Wirednavi's Journal

1:34am: Even More Lack Of Aralis
This blasted town has its Biggest Day Of The Year thing next Saturday (the Keene Pumpkin Festival), and last year during PumpkinFest we A: did something like four times our usual day's sales and B: were utterly, completely exhausted and irritated with everything after we were done. This would be a bad way to go to Aralis, and there's no way I can take that day off. And we need to do setup prep work on Friday, and cleanup (and covering for my boss) on Sunday.

So there will be no Aralis for me this time either. I bemoan my fate.

However, I will be back next year, dammit!

Dave

5:18pm: No Aralis for me :-(
Sadly, I find myself unable to make Aralis - work calls, and I must answer even if it's really annoying.

Sorry to those of you I'll miss, and if I promised to get something to you, rest assured it is coming without me.

Dave R.

3:43pm: 7V like wow man
Pretty committed to playing Seven Virtues; I'm flooning awfully hard.

Current plan: Wizard, secondary Monk/Scholar or maybe Warlock (though that's doubtful). General concept - Second or third son of a wealthy family. Pleasant, geeky, contemplative, not comfortable in the spotlight but gives good advice and moral support. Sort of a librarian-turned-hero. Would make a good Hearth Mage except he's not one.

I'm not sure that I'm looking for a Serious Team (though it's an option) so much as seeing if anyone needs another Wizard when I get to game, but having character connections and go-to-people would be good, especially as a combat support caster. Is anyone interested in having some sort of backstory connection, or working out future RP ideas, or really just in the mood to floon about 7V characters?

2:23pm: Sheep Like Character Soundtracks
What songs would you put on a character mix for Tamir?

(Yes, it's fair to count songs you already assume are on my mix for him.)

12:12am: Memeity meme
( Yoinked from, well, practically everyone now... )

11:26pm: Snow
Is beautiful falling from a black sky into the light.

That is all.

7:57pm: Moving!
I'm moving up to New Hampshire at the end of the week, and that's a good thing.

It's a step in the right direction, I think. I don't think that in Boston I'd ever be able to break out of the habits I've ingrained in myself and actually get back into school, much less do well at it. I'll be closer to my lovely fiancee, which is not an inconsiderable benefit - but I wouldn't be doing it just for that reason. I really love Boston and I hope to return someday, but I want it to be in a position where I can do the things I want instead of just ambling along like I have for so long.

To all of you in Boston and parts south: I'll miss you, but hopefully I'll be seeing more of you than either you or I anticipate. I have a tendency to retreat into a shell and not come out without prodding, which is another thing I'm working on. If you've got my contact information, I encourage you to use it - IM, email, phone, whatever. Telecommunications is awesome stuff that I do not avail myself enough of.

And a big huge thanks to those who are helping with the move. I hate the physical process of moving. Guh.

8:26pm: Aralis Thoughts
Short Aralis thoughts:

- Event was great in general and in nearly all specifics. Clean fighting, good pacing, lots of fun interactions.

- Special thanks to relevance for ruthlessly and constantly pushing Tamir's buttons. Like, all of them, all the time, with laserlike precision. And now I want to see if I can learn Dream Reflection Summoning, hopefully sans bloodmark.

- Similarly, thanks to everyone involved with the Dream stuff for making it possible to be a lying, manipulating, conniving, scheming bastard for good. (Yeah, I did all of those this session. I counted.) I was afraid that playing someone like that would mean that I would have to go out of my way to screw over perfectly nice PCs or NPCs in order to get any mileage out of it, but that is so very much not the case.

- Blood Forest lowering in power/frequency = yay! It felt nice to have my efforts to mitigate or remove this Bloodmark start to pay off. Also, the Zerinus temple is TOTALLY where it's at. And I got to read poetry at the consecration, which I am kinda proud of. That poem is going up in the temple.

- Many, many awesome interactions with other PCs and NPCs. Special thanks to all of Dream Squad, xephyrz, arianhwyvar, bitsyboo, inadvertentsmut, Azfal, and jjmarika. Extra thanks to the Late-Night Embarrassing Conversation Team; I'm always happy when that bit of Tamir's backstory comes out. Classes at university are just what you do to pass the time; everyone knows that the real point of university is sneaking into other people's dorm rooms.

May there be many more events like it.

1:21pm: ZOMG ride
Like funwithrage, I am looking for a ride to Aralis for me, my swords, a sleeping bag, and a couple of duffels worth of stuff. Will fold up as small as possible (not necessarily that small, I'm not as compact as she is). I can leave any time Friday, and will readily help with gas and navigation.

Let me know if you can help me out!

3:07pm: Rideage
Looking for a ride to and from Endgame this weekend (May 2-4). Will help with gas, navigation, staying awake on the ride back, and puppy-kicking.

Unless, you know, you don't want puppies kicked. But what kinda person doesn't want that?

5:55pm: Games/Gathering Saturday
Since I was deprived (gasp!) of y'alls company on Wednesday night, and will be further deprived (doublegasp!) of the Providence party this Friday by accursed work, please come this Saturday, hang out, eat snacks, and play games at my and funwithrage's place, 19 Central St. #12. Show up anytime in the evening, 7:00 'til people get tired. Booze is welcome, but you'll have to bring your own. Games of choice, etc. are also always welcome.

