Wow, what a session

Last night’s DnD was an excellent end to a very long running campaign – we killed the bad guy, got the loot, I became the Emissary of Gregism and a woodling again.

Xagor – effectively my arch nemesis – has been brought back in one form or another 3 times now, and this last time, waged a personal war against me for helping kill him the twice times before. In this last session: the team snuck into a pocket hell dimension, cleaved our way through hoards of seeker demons to a temple where we found him. One surprisingly short battle later [our heartfelt thanks to the two Xorns that reduced his spell casting to zilch] he was dead – squished into Xagor patty, burned with holy water, soul dissipated to hell – and we were running like fuck as the pocket dimension collapsed around us.

Alexis 3, Xagor 1: The first time it was just a job; the second time it was personal; the third time it was really personal.

So then Greg dished out XP and we all leveled up, Ian and Kat left and then I had a fantastic idea: If I pray to my ever loving god, would he grant my form changed?

Quick note of explanation here. The Game Master is nearly always referred to as ‘god’, since s/he is running the game and can do almost anything. For a long time now, I’ve taken this one step further – I invoke who ever is GMing as my god: ‘for god’s sake’ = ‘for Greg’s sake’. This time however I made it official and wrote on my sheet that my religion was Gregism and everyone ran with it: when I died it was Greg who met me in the celestial waiting room and then told me he was sending me back as an owl because it wasn’t my time, when we needed something I prayed to Greg and Greg delivered.

Anyway.

So, with some help I made an alter. I placed on it sweet baked goodies, and an effigy of the Fonz, and I prayed long and eloquently for my body to be returned to me since I’d been such a good little worshiper and defeated Xagor. And lo! a light shone down and we did follow it and came to the hovel of a most powerful wizard and I got my woodling form back [as well as 500xp for good roleplaying]!

Course, I’ve now to go shopping for a whole new wardrobe, amour and set of weapons and utilities but it’s not like I can’t afford it.

So now that campaign is ended, we’re taking a break from the game and doing shadowrun instead, but I can’t help wondering what will happen to my little Alexis. She’s been through so much: died twice, been turned from a woodling to an owl and back, rid the world of Xagor’s scourge, seen a lot of good friends die, be resurrected and had to kill again. Maybe she’ll go back to the Forest of Night, and stay with her own kind for a while. Maybe she’ll stay in Tourigaurd and take ale with the townspeople. Maybe she and the group will head out to search for more adventure. Whatever she does, I can guarantee she’s going to be getting into trouble

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Hardly a morning page in the truest spirit, but at least it’s still the morning. You’re supposed to use these as a pause before the day starts – to organize your thoughts, and your self; to work out what you want from the day. Well I’m taking a pause now at mid-morning instead. So far today I’ve done all the washing up and cleaned the kitchen surfaces, I’ve set in motion the burning of a couple of DVDs so there is more room on the media box and watched ep 17 of 24. It’s not much I know, but I feel at least a little impressive for the two hours I’ve been up. So what’s next? I’m not sure, but it’s so nice and sunny out today [and I'm told the only day this week to be so] I feel I should be doing something outside. Question is: what? I need to play the violin – I haven’t done so for quite some time – but I might get arrested for my poor rendition of ‘Mary had a Little Lamb’. I could take my novel to the park and edit on one of the cafe tables. I have to at some point post a couple of letters, and I need to go to the job center [something I'm not really looking forward to]. Maybe I should just go enjoy the sunshine while it’s here. And what else should I do with my day? Well for a start put the washing up away, take down laundry. Maybe clean the bathroom. But that all sounds so boring. I want to go on an adventure again, while the sun is hot and nothing is dripping from the sky. I should just go really – laundry etc can be put on hold while I enjoy the summer sun.

However, the most pressing thing on me atm is another cup of tea. My hands are shaky for some reason and I feel a little ill – tea will solve that.

So then the order of my day? A cup of tea soon, then to the park and an editing session in the sun. After that… who knows? I may just decide to take that adventure anyway. Wedding plans and laundry and bathroom cleaning can be undertaken tomorrow when for all I know, it’s gonna be pissing it down again.

So, about that tea….

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Linkin Park(loud) + Quake3 + Beer

Is there any better way to beat the blues?

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So, I’m back to trying to write my morning pages. And once again, I’ll start where I am. I’m sat at my desktop computer, in my room. The blind to the left of me is down, as usual, because I am too lazy to open it. The blind to the right, however, is pulled up, something I did the moment I woke up this morning. Outside there are a few fluffy clouds, but mostly the sky is blue and the world is sunny. I cleaned my desk yesterday – not just the top, but the shelves as well. I found a lot of interesting stuff that I’d forgotten about, and some other stuff I should have gotten rid of a long time ago. It looks a lot better for my tidying. To the left of my desk it’s still a mess. We’re running out of room for things, and I’ve reverted to piles. On the big shelf there are piles of DVDs, games and books. On the floor there are piles of junk that needs to be sold. On the little bookcase, there is a massive pile of books that I haven’t yet read and on top of Andy’s computer is a pile of stuff from LUG Radio live. The only thing that isn’t piled is my violin in it’s case.

