Episode three did not suck. It did not blow me away.

But it did not suck.

...nd then I reached an epiphany, where I realized some things in the cycle of Mutable Self. So I've made a change, and it works. It is from this point that I shall reshape reality.

I've got the tools I need ... or the capacity to create them. The problem is implimentation. The tools I have now (or can have, should I need them) are fine, but before I really commit myself to a substantial investiture of ... anything, really ... I need to know that the theory and reasoning behind my plan are sound.

And that means that I can't work on the scale I intend to, at least, initially. More planning ... but also, practice.

This is progress.

9:00 AM (ish): Up.

To store. Bought sammichin' stuff for about 24 sammiches (assuming rolls, not loaves). Included: Bread, cheese, bread (sourdough), turkey.

To smaller-store: Bough sodas (four kinds) + two bags of snacks (munchies for game).

To store (again), and smaller-store (again) on the way back: Card for stepfather's B-day dinner (forgotten last time) and water.

Home!

Game canceled again.

o_o

Animation! And someone brought chowder, so I think I have sammich stuff to last till next week. :D

Also, I'm not buying food for everyone next time. Possibly several more next times will go without my funding.

Hopefully all is well.

Guild Wars entices me. It delivers everything World of Warcraft promised that doesn't require a persistant world.

Much funnity and happiness are coming from this source.

Games appear to be progressing well.

I've been clean of WoW for just over a month and a half.

I still read the forums, hoping that Bliz will get their acts together. But I don't have a lot of hope invested there. Jade Empire. Coming to an Xbox near me ... soon. Perhaps.

I knew this wasn't her district the second she entered the room. All eyes turned towards her, unable to ignore the provocative display she offered. She spoke in quiet, small words, words which were betrayed by the curves of her font, the theme of her instant messenger.

I knew then that this was going to be an ugly chat.

*I am a bug! If you see me, please report me to--

Re-indexing. Please wait.

Please wait.

Please wait.

Thank you for waiting. Reindexed. Restoring truncated operation:

The operation was restored. That was what they said when we struggled free of the safety of our pre-made tomb, cringing at the blasts and waiting for the Earth to do away with the formalities and simply crash down on us. Not, "You lived!" Not, "Come home!" Instead? The operation was restored.

But if your enemies won't rest, you can't, either. What do you do when they're not human, though?

Retrieval process initiating. Retro-cycle terminating.

Kernel has been spiked with l.azy host.

Main power to games down 48%. Advise immediate exposure to Wuxia.

Applying "Kung Fu Hustle!" to core. Inspiration sparked -- instability in inspiration spark! Warning, warning -- attention has been subverted!

Main power to games down 60%. Advise immediate escape.

Fanfiction file-core self-de-archiving. FFFC is now in control of 20% of all current permission systems, and stands at: "Highest" priority for CPU access.

Main power to games down 87%. Advise prayer -- abandoning peripheral games.

Peripheral games jettisoned -- preparing form letters for survivors to commemorate their losses. The FFFC break has been contained as much as possible. It cannot be eraddicated and will now vie for focus against gaming.

Advisory: Secondary administrator should hard-reset firmware, backup to read- only non-executable media, and reinstall. Retrieval as warranted. Expect: 184 days to retrieve game-sensitive data with 45% confidence rating (90% recoverable data, 30% chance of failure).

Main power to games up -- total down is now: 13%.

System is now in Watchman mode. All administrator logs will be updated as mandated by safe-mode boot. Please notify the administrator of any unexpected system halts/irregularities. Your cooperation is appreciated.

And so it seems that D&D; is now canceled, too. Can't have a campaign with as few characters as we've gotten down to. So ... now we can't run my Exalted campaign either.

Scheduling sucks.

People who kill campaigns suck.

Oh well.

Might as well go back to WoW.