Pain is weakness leaving the body...
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batskeets...and if that's the case, then I'd better turn into one strong mofo pretty soon here, because DEAR GOD I can't remember the last time I was this sore. I've been doing a ton of kickups at practice, which tires out my core, and I also started working on broadsword again on Friday, which made my arms sore. And wushu always makes my legs tired, especially after having been sick.
So, yeah, pretty much every part of my body is sore right now. AND I've gone and overworked myself again stress-wise, too. Didn't I say I was going to quit doing that? ;p
WELL, on the plus side, the clothing shoot yesterday went off quite nicely. We did part of it in the living room, and there wasn't quite enough natural light coming in for me to do what I originally wanted (grr), but we did get some nice shots with the strobes. AND, more importantly, the bulk of the shoot, which was done in-studio, went awesomely. It took some finagling at first, but my weird idea for spicing up the studio set actually worked, and the client loved it. I love it when a plan comes together. <3
It was still an exhausting day, though, especially seeing as I shot all but one outfit, due to Boy's gimped arm. Oooof.
In other news, I'm finally dipping my toe back into RPing, somewhat to my surprise! I guess I'd halfway resigned myself to leaving that stuff behind after moving out of Eugene, because, well, when you actually manage to get into a solid group that you really like? The idea of finding a new one that's even remotely as good seems bloody well impossible... *especially* when you're good friends with your group outside of the game, too. But, a lot of the people I know up here are into gaming, too, so I figured, eh, why not give it another go?
We had a meeting to hammer out setting and character ideas on Saturday, and it's going to be funfun. I'm absolutely the n00biest of the group, and I'm definitely not accustomed to having anywhere *near* that much input into the setting or the parameters of the world, so I didn't have a lot to contribute. Fortunately, the other folks did, so we have some interesting ideas down, and it'll be cool to see where it goes from here.
Karaoke on Friday was good, good times. It's kind of bumming me out that people are finding out about How Can Be? Lounge, because if too many *more* people find out about it, it'll stop being such a good place for karaoke because it's too crowded and generally lame. BUT, I learned that they have Ben Folds Five's Song For The Dumped, which I MUST sing. Preferably with the Japanese version mixed in. XD The KJ that night did kind of a crappy job, so I haven't done it yet, but one day, oh yes, one day.
Anyhoo, I'm pooped, and I am also *very* happy that next Monday is a holiday. I have no shoots down for the next week or so, so I'm taking a much-deserved break.
So, yeah, pretty much every part of my body is sore right now. AND I've gone and overworked myself again stress-wise, too. Didn't I say I was going to quit doing that? ;p
WELL, on the plus side, the clothing shoot yesterday went off quite nicely. We did part of it in the living room, and there wasn't quite enough natural light coming in for me to do what I originally wanted (grr), but we did get some nice shots with the strobes. AND, more importantly, the bulk of the shoot, which was done in-studio, went awesomely. It took some finagling at first, but my weird idea for spicing up the studio set actually worked, and the client loved it. I love it when a plan comes together. <3
It was still an exhausting day, though, especially seeing as I shot all but one outfit, due to Boy's gimped arm. Oooof.
In other news, I'm finally dipping my toe back into RPing, somewhat to my surprise! I guess I'd halfway resigned myself to leaving that stuff behind after moving out of Eugene, because, well, when you actually manage to get into a solid group that you really like? The idea of finding a new one that's even remotely as good seems bloody well impossible... *especially* when you're good friends with your group outside of the game, too. But, a lot of the people I know up here are into gaming, too, so I figured, eh, why not give it another go?
We had a meeting to hammer out setting and character ideas on Saturday, and it's going to be funfun. I'm absolutely the n00biest of the group, and I'm definitely not accustomed to having anywhere *near* that much input into the setting or the parameters of the world, so I didn't have a lot to contribute. Fortunately, the other folks did, so we have some interesting ideas down, and it'll be cool to see where it goes from here.
Karaoke on Friday was good, good times. It's kind of bumming me out that people are finding out about How Can Be? Lounge, because if too many *more* people find out about it, it'll stop being such a good place for karaoke because it's too crowded and generally lame. BUT, I learned that they have Ben Folds Five's Song For The Dumped, which I MUST sing. Preferably with the Japanese version mixed in. XD The KJ that night did kind of a crappy job, so I haven't done it yet, but one day, oh yes, one day.
Anyhoo, I'm pooped, and I am also *very* happy that next Monday is a holiday. I have no shoots down for the next week or so, so I'm taking a much-deserved break.
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Date: 2009-02-10 04:56 am (UTC)And How Can Be so many people? Seriously. If many more people find out about that place, we're going to have to change the setting again. Thank god there are no shortages of Chinese Food Karaoke Bars in Portland!
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Date: 2009-02-10 10:34 pm (UTC)RPGing
Date: 2009-02-10 05:35 pm (UTC)I'm seriously considering buying the Fantasy Grounds software to game online. That might especially make it easier since we recently rolled a natural 20 on our "procreation" skill.
Re: RPGing
Date: 2009-02-10 10:29 pm (UTC)As for the game, our intrepid GM posted meeting notes for us (http://nathanaelcole.com/2009/02/09/notes-for-the-new-sea-and-shores-campaign/). <3