LadyCrimson

The rumors re: power usage of the 40xx series - that 850w PSU might not be overkill anymore. Maybe I should get a 1000w one. I wonder, if it takes 1 to 1.5 years before we see it ... will we be able to buy one or will the situation be exactly like now? I was able to skip 30xx series but I bet I'm going to want the 4080...but I sure don't want to pay $3000 for it.

Months later I find myself slightly ... and I do mean slightly ... more interested in trying this thing. Because more and more I'm less interested in desk-chair sitting. It'd be easier to use one of these while sitting on a porch. Then there's wondering how much Valve will actually continue to develop it - eg, a 9"/1080p/OLED version someday. vs buying the first version. Depends how successful they deem it I suppose. Although I have to wonder if using one of these for any extended duration/periods would just give me a neck crick.

Ended up watching the rest of Hellbound since it's only 6 episodes. The first three episodes alternate between interesting to a little dull to really annoying (especially this one "internet influencer" type character that was given way too much screen time). The last three episodes were much better/more compelling. The two halves are almost feel like two different seasons - with separate cliffhangers/climaxes and there's a big time skip involved - and while it kept up the weird basic premise, the chrs and story elements were better in the 2nd half. Except one of the main antagonists in the first half, that actor did a great job. A sequel is obviously expected. So....another mixed bag.

7am and a giant destructo-truck in front of the neighbors started up, to grind/chip up that tree they chopped down yesterday. It is very loud. ...could've waited until 8am at least.

Cowboy Bebop, episode 1 - (remember, I only saw maybe 1 episode of the anime ages ago) ... well, Cho is good/adorable. the set/cgi mostly looks pretty good, and ... that's about it for me. The major action bits, it's weird because they seem like they would be at least viscerally engaging but there's something a little off about them, that sort of ruins any kinetic energy flow. Image composition, frame pacing, actor motion/editing, I'm not sure. Overall, can't say whether it's good or bad vs. anime, but it's all a little too "noir" with some choppy paced editing choices and that "Netflix original" vibe that doesn't suit me that much. It's not terrible tho. Apparently Hellbound, a religious/belief (?) horror/kdrama, also is now available so I switched to that. Despite the "monsters" being stupid looking vs., well, hellish or horrifying, so far it's more my style. I can say that it's no Squid Game, however, so don't expect that level. ...will probably go back to Black.

Black - another k-drama (sci-fi/fantasy/thriller/melodrama/a little romance) I've had listed for ages. Probably watched half the first episode way back when but ofc remember nothing so started over. Basic premise is personifications of Grim Reapers/culture, a woman who sees "shadows" next to ppl and thus knows they'll die, a specific Reaper in human form to do a task, and a two decades old crime mystery. A lot of the episodes are over an hour, some close to 90minutes, which isn't typical. The first episode is so full of setup that it's rather confusing. You're just all "what/who/where." It's interesting and maybe even compelling, but it's all over the place. 2nd episode some dark/wacky humor comes into play and while you're still left in the dark for some reason it starts to make more sense and you're becoming hopeful that all these threads are going to come into play at some point. 3rd episode, extra melodrama and backstory comes into play 4th episode I'm fairly well invested and starting to make guesses about how those threads are going to connect and whether it'll be good or disappoint. ...but now I have to take a break from Black to try Cowboy Bebop.

---today neighbors fully chopping down the semi-large/bushy tree near the fence to build their in-law suite. I wasn't feeling in too huge a hurry to be truly moved into the new house (since this time we have luxury of not being rushed) but suddenly I would like to speed up the process. Sadly end of Dec. still seems like the earliest. ---slouching in bed trying to find TV to watch (usually failing), napping, on repeat ---also, all the traveling back and forth has been bad for my eating habits/routine/"willpower". Gained a couple pounds. Too much chocolate and meat sticks. Pffft. Winter blahs in full-effect.

After taking a break from it for a bit, turned Sword and Fairy 7 on last night. Following the main quest (finding/rescuing people or something), I was immediately assailed with ... a stealth section. The kind where you have to sneak by guards and if you're detected, you fail. I hate that kind of thing. But the game was kind enough to at least re-load me forward if I'd passed each section, so didn't have to start from the very start each time. And it wasn't too long, so tolerable. Then I reached the next area and ... a freaking timer started. It's a fairly long timer and likely game will be forgiving about it, but that's not the point. L-stick steer-slide down a mountain, minor QTE's, short stealth...I can tolerate it if it''s not frequent. But I hate timers. *game off* Edit: more and more it feels more like an adventure game vs. an RPG, and where I don't feel like I'm playing so much as I'm being guided on a leash with no personal agency, so to speak.

It wasn't on Netflix in the US...I might've actually tried to watch at least one episode if it had been. Although from the sound of it, I missed nothing. Kind of like how I watched that first "free" episode of Picard and knew right away I wouldn't care about the rest. Any continuing adventures of the ST franchise is pretty much dead to me.

I've seen pics occasionally where their face can look ok, especially ones with smaller than average ears, but yeah...they are like giant hairless newborn rats otherwise. Not really my thing. I have become rather picky about cats/what I'd want in one these days tho. So it could take a long time of checking humane societies or no-kill shelters etc. I like getting ones that are 8mo. or older so you can tell more what you're getting adult-wise.

