Why I want to consume Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

actually, why i want to consume this for the however many-th time is so i can fall in lurrrrvve with Carth Onasi all over again! what?! never heard of Carth??? well, click here, here, and here!

Space Cowgirl

i?ve never played a pencil and paper roleplaying game (RPG)?just ones for Xbox. in 4th or 5th grade, Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) became popular among my guy friends and i wanted to play, too. unfortunately, it involved too much math, in my opinion, so that was the end of RPGs for me.

that was like, 28 years ago. since then, Wizards of the Coast, the same company that produces D&D, developed the Star Wars Roleplaying Game. i never made efforts to look for people who play this, and i?m still intimidated by the math (what can i say? i can?t add as quickly in my head as most people and i have to count on my fingers). however, Brian recently came across someone looking to start a Star Wars RPG group, so we signed up. i don?t think Brian?s as interested as i am, but he says he?ll give it a shot.

anyway, this book explains the rules and how to create your character and stuff. we missed the first meeting, which was this past Saturday because Brian?s folks were visiting, but the guy said that they?d mainly just be creating their characters. well, i am VERY excited about this.

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Summer Colds & Broken Toes

Brian stayed home sick a couple of days last week because he had this horrible cold that he thought might have been allergies. now i have it, so it must have been a cold, though it did start out like it was allergies. i couldn’t stop sneezing and my nose was really itchy, but now i’ve got this really dry cough and my chest feels tight. pain in the ass.

on top of that, i broke the middle toe on my left foot! can you fucking believe that? i have NO idea how it happened. all i remember was when i took my shoe off one day last week i felt this excruciating pain in my toe while it was bent. when i kept it straight i could barely feel the pain, just this slight throbbing but enough that it would bother you.

the only reason i suspected it was broken is because a couple of years ago i broke my right baby toe in martial arts. i didn’t even know i broke it ’til 2 weeks had passed and that slight throbbing was still there so i decided to see a doctor. anyway, i made an appointment immediately this time, and sure enough, it’s broken.

all they can do is tape the toe to its next-door neighbor for like, 2 weeks. no open-toed shoes, though and i’m supposed to wear socks. fortunately, the weather here has finally broken so i can deal with having to wear socks and shoes instead of sandals and flip-flops.

GIRLY-GIRL MOMENT: i will say this–i had a pedicure (manicure, facial, and haircut) on my birthday at a salon rather than the regular, old nail place at the end of our block. ok. it has now been 19, count ?em, 19 days since that pedicure, and the polish has yet to chip!!! omg!!!!! granted, i had the super-duper spa pedicure, but that has nothing to do with painting the nails. and a regular pedicure at the salon costs exactly the same as it does at the other place! not that it matters now, since i have to wear shoes and socks anyway, but still…heehee.

Have Normal Sleep Hours: Done

and how did i do this? heh. it all began during my last inpatient stay. the nurses give the patients their meds, which meant that i couldn?t put off taking the trazodone until the wee hours of the night, which was fine.

fortunately, i?ve been able to keep this same sleep schedule (10:30ish pm to 7:30ish am) in the past 6 weeks or so since i?ve been discharged. however, the pdoc wants me to stop taking the trazodone, but he said that if i need to take it, then do so. the last couple of nights i?ve tried going to bed without it and it just hasn?t worked, so now my schedule?s off a wee bit, but not too bad.