Mmmm.

Had a blast with mnair and, later, spooksix. Delayed crystalskull with conversation (I am told I was a bad conversationalist; sorry, Dana!), had dinner at El Rodeo, had long and informative conversations, drank cheap wine, and played SPANC and Dungeons & Dragons until we were all too tired to think.

I love my friends.

Today

I had breakfast with mnair and spooksix, then spent the rest of the afternoon with cmerun12. A better time could not have been had - and cmerun12 is even cooler in person than she is at a distance.

I'm just sayin'.

[Meta] Cutting back

A post in two parts.

For those of you who frequent the MUSH but weren't online tonight: I am leaving indefinitely, effective immediately. I feel increasingly irrelevant, and I feel that most of what happens isn't relevant to me; moreover, I feel as though I am upsetting people or ruffling feathers more than I should be, and certainly more than I am helpful and friendly. So I am taking, as it were, a leave of absence. I am extending this to games as well, and I am sorry to those of you whom this leaves in the lurch. I don't feel that I would be well-served by breaking this hiatus for any reason until I am ready to return fully.

For everybody: I am not leaving the Internet altogether, but I will not be checking LiveJournal as regularly as I have been, and I will not be posting as regularly as I have been. I feel that my use of the Internet is getting in the way of my ability to be a productive and useful member of every society of which I am a part, and while it's far too late to nip that in the bud, I can certainly try to mitigate the effects.

Please forgive what must seem like an abrupt decision. I want to assure everybody that this has nothing to do with any one person, and that nobody should feel bad or guilty about this. As I have said elsewhere, the onus of responsibility for my flaws and their effects on myself and others lies entirely on me.

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