July 14, 2017

 Today started well. I woke up kind of early, read Wonder Girl vol. 1, went back to sleep, and eventually got out of bed. I then struggled with my Vive controllers again. I ended up uninstalling SteamVR and reinstalling it, which got me to the place where I need to turn each controller on and plug it into my computer real quick before it turns off, leave it plugged in for several seconds, and then unplug it. After that all is well. Kind of annoying but I got it to work consistently throughout the day, so I'm not complaining.

I also used live chat with HTC to inquire about my missing Steam gift card and game code. They were immediately able to give me a code for the Steam gift card, so that was cool. They said the game code would be emailed but they were a bit delayed. So I will continue to be patient.

Not long after that I got a call from the library and one of the librarians asked if I had written an article for the Sunday paper. I had not. It had never even crossed my mind. A month or two or three ago they upped the number of articles we would write each year. Normally it was every six months and I had in my mind that my next article was in October. On the plus side, I do have an article in October. On the down side, I also had one due this week. I offered to write one quickly but I guess the paper was just going to run an advertisement instead. That kind of sucks. Like a lot.

So the rest of my day was tainted with the knowledge that I really dropped the ball for the library. I had fun reading and playing VR stuff but there was that nagging reminder that I kind of suck.

Speaking of VR, the guy I chatted with today about my codes recommended QuiVR, which is basically a tower defense bow and arrow game. I really like the bow and arrow game in The Lab so I downloaded the QuiVR demo and it seemed pretty fun. I could only do the basic training mission shooting at targets, and shoot bad guys from a window, but I could see the potential. It's currently still in Early Access and cost $20, so I'm going to hold off until a sale or something, but I'll keep my eye on it. I played a few other games throughout the day and I also finally got to try out Everest VR. It was pretty cool. I have always thought it would be amazing to climb Mount Everest. But I am nowhere near physically fit enough and I like being alive with all of my fingers and toes. I'm not big on risking my life unnecessarily, which is what climbing Mount Everest is. I also don't like spending lots of money, and even if I start saving now it would take decades to make enough to get anywhere close to even base camp. So I'll stick with the VR experience.

And we have reached that old song and dance. My audio journal beckons. Tomorrow I will probably be working on homebound stuff all day. I will also still be annoyed with myself for forgetting about the newspaper article. Something to look forward to.