| NaNoWriMo |
[Nov. 1st, 2009|09:37 pm] |
And it starts once more.
A shade under 4500 words today is a reasonable start, it means I will have days to procrasinate later, which is always good, and I can still be rushing to finish by the end
This year I am hopefully going to finish the story I have been doing for the last couple of years, so starting at 100,000 and aiming for 150,000 by the end of the month. After that I may even try to edit it, you never know.
Also, I am starting off this year with only about a third, if that, of my story plotted. Considering that I have gone into the last couple knowing a least very roughly what was going to happen in each scene beforehand, this fills me with trepidation. We shall, however, see. |
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| request identifying... |
[Sep. 2nd, 2009|10:27 am] |
Okay, so this weekend I went to a larp. While there I, erm, aquired a new musical instrument
Oops
Unfortunately, I don't actually know what it is quite, which is where you lovely folk come in
It is a lute type of instrument, with the fairly traditional round back, short neck, and the head with the tuning pegs bent back at 90 degrees from the neck. It has thirteen strings (well, no, actually it has 11, but it should have 13) in six sets of two plus the thirteenth way down on its own at the bottom of the instrument (read, highest note) It is way way off tune currently so I have no idea what the tuning should actually be and I suspect it needs a full restringing. It's also fretless apart from some frets on the body of the instrument that only cover the higher strings. I have no idea how to play this thing...
So, fine people. Any idea what the heck this could be and/or how it is tuned or played? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Also, the larp was awesome, I got to dance and chant and drum in many rituals and stab folk inna face with a pokey stick. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 27th, 2009|12:29 am] |
I'm In ur country, lernin ur language
okay, that is in fact not true for most people on my friends list, but it's true of some of you.
Just flew in from England to Germany. Katie is currently not here as her flight back from England isn't until tomorrow so I flew into an airport I have only been to once, to a different terminal, and managed to cope with getting all my luggage back and get the train from Frankfurt to Mainz on my own and I only had to resort to asking people in English once. Go me.
And why did I fly in a day before Katie? Why, because her flight was tomorrow but I have classes in my attempt to actually learn the language. Starting at 8.45 in the morning. Somewhere across town that I have only been to twice before and never on my own
eek?
Auf Wiedersein (sp?) |
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| Larpage |
[Mar. 26th, 2009|11:27 pm] |
Hello there friends
Recently myself and the lovely Nayela have been looking into playing a german larp system called Conquest of Mythadia. It's a large fest-system type of thing that, from what it appears and from the tales we have been told, is an absolutely incredible experience, immersive and huge and all in all of a very high quality of roleplaying and plot. We therefore think that we shall be going along to it, in August.
We were wondering if anybody else would be interested in joining us and going together as a group.
Now it is, of course, German, but apparantly they do cater fairly well for non-native speakers, and Katie quite likes the idea of trying to translate in character for people (though whether she is still happy about this after she's had to do it we'll see...) It's quite expensive sadly, over 100 euros, but that does cover it for a five day event (5th-9th of august), which is pretty good value for money. It's near Hannover, which is an area that I don't know so have no idea how easy or difficult it is to get there unfortunately.
Their website is http://www.live-adventure.de/ConQuest/en/start.php (English page, not fully translated in parts) and http://www.live-adventure.de/ConQuest/start.php (German).
We don't currently have a group concept in mind, but depending on who may be interested we can form one. Let us know if you're interested, even just potentially, and we can see what we can do. |
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| Gamage |
[Mar. 22nd, 2009|11:36 am] |
Hello there one and all
It has been noticed that, rather disasterously, I have a free weekend in May. This weekend also coincides with my birthday, therefore I would like to announce a games weekend upon the weekend of the16th and 17th of May, at our place in Northolt, London. Usual setup of these things, crash space available upon request, probably starting on Friday evening when people want to turn up until Sunday when people crash or have to head off home, feel free to bring along games that I don't have, or ask if you're not sure.
