LadyCrimson

Hubby had to go down to the Bay Area overnight re: work, for the first time in ages. Annnnnd - his car apparently broke again. Maybe the starter this time (not the same thing as previous). His sister can drive him around there if needed but re: coming home. It's a pickle. Shop is supposed to be open but y'know how often they want/need to take 2-3 days to get around to you. 😛 Maybe he'll get lucky. Either that or he'll be down there for a few days, or I'm driving down there for a 6hr round trip pick up and then again to get his car, or .... Edit: I'm not impressed with this moderately expensive used Lexus. Hahaaa, pfft.

^ School lunch periods in highschool for me was around 30 minutes. Again, don't recall exactly. Wasn't more than 40 max tho.

---my memory says my (public) schools had a short morning recess up to 8th grade. Highschool it became only lunch plus the time allowed between classes for locker-grabs and walking to next class. Classes were not a full hour, with 8am 1st class but other classes would end up with odd start times like 1:20. Can't recall if they were 40 or 50 minutes long tho. I think (highschool) my last class would end at 2:20 or 2:40 (I was home by 3). ---I don't recall ever having a school provided lunch, ever, let alone brunch. I always had a bag lunch mom made, or I just didn't eat (wasn't a big morning eater anyway), or during lunch kids would walk to 7-11 for a snack, that sort of thing. There might've been a few grades where they had a tiny cafeteria and offered milk for a quarter and a few other things but hardly anyone cared/used it if so. Just wasn't a serious thing/focus where I lived I guess. ---the only thing I remember from 1 year of Spanish is zapatos=shoes. Don't ask me why I remember that one thing, no idea. And I would agree US higchsool language classes are terrible. Only my sister can speak Spanish fluently, and a smattering of others, and from her own extra effort because she was medical and knew she needed/wanted it for patient communication.

Of course, I have no context and/or am not familiar with some concepts (eg, "Aeries") but it doesn't seem a very professional write up, which is kind of funny, since language teacher. Maybe they wrote it after 4 big glasses of red wine. Or they are hoping to actually discourage anyone from doing it, so they'd have less work to do themselves. "douchewaffle" indeed, perhaps.

Maybe Trump is using the Presidency to pad out his stock investments. eg, insider trading. ---joking. Although it wouldn't surprise me if discussion YT channels start flogging that horse. Listening to his rambling during that live session of him signing stuff in the oval office, he sounds like me having a bad brain fog day trying to explain how a dishwasher works and it takes me 20 minutes of mumbling.

Apple+ film. I like the notes of U2's Still haven't found what I'm looking for the start and end. But it made me wonder what happened to Portman's voice. She always had a throaty lower register at times but even normal speak tones have dropped tons (in interviews too), She's older ofc but she's not 80. Illness at some point perhaps? Not that it matters, my ears just notice stuff like that, is all. 😛 Film might be old fashioned silly adventure fun. But it's on Apple+ so I won't see it.

Heh, after writing the previous and walking away, I realized maybe I should've added something like "since we never had kids/grandkids we weren't even exposed in that way." I went from Mr. Rogers Neighborhood to Sesame Street/Electric Company, to Warner Brothers cartoons, to making fun of/shaking my head re: Barney, to thinking 15 or so episodes of Beavis and Butthead was actually pretty funny (stupid, but funny) but that was enough, to ... nothing. We did watch a couple of first/early seasons of Simpsons when it first aired (since it was prime time) I think but other than that I know nothing.

^ Ah, Spongebob, thanks. Heard of it, seen the yellow chr image. I don't think I've seen a single episode. Most popular/meme-like stuff/entertainment of that sort, from the early 90's into the 2000's, is probably like that for me.

Oh - I vaguely recognize that image. I have no idea what it's from tho. 😛

NMS: Abandoned Mode means I play a new start for 50-80 hours before growing bored and deleting the save, instead of maybe 15-18. I think this is mostly a good thing, although my sleep schedule probably wouldn't agree.

I'm guessing the more real-person (edit: or game chr) emulation avatars in that sim game are possible because of the AI help options. But not sure, don't quote me. Also, I recognize (I think) who all those avatars are supposed to emulate, except - who the heck is that giant crooked butt-chin guy supposed to be? I'm assuming it's kind of a caricature, but I do not recognize at all.

He could still have a stroke or something. What a joke and a ****show.

Finished The Bondsman. It was going around a 6.75/10 until the final episode/ending. That dropped it to 5/10 for me. What idiocy for an ending and "hey, maybe a season 2" setup. I could see one or two ways around the ending re: a ssn2 episode 1, which could save it but meh. It's not a bad show overall, decent cast etc, but the ending just left a sour taste.

So, I was probably 36 when I first joined here? I'm sure I was jokingly calling myself an old lady/old fart back then. 20 years later, I'm still/also calling myself an old fart, but it means a little more now. If I'm lucky, 20 years from now, same. The definition of old fart is apparently ageless.

