« Last post by KT 💣 KλBoƠM onToday at 11:58:30 am »
I really like this game even though have only played solo. I play casually but really get into the story.
I personally play with the nudity and sex scenes turned off but think that this is a game that OneEyed would LOVE since he likes story games that look real and have depth to them. However, it is expensive. $79.99 CDN. That price is no surprise since it only came out 10 months ago.
The main characters, also known as Origin Characters, in Baldur’s Gate 3 are:
Shadowheart: A Half-Elf Cleric with Wisdom as her primary ability. She willingly undertook a ritual to remove her memories in order to protect the secrets of her fellow Shar worshippers.
Gale: A Human Wizard with Intelligence as his primary ability. Gale’s wizarding prowess once earned him the love of Mystra, the goddess of magic, until his ambition led him to the brink of catastrophe.
Astarion: An Elf Rogue with Dexterity as his primary ability. After two hundred years serving a cruel master, the vampire spawn Astarion is finally free.
Wyll: A Human Warlock with Charisma as his primary ability. Known as ‘The Blade of Frontiers’, Wyll uses his magic to fell the monsters and devils menacing the Sword Coast.
Lae’zel: A Githyanki Fighter with Strength as her primary ability. Lae’zel was raised ready for a life amongst the stars, mercilessly conquering the cosmos as a githyanki soldier.
Karlach: A Tiefling Barbarian with Strength as her primary ability. Karlach has escaped ten years of service in the Hells with nothing but the axe on her back.
The Dark Urge: A customizable character whose primary ability depends on the selected Class.
Each character has their own unique stories that connect with the overarching narrative. Your choices will determine their fate1. You can play as any of these characters or recruit them as a companion on your journey.
You can create your own character, or choose one of these who already have a story. The Dark Urge has a story as well but not like the others. And you can make them look however you like.
My Dark Urge looks like this:
She fights her evil urge as she does not know who made her or what she is. I chose her out of curiosity as well as to see just how unique I could make her. I do have other characters though as well but the default Dark Urge looks more like a Dragonborn.
Here the actors talk about their roles in the making of the game:
And here are some reviews and such:
Does anyone else have this game besides me?
I think the game is popular for more than what I like it for. I like it for the character interactions and conversations as well as the splitting story in which you have a choice in the direction. It keeps you interested and there is so much depth in this game.
Rebandaging my boob incision made me pee more blue ... so now I feel like my boob is one of those squeeze things of blue icing
Well that just inserted some disturbing thoughts. Hey babe. Let me get some icing for my blueberry muffin.
Oh geeze lol
As it is my hair is growing again on my head (very patch though where I thought it would all grow back even) and my eyebrows are coming back in! I am not getting all excited though as they could not get all the cancer so I will need MORE Chemo .. which means I will lose it all again anyway. My follow-up appointment is in 3 days from today (on the 5th).
Also tomorrow I am getting an X-Ray done as my Chemo port stopped working after it was used for the lumpectomy surgery. When I got my Herceptin last Monday it would not work and they had to give me an IV in my hand. The nurse had a helmet with special lenses where she could see my veins and got it first try! Man I wish they had that at all the labs!!
« Last post by KT 💣 KλBoƠM onToday at 10:07:01 am »
Ever watch those Hoarders shows and feel they go too far??
I have. You don't have to be a hoarder yourself to feel that way and feel bad for those people who are being belittled to get rid of things that mean a lot to them. It is an invasion of privacy issue that affects all of us.
This led to me wanting to post this:
Home items decluttering pros say you’ll regret throwing away
1. Sentimental items that bring joy 2. Items you need once or twice a year 3. 'Unknown parts' (and we know how hard it can be to get replacement parts once you realize what it was to and need) 4. Paperwork 5. Things that don’t belong to you 6. Items that may be worth money in the future 7. Anything you truly love 8. Heirlooms and photographs
You can read the article for more about each of those but the summary I will quote:
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How can I make decluttering easier? Lauren Saltman, professional organizer from Living.Simplified. says the key to making those tough decluttering decisions is to ask yourself the following questions while decluttering.
