Take It All!

So sayeth the slogan for the Take 40 Album.

I had a talk with my mother in the car today. She hadn't seen me since thursday morning, and when she found out I was with Ledi and went to pick me up, she went to Ledi's place. I was at the club though, as I told her when she called. Ah well, I got to see Final Flight of the Osirus.

Anyway, While driving home mum asked me if... wait for it... if I could possibly make money off of this gaming thing. Once I got over the shock of this question, I told her, flat out, that no I couldn't. She said "Oh. Because it seems to take up a lot of your time." That would... what, otherwise be spent drawing? She then asked if there was any actual acting involved. She tried to make the question seem less offencive "I mean, I know there's a lot of writing stuff..." Table-top, I supplied. I then went on to explain that there was a little in my table top games, but a lot more in Benighted. I told her that it was almost all acting, and mentioned the concept of the 'Minds Eye Theatre'. She then asked me if it took a lot of time to learn the lines. I statred into space for a moment, confused. I said that I didn't learn any lines. She then asked "Oh, is it a lot of reading then?" Finally, I clicked with what she was asking me - she thought we had scripts to follow. I finally filled her in that it was more like an 'impromptu' theatre. We didn't have scripts, we just had a character to play and we moved from there. I didn't bother explaining the idea and intrigue. She then began inquiring about the range of ages and the ammount of people who participated, and then asked if it was seen anywhere. I, of course, told her no. She asked why, and I told her 'because it's a game.' She replied with "Oh, okay. So how do you win?" I'm sure I'd had this part of the conversation with her before, but I tell her that it's not really something you can win. She asked "So how do you lose then?" I told her you didn't really lose either, unless I supposed your character was killed. She then asked if that meant you wern't alowd to play anymore, so I informed her that no, it meant you had to make a new character if you wanted to keep playing though.

These things are always fun to explain. Especially to someone like my mother who, like many, doesn't see the point in a game you can't win.

Speaking of games you can't win, my brother got The Sims for X-box. Seems pretty cool. Sims - the voyeristic simulation. How cool.

I'm wearing nailpolish that could blind you at 30 paces. But only on one finger.

I do wish mum would stop asking me if I can make money out of everything I do. I don't want the sole motevation for anything and everythnig I do to be how much money I can make. I want to be able to have some fun and be happy. I want to be safe too, but I guess that's also impossible. ::Sigh:: I just wish she'd stop asking me 'and how will this help your future career?' 'are you getting paid for this?' 'will you be making money off of it?' GAH!

Lucky Iduna - Question three ::Whistles:: (Yeah, I just got you email :P I'm so childish).

Okay, I'll leave it there for now.



"A man recovers best from his exceptional nature--his intellectuality--by giving his animal instincts a chance."
~Friedrich Nietzsche
- posted by Washi @ 9:26 pm