where would you rather live?

[razz]

if not in the keystone earth?

[Letti]

Let me know what you would like to see in the poll and I will add it with pleasure.

[razz]

Gilead, the baronies, lud, the Calla, Odd's Lane, Blue Heaven.

[Jean]

Tull? (before or after)

River Crossing? (that's what I would choose if for some reason I couldn't live here)

[Letti]

done folks
great thread

[Brice]

Matthew will be sad that Le Casse Roi Russe isn't an option. :(

[razz]

just gotta say Gilead. sounds like fun. specially during the war.
thnx for helping

[Jean]

razz, Nikolett, I was joking about Tull before and after! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_shocked.gif

[razz]

but good idea, anyways

[Letti]

razz, Nikolett, I was joking about Tull before and after! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_shocked.gif

I know.
Shall I vanish one of them? I like it as it is. :D

[Jean]

let them be, then. http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_original.gif

[Brice]

Gilead :wub:

[Jean]

I [suggested and] picked River Crossing because for me it's the only place in a world that has moved on where sanity and dignity still existed.

[Brice]

Sanity is highly overrated my ursine friend.

[Jean]

depends on what you call "sanity". Lately it has become for many synonymous to non-creative, wingless, and vulgarly materialistic, and it is not. In the context to which I'm referring, sanity is the ability to keep continuity of history and hierarchy of values; in other words, not forget the face of your father, and refrain from hanging your neighbor on the lamppost, however tempting the insanity that calls one to do so might be.

[Brice]

ah, but sometimes the neighbor is begging to be hung. :lol:

[alinda]

*moves in next door to Jean* :D

[Jean]

ah, but sometimes the neighbor is begging to be hung. :lol:
as I said, "in the context to which I'm referring"


*moves in next door to Jean* :D
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bearheart.gif
if there were more people like you in River Crossing or any other place, no Great Feat of Roland would be necessary. The fabric of existence, including the Beams, would heal by themselves, and Crimson King die from annoyance

[alinda]

:blush:




*moves in next door to Jean* :D
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bearheart.gif
if there were more people like you in River Crossing or any other place, no Great Feat of Roland would be necessary. The fabric of existence, including the Beams, would heal by themselves, and Crimson King die from annoyance

[Wuducynn]

No Le Casse Roi Russe?? :angry:

[alinda]

Matthew will be sad that Le Casse Roi Russe isn't an option. :(


Brice knew you would say that!!

[Brice]

;)

[ladysai]

I chose the Calla. It seems like closest to home. I would have chosen River Crossing except there were all elderly folks there...or mostly elderly. Id miss having young folks around.

[cozener]

I guess Gilead, it appearing to be more cosmopolitan than the other choices. Everywhere else sounds like it would be too dangerous or too dull.

[Letti]

Gilead or Calla.

[obscurejude]

I originally chose the Calla, but if Jean and Linda move to River Crossing, that's where I want to be. Jean, the reasons you stated were very heart warming and spot on. :thumbsup:

[MonteGss]

I chose the Callas for the hot, Rosa type women. :D

[Jean]

looking back at the posts in this thread, I am once again, with renewed enthusiasm, vote for River Crossing (for the hot, Linda type, women, and sophisticated, obscure-type, interlocutors)

[alinda]

:D Our neighbood is pretty special!

[pathoftheturtle]

Matthew will be sad that Le Casse Roi Russe isn't an option. :(Brice knew you would say that!!AllHail don't get sad, though, he gets even. :P

lol, On topic: Talk about Hobson's choice!
just gotta say Gilead. sounds like fun. specially during the war.War is never fun.


I always shake my head when I hear any discussion like this.
'Adventure' is a word for terrible troubles that happened to someone else.I must admit, nevertheless, that apocalypse does have some appeal from one persepctive. I might choose the world of The Stand if it were listed. I would like to live in the Old West, hard and dangerous or not. There's something in man that chafes at the easy life. Still, I'd feel nothing but grief if I were taken to any part of Mid-World.
I guess Gilead, it appearing to be more cosmopolitan than the other choices. Everywhere else sounds like it would be too dangerous or too dull.I don't imagine much dullness anywhere listed. (Except Blue Heaven.) Surely dangerous and unpleasant, though, yar. Gilead included, even without o'Dim. Still, there was some hope remaining there. I'd fight for it, if they had a chance. Also, would have been a better time & place for the Padre to set up his church, I wot.

For my own sake, however, I think it'd be best to go hermit. Live like Brown, or leave Lud for the forest.

Anyway, leaving aside the question of "rather," it's Lud that's easiest for me to imagine. It's a very real place in my heart. I've fought there at times in my dreams.

Let me sleep on this. I'll vote soon.

[mia/susannah]

I choose River Crossing as well. Maybe Jean, Alinda, Obscurejude and I would be neighbors, that would be great.

[alinda]

:D

[Jean]

welcome Milissa!


War is never fun.


I always shake my head when I hear any discussion like this.
'Adventure' is a word for terrible troubles that happened to someone else.I must admit, nevertheless, that apocalypse does have some appeal from one persepctive.

the below is from the play (in verse) by Alexander Pushkin, A Feast in the Time of Plague; it's perfect poetry - I'm sorry for my translation in prose,which conveys only the meaning (if anything at all), but I can't help quoting it here:

Есть упоение в бою,
И бездны мрачной на краю,
И в разъяренном океане,
Средь грозных волн и бурной тьмы,
И в аравийском урагане,
И в дуновении Чумы.

