The Good Morning Thread

[Senkusha]

Well, things aren't looking so well on the job front. It's been several days, and so far I haven't received any confirmation email about applying, and I'm feeling concerned that this job application was nothing more than a SCAM-scoop to collect contact information.

Anyway, Good morning!!

Yesterday I tried Oat Milk.
I hate it. It tastes OILY. Why? The second ingredient is SOYBEAN OIL! I suffered through the day after eating my Golden Grams (come to find out there's Canola Oil in those-- won't be buying cereal again, because I'm pretty sure some form of Seed Oil is used in the processing of ALL cereals that are commercially available. But this Oat Milk, it even made my COFFEE become overwhelmingly oily. Like, I couldn't even drink it! It's COFFEE ABUSE, I tell you! Now I'm gonna have to make a special sacrifice to the Coffee Goddesses and beg for their forgiveness of my sacrilege! And I'll buy some more Lactaid while I'm at work today-- assuming I don't forget, like I did yesterday.

I'm looking forward to a day full of creativity tomorrow! Let's hope that I actually have the energy to push through and fully accomplish something!

 

[Senkusha]

Okay, well this weekend was a bust. I wrote two sentences. (To be fair though, those two sentences were major edits of something I wrote previously that was utter garbage, and fitting the new dialogue in was ... challenging.

Now that I don't have the severe anxiety of loosing Prismatica out of the way, I might be able to concentrate long enough to get to work on some role playing content. I'm really itching to start this Sailor Moon game!

Today's agenda: Buy some real milk so I can enjoy coffee again. This coffee creamer stuff leaves an oily residue in my mouth that's just yucky. I don't know how I used to tolerate this junk!

Anyway, good morning! I am struggling, but I'm still here tryin'!

Daily Roll: 12

 

[Sailor Marin]

Sounds good! I'm eager to give it a shot too. =3

 

[cpvr]

Well, things aren't looking so well on the job front. It's been several days, and so far I haven't received any confirmation email about applying, and I'm feeling concerned that this job application was nothing more than a SCAM-scoop to collect contact information.

Anyway, Good morning!!

Yesterday I tried Oat Milk.
I hate it. It tastes OILY. Why? The second ingredient is SOYBEAN OIL! I suffered through the day after eating my Golden Grams (come to find out there's Canola Oil in those-- won't be buying cereal again, because I'm pretty sure some form of Seed Oil is used in the processing of ALL cereals that are commercially available. But this Oat Milk, it even made my COFFEE become overwhelmingly oily. Like, I couldn't even drink it! It's COFFEE ABUSE, I tell you! Now I'm gonna have to make a special sacrifice to the Coffee Goddesses and beg for their forgiveness of my sacrilege! And I'll buy some more Lactaid while I'm at work today-- assuming I don't forget, like I did yesterday.

I'm looking forward to a day full of creativity tomorrow! Let's hope that I actually have the energy to push through and fully accomplish something!

I can totally relate!
I tried Oat Milk a few years ago, it was the nastiest milk I've ever tried. I will never try it again. Eww.

 

[Senkusha]

I've decided that I'm going to use the Oat Milk I do have as a substitution for the oil called for in Depression Cake (it doesn't use any dairy products), which is something that I made before I dug down the Seed Oil Rabbit Hole. I figure it'll give the cake a slight nutty flavor.

 

[Senkusha]

Yesterday, I out did myself. I made hummus completely from scratch, including the Tahini paste. I also baked a loaf of rye bread, and made butter chicken with some roasted garlic that took for freakin' ever to bake! But the apartment smelled like a slice of Heaven!

 

[Senkusha]

Good morning!

It's sunny today. The site is still here (thank goodness!) I thought there would be some problems because apparently, my web host no longer (or may have never) takes Discover. A few months ago, my bank switched from Mastercard to Discover. Luckily I still have a Mastercard credit card, that I was able to apply the funds to make the payment successful.

I don't know what I'm going to attempt to accomplish today, because it seems like every time I make plans to do something, I end up falling asleep or something, so, I guess today I'll just wing it and see what happens.

Daily Roll: 13

 

[Ravenfreak]

Good evening everyone! This is the last day I'm 35, I turn 36 tomorrow. I thought I was going to have another full week off of work but my boss called me earlier today and informed me that my last day off would be unpaid since my last day was supposed to be covered by a my Holiday day. I got two and I used one already, but the other one I got isn't allowed to be used until after the 4th of July, so it's either have one day get counted against me and I lose pay that one day or just come in on Saturday. So I only have a few days left of my vacation unfortunately. Oh well, it's just one day, I've been off since last Wednesday.

