So far the hardest part of my current project is having to listen through Claptrap’s dialogue. This will probably take a little longer than I thought; I didn’t account for all the individual models I’d be animating, even for such a tiny ending. I’m thinking it’ll be another week, maybe two tops if my brain doesn’t think of other goofy shit to add.
This weekend’s breakfast needed some Asian flair. I was wanting to make a Thai hard boiled egg dish, but opted to poach some eggs instead! Served over some quinoa and fried shallots, and topped with spring onion and a little cilantro. I made a sweet and tangy Thai inspired lime sauce to serve over it. It made for a quinoa bowl I might have to make again in the future! If you ever want to make the sauce yourself just use:
In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch with just enough lime juice or water to make a fine paste (about 1 tablespoon) and set aside. Mix everything else in a small saucepan until well combined and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat to medium low, and grab the small glass bowl of cornstarch mixture to give it a quick stir before mixing it into the rest of the sauce. Keep stirring until sauce is thick enough to stay on your mixing spoon without running off.
I’ll have to think of what to use it with next; I still have quite a bit left from breakfast. It would probably taste good on some meats, or maybe mixed in with some hot chili sauce. I bet it would taste really good with some spicy ramen.
Today was one of those indoor cold foggy days. I spent a good chunk of the day playing 4K games on a comfy couch. I did a mix of old and new, there was much gaming rage and joy to be had! I might even consider doing a tiny bit more tomorrow; there’s just something magical about gaming on a giant screen with a cat in your lap, and a controller in your hands.
I couldn’t help but spoil myself with more couch gaming after making a nice dinner (too hungry to take pictures). Tonight was a DMC5 night, and I also installed a few new games onto my Linux Surface Pro!
I don’t have much planned for tomorrow. Some form of breakfast, some digital shopping maybe, a little tidying, and maybe look at ideas for a new haircut. I haven’t done anything with it since last year before the pandemic. Oh, and maybe a game. 😛
I’ve been mapping out my weekend, or at least the start of it. I’m thinking of doing some Thai stuff, and maybe a few other random things this weekend. There might even be food porn if I can exercise some self control, and take a picture BEFORE eating it… I can’t help it if I wake up hungry on the weekends.
I’m not in much of a writing mood tonight. I’m just glad that I have enough hobbies to keep my mind off certain things at the end of the evening. I won’t say much about it, but I’m really fucking tired of people who exist to be self entitled knuckle children farmers. The more I pay attention to the people around me; whom I’ve come to know over the years from working and other means of socializing, the more withdrawn from people I’ve become from them. I’d rather be alone doing something I enjoy, than spend time with someone who would quickly grow tired of my existence. I’d like to think I’m saving some random ammosexual some bullets by privately enjoying my own swag.
Got to work on making the scene look a little more “lived in”. Dressing our characters, as well as the scene. Tomorrow I will begin the animation process; I’m really looking forward to it! For some reason I’m really digging the idea of going to another game universe with a friend to have a small LAN party that takes place in the same universe.
You would think something that meta could break the universe, but then again Pandora itself is pretty broken. 😛
Yesterday was best spent extracting audio for the next part of the Bayonetta project, and it’s looking to be a three parter, with a long animation process. I don’t think I’ll have them all done by October. I’ll revisit them after the next two video projects I have lined up. I’ve already begun setting the stage:
I’m still in the early stages of setting up the scene. I have no plans to add animations to the Borderlands 2 video, but I want to throw in an ending like I did for the Portal 2 video. I’m thinking either late August at the soonest, or November depending on how long it takes to finish the video from animation to the video editing itself. I’m optimistic enough to think that it won’t take me too long, and if not? good things come to those who wait.
The last couple of weekend breakfasts have been quinoa experiments, this weekend I returned to the basics; white sauces and eggs! I made a cream sauce with spinach and marinated artichoke hearts, and some Mascapone and Parmesan cheeses for extra creaminess. Poured over poached eggs sitting atop an English Muffin. The sauce is easy to reheat, and if you’re well versed in the art of poaching eggs in a microwave it makes for a nice quick and easy breakfast the next day.
I have a small amount of sauce left; I might re-purpose it for after work lunch tomorrow for a pasta or quinoa bowl.
