Welcome to Fantasy Friday everyone. We usually Blog for a Beer on Fridays (Click here for the rules), but since New Year’s Day was yesterday, we figured that most of you are still recovering. Instead, you can blog for a good hangover cure.
Since it’s a vacation day for most people, I thought it would be interesting to hear what your comfort media is on sleepy, do-nothing days. Do you curl up with your favorite Robert Jordan brick, confident that you won’t need to stir for hours (maybe days)? Or do you turn to movies, where Will Smith saves the world over and over again, mostly in the same way? Is a day watching the Sci-Fi channel a perfect one? Particularly if Aztec Rex is playing again, I bet!
While you’re at it, share your hangover cures for those of us still getting over this week’s celebrations…
Since becoming a father a little under twenty months ago the closest that I get to a ‘sleepy, do-nothing’ day is turning up at work (where I am now) but … from vague recollections of having days like those that didn’t involve work … I used to love grabbing a graphic novel or a dog-eared favourite novel, that had been read numerous times such as Susan Cooper’s ‘Dark Is Rising’ series, and disappearing into the pages.
As for a hangover cure I don’t drink so have never had a hangover. I do have a ‘simple’ solution for you though:
1 – Invent a time-machine
2 – Go back in time to just before you got drunk and don’t get drunk
No hangover cures, sorry. I’ve never had enough to drink to get one.
As for wasting away my days off, I do lots and lots of reading. Either re-reading some of my favorites or just getting junk from the library.
I’m not too ashamed to admit that I spent several hours on the couch over the past few days with one of Laurell K. Hamilton’s Merry Gentry books. I thought it would be a quick read, as the last one I read had a chapter’s worth of plot and the rest was faerotica, but despite the title (A Lick of Frost. I will not endeavor to explain) it took almost half the book to get to the gratuitous bits. After that it was mostly skimming until I got to the big Deus ex Machina and rolled my eyes.
The funny part is that’s not what disappointed me (as it was all expected), but the lack of new insights into faeries, but that’s a discussion for another time. (Hint hint. Faeries are the new vampires. Right?)
And let’s not forget spending hours on the Internet reading blogs and tweets.
Hangover cure is the same as New Year’s hangover prevention: drink lots and lots of water and dance lots and lots.
We took the closest to a do nothing day yesterday, New Year’s Day. It was so cold we couldn’t persuade ourselves that getting dressed up and traveling to two distantly separate destinations for open houses was better than staying where we were with filled refrigerator and everything else we needed. It was a snuggly, cuddly, comfy day. We both did a little work, but not much. We watched a movie together. Mostly we nibbled and ate and did it some more.
We didn’t go anywhere! We were together! That’s our favorite ‘do nothing’ day. They are very few.
Love, C.
Things I like to do with my extra time off on New Years:
Portal to another reality and live a life of adventure and heroism. While I find that the time difference usually gets me home within an hour of departure, and so portalling can be done on any evening or weekend, it is always best to give yourself a couple of extra days to readjust to this reality afterwards. After all, when in the other reality, I live 30-40 years in those few hours of Earth time. Now just imagine if you were dumped back into your life even 10 years ago. Would you remember everyone’s phone numbers (including your own), who you were supposed to know and not know at that point in your life, how to do your job (or your homework, as the case may be), etcetera and so forth? Of course, the advantage of voluntarily portalling is that you can plan ahead and leave behind a “this is your life” primer for yourself.
Play Video Games. Since I tend to enjoy games that are deeply immersive and are usually best played in long stretches, such as Fallout 3, Oblivion, Mass Effect, Civilization Revolutions, etc., all the above about Portalling to another reality applies.
I will, however, never touch MMORPGs with a ten foot pole, anymore than I’d “try” crack. Well, maybe if I’m diagnosed with an incurable and deadly disease and have nothing better to do.
Read the Books I Got for Christmas. Finished Princeps Fury by Jim Butcher. Finally digging into The Born Queen by Greg Keyes.
Writing, and Driving My Wife Crazy fishing for Feedback on My Draft Novel. I made the push to finish it by year’s end. Came close enough to hand a copy to my wife while I race to finish up the final chapters before she reads that far.