Do I love it?
Why do I have it?
How often do I wear or use this?
Does it have value?
Does it fit in my current lifestyle?
Would I buy it again today?
This will make it much easier for you to work out what to keep and what to discard (by donating, selling, recycling or trashing).
As Lauren Saltman points out, living in a decluttered and organized home has many benefits, and keeping these in mind will help motivate you when the house feels upside down. A clutter-free home means you know where all of your items are and allows you to enjoy the peacefulness of your surroundings.
This is California style thinking. Dunno how to explain it. But it’s all dumb.
I don't know California styling thinking. I will have to ask my friend Pete's friend Dave (not that Pete (not Rin), and not that Dave (not OneEye) but my friend we call Pesky Pete has a friend Dave who used to live in Cali).
Honestly I think it is all stupid. I mean I don't get how someone could even have to worry about losing their home unless caused by financial issues....
But how do people draw the line between clutter and hoarding?
I don't usually quote myself but I went back to see if I posted this already. Seems I did not so I will now as I wondered at times when clutter turns into hoarding. From what I understood, hoarding is more of a mental issue (especially if family members have had this issue) but as we age there have been people who were neat freaks that turn into hoarders as well. It made me wonder what turns someone into a hoarder and what exactly is the line you cross. Is it still just clutter if you are tired and weak rather than lazy and just have nowhere to put the stuff and no energy to go through it? Is it only Hoarding if you can't let go of things you don't even need and can't give a reason why?
We all struggle with clutter, but hoarding can cause serious safety and hygiene issues for you and your home. Learn how to spot the difference.
Clutter makes it difficult to enjoy our homes to the fullest. Clutter can make it tough to feel motivated to clean or invite people over. But how do you know if clutter is simply a result of some bad habits or if it indicates a deeper issue— like hoarding?
First, it’s important to understand hoarding is a distinct psychological disorder that goes beyond clutter. That’s according to Joseph Kim, an assistant professor at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute with a doctorate in clinical psychology. “Not a lot is known about why people develop hoarding problems,” he says.
Many people develop symptoms before age 20. But for at least a quarter of people, the disorder comes on after age 40 or 50. Unfortunately, limited evidence exists for effective treatment, Kim says, although some studies have shown promise.
What Is Clutter?
“Clutter is anything that doesn’t have a home,” says Brenda Scott, a professional home organizer and owner of Tidy My Space. “It’s the stuff that no one knows where it belongs, so it gets dropped anywhere and everywhere.”
This doesn’t always mean you have piles of stuff everywhere, Scott says. It’s more about constantly moving things around, fruitlessly searching for things or lacking storage solutions.
What Is Hoarding?
“Hoarding refers to a behavior where someone has difficulty throwing away or letting go of their possessions, even if they may not have much value,” Kim says. People with hoarding disorder may save boxes, plastic bags and junk mail, Kim says. “This difficulty is thought to be caused by a strong urge to save items and distress around throwing them away,” he says.
Kim says people in any age group can develop hoarding disorder, but how it manifests and the risks involved present unique problems for older adults.
Older adults have “more physical ailments, a greater likelihood of having cognitive difficulties, and a higher risk of social isolation associated with the context of aging,” Kim says. “Each of these factors can cause a greater adverse impact on mental and physical health caused by hoarding behavior.”
Clutter vs. Hoarding
Kim says hoarding differs significantly from clutter. “Many people may be surprised to hear hoarding disorder is at its core a type of anxiety disorder,” Kim says. “This is because anxiety — of throwing away objects — is a fundamental driver of what causes hoarding behavior.”
People with hoarding disorder often lack insight into their behavior. That’s why television show-style interventions offer superficial solutions, Kim says, and don’t address the underlying behavioral patterns.
“When something like this happens without improving insight, or addressing the underlying anxiety [or other psychiatric issues] that promote hoarding behavior, patients are very likely to re-accumulate hoarded objects,” he says.
