Divisions and Precisions

Grr, argh.

Comcast can just bite me. My cable modem connection has been getting steadily worse and worse. I get dropped off all the time, I can't reconnect. Then last night while I was talking to , I got booted and couldn't get back. So I called Comcast, who told me that they were doing maintenance on the system and it would be down for three or four hours. I asked why they couldn't be bothered to let people know this in advance, and found out that I wasn't even speaking to the internet people, because they were so swamped with calls. Right now, my connection would be more stable if I was on dialup. Not to mention, cheaper. Jeeez.

Every time I see those stupid Comcast internet commercials about how awesome their service is, I want to barf.

Weekend goodness!

This is turning out to be one of the best weekends I've had in a long, long time. It got off to a rousing start with Buffy on Thursday, then Friday I went to Dawn and Jason's, where we started the new 7th Sea game that Jason is running. Dawn and I are playing sisters (I'm a stuffy prissy scholar, she's a Sea Dog), and we're being joined by Bill and Joelle, a couple Jason and I play Werewolf with.

However, before the gaming goodness started, since I got there early, I went to the park with Dawn and Jason and Justin, who just had his 2nd birthday last week. Justin and I played on the swings while Dawn pushed him--I discovered that under no circumstances was I allowed to leave my swing. I got up once or twice, and Justin yelled, "No no! Whee!" (Translation: "Don't leave, sit down on the swing, which is clearly a lot of fun.")

7th Sea was an absolute blast. My character is going to be a hoot (think Evie from The Mummy, only more reserved and proper), and watching Bill and Jason play off each other left me in stitches. I ended up crashing at Dawn and Jason's for the night, planning to come home this morning.

Well, that didn't happen. We spent the morning lazing around and playing with Justin, then Jason twisted my arm and got me to pick up a PS2 game I'd played there once before, called Pirates. It's not a big state-of-the-art game or anything, but it's a lot of fun a la Legend of Zelda. I spent the entire afternoon playing, pretty much. At dinnertime, I realized I should probably get home, but we got started talking about the Changeling campaign I've been talking about starting up again for just Dawn and Jason, and sure enough, by 7:30, we were talking character creation and background info, since this chronicle takes place five years after my last Changeling chronicle. I have the seeds of a plot, so I am happy.

Finally, I left their house about 12:30 or so. I hadn't gotten ten minutes from their house when I see flashing lights behind me. I was pulled over for the third time in my life--unlike last time, I didn't get arrested. However, I did get my first speeding ticket. It was worth it, though. After weeks of increasing isolation and crushing depression, it feels SO GOOD to be back among the living.

ETA: Of course, I realized when I got home that I missed Mer's birthday dinner tonight, ack. Sorry Mer, happy birthday anyway!