Well this weekend has been a waste.
Friday was fine. We even got out of work early because of a snowstorm that was covering Edmonton with snow. So it gave me a bit longer to prepare for a D&D game. The game started out well. the player’s discovered some aftereffects of the power of ancient wizards. Specifically someone had drilled a trough through several mountains. Then the player’s got cranky when they discovered another relic of power that transported them far and away to a desert. So much for that quest. In my defense it was getting harder to make believable challenges for my players in their current stomping ground. If they encounter a monster tough enough to provide them with a challenge, why hasn’t it conquered the small human settlement in the valley. So off to the desert of purple sand.
But the rest of the weekend wasn’t productive. I did the standard sleeping in and reading the newspaper on Saturday. But after that I didn’t do much. I wandered Whyte Avenue a bit, but didn’t really do anything memorable. Then I decided to play an X-Box game (Splinter Cell) and did that until late in the evening. Made myself a quick dinner and went to bed.
The next day I convinced myself to sleep in and not go running. It was -23 so it was warm enough that I should have gone, but I just didn’t have the energy. I slept in, read the paper, ate half a breakfast and then used the Condo’s treadmill. I hadn’t given myself time to digest, so I broke down after only two miles. I went back to playing Splinter Cell and just started feeling blah. At around 3:00 I decided to go to McDonalds and get something to eat. (It’s really cheap if you get the daily special.) It was then that I noticed that I had forgotten to eat the other half of breakfast that morning (explaining why I felt blah). I went to Chapters and looked through some books, before going back to playing Splinter Cell. Then I made dinner (Fajitas) and now I’ve gone to a coffee place to have a hot chocolate and write in my journal. (No I don’t have remote access to the internet, but I can save a file and post it later.)
So, in boring detail, that is what I did. A wasted weekend.
I could have gone to the “Everything to do with Sex” show that is in town now. But it feels kind of pointless when you haven’t had any sex. I’m pretty sure they don’t give free samples. 🙂
I played video games most of the time. I have a problem with them. I think I like them more than I actually do. So I’ll buy a game and never play it. I have to force myself to get around to playing them, which makes it feel like work instead of fun. Then I’ll binge on the game, hoping to get as much done as possible. It does take me awhile to give up on a game. I think I’ve decided that Master of Orion III is not worth the effort and I’m not enjoying it. But I still feel I should play it to get my money’s worth.
I don’t have another D&D game for four weeks, so I think I’m going to try and address some of my other interests. I want to get back into writing a Fractal World generator program. I keep letting that slip in the face of other commitments.
I saw Canticle‘s description of how he would like Dueling to come back into style. I’m sure I’m misinterpreting what he meant, but I can’t think of a scarier idea. Well I can (end of separation of church and state?) but this is the one I’m thinking of. If we started using duels to decide matters, then the skill of dueling becomes more important than ANYTHING. You can just imagine the effects.
“I have just discovered the answer to the Unified Field theory!”
“No! I have discovered it. It involves Twinkies!”
“I find that hard to believe. I have been studying physics for twenty years, and Twinkies are not going to solve anything.”
“Well, I don’t care. I challenge you to a duel to prove who is right.”
“What?”
“Agreed then! Have at you!”
“Wait, No- Ack” Thud.
“Right. We’re all in agreement now. Twinkies!”
Even if we take out the sword requirement, and change it to some video game, it still remains a problem. An otherwise useless skill (useless towards the advancement of humanity) is suddenly given weight it doesn’t deserve. That’s why people hate lawyers. They have taken a useless skill (arguing over technicalities) and abuse it’s artificial power.
In other words, all that would be accomplished would be to replace lawyers with duelists.

I watched the Best Superbowl commercials on TV yesterday. I always want to see the Superbowl so I can see the great commercials. From anecdotal evidence I believe other people would agree with me. So I watched that program. Man it was terrible. They targeted the football people. So they had many football commentaries and very few commercials. Then they treated me like an idiot, explaining in voice overs what was going on.
I hate commentators. They always seem to think they are more important than what they are supposed to be commentating on. This is why I hate disc jockey’s too. Stop talking and play the music!
I am obviously in a cheerful mood today…