LadyCrimson

Errands...the morning warmed up quickly, making the black interior of my ride a sweat-sauna. Then arrived home to a rather warm home interior, and thus I'm now lounging around in an air conditioned room in my underwear. I love electricity. Time for another Netflix binge before the evening rounds.

But are the inside of homes still gritty brown? I mean, I understand the outdoors being a certain way on Mars. But inside a house, one could paint the walls blue or magenta or toad green and light it up with neon and strobes and turn it into a colorful disco if they wanted, right? ...I must admit, I'm tired of the sepia (and/or blue) overtones to so many things. Not that it's a new thing, they've done it for years. But sometimes I'd rather they use "natural" colors instead of trying to force a mood with some color tone saturation.

Resolution of your monitor vs. resolution set in the game?

There's a site for fundraiser/charity/fund-my-life stuff already. It's called GoFundMe. Not that I really care too much if the occasional fundraiser/life project makes it on Kickstarter (since I can just ignore them if I want). But as time goes on and they gain in popularity/audience, it does seem like KS needs to do a bit better job at screening and maybe pointing project applicants to these other sites for projects that skirt such lines. Or else change their rules/stated stance on such. Either way.

Chopped my hair again. And I do mean chopped. As in, unprofessionally, unevenly spiky in all the wrong ways like some deranged person. Weather turns warm and I just can't stand long hair anymore. Not to mention those hair-whorls. Still haven't tried totally shaving it yet, tho.

Ron White is awesome. That's it.

Forgot to add: I finally made myself watch the 2nd Sherlock movie (Game of Shadows). The first one was at least ok, but the sequel...yikes. The guy playing Moriarty was all right, but I mean come on ... the movie ... even allowing for creative differences/a new age of movie-making etc., that's not even close to Sherlock. I didn't even like it as an action movie. Ludicrous.

That would be pretty awkward in a living room. Running sideways, that is. Btw, I do like the size of the unit. At least it's not a ginormous footprint like an average treadmill. Not all of us have big houses with big rooms. Still, having to have two of them for local co-op would start to feel a bit cumbersome. I guess you could put them in different rooms but it's still a large piece of furniture for something that pretty much is only designed for games. Plus, my cat would freak out.

Hm, maybe it's time to try to adjust monitor colors more to my preferences. At least I can adjust by one "point' at a time. Six colors too, with hue/saturation levels for each color! ...nope, too red. ...nope, too green. ...too yellow. ...red is good, too much green, not enough blue/cyan ...nope, nope, nope *fingers fall off* ...why am I so darn picky? "Screw it, they'll never get it exactly right for my eyes, not like it matters what news photos, avatars or game screenshots people post look like." **sour grapes**

I miss the days when it seemed like there were local "computer/electronic conventions" every weekend. I know you still have (bigger, big-name, oft expensive) conventions in the big cities at certain times, but I don't mean those. Smaller, local ones. I liked walking around, checking things out, rifling through software, listening to local small business pitch people. Maybe there are still some around, but it's not the same. Today, after doing some typical Sat. morning things, I ate some lunch while ogling Scott M. from HGTV's "Income Property" (honestly, what other reason is there to watch that show outside of Scott? ) and am now considering a bit more yard work. The scraggly blackberry bush on the side of the house is getting a bit out of control this year. Trimming the top requires a ladder now, tho. Hm.

Probably the pic angle and wide angle lens. It's in there fine. Hm. Well I like my jerky pretty dry, actually. Moistness isn't my thing. Most jerky I buy I'll put in a bowl to let it air dry even further because it's still too moist. This stuff I bought has very thick slices and it's cut so you can't just tear a piece off...you're rather pulling bits off like string cheese, which is awesome. Mahogany has something they call Indian Jerky - long thin strips that kinda look like what's in one of the biltong pics, tho I'm sure the process/spices makes it not taste the same. A lot of jerky in the US isn't actually my thing...not into super sweet jerky for example. But I have a feeling I'd prefer the smoked vs. just air dried. Not that I wouldn't be willing to try it. And I definitely am a beef person. Tried buffalo jerky once (which was made the same way as the company's beef jerky). It was ok, but I could tell it wasn't beef, and I didn't much like it. P.S. I've done "beef jerky" in the oven, where it's marinated then just dried at super low temps vs. in an actual smoker. It was ok, but...not the same.

There was a 2000 Gatsby? Never saw that one. The Redford one has plenty of faults too, but I still liked it. I saw some low budget thriller/horror with Val Kilmer last night, called the The Traveler. For the type of film it is, it started off almost promisingly, but then devolved rapidly into a groan-inducing predictable cliche fest. And Val Kilmer's performance was making me giggle...not that he had much to do, really. The best thing about the film was looking at this one chr. for the whole movie, thinking "who is that guy? I know that guy." ... turns out it was the doctor from Stargate Atlantis.

I...must...have...one of those tents. ...that cat gif makes me feel like I shouldn't laugh at poor little kittah's misadventure, but I did. Loudly.

If you don't hear from me after today, I've OD'd on jerky and am playing a harp in the meat-lovers heaven. ...also...have they invented wireless pc hardware yet?

That's what a manual is for. (there will be a manual that describes a bit more than hotkey configs, right? right?) We were all newcomers to a genre/gaming at some point or another. One either has the patience/desire to discover/learn all those nuances for fine tuning, or doesn't. I'd guess/hope the game is still playable/winnable even if you don't care to bother too much about such details...it'd just be that much harder.

I'm not sure whether to laugh or to be creeped out.

I think I love Kirill's hair more than anything else. Also, why does YouTube's video loading suck so much so often these days....

I haven't been playing any pc games, but I've become pretty good at Remote Juggling. ...at least end of 2013 to end of 2014 should pick things up a bit for me, gaming wise.

That supposes you actually login to the KS site with any decent frequency. But yeah...maybe I'll test that out, see what happens.

Raw kale tastes a lot like the small leaves off a bunch of broccoli, only with a much more bitter aftertaste. I like raw broccoli/leaves, but kale...blech. Not to be added to my "green vegies that are at least tolerable" list. I wish green didn't seem to = bitter 95% of the time.

My attention span is about equal to a cat. Which is at least better than a fruit fly. I think. I mean, cats can at least sit still and stare at the same object/face for long minutes, even if they don't notice/care that their tail is floating in the water bowl behind them. The latter being more of an indication of individual intelligence rather than attention span. So Mr. Grey must have a 1.5 INT. I give Mr. Black about a 3 INT...but he has 20 CHA to make up for it. I wonder what a dwarf hamster would be? What was I talking about, again?

Ah...I missed that, just saw the email-icon you can click on and off. Do you know if that stops email notification of pledge reward surveys and the like, too? That's one reason I haven't turned them off on any project...I was worried about that.

No more overweight gamers?

I must admit the amount of updates on this KS can be a bit....over the top. There have been 5 in the past 30 hours, for example. But one can always turn email delivery of updates off temporarily, if one wishes, and just check the KS project page when one feels like it. Altho, I think that option turns off all project updates, not just a specific project. Still...it's an option.

Hemlock Grove: Realized I had watched the 2nd episode (thinking it was the first) by mistake, so no wonder I was all "huh?" Fixed that then watched a couple more. But then .... I skipped to the very last episode and watched that. It's a problem with having a season all at once. Or a benefit, depending on your point of view....like when you skip forward because the pacing of the show is so glacial/weird/soap operaish you end up with no patience to sit through 9 more episodes for the "answers." So...mildly interesting with some ok actors but ultimately pointless - a bit like a less-amusing Twin Peaks with a horror fantasy setting. House of Cards was much better.