amazingadrian

It went pretty well, I think. Managed to get a ride into Greenville due to ColdFox's (lil_red_foxie?) efforts. Timber and Seaweed were great hosts. We had pizza and talked about games and movies over television. It felt good to get out there and hang with folks. I was surprised how at ease I felt, especially considering that most of these were people I had never met in any context at all. My only complaint was that I felt a little milked for gas money when I offered, but it's ok. I think I can get around that in the future by not mentioning how much I'm carrying.
Weekend was slow otherwise. Had a nice Halloween; a simple party with the postsecondary students. There was fun dramuh, a silly impersonation act, free food...When I saw their impersonation of me though, I realized that I really need to learn more sign language. Dammit, I need to use what I know. Didn't get any visitors, in spite of having more neighborhood kids this year. I guess they figured the apartment complex was so small they all went elsewhere. Wasn't expecting very many anyways.

In the spirit of Halloween, I do have some goodies to share with you all, in the form of some free CD's. These artists all release their music under the creative commons lisence, so downloads are encouraged rather than frowned upon. Haven't listened to all of these myself yet, but I thought I would share them at least.

Doug The Eagle - The first one I ever found. I found this guy through the Gaming Guardians. He's the one that based a song off of the comic. I don't think he ever participated in the roleplay, but there is no doubt that he's a fan. He also wrote a song based on Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures (second album), and seems to be a furry musician in general. They are out there, but rare. As of this writing he's three albums out.

Antipode - From what I can gather, this guy puts together tracks of wildly varying genre styles onto one album. Seems largely an experimental thing for him. I haven't had a chance to listen to this one yet. Found it through what's left of vgmix.

8bitpeoples - A collection of artists who deal primarily in chiptunes...that is, raw video game music. These guys compose and program (I guess you can't really call it 'performing') tunes that would have been at home on the NES. And if you were a gamer at the time, like me, you'll remember that some of those old games had some pretty inspired tracks.  Don't overlook them just because they're outdated; these guys are still in business!