Inertia & Momentum. A Love Story.
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vianegativaInertia.
Inertia has lit upon me like an albatross about my neck. I have for the past two days done not ONE thing of consequence, purpose, or meaning, all thanks to our glowing friend The Computer and a voyeuristic mood. I've been content to sit, too lazy to even dress, and read LiveJournal, read mail, watch a spot of television, and masturbate excessively. I am withdrawn, snappy, and irritating as hell to my partners, or so I would imagine.
*shakes off the cobwebs*
So let us see what needs to be done.
1) I have a game to write. I was flattered when my old gaming group asked me to run a rebooted version of Star Trek: Perseus, but I've not put one thing to paper or disk as yet.
The game itself is set during the Dominion War, in another theater of the war, across MANY unexplored sectors. The ship itself is named the U.S.S. Perseus, Excelsior-class, NCC-62389.
My style of game has always been darker, more intrigue-laden, more like Deep Space Nine. It would best be described as a blending of Deep Space Nine, Farscape, and Babylon 5, all thematically blended and set in a purely canonical Star Trek setting.
God, that sounds like a fruit smoothie or something.
Anyway, I use less humanoids than Gene Roddenberry would in my games because I think my players are wise enough to catch the metaphors without having to attach two arms and legs to them.
The current dilemma is players. Not CAN I get them, but who will fit best and how many. I'm still pondering & I have to produce brilliance in less than a week. Urgh.
2) My house needs some final touches before I can rent it, including siding repair, deadbolt locks, and an A/C recharge. My bear is generously footing the bill for all this as I am Poor, but he knows its a solid investment.
Aside from helping him rescreen a few window frames, I did NOTHING last night, not even return to my house to put them back IN. Instead, I went to sleep and awoke at 8:30, attempting to put together a game plan.
*sigh* Just plan lazy.
On top of this the lawn (or Darkest Africa, as I now call it) beckons. I need to get a brushcutter and wreak some ecological havoc on that lawn, preferably when the sun is setting.
3) I need to revamp my comic club and put together fliers to pass out at Comicon TOMORROW. I totally have been slack in this court, and towards my store in general this past week. Mea Culpa. Time to move on helping the store back on its feet.
I feel a bit as though I'm trying to get the water out of an ocean by using a bucket. A little manuevering and evilness on my part could secure my own store and a fair job working there. Why am I not treading that path?
4) Employment, anyone? I still need to decide if I'm going for a scut job while returning to Academia. I'm leaning towards it heavily, I just need to take a few steps in the right direction. Again, I need to put some wind into my own sails for this.
I have garnered a pile of applications, but I have yet to make a dent in them. Obviously this is a new priority, or at least should be immediately after the 4th holiday.
5) I've been a lackluster friend. I missed calling J last night, totally blew off Duke all day, and kind of ignored blithwolf when he was visiting later in the evening. I need to be less introspective and more interactive with these goodly souls, particularly Blith & Duke whom remain two important people in my life.
6) It's Wednesday. I COULD go to the store and help with the comic order. We shall see. A little retail drudgery might gird me up to tackle these other projects in front of me. That would mean getting to read this weeks books as well, a definite perk.
7) Project: Little Black Book still needs some work done before I present my findings to Big Kahuna next week. There is much to do: Pricing to be gotten, contracts drawn up, and plans to be laid. I just have a few hundred more things to do.
I need, I think, to draw up a to-do list and strictly not vary from it to accomplish what needs doing. I think I'll step away from the glowing box and put one together.
*thoughts disseminated, mind at peace*
Inertia has lit upon me like an albatross about my neck. I have for the past two days done not ONE thing of consequence, purpose, or meaning, all thanks to our glowing friend The Computer and a voyeuristic mood. I've been content to sit, too lazy to even dress, and read LiveJournal, read mail, watch a spot of television, and masturbate excessively. I am withdrawn, snappy, and irritating as hell to my partners, or so I would imagine.
*shakes off the cobwebs*
So let us see what needs to be done.
1) I have a game to write. I was flattered when my old gaming group asked me to run a rebooted version of Star Trek: Perseus, but I've not put one thing to paper or disk as yet.
