Dungeons & Dragons

I've fallen in love with a new/old game--Dungeons & Dragons. I cannot remember how this game came up in conversation, but when I heard about it, I thought it would be super fun to play. So far, it has been. My characters are based in the town of Seaend, which is menaced by a terrible dragon in the hills. My characters have gone up an attempted to plunge into the many caves in the hills, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. We recently completed a big adventure where we defeated the king of the Bugbears and his horde of hobgoblins.

At times I find the game scary, exciting, and even sad. When my character Superman died recently while battling the Bugbear, I was definitely sad about it. There's a kindly priest in town where I take my characters who died to be buried. But I'm not too sentimental. No character gets buried with armor and weapons since these are useful in other adventures.

Maybe the most successful character is Bob the Priest. (He's level 2). He managed to kill the bugbear and acquired a bunch of treasure including a magic pearl of spells. The weird thing about Bob is that, being a priest, he's determined to give all his loot to God. MY other characters have tried to discourage this sort of thing, so now Bob is only giving half his stuff to God.

My Daddy was telling me about the most successful D&D characters he ever worked with (he's dungeon master). Their names were Duke, Scaggament, and Moritor under the control of Uncle Dave. He mentioned that they founded their own giant church (Church of Zeus) and had armies of guys. I want my guys to be as successful.

Concert

We had a big concert in church yesterday. I had a performance with the chimes and sang two songs with the choir. The second song was an extravaganza where all the choirs, even the adults, sang together.

It was a great event. I'm especially proud of my chime playing. I was in charge of the melody since I rarely screw up when playing chimes. It sounded terrific. Best of all, no dreaded chime injuries. The last time I played, I accidentally hit myself in the head with a chime during the performance. However, being the professional that I am, I played through the pain and completed the song without incident.

You can check out a few photos here.

Get Well Greeting

My favorite team, the Oakland A's, is having a ton of problems with injuries. Here's how bad it is: Last night, the starting pitcher got injured when he cut himself reaching into the A's medical kit to get a band aid. I thought I'd try to cheer the players up by sending them a get well card. I made a picture of the A's logo on the front and wrote something like:

"Dear A's,

My name is Aidan. I am 7 years old. The A's are my favorite team. I hope your hurt players get better soon.

Love,

Aidan"

We sent the card off to the A's stadium this morning. I hope this helps the players to feel better.