Post by Anon Mous on Oct 11, 2019 17:51:45 GMT -5
I'm back!
So that was interesting. I did not expect a time off from you all, but in all honesty I am glad that I did. I come back renewed and in a much better place than I was. So I thought about putting this in the rant, but this is more on the good side. A while back I had a lot of pressure on my shoulders, much of that was self imposed, but I will get into that later. It took until now for some of that pressure to let up. And let up it did. As I am sure Roas can corroborate I have an extremely busy schedule. It was to the point that I only had one day off a week and that day was spent cleaning, shopping, and running other errands. I was always running to something, but it was still manageable. Weekly bowling, workouts, D&D planning sessions, and the actual game. Not to mention everything else that just goes into life. Just before I disappeared I had one of my lifelines dry up and I had picked up two new things to add to the weekly schedule. I got on a baseball team and I started training in Unix, but The Great British Baking Show didn't have any new episodes (I don't know why but I find it calming). I hadn't even played a video game in months.
Here it is, months later, baseball is done, but I still have all of the other activities . . . but the timing and feel have changed. Baseball finished up until we start our winter/spring training in January. Bowling got pushed back in when we go so I have some decompression/food time between work and getting to the Alley. My workouts have increased in intensity, but the time is currently less, leaving me more down time after. I got some new tools for D&D to make things easier, especially maps, leaving me more time for story development. And finally my players are high enough level and invested enough to be paying some real attention to the story points. Apparently I inspired 3 of my players from my game to join multiple other games. They still all say they like our group's style the best even though we are using an older rule set. It's a good feeling. I even finally went back into my game room and have been playing through Road Rash II on Genesis.
Also, after some major expenses and some weeks of nickle and dimeing through, I have been able to work myself back up to a modest bank account. And when I say modest, I mean I can take money out to start investing again and still have enough for rent, food, and general expenses. And if my Unix training pays off, I could very well get a better job in my company and actually be able to look into getting some actual savings. Speaking of which, I actually have 3 higher ups with vested interests in my progress, which is very nice to have backing you.
You all have known me for a while and I have really always been a middle of the road kind of guy, both in temperament and outlook. It has been why I have been able to look at problems and situations the way I do. During that stressed period I didn't want to subject you all to the mindset I was in, because it wasn't me. This mindset isn't really me either, I am not usually this . . . straight up optimistic. But at this point I don't care. I wanted to come back.
Actually, I wanted to come back Monday, but there was something that briefly sent me back to that anger mindset. You all know I love Critical Role, and the recent Wendy's Feast of Legends One Shot outcry really pissed me off. It was unfounded, not really brought up by fans of the show, and caused the show to get pulled right after it was posted, with the group donating the profits from the sponsorship rather than getting to keep them, because of the backlash. I was fortunately able to download someone's re-posting of the one shot before it was taken down again, but it saddens me that they had to take it down because people get offended way too easily. It was pretty freaking hilarious.
Anyway. That's what's up with me. Hopefully I'll be around for a while and in the mood for some posting. Man, it's good to be back.
So that was interesting. I did not expect a time off from you all, but in all honesty I am glad that I did. I come back renewed and in a much better place than I was. So I thought about putting this in the rant, but this is more on the good side. A while back I had a lot of pressure on my shoulders, much of that was self imposed, but I will get into that later. It took until now for some of that pressure to let up. And let up it did. As I am sure Roas can corroborate I have an extremely busy schedule. It was to the point that I only had one day off a week and that day was spent cleaning, shopping, and running other errands. I was always running to something, but it was still manageable. Weekly bowling, workouts, D&D planning sessions, and the actual game. Not to mention everything else that just goes into life. Just before I disappeared I had one of my lifelines dry up and I had picked up two new things to add to the weekly schedule. I got on a baseball team and I started training in Unix, but The Great British Baking Show didn't have any new episodes (I don't know why but I find it calming). I hadn't even played a video game in months.
Here it is, months later, baseball is done, but I still have all of the other activities . . . but the timing and feel have changed. Baseball finished up until we start our winter/spring training in January. Bowling got pushed back in when we go so I have some decompression/food time between work and getting to the Alley. My workouts have increased in intensity, but the time is currently less, leaving me more down time after. I got some new tools for D&D to make things easier, especially maps, leaving me more time for story development. And finally my players are high enough level and invested enough to be paying some real attention to the story points. Apparently I inspired 3 of my players from my game to join multiple other games. They still all say they like our group's style the best even though we are using an older rule set. It's a good feeling. I even finally went back into my game room and have been playing through Road Rash II on Genesis.
Also, after some major expenses and some weeks of nickle and dimeing through, I have been able to work myself back up to a modest bank account. And when I say modest, I mean I can take money out to start investing again and still have enough for rent, food, and general expenses. And if my Unix training pays off, I could very well get a better job in my company and actually be able to look into getting some actual savings. Speaking of which, I actually have 3 higher ups with vested interests in my progress, which is very nice to have backing you.
You all have known me for a while and I have really always been a middle of the road kind of guy, both in temperament and outlook. It has been why I have been able to look at problems and situations the way I do. During that stressed period I didn't want to subject you all to the mindset I was in, because it wasn't me. This mindset isn't really me either, I am not usually this . . . straight up optimistic. But at this point I don't care. I wanted to come back.
Actually, I wanted to come back Monday, but there was something that briefly sent me back to that anger mindset. You all know I love Critical Role, and the recent Wendy's Feast of Legends One Shot outcry really pissed me off. It was unfounded, not really brought up by fans of the show, and caused the show to get pulled right after it was posted, with the group donating the profits from the sponsorship rather than getting to keep them, because of the backlash. I was fortunately able to download someone's re-posting of the one shot before it was taken down again, but it saddens me that they had to take it down because people get offended way too easily. It was pretty freaking hilarious.
Anyway. That's what's up with me. Hopefully I'll be around for a while and in the mood for some posting. Man, it's good to be back.