{"id":197,"date":"2008-10-23T22:52:10","date_gmt":"2008-10-23T22:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=197"},"modified":"2008-10-23T22:52:10","modified_gmt":"2008-10-23T22:52:10","slug":"5-random-things-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/23\/5-random-things-5\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Random Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taverncrawlers.org\/gallery\/albums\/userpics\/sparklepants.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"318\" \/>1.\u00a0 Today the cold front moved in and it was in the low 50&#8217;s this morning and only got up to the low 70&#8217;s today (yes I know that&#8217;s some people&#8217;s summer temperatures, but&#8230;bugger off, I like my hot weather).\u00a0 I dunno about everyone else, but I just don&#8217;t like it.\u00a0 Sure, I got to wear a sweater (which was too small last year and almost too big now) and my new spiffy loafers (now with pennies), but winter approaching makes me sad.\u00a0 It&#8217;s dark when I get home from the gym now, hell, soon it will be dark when I get home from work.\u00a0 The fun nights of sitting out on the patio are slowly fading into memory&#8230;*tear*.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 Speaking of cold&#8230;I used to sweat at the THOUGHT of getting up and walking around and wear skirts and sandals into almost the dead of San Diego winter.\u00a0 Today, at about 70 degrees, I was chilly in shoes, jeans, a sweater, and an undershirt.\u00a0 Either Austin summers have spoiled me, or I just don&#8217;t have enough &#8220;forever sweater&#8221; anymore (thanks Pang).<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been playing the game I&#8217;m working on a lot this week, and having a blast!\u00a0 I&#8217;m now in the second of four worlds and things are getting tougher.\u00a0 Two monsters on one player is so not fair!\u00a0 My outfit is terribly mismatched though &#8211; as you can see.\u00a0 It&#8217;s really good for me to take time to play during stressful weeks so I can remember what it is I&#8217;m stressing over, and it&#8217;s all worth it.\u00a0 Or at least, I&#8217;m having a little fun in between the crazy.<\/p>\n<p>4. I&#8217;ve been a little moody this week, and today I decided that I was going to make the executive decision on the one thing I could &#8211; my mood.\u00a0 I told everyone this morning I was anti-grump and was going to be cheerful today, and amazingly enough, everyone around me has been in a better mood today.\u00a0 It&#8217;s always good to remember the one thing you really CAN control, if no<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taverncrawlers.org\/gallery\/albums\/userpics\/normal_tilesmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"144\" \/>t anything else, is your mood and your outlook on things.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0 More about Project Tile when it&#8217;s done, but Zliten did an absolutely awesome job &#8211; except the step where he forgot to sponge the grout off the top of the tiles so there is now a chalky, hardened mess.\u00a0 He is currently at Lowe&#8217;s for the 10th time this week trying to figure out a way besides vinegar and water and elbow grease and days of work.\u00a0 Poor guy!<\/p>\n<div data-counters='1' data-style='square' data-size='regular' data-url='http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/23\/5-random-things-5\/' data-title='5 Random Things' class='linksalpha_container linksalpha_app_3'><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='facebook' class='linksalpha_icon_facebook'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='twitter' class='linksalpha_icon_twitter'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='googleplus' class='linksalpha_icon_googleplus'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='mail' class='linksalpha_icon_mail'><\/a><\/div><div data-position='' data-url='http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/23\/5-random-things-5\/' data-title='5 Random Things' class='linksalpha_container linksalpha_app_7'><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='facebook' class='linksalpha_icon_facebook'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='twitter' class='linksalpha_icon_twitter'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='googleplus' class='linksalpha_icon_googleplus'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='mail' class='linksalpha_icon_mail'><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/23\/5-random-things-5\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\" show-faces='false' width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.\u00a0 Today the cold front moved in and it was in the low 50&#8217;s this morning and only got up to the low 70&#8217;s today (yes I know that&#8217;s some people&#8217;s summer temperatures, but&#8230;bugger off, I like my hot weather).\u00a0 I dunno about everyone else, but I just don&#8217;t like it.\u00a0 Sure, I got to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paUhDu-3b","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202,"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}