Another post with nothing particularly interesting..

It's odd. I had a pretty decent day at work today. I think I actually got through it without even getting angry, let alone losing my temper. I don't know when the last time I did that was. All day, I've felt very calm and happy. Considering it now, I might even say that it's as if I've (subconsciously) found a direction in my life. I don't know what the cause of this feeling is, but I don't want it to go away. Someone is looking out for me, I know.

lordreaibn is coming over after he gets off work. We're going to develop a city for his campaign world, which I can only guess is a major place to be. He seems worried that I'll find out too much. The thing he doesn't realize is that I don't care if I learn it. I enjoy doing things like this, and the mere act of working on it will more than make up for losing the surprise aspect in-game. Also, there's no reason to tell me that flower shop X will be the site of the final battle between Reaibn and Dimitru (JK! ^_^). Just tell me that a lesser demon runs it, and that the demon loves roses, and has a garden in the back. Now, THAT is fun. :)

In addition to all this alleged soul-bearing, I read a post by a LJ user I have in my friend's list. (Wave to the audience at home, ishmael02). In it, he talks about what it is that some people have that keeps them in the spotlight. Definitely something to make me think. Of course, all his friends chimed in on it. Strange thing is, I feel like I know these people. Heh.. Weird, huh? Guess that's what LiveJournal is for, huh? :)

Moving on...

I just realized that my list of favorite albums and songs is woefully inaccurate. You see the song on this post? It's a 29 minute heavy metal ballad by a Japanese heavy metal visual band. They totally rock, and I left them out of my list. Yoshiki, the drummer, is the most energetic drummer I've ever had the fortune to see play. I can say I idolize that man. His stamina is amazing. The whole band is great, and you can tell they've played together for a long time.

Lemme give you the lyrics from this particular song..

Click here to read the lyrics

EDIT: I removed the lyrics from here. It made my post too long, and I didn't like that. (They were LJ-cut anyway, but still..)

Amazing song.. You should hear it. The drummer is the pianist, too.

Well, I'm going to sit, listen to this wonderful song, and contemplate life for a while. I'm feeling introspective.

Strange happenings..

Well, I hung out with lordreaibn tonight. It was fun. He came over, so that I could help him create the towns for his game. Perhaps I shouldn't know anything about the game, but by jove, I had fun helping him. Hehehe.. We started by going to Comics N Collectibles to get a Dungeon Master's Guide for him. (The cheap bum has been using a PDF I burned to CD for him. Oh, well, what does that make me? Hmm.. Well.. let's just scratch the "cheap bum" reference. Hahaha..) We got to talking about Blackmore's Night, and how cool the song "Under a Violet Moon" is, so we wound up at Borders, looking for the CD. They had both of the other CDs by Blackmore's Night, but not the one we were looking for. It was listed as "Unavailable". Ack. While there, I snagged a couple of new novels by authors I've never read. They are:

A Shadow on the Glass, by Ian Irvine
The Wayfarer Redemption, by Sara Douglass

I had to put back a novel by an Oliver Johnson. It seemed really interesting, but I only have so much money, and so much time. (I once posted that I have like 10-12 books waiting to be read now, as it is.)

We came back, and this is when things got strange. I got a call from Aron, my little brother. He informed me that he was dropping both of the games. This means that Lightfingers is going to go on a vacation for a while, since his game's been temporarily cancelled. (I hope it's just temporarily.) Also, I am presented with a slightly difficult situation. I want to continue running my game, BUT, I don't want to run it without Aron and Rick (who also quit both games). So, I think that I might just look into the feasibility of starting a newer campaign, but this time, start everyone at 6th level or so. I'm staying the heck away from the Forgotten Realms, though. Perhaps I'll take a little while, and put together my own campaign setting. I've been toying with that kind of idea for a while anyway. I'll run it past the group both tomorrow night, as well as Sunday night.

You see, if we've lost the Friday game, and Brad can make Fridays, then I'm going to push for a move of my game. I'm off on Saturdays, which is more than I can say for Mondays. I would be able to run the game later, and so it wouldn't be an issue. Plus, this would consolidate our remaining group, and everyone would likely enjoy things more. I've also been playing with the idea of running a historical game, set possibly in Musketeer France or Viking Scandanavia. Who knows? I think it's time for me to poll the group. Hmm.. I also can do the Wheel of Time RPG, or d20 Modern, or Dragonstar d20, or even Star Wars d20 Rebellion Era. I've got a few ideas percolating.

The only thing I am relatively sure of is I would like to stop the Silver Marches game until my brother can begin playing again. Yeah, what can I say? I love my brother, and I don't want him to miss out on what I feel has the potential to be a memorable campaign.

Oh yeah, and Stephen should have his game ready to play by mid-December, so this would only really last until then. I don't know. I have a lot to talk to the other players about. I'm not depressed over this, but I am a little unhappy. However, I'm still feeling as well as I was this afternoon.

I'm going to go to sleep now, and that's that. *turns off light and goes to bed*