June 10, 2017

 This morning I first woke up around eight o'clock, which was less than six hours after going to bed, so I said screw that and went back to sleep until eleven o'clock.

After waking up I read a little bit and eventually got ready, loaded up, and headed to my Mom's house to do laundry. While I waited I watched Star Trek: Voyager, read for awhile, and took a nap, because apparently nine hours of sleep wasn't enough.

My Mom followed me back to my house because she found a small bookcase for me today and it wouldn't fit in my car. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet but you can never have too many bookcases.

My Mom also had cornstarch so tonight I was able to make the biscuits that I wanted to make yesterday. I had the genius idea to use the dough blade in my food processor and it made everything so much easier. I had to mix the cornstarch into the flour to make it pastry flour and instead of whisking it forever I just pulsed it in the food processor. That also combined all the other dry ingredients. Then I was able to mix up the yogurt, dill, and scallions in a bowl and throw that into the food processor. And I would say they turned out pretty well. They aren't something I will make on a regular basis but they were good and the whole process made my my house smell great. I'm a fan of dill.

Tonight I watched YouTube videos, played Tera, and also played Creativerse. In Tera I didn't really accomplish very much. It took me forever to figure out how to get to a specific area in the game and when I finally got to where the map said I had a quest to hand in, there was nothing there. I spent so much time trying to get there and then nothing. It was kind of frustrating.

Creativerse is a game I got quite some time ago, played it for awhile, and then kind of forget about it. Since I last played it I guess it was officially released. I didn't really notice that much different about the game. I was hoping they would add a creative mode in like Minecraft so I could just build cool stuff without taking hours and hours to get the resources. That did not happen. I still want a creative mode but one of their ways of making money is selling block packs, which people would be less likely to buy if there was a creative mode where they had access to all of the blocks already. They did at least add a peaceful mode so I don't have to worry about getting destroyed by mean things at night or in caves. So that's something. It is also still very dark during the night, which makes the game unplayable unless you throw down a bunch of torches because as far as I can tell there isn't a way to hold a torch while walking. I tried doing things at night a couple times and ended up falling into a cave every single time, so eventually I just ended up tabbing out of the game during night and clicking around the internet until morning. Tonight I built a small house on a beach and a tiny house inside a big tree. I didn't do anything beyond collecting resources and simple crafting. I just wanted some mindless fun.

While I played Creativerse I was watched a series of videos with Lewis and Sips playing Albion Online. I watched them the first time almost two years ago I think. I saw a trailer today and learned the game is being released in a month and it looks like it has potential. It looks very tedious and grindy, which I kind of like in a game. I also like that if I wanted to I could just farm the whole time and set up a shop and sell my food to other players that don't want to farm. Or I could spend the whole time mining and sell or trade ores to players who aren't mining. I haven't spent too much time researching it but I'm not sure if it is free-to-play or subscription based. I know there is premium status, but I'm not sure how restrictive it will be without paying a monthly fee. We'll find out in a month if I still remember the game exists.

It is now after two o'clock in the morning and I need to record my audio journal so I can go to bed. The goal will be to wake up at least somewhat early so that I am able to go to bed at a decent time tomorrow night. We'll see what my morning self thinks of that plan.