6 posts tagged “claire”
I slept eleven hours last night. Two on the couch after my hot soak in the bathtub, and nine more when I woke up and figured I might as well just go to bed.
I hadn't realized I was so tired.
Actually, I think I've been fighting off a cold for the past couple of days, and I don't feel sniffly at all this morning, so I suppose that's something, eh? At any rate, I do feel a lot better on the overall, so it was probably for the best, even though I hadn't really planned on doing it.
It's also entirely possible that since I didn't really rest much on Monday (day off) that I still hadn't recovered from all that. This week is promising to be better, since I work today and the next two days and then have at least one day off. Compared to the neverending schedule of last week, that seems remarkably easy. I am, however, going to be working longer hours this week. Since Evan doesn't get off work until 6:30, and we're way behind on a few projects (All of the main displays of the store get changed this week, that means we have to get that out as quickly as possible. That results in all the books that were on the old displays getting piled up on a table. Plus we still have to deal with our regular shipment), I agreed to stay late and help with voids, which means taking a scanner gun through specific sections and finding all the books that haven't sold or are coming/have come out in new editions. Those get sent back, which gives us more room on the shelves, which is yay!
One of my favorite sections to void or COMP (basically reset the section so that it's all in order) is the essays/criticism section, which always has interesting books about books, which is quite possibly one of my favorite things ever. Yesterday revealed two interesting finds, a book about reading "like a professor," and one about the Dark Tower series. So I'll probably browse through those two at work today. The other book I picked up is called The Alphabet of Dreams, and is about a boy who has the ability to have prophetic dreams if he sleeps with the possession of another person. So far, so good, but I'm not very far yet, as I've given up my reading time to work this week.
I think I'm giving up on Half Life. I hate that, but by the last third of the book, the story and writing are so convoluted that I can't even begin to feel engaged. I think I'll probably put it back and maybe pick it up again later. Sometimes that's for the best.
Let's see. What else haven't I documented here in a while. The RO/RP situation is going well enough, though I haven't been able to do as much as I might like now that I'm getting five days a week at work again. I suppose it's a sacrifice that has to be made, though I don't care for it. Once I get a little more accustomed to the schedule it should be a bit easier. In the meantime, the RP I have been getting has been pretty damn good. Rachna's attained her magi-knight status, so she and her husband are starting to work on the design and forging of her runic blade. Claire and Spectrus reached another nice little turning point lately, too. I still need to work on getting some more guild RP going on there, but with so many character preoccupied with the war that's going on ingame, it's difficult.
The cat is still crazy. She sits on me each morning to wake me up, though this morning I woke up a few times before she even tried--especially at 4:30, which, given the time I normally go to bed, would have been the equivalent of my normal wake-up time. Finally, at seven, I gave in. Any more sleep might not have been a good idea, probably.
At any rate, I'm going to wrap this up before it gets too long. Hopefully I won't be tired and fall asleep the next time I want to write an entry!
And so we come to the end of another period of not-working, in which I didn't update nearly as much as I would have liked to. Alas, there were other things that I also wanted to/should have done that I didn't. Such is life.
It's been an interesting "weekend." Most developments have come in the realm of RP or other Aeon-related matters, so I'll touch on those here for a moment.
My gypsy and her bardy love have finally gotten their acts together. Hurrah! After a series of nightmares, she had managed to catch his attention. They were both sufficiently frightened and disturbed, and thus clung to each other for support in a time of trial. Everyone say 'aww.' Mira is, needless to say, very pleased with how things are going, even if Claire is shameless enough to get the poor boy drunk and make him play games with her. Hee.
In other RP news, the town where my other primary character's husband lived (and where she spent a small amount of time with him before the war got into full swing) was the setting for a terrorist attack of late. Their house is completely gone, and our most recent scene involved them clearing out the dead bodies from the church, where all of the men of the town had been gathered and then systematically slaughtered. Fun!
Despite my dislike of war-type plots, this one's certainly interesting. I just hope that we can manage to bring it to some sort of appropriate conclusion instead of letting things get silly. Also, an end to it would be nice. Eventually. God knows that Claire and Spec don't really want to have anything to do with it, and I'd much rather they had the chance to stay out of it myself.
In other vaguely Aeon-related news, I think I'm on the verge of re-establishing friendship with N, who I think I've mentioned before in my 'red threads' post. So perhaps that bond is not severed as permanently as I once thought. I'm venturing into this with a good deal of reservations, however, and not without the backup of friends and loved ones who have faith in this decision. I'm still not sure, but I'm willing to at least give him a chance, I guess. It's rough going yet, but I'm hoping for the best. We'll see.
I'm tired now. Going to finish up this RP and head to bed.
For some reason I didn't want to disturb that post with adding a bunch of other stuff to it. Who knows? It might end up as the basis for a story or something. *grin*
Speaking of stories, the RP that Tarsis is talking about over there may well become one also. I have a good deal of it set out in my head already, as that's what kept me busy at work yesterday and made the hours simply fly by. Needless to say, Claire has pretty much completely captured my imagination of late. I'd like to get some of that down "on paper" here at some point in the near future.
