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Slaying Demons and Sipping Tea

Why jerking off with the same hand is a bad idea.

Well, another weekend nearing its end and another computer has been saved. I’ll be returning it to them tomorrow and they can WoW to their heart’s content. I also got some audio work done today for my next SFM sessions (tomorrow probably). I took a break and decided to play a little bit of Darksiders (Warmastered Edition), and much like the last time I played I’m still stumped. I know I have to kill a monster hanging above in this room but I forget how I’m supposed to do it. Might have to look it up if I can’t get any further on my next attempt.

I also made time to try my new teas. I tried the Rhubarb Cherry Cobbler one, and that had a nice juicy cherry juice kinda vibe to it, but I think the winner had to be Red Velvet Cake. I even prefer it over the Republic Of Tea version, it has more of a flavor to it compared to the bagged version Republic Of Tea offers… I’m thinking for Red Velvet Cake the Pinky Up version will become my main squeeze. It tastes good on its own or with a little milk or a milk substitute mixed in. I’m using some coconut milk in mine and it tastes really great with the fruit mixture already in the tea. So if you ever get the chance to buy at least the Red Velvet Cake one, do so.

I was also talking to Bong about Wiki stuff, he built his own and it reminded me that I wanted to rebuild mine at some point, but with the intent of it being about the characters already in our animated universe and any “back story” they may have. Ronald McDonald is going to be a fun one to write about, along with Batman! and the others… That will be a project for another weekend, next weekend if I don’t have another computer randomly following me home I had a weekend shopping trip planned. Not sure if I’ll buy anything but there will at least be some research involved.

All in an Overlord's day / Computing / Hobbies

Busy Weekend

Brought home another computer to work on for the weekend. Seems to be having similar issues to the previous one, seems that the latest Windows Update has claimed another victim. Only in this case the system seems to give off a Blue Screen Of Death randomly when playing WoW. I’m going to do a clean reinstall, and have him step back a build. It’s one of those Alienware Steam Boxes. All in all it has good parts in it. He only uses it for WoW. Should have it back in his hands either tomorrow or in time when I head back to work.

I also made some more SFM progress; completed two renders, need to do two more. But before I do that I’ll need to extract some audio from a couple recent recording sessions with Yutram. I’ll be working on the ending sequences, then once I finish and export those I’m done and can return to Shotcut to piece things together for both videos. I’m thinking the endings may take awhile, especially for the second one. I might work on that one before the first one just to get it out of the way.

I also went on a bit of a shopping spree yesterday. I bought some stuff for renovating my closet a little, and some teas. One is a Cherry Rhubarb and the other one is supposed to be a Red Velvet cake. I haven’t had a chance to try them yet, been enjoying some flowering tea. I think I have one more brew I can get out of it before moving onto something else… might give one of the new teas a try tomorrow.

Are you fucking serious? / Rants1

Not sure if trolling or serious

On the drive back from a milk run I noted the amount of homeless people with signs out on the road, and all in close proximity to each other. I counted about three or four, all of them had signs. One was a young skinny guy that was begging for food, said he’d take anything. Then I saw this young woman in a nice summer chair out near a crosswalk, dressed well enough for a warm summer day, sunglasses and all that, as well as a sign that said “My Birthday is in 2 Days, anything helps”. I think I had a mental moment similar to Lewis Black’s “If it weren’t for my horse” skit. I honestly couldn’t fucking tell if that was a real life troll or if she was seriously that much of an entitled killatwat. Either way, she had a smug look on her face that would suggest that she likes to shit the bed frequently, and bask in the aroma permeating the air.

I deal with the public everyday, and the public includes the homeless. Yeah, there are some that are homeless because of bad attitudes and decisions. There are also people that lost their jobs, can’t get back on their feet because no one will hire them, or they’re just too mentally fucked up to even halfway function at a shit job that will hire almost anyone with a pulse (unless it’s a dead guy up against someone that vapes cannabis oil, then the dead guy wins), and have no one else to turn to. We used to have institutions to keep these kinds of things in check, but history would say that in the 80’s that’s how we started to really Make America Great Again™ :zorak:

I’m sorry… I had a Grandmother who had to raise 7 kids on her lonesome after her husband ditched her for her best friend. I would hear stories about what they had to do to survive day to day, and how Grandma had to go from being a housewife with no experience to finding any form of work just to stay afloat. As a result my view of the poor seems to clash with everyone else… although I already clash with everyone else on other subjects and people with similar hobbies, so what have I got to lose? :v:

I used to be the kind of person that wouldn’t wish that sort of thing onto anyone, but now, living in an age where literally almost any of us could miss a paycheck or two, or have a medical catastrophe thing happen to them to completely fuck up their life… I’m tired of seeing all of these well off self entitled little shits, and wretched fuckmuffins that think they’re well off enough to be mocking the very people they could be joining in a soup kitchen line someday. Lately it seems like the only way people are able to learn anything is to have first hand experience, and to that I say bring on the brawndo mates!

