General geekery

Ridiculously hot today. Even with AC, working in the corner office of a brick building with big windows is not unlike working in an oven. I finally took off around 4:25 (about an hour earlier than normal) just because it was too hot to think. Tomorrow, shorts are the order of the day, along with cold drinks and a small fan. As long as I can keep my environment comfortable, I think I can stay focused.

After a month or two of idleness, I'm finally making a dent in my 40k mini painting. On Sunday, I managed to get the top coat on the armor on all 12 fire warriors done (screw painting each plate separately; I'm going the inkwash route), and got a good start on one of the crisis suits. On the fire warriors, I just need to top-coat the cloth parts of their uniforms, and then I can start getting into ink washes and highlights and start doing the detail work. Once that's done, a brief respite while I work on stealthsuits and crisis suits, and then I get to do the whole mess over again with my Kroot carnivores. At least they don't have flat armor, so I imagine we'll see lots of dry-bruhing in their future.

And then the 'fish. I have no idea how best to go about painting the Devilfish. An airbrush comes to mind. Shame I don't have one.

Meanwhile, I continue to slowly grind my way through Pokemon Diamond. Four badges down, four to go, and I'm hitting the 20-30 grind on a lot of my lesser-used-but-invariably-important Pokemon. I hate grinding with a fiery passion, but somehow I keep going. Thanks to hidaman, though, I have all 9 of the starters from the other Pokemon games. More importantly, I have all 4 fire starters now (once a Phoenix, always a Phoenix), and they're all named "Con Fuego!" Yes, I am a weirdo, thank you for asking.

When I actually have time for the PS2, I've been digging Front Mission 4. Yes, I'm a couple of years late on this one, and it's a shame that I missed Front Mission 3 on the PS1, but the turn-based mecha goodness makes me a very happy camper. It takes me back to high school, when my friends and I had impromptu Battletech matches (the old pen and paper and mini kind, not the newer clicky kind) during study hall. It's a shame that there aren't more games like this on the market. The best I can do otherwise is MechCommander, which I hear is ungodly hard. Anyway, the only downside to FM4 is that the gunfire is loud enough that it disturbs Andi unless I have the volume on the TV cranked down to, oh, 2 or lower. Won't be able to hear anything else, but at least the gunfire is at a manageable level.

Other than all that, life's pretty normal here. The baby continue to grow and develop, and the_z continues to be drained of all energy. I could use a bit extra myself, so sleeping now might be a good idea.

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I have discovered the reason for why my office is like an oven this week.

I have no A/C output vents in my office - zero, zip, nada. Oh, I have three intake vents, along with a "vent" that just goes directly to the empty space in the drop ceiling, but nothing that actually connects the the cold air output. Combine this with the two large windows on the east side, which are getting a fuckton of direct sunlight right now, and two brick exterior walls, and it becomes increasingly obvious that I don't actually have an office. Instead, I have a good-sized brick oven with a computer and a desk in it.

I think I will be working from home this afternoon, where I actually have cool air.