It’s 9:50 pm. I am waiting for Risen to download from Steam.
I am so, so spoiled. It used to be that to get a PC game, we would have to get into a car and drive up to Asheville along twisty mountain roads for an hour, brave the mall, and then drive back an hour. Now I am downloading this game and I am all fussing because it takes fifteen minutes.
I am a completely epic fail on the writing front today. Last night we watched some weird horror movie with Beacon in the title. Some movies, like Insidious, are subtle about their ghosts. This one was “boom! here is a ghost for you” in the first ten minutes. As a result of this, Kid 2 decided to make a nice bed on the floor of our master bedroom and I didn’t sleep that well. I didn’t have nightmares, I just didn’t sleep that well.
Woke up tired. Wrote 500 words. Realized that Eloisa James mentioned Fate’s Edge on Twitter, w00t! Had a small wee! moment. So then Gordon decided to go out to send things off and buy dog food. He came back with a loaf of Italian bread, salami, Swiss, Provolone, and Colby/Jack, and a bottle of Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon.
I know absolute zip about wines. I drink them and that’s it. We long ago decided that Gordon would actually remember what is what, but even I knew right away that Mondavi would be yummy, because I remembered it.
So we did bread, wine, cheese, salami, sliced apples lunch. I had two glasses. Not full glasses. Not large glasses. By the way there is such a thing as a glass that holds an entire bottle of wine, just in case you weren’t sure your social skills are being sufficiently recognized and you wanted to be extra classy.
Where were we? Yes, I had two half-glasses of wine.
I passed out. I almost passed out on the couch, but somehow made it upstairs, and landed on the bed, and then someone turned off the planet.
I woke up with a great effort at four pm, having slept for two bloody hours like a log. 
And then I had to scramble, because I had stew in the crockpot and I missed the window of adding potatoes to it, so I had to boil the potatoes separately.
Result: no additional words was done. My total for the day was a description of Andrea in a dress and Raphael in a tuxedo. Also Kid 1 gave me a lecture about cheating on my diet. We are doing the joint diet, you see. I try to lose weight and she is trying to gain it, because I have moved from concerned to alarmed in regard to her not eating breakfast or lunch. So tomorrow I go back on the low carb diet and make kaboodles of words happen.
I am not sure what to write. I mean I know in nebulous terms what to write, I just haven’t though through the particulars. I think we should have dogs of some sort chasing them at some point. Magically vicious dogs. Hmm. I don’t know, it may have to cook some more in my head.
On Intense Relaxation, Damn It
Gordon, growling in a manly way: Arrrgh
Me: What is it?
Gordon: In Temple of the Elemental Evil, when you level up, you can reroll to get maximum amount of points. My dwarf is stuck at 29. I keep rerolling, because I know he can go up to 32.
Me: It’s a game. Don’t you just want to enjoy the game and have fun? Are you having fun rerolling instead of playing?
Gordon: I want the most points, damn it.
Me: You’re trying to have the most intense relation experience possible, aren’t you?
On Getting Older
This video comes courtesy of Miriam who emailed it to me. :D
I know – I’ve had days like that, too – but sometimes the mind/body needs to turn off for a while. I like how Gordon needs to have the most intense relaxation possible. It’s like taking a Yoga or meditation class & having a drill instructor yelling “Breathe, Dammit, Breathe!!”
BTW, did you like Insidious? I haven’t seen any of the Paranormal Activity movies, but a friend & I saw Insidious at the theater. I liked the premise of the movie, not sure if I liked the execution. (& the actors, they were good)
uhhh steam is both good and evil.
it’s nice to get the games fast, but as you point out, suddenly 15 min. is a long long time.
steam is also the reason for whole nights suddenly disaperring.
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Um… I want the bread, wine, cheese lunch please. Like now. Except I can’t. I’m driving today. bleh.
Was Insidious good?
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I liked it a lot. You have to watch it closely, because ghosts pop up at really random times.
Insidious had a really old-school vibe for me, which some people like and some people don’t. I found it pretty interesting, and the surprises do tend to suddenly pop out at you. It’s definitely good for some jumps.
Sorry for your bleh day. But it made for a great blog. It is always entertaining to read about your life. Thanks for the video; I’m glad I now know what is wrong with me has a name.
Well, a description of Raphael in a tuxedo is really important so I think the day was a success.
See, I was right. I keep telling everyone I’m not forgetful, its a disease!
Okay, picturing Andrea in dressy dress and Raphael in a tuxedo… now wiping drool from chin. Dreamy sigh while gazing into space.
For some reason, I’m picturing Raphael as Marc Anthony. or vice versa
Age related AAD? Oh thank God, I thought t was early onset dementia.
