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Against my better judgement, I looked at the preview of the Dragon's Crown artbook.
I just
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I'm spending all my free time right now working on building up some stock and putting up a storefront to try and sell some perfume to help me pay for the cost of the insane hospital bill I got dumped on me today.
It's really the only thing I can think of to do that I can make any kind of extra income from. I'm really nervous and paranoid about trying to sell things I've _made_, though. I can't shake the feeling that I'm going to do a terrible job and people are going to be unhappy with it.
It's really the only thing I can think of to do that I can make any kind of extra income from. I'm really nervous and paranoid about trying to sell things I've _made_, though. I can't shake the feeling that I'm going to do a terrible job and people are going to be unhappy with it.
So, I got a 12,000$ hospital bill in the mail.
$12,000. From the ER. For something they could have covered with a $20 lab test.
Curse you, GOG
I've been re-addicted to Heroes of Might & Magic III.
Even the $9.99 price is a good deal, but I got it during their Summer Sale. I think it cost me $2.50.
Even the $9.99 price is a good deal, but I got it during their Summer Sale. I think it cost me $2.50.
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You know, going through reviews and looking at negative (generally one star) reviews of books on Audible and Amazon just reminds me how unbelievably stupid and clueless people are in general.
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I am super beat from organizing a birthday party for my sister this weekend, but it turned out really well.
In addition to that, I recently picked up a book on a whim and found that I really, really loved the author, so I've been plowing through her books. Laura Kinsale is a romance novelist (formerly a geologist, interesting career change) and I normally really really really do not like romance novels but her stories really come across as complex, character-driven relationship stories that happen to be romance. And the biggest pleasant surprise was that I've liked almost all of her female characters.
I really just lucked out, I'd never heard of her before, but three of her books were on Audible, narrated by someone I really liked, and I was looking for ways to burn my credits. Her books were also ridiculously cheap on Amazon for the Kindle. Most of them were $2.99, I think. For people who care about the particulars, I think the ~love scene~ payout is maybe about 1 per 100 pages or so, (though I think some have less) and they're neither overly graphic nor terribly flowery and delicate, and generally relevant to plot and character development. I kind of rolled my eyes at the fact that the majority of complaints that I read about the books were that they were 'boring' (read: not enough porn) or that the female characters were 'bitchy' or 'mean' (read: actually had personalities and didn't let others walk all over them, imagine that). Soyeah.
Since Wednesday, I listened to three books on audio and read two others on my Kindle. In five days I read five books and planned a gigantic party and housed my sister and her husband and their two kids and my mom. I also finally fired up Assassin's Creed 3 for the first time since like November and downloaded the George Washington DLC and did the annoying post-game Pivot sidequests for completion's sake. I have like 87% synchronization on the game missions, there's a handful of levels I need to go back and do obnoxious optional objectives for, including like three naval missions. When I get fed up with that, I'll probably finally toss in The Last of Us.
In addition to that, I recently picked up a book on a whim and found that I really, really loved the author, so I've been plowing through her books. Laura Kinsale is a romance novelist (formerly a geologist, interesting career change) and I normally really really really do not like romance novels but her stories really come across as complex, character-driven relationship stories that happen to be romance. And the biggest pleasant surprise was that I've liked almost all of her female characters.
I really just lucked out, I'd never heard of her before, but three of her books were on Audible, narrated by someone I really liked, and I was looking for ways to burn my credits. Her books were also ridiculously cheap on Amazon for the Kindle. Most of them were $2.99, I think. For people who care about the particulars, I think the ~love scene~ payout is maybe about 1 per 100 pages or so, (though I think some have less) and they're neither overly graphic nor terribly flowery and delicate, and generally relevant to plot and character development. I kind of rolled my eyes at the fact that the majority of complaints that I read about the books were that they were 'boring' (read: not enough porn) or that the female characters were 'bitchy' or 'mean' (read: actually had personalities and didn't let others walk all over them, imagine that). Soyeah.
Since Wednesday, I listened to three books on audio and read two others on my Kindle. In five days I read five books and planned a gigantic party and housed my sister and her husband and their two kids and my mom. I also finally fired up Assassin's Creed 3 for the first time since like November and downloaded the George Washington DLC and did the annoying post-game Pivot sidequests for completion's sake. I have like 87% synchronization on the game missions, there's a handful of levels I need to go back and do obnoxious optional objectives for, including like three naval missions. When I get fed up with that, I'll probably finally toss in The Last of Us.
*facepalm*
I just tried to say the phrase 'battery panel' during a conversation with someone at work but what ended up coming out instead was, 'battle panery'.
I haven't slept in like two days, but at least I have off until Sunday.
I haven't slept in like two days, but at least I have off until Sunday.
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Wow what the fuck is this new livejournal homepage garbage?
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Last year I went and bought all three Mass Effect games on the PC, after I had already gotten ME2 on the PS3, because I didn't realize that there was no PS3 release of Mass Effect 1 at the time.
Right after I spent all that money, they put ME1 out on the PS3 because they developed the Trilogy bundle.
It turns out that I'm absolute suck at the PC controls and have a hard as fuck time with shooters, and I've had medical problems preventing me from sitting at the computer for long periods of time, plus my PC got sort of fried by my former 'roommate' so playing it on the PC has kind of gone bust. I even paid for Mass Effect 1 TWICE on the PC, because the budget disc copy didn't work and I had to buy it again through Origin as a digital download.
... and now I'm going to go pick it up on the PS3. At least I already have ME2 on the console, and I have like 5$ in credit to use on the PSN store sitting in my account. And I have a few days off work coming up where I'll have the time to actually sit down long enough to get into it. I've tried starting games a few times but didn't have enough time to really get hoooked, and ended up having to start over.
I did get through the demo of ME3 on the PS3 (it was to unlock some items in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning) so hopefully that's a good sign.
I wish I hadn't redeemed all the codes on the PC games, or I'd give them away.
Right after I spent all that money, they put ME1 out on the PS3 because they developed the Trilogy bundle.
It turns out that I'm absolute suck at the PC controls and have a hard as fuck time with shooters, and I've had medical problems preventing me from sitting at the computer for long periods of time, plus my PC got sort of fried by my former 'roommate' so playing it on the PC has kind of gone bust. I even paid for Mass Effect 1 TWICE on the PC, because the budget disc copy didn't work and I had to buy it again through Origin as a digital download.
... and now I'm going to go pick it up on the PS3. At least I already have ME2 on the console, and I have like 5$ in credit to use on the PSN store sitting in my account. And I have a few days off work coming up where I'll have the time to actually sit down long enough to get into it. I've tried starting games a few times but didn't have enough time to really get hoooked, and ended up having to start over.
I did get through the demo of ME3 on the PS3 (it was to unlock some items in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning) so hopefully that's a good sign.
I wish I hadn't redeemed all the codes on the PC games, or I'd give them away.
My goofy mock review for Assassin's Creed
Last year I played the first Assassin's Creed game to start the series from the beginning. The first game was great, even despite its flaws, and after playing it for a little while I made up this silly mock review of initial impressions and posted it on my tumblr. I didn't save any of this stuff when I deleted my tumblr account, but I've found a few things I wish I'd saved still intact through the magic of reblogs and Google and web caches, so I'm going to dump the bit of silliness here so I don't lose it again.
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