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Fantasy Greco-Roman, a la Hercules and Xena.

Victorian Changeling.

Or any game with a period setting, really.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies?

All cats are best cat.

All dogs are best dog.

You are both pretty.

SpyFi

Avatar, ie Last Airbender

Into the Badlands

Historical Period games, beyond just "lord and lady", ie Lovecraft in the Roaring 20's, Victorian era WoD, World War 1 such and such, you get the idea.

Theater on the Ground's Monologue Project. Anyone, at any level of experience, can participate.

I'm doing Portia's mercy monologue from Merchant of Venice.

I told the director of the project in an email that I had stepped away from theater for almost 25 years. His greeting in his reply email was "Hello, and welcome home."

I had to sit at my work desk for 5 minutes tearing up and trying not to sob.

@A-B It's less about you choosing to be frustrated, and more about how you acknowledge your frustration and deal with it. That's not the same as acting out because of it.

I'm only just starting to put this into practice, but the way I imagine it for myself is that it's like a pressure cooker. If I leave the lid on because I don't want anyone to see what's cooking, the pressure cooker is going to explode and nobody is going to be happy. And that's kind of been me since literally my childhood.

I had to learn that it is okay for people to see what's cooking, as long as I gently lift the lid, and understand that not everyone's going to want to smell what the Cupcake is cooking.

And honestly, if I truly feel mired in pettiness, I have people I can talk to, both as friends and as professionals to figure out a better way to deal with that. A support system is absolutely essential.

Getting treatment for depression has completely changed not just my RL, but my MUSH experience. My reaction to things is more temperate, I'm not so hung up on what people think of me, which oddly makes it easier for me to interact with others. I can't say I'm all the way there, but it makes me realize that my fear of the medication involved is now completely gone. If anything, I'm advocate. The brain is an organ, just like your pancreas. A diabetic takes insulin and no one stigmatizes them for it. Someone with mental health difficulties should not be ashamed to take what they need to be healthy.

Also, HAMILTON.

So I went and attended the first Seattle Hamiltunes - I've mentioned it earlier in the thread. I'd love to say I got up there and sang my songs and was amazing and awesome and people wildly applauded and I'm making a note here, huge success.

Truth is, I got up there and I stumbled in some spots, I went flat on more than one occasion, and it's a little difficult to talk myself out of thinking that the folks other than my friends were wincing every time I stepped up to the stage (although apparently my Burr Shot First tee got rave reviews).

Here's my take-away, though. Six months ago, a year ago, if I'd done this and done so badly, my depression would have been of epic proportions. I would have been absolutely miserable, I would have ripped into myself and felt worthless and ashamed and likely vowing never to go back. And if I'm really, really honest, my bestie probably would have gone on a discreet, don't-tell-Cupcake suicide watch. (No, I'm not kidding.)

Instead, here I am, kind of 'eh, okay, I kinda sucked, but I can get better!' I will most likely go back, will probably sign up for solos again, and I've had more people tell me they were proud of me than not. Somebody on here said Lin-Manuel would think I'm a rockstar regardless, and I carried that with me after all was said and done. The fact that I feel this way, that I haven't dragged myself in the dark, though...

This was a triumph. I'm making a note here; huge success.

You do not get to dictate people's grief.

You do not get to dictate who they grieve, why they grieve, or how they grieve.

Grief is not a binary. Grieving for Person A does not mean you don't or wouldn't grieve for Person B.

And while we're at it?

I am a Social Justice Bard, fuck-you-very-much.

Quite frankly, as far as I'm concerned if you are posting joke memes about people's suicides, you are being a shitty person and need to GTFO.

I understand that you have the right to post what you want. And I have the right to think you are behaving in a shitty fashion.

I am generally in favor of a post Korra timeline. Either after her death, which means the new Avatar hasn't been found or has only recently been recognized and thus still in training, or during her life, but she's on an extended tour of the spirit world.

I think there are far too many opportunities post-Korra - post-Aang, even - that are enticing and can draw RP. Pre-Aang, female waterbenders are limited to learning healing, and the Fire Nation is default the enemy, and there are no air nomads. Technology is less a thing, robbing non-benders of a potential hook.

Also, post-Korra - how did we forget pro-bending?! If folks wanted to form a Bending team and do RP around that, it would be incredibly fun. Now add adventures in the now easily accessible spirit world...

I keep promising myself that I'm going to do this project I've always felt inclined to try.

My mom is buried in Israel and I've never seen her resting place. So I want to try to crowdsource a trip to Israel, but incorporate blog entries and maybe vlog entries and basically make it a journey for people to follow. Maybe get some sponsorship from various Jewish organizations.

Hey guys, I know you all have heard me gush about my greyhound, Rock, a zillion times, and now I'd like to actually do something to help the group I adopted him from, Greyhound Pets Inc. They're holding their annual walkathon, and this year I'm participating. My goal is $1,000, and I'm hoping folks here might be willing to contribute. Even $5 can go far to helping a dog.

If you'd like to consider donating, please go here: http://greytwalkathon.org/seerockrun

Thanks in advance!

Yeah, the actual bending styles are pretty obviously based on different stances of kung fu/martial arts. Being able to study those even without the bending would make sense.

I'm going to NERD ALERT myself.

Air is Ba Gua
Water is Tai chi
Earth is generally Hop Gar, with Toph's particular unique style actually being Mantis
Fire is Northern Shaolin.

You know what would be cool? Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Seriously. Regency era manners + the walking undead.

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.”

I take my dog to a local gated field for when he needs to do some sprinting. I've known for months that someone is living there, because there's a tarp under some trees with their stuff and every now and then the configuration changes. But until yesterday I had never seen that person.

Who as it turns out, is a late teens/early twenty-something trans girl. My heart just broke for her. I gave her my phone number and gave her a ride to the mall so she could charge her phone. I'm seriously considering stopping at the grocery store on my way there this afternoon and picking up some bread and peanut butter so she has something to eat.

I'm hesitant to contact any kind of services because I worry she'll get kicked out of the field. I think the only reason she hasn't been so far is that no one has noticed her. I don't want to be responsible for her being kicked out of the only place she has to sleep.

My alarm bells went off when I inquired about a disagreement he had with a member of Redrain, and he responded that "Redrain only RPs with characters who have a cyber-slit".

Or some such equivalent. Really, it's the word "cyber-slit" that was the point of that classy sentiment. After that, I pretty much did my best to avoid him.

I can't get up

My adoption group was featured on the evening news!

https://www.king5.com/video/news/local/thousands-of-greyhounds-need-new-homes/281-8323791

Rock and the double suspension gallop!