I'm getting a bit excited...
My son had a sleepover this weekend, and his friend noticed one of my Dungeons and Dragons posters on the wall. This started a line of questions about my favored character type, and pretty quickly had me asking the two of them if they wanted me to run a game for them.
We spent the next few hours building characters for the two of them, and once they both had plenty of rope in their backpacks, they kept pestering me to play... I have some really low level modules, but they are all geared toward parties of six or more, so I put it off until this coming weekend, and told them to recruit more players at school.
I'm happy to announce that they now have a full party of six, and it's pretty well rounded:
- Klarcke - Level 1, half-elf cleric, NG (played by my Boy)
- Clupix - Level 1, gnome rogue, CG (played by the Instigator)
- Badush - Level 1, half-orc barbarian, CG (I've been informed that this player wants to also be a wizard, which would be a cool multiclass)
- Leo - Level 1, elf ranger, CG
- Benjamin Prospel - Level 1, human wizard, LG
- Aaron - Level 1, half-elf fighter, TN
I've run him through at least one dungeon crawl, but I never taught him that stuff. I'm going to have to make sure that I use that as a plot device.
I'm just now realizing that it's literally been years since I DM'ed a game, and I've got a lot of work to do before Saturday. This is some work that I'll definitely enjoy.
I've never been much of a writer... In fact, I've never been very creative. All of my creativity seems to stem from problem solving ability, which I'm sure has some fancy name, but to me, it's just, not creative.
I've been carrying around a pocket notebook for 4 years now, and I normally use it to jot down notes for work, funny quotes, set lists, network sketches, but I think I'm going to start using it to journal more. I doubt that any of what I write in there will make it to the Internet, but if I find that I get more witty by writing more, I may share some.
Maybe, it's that I've never really output any of my thoughts in any sort of organized fashion (or unorganized, for that matter) is why I feel I have no innate creativity, so maybe this will be a step forward.
As it stands now (which I can mostly do on my own) I think that breaking my ankle did something to my head as well. Not being able to fend for one's self is quite humbling. I've haven't had too many traumatic experiences in my 32 years, and this one was, far and away, a bad one.
Now I'm just rambling... Let's just stop now, and I'll concentrate on watching Spooks (MI-5), and wait for my better half to get home.
What's the strangest thing you've seen living out here in the relative sticks?
Well, since my folks were both from the sticks, not much has surprised me, but the strangest thing I have seen in Front Royal, was a pick-up truck, well used, with a rifle rack in the back window, and a slew of very left-wing bumperstickers. Front Royal seems to attract left-wing transplants, and the indigenous right-wing population. It's a great mix, in my opinion.
It's a Sunday night, and I'm up for it.... Ask me anything http://formspring.me/lnxcwby
I know... that was a horrible pun.
I got the cast removed today, and I've got an Air Cast now. I am supposed to be able to start putting weight on it soon, and the doc reckons I may be able to drive my Subaru next week. THAT I am happy about.
I've found that
I have very little range of movement in my ankle, in fact less than I was expecting (though I didn't really know what to expect). I have maybe 5% of movement, moving my toes towards or away from my knee.
I do love the fact that I can have my foot FREE!
I also love the fact that I can STAND without my crutches, though I did make kind of an ass of myself while demonstrating this in the living room, where I dropped my crutches to the ground, directly out to the sides, then looked in dismay at how far away they were. Luckily, while my wife was laughing, my six year old daughter rescued me, and picked up the crutches.
I do still have a long way to go. I am going to be in this brace for at least 6 weeks.
That's all for today. I'm gonna go stretch my ankle out.
it's snowing, but I am nothing but scared of it. This broken ankle is really cramping my style.
also, this is my attempt to blog when I've been failing to do it, and just falling back to the Twitter.
I'm out of things to say for now, but I need a few more people to sign my cast. I want it to be full before they (hopefully) take it off on Tuesday.
Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 20 people including me. You can't use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song titles. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "My Life According to (BAND NAME)"
Pick Your Artist:
Pavement
Are you a female or male?
He Reigns
Describe yourself:
We Are Underused
How do you feel:
Grounded
Describe where you currently live:
Western Homes
If you could go anywhere, where would you go?
Pueblo
Your favourite form of transportation:
Transport is Arranged
Your best friend is:
Best Friend's Arm
Your favourite colour is:
Blue Hawaiian
What's the weather like:
Gold Sounds
Favourite time of day:
5 - 4 = Unity
If your life was a TV show, what would it be called:
Old to Begin
What is life to you:
Passat Dream
Your current relationship:
My First Mine
Breaking up:
Summer Babe
Looking for:
Trigger Cut
Wouldn’t mind:
Father to a Sister of Thought
Your fear:
Fin
What is the best advice you have to give:
Give It a Day
If you could change your name, you would change it to:
Silence Kid
Thought for the Day:
Zurich Is Stained
How I would like to die:
Stop Breathin'
My motto:
Type Slowly
