The Paradox

I can't say too much because there's too much to say. :) Last week around this time I was feeling ugly and resentful and harried, but today I am happy and loved and grateful. My friends are great. :)

I miss Tastykakes like nobody's business. As far as I know, they're an East Coast thing; WalMart sold them here for two weeks, those little chocolate cupcakes that taste like they're made with lard and fudge and dark chocolate, and it was Christmas all year 'round. :) Some of the crumpets (strawberry and butterscotch) made their way to convenience stores for about the same window, but they all disappeared way too soon.

Is there a website where you can buy Tastykakes? Seriously, I'm jonesing so bad my forearms are itching.

Probably against my better judgement (timewise, anyway), I've joined daroneasa's D+D game. I've been collaborating with her on story for the past two sessions and it's been an absolute blast. I just couldn't *not* play, though, even though she probably has too many players now and I'm risking destroying everything she's worked for. I really don't want to be that new character whose mere presence signals that something has jumped the shark, or anything.

I am playing a very small gnome who hasn't revealed his name to me yet, though he'd better get around to it because I start tonight. He will be, however, a mystic, which isn't really covered much in D+D; most religions are very formal and require temples and systems and a set of guidelines to follow, even the druids. I think it's mostly because the gods are actively involved in the worlds; when a high-ranking cleric can ask for a miracle and get it, there's very little room for faith or esoteric study in the manner we think of it. So, this guy is going to be the spokesman for Divinity in Everything(tm).

There's more, but not enough time. :)