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...so....I should not visit either?Oh, and you know how people like to put marbles in their medicine cabinets to embarrass snoopers?
My mother's coming over to spend the night tonight. I want to fill the refrigerator with marbles...
To summarize the pain that will come tonight:
"Your fridge is too full. You always have too much food."
"There aren't enough vegetables in here."
"You have too many leftovers."
"You have too much junk food. No wonder <target of the day> is fat."And yeah, our fridge is full of lemons from our lemon tree, apples, condiments, and restaurant leftovers from a week of pre-graduation social commitments. I doubt anyone other than my mother would call leftover lobster risotto from Rivoli "junk food", but she does.
And because it's not nothing but a single bag of a raw leafy vegetable, our fridge is too full and we're all too fat.
I'll be breaking through your wall later. You prep the kool aid. Captain yesterday can do the repairs.
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Oh hells yeah I'll be naked. How else will I distract your mom?
She'll say I'm fat though....
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I am, at long last, no longer able to avoid working on my garage this morning.
You know those good flannel sheets I've been whining for ten months about not being able to find?
Now that it's in the nineties here every day and as humid as Satan's armpit, I finally found them. Or at least one of them.
Maybe it's because I've been listening to Douglas Adams audiobooks on YouTube while I work because they pair well with the ultimate futility of any human endeavor.
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I am, at long last, no longer able to avoid working on my garage this morning.
You know those good flannel sheets I've been whining for ten months about not being able to find?
Now that it's in the nineties here every day and as humid as Satan's armpit, I finally found them. Or at least one of them.
Maybe it's because I've been listening to Douglas Adams audiobooks on YouTube while I work because they pair well with the ultimate futility of any human endeavor.
You're typing at a man who's moving 20-25 Prius-loads out of Public Storage and into his side yard for sorting and tossage. Our garbage and recycling are full every week, we're borrowing our neighbor's extra space, and I've done two carloads of donated books and three trash bags of donated clothes.
And yet every so often I'm finding, "OMG! I can't believe I finally found this again!"
Such a PITA. And such a Sisyphian effort...
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Man, I love sorting through shit.
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The problem for me is one of economic strata. At our level of things you don't throw out anything even if it's a half broken piece of crap because what if you need it someday and can't afford to buy a new one? And then there's the fact that WW and I both had parents who were the worst kind of pack rats and when they wanted to clean out their garages would just give things to us telling us the story of the family history of said object which is why we have his grandparents luggage which of course has their names on them in little brass plates. I'm half tempted to prise off the little brass plates and throw the luggage away.
Then of course there is the inner voice that says we paid good money for that.
For example, I can't throw out the self-filling dog water bowl even though our dog died six years ago because it cost $20, it's still in good condition, and someday we might get another dog.
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I'm going to relax and heal this weekend, by hauling everyone around to various free rpg day events.
How do I know the gaming industry is exploding?
It used to be I had to drive to Janesville for free rpg day (not an option) now we have four places (possibly five) just in Madison, and every single one will be PACKED.
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The problem for me is one of economic strata. At our level of things you don't throw out anything even if it's a half broken piece of crap because what if you need it someday and can't afford to buy a new one?
That's the true Polish spirit! You would do well under the communist rule.
I various corners of the flat and in the cellar there are still things that my parents and grandparents have scrounged and saved for some nebulous time when they might be needed...
Yeah, been there, done that.
When I was a grad student, our combined income was such that NOTHING got thrown out because of the whole, "We might need it someday," thing.
And our current giant pile-o-crap was brought about by 50 years of my family's crap that they never threw out (including a 1920s steamer trunk of all things), plus exactly what you say: If anyone was giving something away that we might ever use, we took it. And if we ever bought anything to use it, we had to keep it in case we ever needed it again.
But at this point all those "in cases" are costing us $3000 a year. I 100% guarantee it'll be cheaper to replace anything I accidentally throw out than to keep it all.
So the game changes the moment you're actually PAYING for that storage.
