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Feb. 15th, 2007 08:09 amIt would appear that two hospitals are fighting over me at the moment. Well, sort of, anyway. See, Lindsey at my primary agency has really been going to bat for me after the incident at my last place because she wants to guarantee me a job next week. I like her. Anyway, even though I have an interview today, she kept showing my CV to people. And a bunch at the Charing Cross Hospital oncology unit went "Ooh! Ooh! We want that one! Any chance we could get that one?" So she asked me if I'd consider Charing Cross as a fallback - it doesn't pay as much as the Brompton, but it's a guaranteed 11-month contract and it's good to have a fallback anyway, so I said yes.
Of course, despite the good news, I didn't sleep worth a damn last night, so I think the order of events today will be "get dressed, go to interview, have interview, come home, change into comfortable clothing, have nap". After all, stuff to do this evening. Whee!
Speaking of stuff to do, I've applied to another RP board. Turns out that there exists a London board (which means that I either need to reconsider what's going on with CoC or keep my concept so very, very different from this other one), and some of the bunch from CbN have moved there. Fine, it seems to involve getting into a cabal with Thestral and Corey, with whom I have occasionally had some serious problems (the former in particular), but
courtcat is involved and I do like her as an RPer. (Yes, my character on CbN hated hers. These things happen. I thought Lizzie Robinson was interesting, if annoying, and liked how
courtcat had the guts to take in-character consequences for unpopular and utterly bitchtastic in-character action ... and boy, was it in character...) Anyway, I've put in an app for a particularly musical Cultist of Ecstasy and am in discussion with Thestral about how she'd have got involved with their cabal. If we can't work something out, then I'll go it alone with the same character, I suppose. Cultists make friends easily, right? Particularly when their Charisma's at 3?
One thing that did freak me out, though, was checking out the Mage NPC list and seeing
corone, picture and all, as one of the NPCs. Oh my gods, talk about your Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Of course, these are Brits running this board and the gaming scene in London in particular is fairly small and incestuous, particularly if you go to Dragonmeet, at which
corone is a reasonably static fixture. Still, not something I was exactly prepared for. Still, if he's beginning to make a career for himself in writing RPGs in-game as well as in real life ... well, the only RPG company they ever mention in any of the WoD books I've read to date is 'Black Dog' ... a Pentex subsidiary. Not that I'm ascribing any deep meaning to this fact, mind you - I'm merely giggling at the idea of
corone as a Fomor. Not going to happen, obviously (wrong system, and I don't think crossover is exactly encouraged on this board either) but still funny. Like imagining
dodgyhoodoo or
cholten99 or
weaselbitch as a Fomor.
I suppose this is me just jonesing for some RP. Yes, it's nice we have the Doom back, and it'll be a couple of more sessions before we are adequately equipped to finish Restart in the manner it deserves - I mean, seriously, I've been doing this for, what, two and a half years now? I can't end this game on a note that's anything less than epic. And then, of course, I've got a few ideas as to what to do next - I do not exactly have GM fiat, but of the three of us, I am the one with the most ideas with the most potential for long-term gaming ... and, more to the point, the confidence to do something more with them than sit there and look at them until they die of embarrassment. New Mage is an option, but I need to do some more reading before I throw that one at anybody. Still, I have the time, what with Restart not finishing up right this second. Anyway, the point of this little ramble is that I would like, if at all possible, to actually just sit down and play a long-term game for once. It's been far, far, far too long.
I do miss the group sometimes - well, pretty much, anyway. I miss being able to play every once in awhile - and I mean something long-term, something where I get the chance to get attached to a character and play them properly. My current position in regards to that sucks; I know
weaselbitch wants to run something this year, and I know
dodgyhoodoo has a few ideas of things to do, but neither of them seem to do long-term. So I seek long-term character development RP elsewhere and stick to running, enjoying the one-offs or short-run games when they come my way in meatspace. It's a thing to do. Just so fed up with running the kind of long-running campaign I'd actually like to play.
I'll cease my bitching. Have to, actually - job interview.
Of course, despite the good news, I didn't sleep worth a damn last night, so I think the order of events today will be "get dressed, go to interview, have interview, come home, change into comfortable clothing, have nap". After all, stuff to do this evening. Whee!
Speaking of stuff to do, I've applied to another RP board. Turns out that there exists a London board (which means that I either need to reconsider what's going on with CoC or keep my concept so very, very different from this other one), and some of the bunch from CbN have moved there. Fine, it seems to involve getting into a cabal with Thestral and Corey, with whom I have occasionally had some serious problems (the former in particular), but
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I suppose this is me just jonesing for some RP. Yes, it's nice we have the Doom back, and it'll be a couple of more sessions before we are adequately equipped to finish Restart in the manner it deserves - I mean, seriously, I've been doing this for, what, two and a half years now? I can't end this game on a note that's anything less than epic. And then, of course, I've got a few ideas as to what to do next - I do not exactly have GM fiat, but of the three of us, I am the one with the most ideas with the most potential for long-term gaming ... and, more to the point, the confidence to do something more with them than sit there and look at them until they die of embarrassment. New Mage is an option, but I need to do some more reading before I throw that one at anybody. Still, I have the time, what with Restart not finishing up right this second. Anyway, the point of this little ramble is that I would like, if at all possible, to actually just sit down and play a long-term game for once. It's been far, far, far too long.
I do miss the group sometimes - well, pretty much, anyway. I miss being able to play every once in awhile - and I mean something long-term, something where I get the chance to get attached to a character and play them properly. My current position in regards to that sucks; I know
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I'll cease my bitching. Have to, actually - job interview.