Insomnia having afflicted me, I spent the last forty-five minutes or so reading over old LJ entries from 2006 -- when I left newspapers, and when I came to paint; when I had just finished a move; when I had launched one game and watched the winding-down of another (though it didn't 'officially' end until 2007 ( Read more... )

In the "worldbuilding can go too far" category, I am totally overthinking the D&D 4E campaign to look at the ecology of the Javan River, comparing it to the Amazon, and then realizing how amazingly awe-inspiring the Amazon basin is (new reading project!) but also thinking that the Javan needs Dolphins and Bull Sharks and Giant Otters and Manatees, ( Read more... )

Luck and charm are easy solutions to more than a few immediate problems. I know, my existence has been predicated on those two things and they've saved my life more often than skill and wit have ( Read more... )

Same old nightmare class: cpip is being chased and trying to keep away from something (this time it was the Baba YagaWoke up just as I'd been cornered where I was hiding. Whenever I remember my nightmares, these are the ones I have ( Read more... )

In vaguely chronological order:
Got married. Went to San Francisco. Honeymooned. Had fun. Now am back. Easter Sunday will be spent catching up and preparing to return to "normal" life, such as normal has a meaning.

Yup, that's about it.

Back home, back in the office.

Impending feelings of the world shifting in subtle but undeniably noticable ways coming in. It's not just the wedding. There's a lot. 2009 seems fixated on making sure I leave it with a very, very different world than I entered it. Pittsburgh. Marriage. Friends. Family.

Cheers.

My grandfather passed today ( Read more... )

Sleep is a blessed thing. I got nearly ten hours last night. Almost makes up for the deficit I run. (I run my sleep schedule in a Staunchly Reagan-Republican Manner: Deficit Spending All The Way. It's good for the Pip Economy ( Read more... )

Weekend went reasonably well. Did not kill anyone. Met photographer -- he seems compentent. Got shawls for brides- and groomsmaids. Met potential florist. Boggled at what flowers cost these days. Kept missing caterer, but that will get worked out via e-mail. Couldn't communicate with the officiant about the major issues, but, well. That too ( Read more... )

Some days, I really wonder if I've gotten old, boring, and staid.