I'm down to two personal quests, two companion quests, and four miscellaneous quests for BG3. It's ending. 😭😭😭

In other RP news, for the past 3-4 weeks, the GC has been playing a kickstarter pen and paper RPG and MtG Commander two days a week at GeekBBQ. For the first time in about five years, I am actually the only person in the house. It's been lovely. (This is absolutely not a slag on the GC; just, as an extreme introvert, I occasionally need time to drool on myself without any other humans in the vicinity.)

Now that BG3 is winding down, I've started reading actual books again. 🤣 Instead of picking up any of the new ones I was reading at the time I started playing, though, I've blazed through a bunch of old favorite series: Captive Prince, Doctrine of Labyrinths, Greenhallow Duology, The Magicians, and Heaven Official's Blessing (although TBF I have not read the entire series yet). Meanwhile, the GC is reading the Goblin Emperor series for the first time, and that has been great fun to watch from the sidelines. I am also super excited to start The Bright Sword.

I will miss Dark Brandon, who was the most quietly effective leader of my lifetime (one of the reasons media gave him such a drubbing, I don't doubt). That said, I am excited for the new infusion of energy and hope into the election.

My building's new management company has been doing its best to right the wrongs of its predecessor while growing increasingly shellshocked by uncovering just how much of a shitshow they purchasedRead more... )

Aggravations. )

And with that, it's time to go play more BG3.

これで以上です。
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So Microsoft's June 9 Windows "security" "update" destroyed the laptop, which now displays nothing save the white arrow cursor on a black screen when powered on. And, of course, since Microsoft helpfully disabled the F8 boot in safe mode option, there's no other way to troubleshoot the problem without being able to log in to reboot in safe mode that way.

So. We have dumped our Xbox Live, Office, and OneDrive subscriptions. Because, fuck forced obsolescence as a way of making us buy subscriptions for machines where we've already purchased permanent licenses. Now off to download the music we've purchased on Play Music before Google charges us to play that, too.


What I Just Finished Reading

Nuthin'. For whatever reason, this was one of those "I want to read something else...that's none of the books on my bookshelf" kinda weeks.


What I Am Currently Reading

In A Dark Wood - Michael Cadnum
Perhaps my favorite retelling of the Robin Hood legend.

The Wicked and the Just – J. Anderson Coats
I have about 1/3 left to go and the dark realism looks set to crescendo.

Making Friends With Alice Dyson - Poppy Nwosu
This one is set to publish in September. So far the writing is light, zippy, and engaging, and the depictions of adolescent social hierarchies and social media are spot on.

The Drunken Botanist – Amy Stewart
This week, I completed Part I (on fermentation and distillation) and read 2/3 of the first section, "Herbs and Spices", from Part II.



What I'm Reading Next

This week I picked up a copy of Mary Robinette Kowal's The Calculating Stars, courtesy of Tor.


これで以上です。
Post about positive developments to follow later. But ahead of that, I am going to get this ridiculousness off my chest. Cut for RL griping. )

TL;DR: I am sleep deprived and dismayed by how every aspect of life—not just entertainment, but my ability to meet financial, professional, and social obligations—is now critically dependent upon access to two pieces of electronic equipment that, under current circumstances, I cannot easily replace.

これで以上です。
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