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Borderlands, The Handsome Collection is free at the PlayStation Store for PlayStation Plus members, and here I was, going to pay actual money for it not even three weeks ago.Be sure to play it with friends!
And the Tiny Tina added content is easily the best DLC ever, and on my "top ten list" of most-fun multiplayer online "RPGs" ever, even though it correctly identifies itself as an "RPGFPS". Utterly hilariously done.
Bunkers and Badasses is the best RPG ever.
Going to need to try and run a Kingmaker tonight, while I've had a headache all day for some reason.
I don't know whether I've mentioned it, but I'm working on emptying our Public Storage unit before the European trip.
Why?
Because the rental rate has increased by about 11.8% a year every single year since we rented it in 2015.
And that's just the reality around here. Anything you rent you can expect double-digit increases in price every single year forever. It's just not sustainable.
Yeah mine has also been rapidly increasing in cost, though thankfully not nearly as bad as yours - went from about $99/month when I first got it in 2014 to $120/month now. Unfortunately as I plan to eventually move back out of my parents' place I can't just throw out all the stuff in it, as much of it I still will need.
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I've been to exactly one concert ever, and that ticket was gifted to me, because I never feel like I can justify the $50+ expense on a single night of entertainment.
I'm mixed on concerts.
I bought Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefers tickets for WW's birthday one year and it was probably the most disappointing live show either of us had been to.
(We were also the only people in the crowd who weren't drunk or stoned, and dressed for Key West at an outdoor show in San Francisco in September, when we really ought to have been dressed for McMurdo Station.)Mark Knopfler was very, very good live. It helped that, since I was 38 weeks pregnant, the usher ignored our tickets and snuck us into the handicapped area in the front. He was affable, funny, told stories, and went on long guitar improvisations. He drank tea from a mug onstage and poked fun (gently) at the people who were sparking up.
Sailing to Philidelphia is a great album, and his duet of This is Us with Emmylou Harris is a favorite of mine.
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his duet of This is Us with Emmylou Harris is a favorite of mine.
That whole album they did together was pretty good.
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I love to go to concerts, especially jazz concerts. Having people who know what they're about improvising right in front of you is the tops.
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I love to go to concerts, especially jazz concerts. Having people who know what they're about improvising right in front of you is the tops.
...which reminds me of a long-running game that WW and I play called, "Can you think of an even WORSE time and place to shout, "FREEBIRD!" at a musician or band?" (a funeral mass being one of the more obvious choices).
I got points the other day for "at a Steely Dan" concert as WW imagined Walter Becker's reaction.
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So hot...
:(
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The best concert I went to would be when the General and I saw The Roots at the Rave in Milwaukee, Everlast was supposed to open but he cancelled so they ended up playing for three hours including covering the entirety of Dark Side of the Moon.
It was spectacular!
Impus Major's Rise Of Runelords died long ago?
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I love to go to concerts, especially jazz concerts. Having people who know what they're about improvising right in front of you is the tops....which reminds me of a long-running game that WW and I play called, "Can you think of an even WORSE time and place to shout, "FREEBIRD!" at a musician or band?" (a funeral mass being one of the more obvious choices).
I got points the other day for "at a Steely Dan" concert as WW imagined Walter Becker's reaction.
At Bayreuth, 3/4 of the way through the Ring Cycle.
You would be crushed instantly by 1bn tonnes of solid Teutonic disapproval.
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"We're tomato farmers, pumpkin hobbyists, and butterfly breeders" - the General, assuming command of the garden.
Yeah mine has also been rapidly increasing in cost, though thankfully not nearly as bad as yours - went from about $99/month when I first got it in 2014 to $120/month now. Unfortunately as I plan to eventually move back out of my parents' place I can't just throw out all the stuff in it, as much of it I still will need.I don't know whether I've mentioned it, but I'm working on emptying our Public Storage unit before the European trip.
Why?
