Last week was not only Memorial Day here in the US, but I also took some personal time to go and visit my Father. So I decided to take the opportunity provided by a short week to take a break from blogging and posting on social media (at least at my normal level) and take care of the many things that need done in the real world. It is good every so often to just step away and take a deep breath. Especially from social media these days. What a wasteland that world has become.
Although, to be fair, all of the above is a gross oversimplification. I actually worked on a video project that won't be released until mid-July. Those of you that paid attention to the Massive Rixx Timeline I released back on May 22nd may have noticed a blurb back in the early days mentioning that I might have stolen a Titan. This is an obscure incident that happened sometime during August - September of 2009. So I decided that it was time to tell the story about that time and share with everyone how I actually managed to steal a Titan. Sort of. And therein lies the tale. The video is for a Just reward called "Campfire Tales" and we'll all be releasing our videos at the same time. So keep your eyes open for that. Coming Soon™
Given that Fanfest happened in May along with the above mentioned Holiday, May was a very short month as far as being able to play Eve. I was hoping I could keep my 100+ streak alive and I managed to pass that goal during Saturday's Rupture Fleet. So I've managed to kill 100+ for 32 months in a row now. Which is a meaningless thing that speaks more to how you can work hard on a board game and still find time to play Eve, than anything else. But still, we find motivation where we can. After almost 17 years in this game these goals become even more important.
I have a lot of goals. Some big, some small, and some are simply there for motivation. For example, I'm very close to passing 2k kills in a Comet. Technically I've already passed that number since I have over 50+ kills in the Police Comet (back when those were two different ships), but I'm about 28 kills away from passing that boundary. Which is cool. A much longer term goal is probably something I will never achieve, but something worth striving for, is to get all 100 of my top ships past 100+ kills each. Right now I have 35 ships on that list with at least 100 kills. These goals mean nothing in the larger scheme of things, but I'll use them as motivation to undock and keep playing. It does help.
I have more videos in the works and hopefully ready to release here soon. In the meantime I'm looking forward to Summer.
And more explosions.