Have moved now! Not all unpacked yet, but it's all here! Address will be given to those who want it, when they want it... I don't want to just spill it all over the internet after all. (I may do a Friends-only post on LJ with it though). There will be a flat-warming at some point... I just don't know when.



In other news, I graduate on the 9th of July. And when I do, I'll be picking up a shiny Honours degree in Computer Science. (3rd class if you're wondering).



I'm vaguely worrying over the prospect of running Mortals for Cam. The closer it gets to running, the more worried and panicky I get...



And because I can't afford the time, and with the shorter holidays, looks like I won't be running a summer campaign. But I might just go old school for next year's game instead.

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Flat-hunting has finally achieved success levels! We've got a flat on Yeaman place that we'll be moving into over the next couple of weeks. There's still admin stuff to sort, like actually paying the rest of the deposit, but we've got it!



Also, I graduate in less than a month, and find out what with on Thursday. Hoping for something decent... like a 2:2... Everyone seemed to like my dissertation - or at least not tell me about huge flaws at the presentation (which also went well) apart from the lack of a code appendix.



And laptop is back! I once again have my own machine, so Dave can get his back when I'm done recreating my ideal workspace on mine.

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So, Cam is good. I'm enjoying the games I play, and have characters ready for the others



I might be taking on the tiniest bit of responsibility though... My Mortals Venue is due to start July 5th (it's a Saturday) for character gen and stuff. Oh, and then I might be becoming the Coordinator for Edinburgh Promethean... And of course, there's my new position as AANST (Assistant Assistant National StoryTeller) Mortals (Legacy) which means that I take over if something happens to Steve Clapton...



But Cam is fantastic



I have a forgetful map-maker who's somehow ended up in charge of Edinburgh's Onyx Court (That's Winter to you non-Changeling fanatics), a newly-Changed policeman who intends to bring justice to the other Uratha (werewolves) in Edinburgh and a bug-nuts crazy ex-commando who should be on many types of drugs running around in London. I have plans for a student activist mage, a wandering vampire monk and a punk rocker promethean.



Looks like I'm going to be running the Mortals section of the Scottish Regional as well - but I already have ideas for that, so shall be much fun. Now if only I had plots for the venue in general...



Of course running my venue kind of depends on me having a flat... kicks random flat companies Flat hunting not going brilliantly and kind of have a 2 week deadline now... Hopefully things'll work out fairly soon...

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Report: done!

Presentation: done!

Questions: answered!

Reception: at 3:30pm (with fre drinks?)

Results: next week



Things should hopefully be going well...

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Seems that while I can update to LJ just fine - and anywhere else that uses XMLRPC (like MySpazz *shudder*), once it's up there I can't edit it from here. So it has to be right - first time.



I need to get used to drafting and previewing...

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You may be wondering why the new website is named Warped but delicious... Truth be told, it's all Fran's fault.



And mine, truth be told. It all comes from the following excerpt from IRC:



[Yoda] I may be slightly warped by now

[Fran] But delicious.



And thus it was decreed by Fran that I am Warped but delicious. And such was my new blog named.

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Ah, the freedom and invigoration that comes from having finished one's academic studies...



And the joy of having created a new shiny site.



I'm still working my round configuring it and working out just how everything works, but my blogging has a new home at Warped but delicious...



It should also be posting to Livejournal just like my Wordpress blogs did.



I'll likely also set up another site for actual content and stuff. But this is all shiny
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Must have been a couple of months…

I’m enjoying myself in general at the moment - apart from the uni stuff and work.

Dissertation’s going to pot - really need to pull my finger out over the hols. Work just plain sucks. But if I stick with it, I might get a managerial post (maybe) which is a better position to apply from.

Need to read more. Need more books to read. Need more money to buy books… And to play for a flat deposit…

Cam stuff is fun. I’m muchly enjoying Changeling and now Forsaken as well. They want me to run a Mortals venue in Edinburgh too… I’m thinking I might. I also seem to be going to be playing Promethean with [Rebel].

I spend far too much time on Facebook. Not actually doing much though… Also spending lots of time on IRC with the Cam lot. Not that that’s a bad thing!

Also still watching lots of anime - need moar!!! Seen lots of films too - Unlimited cards are useful things!

Laptop still broken - still need to get it sorted.

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It looks like DoC’s been hacked. Presumably because I haven’t updated Wordpress in a while and there’s a security vulnerability that’s been taken advantage of. It seems to manifest through the RSS and LJ feeds as interjected links, so if you notice any, let me know.

