Greetings from the other side.
A short blog post from me today.
Today I had another introduction day to my new job. It went pretty well, just a lot to take in in the beginning. I got my job phone and the keys I need, and next week I am meeting with the one who had the job before me to have a talk, some introduction, and get some advice from them as well.
I admit there is some nervousness ahead of my officially starting the job on Monday. I guess it is extra nervous since it has been some time since I last had a job like this. I am trying not to stress over it too much, but I am not always successful. I guess that is part of the problem with being sensitive to stress. Something I have had to deal with for many years now, since my years of depression and anxiety issues. It sort of lingers on as an unwelcome remnant from that time. Luckily for me though, I have good people around me, including my gf, who help keep me calm. Not that I would break down or anything if they didn't, but it is nice to have people around who actually know more about the job than I do and can help answer questions, etc.
I am going to get my first tastes of my new job tomorrow and on Sunday, but from the sound of it it will be a fairly slow start, or at least the one tomorrow will be, which I am happy about. After that I will learn and grow with the job as I go along. Luckily everyone seems eager to help and to answer any questions I might have, which I am really thankful to them for.
My knee is doing a little better today, though I notice that it can still act up after a couple of hours if I don't rest it. Hopefully it will get fully better soon.
See you all on the other side!
onsdag 10 augusti 2016
tisdag 9 augusti 2016
Windy days, lessons learned, knee & internet issues, and a bit more world-building thoughts.
Greetings from the other side.
Hello from a very wind-swept island somewhere in Finland. We went to run some errands today, and the windspeed indicator indicated winds of 21 meters / second. I can believe that. It's been blowing quite vigorously yesterday and today. A shame as I had been hoping to get some more work done outdoors. Ah well, as I pointed out in my last post there's no point in stressing over things when you have plenty of time to do it in and there's no need to rush it anyway. :)
My right knee started acting up again today, having been well for a couple of days. I doubt it is an injury as there is no pain. It just feels swollen and starts feeling a bit stiff after a while of use. It got better once, so hopefully it will get better soon again. Best I can do is try and rest it, and my gf, who is a zone therapist, will probably try and help as well with some treatment. It worked wonders a couple of days ago, so hopefully it will do the same now.
I also learned an important lesson while driving today. Just because the entry-way into a roundabout is wide enough for two or more lanes, doesn't mean that the roundabout itself has more than one lane. In fact, from what I am told, there are no roundabouts, in this area at least, that has more than one lane. Silly me from Sweden who thought that when the entryway is that wide it must mean that it is just like home that the roundabout usually has two lanes. Nope. Not the case. Something to keep in mind if you are thinking of coming here from Sweden and do some driving around. I managed to get into the roundabout anyway, eventually. Appologies to any finnish drivers who might have been wondering what that crazy swede was up to! :)
New internet is still causing issues. Best advice we got at the store when we talked to them about it was to try and connect a cable between the router and the laptop. It hasn't worked wonders really. Yesterday evening the internet was on and off. The slowest speed I tested vs Bredbandskollen.se was about 0,25Mb/s down and 0,24Mb/s down. On a 100Mb/s connection. Fastest I think was in the region of about 20Mb/s both ways. Connection speed is a bit iffy it seems. Hopefully it will get better. I can't deny I'd like to get a broadband cable into the house, but doing that is kind of expensive and something that will need to be postponed for later. It will happen at some point though.
Did some more writing on the world-building yesterday. Not much, but a little at least. I would love to get working on making maps, mainly as a visual aid for myself. I find that it can be really helpful to see the things you have envisioned in writing come to life on a map. Sadly, I am not very good at drawing maps, but I suppose practise makes perfect. I do have a program or two to help me with it, I just need to find the time to actually sit down and figure the programs out and actually draw the maps. So far, most days have been booked with something, and when a day hasn't been booked I have found something else that needs to be done. :) lol I do need to get started on it though, so I will try to work on it this week. At least the 'learning how the programs work' bit.
On top of the fairly gigantic world I am already working on, ideas for a second world has already started poping into my head. The first one is, I guess, more fantasy oriented, with the second one being more steampunk-ish in nature. I need to write down my ideas for it and see where that takes me. One thing I DO know, however, is that I won't make the second world nearly as large as the first one is turning out to be. I alreay have enough material and ideas for about 3 or 4 continents in that world, and probably plenty more to come. If I would hazard a guess, the steampunk "world" will probably be limited, at least initially, to just one or two continents or areas. I might expand that further later on, but until I am done with the fantasy world I think that will do.
