Trip Postponed

Well, it turns out the air conditioning in the truck is broken and only works when the truck is in Drive, and since it also happened but to a more severe degree on other new trucks that were issued by the company, it may not get fixed until after he's already been here and gone on the next run. And unfortunately, taking a later trip this summer would conflict with either me going to ConnectiCon or to the start of Fall Classes, so it looks like this trip is postponed until next year or something.

EDIT: Now I'm told there's actually a real possibility it will be fixed in time. Stay tuned for updates. :p

FINAL EDIT: Ok, it's not happening this year. Oh well.

Caltak Hits The Road

Starting Tuesday, July 7th, I will be on the road for 17 days with my step-dad. He's a trucker, you see, and he recently received a new truck from his company which has 2 bunks. We only see each other when he's home for a weekend between each of his 17-day trips or when he takes a week off, and since I'm currently unemployed (by choice) and on summer vacation from college, he offered to take me on a trip. Since I like an excuse to see more of the country for free, I accepted. Now, I hopefully won't be entirely incommunicado during that time, since I'll be bringing my netbook and a few other electronic entertainments, but I can't ensure I'll always be within range of an unsecured wireless network. So, while I'll attempt to be on IRC whenever I can, it may be spotty at best for that time period.

Task Force C: Session 01 thoughts

Had the requisite three PCs, so that part went well. Some quick thoughts:

Having PCs get to know each other when they're all in a job for various dubious reasons never quite works. Gar tried, though.

The PCs are pretty well-made, in terms of diversity, for dealing with many problems.

Mya turned out a bit odd. She genuinely cares for Merlyn, but finds the idea the boy might be lonely to be surprising, having never consciously considered that. The police know of her, according to Constable Rogers, as "the crazy woman" for reasons not yet specified. She tends to talk formally, not notice when she is being patronized, and is very keen to protect Merlyn, even going as far as finding files in the basement.

The filing and bureaucracy aspect does come from actual policing. To an extent, it's a fail-safe to prevent future scrutiny. In most police forces it's gone further than that -- in the UK, modern tech. is being used to reduce the amount of time spent per shift on paperwork to 1.5 hours. This is the reduced rate on an eight-hour shift. Factor in the PCs making to do paperwork for the police and FBI and things get more than staggering and verge into Paranoia-level absurdity. Shall be fun :)

And, as an added bonus, PCs who miss a session will spend the entire time doing paperwork instead.

Fun searches that found game1 (fennec's archive, that is)

Sparkie would like everyone to know that he made #9 for 'Sparkie' on google, and this should terrify you all.

Odd searches:

• this can be the most difficult emotion to modify, because when you get mad you will be like a furious bulldog, and persuading you to stop sinking your teeth into the other person's leg can be extremely tough.
  
• airheads bubble dog's crazy mission teletoon game
  
• good stalker names
  
• Slut lolad
  
• zacharel funeral
  
• i think there's a dragon on my roof. a fucking dragon. i thought only montana had dragons, what gives? brb potty break rofl
  
• "you were given a sex change"
  
• caltak university
  
• "there are good reasons to be afraid of the dark"
  
• torture game1
  
• lords of death sunglasses
  
• antichrist can't "enter a church" omen
  
• he's gotta be strong, and he’s gotta be fast, and he’s gotta be larger than life: investigating the engendered superhero body
  
• sparkly rainbow thong detachable penis
  
• snailslug's touch response
  
• rule34 faline [!]
  
• vampires 6501
  
• goddess of despair
  

And as far as images went, 'cycle of rebirth' wins out.