LadyCrimson

So did you two drag race down the town strip? Me: "search: "best cars for short people" result: main focus is on seating position and step-out heights, = a lot of cars I don't want (sedans). Although the Subaru Outback might be the best option (I can reach it to close, it has a grab handle, and it has automatic button). Maybe a small truck? No hatch then? Pffft. Darnit, I'd give 5 years of my life for another 6 inches in height (I'd be ... 5 foot 5" then!) I know I said I didn't want a plugin car, but maybe I should just get one of these for about town. Ah well, I don't have to think about it for a few months anyway.

Wait ... cars these days "force" you to update their software? I assume it's kinda like how phones want you to update all the time? Does stuff stop working if you don't? I know that Crosstrek had a bunch of stuff but I was hoping I could turn off what I could and ignore the rest, just treat it like a "car." Arrgh. Edit: I couldn't even tell where the fuel gauge was initially...it was a dotted blue bar surrounded by other led display stuff and... Hm. Maybe I should just buy one of these instead (Toyota Supra, 1990). I see some for dealer-sale with 50-80k on them, for $20k or so, sometimes. I wonder if you can get parts for it still tho. Not to mention, trusting the used car sales....

I got to some platform style (sorta) jumping and combat areas, went "is there going to be a lot more of this kind of thing?" and haven't been back to it since. It's an interesting technical and sometimes visual showcase and there were some aspects I did enjoy, but eh ... didn't really capture my imagination. I probably had more "fun" watching other people showcase the funky combat style in videos, because they were good at it and I am not. Tell me if it suddenly becomes an awesome game halfway through or something, tho.

Ok, I discovered a problem which basically decided for me. Testing it with a grocery run. Got groceries. Opened hatch, put in bags. Went to close hatch ... and I cannot reach it! The top/edge of hatch is too high/over my outstretched arm even on tippy-toes. I jumped and jumped. There's a rectangular plastic depression at bottom of door that I could juuuuusssst reach with the right jump, jam my fingers in that and try to pull it down, which I finally managed to do after a few tries. Went home, showed hubby. He said I'd need a stepstool in the car all the time or we'd have to tie a rope somewhere. 🤣 There is no automatic lowering of hatch etc, and it never occurred to me to check for such a thing because I've owned many many hatchbacks + been in friends larger cars etc. and never encountered such before, there was always a way to reach/close doors/hatches. Didn't occur to hubby either, ha. Lesson learned. I wonder if this will be only the Crosstrek or if modern hatch cars are often going to be like this now. Most of the ones we looked at were largely similar looking. I'm too short! Low-slung sports car it is?! Thankfully that $250 for the remorse-return option was well spent. I think we just lose the extra electronics warranty fee.

So, hubby thinks he figured out what was wrong with my original car. Went to a junk yard, pulled a part out of a car there (an alternator, which apparently Subaru discontinued making for my car/year), put it in. He says "the symptoms were really weird for that part, otherwise I would've realized sooner, but all fixed." I'm all "are you sure." "Yeah. ....so should we take that new car back then?" 😑 Honestly the Legacy drives better (ride, steering), but mostly since we felt so rushed buying the Crosstrek. We could maybe then just wait the 3-9 months for lot stocks to go up again, and be more picky then. Maybe I'd get a mid-life crisis sports car instead and hubby can get a Forester. I dunno wat to do guys! 🥴 Re: new car headlights - I think the Crosstrek lets you turn the automatic-ness off by setting them (on the lever) to O instead of Auto. Then they don't do anything on their own/stay off and you just turn them on/off manually like usual. Which is what I'd do, because I want ME to be in control of what my car does, when, as much as possible, not some microchips. Also, the way the Crosstrek largely turns engine off while idling (like at a stoplight) then starts again when gas pedal is pushed is too weird for me. Supposedly you can turn that "gas saving feature" off, but you have to do it again every single time you get in the car. It all feels like struggling to wrest desktop control back from Windows10....

I'm still going to wait for the Ultimate FF7-Remake, Remastered, 8K/RT/DLSS PC edition that will have all of them (however many that ends up being - 3? 4? who knows?) in one package for ... 🤔 ... $149? I might still be alive then.

The trailer was certainly entertaining/humorous, I like that. I still haven't played the first game very far, tho. I'll get around to it one day, I swear. Anyhoo, I think I'd be a bit more interested in Avowed then this one (especially if mod tools are given...), but I still hope this sequel does well, for Obsidian's success.

