LadyCrimson

I raised some baby squirrels as part of a wildlife rescue volunteer thingie once. Fed them with the syringes, weighed them on scales, and all that. I think if the cage was big enough you could have them indoors, but yeah, they'd probably not be the best or safest pets (those claws of theirs would require major protective clothing if they wanted to scamper around on your shoulders, heh). When we first moved in this house I made friends with several of the yard squirrels, who would hang out by the glass door every morning waiting. One took treats from my hand and would waltz into the house to grab nuts from a bag if I left the door open (I miss that one a lot). I had a lot of pics from then, which some here may remember. Then the cat-neighbors moved in and I got worried and stopped encouraging them, so they went away.

Japanese dwarf flying squirrel.

Capybara's at the zoos are one of the first pens I go gaze at. They make me think of giant guinea pigs. I still want a squirrel as a pet. Also:

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Yeah, I don't really expect to find one, at least not any time soon. Does make one wish they were good with programming/gaming engines themselves. I'll be interested to see how that Frontiers game turns out. I know there have been some discussions on the topic of non-combat in games before...it's not that I mind fight-combat existing, it's more that it's just so same-y, with everything in the game designed around being better at it in order to progress...and at this point it's become dull as dishwater. Going through the motions. Maybe I'll go back to Cribbage.

Thinking about it further, I do/can understand wanting some level of tension sometimes etc, but seems like you can get that tension from something other than some enemy attacking me. There's plenty of tension/stress in real life that has nothing to do with combat, after all. If you're exploring a cave, can't there be tension from wondering if the roof or entrance is going to cave in on you? Whether that crumbly old bridge is going to hold your weight and what measures you could do to help ensure it could? Whether there's a huge colony of diseased bats and if you disturb them you might get bit? Or even just a visual/sound tension, from having to walk a narrow cliff edge with the wind screaming around you and getting vertigo looking down? I'm not sure I even know exactly what I want, exactly. I just know I haven't found/seen it yet.

Frontiers looks interesting, although perhaps not the level of "graphic shiny" I'm in the mood for. Still, conceptually it's closer to what I might be interested in. Sometimes I wish you could combine the sense of explore/discover of Myst with the 3D-shiny environment and some of the task orientation of rpg's. Which doesn't mean I want devilishly difficult puzzles, btw. I dunno...sometimes I want a virtual fantasy world that doesn't have a ton of "point" to it, other than to pretend you live there and are wandering, exploring, meeting people, surviving. I don't even care about having an over-reaching story arc. What if I want to pretend I'm a wandering Bard who just likes to travel the world, sing for his supper, explore a dungeon/tomb/cave now and then, see stuff, collect souvenirs? Something like that.

Finished Season 7 of Dexter, started Season 8. All I gotta say at this point is .... poor Deb. I couldn't stand her character for most of the show's run, but now ... just ... poor Deb.

"Is it here yet? Is it here yet?" (repeat all afternoon until a box shows up on the doorstep) ... "Yesssss!" ...time to eat jerky and watch the baseball game.

Khan was originally written as being of Nordic descent in early drafts (before he was called Khan, actually)...and I think the creators of Into Darkness didn't want to "demonize" anyone of color/Eastern descent this time around (this is probably a post-911 US reaction). But I do know what you mean. Once Montalbán iconized Khan, it's pretty hard to see Khan as being anything but. Still, I think Benedict was fine in the role as they made it. He's not the same power-hungry but charismatic/gentlemanly, studious, curious about the future ST:OS Khan that Kirk unfroze and dealt with..he's a Khan embittered by being forced under duress, for months, to do stuff he didn't want and hence hates the Federation from the get-go. Me, my main beef is still the new, rage-y, outwardly emotional Spock. Zachary is fine as the actor, but talk about changing the character 180 degrees. And I don't mean appearance. I really really have to ignore the fact that's supposed to be Spock every time he starts shooting angry sparks from his eyes. I just pretend he's a different Vulcan, maybe with Romulan blood mixed in.

Yup. Small plastic pet container I put 'em in while cleaning their main cage bins.