Feeding Fairies. With human gardens fallow, and the increasing use of bluetooth frequencies interfering with the fairies’ feydar so that many are losing their way home, I have been increasingly busy putting out fairy feeders in my backyard and keeping them filled with nectar. Which is actually not all bad, because all the fairy poo will make excellent fertilizer come spring.
Eating a Papa Murphy’s Gourmet Vegetarian Pizza with Extra Cheese. Because it’s good. And the extra day off will hopefully give time for the garlic to work its way out of my system.
Stocking Up on Egg Nog Products Before They Disappear for Another Year. Yes, I could make my own nog. But it’s so much easier to buy it. My fave is Southern Comfort Vanilla Spice Egg Nog. Mmmmm good.
Repairing the Rips in the Space-Time Continuum. I enjoy watching humans play out their lives in an illusion of linear time. However, every New Years puts a great strain on my fabricated universe since, due to the way in which I constructed everything, different parts of the planet experience the flip from 2008 to 2009 at different moments. I constructed the universe on an engine of shared perception or group consensus (so that I don’t have to do ALL the work), whereby what the majority believes tends to be true, but for obvious reasons this puts a strain on reality when one part of the world believes it is 2008, and another part believes it is 2009 (and that’s just for those who use the Gregorian calendar). I of course made it so that any belief emission fades in strength over distance, so that, for example, what a person believes in Australia has a much stronger influence on the reality in Sydney than in New York. But even so, this time of Time tends to be a bit of a headache for me, actually.
Things I like to do with my extra time off on New Years:
Portal to another reality and live a life of adventure and heroism. While I find that the time difference usually gets me home within an hour of departure, and so portalling can be done on any evening or weekend, it is always best to give yourself a couple of extra days to readjust to this reality afterwards. After all, when in the other reality, I live 30-40 years in those few hours of Earth time. Now just imagine if you were dumped back into your life even 10 years ago. Would you remember everyone’s phone numbers (including your own), who you were supposed to know and not know at that point in your life, how to do your job (or your homework, as the case may be), etcetera and so forth? Of course, the advantage of voluntarily portalling is that you can plan ahead and leave behind a “this is your life” primer for yourself.
Play Video Games. Since I tend to enjoy games that are deeply immersive and are usually best played in long stretches, such as Fallout 3, Oblivion, Mass Effect, Civilization Revolutions, etc., all the above about Portalling to another reality applies.
I will, however, never touch MMORPGs with a ten foot pole, anymore than I’d “try” crack. Well, maybe if I’m diagnosed with an incurable and deadly disease and have nothing better to do.
Read the Books I Got for Christmas. Finished Princeps Fury by Jim Butcher. Finally digging into The Born Queen by Greg Keyes.
Writing, and Driving My Wife Crazy fishing for Feedback on My Draft Novel. I made the push to finish it by year’s end. Came close enough to hand a copy to my wife while I race to finish up the final chapters before she reads that far.
Feeding Fairies. With human gardens fallow, and the increasing use of bluetooth frequencies interfering with the fairies’ feydar so that many are losing their way home, I have been increasingly busy putting out fairy feeders in my backyard and keeping them filled with nectar. Which is actually not all bad, because all the fairy poo will make excellent fertilizer come spring.
Eating a Papa Murphy’s Gourmet Vegetarian Pizza with Extra Cheese. Because it’s good. And the extra day off will hopefully give time for the garlic to work its way out of my system.
Stocking Up on Egg Nog Products Before They Disappear for Another Year. Yes, I could make my own nog. But it’s so much easier to buy it. My fave is Southern Comfort Vanilla Spice Egg Nog. Mmmmm good.
Repairing the Rips in the Space-Time Continuum. I enjoy watching humans play out their lives in an illusion of linear time. However, every New Years puts a great strain on my fabricated universe since, due to the way in which I constructed everything, different parts of the planet experience the flip from 2008 to 2009 at different moments. I constructed the universe on an engine of shared perception or group consensus (so that I don’t have to do ALL the work), whereby what the majority believes tends to be true, but for obvious reasons this puts a strain on reality when one part of the world believes it is 2008, and another part believes it is 2009 (and that’s just for those who use the Gregorian calendar). I of course made it so that any belief emission fades in strength over distance, so that, for example, what a person believes in Australia has a much stronger influence on the reality in Sydney than in New York. But even so, this time of Time tends to be a bit of a headache for me, actually.
