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  1. Not bad... I'm thinking maybe we can combine the two... A small bit of the body of a shard of a fictional dead god that you can injest to become a super warrior who eats metal.
  2. Hi, I was pretty active on this site a while back, I've popped in a few times to catch info once in a while. I've read most of Brandon's books. Recently I had a local "artisan" to cut this decal for me so I can distinguish my cup from all the rest at work that look like it. The fun comes in when you try to make a quick explanation about what the symbol is. "A portion of the body of a shard of a fictional good that if you swallow it turns you into a mistborn" Design note: I suggest making any if the allomancy symbols do a circle and have the symbol in negative space. The ends of the spices want to pull up.
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    the newsletter ended up in my promotions box. I feel
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    OK, I have searched this site, brandonsanderson.com and google. Why can I not find a link to the excerpt? Can someone please help me here?
  5. I still have to find someone to sew the hood on, once complete, I plan on it.
  6. For some reason when I first read this I kind of harummped at it. Why change it? but some minor continuality stuff helps the story, not changes it. Just as a FYI, Tolken did some major editing of The Hobbit that had major affect to the story line from what I am told (I haven't read the original so I don't know. ) Either way... Ill read the update.
  7. As a last minute thing, I decided to make a Mistcloak for a Comic-con type event. I had two days to make it, and probably set a record for making mistakes on it. So a few tips: 1. Give yourself more than two days. I am sure that quality was effected by the rush. Also I don't know how to sew, and due to the time crunch I couldn't find someone to sew the hood on it, so I'm wearing more of a Mistcape than a Mistcloak. 2. Sharp scissors. Mine weren't that sharp. I had some rough edges. "The better to hide you in the mists," and "Its an outer dominance cut" will probably be used several times. 3. After cutting out your basic cloak shape practice on that scrap to get the hang of straight cuts. the last few cuts I made definitely look better than the first few. 4. When you purchase your material, talk to the people where your going to get it, and this is very important. Do not go to Wal-Mart for the cloth. I actually got this one right, they helped me pick out a very nice cloth that was not hard to cut. 5. Have a large area that you won't have to move it when you take a break. I lost a tassel to this mistake. 6. Lay out your cuts before you start cutting. I used a half circle cloak pattern. (pattern below) I folded it in half so that I was basically making two cuts at once. I started drawing one line, cut, one line cut. I realized that by the end I was going to have a huge gap. I began laying out V's the arms of the V was the tassel, and the center part was loss. the arms of the V would bump against the one next to it. 7. Work toward your strong hand. If you are a lefty, work left to right, wrong-handed folks work from right to left. I discovered that on my first cut. It would have costed a lot of time if I had not. 8. Keep track of what you are cutting "Tassel, Tassel, loss" became my mantra for about 3 hours. I almost lost a couple of tassels to this mistake. I realized it and stopped the scissors, that tassel is just thin at the top. 9. When cutting out the hood remember that it needs to be quite a bit larger than your head. I almost messed up to the point I wouldn't have the cloth for the hood. Overall I am pleased with the result, just if I had this advice before I started it would have looked better. I will post pics once it is in one piece.
  8. nearly? its the funniest show on TV. Now if I was trying to get you hooked I would have claimed that there was an Elantris reference in S8E8. I laughed until it hurt for that episode.
  9. I'm pretty sure its not intentional, I was watching it while looking at this forum... so I probably made a connection that wasn't there.
  10. Be sure to look at the large image. Its awesome in the photo seen above, but I missed something until I looked at the hi-res.
