Month: July 2012

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With all the technological marvels at our disposal these days, it’s just a question of figuring them out.  Sometimes I feel like a monkey clutching a technical manual, knowing how to leaf through the pages and stare at them quizzically, but bereft when it comes to harnessing what I’m seeing.  I downloaded a free piece of software that can turn out powerful 3D animation, but I’m not sure where to even begin with the thing.  It could fulfill an old dream, djinn-like, if I only knew the power words to speak.  Similarly, WordPress itself can turn out some exquisite shizzy, I know this, but the proper incantations have been lost on me.  Maybe I can pound my monkey fists to make it happen.

7/11 – 7/12 Deeds
Went for a run with Jane — +1 Sta, 20 GP
Ran a couple of errands — +2 Dut, 30 GP
Did work at newspaper — 60 GP
Read 100 pages — 30 GP
Created a Tiki Hut (technically) — +1 Pre, 20 GP
1000 words of writing — +1 Inv, 50 GP
Applied to new freelance opportunities — +3 Fin, +3 Inv, 100 GP
GP subtraction — -330 GP

I’m not sure whether to abandon the system or what.  Having trouble keeping up with it, with everything else going on, and that includes real work.  I think part of the problem is the daily tallies, which are something I usually don’t want to do at the end of the day.  I need a way to update the stats, etc., in real time.  And I want a picture to reflect that.  Updating the picture is a pain in the ass too, and it shouldn’t have to be.  I should be able to update this stuff from my phone, a device that’s always with me.  So here’s some recent things that I did, but this whole thing is about to be overhauled.  Oh, and I’m going to cut my GP balance down to about 300, because seriously.

Went for a long walk with Jane — +1 Sta
Went for a run with Jane — +1 Sta
Went for a run with Jane and Mary — +1 Sta
Did another Tiki Hut — +1 Pre
Got in touch with colleagues for acquaintance — +2 Gen

And bingo, I have reached level 5.  Congratulations to me.  Now to work on overhauling the system.