Sprouts

My Weird Little Date Names...

I've been working on a personal lunisolar calendar. Like on & off for years, mostly keeping it to my journaling. I wanted a more natural time keeping system. (ironic since I mostly use computers for my journaling) It's not even in that refined of a state. The current iteration uses the quarter & cross-quarter days to determine the names of the moons. I tried to capture the ideas of the Paschal moon as well as the Harvest moon always coinciding with a particular solar date. Basically each of these dates get a before & after moon, as in the full moon which comes directly before or after. One of these full moons will fall within a fortnight of the date.

A "Prefix" is used to denote which is which:
"Before" means the full moon falls before the date, but is over a fortnight away.
"Early" means the full moon falls before the date, but is within a fortnight of it.
"Late" means the full moon falls after the date, but is within a fortnight of it.
"After" means the full moon falls after the date, but is over a fortnight away.
"Tween" denotes a full moon which comes directly after one date, but before another. These include the names refrenceing both dates and replace the regular "After" & "Before" prefixes.

The names of the moon in refrence to the date I'm currently using are:
"Brythen" - Imbolc/Candlemas
"Springtide" - Ostara/Lenten; Vernal Equinox
"Bonfire" - Beltain/May Day
"Midyear" - Litha/Midsummer; Summer Solstice
"Darken" - Lunasa/Lammas
"Harvest" - Mobon, Autumn Equinox
"Hallows" - Sauin/All Hallows
"Yearend/Yule/Newyear"* - Yule/Midwinter; Winter Solstice

*"Yule" gets special before & after designators in the form of "Yearend" & "Newyear". Whichever full moon is within a fortnight of the Winter Solstice will include Yule in its name. So for this year, 12025 Holocene Era, there will be the "Yearend After Hallows"(alt: "Tween Hallows & Yule") Moon followed by the "Newyear Yule" Moon.

I live in the northern hemisphere & this calendar is strongly influnced by germainc calendars, hence Newyear being the full moon after the winter solstice. Honestly the "Newyear", "Midyear", & "Yearend" could be dropped if you feel like it.

Often I'll drop "moon" from the name to make it less clunky. I wanted to try just having English based names; I even tried coming up with Old English sounding ones, but they felt too clunky with names like "Daesrys", "Langdae", "Nyhtsfall", & "Langnyht". I've also tried more generic names that could be used anywhere on the globe like "Northmost" for the northern solstice & "Southward Central" for the southward equinox, but you can see how clunky these got. Part of me feels the pull of using the circle of the year names, but it doesn't feel distinct enough for my tastes. There's also the whole thing about how the circle of the year is a mishmash of cultures, but I digress.

Also, I like to denote whether it's day or night. I consider the start of the new date to be about dawn or sunrise. I like my time being a bit wobbly.

Anyway, hope this was novel for someone. Maybe this will inspire someone else to make their own lunisolar calendar. Hopefully one with a better naming scheme...

Weaving this Web, or What will be...

I honestly don't know what this will become. It may become my new hobby, or I may forget about it by the end of the week. Hopefully, I will at least pick up a little HTML & gain a better appreciation for websites. Regardless I feel it is best, like many things in life, to just take it as it comes. To not get overly attached with what i think it should be, but rather let it become what it will.

Rotting. That is this site's fate. Fallowing. Decaying. Optimism gave way to apathy. I did not fuss about what this should have been and so it became nothing...

Dungeons and Dragons Ramblings

Here's some of my ramblings of Dungeons and Dragons, specifically D&D 5th edition. Honestly I got a lot of feelings about the game. From how the community can range from wholesome and inviting to gate keeping arogant dorks. The game has deeply colonist and conservative themes, which more articulate people have made articles for explaining and criticizing. There's too many rules and options that slow the game down and make a barreier to entry. We're not even getting to the horrible company that owns it.

I'm actually making my own game of sorts that's reall just rolling a d20 or two with 6+ being a mixed result and 15+ being a good result. Unfortunately a lot of people think they want to play D&D, whether or not they actually do is another thing, and as such are unwilling to try something so freeform.

Extra unfortunately, I find myself thinking about the game alot. How I would tweak it. I already have the proper solution which is to burn it all down, but part of me still keeps trying to fix what is there...

D&D still sucks... Roleplaying doesn't need much rules. Honestly, I've found binary resolution systems nicer & even then I think its best to avoid rolling if you can. Do what makes sense & make sure to set expectations accordingly. Also, character building is a trap, as well as story prep. The best parts of these games is when things click together in ways no-one expected. That can't happen when your trying to force the game to follow you expectations for what should happen. If you want predictability, stick to single player games or writting. That ain't a bad thing, it's its own delight, but it is a delight incompatible with other people. Involving other people in play just inherently brings unpredictatbility, most people aren't mind readers & even people you're close to won't always be on the same page. So, embrace the chaos, it's a game afterall.