That Naked Gun trailer - well, the OJ joke was pretty funny. 😄 Liam Neeson - in that Life's Too Short HBO series, he said he always wanted to do more comedy. Guess he finally got his chance.

Richard Chamberlain and Val Kilmer in one week. RIP.

The Bondsman - 1st two episodes. I thought it was going to be a bit more OTP/haha funny, like Tremors/Supernatural, Evil Dead, Drive Angry. There's definitely some humor (his mom's great), but it's more straight horror than I was expecting. I did kind of like it, it was mostly setup stuff, I'll try two more episodes. Also gave me the odd mixed sensation of "episodes feel longer than 30 minutes, but yet also feels a bit too short." 🤔

I think he says "uncanny" at least several times. But I'd agree with his main point - it's not ready/very early access. I mean, it looks dead/not lively, there's not much to do yet (I've heard), etc. In that other video what caught my attention is how often the sim seemed to get stuck on an object and the player had to move it widely to keep moving. And yeah, the pop in was pretty bad. Edit: the only Sims I played was the 1st one at release, when you could drown them in their own swimming pool by removing the ladders.

The Pitt, episode 13 - well that was a corker. To me not surprising, in terms of where it all went, but the actors pull it all off. Noah Wylie especially. Also, YT threw this in my algorithm and it made me laugh. I was never a huge Friends watcher, just sometimes after work in syndication, that sort of thing, but I remember that bit. Apparently current disc versions of the show now sold (and rerun cut versions) cut it out because of the song. they lost the rights to use it when copyright ownership changed hands or something (maybe to Disney?), so out it went. Shame. At least one can see it on YT.

Not that I feel strongly about it one way or another, but in terms of Inzoi, from what I've seen, it's one of those games that outside of the fancy chr. editor and maybe snapshot/zoom in modes, isn't that extraordinary visually. Especially if not on maxed out settings I'd guess. I mean 99% of the time you're going to be zoomed out so all sims are "top down far away", not selfie/studio-portrait views. Walking animations are ok but not great. City/homes/interiors are good but not "wow photo-realistic". Ground textures are meh. You can skip around this video to see this person running around the game a bit. I've seen what I'd guess are lower setting screenshots that look quite npc terrible, even. But still beats the Sims graphically by a country mile. Edit: which is what a lot of people want now, hence its pre-release hype. I've waffled between semi-interested to look at it and not at all interested. If it's ever out of early access and on sale, I might try it. Life/social sims aren't really my thing tho, so I'll likely forget about it again by then. And that Himalayan/Ragdoll or whatever cat gives me more weird uncanny valley than the human "sims".

Hubby: "Wanna go to the grocery store later today?" Me: "Sure! Yay! Excitement/event of the week! Maybe we should get some early dinner too?" ...such is our life at the moment. Although last week, hubby's car broke, mine wouldn't start/stay juiced even after jumps with a portable power/jump unit thingie, and the van needed a jump (that one worked/stuck). Hubby's car now fixed (dealer shop), mine has a new battery. I guess lack of excitement is sometimes better.

Becoming a little "bored" of NMS again. 7 Days to Die major update not for another month or two. Or three. Or a year. Never know with them. >.> Manor Lords also has the pacing change of a snail. I don't care about another map, slightly more useful walls, or a 5th type of meat processing, I want the talent tree expanded. What to do, what to do. I appear to have reached a place re: gaming/personal zoned out brain status where, for $5, maybe I'd enjoy this for a couple days. 😛 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3244220/A_Game_About_Digging_A_Hole/

If you're bored this list of smaller Netflix "originals" is something you could sift through. They're older and smaller than what netflix tries to blockbust promote a lot. I've seen Spectral, Cargo, 1922 (didn't like that one too much) and Gerald's Game before. Are they great movies. Nah, probably not to most people anyway - but I did like the other three decently enough so I may check out the others. Have seen some of the others in Netflix menu, just never tried them. Text listing:

^ My husband still can't be rude/abrupt to salespeople, whether in a store, at the door, or on the phone. He'll let them do their spiel while I'm standing there rolling my eyes. I'm at the point where if it's not family/a close friend etc, I will at minimum say "No thanks, not interested" and change topic and/or simply walk away. Life's too short to waste on being overly polite all the time. Phone/door solicitors I'll say "no" and hang up/shut the door immediately. I once had a woman follow me in a large parking lot, asking for money. I said no, and no, while walking rapidly, but she followed me for about 12 car lengths, trying to guilt me, before she got the point. I've had less and less of that kind of thing - possibly because I dress like a half-homeless person myself these days. eg, not a good mark. This is why, even if I had several million dollars, I would still dress in old baggy pants and well worn t-shirts and not care if my hair is tidy. Better to be underestimated. 😛