The adress is 191 the heights, northolt, middx, ub5 4bu, and if there are folk who do not read this but you think may be interested point them this way please. Missyvortex, could you post this up on your gaming e-mail list as well please?
Please let me know if you plan to attend :)
Peter |
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| (no subject) |
[Mar. 4th, 2009|11:07 pm] |
Hello there friends of LJ. This is to a select group of you who may know what I am talking about, but I believe that there are some filkers in the US (who aren't actually on my friends list) quite into My Little Pony toys. I have a friend who is selling a load of hers and was wondering if you could pass this on and ask them to get in contact if interested. Am I correct in thinking that cadhla is one of them?
Thanks in advance
Peter |
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| (no subject) |
[Feb. 2nd, 2009|10:51 am] |
I am off work, as school has had to shut due to the entire London bus network having been suspended. I could have made it in but it would have been a seven to eight mile walk and the weather is...not clement.
I would therefore like to say, wheeee, snow.
However I can't, because Katie is supposed to be flying in to London Stansted at 12 and I am paranoid her flight will be cancelled, which would suck royally. I love the snow, I truly do, but why couldn't it have waited just 24 hours longer. Typical, eh? :) |
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| NaNo |
[Nov. 30th, 2008|04:15 pm] |
Muahahaha
Righto, as of two O'clock I managed my second instalment of the novel I started writing last year. The wordcount now rests on 100,368. Since I started the month on 50,330 that is only just over fifty thousand, but 'tis enough. Also, having looked back at the entry last year, I have managed it in five hours less time than I needed then too. That counts as an achievment, right?
And now, relax :)
over and out |
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| A post with some actual content... |
[Nov. 2nd, 2008|10:07 pm] |
Hmm, I do appear to be deaded.
Just got back from Canada today, which was most most awesome. Been and visited hot springs, a cabyon and dinosaur museum, went to, at least the majority of, world fantasy convention, poked around Calgary and geeked with folk, met some new and wholey awesome people and generally had a great half term. I am now not really feeling like I want to go back to work again tomorrow, and may well be suffering from jetlag of doom. But what they hey, I've warned my colegues that this may be so, and thus am allowed to fall asleep in the lab, right?
The other reason I am somewhat deaded is that, it being November, I have once again decided to participate in NaNoWriMo, for I am a fool like that. A nine hour flight is a good thing to help one writing, however. Unfortunately, the fact that it meant I was writing it all longhand with no computer and having to copy it up was less than good, as well as the fact thaty due to time differences I've ended up looing seven hours of my weekend is less than good.
For those who are interested, I shall be continuing my project from last year, which reached just over 50,000 words by the end of the month. Therefore I am going to be working on trying to get up to 100,000 by the end of this one. I am so far of 53,903, so am actually on scedule. Let's see how well this lasts, as I'm actually working full time this year with no computer in my lab, unlike last year sadly. We shall see, and I shall keep folk posted. Also be warned I may end up randomly waffling about Canada at people if they're not careful sometimes.
Wheeeeeee
*collapses* |
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| Canada is Really Big |
[Jul. 29th, 2008|08:49 pm] |
Dear livejournal. How are you? I am okay, thank you, but I have a query if I may.
This autumn myself and my good lady shall be taking a trip to Canada. Calgary, to be more precise, for the world Fantasy convention there, but we are getting somewhat vexed by what we need to take. Here is the problem.
We are travelling direct from London (Heathrow) to Calgary airport and are trying to work out what travel documents we need to take. I myself have a passport, standard british 10 year thingumy with a rather spiffy red leather cover. I am assuming that this shall be sufficient to get me there and back (with relavent tickets, of course...). Am I correct in this?
Katie of course, as is her wont, is not so simple. She currently has a German passport/ID card (Personalausweis) and we're not sure how far she would get with this. We have a feeling that it only allows free travel within the EU, but we may be wrong. What we suspect she needs is a Reisepass but we're not ure where one gets one of these?
