I'm Late, I'm Late...

Where to start, I had some very interesting things to talk about last night when I couldn’t get access to the computer. They’ve all departed from my mind in the intervening hours however.

Mostly right now I’m working on getting myself to work on visual and crafty projects. The first which I did start was the map I mentioned earlier. I’ve got the basics all figured out now just to lay out the skeleton on paper and then start making the thing come to life.

It’s interesting to note that while this is intended for somebody else to use and based on their own vague ideas of what might appear in their story, I’ve ended up coming up with reasons why the slums are in an area of the western bank, having to do with trade from lands on the other side of the western sandy wastes. Something like the old silk roads. And reason and images of other aspects of the city keep coming up.

In other words a sort of universe building has started taking place in my mind for somebody else’s idea. Chances are they won’t use half of the material but it helps build a more realistic and more useful city structure.

Also today I’ve got a group meeting to attend, but if I can I’m going to try to make it to a local store that’s holding an event until five pm. I may not make that because I’m almost an hour away at my mothers for the weekend and I’ll be leaving later then is ideal to make the closing.

But after that I’m headed to run some errands and then work on some jewelry and other crafts ideas. Making rough mockups to share with a friend at the group meeting at 7pm. Then it’s off to the computer labs to take care of some last minute things.

Around one am I’ll be back at my room, eating dinner and working on two or three more things before going to bed.

Tomorrow is going to be down time I think, but only in the sense that I will do my darndest to not go anywhere. I’ll work on the maps, the crafts projects, another more personal project and read some more.

So for now I’ll sign off and get back here by Monday after work. Until then,
Take care of yourselves.Roving Jack