Brief Update
Intercon R has come and go — along with all the fuss that goes with it! Luckily it was a pretty low-stress Intercon, all told, and I made do with costuming I already had.
So really what I’m saying is I have no excuse for doing no writing or exercise that week 😉
All my games turned out to be successes, too, and it has filled me with floon, especially for theater-style games — there was definitely a moment of “oh right, larping doesn’t have to involve running around in the mud and sleeping in cabins.” I am considering getting back to some of my larp writing projects, and I’ve already asked the author of Bloody Slippers if I can run it at Consequences.
Accomplishments
Health
– Took a ~2.5mi walk
– Did Zombies Run 5K Training week 4, workout 3 (no mileage/time because I was an idiot who forgot to stop the run when I was done)
– Did ZR5K week 5, workout 1 (2.86mi in 53:41)
Habitat – March is the month of kitchen tasks!
– Organized cat paperwork
– Cleaned out spice cabinet
– Glued foot back on cutting board
LARP
– Attended Intercon R in Warwick, RI
– Played in three games at Intercon: Bloody Slippers, A Winter’s Ball, and Owl’s Hollow
– Met EB for dinner and worked on the train game for ~2 hours
Social
– Visited Revival Brewing Company in Cranston, RI with EB et al and sampled their beers
– Had dinner with Katie and Jerry
Other Media
– Listened to Stuff You Missed in History Class, “SYMHC Classics: Villisca Ax Murders”, “Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas”
– Listened to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, “Anchor in the Mind”, “Animal Lies: Six Tales of Mimicry and Deceit”, “Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor”, “First Messenger from an Alien Star, ” “Baby Jesus and Homunculus”, “The Great Eyeball War”, parts 1 and 2, “From the Vault: Aphantasia,” “Talos: the Bronze Automaton”
– Listened to The Training Dummies #199
Rejection Log
– 44-day personal rejection from Beneath Ceaseless Skies for “Mirrors”
Picture of the Week
My bedazzled Winter’s Ball character, Yekaterina Alekseyevna, soon to be known as Catherine the Great. As someone told me, “You look extra. In all the best senses of the term.”
If you’re willing, I’d love to hear your takes on the LARPs you PCed, whether you plan to write something on your blog or would prefer to share in private in person.