Things.
So, one annoying RPG note, and one odd one.
Annoying - having a party of 2nd rank guys utterly flatten a goddamned Hideo no Oni in a game you're running. Hideo goes from "First big bad monster who will hopefully set the tone of the rest of the campaign and put uttah ph34r into players" to "pile of corpses marinating in a puddle of his own urine and uselessness." We've established, thus far in the campaign, several points. One: When Kim wishes to spend a Void Point, things turn into ash quickly. Two: Jed has no idea what the ass his shugenja can do. Except set things aflame. Three: Jake will invent golf in Rokugan with a tetsubo. Four: Alycia WILL abuse explosives.
Odd note - one of my freelancers reported to me today that he stabbed himself in the leg. When asked why, the summation involved him effectively stabbing at the air for kicks... and missing. He feels a bit humbled and amused, I feel relieved. Certainly this guy will feel right at home with the rest of us jackasses.
Michael Moore still pisses me off. Morons still piss me off.
Was getting some gardening done today, too. It's nice that the midwest weather has gone from "erratically cold death" to "erratically warm and rain". Hopefully things we put out front won't die in a horrible and dry manner this year, but one never knows. I was just enjoying tilling up some of the ground and getting the initial weeding done. I was staring out the window today after we had gotten some work done and I was thinking a bit about my parents. I sort've imagined them back just after they were married and it's easy to picture they had probably had the same kind of moment I was. After getting some lawn work done, getting lunch and staring off at a sunny day. It occurred to me that maybe they look back fondly on days I get to have right now. The realization came to me how much I had been squandering the time I have right now, and I felt pretty good about the direction my life is going once again. I'm getting work done on my book. I've decided to quit just sitting around at work and have started to really apply myself there.
Anyway, I'm done. I was about to rant on about things political, but then Shawn showed me this thing and now all I can do is cry myself to sleep and claw at my eyes.
Anjin-san off.
Annoying - having a party of 2nd rank guys utterly flatten a goddamned Hideo no Oni in a game you're running. Hideo goes from "First big bad monster who will hopefully set the tone of the rest of the campaign and put uttah ph34r into players" to "pile of corpses marinating in a puddle of his own urine and uselessness." We've established, thus far in the campaign, several points. One: When Kim wishes to spend a Void Point, things turn into ash quickly. Two: Jed has no idea what the ass his shugenja can do. Except set things aflame. Three: Jake will invent golf in Rokugan with a tetsubo. Four: Alycia WILL abuse explosives.
Odd note - one of my freelancers reported to me today that he stabbed himself in the leg. When asked why, the summation involved him effectively stabbing at the air for kicks... and missing. He feels a bit humbled and amused, I feel relieved. Certainly this guy will feel right at home with the rest of us jackasses.
Michael Moore still pisses me off. Morons still piss me off.
Was getting some gardening done today, too. It's nice that the midwest weather has gone from "erratically cold death" to "erratically warm and rain". Hopefully things we put out front won't die in a horrible and dry manner this year, but one never knows. I was just enjoying tilling up some of the ground and getting the initial weeding done. I was staring out the window today after we had gotten some work done and I was thinking a bit about my parents. I sort've imagined them back just after they were married and it's easy to picture they had probably had the same kind of moment I was. After getting some lawn work done, getting lunch and staring off at a sunny day. It occurred to me that maybe they look back fondly on days I get to have right now. The realization came to me how much I had been squandering the time I have right now, and I felt pretty good about the direction my life is going once again. I'm getting work done on my book. I've decided to quit just sitting around at work and have started to really apply myself there.
Anyway, I'm done. I was about to rant on about things political, but then Shawn showed me this thing and now all I can do is cry myself to sleep and claw at my eyes.
Anjin-san off.