Man, I have no idea what's going on
That line above is from Towelie, or Towely, or however you spell it from South Park. He's my dad's new favorite character. Those of you who know him are not surprised. Some things about him are really cool, others are just odd.

I created my character today for Andy's new Heroes Unlimited campaign. Man, he's armed to the teeth. Charles claims he'll be something of a non-character, but the background I've constructed is quite interesting. He has a lot of personality conflicts, for a robot.

After a relatively unproductive Alternity session, me and Andy went to a book signing with Orson Scott Card. I am in a kind of strange position when it comes to him and his work: I've read much more of his non-fiction (especially his political commentary) than his fiction. Even though I couldn't relate to a lot of his examples regarding his work, I did discover that my appraisal of his personality was pretty close to the mark. He reminds me a little bit of my dad, actually (except with a more sophisticated sense of humor).

Anyway, I bought Hart's Hope, and he signed it (as often occurs at book signings). It was kind of weird, there were like these 10 or 15 people who were like Card groupies. He and his wife obviously recognized them, and they were chatting it up and stuff. One guy even had an "Endercon" t-shirt. Man, I just don't know about that stuff.

Finally, in other news, I discovered to my slight dismay that the busses back to U of P stop running at about 6:30 on weekends, and the book signing didn't get out until about 8:00. So, I had to take MAX back to Gresham station and hitch a ride home from there. It was kind of a pleasant surprise; I kind of like being home, believe it or not.

An unusually long post today, but I'm sure you'll get over it real fast.