Shortly after 19:00.

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While my days are off, the schedule is slowly ticking forward.  I have been trying to use the alarm clock, but that doesn't always help.  When I am pushing, trying to control sleep is often simply counterproductive.  However, if I give myself plenty of time to sleep, so as to hopefully wake up naturally, it can help.  Not always, but often.  I need to push, and right now I can, even with everything being a bit off.  In a few days, or a week, if I tire, perhaps not.  But then, as things are going, I may be just about on schedule in a week.

MS wasn't supposed to turn off their security suite for another week.  Now, considering that my machine is probably hacked, given the quality of MS and their own intentional security weaknesses, I went ahead and set up another security system.  There are free ones, but they lack some things that do come in handy.  I think the system I am considering, for a year, is about $20.  Normally it's $50, if you believe sales?  I am running the first sweep now, and when I finish computing for the day will run it again.  It already shows two problems.  Not sure what they are yet.  I'll dig in when done.

I am, again, stuck in the game.  Only this area isn't supposed to be this bad.  I'm never sure, with this game, when a problem is my playing, or if there is something else going on.  I keep it unplugged from the internet, which often helps.  Updates aren't always good for play, but can be used if all else fails.  Often, when connected to the internet, the console has odd, inconsistent, control from the pad.  But this game... has flaws that way, seemingly built in.  It's poor programming, or just a glitch.  Why a glitch is on some machines, and some versions of the software, when they are all supposed to be the same, I don't know.  So much for digital being a system of exactitude.  I'm working on it.

I have been hitting sudoku pretty hard lately.  On the lower levels, I generally get between 65 and 85 percent faster, without hints or autopencil (autopencil fills in all the little numbers in blank boxes).  from mid to high mid level, my skills become closer to 85-95% better than average.  The last few days, however, I wanted to see if I could get to 100%, on the lower tiers.  And, I have been able to get that, up to the mid-level ranges.  The thing is, now I realize that most people, who are doing better, only do so by memorizing and repeating the games.  In a raw game, me against almost anyone, I kick some serious butt in this game.  Right up to the point where patterns can't be seen through looking.  And, I would guess, many players can't even spot the more complex patterns.  The more difficult games offered, it would be my guess, honestly take several hours, perhaps several days, for even serious geek players to complete.  The methods and patterns are too complex for a simple play.  I can do the easiest games in 32 seconds, the most difficult games that I can do, without help, I can do in slightly over four minutes, if I haven't been working on doing those at speed, yet.  It's good to know that, raw, out of the box, I truly am a beast at this game.  And, with some practice, can beat 100% of other players in those lower tiers.  Yum.

Hmm... I ought to get some meat thawing.  Nothing tonight, so I might take a trip to town.  I did set the dishes up to be washed yesterday, but never got to them.  I will probably reset them, to a fresh soapy soak, and try to get those kicked out tonight.  And, maybe, a bit more laundry.  Most of the loads are small off type loads.  I don't, for example, wear whites very often, so a very small load of that.  Still, by materials and color, I probably have three or four more loads.  Little is good.  But there might be two pretty big ones.  Though towels are easier.  I have a couple of massive bath sheets.  Well, massive to you.  They are like normal towels to me.  I just wish they made stuff for big people. 

Later.