Somewhat belatedly, I'm including here my report on Solmukohta 2008 -- an international larp convention with a focus on analysis and discussion, held this year in Finland that I flew out to. (I had a separate post about my personal experience of it.) I'll post this material soon on my Convention Reports page. A Week in Finland Modern Day Modesty This was my Monday larp, organized...

Nifty! p.s. Talking to yourself is a sign of impending mental collapse! Total comments: 1967 1 badgerbag 386 2 wild_irises 104 3 vito_excalibur 69 4 eriktrips 58 5 pantryslut 57 6 cynthia1960 46 7 pennski 41 8 bibliofile 40 9 Anonymous 38 10 ...

After shadowmorphic 's utterly amazing visit, I've thought about becoming a part of the otherkin community and how it was different for me than anything similar I'd ever experienced . I'm very much not a "joiner" , and so I always looked for a sense of community and belonging in the company of like-minded people (for various definitions of like-minded), rather than among the people I was...

There's significant wailing and gnashing of teeth at this posting by Jonathan Tweet on women in gaming (which he's particularised to women in TTRPGs, that seemingly being the original context anyway). I'm not entirely sure where this puts him on the "vile sexist" scale, but I'm pretty sure it wins rather big on "bumptious blowhard". I conclude this largely by the way he bills in advance said comments...

AmberCon NW came and went. As usual, the con delivered astounding levels of fun. The Non-Gaming Awesome: * Actually making it there in time to catch the Wednesday night dinner. The food at ¡OBA! was very, very good! * Spending time with the ACNW crew . You people rock! * Edgefield McMenamins , of course, impossibly made even more awesome with the addition of a spa. I got a haircut on...

If I had spent my entire trip here in California, I don't think I'd even want to leave and go back to Norway. I love it here. I'd just import all the people I love from Norway and stay here forever. Afterall, the first time I decided which college I was going to go to, I chose Stanford (I was about 11, and I wanted to be an astronaut). Alas, I do have to leave, tomorrow to be precise, and I'll just...

Yegods! amberdiceless has tagged me for a meme! Is she afraid that I have died? Is she posting from two years in the past? Who can tell? 1. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself. 2. Tag seven people to do the same. 3. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag whoever wants to do it. 1. I am drunk right now. Well, alright, tipsy, and living it up. ...Goddamnit, I just...

I went to my first RPG con this weekend with lpsmith . It was seven blocks away so it seemed like I didn't have much of an excuse, even if I didn't really know anyone there or anything. We got there a little late; I figured that even though officially signups were at 8, we could get there at 9 when the games started and find something. In retrospect that was dumb, since I'm kind of picky...

Less productive day today so far. But I still have high hopes. I'm working on a powerpoint thingie again. Problem was that I couldn't sleep last night and ended up taking my computer to bed, literally, and watching the end of Angel season 2. I love the acid trip that season finale is. Anyhow, I ended up not sleeping and then getting up an hour late for work, and I'm still tired...sucky. But, lookie...

I tried out TrustFlow II for LiveJournal . The following people not on the friends list for pete_darby are close by: crnixon , frost_light , melissa_writing , blackaire (200 - 250) amanofhats , drivingblind , zigguratbuilder , madmoses , foreign_devilry , itsmrwilson (250 - 300) the_tall_man ,...