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I’m very glad I get the holiday off tomorrow.  I keep saying it, I need some apartment time.  Today was very low key, I watched some EPL and some Netflix and played some video games, went for a decent walk and generally relaxed.  Its nice to have the interview pressure off, and I refuse to delve into the reading material I need for the new job until it is confirmed that I am getting it.  So, another relaxed day of nothing tomorrow.  I’ll probably cook.

My old boss was a terrific person but did a very poor job conveying his knowledge and the state of his projects on his way out the door. Its costing me a lot of time figuring out where some things stand. My girlfriend is ruining me food wise. She made me pancakes from scratch yesterday and I never knew I even liked pancakes. Holy bleep they were good. My palate has definitely changed markedly in the past few months. I can barely tolerate sweet foods that used to be staples and want more and more fruits and nuts. Weird. I need a day off. I need to be home for a day when everyone else is working. My last day off for any reason was Nov 4 which wasn't for fun and was a generally crappy day. At least I'll have a ton of time when the better weather arrives. Snow can suck it. I hate it. I need to find a way to get exercise now that my walking route is frozen over.

I went off on the landlord Friday.  I have been patient about the various un-addressed problems (every window gets so much condensation I have to mop it up, etc).   But if I have to live above low life, noisy scum I will be a huge pain in the ass about the problems with the unit I’m in.

(Truth in advertising most of you probably aren't interested in this post) I've had terrible habits when it comes to my video gaming hobby. I buy lots of games based on spending lots of time on people's blogs getting hyped. I will often play the tutorial level and maybe part of the first real level of a game like Dishonored and then set it aside. If a game is too hard too soon I bail. If a game is too easy up front, I bail. If a game gives too much freedom and its hard to know what to do to move the story along, I bail. I get most of my mileage out of strategy and sports games. Strategy games I still have bad habits. A game like Civilization that can take 40 hours to complete, I will take a weekend off from a particular playthrough, lose my train of thought, delete the save and start over. Civ in particular in its many versions, I am the master of getting to the Medieval period. I rarely have an army that has a tank. Sports games are my lone area of successful consumerism. I buy a particular series every other year (i own fifa 15&17 for example) and play the heck out of most. (The exception being MLB The Show which I WANT to love but never gets as much play as the others). I usually play enough that I can eventually get to higher difficulty levels and still have success. 2017 I am going to buck most of these trends. I am going to pick 1 game at a time from my Steam library and play it to mastery or completion. I bought 4 new games at Christmas on Steam for a total of $16 and will start with those. Likewise, I am going to delete every story type game off my PlayStations and pick 1 to delve into eventually. I am going to keep a wary eye on NBa Live and MLB the Show and maybe pick one to buy if it looks good and can be had for $40. But right now I am playing a career mode in FIFA that is challenging me but is really fun, and I have Steep a new snowboarding game to fill time with too. I would guess ignoring sports games I have 4000 hours worth of games already in my possession and exactly one that could be considered "completed". And none considered mastered. One thing I have done is acted as trusted advisor and recommeder to all my friends on what games they'd enjoy. And I can't spoil endings for them! So. Today's gaming rotation: The Talos Principle, Fifa Union Berlin career, and some sick runs in the Steep's Alps.