Interesting times in North Georgia

[kellinator]

Whenever I make the mistake of thinking my life is boring, something happens to remind me how interesting my life is. And when I say "interesting," I mean in the ancient-Chinese-curse sense of the word.

Late last night I was driving home from gaming in Athens. sujata had written out reverse directions for me. This would have been great, except for a few factors: it was pitch-black, raining (at times heavily), foggy, and oh yeah, the biggest one: I have been described as "unable to find her way out of a wet paper bag." I have no sense of direction whatsoever. I get lost so easily that the first time I made it to a Club Atlanta event less than an hour late and without having to call for directions, it made the club newsletter.

So I almost immediately made a wrong turn.

I quickly realized I was not headed back to Atlanta and began to panic. alanator had just called, and his glee at the situation didn't help matters. I believe his exact words were "You're gonna get butt-fucked by rednecks!!" This is why you don't let young children watch Deliverance, folks. You end up with either Quentin Tarantino or alanator.

Seriously, I was freaked. I get lost in Atlanta all the fucking time, but that's Atlanta. I know eventually I'll find a sign for 75 or 85 and figure out where the hell I am. But this time there I was, on backroads I didn't know, going to towns I didn't know, in the dark and fog and pouring rain and lightning. In short, I was about to barf.

My salvation came from an unexpected source: sujata's mom. I called Molly's house and she wasn't home yet, but her mother took pity on this strang hysterical girl and guided me to 316. My gratitude knows no bounds.

And I even got home in time for my Sunday night ritual of watching Adult Swim, which greatly improved my mood.

Comments

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Better put a GPS on your wish list. You can get street maps on those bad boys.

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

Yet another thing to lust for...

[streamweaver.livejournal.com]

I didn't know you were a gamer. We're looking for another player for my current Arcana Unearthed game if you are interested or know a good player interested in joining an early Sat afternoon game. I'm looking for a good group to play with in the area as well if you know of any groups you'd recommend.

On the lost note, mapquest. If that doesn't help let someone else drive. :)

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

I'm a real newbie to gaming right now, but having fun with it (I just frequently don't know what I'm doing). What kind of game is it? I'm not familiar with that one.

[streamweaver.livejournal.com]

AU is Dungeons and Dragons kind of alternet setting (Fantasy RPG) that we're doing a campaign of at least up through the end of the year. It's a bit hard to describe, it has some alternate magic rules that are a bit more flexible and it's fairly high adventure. Probably more impactive is how I run the game which is intended to be more involved with thinking about the situation and about character goals.

A link for some info on the game is http://www.montecook.com/AU.html

Currently we have 4 players in an age range from mid 20's to mid/late 30s -> me the old man, 3 men 1 woman with varying levels of gaming experience from novice to casual. I'm looking to add 1 or 2 more players to the group to hopefully create some fun interaction between everyone.

Usually if someone is possible interested they play a few games before anyone can really know if it's something they're interested in. (Getting involved with groups is always odd and slow like that).

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

I think I might be interested, if you can tolerate a total newbie...

[streamweaver.livejournal.com]

We don't really use newbie or oldbie or whatever, we just try to have fun. You'd be very welcome and Courtney would love to have another woman in the game. We're playing from 11 til about 3 every Saturday at our apartment very close to Emory up near the N Dekalb Mall. If you want I can set you up with a character and you can try a few sessions and then decide later on if you want to stay with the game or not. Mostly I'm trying to add some life to the game and I encorage all kinds of interesting personalities to get together for it.

Send me an email at streamweaver@mindspring.com if you think you want to come this week or some other week and I'll send you directions and get you set up with a character and all that.

[gesundyke]

May you live in interesting times, Kelly.

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

Gee, thanks... I think...

[metaphorge.livejournal.com]

Well, you do have a Real Perdy Mouth.

*ducks and runs*

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

*chases you down with a Super Soaker*

Don't you mean...

[underwhelming.livejournal.com]

...your BIZARRO mood?!?!? (I'm helping!)

Re: Don't you mean...

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it's time for someone to ease up on the drugs.

[whorlwind.livejournal.com]

Janel has the most interesting navigational ability when she gets lost: No matter where she's starting from in Atlanta, or where she's going to, she's going to get there through the seediest ghetto neighborhood around.

When we had dinner she did it both going to and coming from.. truly impressive. =)

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

For some reason, that is adorable!