Eventually last night I found my way to bed...but didn't get the opportunity to sleep in very much due to morning noise...as a result I spent the day feeling groggy and out of it and barely managed to feed, bathe and clothe myself before heading out to the museum for my evening shift. Brought myself home an entire pizza, but found that it didn't make for great company and with Joseph still away on business I was feeling a bit lonely. Solution? Internets. Obviously. But how? Tonight I played a game online with strangers. My game? Hearts. Apparently I'm pretty hot against the computer...but real people are much more cunning.
The truth is that I'm feeling a bit antsy over having not completed about 200 things on my original ET list with just over a month to go [and I have considered extending the project on an unofficial basis and updating when I do something new, but not daily]...and playing a game online was actually one of the things on my original list - as dull as it may seem. It was easy enough to jump into a game [apparently sorted by skill level/points], but I couldn't figure out how to give myself a nickname and everyone knew where I was from [but I couldn't see that information on them]. For the most part, the games went quickly and when someone left the game or was taking too long a computer/bot would take over to keep things moving, which is really helpful and reduces frustration [in Mario Kart when people aren't winning they just quit and it sucks]. There is also a chat option and much to my shock everyone was really polite [if not freaked out by my Canadian-ness], although I think the whole notion of chatting is counterproductive. Just play your trick! And yes, I lost every single game I played...quite miserably. Must practice more to defeat faceless internet opponents.
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