Bellevue beware

[amnesiack]

Today is my last day of work for the week. Why? The long and short of it... PAX!. Yes, PAX05 (summarized in this great interview) begins on Friday, which means setup begins at 9am tomorrow morning, and I am the crazy sort who will use up all his remaining vacation time in order to work his butt off for free for four days alongside a cavalcade of smelly gamers. Already, despite more than doubling our work force, echoes from last year's understaffing delima have arisen. I pull shifts from 8am-9:30 pm in the exhibition hall and theater, and I've already been roped into an 11pm-2am shift as security for the Turbine party on Friday night at the Doubletree (where they will apparently be giving out free drinks and demoing D&D Online).

I have new gel insoles for my shoes (a must), my psp fully charged, spending money, cargo pants, and a wreckless disregard for my own health in regards to sleep and caffeine consumption. It's going to be a great week.

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I...Freaking...Hate...You

[(Anonymous)]

I squander my time here, alive like the undead at IHOP, shoveling the last three dollars worth of pancakes i can afford into a sandpaper hole in my mouth. I mention Games and people look confused. I say "RPG" and half a dozen in the city nod and say, "Yeah, like D&D."
And when I tell stories, with hours of mindless character generation, maps, layouts, blueprints, fake documents, backstories, short-stories, game summaries, plotdevicesandfunnyvoices...
The best I can get is..."I...uh...role to hit."

and my blood dribbles out of my eyes and fingertips and i say...
"Fine.
Role for freakin' AC."

and inside, i cry alittle.

and then i wander over here to see how you're doing...and you're going to PAX. and they let you WORK there. And you talk about games like L5R. and you set up links where Gabe and Tycho let me know JUST EXACTLY WHAT I'M MISSING...

and inside, the crying becomes a sob. The sob becomes a weeping.

and then i scream at Springfield and i say,
"I'm leaving! I'm gone! I've wasted my life here! Lukas is in the land of Milk and Honey! I am going to--"

and then the school bell rings. and i trudge back into class.

just wait, lue...i'm coming...i'm wringing my hands at these moments you share on LJ. and i'm seething with dreams and hopes and gritted teeth, just waiting...

just waiting...
just wait...
i'm coming.