LadyCrimson

if my life was (a lot) more interesting I probably wouldn't be on forums. Case in point: I'm bored again. A couple weeks ago I was re-reading some fave books and I could really use some new ones but I still don't really want to buy e-books, and even places like Barnes N Nobles seem pretty lackluster for browsing shelves when you have zero clue/idea what you're looking for anymore. Maybe I should be looking in non-fiction now instead.

I was almost interested in the FF7 remake just in an action kind of way, but then heard while it has an ending, the actual ff7 full story is still going to be split between two (or more) games. So ... pfft. Supposedly it'll be on PC eventually too. I'll wait, then. I was mostly intrigued because I read that the Hard mode means you can't use any items in combat, or at all, or something. That could be an interesting mode. They should have done that with FFXV, honestly.

(warning: lots of language) This is why I'm not playing Nioh2: ....why did I not discover this guy before now? His crazy/purposely silly vids are usually hilarious.

Occasionally hubby calls me by my name and I don't respond. Because it isn't LC.

My upper back/spine went haywire again (PSA: always use non-slip thingies in the shower/tub ppl, so you don't have potential long term injury flareups like this), so I've been mostly alternating between standing and lying down, (sitting tends to be very bad for it, for me, because spinal posture changes too much). Extra large heating pads are awesome. btw, y'know those joke pictures of people using game controllers while lying nearly flat? Can anyone really do that for more than 15 minutes? It's way too arm-awkward. Just saying.

The Sinner via Netflix - watched 1st episode of this series a long time ago, forgot about it. Finished the two seasons available (there's a 3rd, not on Netflix yet). Both were good. A bit of a slow burn pacing but good stuff. Each season is a different case, with Bill Pullman's repressed detective chr the only constant. First two seasons were both 8 episodes, a decent length for it. Jessica Biel in the 1st season and the child actor + Carrie Coon in 2nd were highlights.

Apparently our CostCo may have toilet paper but they're only letting in 50 customers at a time, which is why there's a waiting line around the store all the time. You could be standing in line for a couple hours. So we tried going to grocery store at crack of dawn. One still had none but the 2nd store did. They seem to be stocking a certain amount once a day and when the shelf is empty/out, they don't restock it until next morning - so we finally scored a 4-pack of big roll TP. 1 per customer/day/trip ofc. Could try again in a couple days to have two packs and be ok for a while again. So lesson learned: go super early to get your "ration."

I wouldn't call myself a misanthrope but I'd probably be closer to Gorth's sentiments than not, and I've been like that for decades. I've always said I like, admire and care for individuals, but am not a huge fan of humans as a species nor hopeful regarding human species longevity. eg I expect us to fall by the wayside far, far sooner than some other past earthly populations/species. But it doesn't mean I actively wish "bad" on humanity. I simply don't see humans as more deserving/worthy over anything else, is all. I think about the honey bees dying off, and other such things, just as much, if not a tad more, than this pandemic, if that makes any sense. ================= My original reason I was going to post in this thread: Chris Mann did a not-funny video with a thank-you-workers theme. I don't think it's the best thing ever but I read a lot of the comments/stories under the video, many from those "essential" workers, who were glad/grateful for his expression, and *those* are what touched me. Individuals, and the smaller but meaningful social impacts between them. Those are the bits that occasionally give me hope that we - as a species not just the current era of "civilization" - might at least last yet a while longer. Minus a giant asteroid impact.

There was a gender toy convo elsewhere that I was reading, and it reminded me of the reason I never got into playing with humanistic dolls. Of any gender/type. Those late 60's or whatever walking dolls that were very tall. When my grandmother bought one and turned it on in front of my 3 year old self. I kept running away from it, hiding behind mom, it would "chase" me. Humanistic dolls have creeped me out ever since. Stuffed animals for me! I mean c'mon, the blank expression, the weird noise. Only 3-ish and I clearly recall it. Childhood trauma, man! (Grandma's was worse than this one, might've been a little bigger, walked better, and I think it moved its arms up and down a bit too)

Bokishi still the screenshot master! Never got into those games (did try one of them once) but definitely looks visually fantastic. I still love my old or older-graphic style games but I'm also becoming such a resolution/immersive visual ho', at least for certain types of games. Edit: Also, agree with this.

Bah, camera is too centered on him, so unless one has a major crush on Reedus (I don't) it's still too limited. Not replaying those funky combat chapters or those movie-long cutscenes to try there - plus those would be really spoilery. That's enough of that.

We tried to watch Uncut Gems. Does Adam Sandler act up a storm? Sure, I guess. He reminded me a lot of John Tuturro in a way, particularity the Quiz Show role. But the movie itself ... neither hubby or I liked it - camera/editing work, was there a plot outside a chr. study of a really unlikeable chr? and we turned it off after 35 minutes or so. Just not our type of movie is all. So we then watched something on Netflix called "Freaks." Low budget sci-fi/thriller. Shades of lots of other movies but plotwise it made me think It was decent, although the kid character was a little too psycho to be sympathetic initially. Might have been on purpose however. Lots of recognizable faces in it. edit: spoiler tagged my view of the plot - even that basic description of it might be a little spoilery.

Ok, changed my mind on image quality. Once you figure out how their aperture, focus length and other settings work it's not bad actually. At least on the PS4-Pro/4k. Going to take creativity to get cool shots that don't feel completely Sam/Reedus-centric. You can remove him from a shot but I mean I'm terrible at "scenic" stuff, pfft. Anyway, it's not a 1000's of shots game like FFXV (combat animations are few and repetitive) but I suppose I'll use it a tad more than I thought I might.

Speaking of auto work, I suppose on hindsight we gave that mechanic we took my car to a couple weeks or a month of grace maybe, hah. We got my car back over a week ago. Runs/seems fine now. We heard of the plan to send Fed checks or something and worried they'd send something to us when we don't need/want it. Glad to hear there's a limit scale and cap. The govnt aint/shouldn't be bankrolling your Telsa or excessive shopping habits, k?

Had pizza last night. It was sooooo good. Sure beats frozen vegies, cereal, sandwiches, soups and noodles. Thank goodness take-out is still available.

I thought this guy was familiar. I guess he was on a season of The Voice on Christina's team. One of those good ones that you still yet forget all about once a show is over. Man his expressions and stuff are so funny. I hope he makes a few more.

Well, they added the Photo Mode to the console/PS4 version of Death Stranding due to demand (was only going to be on PC I guess?). It's decent like most in-game photo modes now, but per usual, it's not even close to Ansel re: camera freedom and the like. Plus image quality is still ... current console (hoping next gen will really up the ante re: in-unit taken screenshots/videos). But you can change the expressions on Sam and change BB's pose in the pod, along with the typical filters.

Daniel Radcliffe has had an ... interesting ... career since Potter ... and I admire him for it.

What? LOL omg. I have no idea what's going on in Picard show but that write-up of the finale had me in stitches. Sounds horrible.

Here's hoping she recovers.

It's been long enough you can surf YT all day and find all kinds of Corona parodies. This guy is like the hilariously try-hard goofy dad you wish you had. His altered lyrics are on point tho.

^ People have been wondering about the "death" of theater film viewing for a long time now. This could be it. :P

He's sweet. As the top video commentator mentioned tho, should've changed it to Sweet Quarantine.

Bit of language in both.