The Ego Mafia is in the house...

So, I subscribe to my sister’s blog and every now and again I get an email with her new posts. The things I read there leave me disturbed and discouraged. You see, I live far away from her and she is growing up and I’m not there to help her along the way. It’s sad because I had help when I was her age, and I think I should pass along that kindness in turn. I mean, I’m here in Utah and she is back in D.C. and what difference can I really make? It seems too little too far.

Any suggestions?

Folks, I wanted to let you all know that I appreciate your friendship and support. I love it that I actually get a few blog readers out there in cyberspace. I hope that you all have a great Thanksgiving, remember to be thankful for your blessings, as I know I am. Also, be nice to your families if you get to see them, because they are there to help you and they miss you.

Remember also, that even though Im super busy I miss you guys too. I would hang out with you more if I could. Just remember that. Also, for those of you who are struggling this semester (I know I am) get excited because we only have 3 weeks of school left after Thanksgiving. That alone is cause for celebration. I know Nate is celebrating.

Next semester Im going to try and update my blog not only more often, but I also intend to try to chronicle the D&D campaign that I will be running. I am super excited about that campaign, because I have all these ideas for great adventures. My only real problem right now is that I still have to decide on where I want to set my campaign. I am tempted to fall back on old habits and run a campaign in the Planes like I did for 10 years. However, I am thinking that I might want to branch out and run a campaign in a different land. I need to figure this out by next Monday so I can tell my players. They need to make their characters with this in mind. I hate being indecisive, it makes me pissed off.

Anyway, I think that’s it for this entry. Until next time, same bat time, same bat URL.

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So Kris got the quote for last week. Good job Kris. The quote is from the movie "JarHead" a really good movie about the Gulf War. Maybe I will do a movie review sometime on that one. The new quote is an easy one, because I like it when you guys can get the quote. I might put up another one after someone gets this one.

Stupid is as Stupid does...

So, on the way to school you are bound to encounter the odd pedestrian. Now, having been a pedestrian on more than one occasion I do not have anything in particular against them. However, some pedestrians give the rest of us who wear the title a bad name.

You see, the other morning as I was riding to school with Kim (she was driving) a pedestrian was walking across the street right at a turn, so they were walking diagonally across a T street. When Kim went to turn, slowing down to wait for the person, the Pedestrian gave her this Evil Eye look as if to say, "What the hell is wrong with you?! Can't you see I'm jay walking here?!!"

I love people you see, but stupid people I cannot abide. I mean, what kind of people are dumb enough to walk across a T intersection and then be pissed off at the cars that almost run them over. There was no cross walk where the person was walking, just plain old asphalt.

Sorry for the rant, but I just had to get that one out there.

I dont really have much to say right now, which is kinda sad. I mean, I have been super busy wirting a PRD paper for my Corporate Marketing class. Its really a boring subject so I wont spend much time talking about it. Let me just say, its about a game our group had to come up with and design. Its probably the longest amount of time I've ever spent to write only 3 pages. I write quite a bit in my blog, but every paragraph I write here does not require 2 or 3 hours of research. Instead, I just look up and think for a few seconds then let my fingers do the talking.

Lets talk about my TableTop RPG games right now. I am the GM (Game Master) for a Star Wars RPG Campaign. I love it and I love my players. Right now Nate, Ben, Kim, and Steph are playing. Steph is new, and I think she likes it (at least I hope she does). The game revolves around the adventures of a couple of Jedi and their friends. Right now the galaxy is at war with an army led by a group of Dark Force users called the "Dark Hand" or just "The Hand" for short. Yes, there have been a few jokes about the "Hand" being parallel to the "Foot" from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show, I didnt plan it that way, but thats how things happen sometimes and its ok.

Anyway, the "Hand" have taken over most of the outer rim and some mid-rim planets. They attacked Coruscant and failed, but it was just a diversion to open up some mid-rim planets that the Hand wanted to blockade. Their leader, Darth Ravage, is a vicious bastard who likes to play mind games with the heroes. He has a big ego but its tempered with patience and cunning. The one time they had the chance to fight him so far, he thoroughly whipped up on the party. Yeah, they werent ready for him at that point.

