It's now 12:29 in the morning and the "Big Week" is over. I'm sitting at home in front of my own computer, at my own (messy) desk, writing a blog post (finally) because I've been wanting to write all week but never seemed to get the right chance to do it.
It was a long, but good week. I met a lot of great people, walked around a gorgeous city, and learned a lot about the state of the web, the future of the web, and where I'm at in relation to all those things. So far, I think I'm doing a pretty damned good job of staying on top of things. Huzzah!
I also got a ridiculously cute pair of shoes and promptly gave myself blisters by wearing them everywhere. So, now I have a pair of bloody feet, a pair of ridiculously cute shoes, and a pair of bandages. All in all, I am satisfied with this turn of events, even if it did mean some damage control. What can I say? I'm okay with being a masochist as long as shoes are involved.
When I finally got home yesterday afternoon around one, I managed to stay awake long enough to go out to lunch with Nick and then make it to Changeling for my usual "Friday Night Fever". I have to admit that with Kyle and I being completely exhausted, I wasn't expecting to get much accomplished or really enjoy the night. But I was committed to making an appearance nonetheless. The game is really important to me, and even moreso to Kyle, so showing my face (black circles under the eyes are easily covered by red face paint after all) was not a particularly difficult sacrifice.
Low and behold, however... the best game session that I have had in ages! I beat the living daylights out of one of my motley members, got into a fight with my best friend, hunted down an oath-breaker, lectured a wayward wolf-girl, screamed at people for getting stabbed in my apartment, avoided a strip club (unfortunately), and basically had a grumpy red-faced bloodbrutey ogre of a time. It was awesome! Apparently character interraction at my best happens when I'm exhausted beyond all belief (but excited due to an awesomesauce week full of the aforementioned great things that happened).
So... kudos for Web Directions North. Somehow not only did it spruce up my work life, but also made gaming this week a hell of an awesome time. I can't wait to see what happens next.