Because the rental rate has increased by about 11.8% a year every single year since we rented it in 2015.
And that's just the reality around here. Anything you rent you can expect double-digit increases in price every single year forever. It's just not sustainable.
I am in a similar situation with my storage unit.
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I love to go to concerts, especially jazz concerts. Having people who know what they're about improvising right in front of you is the tops....which reminds me of a long-running game that WW and I play called, "Can you think of an even WORSE time and place to shout, "FREEBIRD!" at a musician or band?" (a funeral mass being one of the more obvious choices).
I got points the other day for "at a Steely Dan" concert as WW imagined Walter Becker's reaction.
just for that I am having Freebird played at my funeral.
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So hot...
:(
yes, lisamarlene is hot.
No idea why that results in a frowny face.
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Best concert I ever went to was AnimeNYC when the singer of the original sailor moon opening got on stage as an unannounced guest and belted out the opening.
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I've been to exactly one concert ever, and that ticket was gifted to me, because I never feel like I can justify the $50+ expense on a single night of entertainment.
Sailing to Philidelphia is a great album, and his duet of This is Us with Emmylou Harris is a favorite of mine.I'm mixed on concerts.
I bought Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefers tickets for WW's birthday one year and it was probably the most disappointing live show either of us had been to.
(We were also the only people in the crowd who weren't drunk or stoned, and dressed for Key West at an outdoor show in San Francisco in September, when we really ought to have been dressed for McMurdo Station.)Mark Knopfler was very, very good live. It helped that, since I was 38 weeks pregnant, the usher ignored our tickets and snuck us into the handicapped area in the front. He was affable, funny, told stories, and went on long guitar improvisations. He drank tea from a mug onstage and poked fun (gently) at the people who were sparking up.
Gloryhammer was $18 a ticket, with a parking lot right across the street where I parked for 6 1/2 hours for $13.
Impus Major's Rise Of Runelords died long ago?
Oh yeah, they managed to make it through one improvised session, then I told him to follow the plot so I think he got in one "real" session and then decided he didn't have time.
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So, how has the weekend been so far?
It's 4:25 pm. We got home maybe half an hour ago. And GothBard and Impus Minor are already in bed and sound asleep.
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I sympathize. I helped mom take one of our dogs to the vet, then mowed the yard. Chatted with Scint for a while, then napped for an hour.
But we finally got to have a Savage Tide session after that, for the first time in a long time! Huzzah!!
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The whole gaming industry is so discouraging.
I was going to text CY my Borderlands 2 ID so he could hook up with us for some co-op (because we MUST play Tiny Tina again, or B&B or whatever it's called), but of COURSE you can't do cross-platform PC/Playstation.
Because that would make people happy.
Grr...
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I go to concerts fairly frequently. The energy of the live performance is everything to me.
The whole gaming industry is so discouraging.
I was going to text CY my Borderlands 2 ID so he could hook up with us for some co-op (because we MUST play Tiny Tina again, or B&B or whatever it's called), but of COURSE you can't do cross-platform PC/Playstation.
Because that would make people happy.
Grr...
I thought Sony had finally buckled under pressure to change that. Or was that exclusively for PUBG and Fortnite? Wouldn't surprise me, really....
I play Fortnite, usually save the world.
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I've played Borderlands the Prequel for approximately ten minutes, long enough to pick a character (gunslinger, of course) and learn that I suck and died.
I imagine I'll live slightly longer next time.
I got the Starfinder Beginner Box on sale today, It's a pretty solid introduction to a sci-fi rpg though I wish they had more room, I feel like an extra 32 pages would've really tied the whole thing together better.
It's still pretty awesome though and a worthy purchase.
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So, I sneezed for the first time in nearly three weeks.
That was, interesting.
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I thought Sony had finally buckled under pressure to change that. Or was that exclusively for PUBG and Fortnite? Wouldn't surprise me, really....The whole gaming industry is so discouraging.
