January 16, 2016

This morning I woke up and finished reading The Westing Game. I thought it was a fun book and I appreciated the ending. Often times with a book you are given a happy ending but left wondering what happens to the characters after the story ends. In The Westing Game the main story ends but then it jumps into the future twice to let you know what happens to all the characters. I liked that.

This afternoon I started playing Life Is Strange. I got the first episode of the game in a Humble Bundle. I think it was the Yogscast one in December. I have been interested in the game since it came out because it looked liked something I would get into but that was during school and I knew I didn't have the time. Now that school is starting again on Wednesday, my time is running out. So I jumped into it today and I am really liking it. I'm clicking on and looking at everything. I made it through the first episode and had a coupon for the rest of the episodes so I ended up buying them. Tonight I started the second episode and probably got close to finishing it. At least I think I did because it felt like I had been playing it for awhile. I'm not sure how many different endings there are but it is definitely a game with replayability because there are several instances where you make a choice and are told it has an impact on future events. It would be nice to have the time to play through it a few more times, but if that doesn't end up happening I'll just have to look up the different outcomes. With this playthrough I'm trying to make choices based on what I would do in real life. It would be fun to go through again and pick the opposite.

I also started playing HuniePop tonight because I was in the mood for a match-three game. I had heard it was a bit over the top and that was a fair assessment. The fact that it is completely voice acted, and that the voice acting isn't that bad, is impressive. My main complaint with the game at the moment is that it is more of a dating sim than a match-three game. I didn't realize how much work it would take just to get the the match-three game. So maybe not the best choice to sate that mood, but it is kind of fun and some of the dialogue is pretty amusing.

Before playing games tonight I sewed two more coasters. I tried a different method for the open edge and I think it looks better. Before I just sewed the three sides before turning it right side out. That created weird corners on that side. Tonight I tried sewing a few stitches on either side of that fourth side in order to created corners like the other ones. It worked pretty well but the thread is visible on one side. I think I just need to sew a little bit more on that fourth side. I'm also having trouble with the batting stretching out when I'm initially sewing all the pieces together. That seems to be caused my the sewing foot putting too much pressure on the fabric and batting. I'm not sure if there is a way to adjust that or maybe I need a different foot. I need to look into it.

It is just after one o'clock in the morning and I need to go to bed. I've been tired for well over an hour and I would like it if I didn't sleep through all of tomorrow. I want to sew more and there are a couple more games I want to try out. One of my textbooks arrived today, as a nice little reminder that my life is about to be sucked back into the academic world. I'm not ready.