So, what have I been doing....

This will interest almost none of you, but there are enough people out there who are taking the absence of a blog as evidence that I am doing nothing, that I felt I should show that this is not the case.

( Adventures in gaming )

Thursday (today) is the only day I tend not to game, though I have an open invite to do so. Today I am going to wander down to Denman (not that far) to sample (apparently) the best hot chocolate in the city.

I am taking things easy as is my nature, wandering around finding interesting things to eat & drink. I tend to avoid touristy things after a few lame experiences, as of course, do all the locals :). 

Its not quite 'living' here as I don't have to think about the future the same way as others do. And in many ways, because my day to day reality is alien to my life, I tend to only think of the future in the most nebulous of fashions. If I were to guess what effect this trip will have on me, I would suggest that it might start getting me to think increasingly short term, and let the future worry about itself, because it feels good to be free of the heinous grip of it here. At home the future takes the form of a search for meaning in life, a raison d'etre, a belief that a future self will be disappointed with my present self if I don't come up with a valuable contribution to society, a justification for my existence. Here I don't suffer any of that unless I make an effort to think about it. I'm just enjoying myself, because so much of what I love to do is readily available. Long may that continue.