AWOL

Hello.

It's me again. Don't be angry that I haven't written anything here in over a year. I don't really know where the time goes.

Every once and a while I think to myself that I am letting my 20s pass by without really recording any of the experience. It's honestly not that exciting. I'm more introspective, but more apathetic. Calmer, not necessarily wiser, but I think I have gotten used to internalizing the feelings that were raging in me when I was younger. There really is only so much one can say about the same old feelings.

I read that last paragraph back to myself and - don't get me wrong - I have good times. I have exciting times. I do! I swear.

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My favorite brother moved to Sweden for a job. I'm excited for him, but sorry that he had to go. He moved back home for about half a year and we were spending time together, it was nice. He's always gone! College and then grad school and now Sweden. Years go by but he's still my favorite.

My other brother is also nice.


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I recently started playing this silly game called Virtual Villagers, a real time simulation of a village for the "casual gamer". I don't really play video games all that much anymore, but apparently when I do, I am unable to be casual about it.

The game progresses at a slow pace, for every hour of real time, less than a year might pass for the villagers. This doesn't work for me.

I keep my system clock open and make the clock go 12 hours ahead so that the villagers will advance their farming and science tech. Also, it takes too long for the villagers to make new baby villagers, so I force them to breed and then move the system clock two hours ahead so I can find out if the baby is a girl or a boy. This is important. I accidentally skipped 30 years ahead in game time and all of my founding villagers were dead with only 3 people left to repopulate the village.

This is all very fascinating, I know. Basically, I found a game hack for what is essentially FarmVille. (By the way - screw FarmVille. Harvest Moon (glorious 1996!) is where it's at. Was where it was at?).

Gee! This content is so awesome.

-E