The summer has begun

It's officially been summer for a week now, and it seems like Mother Nature agrees with that. Walking around outside in the sun in the weather we've had the last couple of days is definitely not good for my mood, as it induces headaches and tiredness. Our bedroom is at the east of the house, and hence is bathed in sunlight all afternoon and evening. We go to sleep in an icky warm room (don't want to lie down on a prewarmed bed) and get up when everything is cooled down (don't want to get out when your bed is nice and warm)...

Another LRP milestone

Another point for my resume ;)
Today will be the first event that I'm going to be running as a gamemaster without possibility to fall back to other people. Well not entirely of course, but during large lives we usually have 3 to 4 gamemasters walking around. Today's a short event of only one afternoon and most of the time I'll be walking alone guiding the players around the area.
It will prove an exciting adventure, both for them and for me ...

And ze new mazjine is alive!

Hahah! Ze new mazjine... It is alive!

... so indeed, my old and well trusted 'puter is now standing next to my desk, having been replaced by a newer model last week. Not that it was broken... Things were just getting too slow. Still have to think about what I do with the old one.

A very aptly named blog

I don't get around to posting as often as I would want to. I recently realised why — not because I don't have enough to say, but because, how ironically, I have too much to mention... Too many things going on at the same time, and too little time to sit down and write.
Or is it because I'm already busy with plot writing for Maerquin and two D&D sessions, so that I don't feel like typing to write down even more? I'm honestly unsure. I do like writing (and I'm happy to notice that I'm getting better at it), so that's not very likely the real reason...
Perhaps I should try to organise my days better. No, scrap that thought, that's not going to work. Although I need some degree of organisation to work really well, organising is somehow also my weak point, being distracted way too quickly. Typically I'm busy with three or four things, interleaved, at the same time.
Nevertheless, I think I should. I'll let you know if it works — if I have time ;)

Back home from the Moots

Only two weeks after the previous roleplay event, last weekend I attended once again the Moots. As our usual cook ("X") was not present, I took up his role and learned that a small barbecue, how cute and time-in looking it may be, is not sufficient to boil water or fry eggs. Luckily, lots of friendly people were willing to help out and eventually everything went well. I have a shopping list for next time :)

Now, Ascension and Pentecost are nearby and I'm really looking forward to a few days off to regain some rest. More than once in the last two months I've had the need to lie down for about half an hour before or after making dinner because my body just could not support me anymore. Hopefully it's just caused by doing too much, and nothing more serious...

Time for Maerquin!

Well, it seems like I have packed everything that I need, and some stuff I probably won't. In case I've forgotten something, I will have to find out quickly, in 10 minutes my tram will go.

Off to a day of travelling and organising, first to the storage to get all the clothing and other 'stage' equipment, then to the terrain to build up for the Maerquin live. But more importantly, off to three days of intensive role playing fun!

Next post when I'm back to a normal sleeping pattern :P

Stop taking my talents

Before you read this post: I don't want to fall in the category of people that just complain about everything new that they don't like, "because the old ways were better". Neither am I someone to really bash a product or a company. I just have to ramble for a bit to cool down, and it feels well to pretend someone, somewhere, is listening.

Let me say first that I've played very little World of Warcraft for a while. Lately, I've increased my dosage to a few hours for two or three times a week. I still don't have much time to spend on checking every little detail, nor do I want to do so. With the recent patches however, I've been forced to do so and I've come across more and more little details that I'm rather not amused with. Granted, there are other details I do like, but the things I dislike are more irritating than the ones I like are nice.

One of my largest gripes is the repeated change in the talent system. Using talents, a WoW character can specialise in a certain direction. Because of large changes in this system, I've already re-spent my talent points twice in the past few weeks, and tomorrow's update will clear the spent points in order to be able to fix some issues. I don't have time for that, people...