Franz Kafka

Reading about Kafka is deeply troubling. I see way too much of myself in him, and things did not go well.

Today in the life of

I bought some lamps.

One’s a daylight lamp that looks blue, and one’s a nighttime lamp that’s amber-yellow.

In related news, a lot of my search history regards the spelling, pronounciation, and usage of very common words.

The Apps

Target should run a dating website.

Ladies, you’re getting stuff you don’t need anyway. Add a man! He can atleast push the cart for you.

Progress

The Master has failed more times than the Apprentice has tried.

I take that as a recipe.

LOTRO Campaign

It’s weird there’s no full on LOTR campaign in LOTRO. Why isn’t there a mode where you build a hobbit, get a ring, and head off for Mordor?

There’s a mode where you’re recruited to support the Fellowship, but it’s circuitous and bizarre.

There might be IP or permission concerns.

Distractions

I have a battle scene on my plate, and I don’t know how to go about it. I find myself getting bogged down in slice-of-life bits which, while fun, are completely unnecessary to the plot. Not that I’m adverse, but a cute or tense conversation between three people is a lot easier to plot and execute than ten thousand warriors making war.