So I've reverted to being something of a hermit lately. Partly this has been to distinct lack of cash to spare, and partly it's also been due to a string of recurring illnesses. Nothing that's put me a death's door or that requires a great deal of sympathy, but enough to mess with my work, my sleeping patterns and my pitiful attempts at a social life.
These recent events have led to me discovering just how rubbish my local NHS practice has become. It's impossible to get an appointment there and you get very short shrift from the receptionists. The doctors themselves are like musical chairs and you never see the same face twice. Looking up the place on NHS Direct there are endless posts from people complaining about the terrible service. Unfortunately all the other practices in my area have an equal number of complaints. It seems like it's getting to the point where if I need a doctor I either walk into an A&E or go private *sighs*
In other news things at work are heating up, mostly because our CEO has had a major chewing out by our shareholders over his hands-off (read: non-existent) approach to managing our office. Over the last few weeks I've become something of a silent partner-in-crime being possibly the only one in the office with any clue, and with any handle on what really goes on here on a daily basis. I'm hoping that I end up with a better job here, as otherwise I will end up hitting the wall and handing my notice in... *sighs again*
On a brighter front the game design is coming along nicely. I have 3 games at prototype stage now which I've showcased to various people with a lot of positive feedback. I have 3 more games in the works which should also be ready soon. It feels rather like the creative floodgates have opened and I've finding it difficult to stop. I haven't heard back about getting them published but plan B might be to go on Kickstarter, or even Dragon's Den...
Next week I'll be demoing at London MCM Expo (if you're going come and say hi) and running a horror game for some friends for Halloween. Then I'll be off to Warsaw, Poland for a week and then to darkest Devon for a freeform LRP convention called Consequences (where I get to be a cowboy, an retired rock star and a Vulcan science officer).
Hope to see everyone here soon, although at this rate it will be around Xmas...
These recent events have led to me discovering just how rubbish my local NHS practice has become. It's impossible to get an appointment there and you get very short shrift from the receptionists. The doctors themselves are like musical chairs and you never see the same face twice. Looking up the place on NHS Direct there are endless posts from people complaining about the terrible service. Unfortunately all the other practices in my area have an equal number of complaints. It seems like it's getting to the point where if I need a doctor I either walk into an A&E or go private *sighs*
In other news things at work are heating up, mostly because our CEO has had a major chewing out by our shareholders over his hands-off (read: non-existent) approach to managing our office. Over the last few weeks I've become something of a silent partner-in-crime being possibly the only one in the office with any clue, and with any handle on what really goes on here on a daily basis. I'm hoping that I end up with a better job here, as otherwise I will end up hitting the wall and handing my notice in... *sighs again*
On a brighter front the game design is coming along nicely. I have 3 games at prototype stage now which I've showcased to various people with a lot of positive feedback. I have 3 more games in the works which should also be ready soon. It feels rather like the creative floodgates have opened and I've finding it difficult to stop. I haven't heard back about getting them published but plan B might be to go on Kickstarter, or even Dragon's Den...
Next week I'll be demoing at London MCM Expo (if you're going come and say hi) and running a horror game for some friends for Halloween. Then I'll be off to Warsaw, Poland for a week and then to darkest Devon for a freeform LRP convention called Consequences (where I get to be a cowboy, an retired rock star and a Vulcan science officer).
Hope to see everyone here soon, although at this rate it will be around Xmas...
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I think my utter lack of friends who live nearby has just made my life a completely and utterly predictable routine, it's really hard to get motivated about things when you really don't like going places on your own. I spend a lot of time writing, watching films, reading, playing games or teaching myself new stuff like how to make GIFS in Photoshop or whatever and it's all stuff I like doing but sometimes you just want some company you know, someone you can talk to but I don't go anywhere to meet people and I really don't make friends easily and keeping them is even harder.
That's the reason I don't really want to be on my own, I would just lose it big time I'm bad enough as it is now.
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