1. First, you need some tortillas.
2. Slather them with honey.
3. Wait for hummingbirds to smell the honey and fly into the tortillas trying to get at it.
4. Fill each tortilla-attached hummingbird with helium.
5. Stitch the tortillas into a giant blimp-sized balloon and call it the Hindenbird.
6. If your hangover isn’t gone by the time you have completed the above, you drank waaaaay too much (or are still drinking).
Things I like to do with my extra time off on New Years:
1. Portal to another reality and live a life of adventure and heroism.
While I find that the time difference usually gets me home within an hour of departure, and so portalling can be done on any evening or weekend, it is always best to give yourself a couple of extra days to readjust to this reality afterwards. After all, when in the other reality, I live 30-40 years in those few hours of Earth time. Now just imagine if you were dumped back into your life even 10 years ago. Would you remember everyone’s phone numbers (including your own), who you were supposed to know and not know at that point in your life, how to do your job (or your homework, as the case may be), etcetera and so forth? Of course, the advantage of voluntarily portalling is that you can plan ahead and leave behind a “this is your life” primer for yourself.
2. Play Video Games.
Since I tend to enjoy games that are deeply immersive and are usually best played in long stretches, such as Fallout 3, Oblivion, Mass Effect, Civilization Revolutions, etc., all the above about Portalling to another reality applies.
I will, however, never touch MMORPGs with a ten foot pole, anymore than I’d “try” crack. Well, maybe if I’m diagnosed with an incurable and deadly disease and have nothing better to do.
3. Read the Books I Got for Christmas.
Finished Princeps Fury by Jim Butcher. Finally digging into The Born Queen by Greg Keyes.
4. Writing, and Driving My Wife Crazy fishing for Feedback on My Draft Novel.
I made the push to finish it by year’s end. Came close enough to hand a copy to my wife while I race to finish up the final chapters before she reads that far.
5. Feeding Fairies.
With human gardens fallow, and the increasing use of bluetooth frequencies interfering with the fairies’ feydar so that many are losing their way home, I have been increasingly busy putting out fairy feeders in my backyard and keeping them filled with nectar. Which is actually not all bad, because all the fairy poo will make excellent fertilizer come spring.
6. Eating a Papa Murphy’s Gourmet Vegetarian Pizza with Extra Cheese.
Because it’s good. And the extra day off will hopefully give time for the garlic to work its way out of my system.
7. Stocking Up on Egg Nog Products Before They Disappear for Another Year.
Yes, I could make my own nog. But it’s so much easier to buy it. My fave is Southern Comfort Vanilla Spice Egg Nog. Mmmmm good.
8. Repairing the Rips in the Space-Time Continuum.
I enjoy watching humans play out their lives in an illusion of linear time. However, every New Years puts a great strain on my fabricated universe since, due to the way in which I constructed everything, different parts of the planet experience the flip from 2008 to 2009 at different moments. I constructed the universe on an engine of shared perception or group consensus (so that I don’t have to do ALL the work), whereby what the majority believes tends to be true, but for obvious reasons this puts a strain on reality when one part of the world believes it is 2008, and another part believes it is 2009 (and that’s just for those who use the Gregorian calendar). I of course made it so that any belief emission fades in strength over distance, so that, for example, what a person believes in Australia has a much stronger influence on the reality in Sydney than in New York. But even so, this time of Time tends to be a bit of a headache for me, actually.
Testing testing. I post, and it does not appear. I’m pretty sure I’m not hungover, so is this a technical difficulty? Only time will tell.
Things I like to do with my extra time off on New Years:
Portal to another reality and live a life of adventure and heroism. While I find that the time difference usually gets me home within an hour of departure, and so portalling can be done on any evening or weekend, it is always best to give yourself a couple of extra days to readjust to this reality afterwards. After all, when in the other reality, I live 30-40 years in those few hours of Earth time. Now just imagine if you were dumped back into your life even 10 years ago. Would you remember everyone’s phone numbers (including your own), who you were supposed to know and not know at that point in your life, how to do your job (or your homework, as the case may be), etcetera and so forth? Of course, the advantage of voluntarily portalling is that you can plan ahead and leave behind a “this is your life” primer for yourself.
