http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/frankenchicken en-us Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:39:05 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=252086 defenestrate I've been playing a lot of Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup lately, and decided to write something for my favorite god therein. Hopefully some Russian-speakers will enjoy this. Не очень рад своей фигуре, На лужу направляя взор: Плешив и вшив, в вонючей шкуре, В руках ржавеющий топор. Гляжу: в тени с... Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:06:24 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=252086 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=166446 defenestrate This is my first professional collaboration. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogYnkWK5dIo (Non-seizure-inducing text can be found in the video description.) Fri, 05 Nov 2010 07:37:40 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=166446 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=163561 defenestrate Crossposting from 2+2. I seemed to be a station; The tracker graphed damnation And dashed my hopes upon its slopes. I called my coach, aghast. "Young padawan," he lectured, "Your poker game is fractured. For it to mend, my tilting friend, You sorely need a cast." I stammered at the master, "Encase my screen in plaster? That course may seem a bit extreme..... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:23:33 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=163561 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=156136 defenestrate In Vegas, once upon a time, Amid the glory and the grime, By magic or divine design There dwelt a flock of flying swine. The city hungered for attractions, Providing them with ample gigs, And money flowed from all directions To airborne capitalist pigs. Alas, they spurned their vet’s advice By pigging out two times a day, Indulging their inherent vice Within the Rio’s grand buffe... Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:11:56 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=156136 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=146860 defenestrate I've been slacking too much lately. Here's a bit of scribbling, somewhat inspired by the wordplay in the Quest for Glory series. Will probably revise at some point. The Paladin's Fate A grand malefic host had gathered And stood before his righteous blade - Unnerved, unmanned, and then unmade, Their brains upon the plains were slathered. (Their bones, released from flesh's fetter, K... Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:00:43 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=146860 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=146133 defenestrate My friend has created an animation for the previously posted parody. Enjoy :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzweAb6WRwo&hd=1 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:26:51 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=146133 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=130116 defenestrate (Ok, just a minor mention inside) A friend recorded The Raven a while ago. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPvyBxuKePE Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:24:13 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=130116 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=128277 defenestrate Whore (draft) My parents were at odds, it seemed. "You dirty whore!" my father screamed. His tone alarmed me, so I swore To learn the meaning of the 'whore.' Upon request, a friendly neighbor Confided, "Theirs is quite the art: They are professionals who labor By spreading thighs a ways apart." A gymnast, then, but why the ire On my progenitor's behalf? What... Sun, 30 May 2010 09:56:31 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=128277 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=123072 defenestrate 386 For twenty grueling years he ran, Performing services for man. When junked, he whirrs a surly “Damn!” He’s obsolete indeed. He runs a thousandth of the RAM, A hundredth of the speed. He lives for pixelated risk And lust. The latter drive Resides within his floppy disk, A spacious 3.5. And sometimes, twice a week perhaps, His celibate façade will lapse. He’ll sp... Mon, 03 May 2010 03:53:39 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=123072 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=119341 defenestrate I slacked. It seemed a decent plan, A mystical, strategic purge Of horrid beasts that threaten man. The victor's hymn becomes a dirge, The ceiling and the floor converge; A gelid, pallid fear enthralls Within Procrastination's walls. My frantic labors I began. When finished, my employer calls: More obligations - and again I slack. It seems a decent plan. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:37:23 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=119341 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=119300 defenestrate Coming to Terms Magnanimous, I free my serfs. The best Abandon home and hearth without delay Like migratory swallows. Sadly, they Envision no return in fairer weather - Perennial pecuniary hooks Await beyond my fief for men of skill. They leave me with the birds of drabber feather, The simpletons, the shiftless, and the crooks. Enraged, I lash, I slash, I slay until Remorse sets i... Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:33:02 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=119300 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=101753 defenestrate Reposting from 2+2 on account of recent creative shortcomings compounded by my unmitigated desire to attention-whore. Relevant reading: First several pages ofBing Blang Blaow (Poker BM thread) Relevant viewing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYMG0yY88pM The Raven Once upon a midnight dreary, while I grinded, buzzed and bleary, On an NL50 table as I'd often done before, Eagerly I... Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:11:14 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=101753 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=94452 defenestrate For HonestTea, whose posts never fail to inspire :) A panic sweeps the world at large, A fellow can't relax. Pandemics! Maniacs in charge! (And insufficient sex!) But further worries are undue, Professionals opine: With chickens, kimchi slays the flu, Bulgogi cures the swine. We quiver to the commies' threats With nukes - but none shall die, For they disarm without regrets, S... Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:42:49 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=94452 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=91237 defenestrate I've been a mess the last few days, rushing to finish my entry for Blizzard's writing contest. (Submitted just now. Wish me luck if you're so kind). Last night, I decided to have a burger before my all-night writing session. Diarrhea followed shortly after. Thus inspired, I bastardized the Russian version of Mephistopheles' Golden Calf aria from Gounod's "Faust." Best sung aloud to th... Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:22:03 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=91237 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=91020 defenestrate Edit: Referencing this thread for those who are wondering. Some time ago, our iNcontroL Had used his sig space to extol A bear of Nazi-mauling fame, A hero! Voytek was his name. Geoff's gaming landed him a curse; It seems attention must reverse. Now bears are flocking to adore His rugged looks, his golden fur. They clamor, spellbound by his charms. Each growls his intimate appea... Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:13:38 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=91020 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=90009 defenestrate Repost from the contest that took place a couple of months ago. The Suffering of Atlas He's supporting the firmament, limbs locked in place, Sweat and snowmelt eroding the remnants of grace. But the burden is only a part of his curse, And the other is rather the worse. Not as Tantalus, parched to the loss of his speech, Not as Sisyphus, stymied with summit in reach, No, a mem... Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:05:37 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=90009 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=87713 defenestrate A few nights ago, I ran into an incredibly filthy Russian poem from the 1830s. It can be read in full here. Here is a quick and dirty translation of Part III, minus a couple of stanzas that I couldn't quite work out. Enjoy! Our Luke, since he had been much younger, (And he had lived two score thus far) Endured in drunkenness and hunger In meager quarters near a bar. On top of hards... Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:29:12 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=87713 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=84525 defenestrate Form The gravitas of greats is often leased Like beer, in portions bottled by the meter Or canned in rime, whichever one prefers. What do we gain by adhering to form? Is it an intimate, militant bugle Stirring a longing for glories long gone? Or is it nothing but a flimsy screen, HFCS dissolved in Ganges water To hide bilharzia and acrid ash? No certain rule is etched in prose... Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:08:32 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=84525 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=82917 defenestrate Inspired by Goya's "Saturno" (I prefer the Greek names) and some sake. Cronus I sit contented, mighty, clever. My golden age will last forever! Then Rhea breaks the news: I’m Daddy. Dreams begin to smolder. I see my future: bitter, balder, And selling ladies’ shoes. Like saprophytes in springtime showers, They grow! They’ll soon usurp! My powers Will be of no ava... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:37:45 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=82917 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=82547 defenestrate God Grant - Yevgeny Yevtushenko, translated by yours truly God grant the blind their sight anew, Restore the hunchbacks from affliction, With godliness – a bit – imbue, Without the bit of crucifixion. God keep us from the scepter’s heft, From heroism by falsehood driven, And grant us wealth – without the theft, If such could possibly be given. God grant long lives – a g... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:52:04 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=82547