the_gneech | Wow, That Was Unproductive

I didn't get anything done tonight. I was going to try to draw, except I decided I felt like working on gaming instead. Then I thought, "I'll try working on my new campaign idea," which I was going to run in a modified version of D&D, except I found myself thinking, "Dammit, I don't want to run this game in D&D. Everything done in D&D is exactly like everything else done in D&D." So I picked up Fantasy Hero, except then I thought, "But neither Camstone nor Frisk want to use the HERO System; they want to choose from a long list of options. I suppose I could write up a bunch of powers and stuff that acts like the Feats in D&D to give them something closer to what they want. But erf, that's a lot of work."

What the hell did I pick up GURPS for? Just put that away right now.

"Heck with it," I then thought, "I'll decide on a game system later. How about I just come up with some background info. Lessee ... I want something vaguely Tolkienish, just because LOTR is so prominent right now. Hmm ... that board game from the '80s was kinda cool ... 'Dark Tower,' maybe I'll use that. No, wait, that's just opening myself up to 'Dork Tower' jokes. I dunno if Camstone or Frisk have read any 'Dork Tower,' but better off not to take the chance. I've got enough aggravation."

I wrote a few scraps, hated them, erased them, wrote a few more scraps, and hated them too.

"Screw it, I'm not going to get anything done. Maybe I'll just play the new LOTR computer game that somebody gave me for Christmas."

Attempt to install; system hang halfway through install. D'Oh!

Reboot and attempt to install again; system hang 2/3 of the way through install. Sigh.

It's now 10:00 and I'm tired, cranky, and frustrated. Drawing sucks, gaming sucks, and playing on the computer sucks. Oh well, assuming LiveJournal doesn't eat this post, at least I will have gotten some griping done!

I'm going to bed. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

-The Gneech

Wow, That Was Unproductive

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