This Is My Life

Yesterday was fun. I talked with some friends that I see only about twice a year, got to roleplay a fun scene for an hour or so before the players of the game decided it was time to kill me, and was treated to bacon-wrapped scallops cooked on the grill when I got home.

There's not much more you can do better in one day.

And now a few quick announcements before I get to work* today.

1) For all three of you that are in my D&D group (hi turbotroll, ariochqw, and venakali!), game is on for Wednesday. I guess we'll all just eat before-hand like we have been doing? Prepare for this game to potentially go late, as this will be the last Wednesday game we play, so if we want the campaign to end and not just fizzle like most of them..well..a lot needs to get done.

2) Party Plans Made. Sunday, July 30th. If you are in the area, will be visiting, or whatever, we are going to have a day-time bring-a-dish-to-pass party on the 30th. It will go from 11 until about 5 or whenever everyone goes home. Since most people work on Monday I don't know that we'll have people here until 5:30am the next day, but it's been known to happen once or twice. Please let me know if you're interested in attending.

3) I'm not wearing a shirt and almost never do when I'm working fom home because I find them to be too constrictive. Hah! Now you've got that picture in your mind!

4) There is no number 4.

90% of you can skip this - it's about LARPing, or NOT LARPing, as the case may be.

See, recently I decided to go to a game that I had sworn off. Basically the owner said "Look, it's always a lot more fun when you're there, please come and NPC." I decided that since NPCing is free, and I'd have a car to leave in at any time that I might get too bored, or whatever the case may be, I may as well do it. The date was set, and I was ready to go. I had gotten time off, well, made sure it was okay time to not be around anyways, and all set, happy to be trying again and even happier that I might be able to bring some friends along! It'd be great, NPCing with good friends that I KNOW are good roleplayers.

Then the date changed. Apparently someone didn't pay the site fee BEFORE telling the players the schedule. The date changing makes it impossible for me to go. I can't say I was surprised, but definately unhappy. I emailed the owner to tell him that I wouldn't be there. Terse email, short and to the point without being rude.

His response was this, verbatim*, in its entirety:

and with you, your friends too? Just curious... =)

Owner's Name

I mean, I wasn't looking for "Oh, that's too bad, I'm sorry" or "Damn it, Spock, we can't do this without you!" But ouch. All he cares is that he's going to be out a few more NPCs.

Fantastic. Makes me feel great after the talk-up I got. *sigh*

I'm writing this late at night because almost no-one ever sees them. The fact that it's a weekend makes it even that much more unlikely to bug people's friends lists. Just had to rant on something that only a handful of you get. Sorry to the others.

*Except that he had his name instead of "owner's name" there.