Nov. 5th, 2003

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I Am A: Neutral Good Elf Mage Cleric


Alignment:
Neutral Good characters believe in the power of good above all else. They will work to make the world a better place, and will do whatever is necessary to bring that about, whether it goes for or against whatever is considered 'normal'.


Race:
Elves are the eldest of all races, although they are generally a bit smaller than humans. They are generally well-cultured, artistic, easy-going, and because of their long lives, unconcerned with day-to-day activities that other races frequently concern themselves with. Elves are, effectively, immortal, although they can be killed. After a thousand years or so, they simply pass on to the next plane of existance.


Primary Class:
Mages harness the magical energies for their own use. Spells, spell books, and long hours in the library are their loves. While often not physically strong, their mental talents can make up for this.


Secondary Class:
Clerics are the voices of their God/desses on Earth. They perform the work of their deity, but this doesn't mean that they preach to a congregation all their lives. If their deity needs something done, they will do it, and can call upon that deity's power to accomplish their goals.


Deity:
Mystra is the Neutral Good goddess of magic. She is also known as the Lady of Mysteries. Followers of Mystra wear armor and carry shields with her symbol on them. Mystra's symbol is a ring of stars.


Find out What D&D Character Are You?, courtesy ofNeppyMan (e-mail)

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yesh, i am still alive, contrary to popular belief.
Had an... interesting Samhain, neither as good as I had hoped, nor as bad as I had feared. Samhain summary )

Other than that, school-related stuff has been attacking with a vengeance, just project after deadline after exam after project. So, that's why i've been so lax in updating lately.
However, I must say that for the most part, living in the Greatest Dorm On Earth this year has much improved my ability to deal with the s*** of CornHell, as well as preserving my sanity by encouraging ambient INsanity. As weird as that sounds, it's true- Risely is my pocket of Spider-Robinson-Reality in a Gattica-ized world.

In other news, I'm trying to decide what the hell I'm doing with my life. Do I go to China? As a job or as a study abroad program? Is this language effort a waste? Do I become an entrepreneur or a corporate whore? CEO or long-haul trucker? Do I nurture my artistic sentiments further or subdue them in favor of money-making practicality? Do I fight for my love, or give up because of the external pressures? Am I headed for Operations management, Design, Development, Information Systems/Technology? Will I be able to do what I love and pay off my school loans at the same time?
How am I getting from point A to point Z? Do I open myself more to personal/business relationships or harden myself more for lone survival?

I'll keep you updated on what I find out. I have two wierd pictures in my head. The first one is like I'm scuba diving in a murky pond, and I feel options all around me- but just out of visibility. I don't know which direction would be the best to swim. I realized I am so the jack of all trades, and I am having trouble picking anything to master.
The second is like I'm the space shuttle sitting on the launch pad, strapped to the huge boosters and fuel tank- and the countdown has started but no one has locked in my coordinates yet. I don't know if I'm just orbiting, or going to the moon, or to mars, or ???
I feel like my life is so fluid right now- i'm at a crossroads and anything could happen. It is exciting and at the same time, fearful. Things that have been important to me for so long, I am starting to question. All the data I can suck up from my environment is tallying to nil in my brain's processor. There are a few important things I hope I don't lose, but for the first time I don't even know if it's my option to even fight for them. That scares me a little bit.
I'm a pretty easy-going, go-with-the-flow person, but lately there's not even a flow to gage; no input to direct my output. I AM the liquid now. It's all up to me and I'm terribly afraid I'm going to fuck it all up. Or lose something precious. Anyway. Enough narcissistic rambling.


Speaking of something precious, lately I've been worried about my little sister...I kinda wish she could return to homeschooling because she's found that, while my brother is the popular stand-up comedian and has taken to public school like an ingenue to the stage, she is the Daria of her highschool- subtly observant and wholly unimpressed while feeling unhappy, unfulfilled and trapped. On one hand, I'm proud of her for seeing through most of the shallow crap she's surrounded by daily- she's pretty astute-- but on the other hand, I know her feeling of being held back, of not belonging, and I ache for her.
I've been hoping maybe she could come up and spend the summer with me, doing highschool/ pre-college courses at Cornell while I do the Falcon intensive Chinese program (if I can get into Falcon)...it would be so cool if we could live together in collegetown apartment-- summer sublets are cheap, and Ithaca in the summer is SO gorgeous, not at all depressing like the winter here is. I think if she spent some time at a real university she would start to consider what bigger options there are out there for her, and not feel so boxed in by boring suburban highschool classes.... Not that I think she should come to Cornell for actual undergrad- I think she's maybe more of a west-coast personality (or maybe that's just my blizzard-hating bias talking)... but maybe we could take a couple more trips back to the City, since she seemed to like that, or go camping or whatnot.
I dunno.
*sigh* Again, with the murky options being just out of reach-- can I tie it all together neatly enough and timely enough for it to become reality? Can I get the financing? Can I get my parents to agree? Can I come up with a viably outlined itenerary?
She has already said she thinks it would be cool, so i don't think that would be much of a problem.



Anyway. Time for me to get to work. got 4 peer papers to grade for my IT class and a Wine prelim and Mandarin Test to study for. G'night! :)

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