Here I stand at a crossroads, well sitting mainly and not at a real crossroads more along the lines of a metaphysical one. I’m actually sitting in front of my computer and my cat is currently sniffing around my keyboard, and that doesn’t feel very crossroady to me.

Lets try again.

Here I sit in front of my cat friendly computer and I must question my desires for the future. I have often told myself that, other than being a veterinarian, what I want to be most is a writer. I have progressed very little on that front with the fine exception of the yearly post I make to the blog. While that does titillate the writing senses it really only helps me write and share about me. I want to write and share worlds and characters I have in my head and give those things the life they need to reach beyond my imagination and in to others and continue to grow and thrive long after I’m gone.

While I have the desire I certainly lack the motivation.  I try to re-read old stories written by friends in the past to strengthen the creativity that I felt I had in surplus in my youth but often it just makes me more nostalgic than anything else.  Good times.  I remember all the hours I spent reading the latest short story and the anticipation felt for the one in progress.  I even remember my own attempts at putting pen to paper with only marginal success.  I may not have written anything special but I was at least immersed in that creative energy.  I enjoyed that and I want more of it.  I want more of it and I want to take it further.

A completed published work would be a good result but an ideal result would be a career in doing that over and over again.

-v- out.

The only thing being updated on this site with any regularity is the word press software it seems. If only writing out a chunk of text were as easy as pushing the update button on the wordpress dashboard.

In the intervening time between posts I’ve played a few games both on and offline. Had a wonderful Star Wars the Old Republic renaissance for a few months after their last big expansion. The best part about that game and many others is playing with friends and once they grow tired of it, it isn’t long after that I put it back on the shelf myself. SWtoR just announced yet another major expansion release for later this year so I’ll likely check that out again since I enjoy it so much. This time they’ll be focused a lot more on the story so hopefully it will hold my interest as a solo player long enough to see it through.

I’ve just recently jumped in to the world of the MOBA or multiplayer online battle arena with a new release from Blizzard called Heroes of the Storm. Its basically a somewhat scaled down version of Diablo 3 but only the player versus player aspects. It features some great characters from across all their properties so you have plenty to choose from when it comes to picking your hero. I’ve been slowly collecting all the Diablo heroes since that’s been my favorite franchise of theirs for as long as I can remember. People say its not near as complex or as deep as League of Legends but unfortunately I can’t compare the two since I’ve barely even logged on to a game of League of Legends despite its immense popularity.

As for offline related activities we had a small push of regular game design early in the year but it has fallen off quite rapidly sad to say due to other things coming up. The summers are always hard for bro gatherings because everyone is generally pretty busy, but hopefully that will turn around again soon.

Might check out Tokyo in Tulsa this month, Wizard World in Oct and BGGCON in November. Its a con-tastic year!

-v- out