Yesterday's DC
Heroes session (for issue #18) didn't turn out too well. The plan was
to let everyone else leave and have the core group play an evening
game. Then Chris somehow invited himself in and Pick said he could stay
and play. But apparently Pick's definition of staying late is different
than mine. I was expecting to run a four to five hour game, add an hour
for two extra people, but I guess he was expecting something shorter
because he had to leave after 3-1/2 hours (it was 22:30 by then). My
fault for not asking how long people could stay and for letting them
play in the first place. It's heartless and cold but if you can't
commit the time then you shouldn't play -- I do run day games too every
three or four weeks.
We actually played 2 on 2 basketball last Thursday as Pick joined us.
It was Pick and Dave versus Woo and I. Not quite full contact
basketball but still a bit rough. I was guarding Pick the whole time
and he's quite a load. Goddess, it's really tiring playing that way.
Woo and I did win all three games, though the first two were close. It
was sort of fun.
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I watched the
gubernatorial debate from last Wednesday. This one had Bustamante,
Camejo, Huffington, McClintock and Schwarzenegger. It's scary just how
much I identify with McClintock's views. I keep thinking I'm kind of
liberal and enlightened but when you get down to it I'm pretty damned
conservative and totalitarian (which are not the same thing).
Schwarzenegger was much the same as McClintock but more vague and
unwilling to commit.
I'm done with my one month of hosting Saturday games. Now I have a
month to recuperate. I did like it but I did spend a lot of money
providing lunch for everyone. I guess I'm just so happy that people
come over that I want to leave a good impression. Of course the other
reason was that it's only a little more expensive than going out to eat
(since I tend to work it out so I pay more than my fair share). People
joked about how I didn't raise the hosting bar, it's always been that
high and nobody has lived up to it until now. Eh, it's not like I hold
people to the same standards that I hold myself to.
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