- I've been sick for the past week or so, and I've taken time off of playing games on KGS during this time. I tried playing once while I was sick (last Friday), and managed to lose by 90+. I'll start playing again once I feel 90-100% better.
- In this downtime, I've been practicing tsumego and thinking a lot about the fundamentals of go (cutting, connecting, etc). When I have time, I do the 30k and 25k time trials on goproblems, which seem to help me keep at my regular playing level.
- I'm participating in Nanowrimo this year (this is my third attempt, I started doing this in 2003), and this time the basis will be around Go. I am using the "Tarot readings as plot points" method. I have created 4 characters that the story will be based around, which I have also done Tarot readings for character creation. I can tell you right now that the novel may have its happy points, but overall it seems like it will be one heck of a depressing novel. I'm really excited about it though, and it will allow me to get more into the game of Go. Since I want to make the novel approachable to all people, I'll need to explain how the game works and delve into even more technical parts of the game as the novel progresses. That way, I'll be able to see if I truly understand the basis behind Go, since in order to explain it, one needs to know it.
That's it for right now.. I hope I start feeling better soon so that I can play games! (I'm hoping to play Saturday.. but we'll see how I feel then! :D)
