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[kittydesade]

So, we were without internet or phones or most forms of communication with the outside world for a chunk of the morning at work today, so I ended up starting to go through a bunch of my old stories folders. Specifically the one of "To be sorted." Oh my god some of this shit is so bad. And so "edgy" and by edgy I mean terrible but I'm sure I thought it was really cool at the time. And some of it has promise if I can polish it up! And some of it is documents with maybe five sentences in them and I have no idea what the fuck I was doing. One is literally a document of story fragments.

Also apparently I went through, in no particular order, a goth phase, a massive wish fulfillment self insert phase, and I don't even know what to call that other bracket of things.

Other than that, though, the day has been a mixed bag of mostly disappointment with some comforts and reliefs. I did end up leaving work early because I was doing the workstation equivalent of putting my shoes in the fridge, hip-checking shelves and tables, and collapsing on top of a heap of cardboard boxes. Of all the fucking days to get our shipping boxes restocked. Went and got the boy's antibiotics and his doctor's note and some sandwiches for both of us for lunch/dinner, so that was all right. Then I came home and got to play Diablo III some on the XBox, so that was fun.

Then I didn't nap nearly as long as I wanted to, got on, I was good, I forwent Diablo in order to look at a Bootstrap Tutorial. Which wanted me to use Visual Studio and, um. No. Fuck off you Microsith toady. And then I tried looking on a tutorial on another site, which, okay, that was good as far as it went, and then I downloaded Bootstrap and then I realized that what I'd thought was a code editor was in fact a set of style sheets and I'm one of those stubborn people who refuses to use pre-made style sheets for my personal web page. Don't ask. I'm old, I'm cranky, I'm a 67 year old toddler who needs a nap.

So, there went an hour and a half of my evening. I did try to write after that, but ended up playing some more Diablo to relieve frustrations. And actually, now, even if I don't get as many words written as I want, to say nothing of the research I'd meant to do, I do feel better. Amazing how much better it can make you feel to rapid-shoot lots and lots of imps and skeletons shrieking "DIE FUCKER DIE" at them.

I was ahead on Nanowrimo anyway. But that's no reason to get complacent. Let's get going and keep going.

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[havocthecat]

Ooh, Diablo? Which edition, and what character class?

[kittydesade]

Diablo III, Demon Hunter. It was very satisfying to be powered by Hatred and Discipline. ;)

[havocthecat]

Hell, yes. I usually run with a wizard, because I enjoy throwing Force Lightning at my enemies in a rather Palpatine-ish way. (The implication is that she's going to go bad because of her hubris, so I figured why not enjoy the Force Lightning now?)

Do you ever play group games? Not that I know if you're in a time zone compatible with mine, but you could be. :)

[kittydesade]

Now that I've figured out how to log on to Diablo on the boy's XBox I might just start messing around with all the character types. XD

I have not, however, ever played in group games. Mostly because my non-tabletop gaming is limited to me and my PC, on the rare occasion that I do it, I've played Ocarina of Time on the N64? I'm a gaming luddite or something. I am, however, EST! For the record. :D

[havocthecat]

I'll give you my battletag and if you'd like, add me as a friend. If we're ever around at the same time, great! If not, that's fine too!

havocthecat#1861

ETA: Uuuugh, I just logged onto Diablo 3 and it has a 10gb patch to download. It's going to take forever!

[kittydesade]

Sounds good! :D I may not be around much the next few days, contrary to what I've been saying, but I will definitely try to get on at least once I get a good head of steam on Nano, and probably thereafter. I'd forgotten how much I miss Diablo.