I've been bitching (and suffering) for over a month now because of tooth pain. I got the tooth ground down twice, although it was never enough to put pressure evenly on all my teeth on the left side of my mouth. Then, yesterday, my cheek started swelling up. Obviously, my first thought was infection. My ear started to hurt. Now, I hate ear ( Read more... )

We have turned in all the paperwork for our temporary residency permits (РВП)!!! I was told to come back in 5 months, but we may hear from them before that. We'll see. I'm really happy to be done with this. Standing in line for 9 hours (someone said, "как за хлебом/like for bread", which was funny) was okay, but I'm glad I don't have to do it again ( Read more... )

Just finished The Wolf Among Us, a dark urban fantasy mystery game. First off, the graphics were amazingly well done.

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I finished playing Fallout 4 last night, and I'm going to post my thoughts about it here. This will have spoilers.
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I just finished a game called "The Tesla Effect". It is a noir-style detective game set in a dark future. While there were some occasional bugs and the story was occasionally a bit odd, I did really enjoy the game. This game is part of a series, which you can get on Steam or GOG for cheap. It is mainly a puzzle game, so finding things and ( Read more... )

Just finished playing Alpha Protocol. I'm kind of shocked about all the bad reviews, as the game was pretty damn good. I mean, it wasn't "The Witcher" or "Mass Effect", but it was a great game. Yeah, it was a little buggy, but I'm lost as to how this gets it so completely panned. The downsides were the occasional bugs in firing, the use of ( Read more... )

Mustardseed isn't the only molting chicken around here. Cobweb has lost a ton of feathers (including all her tail feathers) and looks mangy. She is also in a terribly unpleasant mood and will attack if anyone tries to pet her ( Read more... )

Take that! I'm so proud of myself. I'm going to be getting my games back on Monday!

Backstory: When I broke up with one of my boyfriends and disappeared from my social circle in Eugene, I decided that I could give all the board games I had to the U of O gaming club, 'cause of my fond memories of the Columbia games club. When I got back from ( Read more... )