This morning I woke up at eight o'clock, which is earlier than I like
on days where I don't have to work but I had a haircut this morning.
Which I scheduled as incentive to actually get up and not sleep
through the morning, so it worked.
While talking with the lady who cuts my hair, I mentioned how popular
the jigsaws at the library were and she asked if we needed any more.
I said we did because we were having to put the same puzzles out over
and over again. She said she had a box of ten puzzles that she got
for her mom but the pieces were too small for her. I figured she
would bring the box in and I would pick it up next month when I got
my hair cut again. But she ended up having the box with her because
she was going to give it to one of her other clients, who was going
to take it to the senior center. She told me that would also be a
good place to go for puzzles because they apparently sell them for
$0.25 a puzzle. That is really good to know. We could go buy a
bunch, use them one or twice, and take them back so they could be
sold to someone else. It was a very informative haircut.
I left there shortly before ten o'clock so I took the long way to my
back because they don't open until ten o'clock, because they're a
great bank. When I got there I was finally able to deposit my
Christmas check and the check my friend gave me to repay the loan I
gave him several years ago. From there I picked up a breakfast
toaster from Sonic because I hadn't had time for breakfast and I was
starving. Then I headed to my Mom's to do laundry.
While my laundry was going I looked through all the art books I
checked out and watched the presidential inauguration. My interest
in watching was similar to the interest of those who watch NASCAR for
the crashes. Regardless of party affiliation it still seems
unbelievable. It's not because he is a Republican (at least at the
moment), it's because he is Donald Trump. I texted my friend and
sister during his speech that he needed to learn how to inhale
through his mouth because his really loud nose breathing was really
distracting. And my initial impression of his speech, as texted to
my friend, was: “His speech was basically a paint-by-numbers, hodge
podge of word salad, out of place in our time period.” It seemed
like he was just saying words to say that he said them, regardless of
whether or not they were in the right order. And his insular view of
the United States, seemingly ignorant of the fact that we aren't
capable of being a self-sustaining country in this modern world of
global economics and politics, was astonishing. It sounds like he
basically wants to model our economy and existence on North Korea. I
don't think that's working too well for them so I'm not sure where
the inspiration comes from.
When all the inauguration stuff got boring I switched over to Star
Trek: The Next Generation because it is a great show and it makes
me happy, which I needed after the inauguration. I needed to see
people acting logically and with compassion for others, regardless of
their appearance or who they were. I shouldn't have to abandon the
real world and turn to science fiction to find that.
I also read more of Sphere by Michael Crichton, which I have
been trying to get through for quite awhile. It's not because it's a
bad book, I am actually enjoying it, I am just highly distractable.
And I keep checking out other books.
After my laundry was done I packed up and headed home. I spent the
rest of the afternoon watching YouTube videos and playing Farming
Simulator 15. I didn't make any accidental $100,000 purchases
today so I would say it was a success. I also got pretty good at
efficiency, often having my combine, cultivator, and sower all
working on the same field at one time, occasionally rushing in with
my sprayer, so there wasn't any downtime. Like a fine oiled machine.
I think after my next round of harvesting I want to dip into beets.
This time I will actually buy the appropriate machinery to harvest
them.
I don't know if I'm going through a really late growth spurt or what
but after being really hungry this morning and having to get Sonic,
and then really hungry two hours later for lunch, I was also really
hungry when dinner rolled around. Normally I'm eating just because
it is the time when I should be eating, but today my decisions were
definitely based on hunger. It was interesting.
I changed up the game I played while recording my audio journal, this
time going with Crashlands, and in the process of making sure
the game audio was low enough, I discovered that my microphone wasn't
working in OBS. I unplugged my microphone yesterday and it
apparently wasn't automatically detected when I plugged it back in.
When I checked the video I made yesterday, there was only low game
sounds, none of my talking. Kind of annoying. Thankfully, Audacity
is smarter than OBS and the actual audio recording was fine. In the
future I will be more observant.
Crashlands was fun. I
haven't played it in quite awhile, so I had basically forgotten all
the missions I was in the middle of and what everything was called.
But it slowly started coming back to me, thanks to the Wiki. And
even without knowing exactly what I needed to be doing, it is a great
game to just zone out and play. I love being able to just run around
and collect things without having to worry about inventory
management. Having to manage my inventory is the worst feature in
any video game. I hate it and I love that I can carry all the things
in Crashlands and not
worry about having to decide to drop something in order to pick
something else up. It's great.
Now I'm going to go to bed because
it is after midnight and I have to wake up early to go to work
tomorrow. I have a personalized reading list to look forward to and
formatting a spreadsheet of ILL book kits. Hopefully it will be a
nice, quiet day.
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