I am Stupid

[wickedorin]

Project OMGWTFF, Day 7 - It seems I've just made my own polymer clay eyes. Well that was unexpected. Also filling in the wings. Little by little. Oh god what am I doing. Finally got to the point where both of my hands and arms just went, "Okay, fuck this, we need a break." So I suppose I'll finally be catching up on getting various things arranged and updated until they stop protesting. Why am I doing this?

Earlier:
Wasband: So what is this? A bat? A dragon? A bat-dragon?
Me: Yes, one of them.
Wasband: Are you doing this for fun?
Me: *mild death glare* This is officially the stupidest thing I've ever done and I'm not even halfway through it yet.
Wasband: *wanders off to do laundry* *wanders back, poking at wing* You're either brave or insane.
Me: Stupid. Just stupid.

Day 8 - (Yesterday.) Got to work on this sucker in the morning, in the afternoon, and in the evening.  Currently my grip strength has depleted to the point where it’s time to wrap this up for another day and look forward to a weekend off.  (So close, so very close.)  Is it any closer to being done?  ...In theory.

I have discovered something unfortunate, though: I have “yarn burn” on my fingers.  This is hilari-dumb.  Truly, terribly hilari-dumb.  That’s what I get for using Red Heart yarn for its generally indestructible nature, I suppose.

And so much for not buying anything for this particular project…  But hey, I lasted a week!  A WEEK!

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Today I'm having trouble gripping things, so the weekend break started early. Super-exciting eye doctor update: I'm healing! But not quickly. So now I have prescription eye drops to add into the rotation of everything else. *rubs temples* He said everything should be just fine... but if I experience burning, give him a call. Not reassuring. (Tried them about an hour ago. No burning. ...Does that mean it's working or not working?) The only thing MassHealth seems to do right for me is giving me a $3 co-pay on every prescription. Whew. Also looked at a number of really expensive wrist braces, but I figure my cheap-o one will do just fine. As long as I remember to rest and try to stop working around 8:00 PM or so. I'm trying. ...Yes, sometimes I still go until midnight, but it depends.

So how about a few links while I avoid updating a moving things? How I Fell Into the Generation Gap by Amanda Lange is interesting to me. I still remember computer screens being three different shades of amber, and how exciting it was when we finally got the color monitor. I could play games in color! And then when we finally got a sound card, I could hear them, too! (Except for Sierra Card Games, which never did manage to work properly. It's just as well for how often I crashed the poor thing with scenarios that were never programmed in.) I've been through every console save the Wii and Xbox, so I've been involved in this here game stuff for an awfully long time. Some things have evolved while others seem to have devolved, but it always moves in cycles of focus. Graphics, aesthetics, plot. Over and over and over. It seems no different to me now except for how much seems to be at stake in terms of investment (production- and consumer-side), and how we keep being told that Western games are somehow what all of us want to play. ...I'm clearly not in agreement, but I guess cash flow will tell. But anyway if I go on it will just be more wordy and ranty and longer than the article I linked to so to quote Amanda Lange, "And when I was young, I had to walk uphill both ways to play a video game, you darn kids."

This gamer's anthem is actually pretty damn cool.

Say what you will of Valve. The way they treat their "protesters" is all I need to know.

The Lollipop Chainsaw trailer is exactly what I hoped it would be. Whether that's good or bad is up to the viewer, I suppose.

But Journey will be the one I'll immediately hand over cash for.

Just because I found it interesting, Gay Finches Mate for Life.

Only a ST:TNG nerd would laugh at this. (I laughed. But I laughed much harder at this.)

And finally, I have been meaning to share this, New study shows that knowing spoilers doesn’t ruin a story. Ha, take THAT, internet.

Comments

[taithe]

Yarn burn... I did not know this was a thing. o_O I hope you heal up soon!

D'aww finches. Mine were alpha jerks or apathetic betas. :<

Nope, don't care what new study says, will still avoid spoilers like the plague.

[wickedorin]

I... was not aware this was a thing, either. It's like rug burn. Only it is yarn burn. And very weird. (I'm used to using much softer, smoother yarns for extended periods of time, though. Red Heart brand, though, is... yes, it's like one continuous strand of rough carpet.)

And I love spoilers. I like being able to watch the last episode of something first, then watching from the beginning... so Tiger & Bunny drives me a little nuts sometimes, but it's too good to complain about. *grin*