Alexander does dumb stuff!

     Geek rant time! I haven't blogged in a month, because there isn't much in my head that I'm willing to share. But with last week's twelve-hour Werewolf game, I haven't been able to stop thinking about that. I will now go into nauseating detail about today's session. For those who do not enjoy role-playing geekery, I'm sorry. Try again next time?

     We played Werewolf today. It was just a "downtime" session with only Scotch, Sage, and myself. Things would have been pretty good, except that Scotch's character, Alexander, had some difficulties with his thought process. After being told to go find a certain NPC to talk to, Alexander decided to wander off into the Umbra. Alone. Without telling anybody he was going. He doesn't know his way around, or have any ability to ask for help.
     Torque and Nailah found him several hours later, in a rather dangerous section of town. Just as our characters arrived, all three of us were attacked by a wraith that was possessed by a Paychomachie. Torque effectively died for about a turn, but just barely managed to survive.
     We finally made it back to The Flop, where Torque threatened to tie Alexander up with a heavy chain. Then, for some reason, Torque decided it was a good idea for her and Alexander to follow Nailah on some Umbral exploring. Perhaps, it was a bad decision to take Alexander. He suddenly popped out of the spirit world because he saw a silver cross that he wanted to melt down to make silver arrowheads! When he came back to the Umbra, he had a vampire attacking him! We killed it quickly, but I don't know what Torque is going to do with a pack member like that. He needs almost as much supervision as her four-year-old!
     There was other chaos to be had. Torque and Nailah both made an enemy of Blaze's favorite Nosferatu, named Nikolai. Torque stole one of his hard drives. Nailah stole some fragments from the Book of Nod. Oh, and Alexander apparently acquired a "pet" Lost Dog spirit. What are we going to do with that?


     Only two weeks until the next time we game. I can't wait!
     Let's see... It's been a month since I updated the knitting...

• Complete the Elements of HArMoNY scarves in time for Anthrocon. I finished the elements of H , Ar, Mo, and N and am more than halfway through Y. I have a minion that will sew in the eleventy million yarn ends, so I don't have to.  But he'll get equal credit when I turn them in for the charity raffle, so I don't feel the least bit bad about making him do the crap work. And he's doing a good job, too!
• Knit my $5 in Paris sweater.
• Thing A Day in February. I plan to make eleventy million washcloths again. DONE!
• Skillet handle cover for the cast iron skillet. Not bothering. I don't want to anymore. Probably because I won't be living with said skillet for much longer. I see no point in wasting my energy.
• Pot holders. I don't even know why I want these, but one must admit they're useful!
• New wristers for me to wear to work. I made a set out of the silky merino Zelda gave me for my birthday They are amazing, but they stretch so much during wear. I need to felt them to make them fit better. And I still want a new pair in a different yarn. I started on a pair, using the fingering weight yarn I got at the Fabric Fair, and a pair of size 0 needles. Such teeny little stitches!
• Wristers for Tom. My uncle works outside, and has been wearing little wrist-bands to help keep his hands warm. Good woolen wristers will do a lot more for him!
• Wristers for Mort. If I'm making them for family, why not my roommate who is a mechanic. Warm hands + maintaining dexterity = a good thing every time! Did I mention that he's totally knit-worthy at this point? Well, I made one... The rest of the yarn is sitting with the needles, waiting for me to pick them back up again. It will eventually become a portable project for during my commute to work.
• New arm warmers for myself. I love my "tiger paws" but they don't fit very well, and they don't look that good with everything. I need to make a nice grey(?) pair that will look good with any outfit. Plus do better at sizing them than my first attempt.
•  A new shawl for this summer. I bought yarn as a treat, and it's my project for during the commute to work. I have no real deadline for it, but can't wait to finish it. Just a simple, one-skein project to remind me that I'm worth something nice "just because." It's recently come out of "time out" and is moving slowly. Most of my energy is going into the HArMoNy scarves. But I'm still doing a few rows occasionally.
• Baby gift for supervisor L
• Baby gifts for Berry I just want to make adorable baby things! And she is the lucky acquaintance who managed to get pregnant at the right time!

     Well.... I blogged again! You can wait until the next time I have something worth talking about. OH! I passed two miles of yarn! I'm ahead of schedule for my four-mile goal. But since I plan to slow down at least a little bit...