 

[Senkusha]

I'm looking forward to my upcoming vacation, beginning not next week, but the week after! A whole nine days (which includes four of my normal days off) that I can "relax" and hopefully allow my feet some recovery time.
Will I go anywhere for my time off? Hell no! Who has money for that?!
Although, I'm hoping to maybe understand SWADE a little better. It appears to be a pretty interesting system, much like GURPS. Hopefully, I'll be able to read it and not fall asleep in the process of absorbing the information via osmosis.

 

[Senkusha]

I know it's really late....
But I just wanted to mention where I've been hiding all day....

I've been writing an article about role playing games, character creation, and wrapping my head around the process for ten different games and how the mechanics can affect game play.

More to come tomorrow!

 

[Senkusha]

Alright, so I've gotten the first entire part of my article written, and now I need to make a choice. Do I break up my article and give an in-depth review of each character build in each game, or do I simply summarize the build process for the game system, and then compare and contrast each system? Decisions, decisions.

In other news, I've stumbled into Cortex Prime, and it's looking fascinating! It certainly checks some boxes that other game systems lack, for example, narrative-centered. But I need to see what type of Resource Management is used-- even if there is no specific resources, there's still hidden resources, like the dice themselves.

Anyway, good morning!
I'm attempting a purge. 15 oz of warm water with two tablespoons of lime juice (I don't have lemon). I'm hoping that it resolves this intense bloating I've got going on. Otherwise, I'll have to get a hold of some Magnesium Citrate, and I'm cringing just thinking about that ordeal. (Not that you really wanted to know about this... )

Daily Roll: 12

 

[Senkusha]

Good morning!

So glad to have woken up this morning, to discover that I probably do NOT have IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)! I do however have the worst bloating I think I've ever experienced during the 50 years of my lived experience here on the planet Earth. Like, it's so bad that I can't even keep my work pants buttoned. Yeah, I'm calling out sick today, despite not having any Sick Time to take off. I've already ran to the toilet three times in the past hour. So today will be an unpaid day for me. And I'm truly not sure how I'm going to afford my rent coming up for June 1st, because yesterday when I purchased my quarterly bulk supplies of flour and sugar (I bake a LOT), I technically borrowed from my next paycheck to cover the Uber ride home. Because Uber doesn't accept Discover. What a crappy time to discover that they don't accept Discover (pun FULLY intended). Kinda like the crappy time I'm having this morning because of a neon green substance in a bottle...

I started doing some research into what can cause bloating. The typical stuff came up. Carbonated beverages, glutton (wheat products), etc. Okay, that doesn't really help. I thought about any dietary changes within the past 24 hours. This morning I started taking Magnesium Malate and Magnesium L-Threonate. Both of those do NOT cause bloating. However, Magnesium Citrate and Magnesium Oxide will cause digestive issues, but I don't even have those in formulas in my apartment. Yesterday, I did purchase some Jarritos, a variety pack, which has Pineapple, Lime, Mandarin, and Guava flavorings. I got this beverage because it is made with Cane Sugar versus High Fructose Corn Syrup. This is a carbonated beverage. Okay.

I'm not sure how I stumbled onto looking into the effects of artificial food colorings, but I did. I tried a Lime flavored Jarritos last night. The timeline matches for bloating. Guess what? Yellow Number 5 and Blue Number 1 BOTH cause inflammation of the gut. Both of these toxic substances are in the Lime Jarritos. Guess what I'll never touch again? Guess what else I'm keeping a keen eye on from now on? Artificial Dyes.

And that's going to be rough, because like Seed Oils ("Vegetable Oil"), artificial dyes are found in like most things sold on American Supermarket shelves. At least I know none of the Magnesium Gummies that I've been consuming have any Artificial Dyes in them. In fact, I find it almost humorous that the manufacturer includes a list of contents NOT included in the production of these gummies.

Anyway, I'm sure to have an interesting day today.
Daily Roll: 8
(I think I would have crapped myself right here and now, if I got a Nat One!)

 

[Juneberry]

Good morning! Well, technically it's already afternoon by me... But it's still morning in some places!

My plans for today are... Well, I rarely have actual plans on a given day. But I know my home health aide said she wants to give me a pedicure today (she mentioned it last week). I might ask if she can do my hands too. If not I'll just use my nail grinder like usual later. xD

Other things I wanna do today... Uh... Maybe do some writing/game dev planning (at least a few minutes and notes would be nice) and play some games. Bug friends. Usual simple stuff.

I like Senkusha's daily roll idea. Might have to break out my dice to start doing that daily. Or keep just one set on my desktop instead of under the desk with all the other dice for that. (I have like ten sets of dice down there anyway)

Hope everyone has a good day!

 

[Senkusha]

Good morning!