Thanks, Yoda.

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Right, update time now I have 5 minutes. Well actually, I don’t but I need to make some sort of update…

Laptop is fucked. Again. Borrowing Trenchcoat’s at the moment (Thanks!) so have internet again.

Wii won’t connect to router, so no internet for Wii. I’m going to try changing the router security, see if that helps, but if not, there are other solutions.

Dissertation first deliverable got mixed response. Turns out it’s a crock of shit. Basically. Have to re-do a lot of it in the next couple of weeks.

In other news: coursework coming out of my ass; back is royally fucked - painkillers are being taken fairly regularly now and I have to add co-codemol to the mix if it gets bad (note to self: get more co-codemol); game is going well, I think - players may or may not currently hate me - this remains to be seen; McD’s suck, but other jobs seem to not exist for me; oh and elections are coming up again.

Elections… the bane of my year. Once again, I shall be campaigning for the position of President of the Association. With all of the afore-mentioned problems. Great

Still, at least I have anime again. And Ugly Betty.

Also, thinking of giving DoC another makeover. Any opinions?

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The parents are awesome. I only have Wii Sports, Carnival and one Wiimote, but is quite quite cool.

For those who have similar tech, the address is 6009 7928 9720 3813

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So what have I done since my last post?

• Worked on my dissertation - actually put in solid work-hours!
• Went out drinking for my birthday. Had a small meal as well with close friends.
• Read many books, watched much anime, seen lots of films.
• Bought all my Christmas presents at the Christmas Market
• Bought many custom dice
• Come back home for Christmas
• Had repetitive bouts of chronic back pain. (Have prescription painkillers for it) (Should really go and take some now)
• Created a talking chatbot somewhat representative of Jamie Gabbay
• Gone practically vegetarian at many points
• Listened to A Very Scary Solstice
• Gotten annoyed at the WGA strike meaning my TV watching habits have gone to pot. Not that I disagree with the strike, but I like my American TV…
• Done lots of lovely work at McDonald’s - especially with doing 11 and 12 hours shifts…
• Resisted the urge to buy lots of stuff from Liam’s
• Started doing Camarilla - or more to the point Changeling
  • Also did the Cam Regionals as an NPC and played ghosts the entire time I was there

Also, anyone got a suggestion for a quote to go on my Gamers t-shirt?

Oh yes, and have yourselves a scary little solstice!

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I need as many responses to this as possible for a coursework, so please be generous :)

Answers are hidden, comments are screened. All will be taken in confidence.

Thank you in advance.

( Unfortunately, there are no 'ticky box!' answers... )

I should really say real stuff, but I’ve been forgetting to say this for a while.

Thursday 29th of November, I turn 21.

Saturday 1st of December, I’m getting pissed. Or at least this is the plan.

It’s going to be out in town somewhere - attempting the Rose St Crawl was suggested. It’s me and Calvin (since his birthday is the Tuesday before) and whoever else we can drag along.

More details closer to the time, but if you want to know where we are at any point, you can always text.

I may need to viciously poke work in the face to make sure I have the day off as well…

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By a giggling maniac wielding make-up!

Look!

It’s alright - I got in a pre-emptive strike! I used my current idiom of “Do unto others quickly, before they can do it to you!” and attacked her with make-up first. I do like the rose

though!

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And I don’t have that much to say really…

WoD game is going well - possibly too well… I mean [Sam] advanced the plot!

Been to cinema lots recently - definitely getting the use of my card. Ratatouille, Stardust, Res Evil 3 have all been seen this month and I’ll likely go again on Wednesday

Work sucks. Don’t think I’ll be getting anything out of McDonalds I don’t already have, so am considering applying other places. I mean if I’m going to have a dead-end job for the next year, I’d rather have one I enjoyed more. Waterstones perhaps, or The Hive…

Been watching much anime. Am now watching Black Lagoon which has pirates, Gundam 00 which is new, Rental Magica, Hero Tales and a few others as well as the staunch favorites. Also read Book 1 of A Song of Fire & Ice by George R.R. Martin - need more!

Still partially deaf and back hurts like hell at times but am surviving. Have only skipped one day’s work due to back so am being good.

And now, since I want to see how peoples’ views have changed, a meme.

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Stolen from Howard Tayler of [Schlock Mercenary].

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It’s a bit hard to tell…

The last couple of weeks have been fun. For those of you who didn’t know, I’ve been being a Freshers Helper. Lots of fun!

