LadyCrimson

I am still ... making maps in 7 Days to Die. First it was huge Cities. Then I switched to mini-cities, but oodles of them everywhere. Then I tried to change hills, plains and mts. parameters but I can't seem to force the game to create maps that don't have giant sections of flatland. Then after every map I have to comb the POI .xml to see if it randomly generated most of the specific buildings one would want in a single map (gotta have at least one of certain Tier5 buildings!). If I sorta like one, I then have to recolor the biome map so stuff I want is in the "right" biome/s. At any rate, 100's and 100's of maps later I still have yet to make the perfect map, even considering the limitations of the default generator. ...someone smarter than me make a new version-update of a 3rd party map generator again, before I go insane, please.

These look like they would work well as bookmarks. I would like to order two each of blue, orange, grey and black, plz.

Movie, not series, but Netflix, so in this thread: Seems like Train to Busan zombies (the trailer/show even references it once, which is funny) set in a school? Might be good. The older male actor playing a teacher - I've seen him in a few things and he's always oddball or creepy fun. Tho I'm sure his role will be smallish w/focus on all the teens.

Tried to watch that Midnight Mass short series. The actor playing the priest is fantastic, I'll give it that. The show itself - 3/4 into the first episode I knew it was a Salem's Lot type of plot. 2.5 episodes in I was tired/bored of all the moral/point of view debating dialogue-ing. Is it a bad show. No. In fact I could point out quite a few good qualities. But it felt like a mashup of one old series and one or two modern series with nothing really new to add, with that now-everywhere dreary-grey visual atmosphere, and just isn't for me at this point.

Old stuff, rock of gilbrator. New stuff, marshmallows.

Finished that ballet k-drama Navillera. Towards the end a very ... predictable? cliche? ... health plot point came up and then there were a couple episodes that dealt with that which kinda made me snore a little. It wasn't bad, just too predictable. At least there was no truck o' doom. The leads/some of the supports (male and female, loved the old mans wife and granddaughter chr.) were mostly why I kept watching at that point. The very end was ok but then was ruined by a ridiculous final parting shot bit. At least it was 12 episodes vs. the more common 16. That all said I was still mostly entertained with it, in that slow and "life affirming" sort of way. Hmm...what to get/take off my watchlist next...

I'm kinda hoping I'll have largely given up games, or decided I don't even need a PC at all, or am dead, before I am forced to use Win11 for anything. Mostly because I don't like hassle anymore. I think (new) games should still be supporting Win10 for another 6+ years at least, right? Or maybe I'll just use a console+recliner for gaming by then.

I force (powershell) uninstalled Windows 10 Photos apps because it was causing problems with the software I actually like to use to quickly look at images or videos. Once removed, everything went back to normal again. >.> I removed most of their "apps" ages ago but left a few like that and Paint cause you figure what problems are they going to cause right. Maybe it was that last update I did a while back - it can take me a long time to notice small things. And they seem to have added more r-click context menu items (to more of their stuff that I never use/care to use) that you can't remove without registry tweaks and ... ... time to remove more Windows "apps." Edit: I feel like they keep trying to stick their app fingers into all your pies without asking. Go away, MS.

Maybe most people wouldn't want/don't want to truly live forever, but at the same time, no one lives long enough.

As I was roaming a town, idly punching zombie's faces because I can, I felt like I was reminded of something. Then it hit me.

When you realize you can alter file parameters to make a map generator spawn bigger single cities, spawn less or zero smaller cities, change lake sizes, etc etc. And you spend all day trying to create the "perfect map" with perfect spread, certain buildings you want, maybe take a quick look at some, make another, repeat forever. All while knowing that even if you manage to get it, you likely will never "play" it. It passes the time tho. >.> Not enough "downtown" tiles STILL NOT BIG ENOUGH

For a few months now, neither local stores or Amazon Fresh have had my diet Mt. Dew in cans. Ever. Sometimes they have 16oz plastic bottles, sometimes not. I prefer cans. Strangely, whenever up at the new house, the stores around there have it/are apparently hoarding it, so whenever I go up I check and buy some. Hubby went up there last night just without me (just paying/checking in with a handyman dude, coming right back). He texted me a picture with a thumbs-up over four 12-packs of my caffeine addiction, with the word "SCORE" I love my man. Btw, he's not an adult, either. It's probably why we get along so well.

Oh, I agree with that. Just keep them to televised pay events or whatever, dunno. But if you're going to allow such events, I assume usually because money, apparently they need to do a better job/be a lot more strict, is all. >.>

Sure ... but it's still pretty irresponsible to get a positive result and just ignore it like that vs. going elsewhere immediately to get retested to be sure. Although imo that shows more how ineffective these measures are at actually screening people, in terms of preventing "postives" from entering public crowded events. But I'm not sure what they should do. Stamp their forehead with a "DISEASED" temp tattoo so they can't just waltz in through another line doesn't seem like a good/ethical idea either.

