Above is a pdf of the session that I wrote and ran using the Marvel Super Heroes Adventure System (SAGA).  I ran teh session on Free RPG day in Gamers Emporium in Swansea Yesterday.  I hope too think that everyone that was involved enjoyed.  Maybe next year I will run another Superhero session.

In the format of a blog please tell me about your skills, talents and of course ‘Why You’

Sounds all too familiar too be honest.  but hey, you can not knock me for being persistent (or even consistent).

Well the last time I tried for the role in question I was unfortunately not successful, but then what do you do?  I could of wallowed a bit in my misery and do the whole ‘World is against me’ theme for a while (and for a little bit I probably did), but the reality is you pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and move on.

And of course the is the old saying ‘Third time lucky for a Welshman’.  I never really understood it though as I would obviously prefer to be lucky the first time not have to fail twice before hand, but oddly enough this would now be my third time of applying for the post in question…So here is too my third time, Cheers!

So here I am again writing a blog post as too ‘Why Me?’, so too save people clicking on my previous post I will just cut and paste it below.

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In the format of a blog please tell me about your skills, talents and of course ‘Why You’

So here I am, thinking of what exactly can I put into this blog post that would be relevant.

So for a short while I am going too have too turn myself into a vulcan and break this down into manageable chunks and be all ‘logical’ about it.

Skills

Well, I got lots of bits of paper around the house that say I can do this or have done that, but lets be honest, most of them, like my brother’s MOT certificate on my car, are worthless once you leave the garage (or course).  But they do show that I have an aptitude towards wanting to learn new things and that I can take things in like a sponge.

However using words instead of bits of paper, I would have too say that my skills lean towards two key areas,  I love computers and messing about with them (Geek of Epic Level here) and I am a really good listener / people person.  Any job which allows me to merge those two things makes me happy.  So helping people with issues around technology is something that I actually enjoy.

Talents

Um, ok, so not skills then!

A talent, well I cannot juggle, or do a head stand, or squeeze through prison bars, or fly like superman (I wish).  I can however limp around a 10k fun run through shear determination even though I knew before I started that I would be limping from the starting line.  I am someone who used too be 25.5 stone and now am 13.5 stone.

What exactly am I getting at though.  Perhaps its ‘Determination’.  If I say I am going too do something… I will.

However on a more diverse range of less than super human prowess,  I write short stories and poetry, I paint small metal figures (fantasy) and I am a part time pagan.

Now too the all important last bit of the statement about and the title of this blog;

Why Me!

Well why not me.  I did originally try for a role within the social media team when it was first introduced in Swansea, and now that the opportunity has arisen again, instead of wallowing in the mud of rejection, I am trying once more.  I am already familiar with some aspects of the role as they used to be part of my own present role.  When I talk too customers on the phone you will often see me smiling down the phone or pointing at the computer screen as if they were right in front of me, I get so involved in helping them out.

Recently in my present role I became cross skilled too cover faults for broadband, telephone and television, and instead of complaining and moaning about how hard it was, or how the training was not enough or please put me back on my original single skill set, I spent some time on the computer, highlighted areas of knowledge that I thought I needed help with and did some courses, I also booked in for some time sitting alongside other agents too help fill out those same knowledge gaps.  I did not see it as the company failing me, but rather in me failing the company, perhaps that is a bit old school for some people but its the way my mind works, I perceive things as challenges that I have to overcome, rather than sit back and do nothing.  A few times in work the Managers have recommended that fellow call takers should sit with my too pick up a few pointers on how too fill the gaps as if given the chance I will talk the proverbial hind leg off the donkey, but I do it where appropriate and, of course, with style.  My scores with regards to quality are always good and my other metrics are always within target.

(Ok better jump of the blog soap box now)

Now for a fun photo, care of the local evening post newspaper and my cousin doing a bit of photoshop.

Gareth (Aka G, aka Kilveyshaman)

I did however break the 10 minute barrier, doing my first mile in 9 minutes 57 seconds, and I am also down to below 13.5 stone (13 st 6.8lb).  So overall a good day….

Also my weight is coming down as well, this morning I weighted in at 190.6 lbs, which now puts me comfortable within a stone of my target and only 1.6 lb away from being 13.5 stone ( which will bring me to a grand total loss of 12 stone).

I am now getting so close to my new revised adjusted target (hehe) that I can smell it, but I am keen too not put a golden date on when that will happen, especially after 2 months of not losing anything at all.  I think that the jogging (obviously) has increased my calorie deficit and as such shocked my body back into losing weight and I cannot see any reason why it would suddenly stop unless I start eating loads, so I think I will reach my target soon maybe within the month or sooner, but as I said, no dates…….

Yesterday evening I did my first 2 miles without stopping for a break and without doing the walk/jog routine, then after a 2 minute break I jogged the last mile in one go as well.  I also did the first mile in 10 minutes 43 seconds so my lap time is improving drastically.

Also after nearly 2 months of my weight hovering around the 14 stone mark (between 195lb and 198)lb) I have at last dropped down further to a new all time low of 193lb (13st 11lb) so now only have 15lb left to get too my eventual target of 12st 10lb.

I am at present a happy jogger, and considering I am now 46 years old am impressed with my general level of fitness…..

However, in recent months my geek levels have been becoming somewhat out of control, or perhaps just returning to normal levels after many years of muting them.

I recently bought some shelving units in order to bring out of the attic my collection of games and magazines from years gone by.  However since I now have them on display and see them every day I have started spending money on new games.

So far I have bought (in the last month or so);

a dozen out of print dragon magazines,19 decks of warlord – saga of the storm ccg, Summoner Wars – the master set, and a double deck starter set, King of Tokyo, Inn Fighting – the game of Dungeons and Dragons pub brawling, Gauntlet of Fools, Smallworld, Marvel Dice Masters, 2 D&D scenarios (The sundering 1 & 2) another expansion deck for Pathfinder the adventure card game, a Pathfinder Hardback – Inner Sea Gods.

However I still want to buy the following;

booster packs for Marvel dicemasters, Caste Panic (and Wizard Tower), Munchkin Panic, Dungeons and Dragons Attack Wing, Dungeons and Dragons Starter set (when it comes out) Dungeons and Dragons Dice masters, more decks for summoner wars and Warlord, expansions for Smallworld and possibly Quarriors,  In addition to keeping up with the rest of the pathfinder hardbacks as they come out and Pathfinder Adventure Card game.

And will that be enough…….I don’t know

I know what I am like and probably I will not have either the time or the inclination to play them all, but sometimes I am just happy knowing that I have them.

There are also a few thing that at present I am not inclined to buy but would love to either have or at least play;

Dungeon Quest (Revised), Battlelore, Rune Wars and Dead Panic too name but a few….

Sorry for this very geeky blog but thats just the way I am sometimes…..

Ran 2.72 mi on 20/04/2014
http://www.mapmyride.com
Distance: 2.72 mi, Duration: 32:31, Pace: 0:11:57 min/mi, Energy Burned: 491 kCal