It really was as well. The days have blurred into each other; there was free food, drink and sweets; there were many fun people; lots of fun events and lots of cool freshers.

Though I am partially deaf after Live Music on Thursday night - need to go arrange an doc’s appointment for that.

Even so, I’d say this is probably the best start to an academic year I’ve ever had.

And they let me into 4th year - the fools!

Starting my game tomorrow - or at least the character gen. Should be lots of fun.

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So what have I been up to since August you might ask…

Well, not a hell of a lot really. I had my resits, got my results (E for Langs & Defs, F for Comp Comms) and managed to get into 4th Year.

Now if only I had Dissertation ideas…

Haven’t had any shifts all month, discovered it was down to a misinterpretation. Also managed to talk my boss into giving me a bigger pay-rise which also means I can go for a promotion which will give me another pay-rise.

I’ve not done some things I was supposed to do, done things I wasn’t.

Downloaded and watched lots of anime. Including Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny (which seems essentially to be fighting hentai. It’s continual fan service…), D.Gray-Man, Night Head Genesis and Innocent Venus as well as more Kenichi, Zombie Loan, Bleach (and the movie!), Naruto, Devil May Cry…

Also started watching Stargate Atlantis again. Due to torrenting problems, only have half of seasons 1 & 3 so far, but I’ve seen 1 & 2 before so big deal. Watched what I have of season 3 then moved on to season 1 again. Definitely interesting watching it over.

Read many books (as usual). Finished the first 5 Horus Heresy books, the 2nd and 3rd Temeraire books, Grey Knights, Neuromancer (again), Good Omens (again) and am vaguely wondering what to read next.

Which reminds me! Went to the GEAS murder mystery pub crawl last week. Met people I met last year, met new people, got a few drinks in and left with an extra book. I now have a copy of Machiavelli’s The Prince which I should read at some point.

Also discovered a couple of new webcomics. First up, [DM of the Rings] - which covers what Lord of the Rings would have been like if it was a roleplaying campaign instead of a book. I found DMotR through [Irregular Webcomic] Then we have [Chainmail Bikini], the new webcomic written by the guy who did DM of the Rings. It’s just started and it’s about roleplayers.

Been to see Shoot ‘Em Up, Superbad, Evan Almighty, Rush Hour 3, Run, Fat Boy, Run and Knocked Up recently. Didn’t manage to see Stardust or Day Watch at the festival, but they’re out soon enough anyway. Also been through most of my DVD collection. With the laptop issues I was having, having something to watch while laptop recharged was a good thing.

I’ve joined Nick’s (Turelio for LARPers) Shadowrun game this summer as well. It’s run by my flatmate, in my flat so I figured it was worth a shot. Also joined back in with my Earthdawn group since that’s been held here over the summer as well and with no work, I have Sundays free again.

I have a plan for a campaign to be run at Gamers, and will be looking for players. Not decided when I’ll be running it, but I have a cunning plan which hopefully Gamers as a whole might implement.

There’s also been LARP geekiness, especially in the wake of Xanthe’s death. I’m working on IC documents at the moment for House Vel and the Sapphire Court and it’s all part of a devious plan! I also have my backup ready to roll for when people decide my new character’s gone crazy.

Laptop still fucked up, but not as badly. Well, it’s worse actually but I found a way to control it. Kind of. I found out why it crashes. It crashes when the fans are on “normal” mode as opposed to “silent” mode and the power is plugged in. Since the de-facto mode is “normal”, this meant is was crashing all the time. Now, it only crashes when I forget this. Though it may be getting quite hot…

This post is a real mess. I mean I go rambling all over the place about all kinds of things.

Oh, I joined Facebook should anyone care and not already have me added. I’m using a ‘pseudonym’. Have to say, the Facebook Mafia game is addictive.

I’ve also revamped the [Watt Gamers] website with new stuff. Not that people can tell most of it’s there.

Unicorn Parliament dates are confirmed. The 2nd - 4th of November. Booking form out by the end of the week hopefully.

Oh and [Kit] had me half-naked last week as well, but that was all perfectly innocent.

I think I might be done rambling for now. Back to your regularly scheduled nonsense?

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But this is remarkably more special.

The laptop works fine. Honestly. Even with 128MB of RAM dead or missing.

The problem is that when I plug it into the mains, after a few minutes (occasionally longer), it crashes. No reason that I can tell other than the fact it’s charging while switched on.

So if anyone sees me randomly disappear and then reappear 1 or 2 hours later - that’s probably the reason. The laptop needs the battery charged to work after all…

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