General update
Things are slow at work, so I have time to update. I just don't have much of an idea about what to say.
I meant to go out last night and see friends, but I got wrapped up in some things at home, and then I talked myself out of going. Sorry, friends. :-(
Christine is great, but stressed. She's going to school two nights a week, in addition to her full-time work. Add in the homework, and it turns out she's busy for a lot of what used to be her free time.
I have free time sometimes, but I don't know what to do with it. I have some partially-complete projects, and I should probably work on getting those finished. It's just so very easy to put things off and play on the computer instead.
Work is going well, but I'm a little concerned about the slow time. I've knocked out a bunch of these lame bugs that nobody bothered with (which is exactly what I was hired to do), but now the remaining bugs tend to be things that someone else is actually good at. I could take them and do them myself, but it's not clear that I should. However, if there's nothing for me to work on, my temporary employment could be in danger. On the other hand, they seem to dig me, and it looks like I'll be here until the end of the year, if they can find enough for me to do.
Rocky is Rocky, as usual. Last Friday I started thinking I was in kind of a rut, and I wondered if I was really still enjoying the show. Then something fun happened on stage and I decided I still enjoy it. Maybe I need a couple of weeks away from performing so I'll get hungry for it again. Still, when we go around and call out for next week's parts, it's hard for me to avoid throwing my name in where there's a gap. (It's partly because there aren't a lot of people competing to be Frank or Brad. Get cleared for more parts, kids, or call out more often for the ones you are cleared for.)
Gaming keeps on going. I have a whole other post to make about what a selfish player I am, but I'll keep it short here. I've been getting a surprising amount of limelight in some recent games, and while I'm delighted with it, I also remind myself about the selfish player thing and feel guilty about not taking more time to make sure everyone else is awesome too.
For instance, in Patrick's game, I'm the guy who can fix stuff, treat injuries, and read ancient writing, but not fight or talk to people. Indeed, with an Intelligence of 15 and a Charisma of 6, I decided my guy is an Aspie. In case that wasn't offensive enough to actual people with Asperger's, I've been trying to use it as power. ("Of course I'm willing to spend all night translating. I'm an Aspie.") I'm used to my guy making a couple of important rolls now and then, but not really being the center of the action. However, in this last session, we went the entire session without a fight at all. Additionally, as the only pure (i.e. non-mutated) human in the party, I had to be the one to go talk to people in the pure-only part of town. I had more face time in the session than anyone else! I knew it was unbalanced because even I felt like I was getting more than my fair share of attention, and I think that's like one's own body odor. If it's noticeable to me, it's probably pretty bad to others.
I meant to go out last night and see friends, but I got wrapped up in some things at home, and then I talked myself out of going. Sorry, friends. :-(
Christine is great, but stressed. She's going to school two nights a week, in addition to her full-time work. Add in the homework, and it turns out she's busy for a lot of what used to be her free time.
I have free time sometimes, but I don't know what to do with it. I have some partially-complete projects, and I should probably work on getting those finished. It's just so very easy to put things off and play on the computer instead.
Work is going well, but I'm a little concerned about the slow time. I've knocked out a bunch of these lame bugs that nobody bothered with (which is exactly what I was hired to do), but now the remaining bugs tend to be things that someone else is actually good at. I could take them and do them myself, but it's not clear that I should. However, if there's nothing for me to work on, my temporary employment could be in danger. On the other hand, they seem to dig me, and it looks like I'll be here until the end of the year, if they can find enough for me to do.
Rocky is Rocky, as usual. Last Friday I started thinking I was in kind of a rut, and I wondered if I was really still enjoying the show. Then something fun happened on stage and I decided I still enjoy it. Maybe I need a couple of weeks away from performing so I'll get hungry for it again. Still, when we go around and call out for next week's parts, it's hard for me to avoid throwing my name in where there's a gap. (It's partly because there aren't a lot of people competing to be Frank or Brad. Get cleared for more parts, kids, or call out more often for the ones you are cleared for.)
Gaming keeps on going. I have a whole other post to make about what a selfish player I am, but I'll keep it short here. I've been getting a surprising amount of limelight in some recent games, and while I'm delighted with it, I also remind myself about the selfish player thing and feel guilty about not taking more time to make sure everyone else is awesome too.
For instance, in Patrick's game, I'm the guy who can fix stuff, treat injuries, and read ancient writing, but not fight or talk to people. Indeed, with an Intelligence of 15 and a Charisma of 6, I decided my guy is an Aspie. In case that wasn't offensive enough to actual people with Asperger's, I've been trying to use it as power. ("Of course I'm willing to spend all night translating. I'm an Aspie.") I'm used to my guy making a couple of important rolls now and then, but not really being the center of the action. However, in this last session, we went the entire session without a fight at all. Additionally, as the only pure (i.e. non-mutated) human in the party, I had to be the one to go talk to people in the pure-only part of town. I had more face time in the session than anyone else! I knew it was unbalanced because even I felt like I was getting more than my fair share of attention, and I think that's like one's own body odor. If it's noticeable to me, it's probably pretty bad to others.