Game Over?

[thessalian]

Julie rang in sick today. I'm sure I'm an evil, evil, evil person for thinking this, but I hope she's not just being a hypochondriac and I hope she stays away all week. The quiet is just life-enhancing. Well, apart from the fact that we have Capital FM on and Hanson was played. I thought "Mmmm-Bop" got laughed out of existence years ago.

Lunch with SOINM went fine; I recommended him a book for the plane (lucky bugger's a slow reader and a Stephenson fan so I insisted he try "Snow Crash"), we wandered a lot and now he's off to Melbourne. God help the Aussies.

Dinner with the 'rents also went fine. SSD liked his present and laughed over the card and that's a victory in my book.

Then there was the lunacy over the still-in-contention gaming group. Basically, there was a lot of miscommunication and the entire thing resulted in my muse stamping her feet and shouting "Fuck the lot of you; you're all psychotic!" and locking herself in a closet. Which made finishing my little project rather difficult. I managed anyway, but I'm hoping to lure her back to put the finishing touches on. As it is, though, we're on an on-again-off-again situation reminiscent of my relationship with FOINM (First One I Nearly Married).

Here's where I am on it, for those of my cabal who're reading this. It's nice that you're "in". It's not nice that you're not enthused. I don't want to push people into something that's supposed to be fun if the enthusiasm isn't there. And if you're of the tribe of "Shows No Enthusiasm For Anything Ever"... You want to game like that? *BZZZT* I'm sorry, but that answer isn't even on the board. I appreciate that you don't want to nag. But I have the job and the muse who runs off on ten different tangents at once. If you're enthused ... don't nag; prod. Man cannot game by GM alone.

And I still have the flu. Everybody has the flu. And it will not go away. Damn epidemics.

Thess

Comments

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

the papers are saying this flu could be related to SARS

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

The papers [discards any number of derisive expletives] are just out for sensationalist headlines. I'll never forgive them the Frank Bruno thing.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

what about the Posh and Beck thing? Those bastards!

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

Oh. I sort of tune out anything that starts with Posh and ends with Becks as a general rule. That and anything that starts with Jennifer and ends with Afflek. God, media vultures ... or maybe hyenas.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

don't forget anything that begins with Madonna and ends with Ritchie... most overrated film maker in the last ten years... phfff.

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

Wow. That didn't even get on my "Things to Avoid" radar consciously. I must be getting really good at this tuning things out thing.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

i'm cursed with this morbid fascination for trivia, specially the salacious kind... even though I don't own or would ever buy into these dumb celebrities, I always seem to retain info about their lives.

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

Poor, poor you...

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

help me!

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

Maybe you just need a new obsession. Creative writing. Learning a new language that requires a new alphabet. New and inventive ways of killing people without trace. That kind of thing. Having those kinds of interests tends to make your life too full for mindless trivia about even more mindless celebrities.

Mind you, I'd love to start a deadpool on David Blaine...

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

if you are starting a deadpool on David Blaine... count me in.

I do love to write, and I'm currently learning french... I think I just have too many interests, and part of my brain tells me: "hey, maybe one day it will be important for you to know about Lara Flyn Boyle's anorexia." I find it hard to distinguish the important from the mundane sometimes... which is not unusual, I think.

so, what's the deal with Blaine? Have you been to his site yet?

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

I walk past the Blaine-in-the-Box every time I go to my mother's place -- she lives not five minutes' walk away from there. If you mean website, no.

He's right in the middle of his 44 day stretch and he's at the hallucination point. I'm imagining the cave-in; emergency services having to be called, bring out the resus team! I'd guess he starts having severe medical problems on 2 October but the stupid fuck won't ask for help so he'll have to have medical intervention on the 3rd.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

i think it's all a trick... there's some way he's getting food in there, and we are not seeing... he is an illusionist... so that's why I think he agreed to this. And the millions of dollars for allowing tv coverage afterwards.

[nitebytes.livejournal.com]

Well, there's two ways to look at it ... protien and other supplements in his water .... or extensive training.
He put on a fair amount of wait before he went in, so his body has reserves, and he's not expending many calories per day of (in)activity.

What he's doing is no more (actually quite a bit less I believe) than many taoist / Zen monks and like do as part of thier training.

