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So, I was going to write up an amusing saga for you all, but I'm lazy so to make a long story short: It snowed and iced; my computer is not here quite yet though it is supposed to be here today according to a text; and the heating in the apartment died and the ETA for repairs is "¯\_(ツ)_/¯" due to aforementioned snow/ice and many other people losing heat, so I am making do with a space heater that is doing its very best, the poor little thing. My dad's electrical bills are going to be astronomical, I fear. D:
Snow and an excuse to stay home with my XBox and computer and books are normally my two favorite things, but the heating situation is making it a teensy bit less enjoyable than it usually would be. (So many unpleasant flashbacks to the House of Filth in York... At least my acrimonious divorce from that radiator means I am free to marry the space heater.) Still, why would I let a little thing like my toes freezing stop me making the best of things? MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE LAST FEW DAYS:
- Played way, way, way too much Destiny. Did Crota's End and King's Fall normal mode on my warlock, did Aksis Phase 2 + challenge mode heroic (... kind of, it glitched and got complicated) on my Titan, did full Wrath of the Machine heroic (NO CHALLENGE MODE GOD WHY IS IT SO HARD) on my Hunter and got some SWEET-ASS loot so now she's 400, got my last three Supremacy wins for the Rise of Iron record book FUCK YEAH, and soloed Challenge of Elders (for the first time) on my warlock for a bounty + fun and managed to get the high score. Oddly I am most proud of soloing CoE, since I don't solo fireteam activities (daily heroics don't count) very often or - ever, actually. I'm not about to go take on Oryx single-handedly, though. XD
- Lest you think ALL I did was play Destiny - I also picked up the Master Chief collection for (reasonably) cheap on Monday and have been cheerfully blazing through Halo CE on Normal. ... okay, I say "cheerfully blazing" but what I mean is "FUCKING FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHERE THE FUCK DID THAT INVISIBLE ELITE COME FROM FUCK OFF I HATE YOU ALL WHAT MONSTER WOULD CALL THIS SETTING 'NORMAL'." Despite these setbacks, I have managed to get to the Library. Oh, 343 Guilty Spark, you're just so obviously up to no good, and the discovery of the Flood remains creepy as ever, even knowing that it's coming. I am a bit annoyed that I can't seem to toggle between original graphics and updated graphics (I have a lot of fond Blood Gulch memories, okay), though hilariously the cutscenes all seem to be original graphics? Or at least the ones of Cortana in the control room and Pvt. Jenkins's helmet camera were. I have no idea what is going on there.
- I am also actually reading some books for once! (I HAVE FALLEN SO LOW, SOB.) I got Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo for Christmas because I was enamored of the bindings and intrigued by the summaries. Six of Crows was a bit slow to start but then had me hooked on the characters and heist plot, and I am a bit over halfway through Crooked Kingdom now. They are not deathless prose, but seriously, A+ CHARACTERS AND RELATIONSHIPS, and a neat setting, and HEISTS. WITH MAGIC. A lot of fun, some nice diversity (I'M ROOTING FOR YOU, JESPER AND WYLAN), good reads all around so far. ... I will let you know if the end of Crooked Kingdom disappoints.
I also picked up a copy of The Mechanical by Ian Tregillis on lemone's recommendation plus reading the first chapter; haven't gotten any further yet since I want to finish Crooked Kingdom first, but am very much looking forward to it.
Crossposted from Dreamwidth - read the original post here: http://hokuton-punch.dreamwidth.org/1082747.html .
Snow and an excuse to stay home with my XBox and computer and books are normally my two favorite things, but the heating situation is making it a teensy bit less enjoyable than it usually would be. (So many unpleasant flashbacks to the House of Filth in York... At least my acrimonious divorce from that radiator means I am free to marry the space heater.) Still, why would I let a little thing like my toes freezing stop me making the best of things? MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE LAST FEW DAYS:
- Played way, way, way too much Destiny. Did Crota's End and King's Fall normal mode on my warlock, did Aksis Phase 2 + challenge mode heroic (... kind of, it glitched and got complicated) on my Titan, did full Wrath of the Machine heroic (NO CHALLENGE MODE GOD WHY IS IT SO HARD) on my Hunter and got some SWEET-ASS loot so now she's 400, got my last three Supremacy wins for the Rise of Iron record book FUCK YEAH, and soloed Challenge of Elders (for the first time) on my warlock for a bounty + fun and managed to get the high score. Oddly I am most proud of soloing CoE, since I don't solo fireteam activities (daily heroics don't count) very often or - ever, actually. I'm not about to go take on Oryx single-handedly, though. XD
- Lest you think ALL I did was play Destiny - I also picked up the Master Chief collection for (reasonably) cheap on Monday and have been cheerfully blazing through Halo CE on Normal. ... okay, I say "cheerfully blazing" but what I mean is "FUCKING FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHERE THE FUCK DID THAT INVISIBLE ELITE COME FROM FUCK OFF I HATE YOU ALL WHAT MONSTER WOULD CALL THIS SETTING 'NORMAL'." Despite these setbacks, I have managed to get to the Library. Oh, 343 Guilty Spark, you're just so obviously up to no good, and the discovery of the Flood remains creepy as ever, even knowing that it's coming. I am a bit annoyed that I can't seem to toggle between original graphics and updated graphics (I have a lot of fond Blood Gulch memories, okay), though hilariously the cutscenes all seem to be original graphics? Or at least the ones of Cortana in the control room and Pvt. Jenkins's helmet camera were. I have no idea what is going on there.
- I am also actually reading some books for once! (I HAVE FALLEN SO LOW, SOB.) I got Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo for Christmas because I was enamored of the bindings and intrigued by the summaries. Six of Crows was a bit slow to start but then had me hooked on the characters and heist plot, and I am a bit over halfway through Crooked Kingdom now. They are not deathless prose, but seriously, A+ CHARACTERS AND RELATIONSHIPS, and a neat setting, and HEISTS. WITH MAGIC. A lot of fun, some nice diversity (I'M ROOTING FOR YOU, JESPER AND WYLAN), good reads all around so far. ... I will let you know if the end of Crooked Kingdom disappoints.
I also picked up a copy of The Mechanical by Ian Tregillis on lemone's recommendation plus reading the first chapter; haven't gotten any further yet since I want to finish Crooked Kingdom first, but am very much looking forward to it.
Crossposted from Dreamwidth - read the original post here: http://hokuton-punch.dreamwidth.org/1082747.html .