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Oct. 4th, 2011 09:32 pmIn the air somewhere between Boston and Portland. I borrowed ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
heisenbug's Chromebook, which is a pretty good compromise between bringing my work Mac and not bringing a laptop at all, and paid $12.95 for internet access because I was bored and cranky. Results: caught up on personal email, posted on Google Plus for the first time in a while (and generated a fair bit of fun discussion, woo!). Trying not to meditate on how much I dislike children of a certain age. :-)
I think I might have to buy these headphones or some that are very similar. I tried them on in a Brookstones today, and at their smallest setting, they actually fit my head! Amazing. I don't really need such high-quality headphones; I'd be fine with $50 headphones on the same headband; so I wrote to the company asking if any of their similar, less expensive ones are on the same physical band. I have high hopes. These people obviously tried to fit 99% of people instead of the industry-standard 95% of people, or something, and it's going to pay off for them.
Bizarrely, one of my most prominent thoughts about this week-long trip has been "what's happening on what days in the office Diplomacy game? Will I be able to chat with Italy and plan our moves?". As a fair number of you know, I've gotten WAY too into this game. Part of the reason is that we started playing near the end of July and, more than two months later, it's still going on for three of the original seven players -- there's been plenty of time to slowly get invested. Part of it is that the whole damn thing is about alliances, betrayals, trust and lies, all things I have ENORMOUS psychological issues around, so my brain is really triggered into thinking it's important. Anyway, although I still dream about it most nights, I'm happy to report that the good guys are now on track to victory. The only thing that could stop us is a breach in our alliance, like if Italy decides to betray me in the last turn and go for the solo win. Me, I'm done with all that; I betrayed once and I was betrayed once, and I won't do it again -- I'm going for a draw. It's quite bitchy and demanding, actually -- I want to slowly grind my enemy (yes, the opponent is the one who stabbed me) into the ground while also having the cameraderie of a devoted alliance. But that's Diplomacy for you: vicious and amoral. I've learned that I can truly enjoy knowing that someone else is having a bad day because of something I did, under certain circumstances. And also that alliances are very good for team-building. And that (did I mention?) I should never play this game again, for my own good.
heisenbug's Chromebook, which is a pretty good compromise between bringing my work Mac and not bringing a laptop at all, and paid $12.95 for internet access because I was bored and cranky. Results: caught up on personal email, posted on Google Plus for the first time in a while (and generated a fair bit of fun discussion, woo!). Trying not to meditate on how much I dislike children of a certain age. :-)I think I might have to buy these headphones or some that are very similar. I tried them on in a Brookstones today, and at their smallest setting, they actually fit my head! Amazing. I don't really need such high-quality headphones; I'd be fine with $50 headphones on the same headband; so I wrote to the company asking if any of their similar, less expensive ones are on the same physical band. I have high hopes. These people obviously tried to fit 99% of people instead of the industry-standard 95% of people, or something, and it's going to pay off for them.
Bizarrely, one of my most prominent thoughts about this week-long trip has been "what's happening on what days in the office Diplomacy game? Will I be able to chat with Italy and plan our moves?". As a fair number of you know, I've gotten WAY too into this game. Part of the reason is that we started playing near the end of July and, more than two months later, it's still going on for three of the original seven players -- there's been plenty of time to slowly get invested. Part of it is that the whole damn thing is about alliances, betrayals, trust and lies, all things I have ENORMOUS psychological issues around, so my brain is really triggered into thinking it's important. Anyway, although I still dream about it most nights, I'm happy to report that the good guys are now on track to victory. The only thing that could stop us is a breach in our alliance, like if Italy decides to betray me in the last turn and go for the solo win. Me, I'm done with all that; I betrayed once and I was betrayed once, and I won't do it again -- I'm going for a draw. It's quite bitchy and demanding, actually -- I want to slowly grind my enemy (yes, the opponent is the one who stabbed me) into the ground while also having the cameraderie of a devoted alliance. But that's Diplomacy for you: vicious and amoral. I've learned that I can truly enjoy knowing that someone else is having a bad day because of something I did, under certain circumstances. And also that alliances are very good for team-building. And that (did I mention?) I should never play this game again, for my own good.