The game itself is set during the Dominion War, in another theater of the war, across MANY unexplored sectors. The ship itself is named the U.S.S. Perseus, Excelsior-class, NCC-62389.
My style of game has always been darker, more intrigue-laden, more like Deep Space Nine. It would best be described as a blending of Deep Space Nine, Farscape, and Babylon 5, all thematically blended and set in a purely canonical Star Trek setting.
God, that sounds like a fruit smoothie or something.
Anyway, I use less humanoids than Gene Roddenberry would in my games because I think my players are wise enough to catch the metaphors without having to attach two arms and legs to them.
The current dilemma is players. Not CAN I get them, but who will fit best and how many. I'm still pondering & I have to produce brilliance in less than a week. Urgh.
2) My house needs some final touches before I can rent it, including siding repair, deadbolt locks, and an A/C recharge. My bear is generously footing the bill for all this as I am Poor, but he knows its a solid investment.
Aside from helping him rescreen a few window frames, I did NOTHING last night, not even return to my house to put them back IN. Instead, I went to sleep and awoke at 8:30, attempting to put together a game plan.
*sigh* Just plan lazy.
On top of this the lawn (or Darkest Africa, as I now call it) beckons. I need to get a brushcutter and wreak some ecological havoc on that lawn, preferably when the sun is setting.
3) I need to revamp my comic club and put together fliers to pass out at Comicon TOMORROW. I totally have been slack in this court, and towards my store in general this past week. Mea Culpa. Time to move on helping the store back on its feet.
I feel a bit as though I'm trying to get the water out of an ocean by using a bucket. A little manuevering and evilness on my part could secure my own store and a fair job working there. Why am I not treading that path?
4) Employment, anyone? I still need to decide if I'm going for a scut job while returning to Academia. I'm leaning towards it heavily, I just need to take a few steps in the right direction. Again, I need to put some wind into my own sails for this.
I have garnered a pile of applications, but I have yet to make a dent in them. Obviously this is a new priority, or at least should be immediately after the 4th holiday.
5) I've been a lackluster friend. I missed calling J last night, totally blew off Duke all day, and kind of ignored blithwolf when he was visiting later in the evening. I need to be less introspective and more interactive with these goodly souls, particularly Blith & Duke whom remain two important people in my life.
6) It's Wednesday. I COULD go to the store and help with the comic order. We shall see. A little retail drudgery might gird me up to tackle these other projects in front of me. That would mean getting to read this weeks books as well, a definite perk.
7) Project: Little Black Book still needs some work done before I present my findings to Big Kahuna next week. There is much to do: Pricing to be gotten, contracts drawn up, and plans to be laid. I just have a few hundred more things to do.
I need, I think, to draw up a to-do list and strictly not vary from it to accomplish what needs doing. I think I'll step away from the glowing box and put one together.
*thoughts disseminated, mind at peace*
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Date: 2002-07-03 09:09 am (UTC)Trek Nerdism
Date: 2002-07-03 09:24 am (UTC)I'll try, but I've got a full load of players now. I'll see what I can do.
Re: Trek Nerdism
Date: 2002-07-03 10:43 am (UTC)I basically use it as an exercise for my writing, and it's helped me get my plot lines done for my ST books.
By the way, I hope to get to see you soon. It would be good to sit down and talk.
BEAR HUGS
Phaser Envy
Date: 2002-07-07 08:59 am (UTC)Meanwhile, reading your frustration, it sounds like your a tad burnt out...hence all the putting off stuff. I went back through your LJ to read about the house and your feelings towards it. Wonder if maybe as you are getting to the end stages of finishing the work to rent it you are experiancing some cold feet from chilly aprehension.
Go back and read your words, realize what a good thing you are doing again, and let it go.
With the rest of your list about lists of things you have to/should be/could be doing I'll tell you I am the world's worst person for piling up everything on my plate into one little corner until I can't see past it all.
So; slow the fuck down, take it easy and take one thing at a time.
You're doing ok stud, you just need some slacker time to recharge and reorganize.
Real Trek Nerdism
Date: 2002-07-07 07:22 pm (UTC)Want a real Trek nerd comment on you post?
"Time is the fire in which we burn".
;-)