I was, perhaps, a little over-eager when I decided that Danzibar had to be hundreds of vnums large. Perhaps. But it is, and it’s taking a lot of work to come together. Still, it’s beautiful, and I can’t imagine it any other way. Illindir’s largest city is just that.
Next Tuesday (well, technically it will be Wednesday) at 2am, Tom and I are going to head out to Conway to spend Thanksgiving with Dani while Gino is off visiting relatives. It will be a chance to relax with friends…and get Fwi all pieced together. It feels like a break, though, because Fwi is so much smaller than Danzibar. After those two are placed neatly into the game, we’ll be building following the Crescent Road around the sea until the whole of the known world is finished.
Most of the time with Dani, though, will be spent eating a Thanksgiving dinner of Asian cuisine and indulging in copious amounts of anime. I cannot wait for the sweet and sour chicken.
In the spirit of the holiday, I give thanks for:
1) Friends, past and present. I am who I am today because of their advice, their understanding, their compassion, and their humor.
2) Illindir. It really is a terrific project, and if it brings as much joy to even one player as it has to me, I will consider it a success.
3) Getting published. It absolutely blew my mind that someone would want to publish something I wrote, even if the whole thing is not-for-profit, and I still have trouble believing they want to publish an article by me REGULARLY.
4) God/s. Believe or don’t, call it/them what you will, but I have never felt completely alone or abandoned, and somehow I always seem to pull through.
5) Tom. He’s shown me that no matter how badly I’ve been hurt, people are still worth taking a risk on. Because sometimes it pays off.
6) My sister. She reminds me of my past, and the good things that were in it. It’s so easy to forget sometimes.
7) Sonya, for showing me how I could be more than myself. She is such an inspiration.
I am, above all, thankful for my life. Mistakes and all. I’ve learned so much, have so much more left to learn, and am looking forward to what another year brings. Hopefully I’ll be a little wiser, a little less prone to anger, and more willing to make compromises than be right.
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