It’s quite late in the day – almost 11 o’clock in fact [1040]. You’re supposed to do these things as the first thing you do, but instead I looked at e-mail stuffs and cleaned the kitchen, toilet and bathroom sink. I also did all the washing up, including Dan’s stuff [blerg].

And once again, I’m not even half way through the page and I’ve run out of something to say. I suppose I could go on to say what I will do for the rest of the day. I think after I’ve finished this I’ll go downstairs and try and edit some more of the MOW novel I wrote last November. It’;s slow going – there is so much that needs to be re-written and I really can’t seem to do it on just the tiny post-it notes I have. After I’ve finished a page of that I will probably eat lunch and watch some TV, probably 24 since there is nothing else and then It’s time to practice my violin. So far I can play ‘Mary had a,little lamb’. It’s difficult doing the fingering because my hands are small and I have to bend them and they hurt after a while, but I’m hoping I’ll get use to it. The song it’s self isn’t too bad. I can remember most of the notes and keep it just about in time to how it should be. I’m still having issues with how much rosin to put on the bow and the fact that it doesn’t go on evenly, but I’ll work it out. I can’t wait to try something more complicated and more folksy.

Then I expect It’ll be time to head back to school and after I get back? I’m not sure what I’ll be doing. Probably watching Eureka with Andy while we eat and then to bed. Put into this kind of perspective my life seems very dull. It’s pretty much the same routine every day: go to school, get home, clean, eat snack while doing interweb stuff, edit novel, eat lunch and watch TV, play violin, go back to school. I’m kinda glad thought that I’m making time again for these morning pages even if it’s not being the first thing in my day. Though I suppose I could start taking the palmtop on the bus with me in the morning and trying to write the equivalent of an a4 sized morning page. I also need to get back into reading – that’s been falling behind a bit as well. I’ve just picked up Polity Agent again, as well as reading a little of Un Lun Dun last night. I need to take one of these books on the bus with me in the afternoon then maybe, that’ll help me get through them quicker.

Yay my page is done! And at 1057 – just in time for me to spend and hour editing the MOW Novel before lunch.

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I can now play ‘mary had a little lamb’ on the violin now [albeit badly and slowly].

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For the most part, at least, and I feel an update is in order [since apparently I haven't really done one since april]

* My ceiliac test came back negative, but the doctor said I might still be intolerant and to maybe keep using wheat products but in moderation. She also said that I’m borderline anaemic, so I need to eat more green veg [yuck!] and I should only give blood once a year [the max is three].

* Andy and I have decided on the date for our wedding and some of the basics for it. It’s going to be a civil wedding, to take place at the newly opened Guildhall on the 6th of Sept 2008, with a reception for friends and family [probably] at the Blue Boar afterwards.

* I’ve recently joined up to be a volunteer usher for The Lost Quay: Paye Back, a street theater production telling the story of Harry Paye, a son of poole. [pimpage] Tickets are only £10, it’s on every wed-sat in July, and I can say from experience it’s well worth going [/pimpage]

* House sale is going okayish. We have a morgage and we have the solicitor stuff going on, and are hopeful that we’ll have the damn thing soon

* Met up with Luke and Charlie [as well as Kat and greg] a little while back for drinks and the Lord Wimborn [where else ]. It was nice to see them, only I didn’t really catch up as much as I would have liked. Pics can be found here

* Talking of drinking, threw a birthday party for Ian last night. I think I ended up drinking twice as much as everyone else, but he had fun and that’s the main thing Greg and I also made him am AutoCon cake that everyone said was cool and yummy

* I really enjoyed baking with greg. I enjoy baking anyway, but having someone else makes it more fun. We need to make a date to do it again sometime. I’ve also really enjoyed cooking for DnD on sundays, and it’s been fun seeing what people can make and what the others think of what I make.

* As I have mentioned before, Andy has bought me a violin, which I’m slowly teaching myself to play. Still can’t make much noise with it, but once it’s tuned and broken in, I think it’ll be cool.

* Both Andy and I have had a massive clear out of clothing which we need to dispose of. I’d like to try and sell it, since Andy now has a total of two pairs of trousers and we could use the money to get new ones. If anyone fancies helping me with a car-boot sale, or has stuff they wnat to get rid off as well, speak up.

* This weekend Andy, Luke and I are going to LUG Radio Live. I’ll probably have a write up of that next week if Andy doesn’t beat me to it.

* In general life is flowing along smoothly. There’s the odd turbulance [the fucking chav kid who spat on my jacket], I’ve been a little tired lately [wheat overdose?] and money’s a bit tight [it's all going to house-buying-ness, and I need a better job], but I’d say right now: I’m good thanks

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