See you all on the other side!
Hello from a very wind-swept island somewhere in Finland. We went to run some errands today, and the windspeed indicator indicated winds of 21 meters / second. I can believe that. It's been blowing quite vigorously yesterday and today. A shame as I had been hoping to get some more work done outdoors. Ah well, as I pointed out in my last post there's no point in stressing over things when you have plenty of time to do it in and there's no need to rush it anyway. :)
My right knee started acting up again today, having been well for a couple of days. I doubt it is an injury as there is no pain. It just feels swollen and starts feeling a bit stiff after a while of use. It got better once, so hopefully it will get better soon again. Best I can do is try and rest it, and my gf, who is a zone therapist, will probably try and help as well with some treatment. It worked wonders a couple of days ago, so hopefully it will do the same now.
I also learned an important lesson while driving today. Just because the entry-way into a roundabout is wide enough for two or more lanes, doesn't mean that the roundabout itself has more than one lane. In fact, from what I am told, there are no roundabouts, in this area at least, that has more than one lane. Silly me from Sweden who thought that when the entryway is that wide it must mean that it is just like home that the roundabout usually has two lanes. Nope. Not the case. Something to keep in mind if you are thinking of coming here from Sweden and do some driving around. I managed to get into the roundabout anyway, eventually. Appologies to any finnish drivers who might have been wondering what that crazy swede was up to! :)
New internet is still causing issues. Best advice we got at the store when we talked to them about it was to try and connect a cable between the router and the laptop. It hasn't worked wonders really. Yesterday evening the internet was on and off. The slowest speed I tested vs Bredbandskollen.se was about 0,25Mb/s down and 0,24Mb/s down. On a 100Mb/s connection. Fastest I think was in the region of about 20Mb/s both ways. Connection speed is a bit iffy it seems. Hopefully it will get better. I can't deny I'd like to get a broadband cable into the house, but doing that is kind of expensive and something that will need to be postponed for later. It will happen at some point though.
Did some more writing on the world-building yesterday. Not much, but a little at least. I would love to get working on making maps, mainly as a visual aid for myself. I find that it can be really helpful to see the things you have envisioned in writing come to life on a map. Sadly, I am not very good at drawing maps, but I suppose practise makes perfect. I do have a program or two to help me with it, I just need to find the time to actually sit down and figure the programs out and actually draw the maps. So far, most days have been booked with something, and when a day hasn't been booked I have found something else that needs to be done. :) lol I do need to get started on it though, so I will try to work on it this week. At least the 'learning how the programs work' bit.
On top of the fairly gigantic world I am already working on, ideas for a second world has already started poping into my head. The first one is, I guess, more fantasy oriented, with the second one being more steampunk-ish in nature. I need to write down my ideas for it and see where that takes me. One thing I DO know, however, is that I won't make the second world nearly as large as the first one is turning out to be. I alreay have enough material and ideas for about 3 or 4 continents in that world, and probably plenty more to come. If I would hazard a guess, the steampunk "world" will probably be limited, at least initially, to just one or two continents or areas. I might expand that further later on, but until I am done with the fantasy world I think that will do.
See you all on the other side!
måndag 8 augusti 2016
A slice of life on the other side
Greetings from the other side.
This is my second attempt at writing this blog post after the first one mysteriously disappeared somewhere into the ether. I blame my computer, though I am guessing the real answer lies somewhere between that and me still learning how this whole blogging thing works. Oh well, let's try this again! :)
Yesterday I took it upon myself to do some yard work around the house. A lot of that time was spent cutting down and uprooting rowans, which grow in abundance here. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against rowans, but they are so plentiful, especially the saplings, that I kinda need to keep their numbers in check a bit. After a few hours of work I have only gone through about 1/5 of the area I was planning to go through. There is really no rush though, as I have the rest of summer and autumn in which to do it in, so there's no use stressing about it. :)
Stress is one of those things that I take seriously. Having suffered from stress-related issues before, I have learned the importance of trying not to stress too much, especially over things you have little or no control over. I am only human however, so that doesn't always work according to plan, but what is important is that I try to affect the amount of stress when I can at least.
