Belated weekend update

[kumir_k9]

Yesterday was so busy and hectic I didn't have time to write.  

I NPCd Isles this weekend.  It was a rare combination of things that led to me having some free time, so I made the last minute decision to go.  The worst part of the weekend was bashing the back of my head on a stone wall Friday night.  For the first time in my life I can say that I now know what it means to 'see stars'.  Fortunately, the thick Pierce skull saved me and I walked away from it with nothing more than a goose egg on the back of my head.  I'm thinking I was pretty damn lucky.

I got much quality time NPCing with some wondeful people, jjmarikawho left Saturday noon so we didn't get to perform together :-( , darkwhimsy(I think), Serin (whose LJ handle I don't know) and stableyr.  It was nice having people I knew well and who had NPCd the game before to help me break into it.  A really funny moment for me was when it dawned on me that I knew Serin by her eyes.  She plays Najat of the Anaketh at Madrigal and we'd been talking for quite some time before I realized I knew her from some place.

The game world has a fairly rich back story.  The staff is pretty creative and all very good to work with.  The players seem like a good bunch.  The game has a lot of good potential.  It sort of uses the Accelerant rules but definitely has a NERO feel to it.  It's almost like it's made of a bunch of people who *want* to play an Accelerant style game but haven't quite made the leap.

Over the course of the weekend I played members of three different tribes of natives, an Aberrant (sort of half undead),  a wolf, a lynx, a dead spirit and a water spirit (complete with blue makeup.  I feel typecast.).

The highlight of my weekend (definitely not the fight with the rock wall) was the Bardic Circle Saturday night.  As always it's just a joy to listen to arianhwyvarsing and of course you all know how much I love to play.  To make it even better, after the competition, she and I worked together.  She quickly picked up "Hunting the Hare" and we put together a flute/voice duet.  It was wonderful.  i hope to be able to play more with her in the future.  Sadly, she doesn't get out to Madrigal much anymore and I don't know if I'll ever get back to Isles.  :-(

I left Saturday night around midnight because I have a database project that I'm working on for United Health and they're getting a little antsy about the progress.  Besides that, I had a rehearsal of the Silver Village Flute Choir at my house at 6:00 and I was fairly certain the house would not be up to visitor standards, so there was cleaning involved.

I slept in until 11:45 on Sunday.  I haven't done that in forever.  It totally shot my day and I was sort of groggy and unfocused most of the day.  I may as well have stayed at the game for my productivity levels on Sunday.

Oh yeah, and the Pats kicked some serious Cowboy ass Sunday: 48-27!  Go Pats!

All things considered, it was a pretty decent weekend.  Now back to your regularly interrupted work week.

Comments

[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if we squared off at all; as I was telling JJ, I spend much more time running my Guild than I do fighting.

As long as you're not angry with me, I'm glad I'm off the hook! :) You were one of the many people I wanted to spend time with and just didn't have a chance to because of all the stuff that was going on.