Loneliness
When I was young, perhaps seven or eight years old, there would be a young guy who would occasionally call our number (37369!) and talk to my mother. My mother told me that he was lonely and just wanted to chat a bit. I guess that nowadays people who feel that lonely will go online to chat, but back then the options were limited. Thinking back to that over the years, I can't help but feel incredible sympathy for people that lonely.
Da Costa
Last night as I drifted off to sleep I was reminiscing about my time living along the Da Costakade in what was such an idyllic little apartment. Much was wrong with it -- narrow staircases, not so much storage space and it could get awfully warm -- but it did so much more right that I really miss that place. Especially laying on the sofa in the summer, next to the open window, reading a book, listening to the people at L'Affiche downstairs. That apartment was quite delightful and I miss it a lot.
Earnest
I've noticed that the more earnestly someone asks me how I am doing the more uncomfortable I get in answering. I don't know why that happens but I suspect it's because the more earnest they are in their asking, the more earnest I feel I need to be in my answering.
Yesterday, after downloading my entire Facebook profile -- which I highly recommend doing from time to time -- I decided to shut down my account. Next to the obvious privacy concerns, which I won't get into here, I found myself spending an awful lot of time consuming the information of people I knew, cared for, but didn't care for enough to go through all their daily doings. I'm sure I'll miss it, and if the desire or need gets high, I'll reactivate my account, but for now, I'm sans Facebook. I wonder if anyone will even realise I'm gone. I doubt it, which is kind of the point.
Shadowrun: Corrosion – Boom!
Yeah, I'm not really sure what happened over the last week, but we doubled the amount of registered players. And as if that wasn't enough, the number of actively logged in players probably quintupled. It's really very exciting and it also puts a nice amount of pressure on my brother and I. We've been working on and off for a while now, but it's always been a bit laissez-faire, without any real sense of urgency. Now, people are equally enthusiastic at the promise of the game as they are dissatisfied that it's not fully playable yet.
Most people are pretty good about it, and then there are a select few -- of course, they have to be the most vocal ones, don't they? -- whose abrasive style rubs me the wrong way. Luckily, I am pretty good at ignoring all the insults and jabs and still manage to concede the point if they have one. (I'm looking at you, ShadowDragon8685.)