A couple things I hope to write and possibly post soon
- some thoughts on IC vs OOC in roleplaying
- my 15 influential albums (it's been way too hard to choose 'em!)

Lately Jon and I have been playing this MONSTER playlist I created by taking every song in our MP3 collection (ripped from CDs we actually physically bought, we're the new vinyl collectors I guess!) I put them all in one list, hit shuffle and played. It's 7870 songs and 587 hours long, incredible! And the selection is so eclectic, yet I RARELY have head a song I don't like. I like that. :D I was silly and called the list "Fern", as in "...a diverse buyer fern... buyer segment! I wrote this stuff, why can't I remember it?!" </Winnebago Man>

I want to buy more CDs soon, when I can afford it. Which reminds me... the water was cut at the apt. for a while, but then it came back, and we didn't notice the tap was on until it was too late! Water all over the kitchen and living room! The CDs got wet (we had stacked on the living room floor since we've yet to get a shelf for them) so we had to move those and a bunch of other stuff.

So sleep deprived! And I don't think I'll give myself more than 4-5 hours to nap. I have an obligation this evening and don't want to miss NWN2 either. :(

A couple nights ago, Clark, Jim, Jon and I finished the NWN2 campaign. We're gonna play Mask of the Betrayer next, which we hope won't be as multiplayer buggy.

And yesterday I pretty much stayed put, getting a bunch of DR stuff done. I feel a bit bad just sitting around like that, but then I remind myself that in a month I won't have time to sit around anyways. This time I can tell myself I'm enjoying it while I can!

Meanwhie, I found out that I'm gaining an interest in Vocaloid. It's small but growing. :) I was mostly listening to Megurine Luka, who I think is my favorite of the current Vocaloids. I think people who know me well would not be surprised she is my fave. *grins*

I'm a bit more active in Facebook again, and again I'm kinda glad I've eschewed a connection with this site... but I can't really fool myself into thinking no one would ever figure it out. Having to separate professional and personal is something I'll be struggling with more as the years go by and I think about my job options.

I was asleep for a few hours, but for some reason shot wide awake just half an hour ago or so. So I gotta kill some time before I can nap again. Maybe some more Sims 3? Youtube surfing? Jon and I have been replaying Xenogears, too. Now that's a blast from the past!

On Friday we tried going to the Red Sparowes concert at La Sala Rossa.

Unfortunately, the venue was just... bad. Too cramped and the sound was terrible. Took forever for the first band to get set up and on stage, too, and then the crowd that came to see them got way too rowdy (really, a mosh pit in a room as big as an attic?)

Their music just sounded like a whole lot of aggro noise. The instruments just blended together, due to bad mix and acoustics. I couldn't really get into it at all. Heck, I can't even remember what the band was called!

My ankles were suffering (this was no sitting concert), too. So by the time Red Sparowes started setting up, I was really in a sour mood, and Jon was disappointed at the bad acoustics. So we just left without even seeing the headlining band. Pretty much a waste of money, unfortunately. :(

We did have a good time before that though. We went to the mall, had some yummy Indian food for lunch, and did some window shopping for birthday presents (my birthday is in four days! ack! and my mom's is... today! double ack!)

Jon and I never actually even cooked our dinner. We got sleepy midday and just snoooored our way through the day. Kind of sad! But turkey and potatoes and yule log are on for later today!

I totally got Talliska to circle 42 on Christmas Eve though. Also went looking at a Dragonrealms fest with some of Talli's in game friends. That was a lot of fun. :)

I'm a dork for being on DR on Christmas Eve. I was on RPoL too, handing out holiday bonuses in a couple of my games. n.n While tallying up the experience, I I wrote and tested the most amazing script ever to help Talliska train hiding and stalking. Now I can finally get those two skills to catch up to my other survivals. It's truly epic. :3 And I'll need it, my dream title for Talli is "Penumbra" which takes 400 hide/stalk. Such a long way off! ;.;

Though I'm proud that Talli now has Trailmaster (175 scouting) - that took quite a bit of work to achieve!

Lastly, I'm in love with Kokia's album The Voice. I'm not big on her pop albums, but I LOVE when she goes for more 'new age' style musicI got me some mp3s, only because I have no way of getting a hard copy any time soon and was so eager to hear it. It's definitely on my "to buy" list though!

Aes introduced me to Kokia several months back...

Fast forward to me messing around with my Youtube favorites and finding vids of her singing. And looking for more of them after, because I was just flat out completely impressed by her music. (I am a sucker for good vocals.)

Kokia really has a gorgeous voice and a unique style. Here are some of my favorites.

Ave Maria, live during her 10th anniversary concert. I would have cried hearing this in person!

Il mare dei suoni, also at the same concert. Amazing song that really shows off Kokia's vocal range and versatility. (Also, nice acoustic guitar!)

Harmony, used for an amazing Suikoden video. My god this is a beautiful song. ;.; The video maker compared the song to 'Exceeding Love' which is also one of my favorite songs ever.

Follow the Nightingale - this was the video Aes sent me. Kokia sings in a totally made up language to beautiful and dramatic effect. :)