Author: Shawshank

I’m just a 40-something bearded guy trying to get a fresh start.

And I’m too clever and then I’m too fucking dumb

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Good morning. The kitties are snuggled on top, and beside me. They were really good this morning. No screaming, just a little last night.

I think I fell asleep and didn’t move throughout the night. At one point I was woken up when I tried to roll over my back twitched and woke me up. It was a bit of a chore to roll over.

But it was a pretty good sleep. Hopefully Crystal had a somewhat better sleep than she’s been having. At this point, I’m afraid to ask. So I’ll wait a little while and ask her. But in my mind right now, she slept the whole night through!

Work wasn’t too bad last night. The only major thing that was happening was the wind was pretty blowy all evening. Looking out the window, it doesn’t look too windy out there, but i think to day is the last day of actual blowing wind.

Fingers crossed.

Just looked at the weather app, and no blowing wind today, but in 4 minutes it’s supposed to start snowing, and the snow will last approx 44 minutes. Good times.

Two steppin’ on the table, she don’t need a dancefloor

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Welp, we’re awake here. Pippin is playing with her cleaner, and of course, Chaucer is snuggled between us. The sun is slowly rising out the kitchen window.

As I was getting my jacket on to go to work, Crystal said she had a package at the post office, so I went to get in, and Crystal knowing that she’s still have to wait until I got home to get her package. Well as a surprise, both of her packages were there so I texted Crystal to meet me at the door. She was very happy that we got both her packages.

I worked the closing shift last night and let me tell you the closing key-holder was all over the place last night. He went through 3 deposit slips, and had to keep doing them over and over because, he couldn’t get his math right.

So I get home, and there’s presents for me, all wrapped and looking like little treasures. I got two wicked cool shirts, and a new panda pillow for my fat head to rest on. I can’t wait until it’s warmer to be able to wear the shirts, and people will be able to see them.

Same co-worker tonight. Maybe he’ll be a little better tonight. We’ll see. And of course, I’ll take a picture of our current pizza level for those that know.

Well, I’m gonna continue trying to get my eyes to focus, and suck back some coffee. Happy Tuesday everyone!

I’m a human, I’m a god damn livin thing

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Good Monday morning everyone. Welcome to a new week. We’re awake, the Beautiful One let me sleep in for a little while, which was good because I was playing video games in my sleep.

Yep, Crystal has been playing Persona 5 Royal yesterday. I helped her out just a little, but as I slept, we were in the game playing. It was strangle but a little fun. I don’t know if we did to much, I just remember running around fighting the Shadows.

We didn’t do too much yesterday. I did some laundry, and made waffles for Crystal for Sunday brunch. And then I made Sunday brunch. After that Crystal packed up the Switch, and we popped over to Shady Acres, where I was asked to clean the pellet stove.

After that we all sat in the living room watching tv, as my mom did crafts, and my dad worked on his puzzle. It was a nice Sunday for sure. But now it’s back to the real world. Closing the shop for the next three days.

Woot woot

Coffee time.

Persona 5 Royal review

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So last week or the week before, I beat another game. About a month or two earlier, Crystal was watching a SwitchUp video on YouTube, and they were talking about JRPGs, and mentioned that Persona 5 Royal had been released on the Switch for a while. And said if you have never played one of the best JRPGs ever, you should, and that it was on sale.

Spoiler Alert: it wasn’t, but Crystal found a work around to a place that did offer it for sale. So after it downloaded and I was at work, Crystal started playing, so she could experience the opening by herself without trying to ignore it while I was playing beside her.

I believe the next day I played it for the first time. Let me say this: this game is amazing. I found it to have a bit of a learning curve. So much so in fact, I’m really enjoying my 2nd play through more than the original play through.

This game has a mix of life sim, and turn based combat. It’s crazy how well they blend together. You have to learn how to balance “work” (combat and dungeons) to “home” (school, part time jobs, hanging out with friends). It’s a delicate balance that you have to find very quickly.

Almost immediately, after completing the game, I started a second play through. The game does reward you for playing again, which is new to me, but I like how they do it.

Spoiler alert: the last nine photos are end game, before the system stopped allowing me to take screenshots.

Lockup Library game score: 9/10