Several of my classmates had their kids with them at the office today. I got to cuddle a newborn and have a chat about The Golden Compass with an 11-year-old. Fun. (The 11-year-old's family is Catholic and fairly religious, and her mother had talked to me a bit about the book before letting her read it.)
Also, had a frustrating conversation with of the professors. He said, "One of your students has come to me and has this problem." I said, "Yeah, she came to me about that a few weeks ago, and I asked you about it." He said, "You did? What did I say?" I told him what he said. Then he thought about it and told the student the opposite of what he'd originally told me to tell her. (I actually think this new decision is the better one. It's just frustrating to have been enforcing the other decision for the past few weeks, and then to be overruled by the person who made the decision in the first place.)
Fire? Flames? Not good.
Good is being invited to the final dress rehearsal for our community theater production of Chicago. Very fun. Mostly populated by teenagers as the Artistic Director is the drama teacher at the high school - he invited his drama students to bring friends and family to the show. The show rocked.
Yeah, I can smell the smoke from inside my apartment now - there is so much of it. That house is surely a goner.
Now, my butt is thawing out (it's cold sitting on the stoop!) and the adrenalin is wearing off - I may be able to actually get to sleep. (I think in the back of my building - where my bedroom is I shouldn't be able to see all the sirens and those v. bright lights they're shining on the burning house.)
I am loving the Gygax tributes.
Stephen Colbert's comment was adorable. "Gary Gygax, we're going to miss you. How much are we going to miss you?"
t roll die
"Twenty."
Yep. Still up. I'm going to hop in the shower in about 10 minutes.
sumi, I sure hope you get the sleep I'm not getting tonight.
Sean, you are not thoughtless. Thoughtless would be trashing every hotel room you've ever been in without a care.
Suzi, that does sound good. I've yet to see Chicago on stage.
I am loving the Gygax tributes.
The OOTS tribute was awesome. I actually rolled 3d6 in order, as a tribute, and got some pretty decent stats. Lowest was a 7, and I think highest was a 17. I'll have to actually make a character from it now. If I can dig up my old rule books, I'll make it in 1st Edition.
Sean, you are not thoughtless. Thoughtless would be trashing every hotel room you've ever been in without a care.
The other stuff still stands though, huh?
::smooch::
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Had to share this. You know you have an unusual job when your doing a video dub for work. Whats the video dub of? Lets see. The play we are about to put up looks at unusual aspects/people of ordinary Americans. Apparently Orange County, CA has quite the swingers/wife swappers sub culture. So the troup interviewed a couple that run a club. Quite interesting. Its a couples only club. Rather pricey. But interesting. Crazy job, I tell ya. Don't get this working at the ford plant I tell ya.
How did we miss Live Like a Cat Day? [link] It was in January.
