Thursday: Q128/Waves

Not cumulative.

Tuesday: Q74/That's not good.

Good thing I have a second bathroom I can use until this is fixed.

But having my upstairs neighbor's plumbing leak isn't great.  I wonder if this also explains why that corner has been impossible to keep clean.

• Mole Cricket.
• I want this chair, but it's $800.
• I guess that's the bare minimum they can do.

Saturday: Q29/OK, that's enough "outside" for me.

It's been forever since I left, so I wanted to drive some.  I also planned to get Five Guys, because I wanted food I didn't have to make myself.  It was kind of a disaster.  Everyone out is awful at driving, like the virus is somehow going to jump out and make you crash unless you're driving 15 mph under the speed limit.  Ugh.

Then I couldn't make any calls when I got to Five Guys (because either my phone is donked or the signal there is terrible), so I had to wait for someone to come out to tell them I had a pick up order.  But it then took them like 15 minutes to actually make the food and bring it out, so what was even the point of ordering ahead of time?

And package A that was supposed to be delivered today is mysteriously missing, and package B was left at the bottom of the stairs, because that's a place I'll never see my package if I'm staying home and not hunting down packages. 

Plus, I was able to get a Wegmans order placed, but then they delayed it six times during the four hour block, and cancelled it at 8pm instead of rolling it over to another day.  So now I get to play the grocery roulette again.

But I did finish Assassin's Creed's first DLC.  I'm glad it's over, because it was not a great storyline.

This is what I've been saying the entire game.  Let me put all my people on the boat, because I know they're safe if they're on the boat.  The boat is indestructible, and filled with dozens of people who can protect them.

And again, this happens all the time on land.

 But I have to clean up cultists.

This general wants me to destroy the enemy fleet, and kindly warped my boat just offshore.

This guy wanted to talk, because he's a writer.  Also a cultist.

So he ended up dead.

And then battle against the final villain.

Return home to say goodbye forever to dead husband.

And then it was time for the new adventure of the Second DLC.

Where the possibly virtual realization of a not-quite divine ancient being is leading the way. 

As you do. 

There were lots of time travel shenanigans back and forth to the present day.

Eventually sending me back to Serifos.

"Hey, this is where I ruined a wedding!"

"Oh, wait, is this also..."

Yep.  This is the place I couldn't save the girl so she now lives with her mud friends.

But then to freaky future zone.

A title card.

 

And standing on Persephone's head.

Tomorrow, I'll take a closer look at things in the afterlife.

• That's cool.
• All of forensics seems to be made up bullshit. 

Friday: That point where you stay like two and a half hours late at work, and get a result, and that result is you're working on it a lot more next week.

Stupid bad convergence not solving the problems I was hoping it would solve.  Grump.

I guess this is a thing.

• Kepler wrote a novel?
• I've been trying to read all of these bios.

On that topic, I realized something while making lunch this morning:  In the Egypt game, Cleopatra has to eventually become queen.  That probably means she's going to go evil and be part of the evil cult.  Which makes this game the first/second game to have the main female background character be secretly evil.  Shitty trope.

Sunday: DOnking butts.

Yet again, I leave home, and my main computer shits itself and stops working.  Ugh.  And the power cycle bot is clearly not cycling power correctly.  Ugh..

Maybe I should talk to Pika Claus.

Or, more likely, I'll just buy a new box and replace the one that's not working well.  It probably should have more disk space anyway.

• Or maybe this is the problem?  It'd be nice if it's that easy.
• WTF.

I should be sleeping, but TRAVEL.

Ugh.  Anyway, I discovered that the relationship I thought I'd messed up two and a half weeks ago wasn't.  Also, I should play this game more consistently.

Blah blah someone's trying to kill her.

Blah blah spend time on relationships to achieve a high quality relationship.

If you've promised Odessa that you'll kill someone, and you've promised your half brother that you'll kill that same person, and you've promised a random musician that you'll kill that very same person, you eventually have to actually fulfill that murder to make everyone happy.  This is the "keeping promises" part of a healthy relationship.

