Forgetful

I should stop forgetting to post on here. *shakes head*

No Tuesday For Me

Nothing today, because I said so.

In Comes More Statistics

Just when I think I have the aspects of amateur DMing down, here comes a few new rules I totally wasn't paying attention to. Figures that this would happen - and now I have even more reading to do at a time where I thought I was finished. That's just great.

Well, I suppose that encountering all this now is good as compared to encountering it all at an actual gameplay session. Otherwise, I'd be screwed in attempting to create a fair fight for my players to experience.

Relaxing Time

Here's the plan: I'm going to go relax this day. We'll figure something out later.

Developing Backstories

So much backstory needs to be created if I want to immerse everyone in an intriguing adventure. But the backstory in my current life won't be revealed on here just yet. I need more time.

Headspin

Long days at work and long planning sessions tonight. My head's spinning from all the stuff that's going on!

Forgetful Announcement

Guess what? I totally almost forgot to place something on here!

Planning and Planning

Over this past week I've found that creating this tabletop role-playing game campaign has done wonders for my creativity. I've fleshed out storylines that I had yet to use in any of my previous works. I've created characters that (hopefully) make the story interesting (provided the players don't kill them outright). I've even worked on making Lego-based miniatures of said characters (after our prior entertaining experience using Legos to represent the battlefield and what not, we had to do it again).

Now all we need is a bit more time for me to tweak the stats out and a day for all of us to get together and run this shindig. Muahahaha.

Planning by Play

Planning things... is a lot of work. Even if it looks like I'm just playing.

Fun Monday

Somehow, this Monday is actually pretty decent.

Looking Up

Today is starting to look better. Let's hope that it looks that way... even if the skies do not.

Pain and Gain

I'm going to take a gamble here and say that today is not really my day. It most certainly has that feel to it, but at the same time I can't really give up hope, can I?

*takes a look at all the stuff he wrote up for that role-playing game campaign*

...okay, with the amount of pain my wrist is in... I'm going to have to say "yes." Alas, I must go through it - otherwise, we won't have anything fun to play with.

self-Advice

Remember the formatting of your passwords. Otherwise, you'll be ONE character off... and you'll drive yourself mad in the process.

He Needs Sleep

This post has been claimed by fatigue and sleep. I apologize.

Swept Away

For the first time in ages I've actually begun work on that tabletop campaign that my friends wanted me to run. I'm about 90 minutes in, and I can safely say that I feel frazzled.

Right now, I can probably hear one of my friends laughing in the background and thinking, "Josh, I told you that this isn't that hard. You're making this look more difficult than it is." I'm sure he's right. At the same time, though, I need to find a way to bring all the eventual party members in to this game (I'm not doing that stupid "y'all meet in an inn" bullshit) in. Granted, it's not that hard... and the fact that I know I'm making a mountain out of a molehill is just making this worse.

However, I'm certain I can come up with something. All this panicked thinking is actually making my head think in other directions... other parts of the game as a whole. Potential plot lines, possible non-player character names, locales, battlefield scenarios and the like - all of that is just surging through my mind. As I attempted (and still currently attempt) to pick through the best waves to surf through in this torrent of ideas, one realization dawned on me:

This is going to be frakking awesome.

Drawn Out Again

So I just got distracted by a lot of things. Between people I haven't seen in a while, working at work, and just realizing that it's a quarter to 2200... well, yeah. You can see why I haven't really done much.

I know, I know - I haven't posted what I said I'd post yet, but I'm working on it. I'm going to see if I can get it up before the weekend's out, so let's see if I can hold myself accountable for this.

Something Like That

I'm gonna have to hold off on today. Things came up and I got distracted (like always), so we'll just have to see what I wanted to throw on here today... tomorrow. Somehow I'm not surprised.

Growing Something

Something will be here tomorrow. It won't be short, but it won't be as silly either. (Okay, that's a lie.) This is due to not keeping up with time as I'd like to, so we'll just have to pin this on me yet again.