Open Threads3

Evening Open Thread: Sandvich Edition

It was too warm for me to want to cook anything today/tonight. I made some nice hearty sandwiches, for all to share. I even have enough for after work lunch tomorrow. I was wearing my Half Life 2 shirt today at work, and the spirit of Gabe’s many sub sandwiches convinced me to make something hearty with not too much effort, and I think I succeeded.

Today was productive, both at work and at home with SFM; got a lot of animation out of the way. I might even be able to render something tomorrow. :zorak: Nothing worth sharing yet, will keep posted. In the meantime, to keep with the theme of Valve and sandwiches, here is one of my favorite TF2 characters:

Computing3

Microsoft is listening in on your Minecraft porn discussion?

I think I can check this off of the “I predicted this would happen” list.

Leaked documents and recordings obtained by Motherboard show that humans are able to listen to intimate conversations held over Skype — something that has hitherto not been revealed by Microsoft.

I don’t want to discourage reporting on these kind of things, but this stuff is pretty obvious. Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, CreepyUncleGoogle, they’re all the same. All of this technology runs on the backs of large computers, computers that can record your voice or anything on your account information. Computers that are maintained by people, and can be accessed by said people, as evidenced in recent reports over the last few months about Apple, Amazon, and Google. Microsoft being among them shouldn’t be a surprise, none of this should be. I’ve predicted these kinds of things since the dawn of MySpace (and fucking Trogdor). If you want to own or use these kinds of services I won’t hold it against anyone, but these are things to keep in mind if you choose to put something with a microphone attached to it in your home. Your conversations about tongue bathing the neighbor’s pitbull next door is currently being listened to by the device of your choice… for science and research of course. :trollface:

Gaming

It was fun while it lasted

I have to admit… I played a little bit of CS:CZ (not the deleted scenes) and actually kinda sorta had fun… up until I was introduced to the retarded AI for the hostages. I also did some more SFM work, and finished up doing some voice lines with Yutram a bit ago. I’ll tear back into it tomorrow after work if I don’t accidentally a nap. I’m up a bit later than I should be, but wanted to get some recording done.

Aside from gaming I went on a small shopping spree online, picked up some gamer t-shirts and sauces (what a combo amirite?). I also had to retire a favorite pair of sandals, they were pretty ancient though; gives me an excuse to shop for some new ones I guess. :v:

Alright! Time to rest up for another week of anxiety…

Gaming

The safest version of self harm

I’m the kind of person that is willing to even try a game that is slightly less than passable for a game just to see what kind of train wreck I’m getting myself into. I figured I hadn’t touched Counter-Strike: Condition Zeroes Deleted Scenes in a good while, and figured I’d forced my ass forward… I died and woke up in another game.

You can interact with just about anything in the map, but there are no npc’s around to talk to you or berate you when you decide to fuck with the main computer behind the counter. Trying to go into the next level will crash the game, and it seems to happen every time my character dies. The lack of other people in the map almost gives it an unsettling vibe, as though everyone was mysteriously teleported away via the resonance cascade without a trace. I would almost expect the narrator from The Stanley Parable to step forward and narrate this accident.

I’m not entirely sure how to feel about this game… When CS:CZ originally came out I didn’t know of its existence, but apparently it went through quite a bit of development hell according to Wikipedia. I recently found some early beta versions, and now I’m contemplating checking them out. I always like looking at early concepts for games, it gives you a look into the development and creative processes that go into creating a game. I think I liked the earlier concepts better than the more linear final version.

Computing

My next victim

One of my co-workers is having me look at their All In One Desktop (computer entirely built into a monitor) over the weekend, and it looks like it’ll be a fun one to fix. Originally the issue seemed to lie in them not being able to run The Sims 4, but looking at it I can see that it has more underlying problems. It seems to be running two anti-virus programs at the same time (McAfee and one other that sounds suspicious), and it pegs the poor little pathetic intel celeron at 100%. I might not be able to get The Sims 4 to run due to it barely meeting the system requirements, but that drive will be getting replaced with an SSD I recommended for her to purchase; an 860 EVO will be worlds better than some shitty 5400 RPM spinner.

It’s kinda funny… I found out tonight that my Dad fixed her Mom’s computer just a few days ago (and I had supplied an SSD for that too). Small world, eh?

All in an Overlord's day

When Imaginations Collide

Did some creative writing this afternoon with Yutram for one of the upcoming videos. I have a feeling it’ll be awhile before I release anything, but it’ll be fun to animate a mental collaboration between two unpredictable imaginations. It was a nice escape from a hellish day, surrounded by 50 shades of stupid. I’m already contemplating what the weekend has in store for me, perhaps something that involves digital explosions. I might break my little rule about video editing over the weekend since I didn’t really do much of that this week due ailments earlier on in the week. I’ve at least made progress in other areas in terms of visual prep though.

I’ll be sure to post anything I’ve declassified. :v: