Today I wrote 50+ pages, maybe 1 of which might get used, and you know what? Iโm actually pretty okay with that. It is genuinely lovely getting to work on stuff you like. It takes a whole lot of pressure off your shoulders.
Thanks to @iheartfargo.bsky.social this book has been glued to my brain for the last 2 months.
Damages to date,
10-15 pages on setting, 15 pages of hack notes plus a huge Xls.
Working on Twilight : 2,100, NYC climate dystopia.
Itโs not that I didnโt understand how horrible basic facts of life in the US are. You canโt help but understand that if youโre at all aware. But damn if explaining it to folks who arenโt from there and havenโt spent much time there doesnโt crystallize things.
With PAXU this weekend, I once again come to you with a desperate plea:
Just go to whatever pizza place is nearest to you.
You do not need to go to Cheesesteak Vegas.
You do not need to wait in line outside at Angelos.
Any pizza place will serve you a perfectly serviceable cheesesteak.
I beg you.
Like every fiber of my being was ready for it to be a whole issue and multiple people to have to get involved. They just looked at me like they might cry, IMMEDIATELY shut up, and stayed silent and looking forward attentively until the end.
Iโm used to kids being some of toughest shits youโll ever run into. Mean, sharp, not to be fucked with in groups. Not scary (well sometimes), but they donโt play around. So when I told three teenagers in a Stockholm theatre โYo shut the FUCK upโ tonight, I was not expecting them to look like this.
Things I need to buy:
Table
TV
Desk chair
Desk
Computer case
Computer fans/cooling system
Things I have money to buy:
I donโt know an ice cream cone?
How have we not yet gotten a Swedish game called Juleskum? Itโs perfect. Itโs right there and itโs perfect.
There are days I wake up worried that Iโm too much of an art nerd, too hoity-toity in my preferences, for my chosen field. But then I have coffee and remember Iโm a New Yorker and no, it is the children who are wrong. Time to keep plugging away at raising the bar.
Yup!
Of course this dope ass book sale is happening a few days AFTER I leave New York
Pigeon whatโre you doing here this isnโt New York go home
Yup!!
Landed in Sweden. New apartment is lovely, as is the new neighborhood. However, no logical place to set up my PC. The home planning begins!
Ah crap thatโs right! Youโd told me you were in Stockholm. I spaced, my bad. But yes Iโll absolutely see ya at Gothcon :)
Yup! Well I know her broadly from idiomdrottning but yeah that piece gets a lot of air time.
Ooooh good to know!
Some!! But itโs a job move. Joining the World of Darkness team. Still, itโll be good to be near folks like @nohr.se and Iโve got a list of friends of friends Iโll need to look up.
Actually been in NYC the past few years!! But now to Stockholm :)
I may finally be โreadyโ to move. Practically. Mentally who knows. Whoever is next to me on the plane is in for a WILD ride.
Yeah but itโs the hope that kills you
Iโm sorry, Toronto. This is insanely rough. As a Mets fan, you have my sympathy.
I mean Iโd like to make money or even just break even. I thought all he managed was to sell a dollar for 50ยข
You reach a point in packing and repacking where you look at every single object you own with disdain, and multiple times throughout my life this moment has occurred just past the point of realistically setting up a donation. It feels like a damn trap.
Disassembling a PC and packing the parts for travel is really fun because even when you think youโve done everything right you have NO idea what may have broken until you arrive and set it back up
Haha thanks, both of those and also work on World of Darkness
Moving, Sweden
Note to self: the next time Iโm moving for any reason, remember that it is better to ship early and live without things than ship โon timeโ and encounter issues. I suppose also a note to anyone else considering relocation.
I agree!! Especially the D&D film. I was sad it didnโt make enough money both because I wouldโve enjoyed a sequel and because itโs rare that kind of translation comes off so well. I was rooting for it to be recognized as a success among non-gamers. Thatโs whatโs really needed for future licensing.