A not-so-frequent update...

[pfloyd]

Pink's Life

Wednesday is upon us, and still no sign of Marcus showing a desire to see the World. He must really be comfortable inside there, else he'd be doing his own re-enactment of The Great Escape. You'd think he'd appreciate all the hard work we've gone through in order to get his room ready and all that, but no, he's happy right where he is. C'mon, already, let's get the show on the road! Mommy and Daddy are getting anxious here, boyo, as are your uncle and grandparents!

We've been enjoying the new bedroom set immensely. Watching TV at night in the bedroom is a real comfort, and now there's a decent place to put everything (drinks, snacks, remotes, etc.) C spent pretty much all day in bed yesterday on my orders backed up by the doctor. Right now, she needs to get all the rest she can get her hands on. Me, I'm enjoying the larger amount of space that's available. I don't feel like I have to sleep right at the edge of the bed in order to give her the room she needs.
The bed sort of reminds me of a plush hotel bed -- the euro top gives the plush comfort, yet the mattress underneath has a decent firmness to it.

Rant already posted. Something I saw on the news the other night just gave me a WTF moment...

On Monday, I had an appointment with my GI specialist. Nothing big, just an office visit and Q&A time. Basically, IBD isn't fun and games, it's serious, and can lead to even more serious probs. But if I stay the course and do as I'm told, which is pretty much taking my meds religiously, I should be all right. Marcus has a chance of developing IBD, since it can be passed along genetically, but then again he may not. It can be seen in clusters within families. That was one of my biggest concerns. What I was happy about was the fact that I was up to about 168-169 in weight -- a good five pounds heavier than the last time I went to the doc earlier this year. Yay me.
But enough about this stuff.

This past Sunday, a full day after having seen Hitchhiker's Guide, I finally picked up Salmon of a Doubt. I've only gotten as far as the prologue. I quite enjoyed the introduction and the introduction to the introduction, though.





The Dice Bag
Okay, on Monday I received a copy of Celtic Age, which I won from eBay. I've been going through it here and there, getting ideas for a Celtic-flavored campaign world, and I want it to be similar to a campaign I was once in, and not as, well, restrictive as what the book has. I don't want to limit or eliminate specific classes that people can take, but I know which ones may not be appropriate. Same goes with races; I have ideas on the background for that.
With that said, I'm pretty much limiting myself to specific gaming projects which I hope will come to fruition. They are:
The Summerlands -- the Celtic-based D&D 3.5e campaign. Title is only a working one.
Hack20 -- the marriage of Hackmaster and D&D 3.5e. I may convert the campaign I started over to this when it's done.
SOPFOR -- Department of Homeland Security Special Operations Force. This is the military arm of the operations. I'm thinking on the HERO system (using Dark Champions), primarily for the cons. Maybe also for some fiction.
A Real American HERO -- Think GI Joe, primarily. Again, using the HERO system.


End of Report
Carry on
-- pf

Comments

[amazingfranco.livejournal.com]

That's true, Uncle is more excited about the arrival of the little one then the opening of Episode 3.
Speaking of, have you had the Darth Vader slurpee yet.

I'm going to bed now, but if I hear the phone ring in the middle of the night....

[ladyinareddress.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* Aww, that's very sweet. I don't know if my husband could say he was more excited for the arrival of our little boy versus the opening of Episode 3 ;)

[lawful-evil.livejournal.com]

I think you should combine your SOPFOR/American hero games... That would be cool... GiJoe(from the cartoon) was really an anti-terrorist organization.

[pfloyd.livejournal.com]

Yeah I know that, I read the comics, had the toys and all that...
Still read the new comics.
Thing that I find fault with the old GI Joe, and even the new one, is that they have equipment that a CT unit wouldn't even dream of having.
Besides, I'd want that Hero game to be more like the comics/cartoons, and have SOPFOR be the more realistic one.

[firefly062.livejournal.com]

Salmon of Doubt was a lot of fun to read. Very different from what I expected. I can't wait to go see the Hitchhiker's Guide on the big screen, it has to be better then the cheese that was the 80s BBC version :o) (I'm also a fan of the Dirk Gently books...(

Now I have a strong desire to go re-read everything he's ever written. *sigh*

[pfloyd.livejournal.com]

I'm still going through it. It's sort of reminding me of a book I read by Spider Robinson where he had writings on a whole bunch of stuff that had nothing to do with the Callahan's series of which I am a huge fan.
Good to read though, but I do find myself skimming over various bits.

[amazingfranco.livejournal.com]

I heard about your adventures this morning, Geez! Talk about sympathy pains.