I have found that working outside, in this beautiful part of Finland, being surrounded by natural surroundings, is very calming and peaceful, and gives a sense of serenity in the midst of the, sometimes, hard work. It can sometimes almost be a meditative experience of sorts. Working outside in the sun yesterday for a few hours, really did wonders, and it was such a nice feeling of accomplishment afterwards. Not the kind you get after coming home after a full day's work, but something that comes out of knowing that what I do improves things around the homestead, for my gf and I. That is a very nice feeling. I find that, in general, working outside is preferable to working inside. You feel much closer to the world somehow, and you get to be out in the fresh air. Of course, it is one thing to say that now, in the midst of summer, and quite another one when winter comes. But in general I quite enjoy being outside.
Speaking of being outside, I have found myself realizing just how similar it is here compared to back home in Sweden. The natural scenery looks the same, and it is only really when you look at the prices of things, or see signs in finnish or hear someone speaking finnish that you realize that you have crossed the border. It is ok though. I like finnish, even though I don't speak it. I guess it comes from my love of languages in general. I also really like the dialect of the swedish-speaking population here. To some degree I think it brings out more of my own dialect from back home as well. :)
See you all on the other side!
This is my second attempt at writing this blog post after the first one mysteriously disappeared somewhere into the ether. I blame my computer, though I am guessing the real answer lies somewhere between that and me still learning how this whole blogging thing works. Oh well, let's try this again! :)
Yesterday I took it upon myself to do some yard work around the house. A lot of that time was spent cutting down and uprooting rowans, which grow in abundance here. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against rowans, but they are so plentiful, especially the saplings, that I kinda need to keep their numbers in check a bit. After a few hours of work I have only gone through about 1/5 of the area I was planning to go through. There is really no rush though, as I have the rest of summer and autumn in which to do it in, so there's no use stressing about it. :)
Stress is one of those things that I take seriously. Having suffered from stress-related issues before, I have learned the importance of trying not to stress too much, especially over things you have little or no control over. I am only human however, so that doesn't always work according to plan, but what is important is that I try to affect the amount of stress when I can at least.
I have found that working outside, in this beautiful part of Finland, being surrounded by natural surroundings, is very calming and peaceful, and gives a sense of serenity in the midst of the, sometimes, hard work. It can sometimes almost be a meditative experience of sorts. Working outside in the sun yesterday for a few hours, really did wonders, and it was such a nice feeling of accomplishment afterwards. Not the kind you get after coming home after a full day's work, but something that comes out of knowing that what I do improves things around the homestead, for my gf and I. That is a very nice feeling. I find that, in general, working outside is preferable to working inside. You feel much closer to the world somehow, and you get to be out in the fresh air. Of course, it is one thing to say that now, in the midst of summer, and quite another one when winter comes. But in general I quite enjoy being outside.
Speaking of being outside, I have found myself realizing just how similar it is here compared to back home in Sweden. The natural scenery looks the same, and it is only really when you look at the prices of things, or see signs in finnish or hear someone speaking finnish that you realize that you have crossed the border. It is ok though. I like finnish, even though I don't speak it. I guess it comes from my love of languages in general. I also really like the dialect of the swedish-speaking population here. To some degree I think it brings out more of my own dialect from back home as well. :)
See you all on the other side!
söndag 7 augusti 2016
A morning's reflections
Greetings from the other side.
Looking out through the window this morning at the sunstroked trees outside, I can't help but wonder at the beauty of God's creation. Living here in Finland, I have realized just how similar it is to being back home in Sweden, in terms of the landscapes and natural beauty of it. I often find myself thinking about it. I think the natural beauty that can be found outside of cities, and even in parks or areas where you can get in touch with nature inside a city, are really important for the human spirit. At least, that is is my view on it.
To me there is something inherently serene, calming and spiritually fulfilling about being out in nature. Listening to the birds sing, watching the sunrays stroke the trees and plants around you. It alwyas gets me in a somewhat philosophical mood. I very much enjoy walking around, surrounded by the beauty of the natural world, and just think. About anything. It is amazing the kinds of things you can find yourself thinking about at a time like that. It can even be a bit surprising on occasion. Suddenly you find that solution that you have been looking for for that problem you have been trying to solve for a long time. Or you simply realise something you hadn't realised before. I find that it often helps to get my creative juices flowing as well.
Being surrounded by a beautiful, natural landscape can be both serene and calming on one hand, as well as thought-provoking and creativity-inducing on the other, all at the same time.
Looking up at a star-filled night sky, with no streetlights or other lightsources to distract you, can be awe-inspiring as well.
