I feel bad and beautiful

Last night was our third meet up to play Call of Cthulhu with some random stranger types that Captain and I sort of randomly joined up with? As in, we got an e-mail one day from a guy who was all "I too am interested in playing this game, and am willing to run it, and also I have found other individuals you have never met who want to play, so you should drive out into this neighborhood you have never seen and come up to this apartment that may or may not be soundproofed and meet these people who may or may not be real life cultists waiting to sacrifice you in some archaic ritual meant to appease a long forgotten god... or we could just role play for awhile."

Long story short, no sacrifices. And we did get the game moved to the game store (at least temporarily) so no more random apartments, either.

Anywho, our GM/Storyteller really really has put a lot of thought into the backstory, and really wants our characters to learn all about the history of whatever it is we're investigating. Which, on one hand, cool that he's but all this effort into it. On the other... slightly boring? I mean, my character is A) not even there during most of the long, drawn out exposition scenes and B) a PI who would rather deal in cold hard facts than listen to some mumbo jumbo gobbledy gook about Hitler having some sort of supernatural researching team of whatevers trying to find who knows what to do who knows what at some point, and also something about a Black Pharaoh and body morphing and blah blah biscuit cakes. Also, he really gets into role playing his NPCs, mannerisms, stands up and paces around, funny voices, all that. And does that thing where he holds up his hand next to his head as "antlers" to show that he's going to be speaking out of character now, and also he wants us to do the same thing (so I just pretend everything I say is in character because that looks silly).

I suspect GM comes from the White Wolf/Mind's Eye school of role playing, rather than the DnD Let's Kill Them All school. Which is cool... but also makes for an hour to play out one scene with only two PCs that is Entirely Made Up of Exposition. Entirely.

So, I ordered some sushi (Which came with two full on shrimp bodies minus tails but including legs and heads and eyes and antenna which was strange, also Captain made one of them dance and wave at people over the top of my Styrofoam box.), borrowed a piece of notebook paper, and ended up writing some Exchange fic out longhand.

I felt bad later when the GM got all excited and asked me if I was taking game notes and I had to tell him no.

Not bad enough to stop writing, mind.

All I can figure is that Captain suddenly turns into a furnace at some point during the night and starts giving off fifty bajillion degrees of heat that makes me end up rolling out of bed at five something in the morning because OMG TOO HOT!

I even stumbled out to the living room to check the brand new thermostat to make sure it wasn't randomly trying to broil me alive again. (Seriously, yesterday afternoon it decided that instead of being 72 degrees like we set it, it should really be 85, and by the time I noticed it was getting warmer, it was nearly up to 80 and I was all "NOOOO, stop that, bad thermostat!" and then I made Captain read the instructions and supposedly he reprogrammed it to stop defaulting to 85 three times a day for no real reason.)

Anywho, while I was standing in the kitchen because I was thirsty (because OMG TOO HOT!) and trying to convince myself that an oatmeal cream pie doesn't actually count as a breakfast food just because it has oatmeal in it (I ate one anyway, oops) I had the bestest idea for a RPG EVAH!

A Star Wars/Lovecraftian cross-over!

And then Captain woke up and totally burst my bubble by handing me a copy of Death Troopers, which is a Star Wars/Zombie horror novel.

Also, I have an exchange fic to finish before I can let myself be distracted by all the plotty detail things necessary for world building an RPG. AND, even if I had the time to do it right now, it will be nearly impossible to find people to play my (hopefully) creepy, creepy Star Wars/Lovecraftian game because sometimes hard-core gamer dudes are all "Sure, chicks can play with us because we like the idea of being around people who smell nice once in awhile. BUT chicks can't GM because that would be silly, and what do chicks really know about monsters/Star Wars/how to be a furry-footed burrower?" I know, I know, I'm totally using stereotypes about gamer dudes, bad Miah, but it really is difficult to find people willing to trust a new GM. Sometimes doubly so when the new GM is a girl. Even if she has run a game or ten before.

So, I run the risk of putting a lot of work into world/mythos/lore building only to find out I have no one but Captain to run a game for. If you consider that Captain is sort of more informed about the Star Wars universe than I am (also, he has some absurd need to actually apply physics to things when I tend to go more toward dramatic comedy shenanigans), and he totally has more knowledge of all things Lovecraft... it could be a very boring/annoying game for both of us if he's my only player.

Also, there would be sniping at each other, because that's what we do when one of us is running a game. We argue over things like obscure rules and physics and canon and whether or not that sentient tree with the leafy tentacles really would have a resistance to blaster bolts or if I was just making that up to annoy my husband. (Short answer? Yes to the second.)

Anywho, this is me making a note for when Captain goes to WLC in a few weeks, reminding myself that I should be done with my Exchange fic by then (knock on wood, fingers crossed, salt over the shoulder) and therefore should have the time to work on an awesomesauce storyline for my totally original and not at all done to death RPG idea.

Now, it's been three hours since I woke up, Captain has left for work, the bed should be cool again, I think it's nap time.

Why is it that the more things you mark off a To-Do list, the more items appear on it?

In the last month I finished my wedding album (only took five years, thank you very much) and several other things that have been sitting on my list for a long time, yet there are now another five to ten things on the already large list.

I've had to break the thing down into categories.( Read more... )

Is YIM being a pest for anyone else?

First, I want to apologize to the people who read my previous entries and didn't catch the link at the end or the zombie tag and were concerned that something had happened on base. No terrorists, no weird government conspiracies, no zombies, just me playing around for Blog Like It's the End of the World day. I started to feel a bit guilty after the first YIM, and by the third person I felt really bad.

