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train rides and nacho fest 2022

I had a dentist checkup, so here’s another small milestone: a successful train trip downtown. At the platform was a sign: on weekends, downtown trains board from platform 1. On weekdays after 2 pm, they board from platform 2. But what about weekdays before 2 pm? There was no indication, and no audio...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Jan. 25, 2022

its head comes off?! take care!

Dante couldn’t make Saturday’s session, so GANON (aka FANDANIEL1025 the reaper) subbed for him. For this week’s Eric clear, I parsed 22% and had the highest raw dps on the team! GANON parsed 1%, which was not his fault since he was new to the duty and picking up the mechanics on the fly. Also, he di...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Jan. 25, 2022

hungry hungry hippo

Many important things to do before Saturday’s raid session: buying crafted 580 gear to replace my 560s, adding materia, buying proper food, getting a good glamour. Glamour is crucial because the crafted 580 set is basically Urianger’s outfit with no pants. I decided a new expansion called for a new ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Jan. 18, 2022

these shackles cannot be sundered

Raid time! Last July, when the fire hit, we had just gotten to the disco dancing phase of E9S (Cloud of Darkness). But now there is NEW CONTENT so we’re ditching that fight and moving on to Pandemonium 1 Savage, aka A Random Guy. There’s one change to our roster: KJH has taken Kan’s spot. We aren’t ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Jan. 9, 2022

snow squalls

Shortly after I sat down at my computer this morning, an infernal siren blared from every cell phone in the house. I thought it was an amber alert. Instead, it was a winter weather advisory, warning of snow squalls and possible near-zero visibility until 10:30 am. “Guess I’m not going out until 10:3...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Jan. 6, 2022

happy new year

Last night, we rang in the new year with style, playing party games with friends: Pictionary, Gartic Phone, Jackbox (job job!), and Codenames. The whole gang was there (except Lopen). Codenames incident of the night: numbers gave the clue “Indy 2” because “crystal” and “skull” were his tiles. Unfort...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Jan. 1, 2022

a hiking trip & various joyrides

Back in November, my roommate began experiencing a severe toothache. A dentist told him that he needed to get his wisdom teeth extracted. After a bunch of jumping through hoops, he got a referral to a local oral surgeon and made an appointment for an initial consultation this afternoon. We set out a...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Dec. 30, 2021

another peaceful day at home

Today was supposed to be our inaugural trip downtown, since my roommate had an eye checkup appointment. But he didn’t want to go. Like, more than usual. He got no sleep last night, because he was up playing games, and the night before he only got like four hours’ sleep. (A lesser person might have g...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Dec. 21, 2021

beginning of the end

Back in civilization, I learned that the Endwalker launch has been a hot mess. There are hours-long queues to enter the game. Square has apparently stopped sales of the game because they can’t handle the volume of players. Good thing I bought the expansion before the embargo hit. At the time of the ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Dec. 20, 2021

round table discussion

The small round table wasn’t working for my roommate; it’s too cramped and makes his legs hurt when sitting there for prolonged periods. I have the only viable desk in the house. So now we’re sharing it. We moved his computer over yesterday. Working out the setup was tricky. The placement of the rou...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Dec. 15, 2021

boxfort, part two

Last night I fell asleep early without doing most of my dailies (no journaling or daily drawing, no pokemon trade, no nightly walk; I ended the day at 16K steps). It was a long day, and so good to sleep in my own bed at last. This morning I woke up early, did my morning walk, and took a shower. Firs...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Dec. 12, 2021

the forest of boxes

The day of the big move was blustery and bleak, but thankfully not rainy. We set out at 8 am to make the final drive up to Razorback Ridge. Another thing I won’t miss: Driving back and forth all the time. Road trips are romantic when they’re rare, but when they become frequent they’re just obnoxious...

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Achaius (Lvl. 45) - Dec. 11, 2021

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