Play Video Games. Since I tend to enjoy games that are deeply immersive and are usually best played in long stretches, such as Fallout 3, Oblivion, Mass Effect, Civilization Revolutions, etc., all the above about Portalling to another reality applies.
I will, however, never touch MMORPGs with a ten foot pole, anymore than I’d “try” crack. Well, maybe if I’m diagnosed with an incurable and deadly disease and have nothing better to do.
Read the Books I Got for Christmas. Finished Princeps Fury by Jim Butcher. Finally digging into The Born Queen by Greg Keyes.
Writing, and Driving My Wife Crazy fishing for Feedback on My Draft Novel. I made the push to finish it by year’s end. Came close enough to hand a copy to my wife while I race to finish up the final chapters before she reads that far.
Feeding Fairies. With human gardens fallow, and the increasing use of bluetooth frequencies interfering with the fairies’ feydar so that many are losing their way home, I have been increasingly busy putting out fairy feeders in my backyard and keeping them filled with nectar. Which is actually not all bad, because all the fairy poo will make excellent fertilizer come spring.
Things I like to do with my extra time off on New Years:
Portal to another reality and live a life of adventure and heroism. While I find that the time difference usually gets me home within an hour of departure, and so portalling can be done on any evening or weekend, it is always best to give yourself a couple of extra days to readjust to this reality afterwards. After all, when in the other reality, I live 30-40 years in those few hours of Earth time. Now just imagine if you were dumped back into your life even 10 years ago. Would you remember everyone’s phone numbers (including your own), who you were supposed to know and not know at that point in your life, how to do your job (or your homework, as the case may be), etcetera and so forth? Of course, the advantage of voluntarily portalling is that you can plan ahead and leave behind a “this is your life” primer for yourself.
Play Video Games. Since I tend to enjoy games that are deeply immersive and are usually best played in long stretches, such as Fallout 3, Oblivion, Mass Effect, Civilization Revolutions, etc., all the above about Portalling to another reality applies.
I will, however, never touch MMORPGs with a ten foot pole, anymore than I’d “try” crack. Well, maybe if I’m diagnosed with an incurable and deadly disease and have nothing better to do.
Read the Books I Got for Christmas. Finished Princeps Fury by Jim Butcher. Finally digging into The Born Queen by Greg Keyes.
Things I like to do with my extra time off on New Years:
1. Portal to another reality and live a life of adventure and heroism.
While I find that the time difference usually gets me home within an hour of departure, and so portalling can be done on any evening or weekend, it is always best to give yourself a couple of extra days to readjust to this reality afterwards. After all, when in the other reality, I live 30-40 years in those few hours of Earth time. Now just imagine if you were dumped back into your life even 10 years ago. Would you remember everyone’s phone numbers (including your own), who you were supposed to know and not know at that point in your life, how to do your job (or your homework, as the case may be), etcetera and so forth? Of course, the advantage of voluntarily portalling is that you can plan ahead and leave behind a “this is your life” primer for yourself.
2. Play Video Games.
Since I tend to enjoy games that are deeply immersive and are usually best played in long stretches, such as Fallout 3, Oblivion, Mass Effect, Civilization Revolutions, etc., all the above about Portalling to another reality applies.
I will, however, never touch MMORPGs with a ten foot pole, anymore than I’d “try” crack. Well, maybe if I’m diagnosed with an incurable and deadly disease and have nothing better to do.
3. Read the Books I Got for Christmas.
Finished Princeps Fury by Jim Butcher. Finally digging into The Born Queen by Greg Keyes.
4. Feeding Fairies.
With human gardens fallow, and the increasing use of bluetooth frequencies interfering with the fairies’ feydar so that many are losing their way home, I have been increasingly busy putting out fairy feeders in my backyard and keeping them filled with nectar. Which is actually not all bad, because all the fairy poo will make excellent fertilizer come spring.
Never fails–the post about posts not appearing is always the one that appears.
I know. Skynet may not be ready to take over the world yet, but it doesn’t mind toying with us in the meantime. Sigh.