Все, все, что гибелью грозит,
Для сердца смертного таит
Неизъяснимы наслажденья —
Бессмертья, может быть, залог!
И счастлив тот, кто средь волненья
Их обретать и ведать мог.

Итак, — хвала тебе, Чума,
Нам не страшна могилы тьма,
Нас не смутит твое призванье!
Бокалы пеним дружно мы
И девы-розы пьем дыханье, —
Быть может... полное Чумы!

there's ecstasy in battle, and at the edge of a gloomy abyss, in the middle of a raging ocean, amidst furious waves and turbulent darkness, and in Arabian hurricane, and in the breath of Plague.

Everything that is fraught with destruction holds unspeakable delights for the heart of a mortal, - maybe the pledge of immortality - and happy is he who has known them amidst the turmoil.

So praise be to you, Plague, we're not afraid of the grave, your call will not detract us. We foam our wineglasses, and drink the breath of a roselike maiden - breath, which may be full of plague.

(the play is a tragedy, of course, and the guy from whose monologue that is taken has to face the awful truth very, very soon)

[razz]

and refrain from hanging your neighbor on the lamppost, however tempting the insanity that calls one to do so might be.

I would never do that! I'm too short.

[pathoftheturtle]

I just couldn't take it.
I hate to break my word, but I can't vote here. Maybe if you added "None of the above."
To all of you in River Crossing, all the best. I'm sure you'd do well -- and do good -- particularly with the likes of Jean to lead you.

However, mine still is the road to the Dark Tower.

[razz]

sorry. that shouldv'e been one. path of the beam

[Wuducynn]

Too bad you can't edit your own poll hunh? That would be a nice feature.

[Letti]

But these are incredibly big areas, aren't they? Anyway I'll add anything to the poll with pleasure guys. Just let me know.

[razz]

could you add along the path O' the beam, plz?

[razz]

and get rid of a few less popular...attractions?

[jayson]

I chose the Calla because life seems pleasant there

Also, I'd want to

be like Tian and lead a revolt against the Wolves

[Letti]

could you add along the path O' the beam, plz?

Done but it's a damn big area so.. but it's there. :)

[razz]

T-S.

[ManOfWesternesse]

I opted for The Baronies.
Wouldn't mind settling down to the quiet ranch-life in Mejis or somewhere out along the arc.

[Rjeso]

I voted along with Brian.

Mejis or Gilead.

[ManOfWesternesse]

I voted along with Brian....


:rock: ...company! Drop on by for some iced lemonade of an evening!

[Rjeso]

I'd love to, kind sir. :D

Ah, that sea breeze. Nothing quite like it.

[Brainslinger]

I'm undecided. I think I'd like to travel around and visit different areas, but only if I'm in a group. (I don't much like traveling far on my own. Which is ironic since I spend a good deal of time alone. :( )

Oh right, path of the beam. I'd be able to trot along it then wouldn't I?

[razz]

Oh right, path of the beam. I'd be able to trot along it then wouldn't I?

Trot? sure! lets trot. EVERYBODY FOLLOW THE BEAM! WE CAN WALK:rock:
WE CAN PARTY:panic:
WE CAN BE:ninja: AND :cowboy:
AND MEET HOT ROSA TYPE WOMEN:onfire: :rose: :huglove: THEN LEAVE THEM AND CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY

WE CAN BE HEROS AND SHOOT EVIL PEOPLE:shoot: :evil: :harrier:
WE CAN DRINK COFFE IN THE MORNING:excited:
GET DRUNK AND DANCE LIKE FOOLS ALL NIGHT:nana: :dance: :nana:
WAKE UP AND PUKE:drool:
DRINK MORE COFFEE AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN!
YYYYYYYIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!!

...I'm sorry. i drank a large pot of coffee this morning. with extra suger.

[Wuducynn]

Like this - http://static.flickr.com/121/317144649_87257a186f.jpg

[alinda]

Stop by on your journey please
we love good company when
we can get it. :D

[pathoftheturtle]

sorry. that shouldv'e been one. path of the beamNo worries; thanks for adding. I guess I can't quibble further over semantics. I might not "want" to "live" there, but it fits.
"Foxes have holes, and birds have nests..." *sigh*

...the play (in verse) by Alexander Pushkin, A Feast in the Time of Plague...Thanks for that, Jean. I'm intrigued. I'll gladly read it if I can get a chance.

[Brainslinger]

Like this - http://static.flickr.com/121/317144649_87257a186f.jpg

Heh. I've got that one on DVD.
Me and my silly terminology.


Ok, on a more serious note now....

A really important point which could make or break our quest, nay (neigh?) the very existence of the multiverse itself....


Who will keep the rhythm with the coconut shells?

[Wuducynn]

The Ur-Dog Rover, of course!

[Wuducynn]

Since I can't choose The Castle of The Red King, I'll have to go with the Calla's. Not necessarily Bryn Sturgiss though. The more northerly ones sound like more my style.

[razz]

:panic::panic:"and that is why we know the earth to be banana shaped."
"This new science amazes me!!":panic::panic:

[flaggwalkstheline]

I'd wanna live in the territories (from the talisman)

[SigTauGimp]

I picked the callas, in the fact that I don't want to be somewhere very out of the way, but I also don't want the hustle and bustle of city life....the callas seemed to me to be a bit like a step down from the suburbs. :D