4:42pm: Aralis Theory
In Aralis, the universe is composed of the dynamic conflict between two primal forces. These forces are best described as YUCK! and WHAT?

YUCK includes things such as Talos, black magic, the Blood Forest, bone demons, etc. WHAT? is powers such as Nineteen, chainfaces, and other Things Which Should Not Be.

The YUCK!/WHAT? dichotomy is everywhere. Anything which seems to fall into some realm other than these will inevitably be shown to be a localized interpretation of one or the other.

10:29am: The Agenda is for your own good.
Ill Winds is EATING MY SOUL. Or at least my free time and my sleep schedule.

I've applied to college again, though I'm still waiting on some references and such from the University of Texas which hopefully will come through today - and, well, we'll see. I do wish it was easier to get old SAT records, though. Still working on that.

Social life could be more active, but since my free time has been mostly eaten by LARP prep, I have hopes that I'll be able to see more people more of the time after ProCon, or even after this weekend when characters are done.

My current relationship with has its ups and downs... but mostly ups. Things that would've been catastrophic at another time and with another person end up working out startlingly well, and I'm very, very happy to be where I am with her.

Also, still having much fun on City of Heroes/Villains, when I can make time for it. New schemes are in the works. All in all, life is pretty good.

10:00am: Going For Walkies
I think today is the day I begin walking to and from work. It's a straight shot, only a couple of miles, and I can feel my flab increasing (curse you, holiday food, and your inescapable tastiness!). Besides, not having to pay for a monthly T pass is actually a noticeable benefit as far as my finances go.

Also, there may now be DDR at my house. Go funwithrage! And go sturdy floors for stomping on!

Life continues to be excellent. Now I need to A: get my stuff in line for applying to college again, and soon, and B: write more Ill Winds stuff.

3:08pm: Stuff!
Work is annoying at times - mostly because customers are rude and stupid. But, it is work, and frankly I can't really complain about any job I can post to LJ from. And my coworkers are excellent.

Ill Winds is being constructed, though I am already beginning to get Oh God Why Did I Agree To Run A Larp Syndrome. However, I _do_ think it'll be fun, both for the GMs and the players.

In general, life is excellent, and Christmas is en route. And I love my friends.

Also, http://omnomnomnom.com/index.php

4:00pm: Even The Sun Goes Down
The company I'm now working for moved this week to a much nicer location. 17th floor of a big building about 3 minutes' walk from the Kendall T station. It's a much nicer place than before, and doesn't require an hour of bus transfers to get there and back.

Right now, I'm the only one in the office. Everything is quiet except for the hum of the A. It's been sort of an irritating day, on a couple of levels, and I'm agitated in the back of my mind about things I need to be worried about - the future and the past. Right now, though, I'm in the present.

Theoretically, I should be calling customers. Instead I am mesmerized the sight of the setting sun over the river, through the huge plate-glass windows. I shouldn't be staring at it - I know it's bad for the eyes. I can tell because when I look back to see what I'm typing it takes a long time for me to be able to make out anything but the afterimage.

But it's worth it.

1:06am: Rideage again
Why don't I ever post except for things like this?

Looking for a ride to Endgame on Friday the 12th. Gas money and/or snackage can be provided. Drop me a message if you can help out. Thanks!

5:52pm: Endgame Ride
Still looking for a ride to and/or from Endgame this weekend, preferably from Somerville, but anywhere on the T would work. I can help with gas money, etc. Can anyone help a poor carless NPC out?

9:52pm: LFG
So! I should've done this a while back, but... I've been looking for work for a while. I've done a lot of customer service stuff, food service and prep, low-end management, data entry, etc. I'm computer-savvy although not any kind of programmer and I do pick things up quickly given minimal training. If you know of any opportunities that I might be qualified for - or could _become_ qualified for - I'd be quite interested. Thanks!

5:53pm: The Chibis Will Not End!
As usual, LJ-cut for sanity.

( Still more Aralis chibis! )

Again, all chibis so far can be found here. Small-sized ones are sized for the A2 forums.

5:28pm: More Aralis Chibis
Mostly Garandi this time, but all cute.

( LJ-cut for sanity )

The rest can be found here; 'Small' versions are sized for the Aralis forum, if you care to use 'em.

6:11pm: LOTRO
Thanks to some awesome friends, I've now got a LOTRO account. Currently I've got a minstrel (Jormur) and a wee tiny burglar (Calavorn) on Elendilmir. Let me know if you're around, either here or privately at the usual email address.

11:39am: Some Of The Finest Journalism I Have Ever Seen
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266860,00.html

Yes, that was sarcasm in the title.

7:48pm: Memeity meme meme
( Daemon meme, LJ-cut for sanity's sake. Change my daemon! )

1:33pm: Killing
A testimony from a soldier in the Gulf War.

I don't normally empathize well with people in the abstract, like "enemy soldiers". And while I don't think I'm a violent person, there's a terribly powerful part of me which is always spoiling for a fight, looking for a righteous battle to win. I want villains. You can't be a hero without them, can you?

I think I needed to hear this.