Of course, my husband thought it was hilarious and told me not to my posts down and then distracted me with D&D.

Second, speaking of Captain, his leave for July has been denied which will greatly alter our plans for the Harry Potter book release week extravaganza I had been planning on thelittlechill. However, I have been talking to rewil, and it looks like she's willing to meet us half way and pick me up just south of Wichita on the 20th so that Captain can remain within his 250 mile radius of doom and I can still hang with my friends on Friday night and Saturday.

Thirdly, ( Read more... )

And finally, in better news, Blog like a zombie day has inspired me to pull out all my old "Hunter: The Reckoning" books, and I've started working on a campaign that I would like - if I can figure out how - to run simultaneously on-line through greatest journal/chat/something and here in RL with our small D&D group, which means that people who are not here in RL could also play and be involved because Hunter is one of those games where people can pop in and out without too much trouble. If I do get things sorted out enough to figure out how to run it on-line, if anyone is interested in playing, let me know.

Oh, and we watched The Messangers(sp?) last night, which would have been better if I wasn't half-asleep, perhaps. Even in my drowsy, not really paying attention way, I still managed to blurt out about fifty minutes into the movie my take on what was really happening and what was going on... and I was right, which tells me if I could figure it out while taking mini-naps, perhaps it wasn't as mysterious or scary as they thought.

Quick pic:

Tonight's spider monster as represented by what we had on hand. Photo taken by cell phone.

( Pic behind the cut to save the flist )

Two ladies that I adore (and one that I haven't met yet, but I'm sure she's a peach, too) have been building a project that I think is unique and once more, I'm here to pimp it.

The deadline for turning in an application is tomorrow (September 22nd), but don't let that freak you out. There's still time if you work on it tonight. I swear.

Of course I'm talking about murderatmidnite - Dinner at Seven, Murder at Midnight. It's an AU HP RPG and a murder mystery set over three days near Christmas of 2000. The game is only going to be running for three months real time, and it's a darker game - in other words, don't expect happy and fluffy.

There is no Voldemort. Harry Potter was sorted into Slytherin. Sirius Black, Tom Riddle and Severus Snape were all adopted by the same man and are... family (not that they're particularly pleased about being related). Everyone has a secret. And someone is going to die before the gathering is through.

Dun Dun Duuuuunnnn.

Take a look at the current cast list, there are some parts still free. (broken_defenses is me, btw.)

If I hadn't gotten a part, I'd be reading anyway, so keep that in mind.

Haven't really had an urge to post here lately because I've been working on other things.

• Finished reformatting the cast page for __lightning__ to make it look all shiny and sparkly and pretty. Which is Miah code for "I added user images".
  
• Painting D&D figs - in the last month I have retouched two dragons and a black pegasus, as well as painted two more dragons. The white dragon turned out gorgeous and pearlescent and I really wish I could get a good picture of it to put on here. I'll keep working on that.
  
• Have started yet another busy work/pretty/slightly useful to non-player projects for Lightning that will be something of a long term project. I could, and probably will, ask for some assistance at some point from the other players but for the moment it's all just me typing away to my heart's content with the new toy.
  
• Began knitting coasters out of extra yarn two nights ago. I've just started the fourth coaster, and once it's finished I shall attempt matching placemats.
  
• Family is coming to visit next week so I've cleaned the house - Captain helped muchly.
  
• Sat down with all of the boxes of photos I have and sorted them into four piles of vaguely chronological order. At some point I need to go through each pile and do the same, listing who, where, and when on the backs. Did I mention I have five boxes of photos?
  
• And I can't forget RP. Although with everything else going on there has been less RP than usual.
  

OH, and BPAL updated with their Halloween/Order of the Dragon/Trick or Treat scents and they taunt me.

One of the ladies I RP with on __lightning__ recently posted on her LJ about a new endeavor she's helping mod, and I think it's a really interesting idea so I wanted to pass it along to you guys.

This is the link back to her LJ and the post that describes murderatmidnite.

It's a Harry Potter RP with some twists. 1) It's only going to run for three months (October 1st through January 1st) real time, which is three days game time. 2) It's a murder mystery who-dunnit. 3) It's a mix of canon and AU (Harry isn't famous and was put into Slytherin House for one, Tom Riddle isn't Voldemort and no second war for another). But the big AU changes so far are all listed in the links on orcatiff's post.

So, if you've been thinking about applying for an RP somewhere but haven't wanted to commit yourself to something long term, you might want to look into it. Be forewarned though they do stress there shall be adult themes so 18+ only to apply and if RP'd smut/slash/femmeslash offends, it's probably not the game for you.

If I can manage to squeeze a bit more time out of my busy social calender I'm tempted to apply for a part myself.

BTW, I am in no way affiliated with this RP, nor am I getting any kind of kick back for mentioning it. I just think it's sort of cool.

I'm on vacation.

Go me.

Have some amusing stories and some pics to share already, but will wait to do that when I get home. Also have some very cranky things to say that I've been sparing my flist because I'm nice that way.
Did get to see Baby C, yay!

Also, we've done the first of the summary "broadcasts" for Lightning - the Harry Potter RPG I help mod. The broadcast has five reporters that handle different "stories" to give new readers a better clue on what's been happening.

The best part though, is at the end where Bellatrix Lestrange is the Agony Aunt. She'll answer your letters if you send them in.

Headaches. Constantly.

Still no word about the blood work taken on June 30th. Army hospital bastages.

Going back to KS soon to see friends and family.

House is filthy, don't buggering care. Will clean it when I return from vacation.

RPing, plotting and giggling lots so that's a bright spot.

And The Scarf has only 33 more rows to be knitted before I can work on tassels and blocking and tucking in the ends.