Alright!!!

I took yesterday off from LiveJournal. I had decided that I was going to give my Money 2002 file a thorough going-over, and clean out the chaff, and make sure all of my accounts were balancing, not just my checking and savings. I streamlined it, but it still tells me that I cannot save $200 by the end of the year, even though I can do that in two months without thinking about it. (Savings account + direct deposit = easy savings plan) Oh well..

Yesterday had one notable thing occur. I was running U-Scan for Glen while he was on lunch. I don't remember the specific reason, but I got the "Can Can" in my head. Think big dresses, petticoats, and the legs kicking up alternately. Then, in a sudden flash of lunacy, I had a mental picture of what it would look like if *I* began doing the Can Can in front of our registers. This image had the effect of making me laugh hysterically, with no one around to have conveyed a joke or anything else. I'm sure I freaked a few people out.

At any rate, I found that I was laughing every time I thought about that. So, when I went into Accounting to do my end of shift count, I told Joyce about it. She began cracking up, too. She only added fuel to the fire when she quipped about seeing more than me, such as the manager and co-manager, dancing in the line, and dressed in the dresses with frilly petticoats!! I thought that was a riot, and it kept picking me up all afternoon.

I swung by Kevin's Attic to see if they had gotten Grimm in for me yet. No luck, though I realized that I like the clerk, Cynthia. She's knowledgeable about games, and possesses an intelligence that's rather refreshing to see. *shrug* What can I say? I'm a sucker for a brain. :) But I digress.. (I was supposed to talk about TODAY.)

Anyway, today wsan't very special, really, though I busted my butt all day long. I never sat still. Oh, and the manager made a comment about the condition of accounting again. So, in retaliation, I asked if I couldn't come in on my day off (Monday), and put some time in cleaning the place up like it should be. He agreed. Sweet. Let's hope I didn't get myself in for more than I meant. :)

I left work, picked up Grimm (talked to Cynthia again), and swung by After Hours to pay for my tuxedo. In case I haven't mentioned it, I'm in Charles' wedding as a groomsman. I came home, and settled in. Until, that is, Aron and I went to Pizza Hut to pick up some pizzas.

Now, I'm just going to piddle around until it's bedtime. I'm working 6-3 tomorrow, and then Scott and I are going to see Brain's band play at Stage Stop tomorrow night.

So, as I was saying...

...I got Grimm!!! It's a 64 page d20 RPG/sourcebook by Fantasy Flight Games. The concept is that you play kids who find themselves in a dark and twisted version of the stories of Grimm's Fairy Tales. (It's got a very menacing backstory, and one that I wholly love.) I've only begun to read the book, but I already can see myself running the mini-game for a month to a month and a half. The levels only progress to 6th, and the races and classes are combined into "archtypes". The available archtypes are bully, dreamer, jock, nerd, normal kid, outcast, and popular kid. They are stereotypes, and that's the point. I hope to use Grimm to introduce my friend's fiancee to the idea of RPGs, since it's something she's familiar with (Fairy Tales), using something she knows (grade school years), and twisting it slightly (darker, more gloomy stories). Wish me luck.

In other news, I also snagged the Dragonlance DM Screen, mainly for the hoopak stats.* I got to reading about the various monsters that are in the Monster Manual that you can use, and how to include them. Let me say that my interest in that Dragonlance idea has been rekindled, if still somewhat less than originally. Yeah, folks, I really like how Eberron looks. :)

Anyway, I really am going to go read now. Later.

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* - For the record, in d20, it functions as a shortspear, quarterstaff, and sling, depending on use, and so uses the stats of the appropriate weapon.  Sweet.