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Feb. 3rd, 2004 06:27 pmIt's been a few days since I updated, so I thought I might add an entry here, give folks an idea of what's been going on, and myself a chance to reflect. =)
The past week and a half were spent in a migraine-induced haze. When I was home, I tended to be unconscious, and when I was in class, I tended to be a bit spaced. I was certainly glad when Saturday arrived and my head finally cleared. I wish I could explain coherently what it felt like, but I think the easiest way to define it would be to compare it to having a veil lifted: While you're wearing it, the veil causes everything outside to be a tad blurry and tinted to the color of the material. When it's lifted, the lights go back up to full, you can make out finer features, and things are seen the way they're supposed to be.
Assignment-wise, I had two biggies due since my last entry -- my paper proposal for my senior thesis, and a 3-pager writing about Rousseau's conceptions of the state of nature and the nature of man. For senior thesis, I've opted to look at the role of seapower in national security, with specific emphasis on the way the Navy will be meeting the new challenges before it. Thursday night, I figured it was going to be hard enough to concentrate on typing, much less on characterization, so I sat out of my usual RPG so that I could spend about three hours doing some preliminary research on my senior thesis. Most of my sources were from Proceedings from the US Naval Institute but, thankfully, the naval community never seems to agree with itself; for every one person that thinks something is a great idea, there's another two with other ideas they think better than the original. I got up early on Friday to write the proposal; I had my husband review it because I couldn't remember a bloody word I had written once I was finished. Strangely, it was coherent.
The 3-pager was for the TricksyBastard. I was a tad annoyed at him already -- I had missed the Thursday where he passed out guidelines for said paper, and then 5 inches of snow were dumped on us. It was basically impossible for me to get the guidelines from campus until Wednesday of the following week. This meant that everyone else had a full week and a half to work on this paper, and I had four days. I realize life isn't fair sometimes, but I really wish he would work with us sometimes on due dates. As it is, most of it was written on Sunday, so I was a little more coherent. Not sure if I did well enough for his guidelines, but oh well. There's always the next one.
Course, if I fail it, I will become a problem.
In other news, my husband has decided to give up on the LOTR CCG. On this, I can't say as I blame him. Not only did he spend the better part of two years promoting the game as a Rider of Rohan (Decipher's product rep program), but when he took a few months off to tend to personal matters (i.e. moving and such), he caught nothing but flack from a few of our fellow players. Add to this the fact that Decipher has stopped listening to their playtesters when they say things are broken -- thus leading to a LOT of NPEs (negative play experiences) -- and you might could understand why he's quit. He says he'll continue to run tournaments and other events, but he's pretty much giving up on the game. At this point, it's about the people, and not the cards.
RPG-wise, I've started my team off on a new mission. I'm not terribly thrilled about some of the participating members, but that is the joy of what I know as the United States military -- you don't necessarily choose who you get to work with. Nothing like a little realism to keep you grounded. ;)
That's it for now. Almost time for karate....
The past week and a half were spent in a migraine-induced haze. When I was home, I tended to be unconscious, and when I was in class, I tended to be a bit spaced. I was certainly glad when Saturday arrived and my head finally cleared. I wish I could explain coherently what it felt like, but I think the easiest way to define it would be to compare it to having a veil lifted: While you're wearing it, the veil causes everything outside to be a tad blurry and tinted to the color of the material. When it's lifted, the lights go back up to full, you can make out finer features, and things are seen the way they're supposed to be.
Assignment-wise, I had two biggies due since my last entry -- my paper proposal for my senior thesis, and a 3-pager writing about Rousseau's conceptions of the state of nature and the nature of man. For senior thesis, I've opted to look at the role of seapower in national security, with specific emphasis on the way the Navy will be meeting the new challenges before it. Thursday night, I figured it was going to be hard enough to concentrate on typing, much less on characterization, so I sat out of my usual RPG so that I could spend about three hours doing some preliminary research on my senior thesis. Most of my sources were from Proceedings from the US Naval Institute but, thankfully, the naval community never seems to agree with itself; for every one person that thinks something is a great idea, there's another two with other ideas they think better than the original. I got up early on Friday to write the proposal; I had my husband review it because I couldn't remember a bloody word I had written once I was finished. Strangely, it was coherent.
The 3-pager was for the TricksyBastard. I was a tad annoyed at him already -- I had missed the Thursday where he passed out guidelines for said paper, and then 5 inches of snow were dumped on us. It was basically impossible for me to get the guidelines from campus until Wednesday of the following week. This meant that everyone else had a full week and a half to work on this paper, and I had four days. I realize life isn't fair sometimes, but I really wish he would work with us sometimes on due dates. As it is, most of it was written on Sunday, so I was a little more coherent. Not sure if I did well enough for his guidelines, but oh well. There's always the next one.
Course, if I fail it, I will become a problem.
In other news, my husband has decided to give up on the LOTR CCG. On this, I can't say as I blame him. Not only did he spend the better part of two years promoting the game as a Rider of Rohan (Decipher's product rep program), but when he took a few months off to tend to personal matters (i.e. moving and such), he caught nothing but flack from a few of our fellow players. Add to this the fact that Decipher has stopped listening to their playtesters when they say things are broken -- thus leading to a LOT of NPEs (negative play experiences) -- and you might could understand why he's quit. He says he'll continue to run tournaments and other events, but he's pretty much giving up on the game. At this point, it's about the people, and not the cards.
RPG-wise, I've started my team off on a new mission. I'm not terribly thrilled about some of the participating members, but that is the joy of what I know as the United States military -- you don't necessarily choose who you get to work with. Nothing like a little realism to keep you grounded. ;)
That's it for now. Almost time for karate....