I could use one of those. I have a 3-day buyer's remorse policy to return the Crosstrek ($250 extra!) if I want, maybe I should.... Sadly I can barely stand all the microchip car stuff, I don't think I'm ready to consider a plugin/special fuel car even as a town-about. I looked that one up tho - it's a nice sporty looking thing, sweet. That weird pale blue color isn't what I would've picked but up here all the car lots are almost empty. Like, only a few buyable ones, period. If you ordered something it probably won't arrive for a few months, we felt rushed because of that. >.> We went to the lot, looked, left, came back 90 minutes later, test drove (only one they had left) ... and just as we sat down to buy, another rep wanted to know if our rep had the key for the thing because someone outside wanted to buy it. HAHA we got there first. Also: "Why do all the lights/headlights come on when I just want to unlock the door?" "Why is there a screen message of "Drift Lane" (or something like that) when I'm on a straightaway and am not drifting?" "Why is there a LED letter in the rear view mirror?" "I hate this backup camera/screen that flashes distractedly on automatically in reverse, can I turn that off" *press keyfob to lock doors* *reach out to door handle to make sure it's locked* "Why is the side view mirror lighting up and the door is unlocked?" (repeat a few times) ..."oh, maybe it's keyfob proximity." ... I had to put the keyfob on the kitchen table and walk back out to check if it was actually locked. Better really trust that keyfob to do its thing.... ...I do like not needing a key to start the engine, but that means the keyfob has to be tossed somewhere vs. hanging off the ignition. ...also, can I whinge that having to wait something like 12+ seconds for the power seat to finish slllowwwllyy moving the seat forward to where I want it (hubby has long legs...) is really annoying vs. a manual lever where I can scoot it forward in about 1 second?

"Wish Dragon" via netflix - well, the obvious comparison is Aladdin. But they aren't really trying to copy it, if that makes sense. No songs, for one thing. Different cultural setting. Similar story beats as most similar type films (since even before Disney's Aladdin...). Seems great for both kids and parents kind of thing. I really liked it. No it's not "great" but it's good, entertaining, and sometimes very funny/charming.

Well, *I* bought a Subaru Crosstrek 2.5L. ...did look at others with similar sizing/shape but just like 23 years ago, Subaru is seemingly only co. making cars like I want. I'm no speed/sportster driver but I cannot go back to the 1.5L type cars or whatever, especially w/an Automatic. And I hate trunks. ...unlike 23 years ago, we just wrote a check. 🥳 ...I'm going to hate all the computer crap of modern cars but oh well times are what they are. At least this one still has a manual parking brake, ffs. ...most importantly, the sales dude was a tall geeky fellow who saw my Pillars of Eternity t-shirt and thus we were talking games, tech, and gpu shortages during waiting moments.

re: 1 - I think it's partly because of all the up and coming startups, tech and biotech jobs, big famous companies. re: 2 - this is very true for most. The grass can be greener in some aspects in other areas, but it highly depends on one's job and job prospects. imo, if one is mostly only concerned with "more house for less money", that's true. But it's always going to be an unpredictable decision. Could work out much better. Could not. That is life, no matter where you live. And massive inflation is going to happen almost anywhere. I think it's going to get pretty bad, that inflation (not talking about just home buying) over the next decade. The notion of "needing" around a million to retire (before you're 70+...) is probably going to go way up again.

I know this is really old, but I just have to say ... this is (short) me vs. (tall) husband. His arms are stupidly long and it is so unfair.

I dunno if someone already posted the trailer for (what is now) Amazon Prime's film "The Tomorrow War", but one can Youtube it if you want to see it - it looks kind of generic, but it could be all right. I may try to watch it with hubby. Also, I've decided JK Simmons simply needs to be in almost every movie, even if it's a tiny role. And a VA role in every video game. Make it so.

🤔 ...I don't like the centered taskbar, although hopefully you'd be able to change it. ...they will really push MS account login and some stuff can't be used/accessed without it (altho most of that I wouldn't care about/use myself - you can still make a local account to install/most use). ...I'll never understand why some ppl get excited/aggravated re: design elements like rounded corners and window-opening animations as if it's newsworthy updating. ...he does address the possibility it's all an elaborate fake at the video end, and/or ofc even if not, it could change before release.