Things I like to do with my extra time off on New Years:
Portal to another reality and live a life of adventure and heroism. While I find that the time difference usually gets me home within an hour of departure, and so portalling can be done on any evening or weekend, it is always best to give yourself a couple of extra days to readjust to this reality afterwards. After all, when in the other reality, I live 30-40 years in those few hours of Earth time. Now just imagine if you were dumped back into your life even 10 years ago. Would you remember everyone’s phone numbers (including your own), who you were supposed to know and not know at that point in your life, how to do your job (or your homework, as the case may be), etcetera and so forth? Of course, the advantage of voluntarily portalling is that you can plan ahead and leave behind a “this is your life” primer for yourself.
Play Video Games. Since I tend to enjoy games that are deeply immersive and are usually best played in long stretches, such as Fallout 3, Oblivion, Mass Effect, Civilization Revolutions, etc., all the above about Portalling to another reality applies.
I will, however, never touch MMORPGs with a ten foot pole, anymore than I’d “try” crack. Well, maybe if I’m diagnosed with an incurable and deadly disease and have nothing better to do.
Read the Books I Got for Christmas. Finished Princeps Fury by Jim Butcher. Finally digging into The Born Queen by Greg Keyes.
Feeding Fairies. With human gardens fallow, and the increasing use of bluetooth frequencies interfering with the fairies’ feydar so that many are losing their way home, I have been increasingly busy putting out fairy feeders in my backyard and keeping them filled with nectar. Which is actually not all bad, because all the fairy poo will make excellent fertilizer come spring.
Eating a Papa Murphy’s Gourmet Vegetarian Pizza with Extra Cheese. Because it’s good. And the extra day off will hopefully give time for the garlic to work its way out of my system.
Stocking Up on Egg Nog Products Before They Disappear for Another Year. Yes, I could make my own nog. But it’s so much easier to buy it. My fave is Southern Comfort Vanilla Spice Egg Nog. Mmmmm good.
Repairing the Rips in the Space-Time Continuum. I enjoy watching humans play out their lives in an illusion of linear time. However, every New Years puts a great strain on my fabricated universe since, due to the way in which I constructed everything, different parts of the planet experience the flip from 2008 to 2009 at different moments. I constructed the universe on an engine of shared perception or group consensus (so that I don’t have to do ALL the work), whereby what the majority believes tends to be true, but for obvious reasons this puts a strain on reality when one part of the world believes it is 2008, and another part believes it is 2009 (and that’s just for those who use the Gregorian calendar). I of course made it so that any belief emission fades in strength over distance, so that, for example, what a person believes in Australia has a much stronger influence on the reality in Sydney than in New York. But even so, this time of Time tends to be a bit of a headache for me, actually.
Hey, even genocidal self-aware machines have to get their kicks somewhere.
…and would probably prefer all humans be hungover when the takeover attempt is made!
Things I like to do with my extra time off on New Years:
Portal to Another Reality. While of course the time difference between worlds usually gets me home within an hour or two of departure — and thus portalling could be done on any evening or weekend — I find it is always best to give yoruself a couple of extra days to readjust to this reality afterwards. After all, when in the other reality, I live 30-40 years in those few hours of Earth time. Now just imagine if you were dumped back into your life even 10 years ago. Would you remember everyone’s phone numbers (including your own), who you were supposed to know and not know at that point in your life, how to do your job (or your homework, as the case may be), etcetera and so forth? Of course, the advantage of voluntarily portalling is that you can plan ahead and leave behind a “this is your life” primer for yourself.
Play Video Games. Since I tend to enjoy games that are deeply immersive and are usually best played in long stretches, such as Fallout 3, Oblivion, Mass Effect, Civilization Revolutions, etc., all the above about Portalling to another reality applies.
I will, however, never touch MMORPGs with a ten foot pole, anymore than I’d “try” crack. Well, maybe if I’m diagnosed with an incurable and deadly disease and have nothing better to do.
Read the Books I Got for Christmas. Finished Princeps Fury by Jim Butcher. Finally digging into The Born Queen by Greg Keyes.
Feeding Fairies. With human gardens fallow, and the increasing use of bluetooth frequencies interfering with the fairies’ feydar so that many are losing their way home, I have been increasingly busy putting out fairy feeders in my backyard and keeping them filled with nectar. Which is actually not all bad, because all the fairy poo will make excellent fertilizer come spring.
