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February 08, 2004
A'maze'ing
Last night's game was so awesome. Not only did we get further than I had hoped we would (which has never happened before), but the party managed to successfully navigate a maze dictated by me to them with only minor mistakes. The entire maze! I thought it would at least take this week's and part of next week's game... One night, though. Wow. Not only that, it's the first time someone has gained 3 levels in one night, and decently high levels at that (8, 9, and 10). By 5:30 everyone still had energy because it went so well. Gladiatorial combat, completing a large prison maze, everyone getting at least one level, rescuing a lot of prisoners, finding everyone's confiscated equipment, and fighting sahuagin on even terms really makes for a great game.
So now here I sit, exhausted as I am every Sunday, in the labs, sort of working on my Mama Fratelli portrait. I don't like the way it's going, but I think that's mostly because of the colors I chose (which are easily changeable). I've got a decent amount of work to complete today, but it should be manageable as long as I don't cheat and play Castlevania: Symphony of the Night again. Now that is also a good game.
Keep on reading for more...
I've been thinking about the summer too. What do I want to do? I have a lot of options... I could go to Japan on one of multiple programs, which would be really cool. I've been invited to Singapore as well. I could stay down here, find a summer job, and work all summer on art and whatever my job may be, or I could go back home and work at Creek Run Day Camp again, which gives me almost 2 months of free time to do whatever I want. All of these options are appealing to me, and each one is more appealing to me at different times. Right now I'm leaning towards going home, but it seems to change week-to-week. The reason I want to go home now is to build a sort of gaming/social area in my basement that serves the same purpose as my living room does all summer, only we don't have to worry about guests coming, or cleaning it up every night, or waking my parents up. Of course, most of my "summer projects" never come to fruition, so it's hard to say if this will actually happen. Though it sounds so fun... Going overseas is such an exciting idea, especially because I would really be a fish out of water, not speaking the language or knowing the culture. That's really a kind of adventure that I've always wanted and I know that this sort of opportunity won't come very often once I'm out of college and need to support myself on my own. At the same time I'm not sure if it would really be a useful expenditure of my time; I don't really need a big vacation, and the huge cost just stuns me, even though my parents would pay for it. Stay here would be the least fun, since I would be alone all summer. On the other hand it would theoretically be the best way to be productive, plus I wouldn't have to go through the incredible hassle of finding storage, packing up, moving out, and then driving all the way back to New Jersey. (Wow, this post got long. It just occurred to me that a lot of my posts, this one not excluded, start on one topic and end on a completely different one, thus making the title somewhat irrelevant. Let's see if I can't steer it back on course...) So many choices, and not one of them is clearly the right or the wrong path. Why, it's almost like I am in a "maze" of my own, with no clear map of where I need to go. Well, at least I have more than a single night to find the path. (How'd that sound?)
Posted by dminky at February 8, 2004 04:07 PM
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