To be honest I'm not impressed. He should perhaps stick to street magic, that is what he's good at.
Just mho.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

i agree... and street magic in America, where they care for the likes of him.

captain trips, baby

[50ftqueenie.livejournal.com]

prodding is it? I might just have to trade in my whip for a pitchfork, in that case.

So your flu-ish... [Funny she doesn't LOOK Flu-ish]
That being the case leave Thren to work out her feelings in the closet for a bit, and take time to heal. Get yourself plenty of fluids, rest, and good healthy foods... you know all the things Thren forgets about when given the controls. Then, once you're feeling better, Thren can come out of the closet, [Insert proper lesbian closet joke here while I tie down Lamia to keep her from trying to oogle Thren] read over the beta responces, and clear up anythng she decides needs a muse's touch.

Re: captain trips, baby

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

"C-4 and A-6. An explosive and a fictitious plague. The irony of this may just kill me."

How would you know if I look flu-ish? You live in Ohio.

As for the lesbian commentary, fire away. Bisexuality can be amusing, though I'm always going to be more on the het side of that particular fence. And if any part of my personality is a raving lesbian, it'd be Thren.

Cookies

[nitebytes.livejournal.com]

You could try to lure you muse of the closet using cookies (or sexual favours .. which ever fits).
Gaming groups respond well to cookies too I noticed (was kinda tough with the last group I was in tho, one had a severe nut allergy, and two were lactose intollerant - meant lots of cookies for me tho), Pizza works well too ... but if you REALLY want a a rsponse (or Nocturne knocking at your door) try Nachos!

Re: Cookies

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

Erm ... you seem confused as to the location of my cabalites. Two are in California -- one in the Bay Area and one in Santa Barbara, some miles south. And the third lives in Ohio. I don't think luring them anywhere with food would work unless I managed to find a way to DCC real objects.

As to Nocturnes showing up at my door, I'm strongly considering getting a drinking session together with the British LJers I know on Halloween. After all, it's a holiday I truly celebrate and it's not so fun alone.

Re: Cookies

[nitebytes.livejournal.com]

yup ur right, thought ur cabal was local to you. Typical of me not to think.

re All Hallows Eve, unfortunately I HAVE to attend a party someplace near Dartford that weekend, so it's unlikely I'd be able to attend .. my fiance's sister and her neighbours want to see my car. Depends when your celebrating of course.

Re: Cookies

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

Hey, don't worry about it. With me, though, it's always safest to assume that the friend I'm talking about lives at least 5,000 miles away.

Halloween was just a convenient date for all-out mayhem. However, when I'm out there's no helping the all-out mayhem. So I could just arrange it another time. (But I'm still going out for Halloween...)

Re: Cookies

[nitebytes.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a blast either way.

Re: Cookies

[notorious-oit.livejournal.com]

*affronted snort* What am I? Chopped Cthulu liver?

(I'm in Oregon, btw.)

J-chan

Re: Cookies

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know, but you're not in on Mage: the Clusterfuck. I was talking about the Clusterfuckers. If I was talking about those not in on the Clusterfuck, or who used to be on the Clusterfuck, I'd have to include several towns in Ohio, Pennsylvania, obviously Oregon, New York State and Christ only knows where else...

Re: Cookies

[notorious-oit.livejournal.com]

OHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Gomen nasai...it's early, and I'm preparing for another 11 weeks of skewl. *beats head on keyboard*

Re: Cookies

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

Eh, don't worry about it. I know how you feel, believe me.

Luck with the school-thing. Damn educational system.

Re: Cookies .. and WAY off topic

[nitebytes.livejournal.com]

Oregon?
Been there a couple of times, small place called Coos Bay. Wouldnt'e be from anywhere near there would ye?
Great countryside, trees (lotsa trees), and sand dunes. Nice beach too.

Re: Cookies .. and WAY off topic

[notorious-oit.livejournal.com]

Coos Bay...ew...my former dorm-mate is from there. She says it's a pit.

Nah, I'm from the Portland area, but now live in Klamath Falls, a teeny college town just n. of the California border.

J-chan

Re: Cookies .. and WAY off topic

[nitebytes.livejournal.com]

Well it's been 12 years since I was last there, so it might have changed. Or I may have had those funky rose colored specs on ...
But the memories of the place are all good.
even my visit to court was kinda fun. (I was specating before you ask)

[nightskywarlock.livejournal.com]

Fine. Message received, loud. And. Clear.