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Maelstrom disappointment
Posted Aug 1, 2011
I apologise in advance to Mr. D - I try not to broach the IC-OC wall but I'm sad this morning and wanted to talk about it somewhere. Facebook is full of too many people that my character interacts with. Thankfully our characters don't know each other. 
Z'im died. 
For those that don't know, I have a hobby called Live Action Role Play, or LARP, and it's a bit like acting without a script. You create a character, dress up and act out what it would do when faced with other people and situations. Z'im was my first ever long-term character - I played it for over three years. I made some wonderful friends who I'm going to miss a lot.
The worst part was that I was one downtime (an admin period that occurs between the real-life weekends) away from achieving something fantastic, the goal of my character. And its death occured not as a result of going into battle, or the work of the gods, or because someone has a vendetta and wanted to stop me. It was because I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I was on my way out of the in-character area because I'd finished role-playing for that session and was intending on changing into another character for a bit of a break. It was my fault; I should have been paying attention until I was actually out of the area. However we walked by a group of people who had been terrorising the game all weekend. They quickly and efficiently dispatched me before I even had time to scream or run. No hard feelings against them; they played their parts fantastically and did exactly what they should have done.
I'm gutted though. It's not just that the character who I loved playing is dead, it's that this event was the first time I really got my goal in reach, only for it to be snatched away again. Plus, although others may take up my idea and make it happen, I won't get to find out if it works.
It also means I have to create another character, and life is going to get in the way. There's little point in me creating a character when pregnancy will stop me attending.
So please excuse me, I'm a little today. 
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I've found it!
Posted Jul 19, 2011
I was looking for a summary page for the Saving the Best for Last compatition, because I had no idea who had submitted into what category. It's here: A85719298.
Yay! Now I can vote in the knowledge that I have actually read everything in a category. 
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Spell check
Posted Jul 12, 2011
I was just surprised that my spellchecker didn't like the word 'Magrethea'. 
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My turn for moderation
Posted Jun 10, 2011
All my ACE messages. Apparently I was spamming. While I can see why they would think that, if that were the case then why haven't I been moderated for the last seven years for doing exactly that? 
I've filled out a complaint form very politely and asked them to reinstate the posts.
I'm a little more concerned that a load of newbies will have their first contact being a post that has broken the House Rules. Nice welcome. 
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Doctor Who
Posted May 25, 2011
Last night we just flung on an episode of Doctor Who pretty much at random. It turned out to be a Tennant/Donna, the one that was set in the library. We only watched the first part in the end due to time.
It's the first time he meets River Song. At the time it didn't make much impact - why should it? But having kept up to date I watched her reaction to realising how young he was last night and it was heartbreaking. There was even a tear shed.
Sometimes it's only rewatching things, seasons later, that you can really understand it properly. 
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