Today is going to be a day of household maintenance, however, as Evan and I have tons of dishes to do, and the house needs a general cleaning-up.
First and foremost on our minds, though, is a doctor's appointment I have in a couple of hours. Hopefully this appointment will lead to free/cheap medication of the type that a girl who's married but doesn't want to have babies would like to have. Ahem. Needless to say I'm a bit anxious, if only for the fact that I've not been to a doctor, period, in longer than I can remember, and that this particular thing is fairly...involved. Anyway, moving on.
I do have some good news, which is that, over the weekend, one of my best friends from high school proposed to his girlfriend! I'd heard the rumor from J, my best friend, sometime a couple of weeks ago, that he was looking for a ring, but it appears that he not only found it but got her to say yes. He's been though a crappy engagement once before, but from what little I know of this girl, I already like her a lot more. And he's grown up a lot since then, too. I'm fairly amused by the fact that they both promised her parents when they started "courting" (their word, not mind--fairly conservative, homeschooling, Christian families here, so take that as you will), that they were taking it slow. I'm pretty sure they haven't even been together a year yet. But ah, well. Love is love, and I can't honestly say that Evan and I didn't know how things were going to end up even three months into things. So much love and happiness and congratulations to them.
The other funny part about that whole thing is that I'm nearly positive he proposed almost a year to the day from when Evan proposed. A year to the day or off by one. Which is still kind of amusing. They're setting a date from around June 5, and we went for May 20th, so they'll have slightly more time than I did. I'm all excited about getting to go to a wedding that's not my own! (Mine was only the second I'd ever been to, and would have been the first if two of our friends hadn't made a mad dash to the courthouse about a month before we had ours, because the husband is in the Navy and was shipping out for a while. This will be the first in a big church will all sorts of fanciness, I imagine. Ours was small, but I can't imagine his being that small. And her parents, I think, are fairly well-off. Time will tell~)
Anyway, I think that's the extent of the more mundane update. Evan'll be up soon and then we have to get moving. Ta!
The topic came up in one of the Aeon chats I inhabit not too long ago.
In case you haven't heard of it before, the general gist of the idea is that there's a Chinese (apparently) proverb that says that when a child is born, red threads are tied around their fingers which connect them to the people fated to become important in their lives. Sometimes there are knots and tangles, and threads can be severed, but it led me to consider how many people I would truly say I am 'connected' with in this way. And, even more so, the lengths that these ties span.
- Obviously, my husband. We discussed this a long, long time ago and agreed wholeheartedly.
- My best friend, J. I love her, and we're the sisters we never had.
- L, in California. Another great love in a fairly non-conventional way.
- S, in Washington. My first and only real "girlfriend," a woman who will always have a piece of my heart.
- J, in Ohio. A brother and then some. My advisor, and one who comes to me for advice. Giving and taking.
Ties that have been severed...
- N, in California. My great mistake, but it would be a lie to say I hadn't loved him. And a lesson learned.
- J, here in WV. A first love, a childish love, but the beginning of the discovery of me.
- Mr M. My band director in high school. A father figure and an inspiration. A separation forced by time instead of pain or fighting. Though it still kind of hurts to return, but only because you can't go back again.
- T, J, A, J...high school friends when friends were few and far between. Again, time and distance pull us apart instead of strife.
Ties still being forged...
- S, in Missouri. He's a great friend and I care about him a lot. He's grown up a lot in the past year, and I appreciate that more than he knows, probably.
- B. Virginia. You know who you are. I suppose it's high time to tell you that you mean a lot to me too, and I'm really enjoying the time we're spending working on our RP and just generally hanging out.
I guess it all comes back to Mira's theory of love, and loving all the important people in your life differently than the last. Each and every one of these people is special to me in their own way, and I feel lucky to have so many special people to surround me and hold up and to hold me up. You guys rock.
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On a separate note, today was D's last day at work, as well as the other manager who was leaving. I attempted to write him a humorous yet heartfelt note but decided it all came off as a little bit cheesy and/or obsessive. Which I'm totally not. Uh huh. (this is me not being convinced!)
Anyway, I commented to him that it was very much like the last day of school--the attitude they both had of goofing off, taking it easy, letting people get away with stuff they wouldn't otherwise. It was fun.
I also did a little doodle of Claire, my gypsy, as the Queen of Cups. She embodies the card to that very extent, and made me ponder on a comment made by one of my other RP partners. Now I'm curious and trying to classify characters on the server as players in the Major Arcana and the face cards. Spectrus, Claire's co-guildmaster, is almost certainly the Hanged Man, and another character could quite easily be The Fool. If I had the artistic abilities to depict them as such, I would. But alas, I am limited to crappy pencil doodles that look far less impressive twenty-four hours after the fact.
I digress.
I had really good RP tonight. RP that was good enough that I felt like not only did I learn a good bit more about my character, but that I also felt like I learned something myself, along the way. It was most satisfactory to, for once, walk into a battle, head held high, and have not only confidence, but cool, clear logic on my side.
Sure beats fighting with those bloody emotional types.
