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After a two year absence, I finally managed to get around to doing some roleplaying. Using a slightly modified version of RuneQuest I ran a introductory session set in East Java in the early 16th century. For some time I have hoped to develop a fully fledged historical fantasy game based on this period entitled "Ten Thousand Islands" and over the past week I've managed to do quite a bit of research on this matter, including reading Shaman, Saiva and Sufi: A Study of the Evolution of Malay Magic.
Saw Madame Butterfly at Her Majesty's Theatre last night with caseopaya. Lovely deco building, albeit very uncomfortable. Personally, I find the narrative of this opera awful. I don't like sexism or racism in real life and I don't like them as plot devices in a story. I also dislike how the personal trajedy is separated from the social trajedy. Accurately described as "Girl wins boy, girl loses boy, girl commits hara kiri", and with an unexciting set this opera is invariably saved by a fantastic musical score. Last night was no exception - despite the critics comments, the performance last night was lukewarm and tiresome - but the music made it worthwile.
Have been spending time recently with the people from 2600 Australia. Hardly surprising really, we have mutual interests. Nevertheless, it is interesting as a social group, dealing with people who live a very similar lifestyle to oneself. Invariably intelligent, albeit oddball, I have always preferred the company of hackers.
Caseopaya has just been offered a two year volunteers placement working for the Voice of Vietnam. It seems probable that AVI will also find me something similar, seeming that we're housemates. In many ways, this is hardly unexpected. I realized prior to my placement in East Timor that if I wanted to do third-world volunteer work seriously I would have to do it for several years. All par for the course really.
The thesis moves on. Nothing exciting to report there, except the tedious task of rewriting setences to improve readibility. Whilst previously well aware of the situation, further research into what a bunch of evil monopolistic swine Microsoft have been really stunned me, both in their early days and more
recently. On a related topic, how can an economist be ignorant of economics and a hypocrite as well? Read The Economics of Open Source Software by Dr. Stephan Kooks.
Even if Kerry now looks certain, my
preferred presidential candidate is Congressman Kucinich, why? Because he is "tikkum olam" (repairing the world)
If you oppose Australia following the highly restrictive US copyright legislation under the "Free Trade" agreement, go to theProject Gutenberg Australia protest letter.
Congratulations to the_christian for his new comic. Support it.
Recently found this little gem; the collected works of McGonagall, considered by many to be the worst poet in history.
Ministers have been chared for performing same sex marriages in New York. Prior to clicking the link you have one guess for which denomination they were. It shouldn't be hard.
Two people have broken my brain recently on livejournal. One is 17Catherines for showing me the
dancing Snape and the other is greylock for the link that combines anthropomorphic fandom with "adult" movies (not work safe).
Doc_Redfern's party invite is deserving of a Doc Redfern. link. Seriously it is that good. One of the best in the history of the species.
Saw Madame Butterfly at Her Majesty's Theatre last night with caseopaya. Lovely deco building, albeit very uncomfortable. Personally, I find the narrative of this opera awful. I don't like sexism or racism in real life and I don't like them as plot devices in a story. I also dislike how the personal trajedy is separated from the social trajedy. Accurately described as "Girl wins boy, girl loses boy, girl commits hara kiri", and with an unexciting set this opera is invariably saved by a fantastic musical score. Last night was no exception - despite the critics comments, the performance last night was lukewarm and tiresome - but the music made it worthwile.
Have been spending time recently with the people from 2600 Australia. Hardly surprising really, we have mutual interests. Nevertheless, it is interesting as a social group, dealing with people who live a very similar lifestyle to oneself. Invariably intelligent, albeit oddball, I have always preferred the company of hackers.
Caseopaya has just been offered a two year volunteers placement working for the Voice of Vietnam. It seems probable that AVI will also find me something similar, seeming that we're housemates. In many ways, this is hardly unexpected. I realized prior to my placement in East Timor that if I wanted to do third-world volunteer work seriously I would have to do it for several years. All par for the course really.
The thesis moves on. Nothing exciting to report there, except the tedious task of rewriting setences to improve readibility. Whilst previously well aware of the situation, further research into what a bunch of evil monopolistic swine Microsoft have been really stunned me, both in their early days and more
recently. On a related topic, how can an economist be ignorant of economics and a hypocrite as well? Read The Economics of Open Source Software by Dr. Stephan Kooks.
Even if Kerry now looks certain, my
preferred presidential candidate is Congressman Kucinich, why? Because he is "tikkum olam" (repairing the world)
If you oppose Australia following the highly restrictive US copyright legislation under the "Free Trade" agreement, go to theProject Gutenberg Australia protest letter.
Congratulations to the_christian for his new comic. Support it.
Recently found this little gem; the collected works of McGonagall, considered by many to be the worst poet in history.
Ministers have been chared for performing same sex marriages in New York. Prior to clicking the link you have one guess for which denomination they were. It shouldn't be hard.
Two people have broken my brain recently on livejournal. One is 17Catherines for showing me the
dancing Snape and the other is greylock for the link that combines anthropomorphic fandom with "adult" movies (not work safe).
Doc_Redfern's party invite is deserving of a Doc Redfern. link. Seriously it is that good. One of the best in the history of the species.