^ Probably said before but longest my hair ever was, was about the small of my back. A little higher than the hipline I guess. But another factor of (my) aging is hair brittle and thinning. The density of hairs per inch. Mine used to be flat but super dense and my brushes would be almost clean of hair/breakage was minimal and my clothes/pillows etc. would never have hair on them. Now I seem to be shedding all that extra density like a cat in summer. So far it's ok because it was so extra dense to begin with, but I'm starting to wonder if I'll be egg-bald when I'm 70.

Btw, I'm 53 now. I was still in my (late) 30's when I first started showing up in this forum. How bizarre. ...y'know how I didn't quite shave my head earlier this year? It's all maybe 4 inches long now. I think it grew back way more grey than before. I became used to not having to "take care" of hair and it's super annoying having to consider it again. I may buzz it off again in early summer.

..the white cat at around 1:52...I can't even, lol.

^ I finished that Blade of the Immortal movie. The massive ending fight sequences were impressive for such a thing. I also remembered there was an anime version of the story/manga and that I had actually tried to watch that via Amazon Prime a while back. I think I found the anime too weird and didn't get past a few episodes. Maybe I should try it again. And also, the main antagonist looked familiar - and the actor had more charisma than the lead protagonist - so I looked him up. Apparently he was the lead in that live action Bleach movie that was on Netflix. Quite a different role/acting style.

Well, as I've probably said in various ways before, I'm not sure I'm an adult even now, despite what it says on any gov. records. I've never had a career-path type of job but I worked lots of retail and had my own housecleaning "business" (just self-contractor, basically, with a full-time number of clients I'd scrounged up) until I was in my late 20's. After that it was occasional part-time or single-job tasks, then it became "retired." In retail I was apparently smart enough or likable enough managers/owners kept wanting to promote me and send me to management ... classes? training? ... but I'd always say no thank you. I learned I do not deal well with certain types of stress triggers (depression/suicidal tendencies back then) and also had a few terrible employer/co-worker "me too" type experiences, and thus most of my life has been about studiously avoiding putting myself in situations where such stress triggers or situations could occur.

I watched that Shang-Chi and a buncha-glow-rings movie. It felt slightly less USA super-hero-y than most Marvel. It was also totally absurd (sometimes to the point where a good-natured/fun chortle leaked out of my lips), the action was cool and visceral but so over-choreographed and/or CGI there was no sense of danger/suspense. It had most/all of the cliches and shallow development you might expect, and I likely will never care about watching it again - but for some reason, I quite enjoyed about 90% of it. Maybe I just liked most of the actors/actresses. Or maybe it was that cute faceless fuzzy creature. Or that water dragon. Or ... =========== ...after that I started to watch 2017's (live action) Blade of the Immortal, a Japanese Edo-period supernatural samurai movie. It's supernatural because the maiin chr. has been cursed with immortality - but not of the fun kind. Gets to feel all the pain, but it doesn't kill him/he heals up, even if stuff is cut off. Based on a manga I gather. It starts out interesting/stark, with a bit of old-timey feel. Half way through however, the many one on one fights (there's a vengeance plot because of course there is) start to feel too one note and repetitive. Tends to be an issue when someone is, y'know, "immortal." Good/well done bloody fantasy samurai action tho.

See the most I care about house arrangement is that the new "PC cave" is set up pretty much like my current one. Although I am considering some minor adjustments (a U shape vs. a long L shape). That's about it. We put no decorations on the walls, don't care about dining tables/furniture/pretty, anything that looks like HGTV. Black bedsheets are my "window treatments" half the time. We're pretty spartan/not much to consider. That said, that big riverside park that'll be only 10-12 minutes (walking) away is something I want to check out in late Spring. Probably won't go there much in general but it's a new thing and I want to see it. Maybe I should get a bicycle again for it. I think my life doldrums is more from being effectively "retired" for many years already, and a lack of desire for social hobbies/difficult to find new isolationist hobbies I enjoy. I'm starting to remind myself of my mother's mom when she was in her early 70's, except I'm 20 years early.

Wait what

Imagine being someone with a ton of dust, pollen, material, smell etc. allergies. Like me. Can't even go grocery shopping or pick up take-out half the time without their heating/ventilation systems or the detergent/perfumed aisles or car exhaust etc. causing my nose to swell and sneeze at some point.

I remember buying Cat Quest on PS4. It was cute, and it felt Diablo-ish in a way. Or something. Then at some point after several hours every time I went into a dungeon or tried a quest I had my furry ears handed to me on a plate and there wasn't much more I could grind to level up/get more powah and I just quit. I'm not sure if it was really that hard or if I was just lulled by the cuteness to expect something that required less than a few braincells of thought and was irritated when it started to become ... not that. Edit: I should say I did enjoy CQ, what I played. It's still on the PS4 actually, just never turned it on again.

It's like when you drive a car off the lot. Immediately drops in value. ...come to think of it, I was able to return that car I bought. Years should come with time-back guarantees! Then I'd still only be 30!