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So, my uncle's funeral will be on July 5th. He's already been cremated, apparently.
My cousin's wife's family (I'm not sure how better to describe the in-laws than that) had an extra slot in a mausoleum where her grandfather was originally intended to be interred. However, apparently the title cannot be transferred, so my uncle's ashes will be living at his house with the dogs for the duration. It's a good place for him to be.
I haven't had the guts to ask yet what killed him. I'll get around to it sooner or later. It's just... not yet.
I've been reclusive for the last week, for some strange reason. This is not to say that I'm not reclusive normally, because I am. I've just been moreso.
The numb still hasn't worn off. I suppose this is a good thing on the whole. My rational mind says that it is, anyhow. My emotions still scream that I'm a heartless bitch. We'll see which wins out in the end.
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In other, more vaguely entertaining news, I had a fascinating discussion with the teen-monster today. I was trying to get out the door for work, of course, which meant that my time to chat was severely limited. But she mentioned that she's getting tired of the game(s) she's involved with now, and is looking for something new to do for the summer.
I asked her in passing if she was at all interested in gaming in a textual medium. After all, her folks are both big into that sort of stuff. She admitted that right now, she's tired of RP, since she does a lot of that via message boards (Gaia Online, mostly), and said that she's really looking for a fantasy-based MMO. (Her words, not mine.) If you happen to know of any decent freebie MMORPG-type graphical games that're fantasy based, please let me know. I can't afford to fund a WoW addiction right now, nor can I fund Evercrack or anything else like that, so it has to be a freebie. She's already involved in FLYFF and in Maple Story. She's also a beta-tester for Pirates of the Carribean Online, so she's already hooked in deep in the Disney stuff, and is rather overtired of that, too. (Yes, my kid beta-tests for Disney. Go Geek Family.)
She also said that she might be interested in text-based RP games later on this summer, since graphical games get tiresome after 3-ish weeks of active play. So if you know of a game which has a good interactive, quality-RP playerbase, is friendly, is willing to work with one person who's new to live-typing RPGs, and who doesn't mind a mom and her 15-year-old wandering around vacantly trying to get familiarized with the theme (because yes, it's a package deal, I'd get a char there too just out of self-defense and so I could understand what she's going on about), let me know. Said characters do not have to be related, but they likely will have to know each other. Roster systems acceptable, chargen systems acceptable. Adult themes are acceptable to a point, she -is- after all my kid, and since she tells me dirty jokes, I accept the realization that while she's too young to breed, she's capable of it - she is in high school, after all. (And if she dares to try it before she's 18, I WILL hit her with my quarterstaff, because I do own one, and I hit hard. Raaaawr.)
... I think that's it for now. Look, I can haz post. Go me.
My cousin's wife's family (I'm not sure how better to describe the in-laws than that) had an extra slot in a mausoleum where her grandfather was originally intended to be interred. However, apparently the title cannot be transferred, so my uncle's ashes will be living at his house with the dogs for the duration. It's a good place for him to be.
I haven't had the guts to ask yet what killed him. I'll get around to it sooner or later. It's just... not yet.
I've been reclusive for the last week, for some strange reason. This is not to say that I'm not reclusive normally, because I am. I've just been moreso.
The numb still hasn't worn off. I suppose this is a good thing on the whole. My rational mind says that it is, anyhow. My emotions still scream that I'm a heartless bitch. We'll see which wins out in the end.
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In other, more vaguely entertaining news, I had a fascinating discussion with the teen-monster today. I was trying to get out the door for work, of course, which meant that my time to chat was severely limited. But she mentioned that she's getting tired of the game(s) she's involved with now, and is looking for something new to do for the summer.
I asked her in passing if she was at all interested in gaming in a textual medium. After all, her folks are both big into that sort of stuff. She admitted that right now, she's tired of RP, since she does a lot of that via message boards (Gaia Online, mostly), and said that she's really looking for a fantasy-based MMO. (Her words, not mine.) If you happen to know of any decent freebie MMORPG-type graphical games that're fantasy based, please let me know. I can't afford to fund a WoW addiction right now, nor can I fund Evercrack or anything else like that, so it has to be a freebie. She's already involved in FLYFF and in Maple Story. She's also a beta-tester for Pirates of the Carribean Online, so she's already hooked in deep in the Disney stuff, and is rather overtired of that, too. (Yes, my kid beta-tests for Disney. Go Geek Family.)
She also said that she might be interested in text-based RP games later on this summer, since graphical games get tiresome after 3-ish weeks of active play. So if you know of a game which has a good interactive, quality-RP playerbase, is friendly, is willing to work with one person who's new to live-typing RPGs, and who doesn't mind a mom and her 15-year-old wandering around vacantly trying to get familiarized with the theme (because yes, it's a package deal, I'd get a char there too just out of self-defense and so I could understand what she's going on about), let me know. Said characters do not have to be related, but they likely will have to know each other. Roster systems acceptable, chargen systems acceptable. Adult themes are acceptable to a point, she -is- after all my kid, and since she tells me dirty jokes, I accept the realization that while she's too young to breed, she's capable of it - she is in high school, after all. (And if she dares to try it before she's 18, I WILL hit her with my quarterstaff, because I do own one, and I hit hard. Raaaawr.)
... I think that's it for now. Look, I can haz post. Go me.