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It hasn't even been a full month yet, but I already feel like I've been living at this apartment for a very long time. I've only just recently received my first Comcast bill in the mail, but I feel like I've been here for ages. I haven't seen my first electric bill yet. What is this weirdness? I guess my brain is simply bored, and my brain is simply right. I don't set foot outside this place unless I'm going to work or going shopping for things I need. But now that I have enough food to last a little while, I should be making better use of my time at this place than eating, sleeping, writing and playing computer games. Where's all the physical activity I promised myself I'd do? There is a park down the block and around the corner that probably has some trails I could run. It isn't a very big park, but at least I'd be outside. Plus, I'd get a feel for how the neighborhood is when everyone else is actually awake instead of just me! Not to worry, though, I've got 11 months left here.
My cooking skills have a lot to be desired. Then again, I need some utensils and tools to make the most of the ingredients that I DO have. I have a pot for boiling water. I've already made delicious garlic mashed potatoes with it. I have a saucepan also for boiling water or preparing soup or even cooking small amounts of meat. A few days ago, I tried cooking a burger in it. It probably would have worked except I most likely poured a little more oil in the bottom of the pot than I should have and boiling oil went flying. In a panic, I turned off the gas stove and dumped the burger into the nearby trash bag. I should have used less oil or maybe even cooked the burger without any oil. Maybe butter? I'll try again later. As for the sturdy frying pan I bought at Wal-Mart a month and a half ago, it was used only once and is now a health hazard and should be thrown away. While Shaun and I were debating the pros and cons of every pan we encountered at that place, it never occurred to either one of us that a cast IRON frying pan would be a poor choice because of how susceptible to rusting iron is. I should have just gone with a simple stainless steel one. But no, I used it once to cook some chicken during my first week here, and then I washed it without drying it immediately. The next day, I saw visible noticeable specks of what I thought were residual chicken bits. I put it in the sink and filled it with water promising that I'd wash it when I came home from work that night. When I did come home, the damn thing has a full layer of orange corrosion on the bottom of it! Rust! How stupid I was to not make the connection. So, long story short, I need a stainless steel frying pan, a stainless steel cookie sheet for multiple burgers or pancakes, and also two plastic cutting boards while I'm thinking about it. Any volunteers?
There are some slim pickings from the pool of completed Drawception games since my last entry. My activity on that site has diminished to a minimum. It's still incredibly fun to play, but other things are starting to occupy my time. Not the least of which is the upcoming NaNoWriMo 2013! I want to write another novel about dreams, but this time I'll stay far far away from the psychological disorder angle I tried to incorporate last year. I definitely bit off more than I could chew in trying to string together two big topics and making them into a coherent story. This year, I feel like it should be half dreamscape exploration half crime drama. I know there are going to be three people trapped in the same dream because of an experiment being conducted by some rationally evil scientist. However the experiment goes wrong because of some quick-acting slow-thinking investigator for... the FBI? the police? who knows... But anyway, here is the Drawception game I've chosen entitled "Serreal [sic] summer days in the red valley"
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Nothing really is happening on the kickstarter.com side of things. Since I have to watch my expenses, that was one of the first things to stop. The last project I funded is called 'The Long Dark.' It is a first-person post-disaster survival game that, in a shocking and innovative twist, DOESN'T involve zombies, superpowers, hordes of enemies to be flattened by your overly laughably large machine gun or even much of anything at all! It is strictly a survival game. You see, some kind of global disaster has knocked out the world's electronic devices. You play as a survivor aiming to endure the elements, wildlife, other survivors, and so forth. Here's a link to their successfully funded kickstarter page. It looks like such a refreshing change of pace that is challenging and fun in its own way. Certainly, this is not the game for someone who likes the Halo or Call of Duty series. No, they liken themselves to 'Fallout 3' or 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R.' --both games that I've never played. But I'm all about giving my money to independent creators instead of massive companies, so here we'll go... in about a year. Stay tuned!
And lastly, I'll pose my weekly question. Would you rather be in complete control of how Time affects you or how others perceive you?
You see, if you control how Time affects you, you could never show signs of aging or even control your physical appearance in a literal sense. You could possibly revert back to a youthful state to party with college students on the weekends and then age yourself back to normal to go to work, and then turn into an old man or woman to get half-price lunches from restaurants. I suppose that means you could also choose to physically be a kid forever, but your memories wouldn't go away. Your memory will still flow in a straight line. So that might be neat.
On the other hand, if you age like the rest of us but can completely control how others perceive you, you can make your coworkers quake with fear or celebrate with reverence every time you enter the room. You can vanquish a robber by making yourself seem strong, and imposing to them even though in reality you may be docile and weak. You can make yourself appear however you want to whoever you want. Your physical appearance would not change, but you can perfectly manipulate how others perceive your appearance.
I'd like to know which you all would pick. Personally, I'd go with the ability to control how others perceive me. Time control would be cool, but I'd much rather have power over people than be 21 forever.
Have you heard of 'To The Moon'? Apparently, it's a fun and very touching computer game. I might buy it.-
Bryan