I actually took it for weight loss. It didn't work. Lol. It was a last ditch effort before scheduling me for surgery... Of which there's 20 people in front of me. Hospital hadn't done any operations this year until a couple weeks ago because we didn't have a surgeon, and my 90 day guaranteed care turned into 11. Because I'll have to wait until after summer, since they also do no operations over the summer.
Gotta take that vacation.
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QUOTE(Sakiri @ Mar 12 2025, 11:48 PM) 
I actually took it for weight loss. It didn't work. Lol. It was a last ditch effort before scheduling me for surgery... Of which there's 20 people in front of me. Hospital hadn't done any operations this year until a couple weeks ago because we didn't have a surgeon, and my 90 day guaranteed care turned into 11. Because I'll have to wait until after summer, since they also do no operations over the summer.
Gotta take that vacation.
Yikes! Our USA healthcare system certainly has its faults, but what you describe normally isn't among them . . . so long as you can afford a decent quality healthcare plan and/or can afford to pay sometimes high copays/deductibles. Me, I'm fortunate in having some of the best quality / least expensive healthcare coverage available to "lower class" citizens, thanks to a career in the military. My just-ended week-long hospital stay is likely to cost me nothing "out of pocket". I do have a $156US copay for my at-home IV antibiotics, and all prescription meds for that matter. Those copays vary from quite reasonable to only slightly painful. (Only one of mine falls in the "slightly painful" category.)
In any case, I sincerely hope things work out well for you in the end.
I planned to go back to the US to visit and get my sanity back but it turns out I need a new passport and that's a whole other trip. Husband's mom doesn't like me going back, and when she has to take me to get a passport she's going to find out I'm planning one...
Meanwhile, it's Thursday 
QUOTE(mirocu @ Mar 13 2025, 05:14 PM)
Meanwhile, it's Thursday
But tomorrow is Friday, isn't it..?
Didn't know that you were cold til you felt my fire
Heaven's gate just opened up, hearing choirs
If you say something else you a liar
Heaven's gate just opened up, hearing choirs
If you say something else you a liar
Didn't know that Fry day was crow poetry day. 
It's not, I'm afraid. Just a little Blackpink lyrics; Rosé's part in fact. When she sings that in my headphones, my soul blushes 
Also; it's apparently pie day.
Also; it's apparently pie day.
My hate for the Doom 3 shotgun is neverending
The spread obviously, but it also looks bad. It's pump action, but it has a handle too only seen on semi autos - ON THE LEFT SIDE!! You DON'T want to have the ejector port of the left side when firing it right-handed! It doesn't make me wanna use it, contrary very much to the shotguns from Doom 2 or the shotgun in Duke Nukem 3D - all very good both in how they work but also in how they look. I'm confident with them. Not so much with the Doom 3 equivalent.
Same goes btw for the pistol - good in DN3D, bad in Doom 3.
Rant over. For now
The spread obviously, but it also looks bad. It's pump action, but it has a handle too only seen on semi autos - ON THE LEFT SIDE!! You DON'T want to have the ejector port of the left side when firing it right-handed! It doesn't make me wanna use it, contrary very much to the shotguns from Doom 2 or the shotgun in Duke Nukem 3D - all very good both in how they work but also in how they look. I'm confident with them. Not so much with the Doom 3 equivalent.
Same goes btw for the pistol - good in DN3D, bad in Doom 3.
Rant over. For now
I've slept maybe 2h in the past day.
I thought about picking up Avowed, til I saw the price. On battle.net its almost 900kr for standard edition. That's around 90 bucks. It's on steam for 70. Too much for what it is imo.
Still trying to find a new game.
I thought about picking up Avowed, til I saw the price. On battle.net its almost 900kr for standard edition. That's around 90 bucks. It's on steam for 70. Too much for what it is imo.
Still trying to find a new game.
QUOTE(Sakiri @ Mar 15 2025, 04:20 PM)
I've slept maybe 2h in the past day.
That's not good. I had trouble sleeping a year ago and a bit further and I couldn't remember when last I had a dream. Then I tried a supplement and boom - instantly I slept deep enough for a dream to appear! It was such a big moment I remember even now what it was about!
It's not perfect and I still wake up from time to time, but I still take it as a win. I don't need it anymore in order to dream, but I think it helps to fall asleep again after waking up.
QUOTE(Sakiri @ Mar 15 2025, 04:20 PM)
Still trying to find a new game.
Every game I've played that has been a bop has found me, not the other way around
Oblivion remake is probably coming out soon.
Don't need it
I still haven't slept. 2 hours in 48. I just can't stay asleep. Falling asleep is ok but I wake up. And well, I got woke up by husband rummaging in a frickin candy bag at 11 AM.
Mmmmmm, candy bag - GAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH
QUOTE(mirocu @ Mar 16 2025, 03:00 AM)
Don't need it
Right? I admit I’m curious about what all they change. I don’t know anything about game development, but Oblivion runs like hot garbage on a good day now, I can’t imagine how going in and tacking on a modern graphics engine and going into the gameplay guts and making changes there will make it any better.
QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Mar 15 2025, 08:59 PM)
Oblivion remake is probably coming out soon.
This has been a wild ride to follow, haha. I feel bad for the Skyblivion team if the rumors do pan out... that "mod" was slated for release this year.
-Gents
*tips hat*
*tips hat*
Thanks, mirocu. Same to you! 
QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Mar 15 2025, 06:59 PM)
Oblivion remake is probably coming out soon.
