I’m sitting in the quite lab, once again wondering why the hell I get up here this early. Some sort of deranged dedication to the lab. I think I’m just so tired of people complaining about the lab and computer support, I’m willing to “martyr” myself to make things better. It’s pretty much just a hollow offering, but it’s slighly more than the least I can do.
Well, my job has decided that I need to be at work much earlier than I used to be. I have to actually be at work between 7:30 and 7:45 every morning. What’s more is that I have to sit in the lab for those first 15-30 minutes just in case someone (faculty) needs access before their class. Oh well, maybe I’ll actually start doing a daily thought in LiveJournal as a result.
Every year I think April Fools Day gets less and less funny. I think mostly it’s because every year I read more and more news releases and product forums on a regular basis so when April Fools Day comes around, I’m subjected to more and more so called “humor” thought up by not so intelligent web masters and PR representatives. It gets to the point that you can’t trust anything you see on the web for 24 hours (or more, since some people start early and some people are in parts of the works where April Fools starts on March 31st or ends on April 2nd).
I’m so glad I got to go home yesterday. Of course I’m not happy that 
Heather was so sick, but I’m glad I had a valid excuse to escape from the moronic triviality of April Fools. Who’s the Fool now!!!
Well, I had a vaguely productive weekend. I played HERO on Friday. I think the game is going great, I’m afraid that Derek may be disheartened by it though. Our characters are supposed to be very mundane in the modern world and then strange, supernatural things start happening. As role players, this is often a tough concept to play, to not take these things that are typical to RPGs in stride and end up being too cool for school. I think so far the three players are playing freaked out and confused very realistically. Derek seems a bit thrown off by some of our reactions, but I think he’s enjoying it. Though there were about 10 minutes on friday that he just covered his eyes and shook his head (Mike has that effect on people though).
I really should write more. It’s the only way others would feel obligated to write, isn’t it? Not a lot has been going on, but then again, maybe that’s just because of my perspective.
…To everyone who reads this that I personally interact with on a regular basis – for being a bit grumpy and moody lately. I don’t really know what it is, but I’ve just been a bit down lately. Unfortunately this means that I react poorly to certain situations and have a tendency to lash out at people with little provocation. I am sorry for this, I feel like there’s something missing from my life right now and I haven’t found what it is yet. As a result, I spend most every day waiting for whatever is missing to present itself, and whenever something doesn’t go the way I’d like, or I don’t get quite what I want, I get just a bit more depressed and moody (this occurs most when I’m eating dinner and it’s not something I wanted).
Well, I picked up the d20 Modern book yesterday. I had looked at it at the store and mused about it a long time. Derek is supposed to be starting a game for d20 Modern that I’m very excited to play (it was originally going to be Spycraft, but he prefered d20 Modern, I tend to agree now). I don’t know exactly what the set up is going to be, I know Derek used to be planning a game based on the town where we live, but he used that for a different group, so there’s no telling what this new game is going to be based around. I know he toyed around with a Dallas game, but I don’t know what he decided on. I hope I hear from him so I can get started on a character!
Last night was the first actual game night for my new Bebop game. I feel that it went really well, I don’t know how the players felt, but I think it carried the feel and motiff of the show well. I think the group will mesh well in time, though last night was a little stiff. Most people are still trying to get into their characters, but I like the interaction I’ve seen so far. I’m really excited about the game now, I almost wish it was weekly instead of every other week. Maybe if I ran on Fridays or something. I’ll noodle the idea and see what comes up.
Six more machines hacked today. We’re going to up our security, you hear that you malicious bastards? We’re password protecting our machines, get the fuck out of my virtual world.
Anyway, other than work, things are going pretty good, and really, hackers aside, work isn’t so bad either. I’m doing my best to log my work… (crap, BRB)…
Twice in the last week I’ve been either evaluated or criticized for my performance in some aspect of my life and both times have come up lacking.