Haircut

Before.

After.

Word.

Holy Shit, I'm 20

Not a teenager anymore. Ever.

"You rotten kids! Get off my lawn!"

Almost Carnival

I just finished my last assignment for the week. After that is Carnival, and then the final wrapup of classes.
I will be staying in Pittsburgh for the summer, and working various clerical jobs to make money. It should be fun.
At the very least, I will be given many chances to chill out, and I most likely won't bring any work home with me. Ah, relaxation.
Yes...my definition of relaxation is a 40 hour work week. Woo.

Drivin' Lamborghinis and Sippin' on Martinis

How You Feelin' - Peeping Tom

Won't you come in and let's get started
This angel's fallen, so heed my calling
The wheels are rolling, the tension's growing
So join our reverend, walk into heaven

We're driving Lamborghinis and we're sipping on martinis
We're slurping our linguinis but we're spying on bikinis
We're sowing what we're reaping and we're here to set you free and
Apocalypse is nearing, won't you tell me how you're feeling?


We're driving Lamborghinis and we're sipping on martinis
With caviar and bling-is but we're spying on bikinis
And if that isn't good enough, we're here to set you free
Apocalypse is nearing won't you tell me how your feeling?

Apocalypse is nearing
So tell me how you feeling?
Yeah, I can hear you screaming
Oh, tell me how you feeling?
Apocalypse is nearing
So tell me how you feeling?
You're kicking and screaming
Oh, tell me how you feeling?

Kicking the cloud ... and the rain is pouring
And I don't know what's worse
Sitting here or at the back of the hearse
Upon accused
... pigeons summon
The gods are killing the...
...number twos and one
I wasn't chosen for this...
And my condolences, son
This isn't fun for anyone
Please ignore the pain and say amen

This song is stuck in my head right now. It is really catchy. Blingy rap by a righteous white dude.

+1 Random Point

Yeah, being random is what makes life fun sometimes.

Also, I'm planning on seeing Front Line Assembly at Mr. Small's on the 6th of May. If you're interested (you random internet people), let me know. I'm probably going to try and buy tickets this weekend.

My evil plan

All right, here it is, the one you've all been waiting for:

I am now declaring, officially, that I will run a VTT RPG this summer, using the GURPS ruleset and the OpenRPG software package.

The game will use a setting of my own devising, that is being fleshed out into a big ole' galaxy o' chaos as we speak.

The setting is sci-fi, and involves a nice mix of realism (star systems modeled after actual accretion disk models! My attempt to give scientific justification to everything!), and not so much (every solar system has inhabitable planets in it! Vague promises of psychic aliens! Faster-than-light travel!). I don't want just space fantasy, but I want it to be fun, too. I have a campaign set up, it's a combination of low-impact and moderate power that should make for a very interesting introduction to the setting. If things go well, the setting may be used to run another game in the next school year. For now, the plan is to test it out, tweak stuff, and play a game that I have not ever played: one that combines the exploration and adventuring of D&D with the realism and character focus of other systems.
As far as players go, nothing is set in stone, but I will extend invitations in terms of gaming familiarity. First, the members of Pony!, my current group, and one that has had me as a GM recently. Then, I'll see if anyone else I know is interested. From past experience, I don't think that many people I've gamed with before college will be interested.

Well, if anyone wants to get a leg up, I'll put out the links now:
openrpg.digitalxero.net: A wiki with OpenRPG info. Has links for the development version of OpenRPG, OpenRPG+. I prefer OpenRPG+ because it has a GURPS dice roller written for it.
openrpg.wrathof.com: A site with OpenRPG character sheets for many different systems (hint: click on GURPS).
openrpg.com: The main site, with links, and an installation guide.
mayhemgaming.net: This site has great tutorials for using OpenRPG and creating content for it.

April

So, last night we had a hilarious April Fool's prank played on us. Can't say what it was or who did it, but it was hilarious.
Things are back on track now, and the end of the semester is coming up quickly. I think everything should end up pretty good.

In other news, I'm writing up my GURPS setting. The concept is done, and I'm getting into rules-oriented stuff now. My plan is to run a VTT (virtual tabletop) game over the summer, a mini-campaign called "Escape from the Prison Planet". VTT will work better than Play-by-Post, but still allow the flexibility in times that would be necessary with everyone going home. As soon as I know what software I intend to use, I'll post it, and start making more detailed plans.