December Delights - 10 December 2015

[teddy_radiator]

It's been a not-too-crazy day here at Steampunk Towers, so I've had a chance to do a little cooking, a little knitting, and a little work. The production of A Christmas Carol TheHubs™ is currently in had it's Sponsor Night tonight and it went well. Tomorrow Mom and I are going - I'm really looking forward to it. Here is a lovely 'trailer' for it. TheHubs™ can be seen as Fezziwig dancing and another character turning around and walking through a door

We have a fair amount of parties to attend this Christmas, which makes me happy because it makes TheHubs™ happy - sometimes I feel as if he doesn't have too many friends here, and yet all his theatre friends love him to bits (they just don't want ot drive the 30 miles to our house to visit - well, most of them, anyway). Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday we have Christmas parties to attend, and I'm glad. We're only going to have a small family get together this Christmas Eve here, and I feel quite isolated being at home alone so much. I realise we work together, but that's different from home down time, and we haven't shared too much of that since August, what with one play after another. It's been very gratifying seeing him doing something he loves and doing it so well, so I don't say anything.

He's already slated for another play next June, so most of spring will be taken up, and he's going to audition for a February show this Saturday. Hey, it's writing time.

I have made the amazing decision not to send out Christmas cards this year - something I haven't missed in over a decade. I don't know why, but time is really speeding by, and I just don't want to add that to my list of stuff to get anxious over. I'm already aggravated at myself for not taking my annual photos of my decorations, but there you go.

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a 2-player game that I can get for TheHubs™? We like hidden objects and adventure/problem solving games. We're not into that kind of roleplaying, though, so no WOW or D&D, please. I've looked at a few, but I'd like your opinions.

I watched the Amazon series "Man In The High Castle" and was so baffled I decided to read the PK Dick novel it was based on. Talk about fanfiction! The series bore almost no real resemblance to the original story, except for the names of some of the characters. At least six of the main characters, whose storylines made up most of the series, aren't even IN the original novel! I better never hear anyone in Hollywood get up their own arses about fanfiction ever again.

I mentioned yesterday about the neurotic reader who wrote the big diatribe about how upset she was that my Severus in Father Figure wasn't living up to her idea of the 'perfect Fantasy Dom". stgulik (yes, mimimanderly, I totally agree that it would be wonderful to have our very on Jules inside our brains. Thankfully, she is pretty close) helped me compose a very user-friendly reply to her, and yes, of course, she had to write back. I almost didn't read it - usually the second message is little more than a pissing contest and I always end up regretting replying in the first place.

This time, however, Neurotic girl surprised me. Rather contritely she bowed to higher experience, and admitted that she had no real understanding of the lifestyle, and that she mostly just found anything out of the ordinary a bit scary, and therefore never really tried anything new. I reminded her that life was scary, and that she should indeed be cautious, but that didn't mean that she should avoid all risks. Sometimes, I told her, reality can blow fantasy out of the water.

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[pauraque]

If you're an adventure game fan you may have already played this one, but there was a re-release of Grim Fandango for modern systems this year. I'm not quite sure what you mean by two-player in this context, though, unless you just mean playing with a friend and figuring out the puzzles together.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Thank you - TheHubs™ and I like to play board games and PC games, but we like the ones with puzzles and mysteries and problem solving and hidden objects. I'll give this one a look!

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

What a delight, to have someone change their mind like that. Normally I say don't engage the people like that, but I suppose every now and again it pays off, like now. I'm so glad!

I am sorry you're home alone a lot, but I am pleased your hubs is happy right now.

Don't worry about cards - I skipped years I don't have time, and do them when I do. I went card happy this year because it pleased me, but I never expect people to return them. I do it because I like doing it :)

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

You know, I don't tell you enough just how much I appreciate your encouragement, and your friendship. You always take such joy in my posts, and always offer gentle support and understanding. I'm very thankful that you are my friend. Thank you for always taking time to reply - it means alot, even if I don't tell you often enough that it does. ♥

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

Awwww, thank you! I know I don't always have much to say, but I do really enjoy your posts, and I like to let you know it. Thank you so much, Teddy *hugs tight*

[akatnamedeaster.livejournal.com]

Well, yay for getting a thoughtful response! Sometimes people can surprise you. :)

Enjoy the upcoming days of socializing and TheHubs play. It sounds like Christmas is going to be end to end running around for you, more than enough excuse to not add to your workload.

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

There, you see - I was right. You were kind to her in replying.

[mimimanderly.livejournal.com]

They tend to do that when they adapt a book to a TV series. Stephen King's Under the Dome was completely different except for the names of the characters and the premise. I hear Dexter deviated from the book series as well. I know they are two different mediums, so must be treated differently, but really now!

[lemonade8.livejournal.com]

Did you ever play the Riven and Myst games? I admit that I wasn't smart enough to get through it without help. Don't know if they have any new ones out, either.

Have a wonderful holiday season, though. Hope you get some quality time with your hubs.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

We loved all the Myst and Riven games! We also couldn't get through them without help, and many was the time we'd be sitting there stuck on something and I would be ranting, "Why am I not F*&%-ing smarter??"

My stepson, who works as a reviewer and game 'tester' for one of the big gaming companies in the UK gave me a couple of really good suggestions as well, but yes, we love those kinds of games. I am trying very slowly to play Bioshock Infinite, which is more of a shoot 'em up game, and that's not my bag, but it's so steampunkalicious that I want to try and get through it, anyway.

Thank you for your lovely holiday wishes - right back atcha, babe.

(You know, your Severus giving Hermione a nice big package for Christmas would make me very happy! I know, I'm such a mooch)

[lemonade8.livejournal.com]

My son played Bioshock infinite a while back, I loved watching it. It had amazing steampunk graphics, I agree. And it has a twist ending I won't spoil that you might like.

LOL, since you are playing it now, I can tell you this and you might appreciate the story. After I (amusedly) sang along with about three songs, we got to this one:

and he turned around and looked at me- quite perturbed- and said "HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL OF THESE OLD SONGS?" I started laughing and told him that the Beach Boys weren't THAT old. I literally had to pull up youtube videos so he would believe me, he thought I was pulling his leg.

I will give you your Christmas wish. Depending on if they are scheduling me to kill me next week like they did this week (seventy hours is not something I can do every week, I hope they realize...) I will try to work it out for you.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

You are a star!!! I totally understand that you've been so busy, and after I wrote that I felt like such a freeloader, but you know I adore anything you do anytime you do it.

I loved the Barbershop Quartet singing 'God Only Knows'. That tickled me pink. I also found this little jewel from the ever delightful Postmodern Jukebox, done 'in the style of Bioshock Infinite'.