Posted 3:42 PM by Tim
Was into the game store today having a chat with people here and there. Saw this guy that looked familiar, but I couldn't place the face. After a brief discussion with each other, we realized that not only do we both know someone out here, but we also knew each other from earlier in our lives. We both lived in Halifax at the same time, and were more or less interested in the same sorts of hobbies, and even hung out at the same store.

Just the fact that we knew each other was impressive enough. That we still managed to know the same sorts of people, and knew people in our current circle of friends was additionally flooring. Beyond that, that we should both be in the same area, and, more to the point, in the same store, was just freakish. Still, maybe we'll manage to get a game on some time soon.

Just gotta start painting the stuff up. Get back to work me!

Posted 5:25 PM by Tim
Just a quick post today.

On the weekend, I picked up a book on drawing in the manga style. I didn't even really look at it, other than the cover and the title. I think I wouldn't have borrowed it if I had. First, it's really thin. Not a lot in there, and second, there's not a lot in there that I don't already know from reading other books. Still, there was one or two items that I can take away from the book, and that's good enough for me. Its got me drawing again a little bit, and I'm halfways liking the way the stuff is coming out right now. Not that I'm any good at it, but it is something I can spend a little time enjoying. As if I have enough time for all of that though... seriously got to start dropping some hobbies.

I will say that I've managed to resist the call of a couple of very interesting things lately. And that's been good for me I think. I do like lots of stuff, but I don't need to get fully involved in everything, right?

Maybe I'll see if I can get in a little drawing time this evening too.

Posted 5:19 PM by Tim
No posts for two weeks, and so much has happened.

I'm down to 195 on my scale, which is nice. I'm still looking at the 180 number on the scale, but now, I can finally see it. Heh.

I got word that someone I knew when I was growing up has died of cancer. Death's shotgun is getting closer all the time. I wasn't too personally affected by the death, but it did make me think for a few minutes.

A friend of mine is going to be institutionalized. Not exactly what anyone on this side of the fence wants, but there's nothing I can do. I can recommend running away, but only if you've got any chance of surviving in the outside world. Winter is never a good time to run off somewhere. Especially if you're going to be living on the street. The late spring and early summer are the best times. You'll stay warm enough at night, and you'll have months to learn how to survive. By the time the snow starts falling, you'll have either figured it out, or managed to get off the street. That's the hope anyway.

Life is more or less the same. The money situation isn't getting any better. This is starting to feel like the way things are going to be. I don't like it, but there isn't a whole lot I can do to chantge it.

Thanksgiving came and went. We invited some friends over to share the food, and it worked out pretty well. We've got enough left over food for now, but that'll probably change before too long. We didn't bother with the traditional turkey, 'cause we're not that big on tradition. A good baked ham is always nice.

We're coming up on November again (already!) and that means NaNoWriMo. I'm looking forward to it. This year, there's going to be difficult. I'm far busier now than I've been the last two years. In 2002, I had a huge commute, and didn't drive myself, so I could work on the way to work. In 2003 I started out being unemployed, then started with a job that had no real commute, and no free time to do the writing. This year, I've got the commute again, but I drive myself, and my job doesn't leave me with a lot of time to write. I'm hoping to squeeze it in, first thing in the morning. Just going to have to start getting up early enough to get the typing going.

I've got a couple of items running about in my head, and not to give too much away, it looks like a dead heat between vampires and superpowers. I've had a partial idea to write something based on the 40K genre, but I'm just not sure I can pull that off convincingly. We'll have to see what sticks out the most in my mind over then next few weeks.