Pastelbat @pastelbat@awoo.space

Reading 'The Constant Gardener' for a bit of uplifting Le Carre sparkles (sarcasm)

It's.. Fine? About what we expected.

We like Le Carre a lot, and there's still a lot of his stuff we haven't read. Prettymuch anything that came after Smiley's People is still on the todo list, tbh- And I think we only watched the (very good) BBC miniseries for that.

But definitely not an author to marathon in terms of tone/content

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Realising we haven't really added much to our music library since 2016

Throw me a good album, friendos

I will listen to it

But these are overall minor gripes? Like (as someone who plays OW enough to recognise the abilities despite the above) it's free TV that's good to put on in the background, so it's probably gonna take a regular place in my browser, and be the first esport thing to hold my attention.

I can see why people say they find the OWL too visually confusing; Every ability and character is brightly painted in the same team-colour, so unless you know all the abilities by heart it can just be

"Green explosion on top of a green explosion, inside a green bubble, while a white explosion happens in the bubble to 2 green figures, who are glowing green."

I get colouring things for each team but they really don't need to take it that far, they could just accent it rather than dumping a bucket of [Team Colour] over everything

The Octopus Zenyetta skin actually got me into watching the OWL

So, points to whichever marketing psychologist concocted that evil scheme, I guess

But watching the OWL has only reinforced my feelings that snipers make Overwatch drastically more boring

I swear half the cast of any given match is taken up by watching Widowmakers and Hanzos trying to plink headshots

But the rest is good/entertaining? Nice to see Winston & Zarya being so key to things, and Wrecking Ball has a great mix of abilities mechanically and visually.

Support roles need more screentime, but that never, ever changes.

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Solved! \o/

What do you call the wooden panel running along the bottom of an indoor wall? I've completely forgotten, and I need to write it on a form. >_<;;

Heck this is cool

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/06/its-possible-to-build-a-turing-machine-within-magic-the-gathering/

I am so fuzzy

I misread
"Four Hundred Years of Fashion"
as
"Four Horsemen of Fashion"

And now I want that to be a thing so very badly

That time when Tumblr set 'End of Evangelion' to the subtitle track from 'Bee Movie'

https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/beevangelion

(anime gore, nsfw, copious spoilers, etc)

I want more chilli stuff..
And sour citrus stuff..
And bitter stuff..

Ginger is also good.. =w=

Advertising: Shaved legs are smooth and luxurious and silky
Most Guys: I see, shaved legs are smooth and luxurious and silky
Shaved Legs: *angry cactus noises*

bf has finished Too Like the Lightning and immediately started Seven Surrenders~

I am left making many "MmmmmMMMMMNNNNMmmmmnnn spoilers" noises in responses to his questions and theories

Also bonding over an entire setting full of Problematic Faves

Also he hasn't gotten to the sharks eating bananas yet

Or Apollo Mojave's dark secret being "He was a massive weeb"

Or Imaginary Thomas Hobbes barging in and arguing with the reader and narrator

Sharks. Eating. Bananas.

Okay I'm done

You tried, lads.

You tried.

Often when I try to compose anything EDM it drifts towards sounding like the PSX Ghost in the Shell game soundtrack with worrying frequency

I was like, 8-10 when I played that.. o.o

It's still a good minimalist techno OST that I keep around, mind. It's just not the kinda thing that I usually listen to or aim for, so it's kinda funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWYt-P7yJ1k

Rereading some George Luis Borges and I completely forgot about so many of these stories

The Zahir, The Library of Babel, The Immortal, The Theologians, *The Zahir but again for emphasis*..

I am both grateful and disappointed that I live in a universe where 'Lovecraftian' done to death, and Borges left relatively untouched. He does existential horror so much better.