As there are several people on my friends list who may know about these strange and mysterious artifacts, and others who may be used to heading to Canada for conventions, could someone or someones please give us some advice about how and where to go next or if there's abything glaringly stupid that we seem to have overlooked.
Thanks very much in advence, and have a good day
Peter |
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| games weekend, update |
[Jul. 7th, 2008|11:25 pm] |
Just to conform to people that there has definately been enough responses so the games weekend shall indeed be going ahead.
The address is in the friends locked post here
http://lordofthewheel.livejournal.com/20545.html
if people have games they wish to bring that I may not have then please by all means bring them. Crash space is availible, if you need/want to borrow a sleeping bag then let us know and I suspect it shall be possible (unless fifteen of you all want to borrow one, in which case you'll have to share ;))
If folk could let us know the sort of times people will be arriving it would be fantastic, even roughly. Parking should be okay. It's on-road parking but there's generally spaces around, though there's a chance that you may have to park a bit down the road and walk back. Can't tell for certain though.
Look forward to seeing people there :) |
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| politics. Shock, horror |
[May. 1st, 2008|10:12 pm] |
Look, look, here, a political post *points* re. london mayoral elections
Concerning the dissolution of people, and their decision that their vote wont count if they don't vote for one of the big two so why bother if you think they're both twits.
If everyone who did not vote (for whatever reason) turned up for the 2000 London mayoral election and all voted for the greatest underdog, let's say a one man indipendant, then that individual would have got roughly 65% of the vote. Just a note that those who didn't vote could make a huge bloody difference by deciding to actually cast a vote for whoever you actually do believe to be the least worst of the candidates. People in those sort of numbers have huge power of change.
That is all |
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| (no subject) |
[Mar. 12th, 2008|09:24 am] |
Greetings oh wise and fruitful LJ hivemind, I have a question (mainly going out to artists out there, but anyone else who has an answer will be more than welcome...
Currently working on a costume for the eastercon masquerade, so I can't give details of it (it is the same costume that I wore last weekend for Jon's larp though, for those who know of it already) and I am having... issues with painting it.
I have several different surfaces that need to be pained in metalic acrylic paints, and currently the paint keeps on peeling off... The surfaces are mainly plastics or gaffa tape and I need it all to have a surface appearance of one type (metalic if possible)
So the question is, how should I do this? Is there some sort of good primer I should be using for this, and if so what and where should I get it? Alternativly, is there something I could mix it with to get the right effect, I know with some paints you can mix them with PVA glue but I suspect this wouldn't be the case with metalic paint.
Any and all suggestions welcome.
Thanks
Peter |
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| Colour of Magic/light fantastic |
[Mar. 4th, 2008|03:42 pm] |
Hello there Ladies and Gentlemen. I recently got told that I don't update this thing enough so people don't know what I am doing, so here I am posting about fun stuff wot I did last night.
As some people may know, during the late summer/early autumn last year I got to be an extra in the filming of the new discworld film by the guys who did Hogfather a couple of christmasses ago. They have now done the Colour of Magic/Light Fantastic, combining the two books into two episodes (1.5 hrs each or so) to be shown over Easter on Sky. Yesterday, I went to a prieview of one of them, as one of the perks of extraing was premiere tickets in a theatre in mayfair. My thoughts will be now placed under a cut to protect anyone from any spoilers that I may end up divulging (not intending to, but it may happen anyway...)
( spoilers? )
And finally, the question all have been waiting for. Did I appear in this first episode? Yes, yes I did. Very very briefly twice in one scene, so you would have to be looking for me. I am the wizard who throws Rincewind out of the door of UU, and then throws his bag in his face. Watch out for me, I have sideburns on to confuse you. However, I do appear in the credits, along with the other towns-people extras, so does that count as me having my name in lights?
