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Thursday, June 17, 2004

Short sharp reports

Just like the incessant fireworks heard in the ACT over the Queen's Birthday long weekend, here too are some briefly illuminating flashes of no significance:

Roleplaying - Phenomenon was pretty good, although Friday night registration was even more chaotic than is usual for such affairs. There were a couple of cancelled games, but fortunately we also enjoyed several very good ones, including the Lake District Ladies Needlework and Adventure Society game (written by my NaNoWriMo friend Stuart Barrow, for which he deservedly won Best New Designer). It was great. I got to play an overbearing Victorian matriarch and pick on cultists and foreigners for three wonderful hours. The Mayhem over Manhattan game was also amusing, although it basically consisted of three hours of shouty improv not unlike theatre sports. And there was a GURPS game about fantasy troubleshooters, which went swimmingly until the evil wizard and his demon buddy showed up, at which point we started rolling really badly. That was fun too.

We'll probably go back next year, but if we do we will need to try to arrange to have a full team, because we were frequently thrown off our stride, if not held back completely, by the random players who filled up the spare players slots (though admittedly, Cameron and (I think) Mike, the two outrageous nutbags that joined us for Mayhem, were excellent value).

House - took some time off roleplaying to assuage my guilt and help Fi finish removing wallpaper glue from the house. It's all gone now. While Al and I discovered the skin-rotting qualities of immersion in water-and-sugar-soap-and-glue, she went hardware shopping and cashed in on a half-price paint sale to come back with something like fifty litres of various ceiling and wall paints. Now, we paint.

Work - after taking Tuesday off to sleep off what was essentially an exhausting weekend of hard labour, scheming and screaming and general low-level stress, work has continued to be a source of little satisfaction. The big meeting upon which we had pinned our hopes of some vital decisions being made yesterday ended with nothing resolved and most of its participants in a bad mood. Meanwhile my team remains largely in a limbo of non-progress. I am seriously considering taking some leave and working on the house soon (and may well do so no matter what decisions finally end up being made).

Musicality - Andrew has submitted several Spit songs to the Mperia web site, at the urging of the belligerently wonderful Warren Ellis (via his proxy, Der Simonster). I notice Warren has yet to feature Spit on his own page, but I'm sure he's getting through the Mperia slush pile. In other news, Spit eagerly await the outcome of the Triple J Unearthed competition. It's only a matter of days before Apple Sauce starts its high-rotation tour of the airways. God help you all.

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	Thursday, June 17, 2004 Short sharp reports Just like the incessant fireworks heard in the ACT over the Queen's Birthday long weekend, here too are some briefly illuminating flashes of no significance: Roleplaying - Phenomenon was pretty good, although Friday night registration was even more chaotic than is usual for such affairs. There were a couple of cancelled games, but fortunately we also enjoyed several very good ones, including the Lake District Ladies Needlework and Adventure Society game (written by my NaNoWriMo friend Stuart Barrow, for which he deservedly won Best New Designer). It was great. I got to play an overbearing Victorian matriarch and pick on cultists and foreigners for three wonderful hours. The Mayhem over Manhattan game was also amusing, although it basically consisted of three hours of shouty improv not unlike theatre sports. And there was a GURPS game about fantasy troubleshooters, which went swimmingly until the evil wizard and his demon buddy showed up, at which point we started rolling really badly. That was fun too. We'll probably go back next year, but if we do we will need to try to arrange to have a full team, because we were frequently thrown off our stride, if not held back completely, by the random players who filled up the spare players slots (though admittedly, Cameron and (I think) Mike, the two outrageous nutbags that joined us for Mayhem, were excellent value). House - took some time off roleplaying to assuage my guilt and help Fi finish removing wallpaper glue from the house. It's all gone now. While Al and I discovered the skin-rotting qualities of immersion in water-and-sugar-soap-and-glue, she went hardware shopping and cashed in on a half-price paint sale to come back with something like fifty litres of various ceiling and wall paints. Now, we paint. Work - after taking Tuesday off to sleep off what was essentially an exhausting weekend of hard labour, scheming and screaming and general low-level stress, work has continued to be a source of little satisfaction. The big meeting upon which we had pinned our hopes of some vital decisions being made yesterday ended with nothing resolved and most of its participants in a bad mood. Meanwhile my team remains largely in a limbo of non-progress. I am seriously considering taking some leave and working on the house soon (and may well do so no matter what decisions finally end up being made). Musicality - Andrew has submitted several Spit songs to the Mperia web site, at the urging of the belligerently wonderful Warren Ellis (via his proxy, Der Simonster). I notice Warren has yet to feature Spit on his own page, but I'm sure he's getting through the Mperia slush pile. In other news, Spit eagerly await the outcome of the Triple J Unearthed competition. It's only a matter of days before Apple Sauce starts its high-rotation tour of the airways. God help you all. 0 smartarse remarks Post a Comment 0 Comments:

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