I was going to text CY my Borderlands 2 ID so he could hook up with us for some co-op (because we MUST play Tiny Tina again, or B&B or whatever it's called), but of COURSE you can't do cross-platform PC/Playstation.
Because that would make people happy.
Grr...
My *belief* is that it's only for a handful of games.
For Borderlands, the multiplayer is integrated into the social network of the seller: Playstation Network for Sony, Steam for PC, Microsoft for XBox, so it's less surprising that they refuse to integrate.
Those of us at global megacorporations understand that our customers cobble together software from eighteen different vendors, so we actually spend a lot of time and money building integration strategies so we fit into that odd little star-shaped hole in your needs, as long as you don't mind cutting off a leg or two.
Gaming companies still take an, "Our way or the highway," approach, or, "Why should WE have to do any work if your friend has a different platform? YOU should have all bought OUR stuff!"
Being in an industry that understands that you're going to buy from the competition and we're going to have to deal with it and play nice, it's pretty bad.
And I'm from a company that is infamous for not playing well with others. And we still do better than the gaming industry at-large.
The whole gaming industry is so discouraging.
I was going to text CY my Borderlands 2 ID so he could hook up with us for some co-op (because we MUST play Tiny Tina again, or B&B or whatever it's called), but of COURSE you can't do cross-platform PC/Playstation.
Because that would make people happy.
Grr...
Steam?
I have Borderlands 2 on PC...
Now I have to check if my own Borderlands 2 have Tiny Tina's DLC or not (I played through it when a friend's account was connected to mine).
I've played Borderlands the Prequel for approximately ten minutes, long enough to pick a character (gunslinger, of course) and learn that I suck and died.
I imagine I'll live slightly longer next time.
If you liked Borderlands 2, you really should go back to presequel. While the level construction and flow of game is somewhat worse than in B2, the characters are more active in the storyline. You get to witness Handsome Jack's start of descent into what he becomes in B2 and acquaintance yourself with some of his henchmen that were bosses there.
Also, LAZERS!
Duh. I don't have Assault On The Dragonkeep :(
But I can download the newest DLC that connects to Borderlands 3 for free! Though there is apparently a time limit until 8th of July.
I've played Borderlands the Prequel for approximately ten minutes, long enough to pick a character (gunslinger, of course) and learn that I suck and died.
I imagine I'll live slightly longer next time.
If you liked Borderlands 2, you really should go back to presequel. While the level construction and flow of game is somewhat worse than in B2, the characters are more active in the storyline. You get to witness Handsome Jack's start of descent into what he becomes in B2 and acquaintance yourself with some of his henchmen that were bosses there.
Also, LAZERS!
(1) There are three of us on Steam, so if you've got a Steam account we could try setting you up on TeamSpeak and inviting you; I'd have to check with GothBard and Shiro, but they're easygoing. Except Shiro's MIA at the moment; we're thinking of an anime/retire early night, which wouldn't make either of us sad.
(2) We have all of the Borderlands games, we're just going through in order. Finished Borderlands, did some of its DLC (the Island of Dr. Zed being amazingly fun), decided we'd done all the fun content, moved on, finished Borderlands 2, did Bunkers and Badasses, declared it the BEST DLC EVER!!!!!!! Now we're doing the Pirate's Booty one but we're unimpressed. Once we finish enough DLC for Borderlands 2 we'll move on to the presequel.
And to no one's surprise, yes, I'm going to try playing the claptrap.
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Huh. I can but a Handsome Bundle for 20 złoty (around $6)... I have a lot of things in that bundle but not all of them. Assault On The Dragonkeep would be almost 15 zloty alone... (and that is already with a decent discount at the moment).
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More DLCs for Presequel?
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Argh!
Why I opened a Steam when there is a sale for Borderlands DLCs!
It's NOBODY's fault!
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I sent you a quick invite link via PM.
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So the missing content for B1, B2, and pre-Sequel costed me... 5-point-something dollars. I think I am ok with that.
I still blame Nobody for that, though.