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sigh
"After level 60 or so, it stops being a game about hitting people. It turns into a game about collecting items that you can use to make ships to hit people, only, you never get there, because by the time you're done building it, it's obsolete, and anyway you need your shipyard time to make ships that can collect more items ( Read more... ) -
Drastic measures when expenses > income
Somehow in the past few months, I've started racking up more expenses than I have income for ( Read more... ) -
On Ancient Child and Inner Elder and whatnot
So a few months ago, Steven Barnes posted on Facebook a 45-day challenge (more here)(later modified to a 30-day challenge) to begin a series of centering habits that will put you in touch with yourself. Among other things, it includes a Morning Ritual where you chant some mantras while exercising, and a visualization meditation that includes an ( Read more... ) -
And now for the opposite perspective of my last three years.
Back at the beginning of 2011, I was living in half a bedroom in someone else's house. I spent most of my time writing freelance articles while looking for jobs or waiting for work to happen. I also managed to get in some good work on my fiction ( Read more... ) -
Hmm. I feel loved.
I don't know where it's coming from, but someone who loves me has been thinking about me all day. I just wish I knew who.
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Coming back up out of my deep dark hole for real this time
So for the last three years, my whole life basically revolved around Battle Pirates. Things continued to go sour as time went on, with new features added to the game that detracted from the original gaming experience that had sucked me in originally. In particular, they added an alliance feature that was designed to completely destroy the type of ( Read more... ) -
Coming back up for air
I'm very slowly crawling out of the deep, dark hole I buried myself in for the last year and a half. Escapism is a wonderful thing. But damn, eventually one begins to wonder what the hell is going on back in the real world, and comes out to look ( Read more... ) -
Yet Another Month Goes By
Well, this past month has been more or less the same as the previous month. Life is comfortably routine, and I'm trying not to fall into any ruts. I have more in-real-life friends at the moment than before, what with the roleplay group. Turtle nesting season is shifting into the part where they hatch, so that'll be some upcoming excitement (I hope ( Read more... ) -
Ahh, Life
Life has gotten comfortably routine ( Read more... )