Summer Plans
I've a fairly firm date set for the submission of my final revisions (well, final before the defense, anyway, there is generally a bit of tinkering after that). That date is the second week of June. I do have a summer class to teach, and I'll still need to be visiting my mom every couple of weeks... but I'll also, finally, hopefully have both some free time *and* the brain/energy to do something with it. I have a few things planned for the summer:
1 - Writing. I've several ideas for Brass & Steel, which I've partially sketched out, but haven't had the time to finish, including a fictionalization of one of the adventures that I'll be running at GenCon. I might, also, try to arrange to do a test run of one or more of the scenarios before heading off to con. I'd love to run the LARP version of the game for folks I actually know, but I don't know how feasible this will be.
2 - Outdoorsy stuff. I'm in pretty good shape these days, and I'm wanting to take advantage of that. There will be hiking and camping, even if it's only a couple of bitsy day trips in the area. Heck, if I'm clever, I can arrange to spend an afternoon at Devil's lake when I'm headed to or from my mom's.
3 - Costuming. I have two different sets of costume stuff to work on. I *really* need at least a couple of decent steampunk outfits. I've a few bits and pieces, but I want to work on building some accessories, and I'd like to build a costume pistol using some of the gas cartridges that I've dredged up. I'm also thinking that I might try to do a better job with my SCA wardrobe. Most of my garb hands pretty loose on me these days. That's less of an issue with garb than with street clothes, but I'm still thinking that some sewing is in order. Specifically, I'm thinking of making a bit of a shift in persona, and moving myself back in time about 700 years, so that I can be a kievan varangian in the varangian guard rather than an oprichnik. Brass & Steel has really brought out my inner Byzantinist...
I've other things that I'd like to do, as well, including just spending some time with people, but these are a few things to focus on to help keep myself going through the next few months. I've also discovered that, for the first time in years, Pennsic and Gen Con *aren't* at exactly the same time... hrm...
1 - Writing. I've several ideas for Brass & Steel, which I've partially sketched out, but haven't had the time to finish, including a fictionalization of one of the adventures that I'll be running at GenCon. I might, also, try to arrange to do a test run of one or more of the scenarios before heading off to con. I'd love to run the LARP version of the game for folks I actually know, but I don't know how feasible this will be.
2 - Outdoorsy stuff. I'm in pretty good shape these days, and I'm wanting to take advantage of that. There will be hiking and camping, even if it's only a couple of bitsy day trips in the area. Heck, if I'm clever, I can arrange to spend an afternoon at Devil's lake when I'm headed to or from my mom's.
3 - Costuming. I have two different sets of costume stuff to work on. I *really* need at least a couple of decent steampunk outfits. I've a few bits and pieces, but I want to work on building some accessories, and I'd like to build a costume pistol using some of the gas cartridges that I've dredged up. I'm also thinking that I might try to do a better job with my SCA wardrobe. Most of my garb hands pretty loose on me these days. That's less of an issue with garb than with street clothes, but I'm still thinking that some sewing is in order. Specifically, I'm thinking of making a bit of a shift in persona, and moving myself back in time about 700 years, so that I can be a kievan varangian in the varangian guard rather than an oprichnik. Brass & Steel has really brought out my inner Byzantinist...
I've other things that I'd like to do, as well, including just spending some time with people, but these are a few things to focus on to help keep myself going through the next few months. I've also discovered that, for the first time in years, Pennsic and Gen Con *aren't* at exactly the same time... hrm...