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Feb. 13th, 2006 05:46 pmHey! Here's the flip side to the Johari meme that's been going around. If you said kind things about me through Johari, first of all thanks. ;) Secondly, go and tell me what I should probably work on. Trust me, I'll appreciate it! Even if I have to sulk about it sometime later.
The weekend was interesting. Friday night I was in Cy's Werewolf: the Apocalypse game, which is presumably going on hiatus because one of our esteemed players (Jim, a.k.a. Todd/"The Toby") has to take on a second job. This was the last game we had to set things right for a while, so we took the opportunity and ran with it.
I could say a lot about it, but it's probably best reserved for Smiley Dan's LiveJournal. Now that there's a hiatus I'll have a bit of time to catch up on it. I think I'm going to just be open with everything and have full disclosure, because I really just...eh, don't want to mess with trying to find ways to talk about everything without...you know, blowing the cover that Dan's supposed to have in the WoD. Hopefully we can disconnect the LiveJournal from the game proper so that repercussions won't fall on the party's collective head.
Anyway, because of the wonderfulness that is Storyteller combat (and the fact that everyone was blowing Rage like candy for extra actions), the game lasted until 5:30 in the morning...with me needing to go to work at 9. Didn't get any sleep, went in to work, and was a zombie from 2 p.m. to the time I got to go to bed sometime Saturday evening. I really would rather not repeat an instance like that, if it's all the same.
Sunday I just hung around on-line; Virginia gave me my Valentine's Day present, which was really sweet of her. :) It's a...Tao Stones meditation set. Two sets of eight stones, one made of wood, the other made of rock, and you pull one from each to get your fortune. Really neat, though the ultimate results are kind of weird. I'm not sure I agree with the opinions ("truths" if you will) expressed in the book, but it's fun to think about anyway.
Then there was Odis' Gummi Bear game on Sunday evening. After three weeks, I'm finally starting to come around and have fun with it. The benevolent slant is coming a lot easier and with that major hurdle out of the way I can start having fun with my character trait. All it takes is learning the 'secret handshake' of you know, no killing under any circumstances. Last night, all of us put our heads together, came up with a non-violent plan for the immediate problem and with our unique skill sets we executed it *perfectly*. Well, near-perfectly. There's something about getting together, coming up with a fairly complex plan of action, and watching everything fall into place. It's just...joyous. :) There really does need to be a lot more co-operation between players like this in D+D games, in general.
Also, we've...'adopted' a poor runaway kid who thinks he's a squirrel. This is a long story in and of itself, but it doesn't seem like there's a lot we can do about it...except maybe find a 'baleful polymorph' spell to, you know, actually *make* him a squirrel. The human body, as simliar to monkeys and apes as it is, really isn't meant for climbing and cracking acorns. ;)
Good lord, I'm such a geek.
So, I've got a dental appointment with a Dr. Henderson for Wednesday at 10 a.m. for a second opinion. The check will only cost $45 as long as I can get the x-ray from Dr. Beavers, and then we'll see what's what and go from there. I'm expecting fillings to be a bit less (Henderson uses porcelain also), but if they're not I'll have to bite the bullet and go with Beavers. Either way, I think I'll be able to get the most pressing stuff done with my tax return. *keeps his fingers crossed* I've been pretty good about flossing (about four times a week) and using the flouride rinse, so hey... My gums have stopped bleeding which is definitely a good thing.
I've made a menu for the week! Tonight, I'll be making pasta with red sauce, chicken and corn. I've got mushrooms and peppers and onions, along with spices, to experiment with making my own red sauce (using canned tomato sauce as a base), and I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out. I'm planning to add oregano and pepper and basil to it so far...any recommendations for other good spices to add?
Let's see; ah, there's a Zen meditation group meeting tonight at a church near work. I've been there a few times and I like the crowd all right, but my boss has joined recently and the group's gotten a fair bit bigger since I last went there. I'm curious to see what kind of sangha's developed (if any). The fellow who leads it is a guy named Jack; he wrote a lot of Sunset gardening books in his day and travels extensively. He's pretty much atheist Zen, which works just fine because he focuses more on the "Zen" and less on the "Buddhism." I'll have to explain the quotes later, because I still have work to do.
