", not a birthday card... not even child support.

For some odd reason, I've been thinking about this a lot the last few days... about who I am.Ã,  Where I came from.Ã,  Who my real dad is, and what he may or may not be like.Ã,  What I may or may not do, if I were to encounter my real dad (say) tomorrow.

But, maybe 5 minutes ago, I found this letter on my mom's desk in her room...

May 13, 2005

CP: Linda Westphal*my mom
NCP: Robert Mason*my real dad
Court Case: *...whatever, moving on...*

Today I sent a letter to the Non-custodial parent (NCP) which informed them that they must submit a job job search forms to me every 30 days.

If you have any information about the NCP's employment please call me - even if the NCP told you that they would call me so that I may more efficiently enforce your order for child support.

I need you to provide me with the NCP's Name, the employer's name, the employers's address and the employers's phone number

Katie Powell
Child Support Specialist
Marathon County Child Support Agency...
*blah blah blah*

First of all... what good is it going to do if my dad suddenly starts paying his child support now?Ã,  I'm 22... I've been a legal adult for almost five years now.Ã,  I live on my own, I pay my own bills, and I take care of myself now.

Second, exactly how hard are these "Child Support Specialists" working to make sure that these dead beat dads take care of their children? Not to mention, they have extremely shitty grammar...

All of this makes me really angry...Ã,  I can only remember once, while I was growing up, that my mom ever received child support.Ã,  It was when I was sixteen, and it was a check for $40.00.

Ever since I was eighteen, I've been *kind of* looking for my real dad. (my mom tells me he's a heroin junky, and he knows how to hide so that he will only be found if he WANTS to be found)Ã,  I've checked the internet, but do you realise how MANY "Robert Mason"s live in Wisconsin?Ã,  I know exactly where my grandparents (HIS parents) live... they live right on Grand Avenue (the busiest street in Wausau), and Wausau is only an hour or so away from here.Ã,  I also know where my Aunt Linda (his sister) lives, and her phone number.

I've never had the guts to call my aunt's number, or stop in and talk to my grandparents... I just don't know what I would say.Ã,  "Hey, do you know where my dad is?"Ã,  Not to mention, none of them have seen me since I was two...

Ugh... I hate it when I get upset about something like this... I can never keep my thoughts in order...

Is anyone else out there dealing with a father who, apparently, "doesn't care"?Ã,  Does anybody have any words of wisdom for me?Ã,  Some tips, pointers... what should I do?

Just about everybody did, so it doesn't really matter...

... . I'm sorry.Ã,  Well, if it makes you feel any better, happy birthday, late... (per my own foolish misreading).

*pretend there's a cake and presents and hot prostitute smiley here*

Don't be so glum, sugarplum.   Don't feel so bad, my little sister's birthday was on the 17th, and I forgot all about that, as well.

Did I miss your birthday, TK?

Usually, what I do, is I send them an IM, saying "Happy Birthday".  I try to get everyone on the birthday list on the main forum page, but if I don't get them, it's because I figure:
1. They don't like me at all.
2. They won't care either way.

Well, I would commit suicide if I couldn't use my computer...

I would commit suicide anyway.

44. Steal the secret recipe for Coca-Cola

It's not that hard... coke, and cola.  Duh.

The only problems I have with it, are:
1. Everything Scummy said.
2. Her butt's too big. ...I mean with the side views, the rear view looks okay, but to me it looks like her gluteus maximus suddenly... inflates once she turns to the side.

Other than that, it's a decent sprite.

Cool.    Thank you, both of you, for your help.

I'm off to try it out.

~Hyde

I kind of figured that's what should have happened, with the black box and all, but that's not what happened...

See, what I did, under the NPC's interaction editor, under "talk to character", I put this script:

Code: ags

cLibrarian.say("What can I do for you, young man?...");
RunDialog(0);

When I tested the game, I spoke to the NPC, and instead of listing the options at the bottom of the screen, it just made the player character and the NPC say what was listed in the script:

The script

Code: ags

@1
PETE: "Do you have any books on ghosts?"
LIBRARIAN: "Try the second floor, adult fiction, listed under \"G\"."
option-on 2;

@2
PETE: "More specifically, do you have any books on ghost hunting?"
LIBRARIAN: "Ghost... hunting, did you say? I'm not too sure, but you could try the second floor, adult fiction, listed under \"G\"."

@3
PETE: "Nothing, thank you."
stop

...and here's what happened...

Librarian: What can I do for you, young man?...
Pete: Do you have any books on ghosts?
Librarian: Try the second floor, adult fiction, listed under "G".
Pete: More specifically, do you have any books on ghost hunting?
Librarian: Ghost... hunting, did you say? I'm not too sure, but you could try the second floor, adult fiction, listed under "G".
Pete: Nothing, thank you.

... no selectable options, no listbox/textbox of any type, it just made the characters say those things in the order they are in the script.

I'm not sure if Dr. Demento made either one of those songs, but I do remember hearing them on the show a lot when I was younger.

Last night, I sat down and tinkered with the dialog editor for the very first time. (Yes, it's true... I never found a use for it before.)

Just to test things out and get a feel for it, I created one topic, and in that topic, I created three options.  I figured I might also need a gui of some type (a listbox), to show the options.  Then I set the script so that when the player character interacts with an NPC, it was supposed to run the dialog.

I looked in the manual, and I understand how to make topics, and options (or "sub-topics", I keep calling them that for some reason...).  But it never actually says how to make the options selectable (via the list box).  So, I looked up a few commands having to do with dialog, but I couldn't make heads or tails of any of it.

I feel really stupid for asking this, because it looks simple, but can anyone help me out?  Maybe throw a few pointers my way, or point me to a tutorial? (I checked Terran's BFAQ, I didn't see anything that would help me on there)

~Hyde

The only thing I remember about Dr. Demento are two songs:
1. Something about "They're coming to take me away, ha ha! To the funny farm!"
and...
2. Fish heads.  Fish heads. Rolly polly fish heads.  Fish heads. Fish heads, eat them up. Yum.  ...and something about you don't see fish heads drinking cappucino with japanese women.

Lemon Demon is perfect for Doctor Demento.  Granted, I have only heard one or two songs, but from what I have heard, it's perfect.

If this guy even tries telling me he "can't get me out of his head" or "he's obsessed with me", then he's out on the curb.

Hmmm... If anybody told me they loved me five minutes after meeting me... yeah, I'd walk away too.  Never fall for that trick, my friend.  It's as old as post-dating a check.

You're going to have far better results by coming to mittens and meeting up with a bunch of people you already know you like...

Unless, of course, I come...

Yea. It was fun on the PSX.. But the computer version blows.

What are you talking about?Ã,  The PSX version sucked dirty diapers too.

If it makes you feel any better, Kinoko, you kind of inspired me to make an RPG with AGS... sorry, not anything near Zelda.

I like his shirt.

That would actually depend on the theme of the game it's being used for.  It looks like it would fit in nicely with something cartoony.

  There's nothing coco-ey or nuttey about them.  They're vile!

...Yep... sweet on the outside, coconut on the inside.  Very much a trojan horse, it is.

System Of A Down isn't bad.  I like them.  I didn't care for "Steal This Album", though.  I don't really pay attention to the lyrics, I just like to listen to the music.

Internet relationships are a waste of time.  As Forrest Gump once said, "Internet relationships are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get".

I tried it a few times, and I always got those damned coconut filled ones that I hate so much.