Blooming

That work I was talking about yesterday? I'll admit that it was video game-related. I was testing some things I read about for Animal Crossing: New Leaf...

Blue pansies!

...and I think I got them. Wahoo! Now to keep repeating this!

Let's See

Something's coming tomorrow.

Not Focused Yet Again

Sometimes it's hard to get fully focused on something 100%. Well, for me it is, at least. Between getting distracted by numerous things (and numerous websites) and having waaaaaaaay too much on your plate at all times, it's kind of hard to concentrate on what you want to do.

And indeed it is. I wanted to try working on some things (a few writing projects and some things on Minecraft, among others), but... alas, here I am, typing something relatively short. It's how it is, even though I promised you.

And now my girlfriend's making me play Super Mario Sunshine after she found out I only played about the first five minutes of it. Welp... here I go!

Waiting is Hell

CURRENT MUSIC:
Nobuo Uematsu - "Timber Owls"
Final Fantasy VIII Original Soundtrack

I feel like this particular piece is one of the most definitive "I'm bored!" musical pieces ever.

Scatterbrained Again

I don't know what to write. I'm not feeling 100%, to be honest.

Errand Running is Work

I've had to run a lot of errands today. It sucked, but such is the way of life. Some things need to be done so that other things can happen - it's a known fact. And I think it's going to work out to my benefit sometime soon.

Well, at least I think it'll work to my benefit. Ah, we'll see.

Looking Back to Look Forward

Back when I first started this blog, I had the crazy intention of making this a personal blog for me to fall back to when I become famous. Some of the more casual celebrities maintain personal blogs that they update - they post pictures of their lives, talk about their next big appearance, or just write things that their fans seem to enjoy. I told myself that if I were to become well-known, people would follow this here blog and what not.

Two-point-five years later: I'm at the same level of fame that I was at before: nonexistent. And that's okay. I have some friends who (for some godsforsaken reason) check this site out frequently, even at this trying time when the quality seems... well, infrequent. That's what this month is for - to recharge myself and get myself back to an operating condition strong enough to start posting higher-quality entries more and more frequently.

And then after that, I'll work on the whole "getting famous" thing. Seems like a challenge right now, but I have the feeling that I will one of these days. Y'all just watch.

Aching

I need to work on some things today. That, and I feel achy as well. Which sucks considering that my "work on some things today" involves typing some things out, which is a little problematic considering that it's my wrists that feel achy. Carpal tunnel or too much Minecraft, I don't know just yet. Either way... the rest of the day ought to be entertaining...

I Hate When I Find New Things

This is because my friends keep showing me cool things that I end up getting addicted to. Dammit, friends! Why do y'all do this to me, you crazy jerks with amazing tastes in things?

Freedom of Idiocy

With all the illegal fireworks that keep going off all around the neighborhood, I'm expecting one of three things to happen before midnight in this area.

1. A (child) fatality due to a mishandled explosive.
2. The smell of brimstone and gunpowder will make the rest of the night stink.
3. Someone's vehicle or house gets hit. Results will vary.

Seriously. I get that the United States of America is a (somewhat) free country and that its apparent birthday is today. However, that doesn't mean one should be going off and lighting every single firework that possesses a string fuse. (Or any explosive, for that matter.)



*sighs* At the rate things are going outside, I think I'd prefer getting hit by a tank shell.

Regardless of things outside, happy Fourth of July to you Americans out there!

Building Things

And it's a lot of fun!

Musical Rainfall

CURRENT MUSIC:
Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori - "Deference For Darkness"
Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack

Remember long ago when I posted something about Halo 3: ODST's soundtrack? Of course you don't. That was a long time ago, back when I was posting good-quality entries like a madman. Nowadays, I just feel like a poor bastard in need of catharsis. A different time... a different era. But I digress.

Let the Second Half Commence

The second half of 2013... what does it have in store? What events shall unfold?