Stay Awake

[Sabine]

drummer boy.

"I can resist everything except temptation."
Oscar Wilde

[Sabine]

a sense of play.

Every once in a while, I'm reminded that roleplaying includes the word “play”.

It sounds like a ridiculous thing to say, but here’s the truth: I love game mechanics and earning points and setting goals based on numbers and achievements. That’s one of the reasons Standing Trials attracted me in the first place (in addition to its great setting and community). ST has an excellent skill/knowledge system and provides writers with near-immediate feedback and points. It gives us a sense of progression and accomplishment.

That said, it’s easy to become so focused on the points and the plot goals and the feedback that we can forget that it’s all meant to be fun. That sometimes not receiving points is totally okay.

I bring this up in light of Djinn’s Halloween Event. I’d like to give him a shout-out, because it is such a fun idea. Write an ode to someone else’s character? How cool!

It’s out of the box for ST since there was no promise of rewards for participating, but it’s also such a gift. What a wonderful thing it is to be able to tell someone how much you admire them and their character by writing a fanfic story for them. I had so much fun writing the first post to my Halloween Event thread as Vincent D’Ordyn. The post isn’t great or even a true reflection of Vincent (his writer is such a good sport <3), but it was a blast to create.

I write this mostly as a reminder to myself: messing around, being silly, and doing something just because it makes you laugh is an excellent use of time. And really, I was a bit surprised to see only a few folks participate. I definitely enjoyed myself more than I thought I would, and I think the event pushed me out of my comfort zone. So thanks, Djinn, for an awesome idea. Looking forward to more cool event like this, and to more players participating in future.

[Sabine]

soul food.

"i do not want to have you
to fill the empty parts of me
i want to be full on my own
i want to be so complete
i could light a whole city
and then
i want to have you
cause the two of us combined
could set it on fire"
rupi kaur.

Offline life has been overflowing with goodness recently, which means I've been a bit distracted from writing. To my thread partners & especially Vincent: thank you for your patience with me, as always.

[Sabine]

what the fuck is fleek though?

Colour me excited to see these guys live this week! They throw one hell of a dance party.

[Sabine]

have courage.

"You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love."
Cheryl Strayed.

[Sabine]

stopping by woods on a snowy evening.

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Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Robert Frost.

[Sabine]

werk werk werk.

This is a friendly heads up to my thread partners that I'm in the middle of a crazy week and am about to hit a busy few months from a work & social perspective. All that to say, apologies if I'm scarce(r than usual).

Site-wise, my priority is posting to my current threads and getting those promised threads started. I'll try to make replies as quickly as possible - the challenge is just making sure my brain stays unmelted during workdays and un-hungover during weekends.

Thanks for your understanding & have a great weekend, y'all.

[Sabine]

wistful.

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.
Emily Dickinson.

[Sabine]

set my heart on fire.

“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.”
Victor Hugo.

[Sabine]

weekends got me like...

"Booze is the greatest of all equalizers. Rich drunks and poor drunks both pass out the same way."
Chuck Klosterman.