I got a letter from work yesterday stating that I'd been fired, etc. etc. Unsurprisingly, they totally failed to get things straight, having failed to remove the dismissed charge and, I'm sure, utterly failed to address any of the issues I actually raised (see this post for details). So much of my time yesterday was spent firing off a letter to them demanding they record my objections and correctly update my file. Frankly, I don't know why I did this. It's not going to get me un-fired and I don't WANT to go back even if it would.

I think, partly, I'm just the sort of guy who insists on having the record straight. It sits terribly ill with me to have been dismissed for false reasons and ludicrous claims, and I want my side of the story to be heard. Then again, perhaps my letter can succeed in getting my old bosses in some well-deserved trouble for all the crap they pulled that they ought to be fired for, but aren't. On other hand, when (and I still expect this) the fight begins over my unemployment compensation, I don't want them saying that I never defended myself. I told them the same stuff I'll tell the UC people when the fight over this begins, and keep a copy of the letter (well, saved on my computer, God bless the electronic age) to prove that they knew and ignored my statements.

Grrr. I wish all these problems would just go away, but... there are too many jerks in the world for that.

Unfortunately, the current Mage VST is still representative of the regime of utter crap (reference this post), re-elected by the close cadre of friends who are shamelessly rewarded in-game. The plots are crap, the storytellers quite unfair, and the overall game miserable. I've never done this before and never believed I'd ever HAVE to do it, but here it is: I'm pulling out.

Of course, this means that my roleplaying schedule is down to near nothing -- just live-action Werewolf every second and fourth Friday. For a dedicated gamer such as myself, this is nothing -- and I'm not even playing in it, I'm running it. How do I get by like this?! I have got to get some more role-playing in my system soon or I'll go nuts...