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yamamanama22 days until the vernal equinox
Julia told me that we have one barred owl hanging out outside and the others have been released. We didn’t have a whole lot of things going on because none of the vets were around, so instead, we cleaned and Christabel regaled us with tales of raccoon roundups. So, this one time, one of the interns gave an ice cube to a raccoon and it looked her in the eyes while moving the ice cube back and forth. Last year, we got a bunch of eggs from our Cape affiliate in exchange for veggies, and so we gave them deviled eggs with panicure instead of paprika. Panicure makes them make a cute disgusted expression. Christabel tried that with lemons and they weren't interested. JT called kicking them their enrichment and a way of making them hate us instead of trying to swarm us for food.
7-11 had some gochujang snacks by Cosmos. They’re a lot less hot than I was expecting and a lot sweeter. Daniela was uninterested because she likes her tongue to not burn off, thank you very much, but they’re more spicy-sweet because, you know, gochujang. An older bag calls them tteokbokki, which means stir-fried rice cakes.
She was eating gumbo and she told me she’d get me the recipe but it won’t be the exact same thing she was eating. I asked if her boyfriend was Malaysian.
Meanwhile, Brooke was eating quinoa and vegetables.
Michael says that the best thing about Bernie running is that Gabbard has about as much chance of winning the presidental nomination as we have the chance to get some Indonesian cuisine.
If you're wondering about Indonesian cuisine.
1. things have to go exactly right and we have to do everything exactly right. Basically, not only do we have to win every election but all of the truly godawful republicans with no chance of losing die of racism poisoning (Steve King) or shell rot (Mich McConnell). This is the hardest thing to accomplish.
2. things have to go wrong in the Netherlands. Feasible. I'm not sure if the far right is as prominent as Hungary or Poland. I've heard it doubled in the last two years. At the very least, if we play our cards right, we'll get an influx of people leaving Europe.
3. things have to go wrong in Indonesia but not so wrong that they become refugees and end up in Utqiaġvik instead. Or Deadhorse, a place that sounds about as appealing as its name. Or maybe just some old mining towns in Nevada.
I played a bit of Half Truth in Realmz, but I think I screwed myself somehow because I can neither get on the ferry nor access the top level of the Orc stronghold. Since they're both items, maybe I can use the editor to fix it. It's really interesting because it eschews D&D with the serial numbers filed off in favor of a blend of Cornish (and other Celtic) folklore, Roman Britain, and Lovecraftian horror.
I also figured out what was going on in Assault on Giant Mountain. Apparently, getting in a fight on the eastern edge of the map is what causes the game to crash. It's weird because despite the glitchy Beyond, the game doesn't actually crash until the battle is over and you got the loot from it.
My advice to anyone thinking of updating Realmz: just rebuild the engine from scratch and do your best to have the scenarios be compatible with the new engine.
burning question: why do so many medieval european fantasies have potatoes? Especially a fantasy that's blatantly written as an Anglo-Saxon mythology.
Julia told me that we have one barred owl hanging out outside and the others have been released. We didn’t have a whole lot of things going on because none of the vets were around, so instead, we cleaned and Christabel regaled us with tales of raccoon roundups. So, this one time, one of the interns gave an ice cube to a raccoon and it looked her in the eyes while moving the ice cube back and forth. Last year, we got a bunch of eggs from our Cape affiliate in exchange for veggies, and so we gave them deviled eggs with panicure instead of paprika. Panicure makes them make a cute disgusted expression. Christabel tried that with lemons and they weren't interested. JT called kicking them their enrichment and a way of making them hate us instead of trying to swarm us for food.
7-11 had some gochujang snacks by Cosmos. They’re a lot less hot than I was expecting and a lot sweeter. Daniela was uninterested because she likes her tongue to not burn off, thank you very much, but they’re more spicy-sweet because, you know, gochujang. An older bag calls them tteokbokki, which means stir-fried rice cakes.
She was eating gumbo and she told me she’d get me the recipe but it won’t be the exact same thing she was eating. I asked if her boyfriend was Malaysian.
Meanwhile, Brooke was eating quinoa and vegetables.
Michael says that the best thing about Bernie running is that Gabbard has about as much chance of winning the presidental nomination as we have the chance to get some Indonesian cuisine.
If you're wondering about Indonesian cuisine.
1. things have to go exactly right and we have to do everything exactly right. Basically, not only do we have to win every election but all of the truly godawful republicans with no chance of losing die of racism poisoning (Steve King) or shell rot (Mich McConnell). This is the hardest thing to accomplish.
2. things have to go wrong in the Netherlands. Feasible. I'm not sure if the far right is as prominent as Hungary or Poland. I've heard it doubled in the last two years. At the very least, if we play our cards right, we'll get an influx of people leaving Europe.
3. things have to go wrong in Indonesia but not so wrong that they become refugees and end up in Utqiaġvik instead. Or Deadhorse, a place that sounds about as appealing as its name. Or maybe just some old mining towns in Nevada.
I played a bit of Half Truth in Realmz, but I think I screwed myself somehow because I can neither get on the ferry nor access the top level of the Orc stronghold. Since they're both items, maybe I can use the editor to fix it. It's really interesting because it eschews D&D with the serial numbers filed off in favor of a blend of Cornish (and other Celtic) folklore, Roman Britain, and Lovecraftian horror.
I also figured out what was going on in Assault on Giant Mountain. Apparently, getting in a fight on the eastern edge of the map is what causes the game to crash. It's weird because despite the glitchy Beyond, the game doesn't actually crash until the battle is over and you got the loot from it.
My advice to anyone thinking of updating Realmz: just rebuild the engine from scratch and do your best to have the scenarios be compatible with the new engine.
burning question: why do so many medieval european fantasies have potatoes? Especially a fantasy that's blatantly written as an Anglo-Saxon mythology.
