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The move is done.

It was hard. I think I strained my ankle. I'm going to be out of spoons (yay fibro!) for the next few days, at least. My hands are so sore and stiff I couldn't make a fist even if I wanted to.

But it's done.
I have a working dishwasher now.
I get two weeks alone before the roommate arrives (I haven't 'lived alone' since 2007, so even two weeks is novel).

And I wrapped up the evening sitting around eating pizza and bullshitting with my fellow Ingress players who helped me out. That made up for everything else. I'm really bad at being able to tell if people actually like me or are just being nice. I figure if you volunteer to help someone move, you like them.

IBM's Watson made a trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJEzuYynaiw

For the first trailer made by an AI, it's pretty good.
...which is somewhat unnerving in and of itself.

@Arkandel

Have you ever read http://www.abyssapexzine.com/wikihistory/ ?

Yeah, yeah. Starting ANOTHER topic.

What is your favorite tea? Favorite tea company? Loose leaf or bagged?

Specifically, if you have a loose leaf black tea you like, lemme know! I'm about to just go in and buy my preferred Irish Breakfast, but I thought I'd see if there was anything else I should try along the way. Be adventurous! Branch out!

Made it through my phone interview only stumbling over my words a couple of times. However, I think I managed to play it off as just being too excited. >.>

Either way! Did well enough that she scheduled the 2nd phone interview with me at the end of the call.

...unfortunately that's stage 2. Of 5. I'm gonna spend a lot of time on pins and needles over the next few weeks. >.>

More 'RL things that amuse me,' but...

Around 8:40pm, roughly, there was a knock at my door. Kinda 'wtf,' but thought- ok, I've been playing games with buddies for a couple hours. I may be laughing loudly and keeping someone's kids up. The walls here are pretty thin (I hear the guy above me snore at night).

Open the door to two women. Asian. Dressed modern. Ooooookay.

Then I see the bibles in their hands. Double oooooookay. They don't seem Mormon. Or Jehovahs.

Lead lady then goes: "...Have you heard of God the Mother?"

...

Turns out they follow a branch of Christianity (that I've never encountered before) that has interpreted the bible to mean there is a second God (God the Mother) and/or a female aspect of God.

I may need to dig out my copy of the bible just so I can mark down those verses for my own amusement in the future.

@Thenomain said in Tea!:

I've tried to make hot or even iced milk chai, for all that I could drink myself sick on Oregon Chai. I've never managed it.

It's just never the same as when I go out and get it made for me.

http://anchorage.craigslist.org/cto/5789623262.html

@Kanye-Qwest said in Tulpas or Roleplaying?:

This blog is horrifying me. Imagine this is your child, or brother, and one day out of the blue he's like NO I AM NOW A PONY WIFE NAMED OGUIGI.

My brother did this already.

http://www.slashfilm.com/jakku-first-wave/

Srsly. Watch it.

@Pandora said in RL things I love:

Closer

I'll be totally honest.

... I expected https://vimeo.com/3554226. And I had a moment of '...how is that pop? or chill?!'

@Cupcake said in RL things I love:

Last night I tried on my first pair of Lularoe leggings. They had previously been described by numerous people and advertising as "buttery soft". I was skeptical.

Oh my god, these things were like a comfy hug for my legs.

EXACTLY.
I was skeptical too. Now I'm like 'LEGGINGS NEED ALL OF THEM OH GOD THE COMFORT'

@ThugHeaven said in Good TV:

Luke Cage is pretty damned good. Three episodes in and I'm really enjoying it.

I'm 4 episodes in and it might be my favorite of the Marvel shows now.

@tek said in RL Anger:

A friend of mine died over a year ago. Her parents (?) still log in as her occasionally and "like" things on Facebook. This needs to fucking stop.

That is hella fucked up.

I can see not wanting to block the page, as suggested, but it may be needed.

I was released from the hospital today.

My roommate had folded my laundry and left it in my basket on my bed (it'd been in the wash when I made the 911 call). She also brought me home a selection of instant Udon from Uwajimaya.

Srsly, I won the roommate lotto.

I also !!! won a pair of LuLaRoe leggings in a giveaway. I swear, I used to be anti-leggings, but goddamn theirs are so soft I just want to live in them.

I collect playing cards myself, but none so fancy as WTFE's. I'm gonna try to photograph my collection, but I'm a) lazy, and b) have nowhere to keep it other than the boxes it's in.

But I had to pull this one out, as it's one of my favorites:

@Arkandel said in RL Anger:

Wow.

Some people just don't how how the hell to keep out of other peoples' business. Also.. seriously? That's shitty parenting?

Guess this person is utterly appalled at the countries where entire families live in a single room. How dare they do things differently.

I'm going to kick it up to play later today.

I've never used any mods.

If you had to suggest very specific mods for someone who has never used any, which would you suggest?

Also: I don't want ones that make shit harder. I play to relax, goddamnit.

I'm not like absolute omgneverplayed Skyrim beginner.

I've just never used mods. XD I'll dig through lists and see what I like.

@Thenomain

Ooooo. The Achievements Enabler one. I need that!