Hubs: Are you hungry? Me: Not really, stuffed my face a few hours ago, still rather full. Did you want something? Hubs: Thinking about pizza. Me: Get one if you want. Don't know if I'll eat any, but pizza you always can eat later. *30 minutes* Hubs: I'm back. Me: *sniffsniffsniff* Dang that looks good. Maybe just one slice...

I need to get another dwarf ham, so I can get new pictures.

I feel like immersing myself in some graphic-shiny exploration game ... but I don't think one of those exists. It's all MMO or shooter/action or rpg with less emphasis on graphic shiny. Something with the crafting/items of rpg's but otherwise mostly an exploration sim. ...tired of combat, I guess, probably why I can't seem to get into much. l-click, r-click, 1, 2, WASD, l-click, shootshootshoot, swingswingswing, castcastcast, 100xp-ding.

Ah. Makes sense. Has the Legendary drop rate truly improved significantly on the PC version since release? I know they say it has, but in action how noticeable is it? I had all kinds of toons (most up to at least lvl 40) way back then and I farmed/grinded with a 60 a fair bit and only had maybe 6-8 drop over 2-3 months and all those chrs.

Still just muddling about in NW:Online (mostly the Festival, collecting petals/shirts, making squash soup...). Once the Festival is over I'll probably largely lose interest again. I have 3 lvl 60's now, but still use my first, main DC for 99% of anything combat/play related. I did go a little further into the Feywild stuff ... mostly to get the first two "boons", which are a nice stat addition and easy to get. After that ... yeah, it's just a whole lot of dailies done over and over to acquire tokens and such to be able to enter another new area/dungeon etc. Major major grind. I'm not sure I'd call it new content, just a few new dungeons with a convoluted, aggravating process of gaining access.

The question is, are they good legendaries? By plans, do you mean the crafting? I didn't know they had legendary for that. Last I played I think they were yellow/rare colored. Are you sure they were Legendaries, or did you mean Rares? ...but yeah, I'd kinda doubt the PC version would go that high for the gold Uniques. If that sort of console drop rate is average (vs. you just being really really lucky), that's a lot higher than even D2 ever was.

Lava lamps, man, lava lamps! ....don't know if there's a singular search term for such things. It's like trying to 'net-shop for "pillow" without having a name brand/particular named pillow you're looking for.

It's that time again - beef jerky order sent. Also, my Sherlock Season1 comes with the original 60 minute pilot (vs. the resultant 90 min 1st episode). Think I'll watch it while eating lunch. Apparently it's quite different in locale settings and pacing/plotting, altho also very much the same. Why didn't they tell you? That's rather messed up, imo. It wasn't by her request or something, was it?

The mic may be bad, but at least you don't talk incessantly every second, which I appreciate.

The Sessions - uncomfortable topic (at least I'd guess to most people), tastefully done. But rather slow. Helen Hunt and the male lead (sorry, don't feel like looking up his name) were very good in their scenes together. And if you ever wanted to see Hunt full frontal, well there you go. Altho tbh, I was looking more at her face, because there's something a little off about it these days. Not enough flesh on the cheekbones, too much makeup, too much botox, no idea.

Yeah, that was my problem with it too - well, outside of the original insane difficulty, which I hear they've totally gimped now. And the loot, which has at least improved at this point. But mostly that there was no appeal to creating new characters/starting over like in the previous games. Seemed made to have one of each character and when done with that, just sit around waiting for new content. Like an MMO. Edit: Can't really blame them for that tho - it's sorta how a lot arpg's go now. eg, BL2 is kinda the same way.

Bought season 2, 3, and 4 of Breaking Bad (had the 1st ssn already). It's on Netflix, but one day it won't be. Also, Star Trek Into Darkness is out, so I snapped that up. Because of Benedict, of course. *dreamy sigh* Now to finish watching Season 7 of Dexter. At the very very end of Season 6, hubby's reaction was a big fat grin combined with an "OOOPS!" I hear Season 8 will be the last of Dexter show? I wonder how they'll end it.

My brain is greasy fried from too many late nights. Serve it on a plate for dinner. Which means it's totally time to drive downtown to shop and lunch with some buddies right now.