10:22

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Still awake.  Not quite up to playing.  The game requires too much... focus?  And I am just not up to it.  But, I can, and have been, looking over suggestions for play.  I'm still not quite seeing the web travel, but... as with much, that will take time.  Until it is muscle memory, it is very difficult.  Thinking, then acting, takes too much time and effort.  Once it becomes remembered by the body, then improvements, added skills, and such, can be developed and used.  Frustrating.  Like having to learn to tie one's shoes all over again.

I have been looking at other videos.  One has, in ways, been on my mind.  I need to cut back in spending.  All out, in all ways.  Yes, I will lose money, between practically zero interest and high inflation.  But having some cash set aside would be best, for a while?  Anyway, this...

Now, there are some things I would really like to have.  A backup generator, for example, that could hook up to the house, and cover things like the furnace blower, freezer, fridge, and some lights.  Well, and more heating options.  I have a big buddy and a kerosene heater.  But, currently, no kerosene.  The stores sell it, by the gallon, for a bundle.  Too expensive.  Used to be able to buy it from gas stations, some, for a reasonable price.  No more, it seems.  And I don't think you can use diesel, or not winter blend?  Dunno, but... yeah.

But, there are things I can do, and am doing, to cut down on costs.  I may end up sleeping much of the winter, but this winter the goal is to cut way down on heating.  Way down.  Which will mean going cold, dressing warmly, closing things off, and just surviving.  Even then, with costs soaring, it will be tight.  I can only imagine what people who have a family, and now way out or to pay, will do.  It... will get ugly.  Unfortunately, neighbors, rather than bureaucrats and politicians, will be the first in the line of fire.

The wood would, as he suggested, be stolen.  Even if brought in.  That's just the way it goes.  Crickets will kill ants, and steal their shit, without conscience.  And there are a lot of crickets.  Which means it won't work for long, in any case.  It's a matter of numbers, and the need for sleep.  It is becoming a dangerous world, and being made more dangerous by the year, season, minute it seems.  If nukes, even limited, hit before or during this winter, with two madmen seeming to be running the opposition, yeah.  One madman, the other one, I understand.  He is simple, secular, and brutal.  Ours is simply a joker idiot.  Ours wouldn't mind watching the world burn because that's as much as the man is worth, and places everyone else below himself.

Well... trying to stay awake a bit longer.  It is just hitting 56 F, out there.  And, while it seemed a bit dark, it really wasn't.  The sun is up, just at a lower angle, so even more behind a big tree next door.  I'm thinking of something to eat.  I'd love eggs and corned beef, but I don't think I'm up to cooking.  Maybe a shower, and trying to learn web slinging and a few other things in the game, if I can slide without having massive fights, or other... entanglements.  No... pun intended.  Anyway... Later, or goodnight.