Tag Archives: Ramblings
The Weight of a Name
What exactly is the weight of a name? It’s hard to say, for me, considering so many of my paintings are “Untitled”. I know of other artists who start with a seed word, or an idea / concept, or maybe even a phrase, before they starting creating. For me, that’s now usually the beginning. I […]
Continue readingI live!
And I’m now under my “real” name. It feels weird to make the change from posting as “Lori” versus posting as “Rhyssa” since I’ve been using my online alias for so many years. Plus the whole starting on the internet (in gaming, no less) back when keeping your anonymity was the way to go. Along […]
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How pithy of me. Anyways, I’m getting tired of my own laziness and need to get my act together soon. I want to finish customising a template for the site, I have several ideas for art projects I want to start, I need to finish editing a new theme for the One Manga Forums so […]
Continue readingFun game night
So some friends had a “Nightmare on <their> Street” gaming night for people to just drop in and play board games. The idea was to play Halloween or spooky themed games but since the husband isn’t much of a gamer, we decided to pull out something more generic and not as complicated to play. Which […]
Continue readingGaming and the Never Ending Story
I’ve been thinking about stories lately, mostly how they end. I’m currently reading the Malazan Books of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson (fantastic series!) and am about half way through the planned 10 books now. The ending will be a complete unknown because it’s not been written/published yet, so I have something to look […]
Continue readingThe PvP Files: Death and Consequences
Posted today over at Grimwell Online. ————————————————– Why death penalties are necessary for PvP. Death penalties should be seen as a necessary part to both PvE and PvP, providing a sense of consequence to ingame actions. Granted, dying is not always the result of bad player decisions; mob respawn, runners bringing adds, overpulling, etc. can […]
Continue readingSaying Goodbye
How do you say goodbye to a part of your life? How can you do it when it feels like your heart is being ripped from your chest? I had to do that tonight. I had to let go and say goodbye to my precious baby dog. After 9 1/2 years, I’ll never again see […]
Continue readingPerceptions
This was originally written back in December, 2001 when I was actively playing DAoC. I have been looking for a copy of the text since I began the site, but couldn’t find it until today, hidden away in a backup folder I had forgotten about. At the time I wrote this, Hibernia was demonstratively the […]
Continue readingHappy Father’s Day
Hope all the fathers out there have a good day to enjoy themselves and spend time with their families. I’m going to call my dad a little later this evening, but in the fine tradition that I’ve taken to, I have once again not sent a card. I have one here, I just forgot to […]
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