So I'm totally a spaz.

I didn't realize I was wigging over something totally random until I attempted to explain it to John and Brian when I ran down into the basement.

I was in the living room and heard this high-pitched humming noise, and when I looked outside the street was full of this bright yellow light reflecting on the sides of houses from the top of some big vehicle. I could tell it was big because of how high the lights were mounted, but I couldn't see the vehicle itself.

I got curious, grabbed Brian's wakizashi and walked out into the street. By the time I got out there, I could still hear this humming noise, but the pitch was all wrong for a vehicle. The bigger the car the lower the grumbling, but this was much higher in pitch than Brian's car (which I can recognize by sound), which should mean it's very very small. But it was clearly this great big vehicle. I heard it from about a block away, and then I heard it slowly coming back around. Really slowly.

When it sounded like it was coming back around to our street, I felt a disturbance in the Force so I bolted back inside, locked the door, and ran down to the basement.

Some impossibly-humming giant vehicle was cruising slowly around our neighborhood in the night.

The noise was all wrong.

It's hard to explain.

So I'm totally a spaz.

I didn't realize I was wigging over something totally random until I attempted to explain it to John and Brian when I ran down into the basement.

I was in the living room and heard this high-pitched humming noise, and when I looked outside the street was full of this bright yellow light reflecting on the sides of houses from the top of some big vehicle. I could tell it was big because of how high the lights were mounted, but I couldn't see the vehicle itself.

I got curious, grabbed Brian's wakizashi and walked out into the street. By the time I got out there, I could still hear this humming noise, but the pitch was all wrong for a vehicle. The bigger the car the lower the grumbling, but this was much higher in pitch than Brian's car (which I can recognize by sound), which should mean it's very very small. But it was clearly this great big vehicle. I heard it from about a block away, and then I heard it slowly coming back around. Really slowly.

When it sounded like it was coming back around to our street, I felt a disturbance in the Force so I bolted back inside, locked the door, and ran down to the basement.

Some impossibly-humming giant vehicle was cruising slowly around our neighborhood in the night.

The noise was all wrong.

It's hard to explain.

So I'm totally a spaz.

I didn't realize I was wigging over something totally random until I attempted to explain it to John and Brian when I ran down into the basement.

I was in the living room and heard this high-pitched humming noise, and when I looked outside the street was full of this bright yellow light reflecting on the sides of houses from the top of some big vehicle. I could tell it was big because of how high the lights were mounted, but I couldn't see the vehicle itself.

I got curious, grabbed Brian's wakizashi and walked out into the street. By the time I got out there, I could still hear this humming noise, but the pitch was all wrong for a vehicle. The bigger the car the lower the grumbling, but this was much higher in pitch than Brian's car (which I can recognize by sound), which should mean it's very very small. But it was clearly this great big vehicle. I heard it from about a block away, and then I heard it slowly coming back around. Really slowly.

When it sounded like it was coming back around to our street, I felt a disturbance in the Force so I bolted back inside, locked the door, and ran down to the basement.

Some impossibly-humming giant vehicle was cruising slowly around our neighborhood in the night.

The noise was all wrong.

It's hard to explain.

More crap about Hidden Realms.

So I was messaged by a staffer not long ago, as he'd heard I have "negative opinions" about HR and was curious what I thought. Thankfully he wasn't trying to figure out what this seditious little member had to say for herself, and seemed genuinely interested in making the forum experience better for members.

I told him that HR is far more concerned with avoiding conflict than with honesty, and that I hate it. It doesn't matter if I make well-thought-out comments, if I offer potential solutions to whatever problems I point out, and if I avoid personal insults. If someone doesn't like what I'm saying... I've hurt them. If they're hurt, I attacked them.

I don't like this.

At least I could tell him that I didn't feel anymore like I was treated differently than other members.

I'm beginning to doubt it yet again. I swear, if the RP at this site wasn't so good I would never put up with their staff and the sneaky passive-aggressive behavior they encourage in members. As it is, I think I'm just going to start ignoring some of the staffers' pet members in chat. Perhaps if I don't have to interact with them I won't have to keep swallowing the urge to *gasp* be honest with them. That would only get me in trouble.

More crap about Hidden Realms.

So I was messaged by a staffer not long ago, as he'd heard I have "negative opinions" about HR and was curious what I thought. Thankfully he wasn't trying to figure out what this seditious little member had to say for herself, and seemed genuinely interested in making the forum experience better for members.

I told him that HR is far more concerned with avoiding conflict than with honesty, and that I hate it. It doesn't matter if I make well-thought-out comments, if I offer potential solutions to whatever problems I point out, and if I avoid personal insults. If someone doesn't like what I'm saying... I've hurt them. If they're hurt, I attacked them.

I don't like this.

At least I could tell him that I didn't feel anymore like I was treated differently than other members.

I'm beginning to doubt it yet again. I swear, if the RP at this site wasn't so good I would never put up with their staff and the sneaky passive-aggressive behavior they encourage in members. As it is, I think I'm just going to start ignoring some of the staffers' pet members in chat. Perhaps if I don't have to interact with them I won't have to keep swallowing the urge to *gasp* be honest with them. That would only get me in trouble.

More crap about Hidden Realms.

So I was messaged by a staffer not long ago, as he'd heard I have "negative opinions" about HR and was curious what I thought. Thankfully he wasn't trying to figure out what this seditious little member had to say for herself, and seemed genuinely interested in making the forum experience better for members.

I told him that HR is far more concerned with avoiding conflict than with honesty, and that I hate it. It doesn't matter if I make well-thought-out comments, if I offer potential solutions to whatever problems I point out, and if I avoid personal insults. If someone doesn't like what I'm saying... I've hurt them. If they're hurt, I attacked them.

I don't like this.

At least I could tell him that I didn't feel anymore like I was treated differently than other members.

I'm beginning to doubt it yet again. I swear, if the RP at this site wasn't so good I would never put up with their staff and the sneaky passive-aggressive behavior they encourage in members. As it is, I think I'm just going to start ignoring some of the staffers' pet members in chat. Perhaps if I don't have to interact with them I won't have to keep swallowing the urge to *gasp* be honest with them. That would only get me in trouble.