So, short summery, yes, very entertaining, well worth watching, or setting your tape for if you're away... |
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| (no subject) |
[Feb. 18th, 2008|11:55 am] |
Hmm, I do appear to have been tagged. How unusual. Okay then, here goes...
in response to weebleflip :
a. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
b. Tag seven people to do the same.
c. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it".
1) I can't ride a bike. I can, however, ride a unicycle having decided at uni that learning to ride a bike when 21 would be embarrassing.
2) When first meeting my girlfriends parents (and, in fact, still) I couldn't communicate with them, as we have no common language. She had to act as a translator for us, which is good as it's pretty difficult to put ones foot in it when you have a translator on your side...
3) I hate all sorts of vinegars and salad dressings and so on. This is one way that one can put ones foot in it when meeting the g/f's parents and not being able to speak with them, as they served some salad in vinegar and I couldn't eat it. Less than smooth
4) I tend not to feel the cold and am out in all weathers in just a tee-shirt. Not only does this mean I get a lot of funny looks, but I can now recognise the German for 'aren't you cold?'
5) I have never broken any bones, but I came very close when I did my ankle in attempting to ride down some steps on the unicycle. I had done it before, but I suspect I failed this time because we were trying to film it...
6) I once performed a strip tease as a dare in front of six rather attractive young ladies at university. There was also a guy there but he hid in the corner the whole time and didn't look. I was most upset so threw him my tee-shirt as I took it off. Good times
7) Despite playing guitar, mandolin, harp, drums, penny whistle and many other instruments, I stopped studying music at 14 when me and my music teacher decided that I probably wasn't any good at it. I took up Drama for GCSE instead, and ended up only getting a D in it. |
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| Filk Con Programming |
[Feb. 5th, 2008|11:37 am] |
Hello all, this is a post mainly for filkers on my friends list, but anyone else who has questions about this please let me know and I shall do my best to answer them.
As many people know, our bid for the 2009 filk con was successful, and now planning begins in earnest for aXXIdental. As I am in charge of programming I therefore send out my requests to you, so that we can have some.
Due to hopefully having many people requesting sets we've decided that we are able to offer 40 minutes sets in general, and 20 minute sets for those people who don't feel they necessarily have enough material for a longer set. Depending on how full we become, there may still be some spaces for people to request full hour sets, so if you want one of these please let us know and we will do our best to give you them. Prioritys will probably be given to performers who haven't had a set in several years, but we hope to be able to give sets to everybody who requests them.
As well as performance and song sets we're planning to run workshops after breakfast. These will be sceduled probably for an hour, though other lengths will be availible if requested. If you have any ideas on something you want to run or have run please let the committee know.
A third thing we are thinking of offering are informal 'sets' during lunchtimes in the rotunda/bar area. These would be a performer or small group playing during a mealtime, accoustic only, but depends on people wishing to do this. If you're interested, again please let me know.
Requests for sets or recomendations of programming ideas can be sent to axxidental@hewett.org, and the convention's website is http://www.chocky.demon.co.uk/axxidental/. I look forward to hearing from people, and please point those who may be interested but do not necessarily read my livejournal in this direction. The date of this post has been set so that it will hopefully stay at the top of my posts page throughout the year, but please let me know if what I have done causes anyone's friends pages problems.
Thanks again, and hear from people soon
Peter |
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| Minion wanted |
[Jan. 30th, 2008|09:17 am] |
Ladies, gentlemen, others
Have any of you been tempted to be an evil barons minion?
Thought the hours and pay scale suited your time pressures?
Wanted to be part of a bid for world domination without the stresses of leadership forever weighing down on you?
If so then minioning may just be for you.
Perks include travelling, meeting a wide variey of new and interesting people, and all expenses paid. Use of the baronial zepplin may be arranged prior to requirement, and you would get to be involved in one of the fastest growing evil dictatorships in the western world. Great life insurance policy included.
