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After having been shown what to use to download videos, and tinkering with varieties of such, I finally got to it tonight.  I had thought it would be a very unhappy chore.  But that wasn't the only reason for the stall.  I've been sleeping and needing it.  I simply haven't been up to thinking things through and getting to them.  It happens.  Finally I set out to see if I could get a few YouTube videos into memory.  Hmm, not bad, says I.  So, I did a few more.  Watching the videos on the browser while they were being downloaded to the hdd made the task eminently more pleasurable.  This loaner computer is barely up to the task but... it came through for me, with only a bit of time-out frustration.  As it turns out there are only, perhaps, thirty songs to which the videos were worth downloading.  Most of them I have in my CD collection, so I have no guilt that way, come to think of it.  Usually the download was done before the video quite playing, save on a few that were in true 1k hd, even the 720 hd were a bit long to download.  No complaints, really.  I did test my download function, for my cable.  I'm hitting 12.5, which is... pretty good actually.  Upload time seems a bit slow, but I don't use that feature to any real extent.

All through this process I was thinking it was either early Saturday or late Sunday.  A review of data on my smartphone, or two, finally clarified that it was merely evening on a Friday.  All good, it means I didn't miss Mass tomorrow, if I did today.  I slept... pretty much all day, and long again considering when I went to bed but more so on top of the fact that I have been sleeping like a winter bear.  I realize too, I am as hungry as a bear.  I'll have to figure something for food.  While I can go without food for days and weeks, if I consciously realize that hunger, it hurts like few things I know.  That doesn't always motivate me, but... this time I am feeling the hunger before the real pain starts, and I am looking to avoid the pains.  Yeah, I suppose I am an odd critter, but... and?

I have been looking for some things to take to the Black Rock Desert.  Oh, they can have serious weather, it is a high desert, the days are hot and often over a 100 while the nights are cold by comparison, dipping into the 40s.  First thing is to make sure I have real clothes, gear, and such, for the practicalities.  Now, being a part time prepper and an outdoor enthusiast if I haven't done as much as I should like of those, I do have a pretty serious set of gear.  I will do some checks.  I know my med-kit could use some things.  And there might be another hole or three that could be filled or whole kitted out.  But in the main, I should be fine on the practical side.

Now, on the fashion side?  Hmm, my leather trench might be fine, engineering boots up to my knees might go, and I do have a few trinkets and clothes that work double duty as fashion and practicum.  But, there are large holes in this part of the event.  I won't be going with a Church group, if at least one fellow Christian will be there.  This isn't a public or typical social event either.  Now, I have defined limits, as to His will, but those limits are rather lenient and reasonable.  He has never said we can't play, have fun, or goof.  So, to those ends, I have been shopping around.  Oh, I certainly won't take everything I see.  I couldn't afford it, and wouldn't afford it anyway.  If some of it might have double duty, perhaps working with Renaissance festivals, it has a better chance.  Even then, that would be quite a lot.  Still, just like shopping for a cruise, or a special trip perhaps, I am looking for a few items to enhance the experience.  Some of it is Christian enough that there won't be too much doubt.  It is fun to look, to see what has become of that world, a world I used to know.

The other thing I need to consider is food, water, and various other consumables for the trip.  They do not provide water even.  No, this will have to be carefully considered.  While they might sell things, like ice, you can bet between transporting that in and gouging the heck out of poor planners, it would behoove me and my wallet to plan ahead as best as I can.  Dry ice is an excellent thing, and done right it can last a good long time.  Being a prepper, I have become aware of alternative methods of doing things, too.  Zeer pots would be preferred, I think.  Food, of course.  I have some foods, as is, that pack well, split out easily, and would work nicely for such a short time as a week.  I am thinking about getting some MRE's to fill that out, though, too.  Make the mundane easy so as to enjoy the funner parts a little better.

What world did I used to know?  Ah, vampire clubs before they were ever called such.  Places of invitation only parties where... the world simply was.  No violence allowed, save the ones in the 'corner' who were into minor events amongst themselves.  Pretty much anything was game, and available.  Unlike today, these things were never held in the same place.  Each event was it's own.  That kept the non-invites, non-re-invites, and rejects out.  It was sort of like what is shown in this vid, only... I never saw kids in a cage.  Not that they might not have been there, with mum and dad around to keep an eye on them, just that I never saw such.  The rest of it?  Pretty typical.  Yeah, a different life.  Oh, no, it really wasn't evil, just... people searching, figuring things out, and simply enjoying who and what we were.

Hmm, gotta find some food!  Later, maybe good night.