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Three minor things
2020-Jan-30, Thursday 14:51
▶️One, I got my first property tax bill, so now of course I have to become an anarchist. Who are these people to want all this money? ZOMG teh gubmint, etc, etc. It's actually less than I expected it to be so it's not a problem, but it still stings a bit to pay thousands of dollars after the already thousands of dollars I paid when I bought the place.
It helps me remember that mostly, the rich are evil due to environmental factors, not due to innate immorality.
▶️Two, Northern Ballad has shown up a couple times in my Listening To section, and I mixed in Sailing Icy Seas and Parting Icy Skies from the Wrath of the Lich King soundtrack, so I put out a call for similar music, and then![[instagram.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/profile_icons/instagram.png)
thosesocks sent me the song that's currently in there. So I guess I'm on a hurdy-gurdy kick? "One by One" isn't anything like the other songs that's linked above--I can't imagine it playing over a shot of the protagonist coming back to the burned ruins of their childhood home, or a group of soldiers drinking together the night before a battle knowing most of them won't be back the next night--but it's good in its own right! I should look up more of her music.
Also, listening to "Sailing Icy Seas" is reminding me of Wrath of the Lich King, which was the most fun I ever had playing WoW. Partially because balance druids were finally good, but also because I finally got to see the part of WoW Lore I cared about through. One major reason I trailed off hard and then stopped playing in Cataclysm is that I didn't care about why I was doing anything. I played Warcraft III, and then I played WoW, and when I killed the Lich King in June of 2010, that was the last boss I cared about fighting. I stuck around through Firelands, but when I realized I was only logging on to raid and otherwise never playing, I figured my time was done, and nowadays I don't have time for an MMO.
But raiding Ulduar was up there with very-late-night drunk Karazhan raids with some of most fun I've ever had in a video game. I don't actually want to play WoW again, but I miss those experiences and the person I was then who had them.
Well, maybe if they had classic Burning Crusade or Wrath servers I'd dip back in...
▶️Three, I've been eating vegetarian meals for dinner every night this week, after I bought some ice cream on Sunday and then due to בשר בחלב basar bechalav decided to make egg curry instead of chicken curry so that I could have naan (made with butter) with it and it's been delicious. Tonight I'm having pita, vegetables, hummus, and feta cheese--I was going to have falafel, but the Middle Eastern Grocery store was out--and when I had it on Tuesday it was delicious. I mean, spicy hummus is amazing on anything, but I was surprised at how much I liked it.
Long meeting this morning and nothing tonight. Back to work.
It helps me remember that mostly, the rich are evil due to environmental factors, not due to innate immorality.
▶️Two, Northern Ballad has shown up a couple times in my Listening To section, and I mixed in Sailing Icy Seas and Parting Icy Skies from the Wrath of the Lich King soundtrack, so I put out a call for similar music, and then
thosesocks sent me the song that's currently in there. So I guess I'm on a hurdy-gurdy kick? "One by One" isn't anything like the other songs that's linked above--I can't imagine it playing over a shot of the protagonist coming back to the burned ruins of their childhood home, or a group of soldiers drinking together the night before a battle knowing most of them won't be back the next night--but it's good in its own right! I should look up more of her music.Also, listening to "Sailing Icy Seas" is reminding me of Wrath of the Lich King, which was the most fun I ever had playing WoW. Partially because balance druids were finally good, but also because I finally got to see the part of WoW Lore I cared about through. One major reason I trailed off hard and then stopped playing in Cataclysm is that I didn't care about why I was doing anything. I played Warcraft III, and then I played WoW, and when I killed the Lich King in June of 2010, that was the last boss I cared about fighting. I stuck around through Firelands, but when I realized I was only logging on to raid and otherwise never playing, I figured my time was done, and nowadays I don't have time for an MMO.
But raiding Ulduar was up there with very-late-night drunk Karazhan raids with some of most fun I've ever had in a video game. I don't actually want to play WoW again, but I miss those experiences and the person I was then who had them.
Well, maybe if they had classic Burning Crusade or Wrath servers I'd dip back in...
▶️Three, I've been eating vegetarian meals for dinner every night this week, after I bought some ice cream on Sunday and then due to בשר בחלב basar bechalav decided to make egg curry instead of chicken curry so that I could have naan (made with butter) with it and it's been delicious. Tonight I'm having pita, vegetables, hummus, and feta cheese--I was going to have falafel, but the Middle Eastern Grocery store was out--and when I had it on Tuesday it was delicious. I mean, spicy hummus is amazing on anything, but I was surprised at how much I liked it.
Long meeting this morning and nothing tonight. Back to work.
