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Getting there
May. 3rd, 2011 01:17 amFirst off, I know I missed my pseudo-traditional reposting of Jonathan Coulton's "First of May" on the appropriate date this year. I just didn't feel like it. Sue me.
Later this week, I'm turning 30. Honestly, with everything as it's been the last couple of years, I'm not sure what to think about it. I'm not feeling self-conscious about my age or feeling old or anything like that, but I have been reflecting more and more on stupid mistakes I've made over the last few years. Things I did badly, or things I could or should have done but just didn't. And that's more because after this week, a few things are going to fall into place that'll give me the opportunity to finally get my life under control and get it going the way I wanted it. I'm just lamenting that I screwed things up badly enough that I had to wait for this possible catalyst to get it started.
In other news, writing's going well-ish. Currently lining up a couple of beta readers to start showing some of the new stuff to. Not really much I feel like going into regarding that.
Also, for the times when I need a break from fiction, I'm considering a gaming-related essay about the effect that MMORPGs have had on tabletop gaming. And I don't just mean the 'I can't get people for my WoD game because they're all busy playing WoW' factor. I'm referring more to the fact that these days I'm seeing a lot of people trying to adapt tactics and play philosophies from online computer gaming to tabletop formats where those tactics either don't fit, don't make sense, or both. The essay would be asking folks to be more aware of when/if they themselves are doing this and reminding players in their games to not fall into that trap. I'm not expecting much to come of it, but it's something I've got floating around in my headspace that needs to get out.
In other news, I'm gearing up for my summer convention stuff. I'll be hitting Anthrocon in late June and then Gencon in August. And as per usual, I lost track of the time and waited more than twelve hours to sign up for my Gencon events so everything was taken. And on top of that, as I mentioned to a couple of folks earlier in the year I lost track of the event scheduling deadlines as well so I missed my opportunity to try and run something. So probably most of what I'll be doing is L5R-related stuff and maybe a seminar or two (but those are awkward to schedule because the tourneys take up most of the day so it's a matter of 'Well, I'll probably know by then if it's worth it to keep playing, but I dunno...'). Anybody else hitting either of those conventions?
Later this week, I'm turning 30. Honestly, with everything as it's been the last couple of years, I'm not sure what to think about it. I'm not feeling self-conscious about my age or feeling old or anything like that, but I have been reflecting more and more on stupid mistakes I've made over the last few years. Things I did badly, or things I could or should have done but just didn't. And that's more because after this week, a few things are going to fall into place that'll give me the opportunity to finally get my life under control and get it going the way I wanted it. I'm just lamenting that I screwed things up badly enough that I had to wait for this possible catalyst to get it started.
In other news, writing's going well-ish. Currently lining up a couple of beta readers to start showing some of the new stuff to. Not really much I feel like going into regarding that.
Also, for the times when I need a break from fiction, I'm considering a gaming-related essay about the effect that MMORPGs have had on tabletop gaming. And I don't just mean the 'I can't get people for my WoD game because they're all busy playing WoW' factor. I'm referring more to the fact that these days I'm seeing a lot of people trying to adapt tactics and play philosophies from online computer gaming to tabletop formats where those tactics either don't fit, don't make sense, or both. The essay would be asking folks to be more aware of when/if they themselves are doing this and reminding players in their games to not fall into that trap. I'm not expecting much to come of it, but it's something I've got floating around in my headspace that needs to get out.
In other news, I'm gearing up for my summer convention stuff. I'll be hitting Anthrocon in late June and then Gencon in August. And as per usual, I lost track of the time and waited more than twelve hours to sign up for my Gencon events so everything was taken. And on top of that, as I mentioned to a couple of folks earlier in the year I lost track of the event scheduling deadlines as well so I missed my opportunity to try and run something. So probably most of what I'll be doing is L5R-related stuff and maybe a seminar or two (but those are awkward to schedule because the tourneys take up most of the day so it's a matter of 'Well, I'll probably know by then if it's worth it to keep playing, but I dunno...'). Anybody else hitting either of those conventions?