I think humanity as a whole could do well with learning to appreciate the natural beauty that is around us more. It would be such a shame to loose that connection because it gives so much. From a religious perspective I guess you could even say that this is God's green earth, and he has given it to us to tend to and take care of. This marvellous, beautiful blue ball of ours, floating out there in space, is such a beautiful place, and I wish more of us would open their eyes and allow themelves to fully see and appreciate it. :)
See you all on the other side!
Looking out through the window this morning at the sunstroked trees outside, I can't help but wonder at the beauty of God's creation. Living here in Finland, I have realized just how similar it is to being back home in Sweden, in terms of the landscapes and natural beauty of it. I often find myself thinking about it. I think the natural beauty that can be found outside of cities, and even in parks or areas where you can get in touch with nature inside a city, are really important for the human spirit. At least, that is is my view on it.
To me there is something inherently serene, calming and spiritually fulfilling about being out in nature. Listening to the birds sing, watching the sunrays stroke the trees and plants around you. It alwyas gets me in a somewhat philosophical mood. I very much enjoy walking around, surrounded by the beauty of the natural world, and just think. About anything. It is amazing the kinds of things you can find yourself thinking about at a time like that. It can even be a bit surprising on occasion. Suddenly you find that solution that you have been looking for for that problem you have been trying to solve for a long time. Or you simply realise something you hadn't realised before. I find that it often helps to get my creative juices flowing as well.
Being surrounded by a beautiful, natural landscape can be both serene and calming on one hand, as well as thought-provoking and creativity-inducing on the other, all at the same time.
Looking up at a star-filled night sky, with no streetlights or other lightsources to distract you, can be awe-inspiring as well.
I think humanity as a whole could do well with learning to appreciate the natural beauty that is around us more. It would be such a shame to loose that connection because it gives so much. From a religious perspective I guess you could even say that this is God's green earth, and he has given it to us to tend to and take care of. This marvellous, beautiful blue ball of ours, floating out there in space, is such a beautiful place, and I wish more of us would open their eyes and allow themelves to fully see and appreciate it. :)
See you all on the other side!
lördag 6 augusti 2016
Un-well knee & a roadtrip
Greetings from the other side.
My right knee has been acting up in the last couple of days. Not sure what is wrong with it. It doesn't hurt but it feels swollen, without actually looking swollen. Hopefully it is something that will go away fairly quickly with a bit of rest. I just need to be careful not to put unnecessary strain on it. Walking is generally fine, most of the time at least. It's worse when I try to negotiate stairs or slopes.
Today I went with my "in-laws" and my gf to a missionary celebration that the church apparently has each year. I was told that this year it was special because the celebrations themselves were celebrating their 60th anniversary. It was about an hour's drive to get there from where we live. It was quite nice. A small church set in beautiful, lush surroundings. Unfortunatelly, the church was too small to accomodate everyone who was there, but they had put up speakers and benches outside the church for those that couldn't get in. There were choirs singing, food, and merriment all around.
My leg didn't help much, so rather than trying to get a place inside the church my gf and I decided to sit outside so I would get a chance to stretch my leg from time to time. This quickly proved to be a good idea, and both my knee and I are very happy that we came to that particular conclusion.
It was a nice experience, and we also ran into an old friend of my gf's that she hadn't seen in a while, plus some other members of her family, which was really nice. :)
We got back home around 11:30pm. My gf has gone to bed as she was really tired, but I decided to stay up a while longer, as the nightowl that I am.
That's it for this blog post.
See you all on the other side!
My right knee has been acting up in the last couple of days. Not sure what is wrong with it. It doesn't hurt but it feels swollen, without actually looking swollen. Hopefully it is something that will go away fairly quickly with a bit of rest. I just need to be careful not to put unnecessary strain on it. Walking is generally fine, most of the time at least. It's worse when I try to negotiate stairs or slopes.
Today I went with my "in-laws" and my gf to a missionary celebration that the church apparently has each year. I was told that this year it was special because the celebrations themselves were celebrating their 60th anniversary. It was about an hour's drive to get there from where we live. It was quite nice. A small church set in beautiful, lush surroundings. Unfortunatelly, the church was too small to accomodate everyone who was there, but they had put up speakers and benches outside the church for those that couldn't get in. There were choirs singing, food, and merriment all around.
My leg didn't help much, so rather than trying to get a place inside the church my gf and I decided to sit outside so I would get a chance to stretch my leg from time to time. This quickly proved to be a good idea, and both my knee and I are very happy that we came to that particular conclusion.
