moif world update

Original image by Oleg Zacharov

March has been a tough month (which you can see by the number of easy You Tube posts and the sneaking return of politics to JRC-1138). Essentially, all my plans for getting back into shape came to naught and my weekly swimming plan appears to have led to some kind of chronic infection in my joints. At least thats how my doctor is explaining it. I currently have a sharp pain in my left arm pit, which I've had since mid January, and which appears to be influencing the entire region around it, down to my elbow and across my torso. On top of that my neck appears to be swollen and stiff leading to more muscle pains, pains in my eyes and headaches. Then I have a rash on my feet, and another different rash on my arms and torso. I'm going to see a specialist tomorrow, but today my doc told me he reckoned these were probably some kind of reaction to this supposed infection in my joints/nerves/bones/...take your pick.

So, for the last four weeks, I've been very 'lazy'. I only went swimming once and decided to lay off it for a few weeks to see if that would ease the pain in my shoulder. It didn't, so I guess I'll start going swimming again shortly. I could have gone today only Freja's gone down sick and this has upset all Mette's best laid plans. Mette is going to England tomorrow to vist her little brother and some other freinds. Freja was meant to be sent to her grandparents for a short holiday with them and I was going to have the flat to myself for a week. Only this morning Freja woke up covered in shit and puke and looking some what bemused so now it seems as if Mette will be going tomorrow and Freja and I will be alone until Freja gets better. No doubt she will get better before I do since I've been (in one form or another) fucked up since 1993.

I'm not doing badly though. All things considered, I'm actually in a good mood. I've been at home a lot, writing role playing games and surfing the net for inspiration and research. Its been impossible to miss the Fitna thing, but the truth is, I can't be arsed going through all the same arguments all over again. Suffice to say any ideology that can be used to justify violence is void of merit in my opinion, and that just about covers all religions except buddhism for me. Pat Condell has posted his opinion and since I agree with him, I've posted his latest You Tube video below.

So anyway, I've written up all the next events in Takshendal, those events which will happen unless the players some how manage to prevent them, and I've begun writing up the background and characters for the third part of the game, 'The Curse of Slapershaven'. This chapter will take place off in a distant, dark and wet rural setting and I've been practicing my Dutch accent so as to get the mood right...

Freja has just crawled into my room, gasping and panting and is now rolled up in a ball behind me. She doesn't look too happy... I'll write about the next Rocketman campagin later on...


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