Restless

[chrisvenus]

Concentration seems to be a far off thing today. I have done very little work so far which is a bad thing. Fortunately though I have very little work to do at the moment (oh, there will be more but for the time being none of it has been specifically assigned to me).

I don't know what it is but I just keep feeling I want something more interesting. I keep downloading my personal mail to see if anything exciting is there, I keep glancing at LJ. I think actually that this is always how I get when I haven't got loads of work piled on. Maybe I should finish what I am doing and then get myself a new stack of work. Hey, if I'm lucky they'll start me on documentation. :)

At the same time though I feel it is more than that. Over the weekend I have been feeling kind of restless. Friday night I was looking for something to do, thought I was seeing lily but ended up postponing that to Saturday so Friday was a night in on my own since TFM and Angharad wereoff babysitting.

Saturday I wandered around shops, phoned krys to see how she was and if I could wander round to her house for some bits and pieces to find she wasn't in, wasn't likely to be and nobody else was there either. Then I just got home and played on XBox for ages, popped out to see Lily for an hour or so (no more than that since she was off to see others) and then home and watched The Princess Bride (Yay! Cool film!) with tfm and angharad while eating fish and chips. After that fell asleep on the couch since I didn't want to go to bed.

Sunday I slept in late til about 1:30 when I got woken by my dad phoning. Crawled out of bed and sat in the lounge watching star trek generations for a bit. Then TFM and I repopulated our newly decorated kitchen after which I sat and played XBox while TFM fixed his boke and then went out to see people. Nobody was around so I watched Spawn DVD and then played some more XBox before going to bed.

I think the trouble is that nothing is happening in my life. I'm not seeing people and I'm not doing anything as a result (since doing interesting stuff on your own is just not that interesting often). Some people are away, some people are always busy weekends and at the moment some people just happen to be busy. Its not a permanent thing (I hope) but I think this is why I am just feeling a little odd at the moment.

I think maybe I need to find some good music to suit my mood. Something to lift the flagging spirits slightly and get me throught he next 3.5 hours until home time and then seeing krys. Krys - on the offchance you read this before tonight MSN me or something about plans.

Anyway, another distraction finished with... work I suppose. :)

Comments

Things to do...

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

I've often thought that it ought to be possible to set up much cooler online stuff (RPGs and suchlike) for when it's not convenient to meet up with people.

Kinda like 'Elsewhere', but with more plot and less mired in a pit of apathy IYSWIM.

Re: Things to do...

[chrisvenus]

Are you suggesting I find one or run one? :)

An online RPG might be interesting and I have heard other people say they are running them and I was vaguely wondering what people thought of them and how they would work?

My first thoughts are that you could do it on IRC or some other chat medium like that and it would be like in person but slowed down due to having to type everything including mannerisms, etc. It would have the advantage that you would never have knowledge leak (ie person 1 has a private conversation with a voice in his head and it need never be heard by the rest of the group which can often be harder (though not impossible) in face to face.

It could be done by e-mail but the incredibly slow turnover makes me think it would be more like a turnsheeting kind of thing. People give rough ideas of what they do and the GM compiles them together. More like group writing than role play (if that distinction makes sense).

Anybody else care to suggest what else might be involved since I might be tempted to try it at some point if somebody persuades me it might be good. :)

Re: Things to do...

[chrisvenus]

This subject now promoted to new entry (or being promoted anyway). :)

[taimatsu]

Sorry I haven't been about to help entertain you :) Want to help me move house next weekend?

Lx

[chrisvenus]

Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your point of view) I have plans for next weekend (saturday lunchtime to sunday afternoon) due to it being the central regional for Cam. When are you actually having to be out of your current place since I can help at other times maybe if necessary...

[taimatsu]

Kitten lease doesn't end till 31st. I am doing most of the move oin the Sunday, 21st, which is the first day of the new lease at Sunnydale, because my mother will come and help me with the car. Could do with some help packing maybe on the Friday, or with sorting out on the Sunday night, or weekday evenings after that - whever you want to help really :)

g

[chrisvenus]

ah. I do moving. I don't do packing (since I have no idea what you want and what is to be thrown away and if you are taking stuff with you which box it should go in........) or unpacking (since I have no idea where you want to put stuff and there is no point in me asking where you want things since you might as well put them there yourself and if I just decide sensible places for things you will be phoning me asking about lost stuff for months to come). I also do construction if you want to buy yourself a kit desk or something like that. Though there are probably better people for that kind of thing. :)

You do moving ?

[lathany.livejournal.com]

Given the number of house moves that tend to happen in Oxford, surely you could charge for this service and make a good living ?

;-)

Dawn.

[quisalan.livejournal.com]

OK, couple of things *grin*

I'm not going to be around at the weekend, and Matt will probably hide in his room.

Soo... You have the two cupboards in the kitchen above where the plates now are, and there's space for your cutlery. Pick a lump of a carousel cupboard, I've got part of the one to the right of the oven, Matt has the one to the left. There's two spare cupboards in there if you need them.

*looks thoughtful*

Think that's about it, just general things like leads/gang plugs etc tend to be there with a purpose. I'll be back sunday night to see how it goes. Oh, and will probably move the stereo out the bathroom to the lounge, but not sure as it carries the sound to the kitchen where it is without being too loud :)