Once upon a time.
That's a good start.
Except that it's never once, and time keeps on moving forward even if you're not ready for it to do so.
If you're still keeping up with these musings of mine I commend you. For starters I've been a bit off my rocker of late. Stress, depression, and all of the other things that go along with eating disorders and self esteem issues have a way of doing that to a person.
So I'll make a deal with you oh intrepid and somewhat masochistic reader.
From here on out it's going to be story time.
Either fictional stories or real stories. It doesn't much matter. But stories none the less.
I've been running around the same mulberry bush trying way to hard to fix myself when in reality the only problem I have is being comfortable in my own headspace. And I'm not really certain when, where, or how that started but it did. The stress of it made me Mark Watney Skinny and drove me more than a little batty.
But here we are now. Almost back to a healthy weight and doing it right this time. Given up on all of my vices save for video games for now.
Truth be told Video Games aren't so much a vice as they are a rock that I've held onto through out these crazy storms. Video Games are where my friends are, where I connect with people and share adventures with even if those people aren't right next to me.
So that's why I'm starting my Youtube channel up with a little bit more fervor. To share my adventures with the people that maybe aren't quite as inclined to play or don't have the skills to keep up. Maybe introduce you to some of my friends that I go on those digital adventures with.
Also, to share in my cosplay adventures. Because much like Video Games; Role Playing and Cosplay are two things that make me truly happy. Dressing up and pretending to be a grand hero or what have you is fun. It makes me smile, and sometimes it makes other people smile.
Like the late night that the Sheriff met Robin Hood and Friar Tuck.
It was a cool autumn evening and myself and some friends were at Oberon's Tavern.
Yeah you read that right I was at Oberon's Three Penny Tavern.
The real one.
We had enjoyed food and drink and us merry revelers were strolling through the park when we saw a bear. A real bear.
It was just ambling across the path and disappearing into the trees.
Keep in mind that this was in the wee hours of the morning when night isn't sure it's ready to give up it's hold on the world and the day is still a few hours from starting.
We were a touch pickled, but not so much so that seeing a real bear didn't sober us up to the point of deciding to head over to the Local P.D.s office and let them know that there was a real and present danger lurking in the underbrush.
We knocked on the door and after a few moments a bleary eyed officer opened the door on our small troop of Merry Men.
I, the obvious leader, started to tell the officer what we had saw, but he held up his hand and said. "Give me a moment here. I need a second to appreciate that Robin Hood and Friar Tuck are standing in front of me." He smiled and then said "Go Ahead." I then proceeded to tell him about the bear.
The officer smiled again and informed us that the bear was indeed a resident of the park and was mostly harmless and avoided people. That the park authorities were aware of it's presence and were already working on a way of getting it safely out of the human park and back into it's natural habitat that was in the hills behind said park.
After that he laughed, told us to have a good night and so then we exited.
Not perused by the bear.