This is the first entry now that we have internet access back. Yay, I can communicate with the noosphere once again!

Well, as far as I can tell, my moods are returning to normal. Whether that is due to the medicine I am on, or the fact that all of the moving is completely taken care of, I don't know. Probably both.

I'm just glad to be able to think about things that are not problems and when problems come up, they are no longer automatically world-threatening crises.

It does mean that I'll probably fall back into my old habit of not posting reliably, mainly because I have nothing particularly crucial to tell the world most of the time (what stuff I need to tell my friends, I usually post to one of the bazillion email lists we have set up).

Well, my many successful months of resistance to the evil addiction sweeping the land (that virulent plague known as “City of Heroes”) have proven for naught. Finally, the last free man on Earth has succumbed.

I have a dislike of multiplayer gaming with people that I don't know personally (one perusal of the City of Heroes forums should indicate why), and I'm also not overly fond of allowing further incursion of the subscription model into my entertainment. On top of that, I am somewhat biased against the Superhero genre (because of a semi-complex set of associations and perceptions of the comic industry and the genre itself).

Nevertheless, this resistance can only take you so far when 1) nearly all of your friends have been constantly playing since the beta and are no longer available on IM most of the time, 2) a large proportion of in-person conversation with said friends revolves around the game, 3) you don't have to make the initial cash outlay for the game, 4) the subscription is at least reasonably priced (first month free, then $15 per month, including the subscription to the print-comic), and 5) one of your friends twists your arm.