Just a post

I started writing this post and then realized I have nothing interesting to say about the last two days. But I figured I owed you, my faithful readers, at least a little post to remind you that I'm still alive.

So... hi! I'm alive! Nothing else to see here, move along now.

New song on Home of the Pocket Bard

I just posted up a new song to Home of the Pocket Bard, called The LAC Italy Trip 2005 Drinking Song. Which is more or less exactly what it is. I wrote it back in 2005, just after graduating with my B.A., when I was in Italy with a bunch of people from the Liberal Arts College at Concordia.

An anecdote about this song. Based as it is after "The Old Dun Cow," there's a call and response line. (Call: "Somebody shouted out 'Lenore!'" Response: "Lenore!") I was once singing this song at a restaurant where our whole group of about 25 people were having dinner, and a waiter walked into the room just as everyone shouted "Lenore!" I swear that guy nearly had a heart attack. I've never seen a waiter so startled.

Ah, good times in Italy...

Just a thought

After a year of not gaming at all, I suddenly find myself in two and a half games (two here in Montreal and one in Toronto where I play side-sessions over MSN messenger). Now, the only problem I've got with this is that all three GMs love leaving things hanging on cliffhangers. And when I'm dangling off the edge of a cliff with no chance to find out what happens, my brain just starts filling in the blanks for itself. In short, I write short stories. Usually related to what's happening, sometimes not.

Since getting back from Pennsic exactly a month ago, I've written nine gaming-related short stories, as well as an SCA-related poem. And I've got at least one more story in the works. This is what happens when I need an outlet for creativity, I suppose. Or maybe just an outlet for a hyperactive imagination.

In a semi-related note, would anyone be interested in reading my various gaming-related stories if I posted them somewhere? Say, Home of the Pocket Bard?