Someone left a really lovely comment on one of my AO3 pieces commenting on the differences between what we the audience want to see/use when we're talking about a playable character in a video game vs. what is narratively satisfying in a book or other work of written fiction, and I was thinking about that today and also about some conversations I' ( Read more... )

Wow that was a great weekend but I am completely dead of exhaustion. Monday, who authorized you? I wish to speak with that person's supervisor ( Read more... )

It got warm. It got warm! It's been consistently in the 50s for days! I could almost start to believe that maybe winter hell will not be here forever, although I have lived in Chicago too long to believe it's really spring. It's supposed to be somewhat chilly again this week (down to mid-40s), although it pretends it's climbing back up after ( Read more... )

I have certainly had better weekends ( Read more... )

My desk arrived yesterday (it is this one, in cherry) and paladin and I put it together. Today I put together my new computer chair (the cats managed to interfere before I even got the damn thing out of the box and at every single assembly stage thereafter), and now I am all set up for gaming and regular computer use. EXCITING ( Read more... )