Today, I'm researching what exactly is the difference between Pizza 00 flour and Bread flour. So far, the main difference is that bread flour uses a hard wheat and pizza 00 uses a softer Italian variety of wheat. Because of this difference, the glutton is different, the water absorption is different, and the chewiness of the final product is different.

Did you know to make the perfect pizza crust, not only should you use Pizza 00 flour, but you should allow the dough to rise for like 72 hours in the fridge?!! I'll have to try that sometime.

I foresee a lot of pizza, pretzels, and other chewy breads in my future, because I've got 55 pounds of this flour to use!

In other news, I've officially tried Mexican Coke-- in the glass bottle.

Keep in mind that I had a Coke (a typical can) last week sometime. The first sip of this Mexican stuff.... OMG! It's so SMOOTH! And I swear there's vanilla in there. It's also less fizzy in my mouth. The only difference between the two is that while American Coke uses High Fructose Corn Syrup, the Mexican Coke uses Cane Sugar. Other than that, the ingredients, and order are the exact same. Granted, the difference in packaging may be causing a difference too, but... I'm forever now hooked on the Mexican Coke.

Stay cool. Today's going to be another hot one!
Daily roll: 14

 

[Sailor Marin]

Honestly the thing I love most about coke is that it's fizzy all the way down. What impressed me most was European "sprite". I don't know what it's called, but it's a lemon lime soda that they gave me when I asked for sprite. Much stronger lemon lime flavor. Makes Sprite taste pretty bland.

 

[Senkusha]

Honestly thinking about trying this brand:
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/boylan-bottling-co-12-oz-cane-cola-4-pack-case/103BK0113.html

 

[Juneberry]

That looks delicious :3

Also good afternoon all. Or rather, evening. I'm just setting up for a DnD live session. Haven't decided what game snacks I want and such yet but I plan to use my special DnD cup (it's got a cat with a sword laying on a D20, and it says "It's fine, I'm fine, Everything's Fine.") either for a drink or for the snacks if I decide to go with like small pieces of something.

Wish me luck! Also random d20 roll since I have my dice out: 16.
Hopefully that's a good sign!

 

[Ravenfreak]

Good evening it's morning in the Philippines right now since it's exactly 7:58 AM there since it's 7:58 PM here! Anyways Saturdays are my Fridays but I had a pretty productive day at work. I almost got three trays of work done but didn't quite finish the third one. I was going through emails I have saved from 2011 and laughing at the old Youtube emails that prompted whenever someone added me as a friend. Remember when Youtube allowed us to have friends and you could send messages to each other?

 

[Senkusha]

Good morning!

I have a migraine this morning. Still gotta go to work today. A day before a major holiday. It's going to be brutal. Our only saving grace is the rain forecast for today. (Did you know apparently forecasted isn't a word? I didn't either until SpellCheck flagged it. Apparently SpellCheck isn't a real word either. See SpellCheck. )

Anyway, today on the bus, assuming I don't fall asleep like I did yesterday evening, I'm going to attempt to read more of Armed Girl RPG: Princess Wing. I'm not, in any way suggesting that this title is boring, actually it's very interesting. I'm just that exhausted. Thank Goddess for vacation starting this week! Anyway, I'm eager to see how to use poker cards instead of dice, because you're not just drawing cards, you have an entire hand of 10 cards to play this game. And the more I'm reading about the world, I can already see my imagination spinning up what if's in a fan-fiction type of environment.

@Ravenfreak No, I don't remember YouTube doing that, but then again, I didn't really use YouTube back then much. I was pretty much a closet-case on my own anime forum. LOL

 

[cpvr]

I have a migraine this morning. Still gotta go to work today. A day before a major holiday. It's going to be brutal. Our only saving grace is the rain forecast for today. (Did you know apparently forecasted isn't a word? I didn't either until SpellCheck flagged it. Apparently SpellCheck isn't a real word either. See SpellCheck. )

Anyway, today on the bus, assuming I don't fall asleep like I did yesterday evening, I'm going to attempt to read more of Armed Girl RPG: Princess Wing. I'm not, in any way suggesting that this title is boring, actually it's very interesting. I'm just that exhausted. Thank Goddess for vacation starting this week! Anyway, I'm eager to see how to use poker cards instead of dice, because you're not just drawing cards, you have an entire hand of 10 cards to play this game. And the more I'm reading about the world, I can already see my imagination spinning up what if's in a fan-fiction type of environment.

@Ravenfreak No, I don't remember YouTube doing that, but then again, I didn't really use YouTube back then much. I was pretty much a closet-case on my own anime forum. LOL

I totally feel your pain. I was dealing with a really bad headache for the past few days. I am not sure if it was a migraine or not, but it had me in bed throughout the entire weekend. It was rough.

I am finally back around though.

Good morning everyone!