Le Cafe des Muses

 It's been a while.

Project: Rapunzel Schwartz is still ongoing. At Christmas or there-abouts, I'll probably measure and report my findings. 

I DO still want Arcadia to go on, but a lot of my creative spark is still MIA after the death of JD. If not for Ren, being Queen of all things Development and Coppelia Maven of Win, I'd be hosed.

I'm trying to start a review show in the vein of Warning: Reader Advisory (the guy who does these is a friend of a friend and is made of win). But, this is easier said than done with no money to speak of, a reliance on free software for Macs and the energy levels of a blackened banana in the freezer. Oddly, my creative brain is ALL THE FUCK OVER this project (except when it comes to figuring out what sort of powers and attacks a Sailor Senshi of Books/Stories, Repose/Dreams, and Darkness would have). Which is obnoxious as hell, because it means I'm braining things that have nothing to do with anything of use and I feel like a selfish bastard.

There's talk of putting me on new meds. I've been on Celexa since before JD passed and it's seriously not working, plus, the withdrawal symptoms (I had to go three days without it until I knew what was going on) and the side-effects (not serious, my ass) aren't worth the minute difference it makes to everything else in my life. The doctor is also not fucking listening. Yes, I would probably have more energy if I got regular exercise, but that implies that I have the giddyup to go work out in the first place. No, I'm sorry. I don't give a rat's ass about my BMI. The BMI is a crock of goat leavings that doesn't work on people like me and blowing off my concerns by saying I'm too young to require a stress test or any other test besides the BMI calculations does NOT inspire confidence. 

So, yeah. That's what's going on.

 Slow, but steady progress on the write up. Any questions you guys want answered?

Okay, I don't have the polling ability on here, but I'm going to ask it here and hope that people respond.

Should I shut down Arcadia? Nothing is really happening and I'm not really sure how to encourage people to start playing again. I hate to see it die, but maybe it's just time.

I mean, I've been thinking it over a lot lately. Then Ren posted and I realized I had to answer that question. Maybe a change of format is in order or maybe I need to reboot it. Maybe it's just dead in the water.

I'll be on AIM later this week, and will probably be starting a chat to ask what people think. If you want to play expys of characters, I may have other options to open, but I want to talk to people first.

 Hokay, so.

I have been trying to review Angie's app for Arcadia. I like it, but I've been having a hard time getting things down on paper. Now, I was going to review it today, but I seem to have developed the mother of all colds. On top of that, I'd been hoping to institute that rule about multiple reviews.

If nobody else has time, it's cool. I will review it, but I feel like such a heel leaving Angie to wait.

Any volunteers?

Well, I put the word out on the Arcadia forum, but haven't heard much, so I'm going to hope for the best and plot for a Sunday night slot. I'll basically log on around 7-ish (invisible, because there are people I really don't need to be harassing me with demands for RP and someday, I'll get rid of that RP ad) and wait.

( Who's on first? )