It's possible that Odessa was also murdering people, and trying to do some evil-adjacent stuff, but I accidentally killed like 12 people because I stumbled across their campsite.  I don't have lots of room to be throwing judgments around here.  I assume it's best to try to be friendly with people who have names, and if they betray me in the future, I'll probably have a sword, and the combat is set to easy, so I'm not that worried.  This is also an achievement.

If I found the right information, I have found 1/11 of the friends I can make in the game.  Next up seems to be Auxesia.

Wednesday: Three days at home is how long it takes me to go from "yay naps" to "fuck this shit"

I did head out today, mostly to see if cough syrup would help.  Maybe?  I'm hoping tomorrow I wake up and feel all better, because I have things I need to do at work, and those things are hard to do when you keep falling asleep on the couch.

I was able to call into the weekly meeting, although I had to croak out "I can hear you, I just can't speak" when it was my turn for things.

Did I know they sold Topo Chico here?  I didn't get it, because it wasn't on the list.

I like when my comics are political, even when this is an issue that shouldn't be.

• Why it's important that all countries have leaders that don't suck.
• Changepoint detection.
• L-1 filtering.  I should probably implement this for the spectrum code.
• It's Kelly Thompson, so I'm not that worried.  I kind of hope this arc involves punching Jennifer until she turns back into regular She-Hulk.
• I should probably go to my local library.

Friday: Home.

I made it home.

Monday: Ugh.

Travel.  Ugh.

I'm packed, except for tech, which I plan on doing when I finish this.

I need to get up at like 4, so I can be ready to catch a ride to the train station at 5, so I can be ready to catch a train at 5:30, so I can get to the airport at 6:30, because the next train doesn't arrive until 7:30, and that's when my flight boards.

And my seat kind of sucks.

And I'm going to be sleepy.

And I'm apparently grumpy.

Ugh.

• But there will be BBQ next week.
• Stan Lee.

Sunday: Donk.

Woke up, wanted lunch, and had no idea what I wanted for lunch.  Eventually made a decision, drove there, and decided to be boring and try someplace old because the new place looked kind of sketchy.

Then I went to Target, bought more than I needed, came home, and felt compelled to clean things.  So I vacuumed, cleaned the bathroom, and took out the trash and recycling.

And, a few hours later, I discovered that I might have thrown out something I needed, so I got to go look in the dumpster for my trash, only to not find it because other people dumped their trash on top of it.  So that means I get to make a phone call tomorrow because health insurance is run by idiots, and things are needlessly complicated for dumb reasons.  Donk.

I also sat down and made stuffing, using only:

1. Sausage.
2. A Panera sourdough breadbowl bread I cut up into bits.
3. Carrot.
4. Onion.
5. Celery.
6. Chicken broth.
7. Sage.
8. Miso.

It turns out that miso might just be magical.

It has far more flavor than it should.  The miso adds all the umami that you really need to boost flavors.  I only added the miso to this serving, in case it didn't work well, but I could mix it in with the rest.  I also need to use smaller bread bits, because there's no gelling at all.

And then I watched Supergirl, which I'm a bit "meh" on, because if Melissa Benoist is just going to take half the season off, they should have just pushed the season back.  Instead, we got a filler episode about why the space-racist bad guy is so space-racist.  Spoiler: because he sucks, and who the fuck cares, it's 2018: we don't normalize bigots now.

• This is technically a security hole, but all of my Roku things are isolated on the local network.  I probably should make an program to do all of these things.
• The discovery of the sky.
• Myth of Er.
• I would really like a single player mode.  I'm ok being either "always dead because the other team is super good" or "somehow leading in kills with my healing/shield character because everyone else is super bad," but it'd be nice to be able to just do a story thing.

Friday: I'm not sure if I'm getting sick.

I may just not be used to cold weather.  My nose has been a bit stuffy, and my throat is a bit scratchy.  I'm hoping it's not something big.

Great.  That's what I thought you'd do, you dumb fucking horse.

• I want to visit a giant Kero.
• Why is this so hard to understand?
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Friday: I had to wear a jacket today.