Eating a Papa Murphy’s Gourmet Vegetarian Pizza with Extra Cheese. Because it’s good. And the extra day off will hopefully give time for the garlic to work its way out of my system.
Stocking Up on Egg Nog Products Before They Disappear for Another Year. Yes, I could make my own nog. But it’s so much easier to buy it. My fave is Southern Comfort Vanilla Spice Egg Nog. Mmmmm good.
Repairing the Rips in the Space-Time Continuum. I enjoy watching humans play out their lives in an illusion of linear time. However, every New Years puts a great strain on my fabricated universe since, due to the way in which I constructed everything, different parts of the planet experience the flip from 2008 to 2009 at different moments. I constructed the universe on an engine of shared perception or group consensus (so that I don’t have to do ALL the work), whereby what the majority believes tends to be true, but for obvious reasons this puts a strain on reality when one part of the world believes it is 2008, and another part believes it is 2009 (and that’s just for those who use the Gregorian calendar). I of course made it so that any belief emission fades in strength over distance, so that, for example, what a person believes in Australia has a much stronger influence on the reality in Sydney than in New York. But even so, this time of Time tends to be a bit of a headache for me, actually
My gawd you’re right! And if I know my genocidal self-aware machines (and I’d like to think I do, thank you very much) I’m certain that 2010 will be the year it strikes. It just loves even numbers, especially factors of ten – and a data with that many 0′s and 1′s? Forget about it! So live it up in 2009 folks! Cause on New Years (or possibly the 6th of May, or the 18th of March) 2010, the fit hits the shan!
On a side note, I just got a duplicate content error saying I already tried to post what I already tried to post, yet neither post has appeared still. I’m certain all of my various attempts and formatting experiments will appear at once at whatever point will make me look most foolish, however.
Curse you, Skynet. This has just begun!
What I Like to Do On New Year’s Day
Portal to another reality and live a life of adventure and heroism. While I find that the time difference usually gets me home within an hour of departure, and so portalling can be done on any evening or weekend, it is always best to give yourself a couple of extra days to readjust to this reality afterwards. After all, when in the other reality, I live 30-40 years in those few hours of Earth time. Now just imagine if you were dumped back into your life even 10 years ago. Would you remember everyone’s phone numbers (including your own), who you were supposed to know and not know at that point in your life, how to do your job (or your homework, as the case may be), etcetera and so forth? Of course, the advantage of voluntarily portalling is that you can plan ahead and leave behind a “this is your life” primer for yourself.
Play Video Games. Since I tend to enjoy games that are deeply immersive and are usually best played in long stretches, such as Fallout 3, Oblivion, Mass Effect, Civilization Revolutions, etc., all the above about Portalling to another reality applies.
I will, however, never touch MMORPGs with a ten foot pole, anymore than I’d “try” crack. Well, maybe if I’m diagnosed with an incurable and deadly disease and have nothing better to do.
Read the Books I Got for Christmas. Finished Princeps Fury by Jim Butcher. Finally digging into The Born Queen by Greg Keyes.
Feeding Fairies. With human gardens fallow, and the increasing use of bluetooth frequencies interfering with the fairies’ feydar so that many are losing their way home, I have been increasingly busy putting out fairy feeders in my backyard and keeping them filled with nectar. Which is actually not all bad, because all the fairy poo will make excellent fertilizer come spring.
Eating a Papa Murphy’s Gourmet Vegetarian Pizza with Extra Cheese. Because it’s good. And the extra day off will hopefully give time for the garlic to work its way out of my system.
Stocking Up on Egg Nog Products Before They Disappear for Another Year. Yes, I could make my own nog. But it’s so much easier to buy it. My fave is Southern Comfort Vanilla Spice Egg Nog. Mmmmm good.
Repairing the Rips in the Space-Time Continuum. I enjoy watching humans play out their lives in an illusion of linear time. However, every New Years puts a great strain on my fabricated universe since, due to the way in which I constructed everything, different parts of the planet experience the flip from 2008 to 2009 at different moments. I constructed the universe on an engine of shared perception or group consensus (so that I don’t have to do ALL the work), whereby what the majority believes tends to be true, but for obvious reasons this puts a strain on reality when one part of the world believes it is 2008, and another part believes it is 2009 (and that’s just for those who use the Gregorian calendar). I of course made it so that any belief emission fades in strength over distance, so that, for example, what a person believes in Australia has a much stronger influence on the reality in Sydney than in New York. But even so, this time of Time tends to be a bit of a headache for me, actually
Things I like to do with my extra time off on New Years:
Portal to another reality and live a life of adventure and heroism. While I find that the time difference usually gets me home within an hour of departure, and so portalling can be done on any evening or weekend, it is always best to give yourself a couple of extra days to readjust to this reality afterwards. After all, when in the other reality, I live 30-40 years in those few hours of Earth time. Now just imagine if you were dumped back into your life even 10 years ago. Would you remember everyone’s phone numbers (including your own), who you were supposed to know and not know at that point in your life, how to do your job (or your homework, as the case may be), etcetera and so forth? Of course, the advantage of voluntarily portalling is that you can plan ahead and leave behind a “this is your life” primer for yourself.
b>Play Video Games. Since I tend to enjoy games that are deeply immersive and are usually best played in long stretches, such as Fallout 3, Oblivion, Mass Effect, Civilization Revolutions, etc., all the above about Portalling to another reality applies.
I will, however, never touch MMORPGs with a ten foot pole, anymore than I’d “try” crack. Well, maybe if I’m diagnosed with an incurable and deadly disease and have nothing better to do.
Read the Books I Got for Christmas. Finished Princeps Fury by Jim Butcher. Finally digging into The Born Queen by Greg Keyes.
Feeding Fairies. With human gardens fallow, and the increasing use of bluetooth frequencies interfering with the fairies’ feydar so that many are losing their way home, I have been increasingly busy putting out fairy feeders in my backyard and keeping them filled with nectar. Which is actually not all bad, because all the fairy poo will make excellent fertilizer come spring.
Eating a Papa Murphy’s Gourmet Vegetarian Pizza with Extra Cheese. Because it’s good. And the extra day off will hopefully give time for the garlic to work its way out of my system.
Stocking Up on Egg Nog Products Before They Disappear for Another Year. Yes, I could make my own nog. But it’s so much easier to buy it. My fave is Southern Comfort Vanilla Spice Egg Nog. Mmmmm good.
Repairing the Rips in the Space-Time Continuum. I enjoy watching humans play out their lives in an illusion of linear time. However, every New Years puts a great strain on my fabricated universe since, due to the way in which I constructed everything, different parts of the planet experience the flip from 2008 to 2009 at different moments. I constructed the universe on an engine of shared perception or group consensus (so that I don’t have to do ALL the work), whereby what the majority believes tends to be true, but for obvious reasons this puts a strain on reality when one part of the world believes it is 2008, and another part believes it is 2009 (and that’s just for those who use the Gregorian calendar). I of course made it so that any belief emission fades in strength over distance, so that, for example, what a person believes in Australia has a much stronger influence on the reality in Sydney than in New York. But even so, this time of Time tends to be a bit of a headache for me, actually.
Aha. The error seemed to be one of length. Which did not use to be an issue. And, obviously, is a problem for me, because I like to go on, and on, and on, and on.
And on.
I actually experienced a hangover not from alcohol. I drank more soda that night then I had all year long. I woke up feeling like I had a hangover. I was miserable!
My cure: lots and lots of water, and a hilarious tai chi video starring none other than David Carradine. When he teaches tai chi, they use CGI to create a glowing energy ball!
Try to keep a straight face. Just try.
No hangovers for me thanks…when it comes to abusing my body through volatile liquids, I am a firm follower of Mt Dew!
My do-nothing day activities so far have mostly been related to books (what a surprise, especially for folks in this forum, right?) I have a big storage basket by my bed that is supposed to help keep the book clutter under control. I’m actively working on 4 books right now but I have probably 20 or so jammed in this basket, and up until a few minutes ago, I had about another 10 scattered around on the floor nearby. Fire hazard much? You bet! So I went through and organized it all a bit better – pulled out some books that I could temporarily shelve, replaced the batteries in my reading light, restocked the supply of granola bars that I squirrel away for late night reading/snacking sessions, etc. This afternoon I plan on hunkering down and plowing through Starship Troopers (probably while eating a peanut butter chocolate chip granola bar).