Different topic: ...different house. Bored with games and other things. Maybe it's time for ... another cat. ...but, but, the hair.

The past couple years, I've been refunding video games more and more often, and I'm one of those lazy/oddball folks who almost never returns/refunds anything.

^ I don't really care one way or another re: legal future of bitcoin/mining, and I certainly don't mind anyone making some extra bucks with it while it's available, but it does make me wonder a bit how long it'll be around, is all. People debate the longevity or usefulness of bitcoin etc. and to me it just doesn't seem like something sustainable long term. But what do I know, as usual.

Dunno if this has been mentioned at some point before, and it's not really my type of game (per usual) but seems like something some around here might be interested in. Of course this is Alpha so who knows if it'll end up being actually good or not. That said, I do like the aesthetic/art of it ... dark, creepy, weird.

Real-time combat, party-based, 3D/modernish (not top-down/isometric/IWD style), not-overly-cartoonish action/rpg's? ...one reason I've been trying more East-Asian games is because of the above. But there's not a ton of them (on Steam anyway) that at least have English subtitles. >.> Single character combat/no party banter and party side stories apparently (usually) bores me and I feel like 90% of Western/US games have gone that route/or it's always been that way maybe.

Don't know what you're talking about.

Hometown Cha Cha Cha ended up being sort of a mixed bag. Some elements I liked a lot, some I didn't care/neutral on. By the end there were some side stories I liked more than the actual main lead romance factor (this trio of elderly ladies, for example, would have liked a lot more with them instead). Altho one side story had too much emphasis. The main couple had ok chemistry/were cute I suppose (and dimples galore!) but something about the writing was off/not-likeable so it just had little emotional impact by the end. Would've been better without the brief "danger" conflict moments too.

^ Most people I've seen who post about more casually using a single card to mine, talk about $100-$350 a month or so made (lower is likely, I assume, because they're not actually mining 24/7). Which if you're buying such a card in the first place, why not I guess. At least in 4-10 months you've maybe paid for the card, right. ...haven't some countries banned mining at this point? I feel like I read that somewhere. *pause* ... oh, it's mostly that they want to ban Bitcoin itself (China, others), although an anti-mining regulation movement seems to be getting a foothold because "environmental/inefficient energy consumption ratio reasons."

Noticed one of the k-drama's I had watch-listed was completed/all episodes, so I could finally try to binge watch it. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha - I was interested in it because of the lead actress, Shin Min-a, who I'd seen in another kdrama long time ago. She is adorable/great (and has the cutest dimples). I think it's a slice of life/drama/romance. Couple episodes in, it's mellow/sweet/charming, occasionally funny, the typical life-changes/smaller town type k-drama stuff. So far, so good! Might not sleep much tonight.

I need to try making artichokes like this. I've always just cooked them with no embellishment and ate them with a little mayo-based dipping sauce. Also, watching this lady, like for many others, is kinda like watching/listening to my grandma. She is/was precious (she passed some years ago at age 98). Her grandson did the filming.

Yeah...they used to let you choose by genre categories but at least via console-app that doesn't seem to be an actual option anymore - just "Movies" and "TV" or whatever it is. You can sorta get around it by typing in well known genres (or actor names) in the search bar - like the other night I typed "wuxia" and it did come up with a fair number of such titles - although it probably didn't list 100% all of them. I think the genre tags (action, anime, drama, romance) are still in there, just not in a click-choice format. They rely too much on that personalized algorithm stuff now. Edit: looks like if you type romance, the category Romance shows up in the list for you to click on, vs. only seeing titles with romance in the title. EditEdit: for anime they have: Anime, Anime Series, Japanese Anime, Romance Anime, Anime Moves, Action Anime, Animation, Japanese Anime Series, Animated Movies and ... Animal Kingdom.

...took some bags full of minor "stuffs" and my mom's old couch and spent yesterday at the new house. Apparently I'm not so old that I can't still lift/carry one end of a couch. *flexes arms* ...they left a fridge (it'll go in the garage, I like ours better), washer/dryer, and hey look, free silverware and lots o' other mom-era kitchen helpers! ...hubby puttering around current house with an ever increasing list of "small things to do before we could rent it." (new garage doors, replacing some roof seals/gutter work and other such things). Hubby: "I'm going to remove that old/useless roof satellite TV dish from the roof." Me: "So if I hear a giant thud ..." Hubby: "Just ignore it." Me: "You realize I was talking about your old-man rear-end, not the dish." Hubby: "Just ignore it." Me: "Okie dokie."

Why I rarely watch films/tv etc. anymore ... 1:50-2:10 - so totally me. Totally.

Hubby drives with no shoes or flip flops a lot, because of his large feet I guess. He'll put shoes on before leaving the car etc. As a kid I certainly went barefoot/flip flops a lot. As an adult ... I can't stand dirty feet that leave dirty footprints everywhere and I have to rinse off every time I want to sit in bed or anything of that nature. Or when I had them - cat hair feet. So I'm the weirdo that may be stark naked around the house but still wearing socks (slippers in most of the house, but kick them off in bedroom doorway or chairs). I probably have 5 dozen pairs of socks.

Dear sock makers - you already wrap them in adhesive paper circles, so could ya please stop tightly piercing the stacks with those tiny plastic things that get caught in the threads when you're trying to freaking remove them, fraying/weakening half the socks? Thanks.