Our Star Wars game has only 2 sessions left before we finish it for good, and I know how I want to finish it, but I dont know if its gonna happen the way I want. We'll see though. We are switching over to play D&D next semester instead of Star Wars, so I want to end the game right; a nice climactic end to the game. Ill update this later to let you know how it goes.

The other game I play in is a D&D game that I am a PC in instead of the GM. My PC is a really fun one to play. He is a Half-Dragon/Half-Goliath named Stormrider. He has wings and stands 7 feet 11 inches tall. He wields a Huge Greatsword (almost 8 feet long; think Cloud Strife type sword) and wears Mithril Full Plate. He charges into battle without hesitation, and fights until the enemies are dead or he is dead. I love playing him.

One last thing, yesterday I got my case of Underdark Packs that I ordered. I pulled some really great rares out of there, and I got all the common and uncommon's in the set. Ive decided that Im going to buy a box every time they release a new set so that I dont have to go hunting around for the mini's that I want after the fact (which is more expensive that way too). Anyway, it was pretty exciting to get all those miniature figures of creatures that I know and love from the game.

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Ok, no one got the quote that is up. It is a quote from Kill Bill Vol. 1. Its the part when Hattori Hanzou has just finished making the Bride a sword. He swore he wouldn't make any more swords a long time ago. Yeah, its a good moment in the movie. Ill post another quote here shortly.

Insomnia, the Mother of all Insanity...

At 3:34 AM, when you have been laying in bed for over two hours unable to sleep, its strange how you're only true thoughts revolve around killing. Killing time, killing people, killing yourself...its all the same when insomnia brings along a friend (anger).

Interesting how the sweetest things in life can become the most bitter. I love to sleep. Not excessive amounts mind you, but enough to make my face look like my own in the morning and not some horror movie make-up artist's version of my face. I love to stay up late, but only of my own volition. When I am trying to sleep, that is EXACTLY what I want to happen...SLEEP!

Other random thoughts that run through your head at that time: Why does my pillow smell like my girlfriend? Who the hell decided to turn the heat up so high? My friends on the east coast are probably getting up for work soon. I bet Ill be as tired as I am awake right now in the morning, and yet I still can't sleep. I wonder if its because of the D&D game I just finished playing four hours ago. Naw, that cant be right, by all accounts I should be tired after that. I wonder if I will get all my stuff done tomorrow as I run on lowered energy levels. How the hell am I supposed to go work out tomorrow afternoon after getting so little sleep? I wonder if I'll even wake up when my alarm goes off.

Now, when my alarm finally does go off, it sounds like I am in orbit and it is sounding from my house in D.C. I however still manage to drag my psyche from some deep place and get up. Only to set my alarm for 15 minutes more and then lay back down. The dream I have during that 15 minutes involves me being late for all my meetins/classes today and not caring one bit. Ahh, sweet dreams why could you not claim me sooner?

I do however drag what feels more like my carcass than my living body out of bed to the tune of the "Its a Brand new day" song from Gantz. An utterly scary song, as anyone would know if they have seen the Anime Gantz. (An Aside: If you have not seen Gantz, and you are a Trailblazer like me, then you need to see it. It ranks in my Top 5 Anime Series of all time. I have most of the series, volume 9 doesnt come out for 10 days and Volume 10 comes out January 16th 2006, and you can borrow them from me if you like.) Scary thoughts are never the best wake up music.

As I write this, I am wide awake. This state of lucidness may or may not last. If experience is a good teacher (and generally it is) then by 3pm I will feel like I am dragging my @$$ all over the place. I could probably be a nerd at this point and plot you an exponential function of how much energy it takes, over time, to stay awake and keep active after 3 hours of sleep. It would probably look something like the x cubed fuction. Thats just sad...on so many levels.

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No one has gotten the quote yet, I dont think, but I dont have time to change it right now. So, Ill let it sit for a while and then change it when I get the chance.