Waylaid By Time
Oct. 27th, 2003 08:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jakebe
Hey there, all...
So yeah, I guess Ramadan snuck up on me. :) I had two Skittles and was planning where Eric and I would go for lunch before the Changeling game when I read Snakes' announcement. "Fuck," I said to myself. "How am I gonna make it all damn day on two Skittles?"
But I did! Never underestimate the power of the rainbow. I wasn't even grumpy or anything! Go me. ;)
The Changeling game went well on Sunday, even though it started three hours late. Eric picked me up on time, which was wonderful, but Willie stopped by to ask Chaser if he'd run the LARP next Sunday (and to ask me to pick up the Asst. Storyteller tab for the game). So we spazzed about storyline, sized up the NPCs against the PCs and came to a pretty good understanding. At least, Chaser and Willie did; I'm pretty much doing grunt-work for the evening. :)
After that, we went to WalMart, which had free samples ALL OVER THE PLACE. I really don't understand how you could possibly fit a microwave and table for popcorn samples in the aquarium aisle, but somehow they managed it. It was torture. All these cups and napkins arranged with little bite-sized tidbits of brightly colored objects. It was like being at the world's smallest buffet. :P I got out with what I intended to get, though; Pop Tarts, a few TV dinners, fake chicken patties and laundry detergent. Oh, and a new hair trimmer-thing. This one actually works! How cool is that?!?
I'll put up a little short-story game-thing in a little while; I won't be running the game for another month (four of us share Sunday for games), so I have time to actually see about making a series of fiction based on it. Should be fun. :)
Came home, took shower, shaved head. ATE. I had a 'chicken' sandwich, red beans and rice and honey vanilla chamomile tea. Not bad, but I messed up the beans and rice somehow. I don't think I let them mingle with the water enough, or something. Damn tricky beans.
Overall, the weekend was OK. :) I had a pretty horrible Friday, but Saturday and Sunday were cool at least. I was supposed to go to Eureka Springs to pick up a tea set that I've been eyeing, but there were crossed wires. I'll have another opportunity here in a couple weeks, and I might dig into a *bit* of MFF money to pick it up. Probably not, though; I'll just wait until I come back.
I did a bit of preliminary research on Taoism and the Tao Teh Ching, since Kevin and I will be reading it during Ramadan. I wanted to get a bit of background information so I can understand the context with which it was written. Wasn't entirely successful, but I gained a bit of insight into how it operates. I'll see what else I can dig up tonight.
One of the big things I came away with this weekend was that I'm a pretty flawed individual, especially when it comes to on-line kinkiness. I'm really going to have to find a way to curb desires and whatnot; not cut off my balls or anything, I rather enjoy fantasizing about rabbits thankyouverymuch. :) But what that desire leads to is a rather unhappy place, and it's not so much the want of things but how I deal with that want that usually leads to disappointment. There's shit I need to work on, and I'm good with that. I'll work on it.
I've been obsessed with Some Devil by Dave Matthews lately. In my opinion, it's even better than his stuff with the Band. Amazing, amazing songwriting. Get it, now!
So yeah, I guess Ramadan snuck up on me. :) I had two Skittles and was planning where Eric and I would go for lunch before the Changeling game when I read Snakes' announcement. "Fuck," I said to myself. "How am I gonna make it all damn day on two Skittles?"
But I did! Never underestimate the power of the rainbow. I wasn't even grumpy or anything! Go me. ;)
The Changeling game went well on Sunday, even though it started three hours late. Eric picked me up on time, which was wonderful, but Willie stopped by to ask Chaser if he'd run the LARP next Sunday (and to ask me to pick up the Asst. Storyteller tab for the game). So we spazzed about storyline, sized up the NPCs against the PCs and came to a pretty good understanding. At least, Chaser and Willie did; I'm pretty much doing grunt-work for the evening. :)
After that, we went to WalMart, which had free samples ALL OVER THE PLACE. I really don't understand how you could possibly fit a microwave and table for popcorn samples in the aquarium aisle, but somehow they managed it. It was torture. All these cups and napkins arranged with little bite-sized tidbits of brightly colored objects. It was like being at the world's smallest buffet. :P I got out with what I intended to get, though; Pop Tarts, a few TV dinners, fake chicken patties and laundry detergent. Oh, and a new hair trimmer-thing. This one actually works! How cool is that?!?
I'll put up a little short-story game-thing in a little while; I won't be running the game for another month (four of us share Sunday for games), so I have time to actually see about making a series of fiction based on it. Should be fun. :)
Came home, took shower, shaved head. ATE. I had a 'chicken' sandwich, red beans and rice and honey vanilla chamomile tea. Not bad, but I messed up the beans and rice somehow. I don't think I let them mingle with the water enough, or something. Damn tricky beans.
Overall, the weekend was OK. :) I had a pretty horrible Friday, but Saturday and Sunday were cool at least. I was supposed to go to Eureka Springs to pick up a tea set that I've been eyeing, but there were crossed wires. I'll have another opportunity here in a couple weeks, and I might dig into a *bit* of MFF money to pick it up. Probably not, though; I'll just wait until I come back.
I did a bit of preliminary research on Taoism and the Tao Teh Ching, since Kevin and I will be reading it during Ramadan. I wanted to get a bit of background information so I can understand the context with which it was written. Wasn't entirely successful, but I gained a bit of insight into how it operates. I'll see what else I can dig up tonight.
One of the big things I came away with this weekend was that I'm a pretty flawed individual, especially when it comes to on-line kinkiness. I'm really going to have to find a way to curb desires and whatnot; not cut off my balls or anything, I rather enjoy fantasizing about rabbits thankyouverymuch. :) But what that desire leads to is a rather unhappy place, and it's not so much the want of things but how I deal with that want that usually leads to disappointment. There's shit I need to work on, and I'm good with that. I'll work on it.
I've been obsessed with Some Devil by Dave Matthews lately. In my opinion, it's even better than his stuff with the Band. Amazing, amazing songwriting. Get it, now!
