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Double post. Had my internet installed today. Which is great.

But now I have shitty cable management. The back of my desk will never be organized.

It's November. It's time for my yearly tradition of playing Skyrim through the holidays. The game is nine years old now. So one, I feel old just saying that. And secondly, that's long enough for it to be a tradition to begin with.

I'd stream if I had the stuff to do it.

@roz They've needed to for years. Literal years. It took far longer for voice actors to get their own union but they were finally able to do so in the last decade.

I would file this more in RL Agony.

Thinking you put the right amount of wasabi on your piece of sushi and only realizing after you started chewing that it was A LOT more than you had expected. Like you were sure that it was only enough wasabi to enhance the flavor, not OVERPOWER it.

And suddenly your eyes are watering.

@jennkryst Shit, I'd buy that for the box alone.

I was woken up in the middle of the night(or day for the rest of you normal sleeping hours people)with a cramp in my calf so bad that it woke me up and forced me to jump out of my bed and stretch my leg out.

Nothing like waking up after being in a dead sleep with crippling pain. Because I'm limping around my apartment going 'ow ow ow ow'.

I KOTOR 2 that wasn't a hot garbage fire in the second half of the game because it wasn't finished and just pushed out the door.

I love Obsidian but goddamn they cannot catch a break when being given time tables.

Also, there's never going to be a Jade Empire 2 or remaster and I will forever hold that against BioWare.

It's not even December yet and I'm already tired of christmas music.

@derp To be fair

I pick up everything to usually deconstruct it. Because them mats doe.

@Kanye-Qwest

I dont listen to that podcasts for political commentary more the scientific, research and other experts in fields I dont know much about. The sleep study scientist episode was fascinating a few months back. Besides he has a lot of other comedians I enjoy as guests.

While I dont agree with all of Rogans opinions I shouldn't have to. I agree with enough that I keep listening. Also i get a lot of good workout and better eating and fitness advice out of it, oddly.

I get the podcast is controversial and that's fine. I dont have to be 100 percent on board with everything to find some kind of enjoyment out of it.

@dontpanda said in Who are you?:

• The last 3.5 seasons of DS9 are the best in sci-fi, and I'll fite you with teeth and fists.

I really, really don't want to fight you on this, because I more or less agree, but Babylon 5 seasons 3 and 4 would like a word with you.

FWIW, I'll watch anyone here on Twitch.

So I'm not really sure where to put this, so I'll put it here. Along with being sick, I've noticed my cat isn't feeling well either. He's had cold symptoms for awhile now, and I never took him to a vet for it simply because every single person I asked and web site I looked basically said the same thing; it's cold, nothing a vet can do. But he's had a cold since January. It's worried me, though this passed weekend it finally looked like he was getting over it.

Now we come to today. He's not eating, he's not drinking water, and he's been throwing up a lot of white foam. Normally, I know this is usually revolving around the fact that he has a hairball he's trying to get rid of and that can upset his stomach to the point where he doesn't feel like eating. But then, I noticed he's been doing it a lot, because I've been cleaning up after him. And the last time earlier tonight, it wasn't white, it was pink, with what I'm pretty sure is a very small amount of blood(like a coagulated thin small strand of blood).

What bothers me is his not drinking water. He will sit by the water dish, but not drink water. And much like looking at WebMD too much, after looking into why cats do that, it honestly terrified me, because it's an indicator of kidney problems. I have a vet appointment for him tomorrow morning. But it's so out of his personality. This cat loves food, to a very annoying degree, it's really the only thing he does that grates at me. Now, I miss it. My girlfriend suggested baby food, and thankfully he did eat that, but not a lot, and only when I fed to him on a spoon for him to lick off. Maybe a third of the container? But considering he usually wolfs down half a can of cat food per day, it's not what I'm used to.

The odd thing is this all happened overnight. Last night, he was begging for food and going to town on the water fountain like he always has been. Today, it's the exact opposite. I had to force his mouth open and pour spoonfulls of water down his throat just so I knew he wasn't going to dehydrate. Never had to do that, save for the times he had medication.

I admit, as a bearded, burly 36 year old man, I'm utterly terrified of losing my cat who has been my constant companion for near on 15 years. I know, I know, the rational part of my brain tells me I should be lucky I've had this much time with him, but irrational part of me says that why can't I have 18 years with him.

I know my old man is in his twilight years, but the thought of him not being at the door to scream at me for food when I get home from work is a thought of emptiness I'm not sure I can handle right now.

I wish it was morning so I could take him to the vet. I just want him to be okay. I want the vet to throw some meds at me that I have to give him everyday. I want his final years to be happy and functional and I don't want to keep him alive for my sake alone. If it's his time, then it's his time, but, goddamnit, I know a part of me is going to be destroyed by it. He's the best pet I've ever had. So very much uncat like. Never gets on counters, never aggressive. Always just wants affection. And food. All the food ever.

Apart of me feels guilty, that I took so much of that for granted. That he would want on my lap, and I'd set him next to me on the couch because my laptop was already occupying my attention. You always think, "There's more time for that later." There is, but you take it for granted. You take so much of it for granted.

