M'okay.

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Look, I realize sometimes my body is so... down... so something... that things don't work.  I didn't realize that included taste.  Or, maybe I did.  It's a lot like depression, I suppose, only it's not chemically, but physically, based.  Simply, the parts involved are not getting enough blood.  Or not enough chemicals can be created to transfer sensations from the source to the brain.

Off and on for the last month, though fairly regularly, I haven't been able to taste various things.  You know how powerful some gum flavor is?  Yeah, couldn't taste it.  Salt was becoming a problem, could not taste it.  Had to be careful when cooking and seasoning.  I could taste a bit of a burn, if I used too much, perhaps way too much, but nothing else.  Flavor is back.  It's been like this for the last 30 years, worse for most of it.  Simply, I didn't remember, not for long.  I am starting to figure this one out, just not how to deal with it, always.  It's nice to have flavor back though.

I've been gaming.  The Shadows of Mordor, this time.  I don't know what I think of it.  It's a bit of a pita, in the sense that I've not played a game like it.  On one hand, it is interesting.  On the other, it'll let you get in way over your head from the start.  It is easy to burn out on the game.  Further, even as I level up, as complicated as that is, it doesn't really seem to make gameplay any more reasonable.  I just broke into the second tier of skills and such, so I'll know more in time.

Odd how, even when I can't taste, or feel, or think, I can still do a sudoku in 5 to 10 seconds, or play a game meant for those with reaction times of the young.  Then again, I'm not sure the young have that fast of reaction times anymore.  Without experience in competitive physical activities to back up electronic, something is missing.  I know a lot of guys my age who have quit, because they simply can't play.  If I quit, it is because I simply don't like the system.  Some games cheat, and make it a timed, rather than speed thing.  Most do, probably.  I do hate that, especially when it is too obvious.

Later.