I rec this book: Truly Madly Pizza

Finally had the inaugural summer lobster roll and some time in front of the ocean. It was mostly in the car in the rain because New England, but even so. Good for the soul.

I mean the commandment about not killing is four words long and that still seems to be too complicated. 

“You’ll know immediately if your dog can’t have dairy,” said Kane.

(Also, re yesterday’s topic: lettuce soup=disgusting, please avoid, I am full of regrets.)

If you want some footage, I think Markiplier must have played the beta.

There’s gotta be a mushroom that can do something.  There’s a mushroom for everything.

Red Dead Redemption 2, the herb picking simulator with occasional gun shooting mechanics.

If you like crispy things, consider an air fryer. I got one a few months ago and it’s probably doubled my veggie intake.

If you have some money to burn and a Whole Foods nearby, Jeni’s Ice Cream was selling their Frose in pints last I knew. Stupid expensive but incredibly tasty.  Birthday treat?

I’m not even going to get into the entire scene, and how atypical it seemed to Joel’s otherwise distant, skittish and suspicious nature, but I can’t really invest in an apocalypse where people can still successfully chase down other people across multiple states over multiple years like this is a thing that just…

That’s a superhero origin.

A significant portion of RDR2 was also spent with this idea that these people were your family, and you did have some good times together. Tilly, Mary-Beth, Josiah, Lenny, Charles, Javier on his guitar - there were good moments of connection and understanding and friendship, even between people who did bad things.

I’d like to say I think the game did a good job of giving you Joel’s story without making it admirable, and there was some interesting subtle storytelling but with everything that’s happened since then, I’m just tired and don’t care anymore.

I don’t have a problem with him being dead. I don’t think Joel would have much of a problem being dead, given the terrible things he obliquely admits to being a part of. The how and the why seem painfully contrived, though.

I took it as much the same as the plasmids in Bioshock. The system was always doomed to fail, Meredith was always going to walk the path she did, the plasmids/red lyrium just gave it a bit more fireworks.

Dragon Age 4 exists.

Borderlands 2. This game is a lot longer than I expected. Thinking of buying Snowrunner, still on the fence. Maybe line up a few more short games to knock off the backlog.

I envy you.  Enjoy the journey.