I don't know what to do. I just needed to rant into the void that why can't our pets live as long as us.

Go. Hug your pet. Your cat. Your dog. Your rat. Even your pet alligator for the weirdos out there. Maybe I'm being dramatic, and maybe I took for granted how relatively healthy my cat has been for so long. I hope he's okay. That's is something treatable like gastritis(That's my other, less terrifying guess to his issues right now, so I'm more hopeful for that than some liver or kidney issue).

So, an update on my cat.

Took him to the vet, explained what had been happening, resulting in the vet and I both agreeing that blood work would be the best. My cat did not enjoy this at all. For a cat that has been so chill his entire life, getting his back legs messed with and blood drawn he was a pain in the ass about. It took the vet and two nurses to hold him down, and we had to draw blood twice just to get enough for the testing.

The vet noted he had a full bladder when we got there, which I found odd since I hadn't really seen him drinking water the night before. But getting blood drawn made him,well, he peed all over the exam table. This will be a benefit later on. But more disturbingly, one of his nostrils started to bleed, which worried all of us there.

While discussing possible theories to what was going on, we waited for the lab work to come back. And this is where things get a little stranger, leaving us scratching our heads. His chemistry panel was more or less normal. Healthy, even, given a cat his age where thyroid, liver, and kidney problem tend to be an issue with older cats. It didn't explain the throwing up, though the vet suspected it was more discomfort, and the blood had been from the throat rather than the stomach caused by acid reflux(maybe). But we could at least cross out thyroid, liver, and kidney problems which was a relief to me.

He does have, however, an infection in his bladder, as shown by bacteria present in his urine, and the elevated WBC count on his blood work. The vet considered the fact that while we knew bladder infection was a reason for the elevated white count, there could be something else to cause it too, so we decided that antibiotics would suffice for the time being to take care of one, potentially two issues(even if we don't exactly know what the other is).

This doesn't explain the bloody nose. Could've been a conbination of having an infection, coupled with the stress, and the fact that my apartment is on the dry side considering it's winter. It could also be an issue with his bad teeth, which he's always had, because cat's nose, mouth, and ears are so closely tied together, there could be something going on there, but that would require more in depth examination. Which we want to hold off on(for now), especially if the current treatment happens to have a more positive effect.

So we're back home now, and I've given him his first dose of antibiotics, which thankfully he's always been good at taking. I'm to inform the vet in a week for improvement(or not), and if he's not eating by Monday to bring him back in. But the full bladder does indicate that he is drinking water, even if I never saw him doing so yesterday, but the bladder infection could also play into things in that respect.

So some questions answered, but others have cropped up. I hope the meds will help, but I won't know if he's eating until this weekend. I'd rather not work today if only so I can keep an eye on him, but I've taken two days off work for my own illness, and I feel good enough to go back in(four and half hours of sleep or not).

Some good and some bad, but I hope he gets better. That's all I can hope for. And hope he doesn't drain my bank account. Already paid $200 today in bills alone. I mean, I know it can get so much pricier, so I should be thankful.

@Auspice Goddamnit, fuck you for mentioning it here first before I could.

Also, it's good.

Suits was my favorite so far. In so much that I really really really want a mech shooter and farm simulator to be blended together to make that into a game. With fully customizable mech suits with having to balance between wiping down hordes of infesting bug creatures and spending time to make sure you have a good planting season.

I would play the shit out of that.

Edit to add: The Witness is the weakest by far. It looked pretty, but the whole synopsis of the story you can guess in the first minutes of how it's going to end. The reality is, the only thing it had going for it was that it was pretty. It was unoriginal otherwise.

Zima Blue also wasn't the strongest either. It had some message it wanted to sell, but I can't say I was buying.

Beyond the Aquila Rift is good if you dig some blend between Mass Effect and Aliens.

When I woke up this morning, I was still half asleep. I brush my teeth, as per usual. Then, I use hydrogen peroxide as a mouthwash because...it works and it's cheap(don't judge). I keep it next to the rubbing alcohol. I wasn't looking at which bottle I grabbed.

That was an unfortunate experience. I don't recommend it.

The following is a conversation that I mostly overheard at work with only my partial interjection into because I felt like being snarky. It's one of the few times where my sense of humor was able to bring someone to a dead stop, though I credit that mostly with the follow-up my buddy next to me chimed in with.

So, there was a number of us nerdy types all located around one particular section of lab, going through kits. Two people were in a really heated conversation about Harry Potter related material. Most of this conversation was about whether they agreed with Rowlings sudden changes to characters to what they perceived had been cannon for years now.

Eventually another of our group eventually pipes up, having only just pulled his headphones off to chime in.

"Wait, so who's gay now in Harry Potter?"

I saw my chance and I took it.

"The sorting hat apparently eats ass now."

My friend next to me immediately jumps in on that.

"Tastes like...SLYTHERIN."

Very little work got done for the next ten minutes. I almost forgot I was at work for a moment.

Eventually, I'm just going to hang all my desktop parts on the wall next to my desk, with all my cords strung out very cleanly. It'll look great. Make it look artistic as fuck.