Compy is... what?

[breakinglight11]

So when I tried my stopgap computer again this morning so I could tell my dad exactly what the error message said, it mysteriously booted up without issue and allowed me to sign in. Huh. Weird. Well, whatever, at least it works. It's what I'm working on right now. I seriously do not get technology. 

This past weekend I actually cooked for the first time in weeks. I made chicken piccata, a new dish for me but easy enough that it was no trouble. Came out well enough that I consider it a success. I am endeavoring to learn the kosher versions of the things I make so I can cook for Jared. So many things use butter just incidentally that I have to make small modifications to most of the stuff I know.

Went to natbudinand v_cat's lovely new place today with zapfto observe a meeting of the Intercon con com, mostly of curiosity to see what goes on at those and also to hang out with the cool people who were going to be there. They made excellent barbecue and I am now thoroughly stuffed with it.  I also hoped that being around people discussing larp and larp-related activities would inspire me to work on mine. Accordingly, I did some writing for a character sheet for one of my favorite characters in Men of Respect. She's going to be a very fun part. Unfortunately this game, while going to boast a substantial amount of player characters, is going to have an even more egregious gender imbalance than Alice had, with likely no more than eight out of forty female parts. Given that it's about gangsters in the 40s, lots of men is regrettably unavoidable. In light of this, we're trying to make the female parts especially interesting so they have a reason to be in the game. Sorry, ladies, but again you're more than likely to be cross-cast.

Comments

[lisefrac.livejournal.com]

I embrace the opportunity to unleash my inner 40s gangster!

Sounds like you write the character sheets fairly early in the process... or is it farther along than I expected? Me, I'm hesitant to start writing the sheets until I have more plot details hammered out, because I don't want to have to rewrite 20 character sheets if I change things. On the other hand, I wonder if writing the character sheets would help to generate new ideas... not sure.

[breakinglight11.livejournal.com]

I kind of write character sheets as they come to me. I don't write linearly, so usually they occur to me in bits and pieces, and I try to get them down so I don't forget them. And certain plots are more developed than others, so I'm able to do more of some character sheets at a time than I am for others.