Vik-Thor's Journal

 Opals are some of the most beautiful gemstones.
Amorphous silica.
Some of the rarest are the black opals,
that hold rainbows within themselves
on a black backgrouns.

 I think I will try LJ Idol again.

OK, so my post from Dreamwidth didn't show up here. So will tis show up on Dreamwidth, Tumblr and Twitter? since I THINK I have those linked from here.

one thing I was going to mention last post and forgot:

I am thinking of getting a gaming console. Yes, I am one of the people who does not have a gaming console. The last one I had was an Atari 2600. (I wonder whatever happened to it? I had quite a few game cartridges also...)

I believe PlayStation 3 has the two games I want available on it.
I've been playing Amazing Katamari Damacy on my iPad, and think it would be neat to play the regular game.
( an upload of a Katamari from Amazing Katamari, cut because it's somewhat large )

Another game I would somewhat like to play is Kingdom Hearts.

I don't really like first-person shooter games, which seem to be what get most of the attention.

Here is a Katamari playthrough on youtube.

Anybody have any recommendations as to what console or games I should get? I don't see myself playing a whole lot, just occasionally.

 Tsundoku – acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up without reading them.

Oh my gods, that describes me so very well. Especially comic books.

I have been accumulating comic books for probably about 40 years at this point. I’ve got most of them entered into an online database for comics (Collectorz.com), and I now have almost 11,000 entered, and I know I am behind on entering, so I can reliably state I have over 11K in the house. Most of them are in comic boxes (we’ve switched to the short boxes, because my older long boxes were in terrible shape, and the long boxes are heavy!!!) The older ones are grouped by series, mostly, but most of them from the past 15 years are more semichronological… i.e. they piled up, and I eventually stuck them in a box to just keep them in some vague order. And unfortunately, over  the past few years, I have not kept up on even reading all the comics I get each week. And considering most comics cost about $4.00 each nowadays, this is not an insignificant amount of money I am spending. I try to cut down, but then there are new series that look interesting, and I try them out, and….

 Regular books are at least more ordered, as they are in bookshelves. And I am not purchasing so many new ones. Although one of the perks of Seph’s job at Silver Arch Books was that he was allowed to take any books (and other items) that their system did not flag that they wanted. So our collection blossomed over that time period. But still, we have 9 full size bookshelves in the house and 2 short ones, under the livingroom windows. Our living room is basically our library. 7 of the full size ones are along the walls, and are the Billy Bookcases from Ikea (no idea why the white is reliably cheaper than other colors.) And these are all mine. Seph has one bookcase in the bedroom, and there is one in the computer room that has many of the ones he brought home.

And I need to start getting rid of many of them, as one of his long term goals is to convert a school-bus into an RV... Which means I would need to cut down to something like this for my books...

 At the very least, I will be cannon fodder letting better writers get through an extra week.

Most of my entries will probably be short. as I am not very verbose at the best of times.

 What I have planted this spring so far:

I had dug up canna rhizomes last fall, and stored them in the basement over the winter. I'm not sure if they actually survived or not. I planted them on Monday 07 May. The big clump that was by the door, was the biggest, and had a few smaller rhizomes. I planted all of the canna in the south  one, the one in actual patio.

tonight, I planted the castor beans, after they soaked for a few days. Most of them in the north one. four of them beside a wood 'board', and several others are marked with sticks (or remaining okra stems.) I planted one in the north one, one in the border or each section between the wall and the chain link fence. one final one was planted by the hanger in the back yard, marked by wood chunk. (The castor beans I got from Tropicana Bowling.)

several canna seeds were also planted.

Hopefully some of them will sprout, and grow.

 I finally got around to watching the first episode of Series 4 of Black Miiror, USS Callister. and I quite enjoyed it. It has been awhile since I watched the first 3 series. This episode was a lighter tone, at first. In fact, I was almost thinking NEtflix had messed up and somehow linked a totally different show.

 Actually, the title was more of a knockoff, but the fact that Tom Bailey (from The Thompson Twins) will be performing here in Saint Louis in September makes it somewhat relevant. :) He will be on tour with Boy George and Culture Club, and the B-52s. I am hoping to go see them! as I enjoy all 3 acts.

doing a quick post from work. Acting phone receptionist today, as main receptionist took the day off.

I have been using a CPAP machine for about 10 days now, last few days have slept most of the night with it on, and I think I am seeing a difference. I do feel a bit more energetic during the day.

 taur10  does have a new job (as he has mentioned over on his FB account). of of the benefits is that he is allowed to take any of the items that would go in the trash / recycle bin, so our library has been expanding fairly rapidly since he got the job. (including a Kindle 3 (Keyboard) which seems to work fairly well, except for 2 items (which may be related...) The software is @ version 3.4 on the Kindle, but there is a new version 3.4.2, but we cannot get it to update to the new software version. And we cannot get it to register with his Amazon account. I quite enjoy my Kindle (5th gen) [that is not quite the exact model I have, as I have one with physical buttons for turning the pages, which I very much like!]

Of course, this is a regular job, i.e. 7:00-15:30, meaning he wants to get to sleep by about 21:00, which is going to be a bit of an issue with bowling. There are 2 weeks in the first half of the season, of which we are scheduled next week, and 17 December would be our off week. We do have one of the original members who has not been bowling so far coming back soon. I will probably see if he would want to switch to a more occasional schedule for the spring season. Right now we have 6 members, and we've been doing 2 weeks on, one off (or supposed to, there have been some snafus) I wonder if 2 weeks off, one on, might be better for him ? We shall see...

I am looking to get a pair of overalls. mostly because my current jeans are to tight for me to wear anymore, and I would like at least one pair of denim pants. I am also somewhat looking for some new shoes/boots. However, in that case, I don't really know what I am wanting...I do have a pair of boots (that style, I don't think that exact brand) that I usually wear when I ride a scooter. In fact, they are the pair I bought out in Phoenix when we first got scooters. I have actually had to get the heels redone a couple times (and probably should get them redone again.) Probably should have the entire sole redone this time, as the tread has worn off most of them. The uppers are still in good shape, remarkable so, considering I don't really polish them anywhere near as often as I should. (I seem to walk oddly, in a way that wears out the heels of my shoes.)

and I should be heading to the Dreaming myself. Sweet dreams, and see y'all later.

eta: my boots actually are Durango...