April article: https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/shortage-of-new-cars-expected-to-last-at-least-a-few-months/ar-BB1gabbR So is this going to feel like the gpu shortage? 😑 ...remember when cars (and lots of other things) didn't "need" microchips? Can we go back to those days? 😐

Two things: 1 - Hubby took this week off, so we were going to go up to Sacramento to look at a couple houses. Hotel reservation and everything. Then my car started to act wonky. Long story short we turned around and went home. We'll have someone look at it but I think it's about time for a new car. Mine is still low miles but many things can go 'bad' after years and years and years and it's not a car I love so much I care to spend lots fixing all those things. Anyway, maybe it's a sign the cosmos doesn't want us to buy in Sacramento. 🤣 2 - I did cut my hair even shorter. But it's still so uneven - that is, from certain angles/light it looks like balder spots vs. darker spots - so I'm still tempted to actually shave it. Then again I'm just being nitpicky and it's still short enough once it gets to be a few inches I probably wouldn't notice the slight uneven-ness then. >.> Regardless, while I've had "normal" short-ish hair many times. this level of "short" makes me observe a few things: --open car windows are now great! ... because your hair no longer flies around everywhere in the wind --my head is too cold in the morning/it makes me feel chilly. I don't like that. But ... --hats fit/are more comfy and stay on the head 1000% better with essentially no hair. My hair is too slippery or something and hats have always hated that/always fell off within 5-10 minutes. Knit caps now stay put and are fantastic!

...or will it be Win 10.5? Win 21? YourDesktopBelongsToUs? Or TheOSFormallyKnownAsWindows? https://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyleather/2021/06/14/microsoft-in-surprise-move-to-kill-windows-10-in-2025-new-version-coming-soon/

Ok, I finally got around to watching Invincible. Never heard of/read the comic etc. The first episode went like this: "Kinda bored ... haha kinda funny ... kinda bored ... kinda funny ... sigh/bored ... HOLY COW WTF?!" Overall the whole series: 75% slightly bored (especially a couple subplots), 25% of holy cow. For my burnt-out tv and superhero mentality these days ... not too bad, show, not too bad. At least it's mostly memorable.

You'd probably at least get tons of free beer/drinks.

^ How is Edge of Eternity these days? I remember playing it some a long time ago (kitty!) when it was still early access. I was kind of liking it although it was occasionally clunky. Then I must've been distracted or decided to wait for more updating and ... I guess it's full release just recently? Maybe I'll download it again.

I wonder when real estate home walkthru's won't have to be by appointment/one at a time anymore. I refuse to buy a home only viewing it via some online "Zoom video tour." Also, I *wish* the vaccine had given me telekinetic powers, even if that meant a cost of, say, a slightly shortened lifespan. I would've had so much fun. Sadly, it did not.

I've reached the point where when it comes to streaming media, I think I watch more YouTube than anything else. Anyone have any frequent posting YT film/TV related faves, reviewers or analyzers? I know of Red Letter already ofc. Or channels that like to analyze companies and their history ( Company Man is an example of that ) or general misc. analyzers of some kind (history, science, tech, economics). Ones that aren't "political" or agenda driven or Facebook/style/Just Chatting like fluff.

Fed up being "held hostage" re: needles/hospital. Looked on Amazon again, there are options now. Last time I looked (months ago) there was nothing, maybe covid had people stocking up or something. The brand the hospital gives me (and some others I looked at) apparently cannot ship to California, but some could (no clue why the difference). Nothing ventured, nothing gained and even if there's an occasional defective syringe out of the 100/box, at least you have some/more than hospital wants to dole out (or if the hospital messes up their refill records....). I mean, c'mon, what if there's a sci-fi apoc. and hospitals are gone? I need at least 1 year of syringes in my doomsday bunker just in case. After that stored insulin would be rare/not-viable - but I'd want the chance to live for that extra year, darnit!

I want to order more needle syringes. have 20 syringes remaining. Note: I only have that many remaining because I don't inject myself twice a day every day (maybe 75% of the time I do just one per day). Thus I feel like there is something badly wrong with this picture.

If my mother had seen a snake in the house she would have screamed and passed out. She wasn't afraid of much, but snakes were her major freak-out thing. I pulled this quick prank on her once as a wee kid with a jointed wooden snake toy and ... well, she did not appreciate it. Edit: also, there are plenty of on-paper attractive moderate homes in Sac, but I'm not sure I like the non-residential/shopping areas and other aspects there. Then again as I've said before I rarely leave the house anyway. But I have a feeling we'd be better off/happier just selling the Bay house in 10 years and buying/moving somewhere else cheap instead. Maybe next door to Keyrock. eh, thinking about where to live in old age is tiring. I'll just plan to die before we have to think about that too seriously. Problem solved.