oakenguy ([personal profile] oakenguy) wrote2009-11-17 10:57 am

The good

The good:

*There's a new place in my neighborhood, the Dosa Factory, that sells Indian street food! Their main focus are dosas, which the sign out front calls "Indian Crepes", I guess because "Indian Burritos the Size of a Ten-Pound Cod" didn't fit on their awning.

I mean, look at this thing:




In Davis Square you could hollow that out, install a sink, and charge $700 rent for it. Oh, and it's yummy. And if you eat in the restaurant you get to watch Bollywood music videos, which are awesome.


*Nanowrimo continues well, despite or maybe because of the raucous parties each write-in seems to turn into. At my most recent one I'd been in my seat for about thirty seconds before I was sucked into an in-depth discussion about cauliflower and how difficult it was to be a gluten-free vegan who hates vegetables, like my neighbor was.

Also, by this point in the story my plan was to have the town surrounded by a nigh-unstoppable force, with the main character barely escaping ahead of a mob of townsfolk angry at him for bringing this situation down on them. But the best-laid plans...first my character made it clear that he wouldn't run and abandon the townsfolk to certain death, and then the s.o.b. actually came up with a PLAN, and now the bad guys are getting their asses kicked and the headlong flight to steampunk-Philadelphia is going to be much, much less headlong. Humph.

Also, I notice that based on the photographic evidence, attending these write-ins make me look like I'm posing for a very disturbing Valentines Day portrait.




*I played in [livejournal.com profile] _dragonwolf_'s "Oz" larp this weekend, and it was totally awesome. I had a near-death experience, an "aha" moment that still makes me grin, and a great group of fellow players to bounce theories off and make twitch. And there was a flying monkey. If the GMs had just given out $50 "consolation" prizes every time they were asked a question and couldn't give a complete answer, this would have been the larp I asked a genie for.


So. How're you?

[identity profile] olivetree.livejournal.com 2009-11-17 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
your photo is going to be my v-day card next year.

[identity profile] heavenscalyx.livejournal.com 2009-11-17 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Where is Dosa Factory? LOOKS AWESOME. Perhaps you and D would like to accompany us on a trip there sometime?

[identity profile] clionona.livejournal.com 2009-11-17 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
OMGOSH!
That picture is too presh!
You just need some cherubs and hearts shopped around you! :)



And I'm glad the writing is going well! Keep it up!

[identity profile] rantarn.livejournal.com 2009-11-17 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Very interesting that you just did an Oz LARP too. Our flying monkeys threw their poo at people. :)
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[personal profile] saxikath 2009-11-18 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Hey... how do you two know each other?!

[identity profile] temperlj.livejournal.com 2009-11-17 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Soon, you will read the account that is
Renfaire at a Baseball Stadium, all you feared and more...with mascots

[identity profile] snoopymel.livejournal.com 2009-11-17 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you know Zing Pizza in Porter also makes Dosas? Not as authentic as this new place, but more accessible to us Slummervillians!

[identity profile] joyeous.livejournal.com 2009-11-17 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow! Looks awesome! Address plz. And let me know next time you're going! :-)

[identity profile] nmsunbear.livejournal.com 2009-11-17 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, now I want a giant dosa. Thanks for asking. ;)

[identity profile] phobean.livejournal.com 2009-11-17 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I, too, have enjoyed the dosa factory!

[identity profile] elkster.livejournal.com 2009-11-18 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
That's such a book cover photo!