Real life intruded this week, folks. Big Time.
First off, the bad stuff: the vertigo from my inner ear infection has persisted all week, with varying degrees of severity. Since it's viral, the only thing I can do is get bedrest (spent all day Monday in bed and off and on throughout most of the week), fluids, and just wait it out. Ugh.
Now, the good stuff: I (and my family) are moving! We're finally getting out of the apartment we've been in for the past 2 1/2 years and renting a house in the same town. The most awesomest thing (to me) is that I will FINALLY get my own studio! Right now, MeatShield Central takes up a small corner of my living room. The owner of the house we're renting is a sound engineer, so she needed a SOUND-PROOF studio, which will now become the home of Brain Fever Studios (a.k.a. Me)!
We move in near the end of September, so now we PACK. A lot. Lots of little girl toys and clothes, lots of books (both grown-up and children's). This means that strip updates will be sporadic towards the end of the month - I'll keep you all posted. Speaking of which, there won't be a strip on Monday in observance of Labor Day.
By the way, thanks to everyone who voted for my episode in the TGT Tournament Finals! I didn't win, dang it, but it was really great to get all the way to the Finals! Also, to everyone coming to MeatShield by way of that interview, welcome! Oh, and yes, the Jack Kirby story is 100% true. Would that it were not. :)
Take care, all!
~Rob
Congrats Rob! I’m sure the new place with be great for all!
Congrats! I know how bad livingbin an apartment as a family can be. Heres hoping yours dosentbhave Damp all over the walls like mine did.
Have fun in the new place. That sound proof room is going to be a blessing and a curse. Great that you’ll have a studio, not so great that you won’t be able to keep an ear out for what the kids are getting up to.
Played a halfling druid like that once, the mage spent three and a half hours and several hundred gold in bribes and spell scrolls to find some information on someone and after he tells the party I go “I already knew that.” When he demanded to know why I never said anything I simply responded with, “You never asked.” After the third time this happened he would always look at me before he did any research or invested any money and ask me if I knew anything. Ahhhh…. only neutral character I ever enjoyed playing.
Also, Congrats on the new place. It’s always nice to get an upgrade like that.
Yep, I recognize that elf stereotype (and a semi-general character type at that). It’s usually advisable to keep anyone with a short temper, and good understanding, at extreme distance if you aren’t intending to revive them on a semi-regular basis.