Hey.
You know what? I haven't thought of dying. For a while now.
It's been really nice meeting friends. I want to live for them. Now my life does have a purpose after all. It's difficult being so busy and having so much to do, and thinking of how to earn a living, but it's better than being sad and lonely.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
I need money
I haven't posted anything here for a long time. After seeing my blog my friends Mykyl and Alphonsus started their own blogs. They write so well and so often it puts me to shame. Every post of theirs is a masterpiece. Mykyl tells the story of my life better than I can myself.
All my friends are so talented. Yesterday FD made a beautiful collage, based on a bedroom scene by an old Italian master, with a couple of real ferns and a ruby-colored seat in front for an extremely realistic effect. Tyrol made a wonderful garden, Alphonsus has been selling his saunas, and Alpha and Zin have been busy and productive. I haven't been contributing anything useful to the Brotherhood or Faeria or Tyrol's garden.
I desperately need to make some money to pay back my friends for their generosity. I can't help feeling that at the end of the day, the best measure of our success is whether we have created something that people are willing to pay for. It wasn't like this in the beginning. I only wanted to make some friends, and find my family, and live with them happily ever after. But my friends have been spending money buying me clothes and pianos, developing photos to show me, and paying tier fees for land for me to hang out on. I must get a job, earn an income ... I'm not a newbie any more, I can't be lazy and live off charity, it's not right.
I've been trying to learn the magical workings of our world so I can make powerful artifacts to sell. But it hurts my head and it's so contrary to my nature. It's difficult remembering all those strange invocations---not only do you have to spell them right, you also need to pronounce capitals and lowercase very precisely, or your magic will falter. I've managed to train my cat Daisy to collect tips for me, and I have a very ugly mole who tends the garden for me, but I need to work harder ...
Poor FD seems rather unhappy these days. I want to do something for him and the Brotherhood. Maybe the new members will help.
All my friends are so talented. Yesterday FD made a beautiful collage, based on a bedroom scene by an old Italian master, with a couple of real ferns and a ruby-colored seat in front for an extremely realistic effect. Tyrol made a wonderful garden, Alphonsus has been selling his saunas, and Alpha and Zin have been busy and productive. I haven't been contributing anything useful to the Brotherhood or Faeria or Tyrol's garden.
I desperately need to make some money to pay back my friends for their generosity. I can't help feeling that at the end of the day, the best measure of our success is whether we have created something that people are willing to pay for. It wasn't like this in the beginning. I only wanted to make some friends, and find my family, and live with them happily ever after. But my friends have been spending money buying me clothes and pianos, developing photos to show me, and paying tier fees for land for me to hang out on. I must get a job, earn an income ... I'm not a newbie any more, I can't be lazy and live off charity, it's not right.
I've been trying to learn the magical workings of our world so I can make powerful artifacts to sell. But it hurts my head and it's so contrary to my nature. It's difficult remembering all those strange invocations---not only do you have to spell them right, you also need to pronounce capitals and lowercase very precisely, or your magic will falter. I've managed to train my cat Daisy to collect tips for me, and I have a very ugly mole who tends the garden for me, but I need to work harder ...
Poor FD seems rather unhappy these days. I want to do something for him and the Brotherhood. Maybe the new members will help.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Our crazy magic carpet ride
March 10: Today I met some people at an art gallery. I discovered that some of them had been at my Acropolis recital. What a small world.
March 12: Today I tried to fly FD on a magic carpet from Faeria Village to my home in Maemi. I thought it would be easy. It was only about 12 regions away. But we kept hitting banlines, and the carpet would disappear, and we would come tumbling down from the sky locked in awkward postures. It was a horrible journey.
A few days later FD told me that banlines only go up to a certain height, and it is possible to avoid them simply by flying above 100 meters (or sometimes 170 meters). If only we had known earlier! Maybe now the New Citzens[sic] Tourist Club will be able to begin sightseeing tours.
March 12: Today I tried to fly FD on a magic carpet from Faeria Village to my home in Maemi. I thought it would be easy. It was only about 12 regions away. But we kept hitting banlines, and the carpet would disappear, and we would come tumbling down from the sky locked in awkward postures. It was a horrible journey.
A few days later FD told me that banlines only go up to a certain height, and it is possible to avoid them simply by flying above 100 meters (or sometimes 170 meters). If only we had known earlier! Maybe now the New Citzens[sic] Tourist Club will be able to begin sightseeing tours.
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