Good morning, world. We’re up, and that’s about all that needs to be said. I didn’t wake up quite as early this morning. Currently, my mindset is as long as the first number on the clock isn’t a 4, I’m happy. Both cats were in bed with us when I woke up, because the bed is warm and they’re snugglemonsters. As long as I don’t move around, they stay in their spots and don’t harass me while I scroll on my phone.
Yesterday morning, I cleared the snow off the truck. As expected, its ultra-sad battery had once more shuffled off its mortal coil. We debated jumping it, but we weren’t planning to drive anywhere last night. Shawshank and his dad are going to work on possibly installing a new one this weekend. Either way, we’ll get it started and make our way to Slightly BiggerTown at some point this weekend.
I spent the rest of the day gaming, and started with a bit of “Disco Elysium” before lunch. I made it to a point where Shawshank‘s game locked up, and mine locked up as well. After lunch, I restored, got back into the situation, SAVED FREQUENTLY, and gave it a second try. Thankfully, it worked the second time. I played for a bit more, then fired up Skyrim.
The afternoon stream sucked again. I had trolls in chat; some chucklefuck who told me “put your teeth away” got a verbal bitchslap on Thursday night returned yesterday and spammed the n-word in chat. They come in, be nice enough for me to acknowledge them, and then start the bullshit. As long as they do it one letter at a time, TikTok doesn’t ban them. I just blocked them and moved on, and they stopped after about 15 minutes. It really fucks the mood when you can’t be nice to people because you don’t want to trigger a cavalcade of single-letter racial epithets.
I finished one more stage of the Dawnguard quests – I hate the fucking Soul Cairn – just before Shawshank came home. Alas, I felt like had to finish it, because it’s a fucking pain to get back to. I think the next stage is Blackreach, which is a whole other load of fucking bullshit. On the other hand, unlike a lot of people, I actually enjoy the Dwemer/Falmer ruin dungeons. If I remember correctly, I don’t think I terribly minded my last trip through the area. Additionally, unlike the Soul Cairn, I don’t remember there being nonstop thundering in Blackreach, either.
I’m not sure what today holds for us. Shawshank has the day off. I’m going to assume a human form, regardless. If I stream at all today, I might clear out what I call the “step and fetch it” side quests: all the minor quests that involve deliveries and pulling random bits of trash out of bandit caves.
