The Mind Of OverlordTomala
All in an Overlord's day

It’s been dead here, and I’ve felt dead in RL.

I had plans to run errands on my two days off. Things like tidy up a bit, futz around with the servers some more, set some important appointments. Then all of a sudden I get hit hard by allergies transformed into a sinus infection, lovely stuff.

Since I’ve been sitting upright I’ve felt better. My nose does feel a tad warm but I’m not running a fever or anything. I have more energy tonight too, but should get to bed soon anyway since I have 6 days of work to look forward to before I can get two days off… Oh well, gotta take these 40 hour work weeks while I still can. Maybe after my hours go back to the usual small ones I’ll take a week or two off.

So I’ve gotten sucked into the world of homestuck finally. Which might not have been wise since last night during my psychotic sinus infected dreaming I kept seeing homestuck characters whenever my eyes closed and entered the dream world. Speaking of homestuck there is a gmod addon you can download from the Steam Workshop that lets you play as your favorite character and even customize it to wear whatever is available. Last night on my gmod server I was running around as Jade with cat ears, a blue tail and a purple suit with a cape. Looked pretty badass. I think I might do a review on the playset and what it comes with. Some sweet stuff right there.

Oh, and I’ve ordered some more cookbooks to add to my international collection of food secrets (that are not so secret). France, Russia, Africa and Scandinavia (Yes DG, I’m gonna do mad science with your cuisine. FEAR ME). If I can find more I’ll get them. There is a specific type I want to get produced by Time Life magazine. They’re called Foods Of The World and not only share interesting recipes but also give insight into the cultures they derive from as well.

Speaking of food I’m contemplating bringing something to eat to work or purchasing some chicken soup when I go to lunch. I think I’ll go for the soup for obvious reasons…

All in an Overlord's day

Almost through another work week.

Well, Monday is my Friday again. next week I have another 40 hour work week. It’s gonna suck when these shifts end. It sucks not being online as often but at the same time it’s awesome to keep busy and make moneys.

I had to do some gaming on battery during my lunch break today. All the power outlets were in use by people who needed to charge their tablets and one lady with a macbook. It’s funny if you think about it, their devices needed to be charged and there I was on my portable gaming rig playing TF2 and Serious Sam 3 on battery with plenty of juice to spare. I mean c’mon, I’m supposed to be the power hungry one!

Also I got some compliments today. Someone thought I was with one of the local theater groups because I seem to have a “theatrical personality”. Heheheh, they have no idea…

All in an Overlord's day

Sunday Morning Open Thread

I wrote a post and wordpress ate it… FYWP.

So anyway… I came home and had a bit of a family movie night going on. We watched Ted, which btw has to be one of the best movies I ever watched… ever. Even though Flash Gordon was in it. Made me feel good to watch it after a balls to the wall day in hell.

All in an Overlord's day

Early Morning Open Thread

Tonight I came home to some delicious fall off the bone ribs, baked potato and corn. It was good foods to fill me up after a butt fucked up the dick day of hell. Also rejuvenated a bit by making some matcha in both the traditional way and in the form of a latte. I also brewed some Jasmine Green flowering tea for tomorrows work adventures.

I also generated some new nav meshes for TF2 and added them to the server for some fun tomorrow. Though I’m planning to check out the new stuff in CS:GO tomorrow too after work (or maybe during if I can update everything on the laptop before then). 😀

All in an Overlord's day

One of those days I guess…

It’s been busier than fuck again today, and once again I got left alone upstairs to do EVERYTHING while everyone else went to lunch… Of course I’m on mine now and at least two people are upstairs right now.

On another note I just had a strange occurrence. There was this guy (I think he was homeless) sitting at a table babbling to himself about how technology is controlling people and Jesus is the only way, and that some woman he knows is way too smart and knows too much about the law. Then as I’m eating my lunch he walks over to me and asks if my life would be better if he joined me at the table. I smiled and said no it would not. Then he proceeded to randomly pick up wrappers off the floor and then proceeded to shove them down his shorts.

Sounds like a sound person amirite?

Are you fucking serious? / You Can't Make This Shit Up

Stupid Criminal Of The Day

This goes under the category of “You Can’t Make This Shut Up”

The next time you’re faced with a would-be robber demanding cash, perhaps try to negotiate a more convenient time for a robbery. A restaurant in the Chicago area pulled that move when two men allegedly tried to hold up the business. Instead of handing over cash, police say the proprietor just told them to come back in an hour. Aaaaaaand they did.

Are you fucking serious?

Because they’re not rich enough yet.

All I have to say is $75 for a fucking 2.5 GB USB drive from the early 00’s?!?!?!?!

These two items jumped right out at me. $79 for a 2.5 gb portable hard drive when I can get 8 gb USB thumb drives for $12?!? And the “320 glorious gigabytes” cracks me up.

Of course this has been a common thing for awhile. Even where I work (you could call it a Wal-Mart clone) there is stale technology being sold. The best GPU that we sell only has 512 mb of RAM, and the wireless Logitech mice cost more than ordering from somewhere online. Stuff like this is just depressing. I remember back in the 90’s you could walk in and get whatever you wanted. RAM, GPU, CPU, Mobo etc for new top of the line technology with good sales. Now it seems what was left over from that period has been left to rot on the shelves. Even though they know that you can get better deals online they could give a flying fuck. Not everyone around here has an internet connection, so why not vacuum up as much funds as possible?

For fucks sake I was looking at their dusty PC games section and found The Orange Box is still being sold for $25, and on Steam you can get it for $19.99 if you don’t want to wait for a sale. When I was growing up I bought games all the time. Then when the consoles came along I noticed PC games were getting harder and harder to find. If I was lucky enough to find a title it was usually overpriced. Orange Box was my last retail purchase to be made. Everything else has been done digitally. I tend to feel bad about spending so much online, but then I remember that I don’t really purchase much within town anymore. Mostly because they never carry anything that I want and don’t even pay me enough to consider it.

At work right now we have an assload of widesscreen TV’s that are having a hard time being sold. Why? No one can afford them even with the special sales. Not even employees with special discounts can afford to purchase them. They’ve even asked us to buy some going “Come on! Upgrade your TV!” Well, upgrade my paycheck and we’ll talk. As it is I only watch TV for a select few things, and even then if I were to give up on TV completely I could find the shows I like online.