It was a nice experience, and we also ran into an old friend of my gf's that she hadn't seen in a while, plus some other members of her family, which was really nice. :)
We got back home around 11:30pm. My gf has gone to bed as she was really tired, but I decided to stay up a while longer, as the nightowl that I am.
That's it for this blog post.
See you all on the other side!
fredag 5 augusti 2016
Tabletop games galore
Greetings from the other side.
This will be my second post for today and I thought I would take a moment to tell a bit about what tabletop rpgs I am currently playing as a player, and games that are currently on hiatus, as I am not running any games as a GM right now.
Currently I am playing in two D&D 4e campaigns, one of which has been running for... about 3 or 4 years ow, I think. I am also part of a Star Wars campaign that uses the Star Wars Saga Edition game, as well as an Iron Kingdoms RPG game. For those who don't know, Iron Kingdoms is a tabletop RPG from Privateer Press which is based on their miniatures wargame Warmachine.
I am also part of plenty of games that are either on hiatus or upcoming, some which use the D&D 4e system, and others using systems such as Shadowrun, Mutants & Masterminds, D&D 3.5, L5R (Legend of Five Rings), and Ironclaw. I might have forgotten some systems in there, but I can always amend that later if need be.
There are also the games I have prepared to GM at some point in the future when the schedules allow us to play them - primarily 1st edition Mutant Chronicles, and Jade Claw from Sanguine Productions, but there are plenty of other systems I would like to run a game in at some point, such as D&D 5e, GURPS, good old swedish Drakar & Demoner, Symbaroum, another swedish tabletop RPG called Viking, and try out the new 3rd edition Mutant Chronicles, to name a few. We will see what the future holds there.
I will probably return another time to talk more about the games I used to play when I was younger and first got introduced to tabletop roleplaying. That's for another post though. I might also at some point return to talk more about some other tabletop games and game systems as well.
See you all on the other side!
This will be my second post for today and I thought I would take a moment to tell a bit about what tabletop rpgs I am currently playing as a player, and games that are currently on hiatus, as I am not running any games as a GM right now.
Currently I am playing in two D&D 4e campaigns, one of which has been running for... about 3 or 4 years ow, I think. I am also part of a Star Wars campaign that uses the Star Wars Saga Edition game, as well as an Iron Kingdoms RPG game. For those who don't know, Iron Kingdoms is a tabletop RPG from Privateer Press which is based on their miniatures wargame Warmachine.
I am also part of plenty of games that are either on hiatus or upcoming, some which use the D&D 4e system, and others using systems such as Shadowrun, Mutants & Masterminds, D&D 3.5, L5R (Legend of Five Rings), and Ironclaw. I might have forgotten some systems in there, but I can always amend that later if need be.
There are also the games I have prepared to GM at some point in the future when the schedules allow us to play them - primarily 1st edition Mutant Chronicles, and Jade Claw from Sanguine Productions, but there are plenty of other systems I would like to run a game in at some point, such as D&D 5e, GURPS, good old swedish Drakar & Demoner, Symbaroum, another swedish tabletop RPG called Viking, and try out the new 3rd edition Mutant Chronicles, to name a few. We will see what the future holds there.
I will probably return another time to talk more about the games I used to play when I was younger and first got introduced to tabletop roleplaying. That's for another post though. I might also at some point return to talk more about some other tabletop games and game systems as well.
See you all on the other side!
Plans, Advancements, and Failed BBQs
Greetings from the other side.
Went to the Magistrate's office today and registered myself as a resident here in Finland, and got my finnish social security number at the same time. Next up is getting a finnish bank account for my salary, and getting what is known as a "sickness insurance card", which will allow me to get free healthcare over here.
We unfortunatelly were unable to go talk to them about our internet, so it will have to wait until next week.
After all the rain and thunder in the past few days it was really nice to get some sunshine and blue skies today. :) Warm weather really perks you up after a few days of bad weather! Me and my gf attempted our first bbq here. My "father-in-law" had kindly prepared the grill for us. Unfortunatelly it didn't quite turn out the way we thought it would... Turns out there was too little charcoal in the grill, so we didn't quite get the heat we wanted, or needed. This meant the food didn't quite turn out the way we had hoped. We bravely tried to eat it, but pretty soon decided it would be better to just go back inside the house and warm it up in the frying pan instead. Such a shame. We had looked forward to it all week. But these things happen, and all you can do is laugh about it. :)
My right knee is feeling a bit stiff and swolen today, without showing any outward signs of swelling mind you. Hopefully it is just a temporary thing.
