The eggnog was a hit at game night. I was worried about the rum because I thought it tasted a bit odd, so I put a little bit less than called for. It ended up perfect though. Maybe a little more spice and vanilla would have been nice, but that also might have made it less drinkable. We played three games--Warcraft, Don't Starve Together, and Counterstrike. Warcraft was a vaguely interesting arena type game, but 20 rounds was about twice as long as I liked. Don't Starve was fun for about 10 minutes, but in the end we decided that it isn't casual enough for a game night. Counterstrike was possibly the most fun for all, but I'm really terrible at shooting games and don't enjoy them much.
Yesterday was productive. Notably, I made curry fish saute, bought some shirts and long underwear at Uniqlo, failed to find hanafuda at Hard Off, danced for an hour after watching some tutorial videos, and did some cleaning. Oh, and I talked to Mom and Dad. I worked on my JavaFX library problem, but finally I just gave up and decided to look for an alternative. I found the alternative easily, but then when I tried to use it I ran into the same problem as with JavaFX. Bah.
I also called Big D and it turns out he made other plans for New Year's Day, so I've been wallowing in the misery of abandonment. I'm still planning to make the trip, even though it's going to be -8 and I'll be alone. From Google maps it looks like I can probably bike more or less the whole way, so that should make it a little less daunting. It's only 15km, but the elevation is significant, so I'm thinking that it will take about 90 minutes. I'll wake up at 4:45, get dressed, eat a little something, make a hot drink (?) and then leave at 5.
IOVG (Instead of video games): I watched about 35 minutes of the movie Sing, which has been recommended to me several times. To be honest, I found it painful. The plot was about saving a musical theater by holding a talent contest, so there was a glut of characters who weren't interesting to me. The music was unaltered pop songs, the characters were animals, and the theater owner kept digging himself deeper into debt despite his great leadership qualities. I can cross it off my list without any guilt. I also watched two episodes of Jojo's Bizarre Adventures. This is a peculiar anime which some students at my junior high school are quite fanatic about. It also inspired a Worm fanfiction crossover that just barely failed to hold my interest past a few chapters. I had low expectations for this anime, but it was fairly absorbing, especially considering it only has Japanese subtitles so I understand about 80% of it. Furthermore, it inspired me to get back to reading a Japanese visual novel, but I finished the second episode at 9 so I decided to shut off the computer and read a book instead.
This morning I woke up at 2:30 because of heat (7 degrees outside, wow!) and dehydration. When I didn't go back to sleep soon after, I wrote my to-do list for today, which I once again had forgotten to write last night. Next I tried reading, but eventually decided to just sit up and write. There were several interesting passages in my reading, but I got a little bored at times and lost my concentration, and felt a desire to read something else. Maybe I just spent too much time on it--over an hour between last night and this morning. Also, I didn't make hostel reservations yesterday, so I did that just now. The price had fallen to $18 a night, woohoo!
Yesterday was productive. Notably, I made curry fish saute, bought some shirts and long underwear at Uniqlo, failed to find hanafuda at Hard Off, danced for an hour after watching some tutorial videos, and did some cleaning. Oh, and I talked to Mom and Dad. I worked on my JavaFX library problem, but finally I just gave up and decided to look for an alternative. I found the alternative easily, but then when I tried to use it I ran into the same problem as with JavaFX. Bah.
I also called Big D and it turns out he made other plans for New Year's Day, so I've been wallowing in the misery of abandonment. I'm still planning to make the trip, even though it's going to be -8 and I'll be alone. From Google maps it looks like I can probably bike more or less the whole way, so that should make it a little less daunting. It's only 15km, but the elevation is significant, so I'm thinking that it will take about 90 minutes. I'll wake up at 4:45, get dressed, eat a little something, make a hot drink (?) and then leave at 5.
IOVG (Instead of video games): I watched about 35 minutes of the movie Sing, which has been recommended to me several times. To be honest, I found it painful. The plot was about saving a musical theater by holding a talent contest, so there was a glut of characters who weren't interesting to me. The music was unaltered pop songs, the characters were animals, and the theater owner kept digging himself deeper into debt despite his great leadership qualities. I can cross it off my list without any guilt. I also watched two episodes of Jojo's Bizarre Adventures. This is a peculiar anime which some students at my junior high school are quite fanatic about. It also inspired a Worm fanfiction crossover that just barely failed to hold my interest past a few chapters. I had low expectations for this anime, but it was fairly absorbing, especially considering it only has Japanese subtitles so I understand about 80% of it. Furthermore, it inspired me to get back to reading a Japanese visual novel, but I finished the second episode at 9 so I decided to shut off the computer and read a book instead.
This morning I woke up at 2:30 because of heat (7 degrees outside, wow!) and dehydration. When I didn't go back to sleep soon after, I wrote my to-do list for today, which I once again had forgotten to write last night. Next I tried reading, but eventually decided to just sit up and write. There were several interesting passages in my reading, but I got a little bored at times and lost my concentration, and felt a desire to read something else. Maybe I just spent too much time on it--over an hour between last night and this morning. Also, I didn't make hostel reservations yesterday, so I did that just now. The price had fallen to $18 a night, woohoo!
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