Excessive

Here is a lunar eclipse.

I'm sitting down and watching 1997's Anaconda, a semi-bad to actually bad monster-flick style film that I had watched at least once when I was younger and the movie was fairly new, and I knew it was bad back then too. I had recently listened to it's <a href="http://filmsack.com/">Film Sack</a> episode (#156) and their discussion made me want to watch it. I also listened to a similarly themed episode on Congo, which was from around the same time, and I remember having seen it once, but I don't remember it and from the sound of it, the effects don't hold up and it may be amusing to watch.

I've had a bit of a rougher day than normal, or so it feels at the moment. I've felt above average anxiety, I've felt weak, I've tripped and fell, metaphorically speaking. I had a pizza for dinner tonight, like one from backdoor pizza, and I didn't think I was going to have one for a long time. I kind of feel like I've failed, but I convinced myself it was a reward for wanting it for so long and being strong enough to hold off. I also spent a bunch of money on materials needed to make my own beef jerky, and I feel kind of like a fool now, and I will do it, and see it through, I'm worried it won't turn out properly and I'm just worried.

I've been playing Final Fantasy XIV lately, as I found myself drawn to the gameplay of an MMO, and since it's kind of a downtime in World of Warcraft, I thought giving Final Fantasy XIV another shot was a good idea. As a side-effect, I also got Ally playing, and then Bekki playing, and then Kurt playing. I may have created a monster, now that Bekki plays the game more than I do, and I can see the concepts of the MMO are starting to sink in to her. She understands how to min/max dps and how to recognize bad players.

I've tried to redesign Excessive Rambling multiple times in the last year or so. Pretty much starting when I got my current job as a primarily Laravel developer, I wanted to bring all the advantages of using Laravel into the Excessive Rambling system. I think I've started the project four times and this is the only time where I've made any significant progress. I have a habit of diving in too deep and eventually losing interest as I make progress too slow.

As you probably noticed, the site looks different! It's also got a new address! Yes, I have moved the site to a new server, I have rebuilt the entire website from scratch, and I'm using it as a tool to motivate myself to write more.