WDG in Montreal (and updates)

I am in beautiful Montreal this week. There are many things I love about this city -- the greenery everywhere. The much-more-efficient public transit. The attitude towards speaking French.

It's not all sunshine and rainbows. Nowhere is all sunshine and rainbows. (Some places try to come close.) But I like the general feel of Montreal.

This week, I'll take some time to visit old haunts and friends... and visit every game store that I can. There are some very random places I'll pop up, but otherwise my schedule's somewhat full.

Last week was spent very heavily on the Kickstarter. I got to the point where I said I was done, then I checked a few things and found out I was not. Several very long days flowed into the weekend.

The Kickstarter page is "done" in the sense that the Man in Black was "dead". In the Fire Swamp. This, sadly, means it's not really ready to be previewed except with people who know me directly. I would rather it be ready than to show it unready to the general public.

Primarily, I have a few sections to add, potentially the Kickstarter video to redo, and some key research to complete. In particular, I was not able to get proper shipping quotes from Staples. The service I've received from a number of companies in the last month or so has been disappointing, but others have been incredible. (Sticker Mule has been fantastic, among others.)

Anyway. After next week, the Kickstarter goes live. Lots to do before then. I have to shoot a short video about "oh, hey; the Kickstarter starts in, like, a couple of days and here's the plan".

I need to take time to work out that plan, too. There are aspects I'd like to do, but everything seems to take so long. And my computer harddrive's getting full, despite archiving a lot of GB. At some point, I'll have to run that problem down... we pray it doesn't die on me.

Anyway. I'm in Montreal and it's great. Next week, it's back to insanity and we'll see how far I get.

I hope that you walk among beauty in your life, regardless of what form that beauty takes.

Cheers,

-MSB

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