Summer
22 April, 2008 at 3:08 pm (meta)
Within a month the following shall happen:
- I will take on a summer job that involves cleaning factories with heavy machinery.
- I will not study in university before autumn.
- I will live in Hämeenkyrö (with mother, stepfather, sister and dog) or Tampere (with father), neither of which is exactly close to Jyväskylä.
- I will not roleplay as much, if at all. Maybe this shall be the time to try some more roleplay via the internet, either with friends or in Roleplaygateway.
- I may play board games or card games, especially if there is no or too little roleplay.
- I will not spend as much time on the internet. Particularly I will probably not read forums or use stumbleupon. Also, I will blog less if at all. This all is quite probable (P({this all}) = 7/10), but not certain, where “this all” means this bullet point.
- I will read more. Interesting material: Fantasy (preferably not direct D&D derivative and preferably not Eddings), philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind, epistemology, whatever else is interesting), logic, mathematics (particularly game theory is of interest), mythology and old poetry, rpg books.
- Take a dog, walk somewhere, anywhere. Good fun. Run once a while to keep it interesting. Great for thinking and designing rpg settings and calming the mind. Grab a friend if one is nearby. Remember to take water.
The more exact date of my departure is between three and four weeks from today.
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Eric Martindale said,
22 April, 2008 at 5:34 pm
It’s almost like an Earth Day resolution bonanza… that, and it’s my birthday today, too.
Thumbs up on all of this! I need to get into some more reading material myself, particularly those paperpacks I’ve got sitting on my shelf that I haven’t read in years.
Good luck with your job, and any moving that you end up doing!
Tommi said,
22 April, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Happy birthday, Eric.
The moving will involve a grand total of one laptop, a bunch of clothes and miscellania that fit in a backpack. I’m keeping the Jyväskylä apartment (that is what the work is for).
Most of the points are fairly certain; I guess they will happen, based on former summers and my forthcoming living conditions.