Seriously. I figured I’d had a series of mini-strokes. Now I can just act the doc for some pills.
I’m trying to lose weight, too. It’s hard. A friend of mine talked me into doing Couch to 5k, and I found that I actually really enjoy jogging. Well, not the jogging so much as the feeling of accomplishment I get when I can go farther than last time. Add swimming, lifting, and better eating, and I’m finally seeing some results. Good luck with what works for you!
About 5 people I know are doing Couch to 5K with great results. Good luck!
Thanks so much! I graduated from Couch to 5k, moved on to Couch to 10k (I started in the middle), and jogged/walked over six miles a couple weekends ago.
When I started C25k in June, I could barely jog for 60 seconds, and I knew there was *no way* I’d be able to complete the program. But I did! I definitely recommend it!
I know all about the horror/joy of low carb – it’s difficult to begin but once you get the hand of it it works like a dream – my household has been low carb for 4 months and it’s working, without the exercise. Co-workers so jealous but I miss pasta
Oh gosh! I’m just like Gordon when it comes to games. If I miss something in a game, I’ve been known to either backtrack no matter how far back in the game it was or completely restart the entire game. Yeah, I have issues.
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Ilona —
If you are struggling with nodding off, trying to lose weight and fatigue, and the keed needs to gain weight — could there be a genetic component? Some doctors estimate that as many as 42% of Americans are gluten intolerant — or simply gluten insensitive. Not full-blown celiac, but serious enough.
The combination of gluten and an illness was killing me, body and creativity. Giving up gluten not only allowed me to lose 50+ pounds and recover my creativity, it saved my life.
I tossed together some posts on giving up gluten to tempt a friend into trying it for a month. I published it in January, since that’s when most people give such things a try. The series starts here:
http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/2011/01/03/testing-the-waters/
For when you have a moment, if you’re curious. Wishing you success and new energy however you find it!
This may get me banned. I hope not, but didn’t you already chase Andrea and Raphael with a big mean dog? In Magic Mourns?
Loved Age ADD. I suffer from that all the time. I swear I spend all day busy but look around and wonder wth I did all day
Good luck on your diet. Now I want some wine. Crap I forgot to mail the letter dh wanted me to mail today. did the kids do their homework? what was I just saying?> Oh well. whatever
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OMG!!!! I loved that video. That pretty much describes my day!
I used to go on amateaur ghost ‘hunts’ all the time in Gettysburg, PA. Loved every thing about it. But I can’t watch a scary movie to save my life. I’d probably have ended up sleeping with the lights on if I’d seen either Insiduous or Paranormal.
Can we bribe you with more wine for the Andrea/Raphael descriptions? Pretty please?
I love Steam, I havn’t bought a game on disc for about four years now – I just buy them during the Steam sales (Yay! Halloween sales in just a few more weeks!)
I’m currently having a blast with Dungeons of Dredmore – a completely retro top down dungeon crawler, and an irreverant poke of fun at the genre.
Good luck with Risen, I really that too – hmm – might have to have another playthrough of that myself now
“enjoyed” – I really enjoyed that too – /sigh – pokes self
Magical, demon dogs with horns!!
Ah, ToEE, that radial menu is a b—-! I laughed for hours at the traveling bard, though. (Random encounter, I think)
Gordon sounds like my boyfriend – although mine makes ‘lists’ for leveling-up purposes, meticulously wringing every experience point and level up point on whatever game he’s playing for maximum effect, with zero wasted talent points. When he irritates me, I clean and move his lists. When I irritate him, he makes more lists. Symbiotic.
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“Gordon: I want the most points, damn it.”
This is one of many reasons we want to toss you at Mana Punk.
I agree with CarMS that getting the description of Raphael in a tuxedo made it a successful day. Yeah, you didn’t make you word goal, but after a restless night following a scary movie, and a lovely bread, meat and wine lunch allowing you to (allowing sounds nicer than making, doesn’t it?) sleep a couple of hours, you were just starting to catch up on your sleep. As full as your days are, you are entitled to blow off a day or two here and there, without beating yourself up.
Good luck on the diet. Do you have to resist carbs that are in the house for the rest of the family? That always makes it harder – stuff you aren’t supposed to eat always calls out for you to come eat it, even if you aren’t hungry. You are strong. You can do it! It was also a really good idea to work out the deal with Kid 1so that she stops skipping meals. Skipping two meals a day – yikes! Aside from concerns about Anorexia, we learn better when we have enough of the right things to eat. “They” keep telling us that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. As for Anorexia, heading it off is right on; trying to recover from it as an adult is hell, and success is pretty rare. Great job, Mom!