Weekend catch-up
Sep. 1st, 2024 09:19 pmHaving been distracted yesterday - blame ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rionaleonhart ! - I have two days to sum up :D
I did do some Nano prep yesterday, working out the 'ritual' for the Smilers, and how the Big Bad funds it all. In a world where 'identity' matters sometimes to the exclusion of everything else, and a person's ethnicity, sexuality, gender, physical ability, and/or neurodiversity are the elements that make it up, being a white-straight-cis-ablebodied-neuronormative-man must feel like a non-identity. Add in a lack of paid employment, the one thing that might give you a sense of self, and you're really at rock bottom. At least, that's how the Smilers feel. Ironically, Patel is almost the polar opposite but all the elements of her 'identity', not to mention their intersectioning, represent barriers she's had to overcome. I don't want this to be a preachy novel - and I may be seriously mis-representing the Smilers and Patel - but at the very least I think I'll have fun trying to find out what I think their realities are.
Tomorrow, I get going with the Smilers themselves.
I finished Sky: CotL. There's actually a lot packed into a pretty short game. They have different events - at the moment there's a concert thing that involves playing music using the controller, which (of course) I'm terrible at. You can friend other players - and offer and request healing with other players. There's your own little room you can decorate, and clothing items to collect (and buy with RL cash). When I finished, the game put me back at the start and said I was about to begin the 'real' journey. There are certainly lots of things I didn't do and things I want to find out. I'll leave it on my screen for the time being and play it now and then when I want a change of pace. Maybe.
Next up is Ender Lilies, I think. Or dig into Skyrim a bit more.
Lots of new faces at church this morning. Always nice to welcome newbies - and to hope we'll see them again. We aim to be welcoming without jumping on people right away, but we want to provide people with space to use their gifts. It's a VERY delicate path to tread!
And Liverpool beat Man U 3-0 at Old Trafford. Arne Slot's reign is off to a flying start!
Now I really want to get to bed at a decent time, given that I'm back at work tomorrow :(
rionaleonhart ! - I have two days to sum up :DI did do some Nano prep yesterday, working out the 'ritual' for the Smilers, and how the Big Bad funds it all. In a world where 'identity' matters sometimes to the exclusion of everything else, and a person's ethnicity, sexuality, gender, physical ability, and/or neurodiversity are the elements that make it up, being a white-straight-cis-ablebodied-neuronormative-man must feel like a non-identity. Add in a lack of paid employment, the one thing that might give you a sense of self, and you're really at rock bottom. At least, that's how the Smilers feel. Ironically, Patel is almost the polar opposite but all the elements of her 'identity', not to mention their intersectioning, represent barriers she's had to overcome. I don't want this to be a preachy novel - and I may be seriously mis-representing the Smilers and Patel - but at the very least I think I'll have fun trying to find out what I think their realities are.
Tomorrow, I get going with the Smilers themselves.
I finished Sky: CotL. There's actually a lot packed into a pretty short game. They have different events - at the moment there's a concert thing that involves playing music using the controller, which (of course) I'm terrible at. You can friend other players - and offer and request healing with other players. There's your own little room you can decorate, and clothing items to collect (and buy with RL cash). When I finished, the game put me back at the start and said I was about to begin the 'real' journey. There are certainly lots of things I didn't do and things I want to find out. I'll leave it on my screen for the time being and play it now and then when I want a change of pace. Maybe.
Next up is Ender Lilies, I think. Or dig into Skyrim a bit more.
Lots of new faces at church this morning. Always nice to welcome newbies - and to hope we'll see them again. We aim to be welcoming without jumping on people right away, but we want to provide people with space to use their gifts. It's a VERY delicate path to tread!
And Liverpool beat Man U 3-0 at Old Trafford. Arne Slot's reign is off to a flying start!
Now I really want to get to bed at a decent time, given that I'm back at work tomorrow :(