Have also had some thoughts about the house and the yard for the future, which I have talked about with my gf. We are both very excited for the future! :)
That's about it for this time.
See you all on the other side!
Went to the Magistrate's office today and registered myself as a resident here in Finland, and got my finnish social security number at the same time. Next up is getting a finnish bank account for my salary, and getting what is known as a "sickness insurance card", which will allow me to get free healthcare over here.
We unfortunatelly were unable to go talk to them about our internet, so it will have to wait until next week.
After all the rain and thunder in the past few days it was really nice to get some sunshine and blue skies today. :) Warm weather really perks you up after a few days of bad weather! Me and my gf attempted our first bbq here. My "father-in-law" had kindly prepared the grill for us. Unfortunatelly it didn't quite turn out the way we thought it would... Turns out there was too little charcoal in the grill, so we didn't quite get the heat we wanted, or needed. This meant the food didn't quite turn out the way we had hoped. We bravely tried to eat it, but pretty soon decided it would be better to just go back inside the house and warm it up in the frying pan instead. Such a shame. We had looked forward to it all week. But these things happen, and all you can do is laugh about it. :)
My right knee is feeling a bit stiff and swolen today, without showing any outward signs of swelling mind you. Hopefully it is just a temporary thing.
Have also had some thoughts about the house and the yard for the future, which I have talked about with my gf. We are both very excited for the future! :)
That's about it for this time.
See you all on the other side!
torsdag 4 augusti 2016
Another day in the life of...
Greetings from the other side.
Every day is still a new adventure. In the sense that I still learn something new every day. Yesterday, for example, I learned not to buy regular sparkling water (Sv: kolsyrat vatten, som Loka fast annat märke) at the local shop anymore. 2 bottles of 1,5 liters each cost me 5 euros. For my family and friends back in Sweden, that's bordering on 50kr. So from now on I will be buying things like that when we go into the city to do the weekly shopping, should I need it.
Yesterday and today I have had my first introductions to my new job. It's been quite interesting, I must say, and a lot to take in at the start. Though I am sure I will get the hang of it as time goes by. Amongst today's work-related excursions, was included a part that unfortunatelly resulted in us standing outside in the pouring rain under a tree (and not one that was very well suited for keeping the rain out) for about 20 minutes or so, before it subsided enough that we could move some place more sheltered. Anyway, despite that it was an interesting day with lots of information and a lot of stuff to take in and memorize.
I am also starting to find my way around my new home better. Have been learning how the woodburner works for the heating, and was out earlier today and did some "maintenance" work - i.e. I pulled out a couple of small trees that were growing right next to the house before they would grow up and become a problem for the house's foundation.
All in all it feels like it has been a fairly productive day.
Today is also the first day that I haven't (yet) heard any thunder in the sky. I am silently hoping and praying that we are done with the thunder now. After about 3-4 days of it, give or take, it would be nice to see some blue sky and sunshine again!
Seems I am slowly getting my creative spark back as well. It sort of comes and goes in patches, but that's better than not having it at all. :)
Will be interesting to see what the rest of the day has to offer!
See you all on the other side!
Every day is still a new adventure. In the sense that I still learn something new every day. Yesterday, for example, I learned not to buy regular sparkling water (Sv: kolsyrat vatten, som Loka fast annat märke) at the local shop anymore. 2 bottles of 1,5 liters each cost me 5 euros. For my family and friends back in Sweden, that's bordering on 50kr. So from now on I will be buying things like that when we go into the city to do the weekly shopping, should I need it.
Yesterday and today I have had my first introductions to my new job. It's been quite interesting, I must say, and a lot to take in at the start. Though I am sure I will get the hang of it as time goes by. Amongst today's work-related excursions, was included a part that unfortunatelly resulted in us standing outside in the pouring rain under a tree (and not one that was very well suited for keeping the rain out) for about 20 minutes or so, before it subsided enough that we could move some place more sheltered. Anyway, despite that it was an interesting day with lots of information and a lot of stuff to take in and memorize.
I am also starting to find my way around my new home better. Have been learning how the woodburner works for the heating, and was out earlier today and did some "maintenance" work - i.e. I pulled out a couple of small trees that were growing right next to the house before they would grow up and become a problem for the house's foundation.
