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Tuesday, June 08, 2004

Geeks Gone Wild

I really should call this post "I hate Internet Explorer," since I just typed two paragraphs and my browser crashed on me. That'll teach me to type directly into the window instead of typing it into Word first. Actually, it won't, since I'm not.

Anyway, Rob and I have finally become certified, card-carrying geeks. Or perhaps I should say dice-carrying, since I'm referring to Dungeons and Dragons. Yes, we've joined a D&D group, and no, I've never visited that D&D website prior to today. That's for y'allz benefit.

So after 8+ years of hiatus, we dug our dice pouches out of dusty boxes, purchased the requisite player's handbook, and obtained appropriate miniatures (which we haven't painted yet, so I guess we haven't quite hit the depths of geekdom). We've joined a group that, in real life, consists of an art professor (Rob), an unemployed artist/writer (me), two math professors, a history student, an art student, a librarian, and one other person whose profession I don't know.

In the game world, we're (respectively) a gnome wizard, a half-elf druid, dungeon master, a half-naked monk, a cleric/blacksmith, a half-demon thief pirate, an urban ranger/rogue, and a psion. We eat snacks, drink soda (though I may soon up the ante to alcoholic beverages), joke around, and generally have a geeky good time. Though I'm somewhat concerned that this endeavor will suck up all of my creative energy, at least I've got someplace to go on a Friday night in Modesto.

4 comments:

writegrrrl said...

hey - just dropped by to say hello! Glad to have a new blog to read - especially one from someone I know...

writegrrrl said...

oops, I should've given you a hint as to who I am :) It's Rachel, from Mills...is it OK if I link to you from my page?

Sarah Stevenson said...

Hi Rachel! Yeah! Definitely post it if you want. Want me to post one of your blogs on my site? Which one? (Not sure where to start reading! :) )

writegrrrl said...

hey Sarah! - the writegrrrl one is the one that I post to regularly and is basically public...the others are sort of just places for me to put ideas, etc....