Things that are less geeky.

[thebitterguy]

Highlight of the weekend was getting to socialize with some friends. I mentioned that Gabe and I grabbed some Shwarma Saturday night. On Sunday afternoon I met cairde_luis and her little girleen for lunch at Zack's.

Now, prior to that I stopped by Fandom II where I got a Babylon 5 module that is essentially West Wing in Spaaaace, with Telepaths and a couple Star Wars CMG boosters.

I once again am jonesing for a SW RPG game. I'm contemplating picking up the Saga Edition and the Legacy sourcebook and going kind of nuts.

Anyway, while at Fandom II I noticed that there was a new Bella Sara product out, which was a collectible horse fig. I figured, the girl is at that age where little girls like horses, right? So why not pick one up for her.

I managed to nail one of the free parking spots in the Byward Market (fear my parking-fu!) and met up with the girls, and we headed to Zack's for lunch. I am a sucker for a blue cheeseburger.

When we were waiting for a table to clear, I gave the girleen the Belle Sara fig. It acted as a nice icebreaker, since she turned out to be no small horse afficionado. Apparently she'd been riding since she was two, and they even had a couple Bella Sara books that had been bought the night before. Coincidence!

cairde_luis and I had known each other back in my college LARP days, when I was the beleagured prince of a major metropolis and she was pure anarchy. She eventually got married toa friend of mine, which ended a while ago. Of course, then you start doing some quick math in your head and you realize it's been over a decade since you've seen each other. We managed to reconnect via the magic of Facebook.

After lunch, I headed home, and stopped off at ACB for dinner, and ended up staying the night.

Comments

[lurkerwithout.livejournal.com]

I once again am jonesing for a SW RPG game. I'm contemplating picking up the Saga Edition and the Legacy sourcebook and going kind of nuts.

NOooooooo! West End 4 Life yo!

[spross.livejournal.com]

D20! WotC! Of the Dark Side are these!!!

[cinn48.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, this post of full of things that are less geeky? Less geeky than what? A Reach for the Top meet?

[thebitterguy]

This post is significantly less geeky than my recap of attending the gaming convention.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

rikoshi and tealfox recently invited me to join their next Star Wars Saga campaign, so, taking advantage of one of the perks of my job at a comic-and-game store, I picked up a copy of the Saga Edition Core Book.

This system ROCKS. It combines the best aspects of d20 3.5, d20 Modern, and 4th Edition -- if they'd released "Saga Edition D&D" instead of 4th Ed, you'd be hearing a LOT fewer complaints.

[thebitterguy]

Cool. Yeah, kinra has endorsed it to me mightily, and I was talking about it with a couple other friends and they seemed interested.

[cairde-luis.livejournal.com]

The girleen now wants to head over to Toys on Fire to get more Bella Sara figurines :)
It really was terrific to see you again - lets not wait another 13 years please! :)
*hugs!*

[thebitterguy]

I'm glad she liked it. And, yes, 13 years is a titch too long.

[lynne-h.livejournal.com]

Gaming is wonderful for re-encountering people. Dragonmeet last year I spent a happy afternoon in the pub with two old friends from Nightfall Games who I hadn't seen in a very, very long time. And through Facebook managed to hook up with another.

And I'm with John on the whole d20 thing ;)