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[ where will i go what will i be ]
Don't really feel like writing but not as bad as last night so let me get started and we'll go from there.
Mm, time logs since those seem to be a thing I'm trying to do:
* Lots of time reading again (note to self: mention NXE later) and a bit of anime--about 24 hrs in the last 2 weeks.
* An unexpected mount of time reading Earthdawn materials (since I still haven't done any writing there either)--17 hrs.
* Lets call it 10 hrs playing games since that's what I did last night and I don't think I noted that block down...
* and just a few hours working on my webpage (since the host I'm trying to use is giving me issues and their support ticket system is kinda slow. Well, it's a free account so no complaints unless they can't tell me what the problem is.)
* and 5-6 hrs IMing people. Well at least that's /some/ social contact. With a full-time job, it's so difficult to notice my lack of Real Social Contact this year.
Still haven't gotten to the library. I'm gonna make that its own note instead of numbering it all the time.
6) Undervolted Kotomi-chan twice, temps are under 50! Whee! ^_^
A) Um... sleep schedule is DREK now. I actually was 2 hrs late to work one day; last night I was up till 8am (with no caffeine, and with only ~5 hrs sleep the night before) and slept in till about 5pm. Hoping that doesn't happen tonight but it's already after 3 so not likely. Have to wake early both Friday and Saturday this week though, so can't keep waking late like that.
B) Got to talk to that girl for about half an hour after work this past week. So that's one night out of 6 possible? That's not bad I guess.
C) Definitely feeling more depressed this past week-ish. I know what's causing some of it, and assuming that work and lack of social schedule is causing the rest.
Having a very difficult time starting doing new things v_v
All in all very unhelpful for job-hunting ._.
Other stuff:
2) Regarding GURPS--I'm not sure where my character is going now. The way I'm seeing things: Tim's character is pushing the "plot" along... my character is along for the ride and pushing some other character development... Adriane's character seems to be lazy/reactionary.
I've started branching out a bit into different fire abilities, but at this point I think I've gotten her skills/abilities "wide" enough, and I'm not really sure that making her "better" at most of them is interesting/important. Well, I could always save up 20 points to boost her base stats (just because) and I still have room to spend 6 points on "fatigue" (which she uses like spell points) but....... the IMPORTANT stuff she has is at the level that feels right for this system, and some of the more-flavorful bits almost feel like they're getting overpowered.
The good news is that we're supposedly getting a new player, which will give the girl something more to interact with.
The GM has given some hints into her background being important, and last time people tried "recovering" her it looked like the Head Honcho was there as well.... but it's not seemed to be a plot thread that the other characters have tried to follow much--and the girl by nature is not the research type. (It says so on her sheet: "Incompetence: Research") Do we have two loose cannons in this three-man cell? (Girl sure isn't a Glass Cannon, even if she is a One Trick Pony)
So she thinks she has a family now, and everyday life consists of killing/crisping the monster-of-the-day. She's pretty comfortable, and while that's nice for her, it's bad for story and for her trying to make things different.
The major downside to this character is that while she's getting comfy, the rest of the group hasn't been trying to fix her.......and she's starting to get more obviously powerful and I think her "family" may be starting to get afraid of her.
Not that they'd think of it that way, but they do go out of their way to warn NPCs about her and it kinda comes across that way. (Adriane's character is to arrogant to feel scared, it seems, but yeah.) It's almost like they're just trying to buffer her against the world, but she's not gonna get better on her own, and they're NOT getting her the help she needs.
So we'll see if the additional PC materializes and how that goes.... but I need to figure out what path she's walking. She's feels really protective towards Tim's character, but that just means that the dice were nice last week and we avoided a near-Total-Party-Kill.
Mm, so I really SHOULD figure out what would trigger her to go psychotic-playful. I'm pretty sure I couldn't play her if she gets there, but it's also not going to be a sudden switch, she has too much to learn first, and she may be recoverable if she starts to fall off that side of the fence.
Just because she's "bad at planning" doesn't mean she doesn't have goals, and it REALLY doesn't mean that I shouldn't have plans. ;)
Also... I don't remember exactly how things went down last time but I may have let the other PCs off easy going to the hospital. She has too many bad memories of that place now, even if both the other PCs seem to think of it as a vacation home XD
3) Oh, and I'm supposed to be finding a new bank. Want to get that done this month, which mostly means Tuesday afternoon or Weds/Thurs before work. Yeah, that last one's not gonna happen. Gotta go find a way to find local credit unions, and find a way to sort out which bank is "best for my needs" >_> From what I can tell there's not a lot of measurable difference between banks (aside from when interest is paid and how it accrues) but Chase has the worst interest rates, so almost anything will be better. Bah.
4) Oh! Almost forgot! I was supposed to talk about
Neon Exodus Evangelion. Considering I read it in (apparently) under 24 hours, it's a lot shorter than I remembered (hah). Overall I think I like it; it's got the usual EPU over-the-top heroic characters (which I like, or I wouldn't like Marvel comic books) though it's really not as crossovery as I expect from EPU, especially considering the number of sources they do borrow from. It does have an Original Character rather than a self-insert (for a change from EPU)... but the best point is STILL the mid-season "recap episode". I'd link to it, but it really won't make sense without reading the first two seasons. (If any of my readers insist on just reading the recap, it's labelled as episode 3:0) Let me just say... it makes me yearn for the glory days of ESPN SportsCenter. (Which may not have ever existed, since I don't watch that channel, but when it is on at work I just don't get the same feel from it. So it goes.)
Futurecasting:
* Need to go buy shoes soon. And not "I should do this..." putting it off either; just move some cash over from savings and find a mall that has multiple shoe stores.
Didn't wake up early enough today, maybe I'll have time on Tuesday?
* Oh, and my front passenger-side tire was down under 14 psi today, so need to keep an eye on that and make sure it's not a recurring issue. Haven't checked fluids and such in a while either... need to do that Tuesday if I don't wake up in the morning.
endnotes?
* Mm. Spent close to an hour on this, most of which was GURPS somehow. Unexpected.
I think I'll go for a walk! (I've got way too much energy to burn off right now)
Maybe poke at the pyro some more, maybe try to sort out some other issues? Not sure, maybe I'll just stare at the sky and environs instead? >_<
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