Day: September 10, 2022

09/10 Saturday’s Uber-Nerd Excitement

I will be writing about the events of the day, especially the Arc 2 Aftermath session, but I wanted to take a moment to be an overly-excited nerd.

I’ve been rebuilding my Star Wars Expanded Universe novel collection, very slowly. I had one box in my storage building that had my surviving novels, which contained twenty books out of the eighty or so that I used to own. I lost the majority of my collection through multiple moves across the country and simple theft. But this one box had a true treasure.

Picture pulled from online, my actual copy is in good condition, though.

I took down my copy of “Vector Prime” by R.A. Salvatore early last evening with the intent to go through the series again. I personally enjoy the series, and I wanted to shore up my knowledge for future writings. But I had a moment of curiosity, so I checked the book to make sure it was one of those I had kept all these years.

Turns out, it was. In fact, it was the copy I bought when I was thirteen-years-old, back in 1999. My copy was a first printing.

Put simply: holy shit.

It wasn’t something I had thought about, but that I still have a first printing of this novel…well, I had a nerd moment. I immediately reached out to Salvatore and begged for an autograph on the book. “Vector Prime” had been one of my favorite novels, and the New Jedi Order series was incredibly impactful for this little nerd.

Will this autograph ever happen? I don’t know, but best believe I’m going to do everything I can to make it happen.

Stay safe out there, readers

-JB Swift

09/10 Saturday Sunrise and Arc Aftermath

I did manage to get some sleep, but thanks to Old Man Casey thinking he’s still a puppy if he tries hard enough, that sleep was intermittent as I had to push the 80-lb Golden Retriever around. Felt like fighting a sibling for sleeping space.

With everyone else sleeping in for their Saturday, I went through my morning routine and snapped a photo of the sunrise for Hannah.

Pretty, but makes me wish I lived somewhere with elevation.

With the scheduled posts up and my priority list for GameMaster notes finished, I’ll be looking at the list to see what I can work on during the weekend. Come Monday, however, I’ll be whittling away at the stories every day until the Main Arc session.

The Field Group had put in a request for an hour this evening so they can go over the Aftermath. Arc 2 ended on some high notes and they want to be ready for the next Arc.

On that note, I’m off to sling letters and get an answer for today’s question: Can a postman outrun a storm?

Stay safe out there, readers.

-JB Swift