Friday 31 July 2015

well


started the Nasal irrigation on Monday
worked like a charm
I'm still vulnerable to stuff that triggers allergies sudden drop in temperature today

but generally much much better
I'm thinking more clearly my sense of smell is coming back (and taste)
concentration is better

so how much better I get will have to wait and see

but it brings me to a point

my home is a tip
my health is crap
money's okay

work is ...... not something I'm allowed to discuss on social media ... which tells you something about work

anyway I want to spend some serious time exploiting the fact I feel better and fix things so tonight is effectively my last night of pure freedom - because tomorrow I start to Fix things

I may need help with this but since I don't know whats going to happen I can't say for sure

this weekend cleaning the flat (ongoing)
next weekend me Rob, Mark and Langley playing Magic then beer

it's a start

J

Saturday 18 July 2015

new idea (notice I did not say plan)

I like Horror

(also Sci Fi and fantasy but these days mostly horror)

now, for well decades Fantasy has been the staple for RPG's I've reffed/played which is fine

but I'd like to have a more 'horrory' gaming life

so

I'm od'ing on Horror (ish) stuff (restarted Supernatural and catching the strain and penny dreadful)

and my game writing will I think reflect this - after all from a normal persons view the monsters taken for granted in fantasy RPG's would be bloody scary (If I hadn't killed around  50,000 Orcs over the years i'd be frightend but now it's blegh) so trying a different approach

:)

Monday 6 July 2015

The Future

this is going to be keeping me busy

Magic the Gathering soon (as soon as I shake the rest of this Virus)
(next expansion already paid for 11 days till it ships)

Turning it up on Comics collectiing

and the Big one - I am running Rappan Athuk in my part of the Tuesday game it could take a year or so to get through with the format for the group we're using

and then (depending on if the 5e ruleset works (still haven't played it yet))

no more reffing Pathfinder for me

I will be switching officially to 5e after Rappan

I've said it before - but PF in my opinion is massively unbalanced if not strictly control and quite frankly thats not my idea of fun so not doing it any more

*end of line*

J

Friday 3 July 2015

To thine own self be true

been off sick this week (most of it)
Hayfever turned Sinitus get this every year

been watching tons of TV and some small tidying (difficulty breathing and the heat which makes it difficult to breathe makes lots of doings well erm difficult)

also some thinking

I collect stuff
RPG's (went into boardgames a little but getting over that now), Who stuff, some novels by particular authors (Tolkien, King and a few others)

but space being what it is having to get more electronic books these days

and thats the thing I am a collector thats who I have to be true to

but some practical factors are rearing ugly heads

so from here on out I am being true to myself (with some restrictions)

I am collecting Who stuff (don't even go there its written  in stone)
I am collecting DC comics with primary focus on Justice League, Green Lantern, Teen Titans and the Justice Society (if they ever bring it back) - these include the 'Families' attached (Green Lantern Corps, Justice League (europe or whatever) and so on

RPG's are taking a back burner (I would like to acquire Call of Cthulhu and World of Darkness stuff but theres no rush)

Marvel comics is going to be awkward - Rob a while ago suggested I just collect the ones I'm interested (sounds like a blindingly obvious thing to say but it's not) Comics are interconnected you have storylines crossing over into different titles and then you finish up with odd comics in titles you don't normally collect and to someone like me thats like a red rag to a bull

So I think I am going to go electronic with Marvel Comixology and Marvels own digital service look good

so new external drive for comics

but if I walk into a charity shop and see a butt load of good condition marvel (or Batman/Superman comics I will leap upon them and feed)

but for the most part restricted (I love trawling Ebay for deals)

I have 3 days before I am going back to work and I want to get the closet done over those 3 days

I need to get some more comic boxes in and to retrieve the boxes of comics stored at Marks for the last few years (If they have survived)

and lots of listing

big project - love it

ONWARD!!!!!