I switched my journal back to Livejournal and moved all of my entries back. As weird as this may sound, I feel weird having two journals like this and I've decided to use the Livejournal site for my personal online journal and the Blogger journal for something else, to be decided later. Part of the reason I decided to do this was because of a spoof I saw (of all things). The spoof was a blog done by a famous comic book villain done in the style of most online journals, which is whiny, teen-angsty, and full of "wry" comments about life.

Wow, I thought, online journals are for the most part, complete bullshit.

Now I know this isn't news and to be honest, I'm not really sure of the value of pouring my heart out for the entire world to see, copy, paste and send in emails as a gag to their friends. I fully realize my compulsive need to communicate and be heard. I know it's a cry for attention and acceptance. But then again, the idea that there are real people out there on the Internet reading this or any other site is almost not comprehensible to me. I read posts on messageboards or emails from strangers on lists and the very faceless impersonality of it boggles me. So to me this might as well be a private journal, because I simply can't imagine anyone reading this.

OK, so anyway, here's what's new. Andy and I are going to see the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, probably against our better judgement. The reviews we've read so far are mixed. The review on Ain't It Cool is especially worrying. Nonetheless, we are going, so I will post a review tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow, the maids will be coming in the morning for the first time. Yes, Andy got frustrated with cleaning the apartment and hired maids to come twice a month. I'm not happy with this, because it seems, well, snooty, like I'm too good to clean my own house. Besides, I hate the idea of a stranger pawing through my things - it's not about stealing, although I'm worried about that vaguely, but more about feeling violated and being embarrassed that I wasn't adult enough to clean up after myself. That's weird, too, I know, because most people I know would be more than happy to have someone else clean up after them. But Andy is paying for this and it will be nice to have a super-clean house for the group to game in tomorrow.

Last bit of news for me is that I am almost finished with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and I liked it so much that I was thinking of making a d20 Modern Setting based on it.

That reminds me that the web sites are calling my name. I have so much to work on - eris404.com is OK for now (although the pictures from San Francisco need to be added), but I have chosen new colors and a new design for daggerhome.com, which sorely needs to be updated. It looks like Oneiros is on hold indefinitely, since I can't seem to get Terry interested for more than ten minutes at a time (sorry, Terry, but it's true!).
I have another D&D campaign that I will be designing and I hope to play it soon.

I've been interested in doing more visual art. I've never been a great artist, but Agnes recommended a great bug book to me. I wasn't really a fan of bugs until I met Gene and saw his collection of dead insects (that sounds creepy, doesn't it?). Anyway, a little of his enthusiasm for insects rubbed off on me and I bought this book so that I can draw insects. I hope to scan my drawings (if they're good) to use as art on the daggerhome site. I also want to take picture of the miniatures I've been painting and put those online, too. Add some glyphs or runes of some kind and the site will look much nicer. Also, Andy's digital camera could come in handy - maybe I could just take some cool pictures to use, too.

I wish I had more time to work on stuff like this.