So while we all deal with clutter from time to time, hoarding is a distinct disorder that will not be solved by just getting rid of the hoard. Kim says it’s similar to taking alcohol from a person with an alcohol use disorder. “We do not expect them to get better just from that, do we?” he says.
Do I Hoard or Am I Just Messy?
According to the American Psychiatric Association, diagnosing hoarding disorder may include asking the following questions:
Do you have trouble parting with possessions, whether discarding, donating, recycling or selling?
Is it difficult for you to use the rooms and surfaces of your home due to the clutter?
Does hoarding, saving, acquisition and clutter affect your daily functioning? To what extent?
How much do these symptoms interfere with school, work, social or family life?
From what I have seen of YOUR home Jeff, you just have clutter. In my dad's case he was a collector until he had to get rid of things before moving in with his girlfriend, and in my mom's case well her situation is because my brother moved back in yet again into her 1 bedroom apartment and there just is no room.
As for myself it is clutter and laziness. I can toss out anything (I am not as attached to "memories" as I once was as a teen or in my 20's) but it is just a matter of strength and going about getting rid of the stuff I don't want. And with me it seems my health keeps stopping me and then I have to play catch up again once I am doing better. Tired of that. But I still do wish for a more simplistic life and more organization. I have a lot of organizational tools in my home from back when I had money but now I see that back then I cheaped out too much. But can you blame me? If I could make the stuff myself it would be different. Like your desk Jeff. I was impressed. Yours will never be outdated like mine is.
I think basically how to tell if you have Clutter vs. if you have a Hoard is if things fall down when you go to get things. I know that is not concrete as no matter what, sometimes things fall, but if it is a common problem then that means it is not in its proper place and if there is no proper place then ... ya.
You Own Lots of Duplicates or Products With Tags I have very few, if no duplicates of things I don't use.
You Don't Have Any Free Surfaces Well, okay. That's kind of true.
You Don't Look Forward to Returning Home Not true.
I find that duplicates and tags, tend to be more for those who are shopaholics to be honest. Typically women (and since I am a woman I CAN say that lol). This is because women are more likely to do a lot of shopping for that perfect clothing item but then be tired when they get home, put it aside and then forget about it. Sometimes if they put it aside for too long they forget they bought it and see it again and like it and buy another. Other times they remember they bought it but the right event to wear the item to does not come up so they forget they did not take the tag off it and never wear it. Sometimes they even outgrow it and can't even get into it and become depressed about it. I am not saying this is me but what is typical for women. Probably typical for gay males as well but I would not know.
The no free surfaces I think depends more on a few factors: Size of space, space of living with amount of surface space for stuff, and where you spend most of your time with an flat surface where you access that stuff the most. The stuff will mostly accumulate in the area you spend the most time at but depending on if you do the in/out method won't build up. Other surface areas may be used as storage instead and stay cluttered for the reason of nowhere to put it. I know my mom has a problem with paper clutter. She prints out a lot of stuff but refuses to get a filing cabinet as she lives in a small space and does not know where she would put one. So she has stacks of paper on her table and coffee table. She does keep the end tables clear though. So for her it seems to be areas she spends the most time at. Her desk is full of papers but in neat stacks so she has some sort of organization.
When it comes to not wanting to go back home and enjoying time somewhere else, that is more typical of people who feel their homes have gotten out of control and have somewhere else they like to go that they do feel equally at home in. I think for us, we all feel most comfortable in our own homes so it does not apply. But for those who have a family member, they like to visit all the time and then don't look forward to going home, or go out drinking and partying and don't look forward to going home, that would be true for them. I know I look forward to going home. I am free in my own home. I rest in my own home. I have control over my own space in my own home.
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Just 3 more days and my dressing comes off. Hopefully, he says I can drive 
Hey babe. Let me get some icing for my blueberry muffin. 
But I still do wish for a more simplistic life and more organization. I have a lot of organizational tools in my home from back when I had money but now I see that back then I cheaped out too much. But can you blame me? If I could make the stuff myself it would be different. Like your desk Jeff. I was impressed. Yours will never be outdated like mine is. 
