Mood music.

My father has often said, and I agree, that it is impossible to be grumpy while listening to a Strauss waltz or a Rossini gallop. To that, I would add Too Hot to Handel, the gospel/jazz Messiah I've mentioned here before. I know, I know, why would you do something like that to the Messiah? But it really works. And I love listening to it, especially when walking down the street; I find it's one of those things that changes my gait as I listen.

Not that I especially needed degrumpying today. I'm actually in quite a good mood, for once. Had a one-off tabletop RPG session led by dcltdw last night (and including desireearmfeldt and, er, Bill, whom I hadn't met before and whose LJ, if extant, I don't know), which was a blast. I was pleased but completely unsurprised to discover that dcltdw makes a great storyteller/GM.

I admire my friends who can GM and write plot for LARPs and all. I love coming up with characters, but I completely suck at plotting. I feel a little guilty sometimes at the amount of playing I do without staffing or GMing in return, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be as good a staffer/GM as I like to think I am as a player. So I sew, instead. :)

Long weekend. Yay!