At the close...

At last, at long last, Hamlet has reached it triumphant conclusion. I couldn't be more pleased and proud with our show. Our cast came through brilliantly and our crew were absolute geniuses. Sheena singlehandedly brought all the elements together so the show got a chance to exist. Mac and Bernie came in with such amazing skill and expertise to run the lights and sound. Emma, Jane, and Ryan were generous with their time and effort to act as our run crew. And, of course, Jared, who was both my brilliant star and my unfailing support. I'm so grateful for everything they've done to make the show a success. And on top of all of that, everyone came who I really wanted to come. Between  flyingstalins, Ernie,  in_water_writ, usernamenumber, rigel,  bleemoo, natbudin, kamianya, and my parents and Jared's, I was more than pleased with the audience.

I enjoyed directing very much, as draining a process as it was, and perhaps I'll do it again sometime. But for now, I need a rather long break. I'm looking forward to not having to be anywhere in the evenings unless I want to be, and I'm excited to go to BSCF this Thursday for the first time in weeks. 

But thank you. Thank you, everyone, for your efforts and your support in bringing a dream of mine to life. You have no idea how much it means to me.

Gaming Report

Now that I have so much more free time, I am looking forward to all the new things I'll be able to do.

First, I'm trying to get into a D&D campaign. This one will be an all-cleric campaign in an original setting with an original pantheon of gods run by Jonathan Kindness. This appeals to me for several reasons; firstly, as a GM he comes very highly reccomended by his last campaign. Secondly, it's short-run, which means it'll be fun without a long committment, which I don't really want right now. And thirdly, it looks to be a good group, full of people that are fun to game with. All I have to do is brush up on the D&D rules. It's been so long since I've been in a D&D campaign that I'm way too rusty right now.

I'm also really looking forward to playing in Masks at the end of the month. My character sounds really cool, and I've been messing around with costuming ideas. Don't have much yet, but I'm working on it. I'm still a little confused about what identity we'll be going by during the game, and what role the physical face-concealing masks play. I think at BSCF this Thursday I'll ask any available GMs for clarification on that. It'll be good to be back at BSCF after being unable to attend for so long. I hope to see you all there!

Finally, every slot has filled for Alice at Intercon! We have a pleasantly unbalanced gender ratio with significantly more males than females, which suits the game's mostly-male roles. We even have somebody on the waitlist! This is very exciting. It reminds me that Jared and I have to crack down on making the edits we've planned. They're all fairly minor, as the game ran quite smoothly the first time around, but still, a handful of characters need more to them. Of course, we've got plenty of time till then.