All in all it feels like it has been a fairly productive day.
Today is also the first day that I haven't (yet) heard any thunder in the sky. I am silently hoping and praying that we are done with the thunder now. After about 3-4 days of it, give or take, it would be nice to see some blue sky and sunshine again!
Seems I am slowly getting my creative spark back as well. It sort of comes and goes in patches, but that's better than not having it at all. :)
Will be interesting to see what the rest of the day has to offer!
See you all on the other side!
onsdag 3 augusti 2016
Sleep depravation, explanations, and every day going-ons.
Greetings from the other side.
Didn't sleep much last night. There was a thunderstorm outside, and normally I can sleep through stuff like that no problem, but for some reason I couldn't last night. I am not convinced it was because of the thunderstorm. More likely a general issue of not being able to fall asleep. Oh well. It happens.
It was pointed out to me yesterday that I had kind of forgotten to specify what kind of RPG I was talking about. As I posted in my reply in the comments to that post, I was in fact talking about a tabletop RPG game system. I do know that plenty of game systems exist out there, and I've even tried my hand at playing in some of them over the years. As I also said in my reply was that I am not really doing it because I am planning on publishing a new tabletop RPG or anything like that. To me it is a fun experiment, and one I have found that I quite enjoy working on. I find it to be a very interesting challenge. :)
Most likely, it will turn out to be something I might try out with my friends but never go any further than that. If, in fact, it turns out to be a functional system at all in the end. It is my first time trying my hand at it, so I have no idea whether it will turn out good in the end or not. The main thing is that I am enjoying working on it for now. :)
The main thing though, is still the world building, which is it's own thing. As I mentioned in my previous post I am just creating a world, without tying it to any specific game system or adventure idea. I might GM a game in it at some point, or I might not. The main thing for me is the process of actually creating it and seeing it come to life.
Am still trying to come up with a good name for the world as a whole. One of my biggest weaknesses when it comes to tabletop roleplaying is coming up with names for my characters, Not to mention coming up with one for a whole world.... But once I do I might start refering to it by it's name rather than just talking about 'that world I am working on'.
Still settling in well over here. Starting my new job in about 2 weeks time, and until then I am just getting to know my surroundings a bit more. :) Been out driving, with my gf as my guide, to learn how to find my way in, and around, the nearest city.
Sadly haven't been able to go to the store to ask up about my internet connection yet. Due to various IRL reasons it has been postponed until Friday.
Also sad that I haven't yet been able to do any tabletop roleplaying online with my friends yet this week, due to the thunderstorms. They have said we will probably be getting more of the same today, so might miss tonight's D&D game as well. :-/ If I do, I will have to wait until Monday for my next game. Keeping my fingers crossed I will get a game in tonight.
Anyway, I think that will be all from me for now.
See you all on the other side!
Didn't sleep much last night. There was a thunderstorm outside, and normally I can sleep through stuff like that no problem, but for some reason I couldn't last night. I am not convinced it was because of the thunderstorm. More likely a general issue of not being able to fall asleep. Oh well. It happens.
It was pointed out to me yesterday that I had kind of forgotten to specify what kind of RPG I was talking about. As I posted in my reply in the comments to that post, I was in fact talking about a tabletop RPG game system. I do know that plenty of game systems exist out there, and I've even tried my hand at playing in some of them over the years. As I also said in my reply was that I am not really doing it because I am planning on publishing a new tabletop RPG or anything like that. To me it is a fun experiment, and one I have found that I quite enjoy working on. I find it to be a very interesting challenge. :)
Most likely, it will turn out to be something I might try out with my friends but never go any further than that. If, in fact, it turns out to be a functional system at all in the end. It is my first time trying my hand at it, so I have no idea whether it will turn out good in the end or not. The main thing is that I am enjoying working on it for now. :)
The main thing though, is still the world building, which is it's own thing. As I mentioned in my previous post I am just creating a world, without tying it to any specific game system or adventure idea. I might GM a game in it at some point, or I might not. The main thing for me is the process of actually creating it and seeing it come to life.
Am still trying to come up with a good name for the world as a whole. One of my biggest weaknesses when it comes to tabletop roleplaying is coming up with names for my characters, Not to mention coming up with one for a whole world.... But once I do I might start refering to it by it's name rather than just talking about 'that world I am working on'.