This is what I get for wanting seasons.

The moon was framed nicely by the entrance to the stadium.

I have to figure out what I'm doing next Thursday.  The apartment people want to come paint things, but I have doctor stuff scheduled.  Ugh.  Thanks for the less than a week notice.

• Voting shouldn't be this difficult.
• But this is the obvious reason why it is.
• The beginning of the Jezebel Halloween Spookums.

Saturday: Grocery shopping on Saturday is crazy.

People don't know how to use parking lots, they blocked half of the entrance with a charity booth, and people always think that blocking an aisle with a cart is totally fine.

Also, I suspect my car's battery is dying.  For the past day or so, every time I try to start it, it hesitates and eventually starts, but in a grumpy fashion.  I think I can just go to the place, and have them replace it, but it's kind of annoying.  Better now than in the middle of winter, though.

I thought Julie had gone to Masala Wok.  So I went to a casual Indian place.  It's by Target, and has excellent garlic naan.  I could have had a bit more spice in the tikka, but it was a good lunch.

• This is beyond stupid.  How are people this stupid?
• Bear repair.
• Millennials.
• I donated to this.  Not because I'm trying to bribe anyone, but because Susan Collins is a soulless monster devoid of morals, and her blight on government should be cleansed.

Tuesday: I do not have enough time in the evening for everything I need to do.

Which is doubly crappy when I have to get up for a doctor appointment tomorrow.  A doctor who only takes co-pay in cash or check.  Which meant one of the things I had to do was go to an ATM and remember my number.  And, because I'm super lucky, I found the one ATM in existence that dispenses anything other than 20s, so I got a 10 and a 50.  Because everyone takes $50 bills.

But I also bought cake, and I'm going to go eat cake after this.

And, late last night, someone was all "Where's your Drawlloween stuff?  Why aren't you doing Drawlloween?  You should do the Drawlloween."  Because that's fast and easy and I like all the prompts.

So I'm just going to pick and choose from the nine I posted yesterday.  Whichever of them strike me are what I'll draw.

• So yeah.  Crook.
• Which means these people are having their lives ripped apart because racists love criminal idiots.
• Sarah Gailey's soup recipe.
• I did not know about the Great Squirrel Migration of 1968.
• Stardew Valley is going multiplayer on Switch, so I probably need to buy one.
• Yes, but I'd change Peggy to "Founder and First Director of SHIELD," since she was, and Carol's to "Boss of Space," because that's her title.
• I need to remember that:
• Episode 8 is when Syaoran first shows up.
• The sub I'm watching calls him Xiaolong.
• Toya was totally going to throw down with a ten-year old because he was messing with his sister.
• Episode 8 is also where Rika's creepy relationship shows up.
• I don't really want to dump $50 on an RPG book I'll never use, but I also kind of want that cool art.

Wednesday: I live in a miso desert.

I went to WF today, largely to check it out.  It's similar to the other ones, but a bit smaller.  They have a nicer meat counter than I've seen elsewhere, so that might be my go-to meatery.  They also have no miso, so ordering from Amazon might just be the best option.  I also meant to get bread, but totally forgot.  So either I use leftover probably-not-great rice for tomorrow's lunch, or I swap in a bratwurst bun and have a bun-less bratwurst at some point.

A decade ago Steak and Shake had closed.

I also maybe discovered a major bug in some code at work today.  I'm going to run more tests tomorrow, and probably send a note for someone to double check my thoughts.  I think this goes the wrong way to explain a mystery, but I should think about it more.

• I didn't know this entire story.  Doctors who don't listen are worthless and shouldn't have jobs.
• The Vatican uses FITS for their image needs?  What?
• Dang sneaky fox!
• "The gay penguins (right) screamed at the straight couple when they suddenly reappeared "

Tuesday: Being a grown up sucks.

Because you have to deal with all the crap yourself.  Like the shitty health insurance system that I've spent the last decade nicely insulated from.  The good news is, you can call people on the phone, get them to donk around the schedule to better fit your schedule, and get them to send prescriptions to Target so you can pick them up later that day.  It's less convenient than having them just get shipped to your door, or being able to do all that online, or the combination of the two, and being able to do them at 2:30am if you feel like it, but I guess it's better than the alternatives.