  11. Gary Busey as Ashwater Cett... then we have built in Jake Busey as Gneorndin
  12. Dark. Very dark. not that dark is a bad thing...
  13. I wrote this a few years back. Its short almost to the point of flash fiction. Feedback is appreciated. It is a bit rough around the edges but honestly, for this story I think it works. The Knife Just as I hear the door shut behind me I let out a quick laugh. The quirky little guy behind the counter had no Idea what he just sold me. I am glad I left work a little early today. It must have been that “meant to be” crap the is always preached to me. I drop behind the wheel of my car and pull the Cold Steel Talwar Knife out of the bag. I look at the $10 price tag on the black pistol grip handle and laugh again. this is a $500 knife. I had seen the knife before, and wanted it, but I could not see forking out that much for it. Besides, the wife almost killed me when I forked out $20 for that Smith & Wesson knife. I snap the knife open. It was broken in nicely. The blade is a little dull but I have a great sharpener at home and a few minutes will take care of that. I slide my fingers into the grips, it fits my hand like it was made for it. My thumb rubs the titanium frame. Yes. I got my $10 worth. The crackhead that sold it to the pawn shop couldn't have gotten more than five bucks for it. What an idiot. I flip the blade closed and drop the knife on the seat between my legs. I start the car and back out of the spot. Yeah, the wife will probably kill me when I get home for even stopping at the pawn shop. I still don’t understand why she hates pawn shops so much. You get good deals there and you won’t see junk like you do at a yard sale. I think that she will get over it when I show her the knife online. I pull out on the main road and turn the radio up a little. Good song. I come up to the first red light. This trip home will include every red light I am sure. I grab the knife and flip the blade open again. damnation, I love this knife. The light turns green so I flip the knife closed, but I hold it in my hand. I take my right turn and head on up the road. Of course the next light is red too. Out comes the blade again. I now see why this blade costs so much. Alright, green light. I flip the blade back closed. I start off. Now I am playing with the knife a little while I drive. Flip it open flip it closed. Open half way, close it. Hey, what do you know? I get to go through a green light. The knife stays in my hand the blade continues to go into the handle and out again. Blade flips out about half way once more and the song on the radio flips to one that is complete crap. I reach over and flip the channel I find a good song on the third one. I look back through the windshield. “Oh, rust!” I slam on the breaks, but I already know its too late to stop. My car slams into the back of the small pickup in front of me. The burnt smell from the airbag is strong in the air. My head is leaning back on the headrest. I let it stay there as I assess the sensations in my body. There is a warm feeling in my lap, I assume that I pissed my pants, I heard that happens sometimes during trauma. The paramedics have seen it before, I am sure they will see it again. My chest is numb, I assume that it is from the impact of the airbag. My head has a dull ache, but that is to be expected. My neck feels fine as it is. I try to relax and breath normally. There is a light whistling/gurgling sound coming from somewhere. Probably under the hood. I think that I will just sit and relax and wait for the paramedics. Someone will call 911. Darkness creeps in around the corners of my eyes. I close them and shake it off. Where did that come from? I begin to notice that the gurgling sound is matching my breathing. I try breathing deeply. The gurgling gets louder. The darkness again. I shake it off. I look down and the front of my shirt is covered in blood. the handle of my knife is half folded against my chest. I inhale and air bubbles form around the handle. I can see the white of the pricetag setting out against the black handle. It still says $10. The darkness creeps back in. This time I can’t shake it off. It sits like an aura around my vision. I blink my eyes, when they open there is more darkness. Now the darkness is moving to the center of my sight. My head is now looking down, I can’t seem to raise my head back up. I am looking directly at the handle of knife. Amazingly the pricetag doesn't have a single drop of blood on it. I blink my eyes again and the darkness has almost completely taken over. From somewhere far away I hear, “Hang on, help is coming.” I open my mouth to speak, I can’t seem to say anything. I see white tag again on the handle, and blink. This time the darkness has taken completely over.
  14. I will definitely be watching season five. Depending on how it ends six may or may not be up in the air. I don't want the spoilers but I had watched season one before reading GoT. I'm with Bort here... will he be able to finish the books?
  15. Is this what happened to Stephen King? (Disclaimer, please don't kill me: This is in no way comparing Sanderson and King, just saying that I was once a King fan, now I don't care anymore.)
  16. I have never been to any Comic-Con type events and I must admit to itching to go. The issue I am having is that I live in an area that seems to be devoid of events of this type, that is until I found the Wizard World events. Upon first discovering their site (www.wizardworld.com) I thought that this might be the one to hit. I would be going to the Raleigh convention, but when looking at the special guest list, it looks like other than a couple they scraped the bottom of the barrel to get guests (David Faustino, Really?). This also looks like it is more centered on mainstream stuff than what I would expect. Would you drop $75 for this? Is it too late to start work on a mistcloak? Have you ever been to one of these events?
  17. Pepsi originated in New Bern NC about 4 hours East of Charlotte. Pepsi and coke both have bottling plants in the area. The issue I have is the soda in pouches. They would blow up like balloons.
  18. this is a joke thread. stay on topic. [/sarcasm]
  19. that might be worse than what I was thinking.
  20. There is a very long much included topic on the topic of the ideal cast for the Mistborn movie. For fun, Think what it would take for you to take a pass on going to see it. What would it take to make it the stinker that the movie for Eragon was? In case you missed me saying it the first four times this list is a joke, and I shuddered several times typing it out. don't take it seriously... Breeze Jonah Hill Clubs Kris Kristopherson Demoux Jason Stathum Dockson Jason Lee Elend Venture Channing Tattum Hammond Dave Bautista Kar Dewayne Johnson Kelsier Ben Afleck Lord Ruler Tom Cruise Mare Cameran Diaz Marsh Keanau Reeves Reen Zac Effron Sazed Christopher Walken Shan Elariel Rebel Wilson Spook Shia Labouf Straff Venture Jeff Bridges Teven Renoux Christopher Lambert Vin Kristen Stewart Director/Producer/screen play writers The Wachowskis
  21. Welcome, from a fellow NooB. I am not sure what the deal with the cookies is, but be careful.
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