Games

[beowabbit]

Last night (my last full day here) we had a bunch of Tom and Tigris' friends over for games. At peak, I think there were about 15 or 16 people here.

Unfortunately, I was very tired -- partly due to staying up very late the night before and being awoken by the dogs across the street early that morning, and partly (I think) due to allergies -- so I didn't actually learn any new games. We started off (when there weren't a whole lot of people there yet) with Smart Mouth, which zzbottom and missdimple had introduced me to and I had gotten for Tom and Tigris. Then I watched a game of Frag for a while. Frag is a board game based on first-person shooters like Quake or Doom or Ultima -- complete with cards like "System Upgrade: New Joystick" that improve your ability to turn the other players into red-ink-on-cardboard chunks. It's very silly, and it looked fun. Then I joined a game of Frank's Zoo, a card game based loosely on the food chain where the cards are animals. (Little fish are eaten by big fish, which are eaten by seals, which are eaten by polar bears, and so on. Only the wily fox can eat the prickly hedgehog, and nobody beats an orca except for two orcas.)

It was a lot of fun, and it was neat to see lots of people I'd already met, to sort of get a feeling of community and continuity to my trips here. Tigris was still up and playing games with the last few people here when I went to bed. (Tom had gone to bed, because he works today at 6:00am.)

I'm not quite sure what the plans for today are, but possibilities include an Arabian Night's Entertainment (a fundraiser for someone's medical bills) with storytelling, tea, and belly dancing, and a HawaiiPAL barbecue. Then I need to get to the airport for my 10:00pm flight. (A very civilized hour to get on a plane, although I worry what I'm going to feel like when I get back in Boston.)

Looking forward to seeing my Boston friends and community again. Not looking forward to leaving here. You know, it would make my life simpler if y'all would just up and move here all together! But some people just can't be bothered to think of others, I suppose. :-)

Comments

[eor.livejournal.com]

It's been very fun reading your travelogue. I've enjoyed every installment. It sounds like a great vacation.

[beowabbit]

Great! Makes me feel good to know people are reading what I write. It was a fabulous vacation, just too short by a few decades. :-)

[fallenpegasus]

You know, it would make my life simpler if y'all would just up and move here all together!

Could split the difference and everybody move to Seattle...

[beowabbit]

Could split the difference and everybody move to San Francisco. Or Cancún. :-) Given that San Francisco is has something too close to "winter" for Tigris, I think the only one of those three that's practical is Cancún. But thanks for the suggestion. :-)

[angelovernh.livejournal.com]

Well, I am hoping to move there someday, for at least a few years. Do you know what the quarantine laws are now for dogs coming into the state?

[beowabbit]

They’ve recently been radically reduced. You have to get loads of paperwork done well in advance (I think 120 days) and have the dog microchipped and of course give him/her all the shots, and then you get something they’re calling five-day quarantine but which I gather can be less. This is extremely new, though, and it’s not yet clear how it’s all going to be applied in practice.

If you send me a note via direct email to remind me (and so I have your email address), I’ll forward you some of the announcements Tigris has forwarded me about the new rules.