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Yep, that was Labor Day.
Sep. 6th, 2011 02:08 pmSo... Labor Day has come and gone. I worked three days this weekend, and gamed two. Oddly two of those days I worked from Sarah's house, wherein I helped her purge her wardrobe and discussed the mysteries of cats and boyfriends. The second of those days, I had started working at home, but Matt set the oven to self-clean without realizing that it worked by incinerating the oven's contents, thus introducing smoke into the house. He hadn't turned on the vents or opened the windows, so we were all obliged to relocate for a few hours and let things clear out. One of those things far funnier in retrospect than it is at the time. :)
We played a game of Hunter Monday night (a biweekly game) that I have to say I'm really enjoying. I play Tory Jones, a found-item sculptor, urban and braided and African-American and feminist and evidently bi, if not lesbian. Lots of Toni Morrison on her bookshelf. She does Parkour and has a good vision, and she's trying to make a living in a world with more than a little crazy behind the scenes. She's friends with Maxine and Justine from her Parkour group, although "friends" is perhaps a strong word. She calls Justine "spiderpig," as Justine is a cop.
I really like Tory. She's a strong, fierce woman who's a little angrier in general than is entirely good for her, but she channels it. She's a little geeky, but she quashes it, and she tries to stay in the real world. I enjoy playing her, to the extent that I'm going to be sad when the chronicle ends. She's a chance for me to be edgier than I normally am... but that edginess is there, nonetheless. I choose to dull it, but she hones it to a razors' edge, then welds the shit out of it. I kinda love that.
Miss my kids. I'm in a better place with that now, though. I have plans, I can see a throughline. I know where I'm going with things, and with kiddos or not, I can get there and it will be good. I am grateful for Matt and Sarah and Heather and Aaron and Nicole and my family; without them, I don't think I'd get through.
We played a game of Hunter Monday night (a biweekly game) that I have to say I'm really enjoying. I play Tory Jones, a found-item sculptor, urban and braided and African-American and feminist and evidently bi, if not lesbian. Lots of Toni Morrison on her bookshelf. She does Parkour and has a good vision, and she's trying to make a living in a world with more than a little crazy behind the scenes. She's friends with Maxine and Justine from her Parkour group, although "friends" is perhaps a strong word. She calls Justine "spiderpig," as Justine is a cop.
I really like Tory. She's a strong, fierce woman who's a little angrier in general than is entirely good for her, but she channels it. She's a little geeky, but she quashes it, and she tries to stay in the real world. I enjoy playing her, to the extent that I'm going to be sad when the chronicle ends. She's a chance for me to be edgier than I normally am... but that edginess is there, nonetheless. I choose to dull it, but she hones it to a razors' edge, then welds the shit out of it. I kinda love that.
Miss my kids. I'm in a better place with that now, though. I have plans, I can see a throughline. I know where I'm going with things, and with kiddos or not, I can get there and it will be good. I am grateful for Matt and Sarah and Heather and Aaron and Nicole and my family; without them, I don't think I'd get through.
