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changelingMy parents were much cooler about the whole "I destroyed the car thing" than I was anticipating. They do this sometimes, just to keep me on my toes, obviously. Which was good, as I'd already had several hours of hysterics and crying and yuk. I really don't need guilt trips from other people to add to that.
Mum strongly suggested I not go out tonight, which meant missing coven. This was not a happy state of events, as we celebrated Misti's birthday, but I don't think I was really up for socialising. I had to talk to the insurance company and everyone anyway.
Forgot to mention, but I fixed the background pictures for the main and friends pages in my journal. It's Squiggletastic again, just in time for me to start working on the next incarnation. Also, Mötley Crüe's song Dr Feelgood rocks harder than it has a right to.
I am becoming a fully-fledged geek, and it's all Nat's fault. She has me in two journal-based RPGs now, and I'm loving it more than is strictly cool. I play Pietro [Quicksilver] in Xsomnia, which was more like acting in a play. Someone else had had the character first, so there was all this character-building that I didn't have to do, but rather had to work within. I inherited a history, userinfo, and a three icons. I am trying to play within the framework already set for me, while putting my own spin on the character. It's fun.
Then Nat talked me into playing Piotr [Colossus] in x3. I'm getting to do all the character-building for him, which is cool. I haven't done much yet, as I was feeling more at home with Pietro [WTF is with Marvel and their complete unoriginality with names? Honestly.]. Nat and I started a brief scene tonight, though, and it's funny how that really helped me get the idea of who the character was.
I'm taking a stupid pride in the actions of these characters, in the same way I would if I were physically acting them. Pietro already has a couple of physical quirks, which show when he's hiding something, or wanting to avoid a topic of conversation. He says "Whatever." a lot. I'm still closer to Pietro, but considering Nat and I RPed for about 6 and a half hours on Monday night, and then I did another hour or so this morning, that's not really surprising. I thought I'd never be able to get in his head; his out-and-out rudeness and smartarse remarks is something I don't do. His habit of going for a run when he's bored is something completely alien to me; what with my asthma, weak ankles &c, I've never been able to just run like that. I injure myself too much. It was surprisingly easy to wear his personality like a coat, though. Being the suggestible person I am, Nat and I took our characters out drinking, and I felt tipsy. Pietro got a hangover a few hours later, and I got the headache. Pietro plays his cards as closely to the chest as possible. He doesn't like to admit to emotions. I think he hero-worships Pyro a bit. He certainly has a paranoia that Pyro won't like him anymore, and considering the only two people in the school he gets on with are Pyro and his twin Wanda, it's a bit of a big deal for him. He's much more likely to hide what he's really feeling if Pyro's around.
I'm much more similar to Piotr, with our artistic cravings, and introversion. He's more likely than Pietro to use longer words, and he isn't really comfortable with having his picture taken--an uneasy state of affairs, considering his best friend is a keen amateur photographer. It'll be interesting to see how he develops past the two-dimensional sketch he is at the moment.
I've just spent multiple hours working on a new style for Pietro's journal, and I haven't even finished it yet. If I never have to see another nested table, I'll die a happy person.
[Edit: I don't know how many people of you know/care that Warren Ellis is on LJ. Nevertheless, this is one of the more disturbing (in a good way) things I've read.]
Mum strongly suggested I not go out tonight, which meant missing coven. This was not a happy state of events, as we celebrated Misti's birthday, but I don't think I was really up for socialising. I had to talk to the insurance company and everyone anyway.
Forgot to mention, but I fixed the background pictures for the main and friends pages in my journal. It's Squiggletastic again, just in time for me to start working on the next incarnation. Also, Mötley Crüe's song Dr Feelgood rocks harder than it has a right to.
I am becoming a fully-fledged geek, and it's all Nat's fault. She has me in two journal-based RPGs now, and I'm loving it more than is strictly cool. I play Pietro [Quicksilver] in Xsomnia, which was more like acting in a play. Someone else had had the character first, so there was all this character-building that I didn't have to do, but rather had to work within. I inherited a history, userinfo, and a three icons. I am trying to play within the framework already set for me, while putting my own spin on the character. It's fun.
Then Nat talked me into playing Piotr [Colossus] in x3. I'm getting to do all the character-building for him, which is cool. I haven't done much yet, as I was feeling more at home with Pietro [WTF is with Marvel and their complete unoriginality with names? Honestly.]. Nat and I started a brief scene tonight, though, and it's funny how that really helped me get the idea of who the character was.
I'm taking a stupid pride in the actions of these characters, in the same way I would if I were physically acting them. Pietro already has a couple of physical quirks, which show when he's hiding something, or wanting to avoid a topic of conversation. He says "Whatever." a lot. I'm still closer to Pietro, but considering Nat and I RPed for about 6 and a half hours on Monday night, and then I did another hour or so this morning, that's not really surprising. I thought I'd never be able to get in his head; his out-and-out rudeness and smartarse remarks is something I don't do. His habit of going for a run when he's bored is something completely alien to me; what with my asthma, weak ankles &c, I've never been able to just run like that. I injure myself too much. It was surprisingly easy to wear his personality like a coat, though. Being the suggestible person I am, Nat and I took our characters out drinking, and I felt tipsy. Pietro got a hangover a few hours later, and I got the headache. Pietro plays his cards as closely to the chest as possible. He doesn't like to admit to emotions. I think he hero-worships Pyro a bit. He certainly has a paranoia that Pyro won't like him anymore, and considering the only two people in the school he gets on with are Pyro and his twin Wanda, it's a bit of a big deal for him. He's much more likely to hide what he's really feeling if Pyro's around.
I'm much more similar to Piotr, with our artistic cravings, and introversion. He's more likely than Pietro to use longer words, and he isn't really comfortable with having his picture taken--an uneasy state of affairs, considering his best friend is a keen amateur photographer. It'll be interesting to see how he develops past the two-dimensional sketch he is at the moment.
I've just spent multiple hours working on a new style for Pietro's journal, and I haven't even finished it yet. If I never have to see another nested table, I'll die a happy person.
[Edit: I don't know how many people of you know/care that Warren Ellis is on LJ. Nevertheless, this is one of the more disturbing (in a good way) things I've read.]
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Date: 2003-10-02 06:44 pm (UTC)Light and love Lauren xxoo
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Date: 2003-10-05 10:48 am (UTC)