Impractical things
Legends last weekend, Madrigal this weekend, mad preparations for both, failing to find the theoretical rehearsal for one play, fussing over costumes for the other play ... no wonder I'm not getting anything else done. Spring larping season is over for me after this weekend, though, and that will add a lot of sanity, and perhaps the play of not knowing what's going on will either find some pants, or annoy me enough to prompt me to punt it.
Legends was okay. I'm still not doing anything anything other than seer/dreamwalker plot and the occasional information-hunting task for friends (and sometimes I think I'd be a lot better at *that* if I'd sunk all my points in seerly info skills into spy instead, and put my thought and practice time into that instead of dream interpretation, but eh). The couple of other plot threads I'm most interested in have been on hold for most of the season because the staff member in charge hasn't been around much. (And I do understand that the plot that can only run on full moon events gets priority when we've had ~2 years of new moon events, but I can't help but pout a little.) My final exam for a dreamcord did happen, and it was the final exam ... well, for that phase. There's lots more to learn. It was interesting -- a good role playing moment, and one I'm glad I had a chance to play, but as a test, I'm less convinced of it. Making the decision any other way would've been terribly out of character ... and for the most part it was a decision that'd already been made and was merely being reasserted. I suppose I could've icon'd instead of trying to deal with the situation, which would be less blatantly out of character, but it would still not have been right for El.
I'm considering dragging Eleanor a bit darker. After all, gardening involves pruning and weeding as well as planting and watering. I'm not entirely convinced that's well-motivated as yet, or that I'd enjoy it, but there's not much way to figure *that* out without trying it, after which backing out is hard.
My enthusiasm for Madrigal has been unstable, but mostly high. I'm hoping to hear a little more from plot staff before the weekend, as I feel only marginally less clueless than I did before my first event. I expect it will be okay even if I don't, though, and hopefully I won't find the vast horde of strangers quite so strange or intimidating this time.
Digging out possible fabrics for lining the sleeves of the red dress should probably be next on the to-do list, but perhaps it will wait until I wake up.
Legends was okay. I'm still not doing anything anything other than seer/dreamwalker plot and the occasional information-hunting task for friends (and sometimes I think I'd be a lot better at *that* if I'd sunk all my points in seerly info skills into spy instead, and put my thought and practice time into that instead of dream interpretation, but eh). The couple of other plot threads I'm most interested in have been on hold for most of the season because the staff member in charge hasn't been around much. (And I do understand that the plot that can only run on full moon events gets priority when we've had ~2 years of new moon events, but I can't help but pout a little.) My final exam for a dreamcord did happen, and it was the final exam ... well, for that phase. There's lots more to learn. It was interesting -- a good role playing moment, and one I'm glad I had a chance to play, but as a test, I'm less convinced of it. Making the decision any other way would've been terribly out of character ... and for the most part it was a decision that'd already been made and was merely being reasserted. I suppose I could've icon'd instead of trying to deal with the situation, which would be less blatantly out of character, but it would still not have been right for El.
I'm considering dragging Eleanor a bit darker. After all, gardening involves pruning and weeding as well as planting and watering. I'm not entirely convinced that's well-motivated as yet, or that I'd enjoy it, but there's not much way to figure *that* out without trying it, after which backing out is hard.
My enthusiasm for Madrigal has been unstable, but mostly high. I'm hoping to hear a little more from plot staff before the weekend, as I feel only marginally less clueless than I did before my first event. I expect it will be okay even if I don't, though, and hopefully I won't find the vast horde of strangers quite so strange or intimidating this time.
Digging out possible fabrics for lining the sleeves of the red dress should probably be next on the to-do list, but perhaps it will wait until I wake up.