The weekend was interesting. Friday night I was in Cy's Werewolf: the Apocalypse game, which is presumably going on hiatus because one of our esteemed players (Jim, a.k.a. Todd/"The Toby") has to take on a second job. This was the last game we had to set things right for a while, so we took the opportunity and ran with it.
I could say a lot about it, but it's probably best reserved for Smiley Dan's LiveJournal. Now that there's a hiatus I'll have a bit of time to catch up on it. I think I'm going to just be open with everything and have full disclosure, because I really just...eh, don't want to mess with trying to find ways to talk about everything without...you know, blowing the cover that Dan's supposed to have in the WoD. Hopefully we can disconnect the LiveJournal from the game proper so that repercussions won't fall on the party's collective head.
Anyway, because of the wonderfulness that is Storyteller combat (and the fact that everyone was blowing Rage like candy for extra actions), the game lasted until 5:30 in the morning...with me needing to go to work at 9. Didn't get any sleep, went in to work, and was a zombie from 2 p.m. to the time I got to go to bed sometime Saturday evening. I really would rather not repeat an instance like that, if it's all the same.
Sunday I just hung around on-line; Virginia gave me my Valentine's Day present, which was really sweet of her. :) It's a...Tao Stones meditation set. Two sets of eight stones, one made of wood, the other made of rock, and you pull one from each to get your fortune. Really neat, though the ultimate results are kind of weird. I'm not sure I agree with the opinions ("truths" if you will) expressed in the book, but it's fun to think about anyway.
Then there was Odis' Gummi Bear game on Sunday evening. After three weeks, I'm finally starting to come around and have fun with it. The benevolent slant is coming a lot easier and with that major hurdle out of the way I can start having fun with my character trait. All it takes is learning the 'secret handshake' of you know, no killing under any circumstances. Last night, all of us put our heads together, came up with a non-violent plan for the immediate problem and with our unique skill sets we executed it *perfectly*. Well, near-perfectly. There's something about getting together, coming up with a fairly complex plan of action, and watching everything fall into place. It's just...joyous. :) There really does need to be a lot more co-operation between players like this in D+D games, in general.
Also, we've...'adopted' a poor runaway kid who thinks he's a squirrel. This is a long story in and of itself, but it doesn't seem like there's a lot we can do about it...except maybe find a 'baleful polymorph' spell to, you know, actually *make* him a squirrel. The human body, as simliar to monkeys and apes as it is, really isn't meant for climbing and cracking acorns. ;)
Good lord, I'm such a geek.
So, I've got a dental appointment with a Dr. Henderson for Wednesday at 10 a.m. for a second opinion. The check will only cost $45 as long as I can get the x-ray from Dr. Beavers, and then we'll see what's what and go from there. I'm expecting fillings to be a bit less (Henderson uses porcelain also), but if they're not I'll have to bite the bullet and go with Beavers. Either way, I think I'll be able to get the most pressing stuff done with my tax return. *keeps his fingers crossed* I've been pretty good about flossing (about four times a week) and using the flouride rinse, so hey... My gums have stopped bleeding which is definitely a good thing.
I've made a menu for the week! Tonight, I'll be making pasta with red sauce, chicken and corn. I've got mushrooms and peppers and onions, along with spices, to experiment with making my own red sauce (using canned tomato sauce as a base), and I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out. I'm planning to add oregano and pepper and basil to it so far...any recommendations for other good spices to add?
Let's see; ah, there's a Zen meditation group meeting tonight at a church near work. I've been there a few times and I like the crowd all right, but my boss has joined recently and the group's gotten a fair bit bigger since I last went there. I'm curious to see what kind of sangha's developed (if any). The fellow who leads it is a guy named Jack; he wrote a lot of Sunset gardening books in his day and travels extensively. He's pretty much atheist Zen, which works just fine because he focuses more on the "Zen" and less on the "Buddhism." I'll have to explain the quotes later, because I still have work to do.