Still settling in well over here. Starting my new job in about 2 weeks time, and until then I am just getting to know my surroundings a bit more. :) Been out driving, with my gf as my guide, to learn how to find my way in, and around, the nearest city.
Sadly haven't been able to go to the store to ask up about my internet connection yet. Due to various IRL reasons it has been postponed until Friday.
Also sad that I haven't yet been able to do any tabletop roleplaying online with my friends yet this week, due to the thunderstorms. They have said we will probably be getting more of the same today, so might miss tonight's D&D game as well. :-/ If I do, I will have to wait until Monday for my next game. Keeping my fingers crossed I will get a game in tonight.
Anyway, I think that will be all from me for now.
See you all on the other side!
tisdag 2 augusti 2016
Thunderbolts and Lightning, World building, etc
Greetings from the other side.
Today we are on the third day straight of thunder and rain. It sort of comes and goes. From having experienced almost no thunder previously this summer, mother nature appears to have now, suddenly, decided to make up for that. Really wish we could get the sun, and calm, back now. Kinda sick of it. I can deal with the rain, and thunder normally, but 4 days of it kinda wears on you a bit.
Also it will probably impede on my ability to play RPGs with my friends online in the coming days, if it keeps up. Something I am hoping will NOT happen, as I wasn't able to play with them last week and I kind of miss it. Not to mention it is a great creative outlet and might help get my own creative juices flowing again.
New internet also installed. Though for something that is supposedly going to give us 100Mb/s (at least, that is what we are paying for), we are currently only getting around 20Mb/s. Will go back to the store and ask up on that tomorrow.
Been trying to do some creative writing again on my world-building project, but haven't really been able to do much of it since I got over here. Am hoping to get that creative spark back soon. Not sure how much of it will be discussed by me on the blog in the future. I guess it will depend on whether I find something in there I'd like to discuss on here. It is a subject, and a project, that is dear to my heart though, and something that is truly a labour of love more than anything. I didn't really set out to make it for any specific roleplaying game I was going to run with my friends, but more as:
A) something I have always wanted to do, as I have had the idea and concept for a world in my head for a very long time but never gotten around to writing it down and fleshing it out further.
B) to see what I could do if I gave myself complete creative freedom, not restrained by any particular game system or adventure idea.
That being said, I might still run a game in that world in the future. A friend of mine even convinced me to start working on a game system specifically for this world. I was a bit hesitant at first, but having worked on it I am now finding it to be a very fun, and interesting, challenge to go alongside the actual world building. I am still making sure however, that the world comes first and that the game system will be adapted to it, rather than the other way around.
Well, I think that is all from me for the moment.
See you all on the other side!
Today we are on the third day straight of thunder and rain. It sort of comes and goes. From having experienced almost no thunder previously this summer, mother nature appears to have now, suddenly, decided to make up for that. Really wish we could get the sun, and calm, back now. Kinda sick of it. I can deal with the rain, and thunder normally, but 4 days of it kinda wears on you a bit.
Also it will probably impede on my ability to play RPGs with my friends online in the coming days, if it keeps up. Something I am hoping will NOT happen, as I wasn't able to play with them last week and I kind of miss it. Not to mention it is a great creative outlet and might help get my own creative juices flowing again.
New internet also installed. Though for something that is supposedly going to give us 100Mb/s (at least, that is what we are paying for), we are currently only getting around 20Mb/s. Will go back to the store and ask up on that tomorrow.
Been trying to do some creative writing again on my world-building project, but haven't really been able to do much of it since I got over here. Am hoping to get that creative spark back soon. Not sure how much of it will be discussed by me on the blog in the future. I guess it will depend on whether I find something in there I'd like to discuss on here. It is a subject, and a project, that is dear to my heart though, and something that is truly a labour of love more than anything. I didn't really set out to make it for any specific roleplaying game I was going to run with my friends, but more as:
A) something I have always wanted to do, as I have had the idea and concept for a world in my head for a very long time but never gotten around to writing it down and fleshing it out further.
B) to see what I could do if I gave myself complete creative freedom, not restrained by any particular game system or adventure idea.
That being said, I might still run a game in that world in the future. A friend of mine even convinced me to start working on a game system specifically for this world. I was a bit hesitant at first, but having worked on it I am now finding it to be a very fun, and interesting, challenge to go alongside the actual world building. I am still making sure however, that the world comes first and that the game system will be adapted to it, rather than the other way around.
Well, I think that is all from me for the moment.
See you all on the other side!
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