(WoD) An Angst-Based Diet

No, not the entire game line. Just my particular game. 

I have plenty of time to set up games and write up stats, but when Katie and I are alone and hanging out, we tend to opt for movies, long running shows, or video games. We watched Lost in Translation last night, which I had seen twice several years ago before I broke up with Violet. Katie had never seen it at all. There's a lot of angst in that film, and a sense of understanding that these two characters may have grown some or made a connection, but they will not be happy where they are returning to. Angst isn't always bad. It's been given a bad rep. But it's probably easier to watch these events transpire between two characters that you don't have to play. 

We opt to watch an angsty movie rather then play an angsty game. 

It made me realize that I've kind of flooded the engine on the game, a little bit. It went on for one session too long before anything exciting happened. 4th session in, and the car has died. If I can just finish this latest session, the game should pick back up again in a big way, but there's a trick to getting momentum back - we just have to grit our teeth and run the session. 

Anyone else have experience with trying to run a game that hasn't been run in a little too long? I know Brent does with our Burning Wheel sessions. I think the answer to this might be the same as the answer we've found to that - set aside a specific date and time, then stick to it no matter what. 

I'd like to post more frequently, but I might have to stick to once a week.