Also I had to inform the doctor's office that Hawaii is six hours behind the east coast, so if no one answers, it's probably because it's like 2AM.

But I went to Target, and didn't buy this shirt.

I am not a kids 2XS.

• Are we not doing phrasing anymore?
• I am looking forward to Carol's movie.  I am also hoping that when she and Tony finally get together, she tells him to shut his damn mouth.  That is the only bit of Civil War 2 I want to see.  Carol and Tony fighting, because Tony is a dumbass, and Carol isn't (unlike how it was in the comics).
• So I'm the only one sitting here thinking that they could be Ace and that's perfectly fine?

Monday: the healthcare system is garbage.

I mean, I have insurance, but I'm supposed to call all the offices, and set up my own appointments with the regular doctor, and with any specialists, and then I need to call to organize prescriptions, and that likely involves passing tiny slips of paper around to people?

This is all stupid, everyone involved should be fired, and all companies associated with it should be nationalized.  Basically, it'd be like Kaiser, but instead of going in and proving you're a client, you'd go in, be alive, and then have everything sorted out with a minimum of hassle.

Yeah.  Sure, United.  I'm 100% positive this isn't going to be just another shitstorm.

• This was my ramen place, until they stopped serving the good ramen.
• These are good comics.
• I guess this is the Franklin BBQ recipe?
• 1.75 c ketchup
• .5c + 2 tbsp water
• .25c + 1 tbsp cider vinegar
• .25c + 1 tbsp white vinegar
• 2.25 tsp brown sugar
• 7.5 tsp worcestershire
• 1 tbsp chili powder
• 1 tbsp cumin
• 1.5 tsp salt
• 1.5 tsp pepper
• Mix it all, make it hot to combine, is done.
• Not as elegant as "CREATE TABLE new LIKE old", but it works.

Friday: Nothing worked today.

A list of things that didn't work:

1. The disks on the main cluster node.
2. The main cluster node.
3. Jira.
4. Google's understanding of current restaurants.
5. The test server.
6. Parking.
7. Half the things I tried to make work today.
8. The sky.
9. The health insurance webpage.

It was not the bestest most productive day.  Plus, I should spend a good chunk of the weekend writing and planning a talk.  I think I'm going to make it mostly figures, because that's most likely to be useful.

I did get an etsy package today.

It was full of glitter.

 I was surprised, and kind of blew it all over.

Also the art I saw when Julie sent me a link to the artist.

• It's called racism, Ben.  That's the big issue.
• I got mail about this yesterday, and didn't know why I'd ever use it.  Then Julie was sick and couldn't schedule an urgent care easily.  This would be super easy to use from the couch, where I could be sick and get my doctor-ing done without leaving the house.
• I don't know, something something Squirrel Girl.

Friday: Solving problems, making other ones.

Plus I keep having tests fail, so I'm going to half-heartedly try to diagnose them this weekend.  In addition to writing other stuff.  And planning a talk for a week and a half from now.  And unpacking.  And cleaning.  I probably should not plan as much for weekends.

And the problem? A stupid missing ")".

No image, because I couldn't find one.

• You can spread pork now.  Spreadable pork.
• Neil Gaiman has more books than I do.

Sunday: I hate a certain state

It has poorly maintained roads, it needs to add lanes to the ones ot has, the people need to not constantly drive in the left lane, and they need better signs.

But at least I had breakfast.

 Which is good, because I didn't eat lunch until 4pm localtime.  I have no idea what time this really is, because time is even more of a joke than it was before.

But at least lunch was Qdoba.

 And then I drove another 5+ hours.

And had Qdoba for dinner too, because I'm a grown up, and I can do what I want.

Eventually I made it to my parents' house, where I've had mail delivered.

So, Pokemon Go+, remote control/keyboard/mouse, dvd set, cable company check, and house-warming mixer from Julie.

Tomorrow is laundry and repacking everything for the final leg of the journey.