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Hey there, all...
I'm feeling better today after catching up on sleep I missed, and devoting most of the morning before work to get shit done. My student loans will be paid electronically now, which means that as long as I keep money in my bank account I won't have to worry about it. It also cuts my already low interest by another 0.25%. Bonus! Not that I really care about minutiae like that, but ultimately it means paying less money, which means they'll be paid off in 29.5 years instead of the usual 30 or somethng. ;)
Despite feeling sick, I ran a pretty good Changeling session yesterday. I pulled off the twist with a good bit of...aplomb, I guess, and I felt I did a pretty good job of building the tension steadily throughout. When I go back to re-read the sessions, I'm feeling more and more confident about the way I'm telling the story; each chapter is pretty well encapsulated, moves the story along at a reasonable pace, and ends with not so much an obvious 'tune-in-next-week' cliffhanger, but at least a hook that leaves dear old Lazarus intrigued. The first *part* of his prelude is winding up, so I should start on nailing down the second. I had no idea it would take this long -- we're about six sessions in, I believe.
I plan on restarting the main game (Lazarus' part is kind of a branch-off for now) sometime this week, with Eliahn. I'm actually really nervous about this. Eliahn is much more analytical, much more cautious, and just...wily. I say this with no false modesty; he's a lot smarter than I am, so trying to keep him in the dark is really hard because his mind is constantly coming up with things that I wouldn't have thought about. He's definitely an exercise in keeping my bases covered. :) One of the reasons it's taken so long to restart with him is that he scares me, so, well...I want to be at my absolute best by the time I get with him. There's no better time than right now, though, so I'll solidify the story as best I can and roll up my sleeves.
Speaking of Eliahn, we seem to be having...communication problems as of late. Like I said, he's a lot smarter than I am, so he thinks about things that I really have nothing to say about. I mean, I ask questions...sometimes, but even the answers go over my head. He likes classical music, and weird shit, and philosophy, and I'm just getting my fledgling legs with those, so...he's hard to keep up with. I think I'm going to just...set aside a day sometime soon to hang out with him and only him for as long as he's around, and damnit, we'll talk. :)
Spiritwolf comes down this evening to visit, and I'm pretty excited about that. :) He's a groovy guy (with bulging muskels!) and he's into spirituality to boot, so good conversations usually abound when I'm actually grounded and focused enough to have them. Chances are, we'll be going to Shogun (a sushi/tepponyaki(sp?) place) for dinner, and I'm not sure how long he'll want to hang out before crashing and moving on. Either way, those are my plans for the evening. :)
I think tonight's a good night to work on the poetry. I still haven't thought of a name for the one I plan to submit to Poesia's contest, maybe one will come to me after I edit it. Either way, I'll post the results (and a synopsis of the Changeling game so far) here later on.
And since Ramadan's coming up fast, and I've been sitting on it for a good long while, I'll have to start getting into the habit of putting up spirituality stuff on the other LiveJournal. Erm, if you're interested, just say so, and I'll likely add you. It's friends-only right now, and I plan to keep it that way. Pompous asses and close-minded individuals need not apply.
And...with that, back to work for me.
I'm feeling better today after catching up on sleep I missed, and devoting most of the morning before work to get shit done. My student loans will be paid electronically now, which means that as long as I keep money in my bank account I won't have to worry about it. It also cuts my already low interest by another 0.25%. Bonus! Not that I really care about minutiae like that, but ultimately it means paying less money, which means they'll be paid off in 29.5 years instead of the usual 30 or somethng. ;)
Despite feeling sick, I ran a pretty good Changeling session yesterday. I pulled off the twist with a good bit of...aplomb, I guess, and I felt I did a pretty good job of building the tension steadily throughout. When I go back to re-read the sessions, I'm feeling more and more confident about the way I'm telling the story; each chapter is pretty well encapsulated, moves the story along at a reasonable pace, and ends with not so much an obvious 'tune-in-next-week' cliffhanger, but at least a hook that leaves dear old Lazarus intrigued. The first *part* of his prelude is winding up, so I should start on nailing down the second. I had no idea it would take this long -- we're about six sessions in, I believe.
I plan on restarting the main game (Lazarus' part is kind of a branch-off for now) sometime this week, with Eliahn. I'm actually really nervous about this. Eliahn is much more analytical, much more cautious, and just...wily. I say this with no false modesty; he's a lot smarter than I am, so trying to keep him in the dark is really hard because his mind is constantly coming up with things that I wouldn't have thought about. He's definitely an exercise in keeping my bases covered. :) One of the reasons it's taken so long to restart with him is that he scares me, so, well...I want to be at my absolute best by the time I get with him. There's no better time than right now, though, so I'll solidify the story as best I can and roll up my sleeves.
Speaking of Eliahn, we seem to be having...communication problems as of late. Like I said, he's a lot smarter than I am, so he thinks about things that I really have nothing to say about. I mean, I ask questions...sometimes, but even the answers go over my head. He likes classical music, and weird shit, and philosophy, and I'm just getting my fledgling legs with those, so...he's hard to keep up with. I think I'm going to just...set aside a day sometime soon to hang out with him and only him for as long as he's around, and damnit, we'll talk. :)
Spiritwolf comes down this evening to visit, and I'm pretty excited about that. :) He's a groovy guy (with bulging muskels!) and he's into spirituality to boot, so good conversations usually abound when I'm actually grounded and focused enough to have them. Chances are, we'll be going to Shogun (a sushi/tepponyaki(sp?) place) for dinner, and I'm not sure how long he'll want to hang out before crashing and moving on. Either way, those are my plans for the evening. :)
I think tonight's a good night to work on the poetry. I still haven't thought of a name for the one I plan to submit to Poesia's contest, maybe one will come to me after I edit it. Either way, I'll post the results (and a synopsis of the Changeling game so far) here later on.
And since Ramadan's coming up fast, and I've been sitting on it for a good long while, I'll have to start getting into the habit of putting up spirituality stuff on the other LiveJournal. Erm, if you're interested, just say so, and I'll likely add you. It's friends-only right now, and I plan to keep it that way. Pompous asses and close-minded individuals need not apply.
And...with that, back to work for me.