The year is 1868, and the setting is a steampunk larp, with an evening of science and mystery. I, Herr Baron von Heisenberg, am looking for a second minion to join me at the innaugeral event of this new system, of which rules and information can be found below. Basic concepts are a German baron who had a...small accident with an angry mob and an airship explosion a few years ago, and has thereofre had to be modified. I currently have a trusty surgeon mechanic and am looking for one more member of staff, though exact role would be pretty flexible. They need to be able to make the next event, however, which is in Birmingham on Saturday the 8th of March and is a four hour event. So useful if you haven't larped before, or not in a while. Cost for the event if a fiver.
http://steamtech.livejournal.com/4293.html
If you're intereted please let me know and I can send you more information on the group and we can work from there.
Thanks
The Baron |
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| Help for a friend |
[Jan. 10th, 2008|04:12 pm] |
Greetings and salutations all...
This post is brought to you on behalf of a friend who needs some marketing help from science fiction fandom, and I said that I'd post it here so that any who may be able to help will be able to do so. Below is the coppied messages I have got from her, so I won't miss anything.
Hello,
This is really cheeky, but there goes: I'm at work experience at a publishers, trying to help marketing advertise a pretty idiosyncratic book: http://www.ducknet.co.uk/general/title.php?titleissue_id=411&search_term=short%20serpent&search_sections=1
I'm thinking it counts as alternate history/fantasy/dystopia, but from that I don't really know where to go. The last book I helped with - Love and Sex with Robots: http://www.ducknet.co.uk/general/title.php?titleissue_id=415&search_term=love%20and%20sex&search_sections=1 - I had some ideas that it'd go down well at sci-fi conventions, comic book places, etc - but I'm less sure with this book. It's not exactly fantasy, it's just grim people reverting to some Neizschian caveman state in crap conditions. Any idea what sections of the speculative fiction-reading society would like it? Any idea if there's any UK events/websites/societies that might be interested?
Hope you're well - happy new year and congrats on the nanowrimo - sorry I've been crap with LJ recently.
Hannah*
There is also another book looking for the same treatment, http://www.ducknet.co.uk/general/title.php?titleissue_id=392&search_term=slaves&search_sections=1
Any help would be much appreciated. This is currently not friends locked as you may wish to point other people towards it who aren't on my friends list, but if Hannah decides that she would brefer it I will friends lock at a later point...
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide
Peter |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 30th, 2007|07:06 pm] |
And so it was, that on the thirtieth day of the month of november, 2007, at just past the 7th hour, Peter sat back on his chair, and gazed at what he had done.
For there, written out before him, in lines of pixilated text upon the screen, read the wordcount for the month.
50,330
And, upon reading thus, Peter let out a great whoop of excitement, and then fell to his knees and into a coma, from which he did not emrge until christmas. or, at least, tea time, which brought the promise of cake.
And so endeth the cronicles of NaNoWriMo for another year.
The end.
*dies with a huge smile on my face* |
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| still going, just... |
[Nov. 26th, 2007|03:19 pm] |
Hello all, 'tis a nano update, as there hasn't been one for a while.
Okay, still not finished, and I fell behind quite a bit, but I'm clawing my way back now. Not must time left to do so, but still...
I blame my lack of productivity on may things. I was away for every weekend this month, lately with serenity larp (which was ace, but I lost my new hat on the way there :() and I just got back from Germany yesterday, where I had been since late wednesday night. Which was also ace, even acer, but that goes without saying :)
Also, Iget far too easily distracted by costuming projects. oops.
Anyway, my novel now stands at 41,164. This means that if I do no more today (which I likely wont as I have archery this evening) I have to do marginally over 2200 words per remaining days to finsh. Certainly doable methinks.
Almost finished 'part one' of the story, but it won't be quite enough to carry me on through to 50,000 I fear, which is annoying as I haven't planned any more than part one so far so need to work out what wilol happen next, even if it is just 5000 words or so. Meh.
No character deats yet (which is pretty amazing for me) but I have perminantly blinded one character. Hey, I have a reputation to uphold you know... So how's everyone else going? :)
Peter |
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