You hear that, Mr Andersen?

TV, RPG, C.

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<Cheshire> I can't afford those plastic things to cover the electric sockets so I just draw bunny faces on the electric outlets to scare the kids away from them...
<RLtim> Newsflash! Kids aren't afraid of bunnies.
<Cheshire> Oh they will be...

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To answer someone's question - the person I'm going out with is called Celeste. This either means nothing to you, or is likely to be something you knew already. :) I guess we'll have been going out for two weeks come Sunday... let's see, first year anniversary is paper, second is cotton... what's an appropriate two week anniversary material? Bacon? (Admittedly those materials are wedding anniversary guidelines... heh, "Happy Bacon Wedding Anniversary, dear!") I'm tempted to make up a larger list of faux sub-year anniversaries - "Chocolate", "Beverage", "Alpine-Themed"...

Those wishing to point out that you can't have a two week anniversary, owing the year-ish component of the word, can consider their point amply made; and those with a "commercialism" card that they want to play have been duly heard, as well. ;)

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There's a Miss Marple series that's in the process of being made, with Joanna Lumley as Dolly. Weird. I think I can kind of picture it in my head, but... hmm. I'll probably try to hunt it down at some point. But looking that up led me to The Corpse Bride, which is no doubt old, old news to the Tim Burton aficionados, but had completely passed under my radar.

What I was actually trying to find out was when the Jeeves & Wooster Complete Set was being reissued - the UK release is 18th June, so I might ring Whitcoulls and see when they think they might be getting it in. In the meantime, since Mum wanted me to order something for her, I picked up one or two things from Amazon.ca, including the third season of Due South. Hmm. I guess I'll have to avoid complaining about having no money for a while. ;)

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Ran a fairly successful game on Tuesday, where "successful" is defined as "people had fun". :) I've always liked in media res, but I discovered a way to use it that I hadn't thought of before. (Basically, I'll often cut away from one group while they decided what to do next. In this instance, I'd cut away while the first group decided how to get into town; after the second group did a bunch of stuff, they rang the first group... and I decided that we'd find the first group in the middle of a fight. Total surprise, instant engagement, and a chance for the first group to show their mettle. It worked pretty well, though it would probably get old pretty fast.)

I think there's probably only one more session to go. Which is a pity in some ways, since I like the setting; but it's a lot easier to be a player than a GM. Besides, I should be devoting my prep time to helping Matt & Debbie's planning for the Victorian LARP, among other things. :)

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A camera that can see behind objects? Yes, I think we've got one of those somewhere... :) Man, if we have these, the CSI "refine that grainy image to show information that couldn't possibly have been recorded" video editing software is just around the corner...

Posted by svend at June 2, 2005 12:54 PM