T w e n t y S i d e d
I’ve been to busy to play anything this week, and I forgot to write this post until after it went up, Whoops.
What are you guys playing?
Wednesday Action Log 02-12-25
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Doin’ Some Life the last few days
I have spent a lot of the last few weeks “being a parent.” I have also spent about half of that time extremely sick with, the best I can tell, a bad cold. Everyone but me complained of flu symptoms (body aches, etc) although that only hit me very briefly. Not to brag, although saying that is inherently bragging, but I handled this about as well as I could handle an illness. It was clear everyone had been/was/was getting sick, so as soon as I felt it coming I started taking NyQuil every six hours. I slept for about 2 1/2 days straight (not in one sitting…the most I’ve ever done from sickness in one sitting was 18 or 21 hours). Following the sleeping, I would take one DayQuil (my spellcheck says I should replace this word with Gayquill, or something like that, which is funny) during the waking hours then one or two NyQuil appropriately. After a couple days of that, I was down to, and currently am, taking DayQuil only if the congestion gets bad…which it hasn’t (gotten worse than it normally is…we live in an *extremely* dusty area.) Along with getting meds for a few other people and making sure they take the medicine, the last few days has primarily been focused on horror movies, house cleaning, and YouTube. And being a parent.
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The Turn of the Millennium; I am Two
I may not have energy for creative writing right now, but I do have energy for non-fiction, which was actually my specialty in college. I’m not going to promise any schedule or series, if there will be one or forty. But, if the inspiration strikes, I do have many amusing short stories from my real life that I’ve meant for a long time to write down.
This one in particular is from 1999, and my first tangible memory ever. Usually someone’s first memory is a mildly amusing but confusing, like being told about someone else’s dream. It just doesn’t hold the same oomph to the people listening as it did the person living it, and really only people who are in the story are interested.
“I’m in the living room, Sesame Street is playing, I have a block in my mouth and I’ve just noticed I have free will.” Good, but just doesn’t fill up a story like something later in life might. That snippet is actually my third or forth memory.
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DM of the Rings Remastered CV: A Subtle Hint
UPDATE: Ah. So THAT’S where the “rocks fall” joke originated!
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Wednesday Action Log 02-04-25
I hope that everyone is excited for at least two more weeks of me just playing Infinity Nikki.I can never remember what type of formatting to use so I am just running amok using whatever.
Not much to say except that I keep playing, thinking that I’m going to run out of content, but than the game just gives me a whole new thing to work on for a few days.
What are you guys doing this week?
Dangit! Human fights flu. (Ding! 27)
Paige is out sick so no usual Monday post this week, instead you get me being mildly grouchy. It occurs to me that Peter and I spend a lot of time apologizing for being grouchy, when dad made an entire career of it (according to him, anyway).
Where’s Bay been?
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DM of the Rings Remastered CIV: Girl Trouble
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