A curious combination of catharsis and melancholy

[andygates]

I've been chucking stuff out. The new pad is small, and I've got to be brutal with my tat unless I fancy living in a Mr Trebus-style warren of filth and kipple. So out go the 2002 hiking gear catalogues; out go the four versions of the Aleph rules (I've kept one, just because); out goes paperwork dating back to... well, to Old Times. Fare well, old Rollright blurb and Council Tax demands. Have a good trip, Vampire notebooks and that unfinished psi-combat system and that whole Penders debt business.

And while this is all rather melancholy, it's also wonderfully cathartic. New broom! New place! New stuff! New opportunities to make a mess and blow shit up!

I'm keeping the very, very old photos of Spike, though.

Oh, I have an old Lazer Tag gun and sensor and a copy of the Compleat Tagger with circuit diagrams. Before I Ebay it, does anyone want dibs?

Comments

[spike150.livejournal.com]

Ah, the Penders. I still think a thorough firebombing would be too good for them.

And "the very, very old photos of Spike" - eh?
Which photos would those be then?

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Well, they'd be ancient LRP photos. Veeeeeeery ancient, back when you were a fresh-faced callow youth. Round shield. General Eric from D&D look to you.

Christ, we've probably got MPs younger than those LRPs.

[spike150.livejournal.com]

Cool, any chance of uploading them somewhere?

[andygates.livejournal.com]

They're now IABS - but once I get setted I might dredge them out and put together a retro-montage, yeah.