The Mind Of OverlordTomala
Blogospheric Naval Gazing1

Gem And The Truly Outrageous Dildos

I’ve been getting a bunch of spam email recently from some online jeweler. Weird entries such as:

Dear VIP Members,

The Chrysanthemum Stone, or “Flower Stone,” is a beautiful and unexpected gift from Mother Earth, a symbol of optimism and joy, named for its near perfect representation of this cheerful flower. Chrysanthemum Stone was formed from geological changes in the Permian age of the Paleozoic era, 248 to 290 million years ago, from high temperatures and the compression of thick layers of organic-rich mud at the bottom of the sea.

Wear, carry, sleep or meditate with Chrysanthemum Stone to activate dormant skills, talents and potential abilities that lie within the Self. For those who feel they have missed their calling, or are unsure of what their gifts might be, this stone inspires, enlivens and enkindles. Use Chrysanthemum Stone for a smooth flow of energy in healing work to clear the aura and open the meridians of the physical body from the Base Chakra to the Crown. It is an excellent support stone for acupuncture, and exercises such as tai chi or chi gung.

So basically they’re trying to sell me a crystal that will potentially transform me into a Super Sayian or some shit… that sounds fucking legit af m8! Why would I sleep with a fucking crystal? Do they fashion crystal dildos? Is that what they use to get that smooth flow of energy they were talking about?

Does this also mean that if you accidentally sleep with jewelry on you’ll gain strange abilities? I would be a super mutant right about now, a fabulous mutant… this is jewelry we’re talking about. This might explain the watermelon related dreams a small tad.

Animation / Hobbies

Skyrim Video Project Update

I spent tonight’s SFM session on animating still. What I really need to do is record some solo voice lines to add to the scene; However due to real life reasons I haven’t had a chance. I’m hoping later this week or the upcoming weekend I’ll be able to do so, among other things. In the meantime I’ve been focusing on trying to improve some animations in other scenes, smoothing things out, additional scene dressing, that kind of thing. I have decided to cut some of the dialogue as it seemed a little too long winded for the situation we’re in, and will attempt to recycle what we cut for future projects.

I have no picture to share this time, so have a melon instead. :melon:

Food/Drink2

Breakfast or Dessert?

It’s my brother’s birthday today, and I wanted to make something special. After yesterday’s fruit infused breakfast I wanted something more chocolaty. I made a basic oatmeal recipe with a couple tablespoons of cocoa powder, a little vanilla extract, mint extract, honey and a little brown sugar and got a nice mint chocolate oatmeal! Even the tea was mint chocolate! All the taste of dessert with enough protein to kick the day in the nuts (for more protein mix a couple egg whites in before you start cooking).

I think I’ll make this again sometime to mix with a yogurt parfait. I think this would taste good layered in between sections of yogurt.

Food/Drink

Oatmeal is my friend now

I had a lot of fruit and inspiration this morning. Here we have some more fruity flavorful oatmeal consisting of Japanese matcha, fresh mangoes, dried cranberries, frozen cherries, slivered almonds, some homemade raspberry syrup and some brown sugar with a pinch of salt. It was really flavorful, and it didn’t really last very long. I was low on regular milk this morning, almond milk made a nice substitute.

Gaming

Single Player with a friend?

I talked Yutram into doing some modded Portal 2. We managed to play a little bit of the single player co-op campaign together due to some tweaks I’ve found in my travels. We had a good time, and I got a good bit of footage for a future video. It was a silly/buggy experience, sadly we had to stop after a random disconnect, followed by a constant string of connection failures. I’m not sure what the text in the bottom right corner means, other than it might be some form of debug message.

Fun little experiment nonetheless.

Food/Drink

Yogurt on a sandvich?

There was a sale on some cheesecake factory bread the other day. They had these nice baby baguettes, and I’ve been in a sandwich mood these last couple days for my after work lunch.

I made a tuna curry spread (though you can substitute cooked chicken and porn in place of the tuna) with a mix of plain greek yogurt, curry powder, cumin, green onion, garlic, shredded carrot and coconut, grated ginger, chopped serrano pepper, and some salt and pepper. Topped with some baby spinach and swiss cheese. This one probably won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but I liked the flavors, and its a versatile spread! You can have it on crackers, in wraps, or on a salad itself with some fruits. I already have it prepped as a salad for tomorrow morning to break up my parfait trend a little. I’ve made sure to include some orange wedges and pineapple to add some flavor and juiciness.

Hobbies

Video Project Status Update

It took us a couple weeks but we finally have Wheatley in the background!

I’ve still been plucking away at this scene… still on the same damned couch. This trip is going to take us awhile methinks, but I am getting a lot done, even though in my head I feel like I could do more. Even after completing this I won’t be releasing it until I finish Part 4. I was hoping to release a video sometime this month, but due to work, other hobbies, etc. I’m anticipating this at least taking a few more weeks to finish up. Animation by hand be it 2D or 3D takes time, though watching over some of my previous scenes you would probably think I just screwed off in SFM for a couple days.

Of course, even if I do finish this video within the same month the chances of me releasing it are highly unlikely. After consistently doing this last year, and starting around the same time, I’ve decided to make certain rules for myself. Firstly, if one livestream is going to span across more than one video, then I won’t release any of them until an entire set is done. I’m also contemplating changing that rule to a minimum of two sets. Say for example I finish up parts 3 and 4 for the current Skyrim “series” and I start to work on two Broforce videos. I won’t release the Skyrim videos until I have both Skyrim and the Broforce videos completed. I’d like to get enough videos canned up for a steady release schedule instead of having a couple ready, then having a long pause in between releases.

I also want to work on a new channel trailer to showcase the new video format. I’ll probably release one once I actively release videos again.

Food/Drink

This thread is brought to you by several balanced breakfasts

I’ve more than fulfilled my promise this weekend for healthy breakfasts, and even managed to get over my fear of oatmeal. I grew up not really caring for it… and I think in part it might be in how it was prepared for me the few times I had to to try and stomach my way through a bowl. Now that I’m an adult with an overactive imagination and an appetite to apply a small amount of it to I think I’ve managed to actually make oatmeal to be proud of. The above is a mix of chopped frozen black cherries, whole recently frozen blueberries, dried cranberries, sliced fresh banana, pralines, maple syrup, brown sugar, cinnamon and just a touch of salt. It was the right amount of sweetness, and the addition of nuts and berries gave it additional flavor. I was so proud of myself that I decided to do a different variant today:

This one consists of brown sugar, vanilla extract, walnuts, frozen mangoes, strawberries and pineapple chunks, and another chopped banana. It felt nice to have something warm with the taste of the tropics on an otherwise cold morning. I’m thinking of next week of making some breakfast curry of some sort; until then I have these to look forward til hump day.

The one in the middle is a raspberry white chocolate parfait that I plan to bring to work tomorrow. The one on the left is a caramel banana oat parfait (though they all have oats in them), and the one on the right is basically the same thing as the one on the left but with maple syrup instead of caramel, and the addition of walnuts. Oh, and they all have cocoa granola because that just sounds good with any of these. :trollface:

If anyone has good breakfast or any other kind of food ideas you’ve tried recently I’d like to hear it!