Be interesting to see what they've changed, Oblivion was a pretty game and Cyrodill was huge and full of places to explore.
Honestly I don't think they should bother with it at all. Move on, make something new for the fans and leave the overhauls/moddings to the community.
For all its flaws, my state (or maybe just my county) is blessed with low yearly real-estate tax rates. Last year, for example, I paid $157US tax on my home. This year's bill just arrived. I'm paying $78.76 tax on my home 
: I've no idea what happened to cause the drop, but I ain't complaining! 
: I've no idea what happened to cause the drop, but I ain't complaining!
Meanwhile we are looking to see some lighter (heh) electric bills going forward due to overproduction. I bet they'll find a way to screw us over anyway, but if true I'm not complaining either
QUOTE(mirocu @ Mar 19 2025, 06:04 PM)
Meanwhile we are looking to see some lighter (heh) electric bills going forward due to overproduction. I bet they'll find a way to screw us over anyway, but if true I'm not complaining either
They'll up charge us, telling us it's unfair the south hs to buy power from Germany.
Like they did last time.
Yeah. We're not gonna get anything for cheap anymore. They're squeezing us. Coffee used to be 18kr and now it's like 65. AND it's now 450g instead of 500g 
Also; you got the 10/22 post! As in the .22LR classic!
Also; you got the 10/22 post! As in the .22LR classic!
Another unexpected day off because no work at work?
Should I start being nervous?
*looks at bank account*
Should I start being nervous?
*looks at bank account*
Might have to do a daily quest for the local Fighters Guild to earn a bit of gold?
Well, I have heard that all of Skyrim is under siege, so....
As to a potential Oblivion remake, I've no interest unless the following three criteria are met, the first two of which will surely not be.
1) Cyrodill is reimaged to match the scale used in Daggerfall. In other words, it should be orders of magnitude larger than it is now, with lots more villages and so on, and its major cities greatly expanded in size.
2) That wonderful NPC AI system depicted in a pre-release video but jettisoned due to at-the-time unsolvable kinks is fully implemented. They'd had two decades to iron out its flaws, for goodness sake.
3) Fully moddable (with no restrictions) to the same extent original Oblivion is.
1) Cyrodill is reimaged to match the scale used in Daggerfall. In other words, it should be orders of magnitude larger than it is now, with lots more villages and so on, and its major cities greatly expanded in size.
2) That wonderful NPC AI system depicted in a pre-release video but jettisoned due to at-the-time unsolvable kinks is fully implemented. They'd had two decades to iron out its flaws, for goodness sake.
3) Fully moddable (with no restrictions) to the same extent original Oblivion is.
I’ll check it out on GamePass, just to see what they’ve done.
I see Kane lurking!
QUOTE(mirocu @ Mar 20 2025, 05:12 PM)
I see Kane lurking!
High, Kane!
Didya had a nice Mount Paddy's Day?
Didya had a nice Mount Paddy's Day?
Meh. St. Patty's fell on a work day, so there wasn't much fun going on there.
But you work at uni, surely there was some festive decor or something?
Or at least some B-pop? (Bosmer pop, as per Acadian)
Or at least some B-pop? (Bosmer pop, as per Acadian)
Nope. Also fell on the first day of Spring Break. Uni is a ghost town this week.
That means you can cartwheel all through the corridors!
I definitely could get away with that if I were more spry!
That would be hilarious! 
It's a weird feeling being completely alone at work. I always am at Fridays for the last two hours and although I'm used to it now, it's still a bit strange.
It's a weird feeling being completely alone at work. I always am at Fridays for the last two hours and although I'm used to it now, it's still a bit strange.
Liminal spaces.
Yeah I guess that's it. Like an empty supermarket or, as some will say, American suburbia. But I just love those nice properties and it wouldn't feel weird to live there
I remember working in our local mall back in the early 00s. It was rather strange being their after everything closed and there were no other people around.
I can definitely imagine
Is it true there are no malls left now?
Is it true there are no malls left now?
QUOTE(mirocu @ Mar 21 2025, 03:12 PM)
I can definitely imagine
Is it true there are no malls left now?
Our mall is still open. There’s only like 3 stores in it, but it is still open. They are a dying breed though. Relics of a different time. If you are interested, YouTube has a lot of videos of urban explorers poking through abandoned shopping malls.
Yeah, I've seen those videos being on youtube. Haven't watched them though. Too busy with other ones.
There's a small mall in the town where I had my last three years of school which is also still open. Surprisingly it actually has most shops still in business, including dining and coffee areas.
There's a small mall in the town where I had my last three years of school which is also still open. Surprisingly it actually has most shops still in business, including dining and coffee areas.
It’s probably due to some difference between Swedish shoppers and American shoppers. It seems that different generations of American shoppers have different ideas about how shopping should be. Malls gave way to the strip mall concept. Now a ton of shopping is done online. I reckon malls as they were in the 80s and 90s will make a come back of sorts a couple generations down the line.
Lets meet up here in a few generations to see if it happens.
Wait. We ARE immortal beings, right?
Wait. We ARE immortal beings, right?
I’m not yet, but if you know a vampire you can sure them my way.
Stay on my good side and I'll send you a Toreador or Ventrue.
Stay on my goofy side and I'll send you a Malkavian.
Stay on my bad side and I'll send you a Nossie.
What will it be?
Stay on my goofy side and I'll send you a Malkavian.
Stay on my bad side and I'll send you a Nossie.
What will it be?
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