It’s been a while since I’ve updated this, during which a great many things have transpired. Maybe I’ll get to them, maybe not, as you’ll see I’ve been kept busy; I want to get something up here, though.
As I type this, I’m in a cubicle in the LRC. I’ve been spending my afternoons this week on campus, deep in the law review mines, going through the packet and taking detailed notes. It’s midway through the write-on competition, and I have a title, a thesis, and concepts of a structure, but I’m nowhere close to being done with the assigned readings, much less the whole writing business. It’s a real shame I can’t discuss the topic, because it’s genuinely really interesting as a question, and some of the specific facts of the assigned cases are actually pretty funny. But I’m honor-bound not to disclose the details, and I don’t wanna jeopardize my chances of joining law review.
They’re starting to get the pool ready at my apartment, so that’s exciting. I’m not sure when it’ll be open, but I’m currently planning a pool party for when it is. I’m so glad I’ll be able to swim in it.
A few weeks ago, I started DMing for the Drexel Gaming Association. My table is technically running 5.5, but with plenty of 5e to paper over the many cracks WOTC left in their endless greed (note: revise if ever hired by Wizards or Hasbro legal). It’s a classic, sword & sorcery dungeon crawl with horror elements on the frontiers of a shattered empire (a la late antiquity). Our heroes are exploring the catacombs beneath Naranjgrad (the old provincial capital). As of last night’s session, they made amicable first contact with the Bashanga (giant, silvery spiders with eight humanlike hands, faces like porcelain masks, and stone tools) and negotiated with their Grandmother to deal with the “guardian” who dwells within the “Great Dragonfly” (the wreck of the ancient sky trireme Morning Star) and retrieve at least one of the “little fires” (hell hounds) from within. We should have a much fuller roster next session, which Just Works™ for the pacing I had planned.
Aside from D&D, I was kept busy yesterday. I had a couple of doctor’s appointments. The first was impressed with my weight loss; I’m making very good progress in that respect. The second was my shrink; we agreed that a med change was finally in order, and that now was the best time to do it, given my obligations are minimal compared to the semester or, especially, during exam season. My first dose is tonight, though there’s a titration period during which I’ll still take my old med. I also got a haircut; not really a reduction in length, mostly layering (so my curls curl better), plus some tidying up of my current hairstyle.
I could ramble about Incunabuli, or the Ball, or finals season; I definitely need to get the write-up for the A Thousand Years of Jade finale done, I’ve put that off for far too long. I might update this entry later tonight. I’m debating whether to get dinner or keep working on law review.
Sierpinski Tetrahedron 