December 30, 2015

Today was a lot of the same. I woke up, eventually ate lunch, and practiced sewing. I used batting for the first time today, making a small version of the coasters I eventually want to make. It turned out surprisingly well. Far from perfect but it could have been a lot worse. I also tried using the foot pedal without a shoe on. I don't know if it was that or the batting but it seemed a lot easier to control the speed today. It would be sweet if it was the lack of shoe and not just the batting because it would be nice to feel more in control of the sewing speed. Maybe tomorrow I'll make a first attempt at an actual coaster.

Yesterday I watched Pixels and today I watched the new Fantastic 4. If I remember correctly, both were pretty well hated but I didn't mind them. Pixels was definitely an Adam Sandler movie but it wasn't his worst and I actually thought it was entertaining. I thought Fantastic 4 was a good origin story movie. I would say a lot of the hate was probably people not wanting another origin story movie. I think there is potential for a sequel but it doesn't seem likely given the reception of this one.

Tonight Chipotle night was a little bit delayed because I lost track of time but we'll say it was worth the delay because my burrito was alright. After dinner I watched The Goonies and it has been way too long. It is such a good movie. I watched it on TV and after that, Dazed and Confused was on. And for some reason they are playing it a second time but I'm still watching it. It doesn't really make me nostalgic for high school necessarily because I didn't really do any of that stuff in high school, but it does make me nostalgic for hanging out with friends until the sun came up. I also like that it makes talking to girls look so easy. I need to channel that sometime. I'm only getting older here.

While watching movies, I played Tera. The friend I added last night was on but we couldn't go on any dungeon runs. Yesterday they were a level behind me but they must have been power leveling most of the day because they were up to level 60 tonight and I was only almost at 54. I think I made it midway through 55 but dungeons in my range only go up to level 58, I think, so a level 60 isn't allowed in. My best chance of getting the mount has disappeared. I was so close. Hopefully they slow down a little bit so I can catch up. Although I imagine the next set of dungeons cover 60 to 65. I'm going to try and ignore side quests for a bit and focus on the story quests because those have the highest XP rewards at the moment. My odds of getting the mount are back to next to nothing but I'm not giving up hope yet.