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Level 19 in darkshore wow

Up incredibly early this morning. Not feeling great.

Yesterday, after work, I came home and played World of Warcraft Classic for an hour at my standing desk. I walked on a little treadmill while I did so, hoping that a little more exercise would help out with my sleep.

It didn’t.

Well — I know that I’ve got to make doing that sort of stuff more habitual in order to see benefits. As it is, I only walk like that once or twice a week, which simply isn’t enough. I’m going to try to pick up the pace as much as I can, but work has been rough recently and I am stressed out the the bejeezus belt.

All the more reason to exercise more, I suppose.

Anywho. I finished Twelve Months last night, which was great, but then, when I suddenly snapped awake at like 3:30 in the morning, I didn’t have my next audiobook queued up. In a daze, I downloaded the full-cast edition of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on Audible. Sarah and I listened to The Sorcerer’s Stone a few months ago, so I figured the next book would do in a pinch.

These new full-cast editions from Audible seem like a great idea, although I’m sure they’ll suffer from the same thing that will hit the HBO series when it comes out: Comparisons.

With an IP as omnipresent as Harry Potter, it’s difficult to get away from them. When the original movies came out, everyone compared them to the books. (“DiD yOU pUt YoUr NaME iN tHe GobLet OF fIrE!?!?!?”) Any new version that comes out now will be compared to both the books and the movies.

And can anything stand up to that kind of comparison? The movies are great. The books are even greater.

I want to give these full-cast editions a fair shake, but it’s hard to get away from thinking, “Ron doesn’t sound like that!”

El Granizo de Satán!

I’ve been playing a lot more Diablo IV this season. I wouldn’t say I’ve been no-lifing it, but I have been playing just about as much as is possible for a DINK (Dual Income, No Kids), which is nothing to sneeze at.

I’ve dabbled in Diablo every season since Diablo III came out in 2012. I’ve never been great at it, but I’ve pushed a lot further into the seasonal objectives this time around. As a matter of fact, Sarah and I just beat Uber-Lilith last night, which was the last objective I needed!

I know that doesn’t sound like much of an accomplishment, but it puts a smile on my face.

A big part of the reason I’ve been playing Diablo as much as I have (besides having two weeks off for the holidays) is because Sarah plays the game with me. There’s a decent couch co-op mode for Diablo on PS5, so Sarah and I spend a lot of weekday nights hanging out “dabblin'”.

I don’t have a lot of advice that I normally give out to people who are thinking about getting married, but one thing I’d tell them is this: Marry someone who likes the same pointless crap as you.