Mira, by the way, was also a Queen of Cups, but slowly morphed into Judgment as time progressed, especially after her 'rebirth,' as it were. Claire is also the Queen, and it may be no surprise to anyone that I also consider myself an embodiment of the card.
Anyway, that's probably enough ramblings for me and now I've lost my train of thought anyway. Royal Assassin continues to be interesting, but I'm not done yet. My apologies if this post's a little discombobulated. It's getting late indeed~ I shall go now and come up with much more babbling tomorrow.
There are those days when morning comes far, far too early. Thankfully I have another day off tomorrow, so I'm sure I can manage to make up the sleep one way or the other.
Six hours and some-odd minutes isn't that bad--at least, it wasn't at a point in my sleep cycle where I was dreaming. Those are the ones that leave me awake but groggy, which is also why instead of rolling over and hitting the sleep button until Evan was out of the shower, I went ahead and got up. Six and a half is generally really bad for me.
I know I had some weird dreams the past two nights, but unfortunately they've all but faded from my mind by the time I sat down at the keyboard. I know I was having RO-dreams, which is no surprise given how much I've been playing in the past four or five days.
Last night was particularly awesome, I think. My gypsy character, Claire, was giving a Tarot reading in the game's main pub for one of her guild's new members, and we actually managed to attract quite the audience. I was particularly pleased when the reading was spot-on for the character I was giving it for. Claire's been fairly reliable, honestly. Curiously, the reading was four cards, and I managed to draw the Ten and Nine of Wands, then the Ten and Nine of Cups, in that order. I thought it was odd that it stuck to just two suits and even two particular numbers. Anyone out there with a greater knowledge than me have any thoughts on this one?
Spectrus joined us after a while, and at the end of it we ended up having an informal guild meeting in our base, (the Stage), which was just prettydamnneat. Claire's just as caring as Mira (see angel icon) was without (so far!) any of the craziness that always got associated with her plots that made her a bit of a pain sometimes, if only because there was simply so much going on that revolved around her and the bigger things she was a part of. There's less room for that now, since instead of running a church, she's just running a little band of performers. I like it. In time, of course, things will grow more complex, but for now the simplicity is endearing.
Also worked yesterday on grinding Rachna up a few more levels on her way to magi-knighthood. About five more and I can change over. It's probably a little fast, RP-wise, but time in RO isn't quite normal anyway, so I'm not too stressed over it. The party we had going was really excellent, and effective. I was terrible at dealing damage to the final boss of the dungeon, but hey--we got there, and in the process managed to collect a couple nice items. Net experience gained was well worth the trouble--it's always good to do something different. Same old same old gets so boring after a while.
Speaking of same old--I'd better get ready for work, as the time slips through my fingers once more. As ever, more later. Until then~
What are the 5 words that best describe your life right now?
Question submitted by mojito.
Matrmony, good, busy, happy, tired. Yes, I'm a braggart. So? You asked!
Anyway, enough of that nonsense. Been a couple of days since updating, thanks to work and husband. We finally went out and picked up his wedding/birthday present (which were three days apart from each other). Decided on a PS2 and two games, Radiata Stories and the well-loved Katamari Damacy. Radiata is an RPG recommended to me by D from work, who I worked my last full shift with on Saturday. Boo! He closes tomorrow but I open, so...yeah. I'm trying to figure out something nice to do but haven't come up with anything yet. As far as the game goes, I've heard one really positive review (from D) and one negative from someone I know over IRC. If we don't like it, I won't be too terribly disappointed--at least we didn't buy it full-price. Katamari's already gotten some action, though I think I'll go mess with it in a bit for myself, just to get a handle on the learning curve before Evan gets up.
RP lately has been scattered, but good. I spent a good nine (!) hours with Tarsis and his bard, Spectrus, on Wednesday, not doing anything terribly momentous so much as just hanging out. Which was nice. Did a little Rachna and Phineous on the same night, but I was tired and conked out early. Followed up with Claire and Spectrus last night, finishing off that day. My RP partner for Rachna, however, was missing, and I was tired, so...hopefully we'll be able to do some stuff today.
Also, I was added by someone who works for a fairly comprehensive-looking MUD on here, so I'm in the process of giving that a look, too. I was at a bit of a loss for what class to choose, but I think I found something that will work. I'm not terribly good at MUDs, but this is the first one I've found that's not only interesting, but suited to my interests, and actually has people around. Gasp! So more on that as it comes, I guess.
I'm hungry. Probably ought to make something to eat. More introspective post later, all right?
Oh, and. Everyone who participated in the coloring contest is getting five invites, so I'm hoping to post mine up on offer on a forum I frequent once they come through. Additionally...well, there was an additionally, and now I've gone and forgotten it. Again. Blast.
ETA: Success! Just wanted to add that I'm onto the second book in the Farseer trilogy, and really enjoying it. Unfortunately, the prospect of fantasy-mind-reading-castle-intrigue brain-candy has usurped the prospect of twisted-fairy-tale brain-candy, so The Fourth Bear is on hold right now. I'll get back to it...eventually~
