My Weekend.

Thursday I was called at work by my step-dad Ray. He was to get me on Friday and take me to Iowa. My grandma was in the hospital and it didn't look good. She had a bad case of pneumonia and when we got to the hospital at 1am on  Friday she was on 100% oxygen, as well as morphine, some anti-anxiety medication, and others.
My grandma has multiple sclerosis. She has had it for 34 years (it will be 35 in October). She has been paralyzed from the neck down ever since I can remember. Instead of a yearly cold or flu, she gets pneumonia. Its just this time was worse than the others.
My mom, who works in the medical field, was/is driving herself crazy. She has done research on MS and found that people that have the illness (on average) live for 35 years. I'm not sure this has helped my mom if only for the idea that an end would not be unexpected.
When I got to the hospital she was put on comfort care, which means no more feeding tube, no more intravenous therapy, just oxygen and pain killers. While we stayed at the hospital with grandma she did get better, being put on 80% oxygen. I, I am not sure how to feel about it, all I know for sure is that if the worse does happen at least I got to see her again.
Since coming back home I've heard that grandma has gotten better still, 60% oxygen and her left lung is all clear.

Media Soak

I am a media soak. When I get into a series the has a dvd or netflix release, I have no problem with watching it in its entirety. The rate at which I consume the show means I can ether see the entire thing in a day or a week (depending on number of seasons). My affinity for music is not as hardcore, but I still will search and artist back collection it I get into them. Video games I get into take a few days, as I'll often try to do the optional missions too.
All I can really say is that I am lucky to be in an age where I can do this with just an internet connection. Granted, with releases to the internet being delayed, I will always be behind in terms of story with my friends who do keep up regularly through tv/cable means. Case and point: Game of Thrones. I love the show but I haven't seen any of third season yet. Saw the first and second many times, but still not on the third.
That's another thing though, I am willing to wait till a season is over before I catch up. Usually its because... well the rate I watch the whole thing means that after the finale it will only take me a few days to be there in the conversation. I'm sure it also helps that I am okay with most spoilers. The way I figure it, someone can tell you what happened to the best of there ability, but its still not going to compare to seeing it happen for yourself. Then again most my friends are spoiler-sensitive in one way or another, so it usually never comes to that.

Blindly

Star Wars group member three of the five is complete.
Human Smuggler Edgar


Now about the last two members are a Bothan and a Human (both female). While the person playing the human did tell me in some detail about the character, it was on a drive and I was ill-equipped to write it down to refer to later. I told them this, and am waiting on the details. The person playing the Bothan... has not decided on a look.
Keeping a matter of perspective in mind, this is not a big deal, this is a game.
I do get the feeling that I may have to make something up blindly and submit multiple drafts. Again not a problem, just... inefficient. It's also a matter of I have to infer information about the character based on the role-playing. That's pretty shallow when compared to the others who sent me a small paragraph for general look and brief history which allowed me to add small touches to the character with those things in mind.
I guess when it gets down to it, like anyone else doing anything else they enjoy; I want it to be good. With lack of background info I can only go so far with the character design, and I'm not particular on doing such things blindly.

All is but a work in progress

One of the two (now three) Star Wars characters is almost done. There were a bit more drafts and reworks involved than thought but its almost done, just need to put on the finishing touches. The other two I haven;t started on yet. One doesn't know what they want, the other person described it to me once (I told him to send me an email with the description so I can have it handy to refer back to).
Beyond that, working on an small flash animation as well as a bigger one. Also story rewrite. Is fine as long as is all in progress.
OH!
Played and beat Bioshock Infinite. To keep things from being spolier-iffic, its worth it. If you like the series so far and are on the fence, get it. If you were curious about it, get it or rent it.

The songs stuck in my head:
"House of Wolves" by My Chemical Romance
and
"Everything is Everything" by Phoenix