Hello Weird! I hope everyone is doing well.
Random post: I have been playing this game (and some of its relatives too) and I thought I would comment it in case someone is interested. I was surprised to discover I had not idea where today's capital was located 

Very cool. I knew yesterday's country and everything except things like how big the country is and how many inhabitants. I never know this.
Today's country I didn't recognise, though once I knew I had the neighbours correct at first try, lol. And I even guessed the city sizes correctly.

It is very difficult to know the country, if all you see is the shape and not how big it is. I mean you could show me the shape of for example Sierra Leone and Poland with the same size and I definitely wouldn't recognise Sierra Leone.


Soooo, 80% progress 12months. I must admit, my excitement died down a bit. But I know it will come back once we have a release date.
I am still reading Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey. Currently at book #5.
There are 12 books, so I still have some to enjoy. Probably there still won't be the next DF book when I'm done with them.

There is no real tradition of Halloween here. Just some kids trick or treating but not everywhere and those adults who like dressing up in horror costumes and having a reason to party. It came with the popularity of American movies and of course shops trying to make profit by selling Halloween stuff. And the Kindergarten used it as a more attractive festivity than all hallows day or harvest festival. So I am guessing it has gradually become some sort of new tradition among those families with children in the last 15 to 20 years.
And personally I like the horror theme more than our own tradition of Fasching in February. And one gets to do some art with all those pumpkins so one doesn't have to eat them all, lol. My grandmother always made pickled pumpkin, which we had to eat all winter. Yuck. Along with other pickled vegetables she grew in her garden.

I am grateful to be born in the age of global trade, so we don't have to make food durable for winter time any more. Now I just go to the supermarket, buy whatever relatively fresh stuff is there and if I like I can grow my own stuff, but am not dependent on the survival of my own crops.

I think that 12 months will start Halloween night and end on haloween night. I think that it is about harry and molly getting rid of the winter mantels.

I don't think so. They need to be with Winter, because them leaving now would weaken the whole court and with it the defense of the Outer Gates.

Klaus Kinski, the most crazy psycopathic diva ever, lol. Famous for his tantrums.
There is a Comedian Max Giermann, who can imitate Kinski as if he was the real one. When I first saw him on TV I thought this was some old show, but then I wondered why the people in the audience were dressed in a modern way.  Had to google if Kinski was still alive, because Giermann's performance was so realistic. And all the insults he is throwing around in his role as Kinski are actually quotes from the original Kinski. Very funny.

Today is Mother's Day in my country, so I wish a wonderful Day for Regen and her mom. And also to all the forum inhabitants' mothers, and to  those who are mothers themselves  💗

Well, thank you in the name of all mothers.  🥰

We've had sunny weather too. Though the temperatures are lower. But so far it has only been freezing once. Sunrise is around 8 am and sunset around 6 pm now. So the dark periods are now as long as the light periods.

Da Vinci is a bit pissed when he has to stay inside in the evenings and punches his sisters in their faces when they are in his reach. And he does some angry meowing. But once he is fed he gets tired and Mini takes him into her room for the night. That's very cute. He gets to sleep on a cushioned chair beside her bed with her hand in his fur.
Mona seems to have checked out the auto repair shop too. She has walked through gasoline. I cleaned her paws as good as I could and she didn't lick them a lot I think. I am glad the grass is so wet these days so that she cleans her paws just by walking through the grass.

Book news: I have finished the new book by Kevin Hearne: Candle & Crow, which is the third book of a trilogy set in the Iron Druid universe, but after the last druid book and from the point of view of the Scottish sigil agent Al MacBaharrais. I liked it a lot because in a way there was a happily ever after for the druid in there which I missed at the end of Iron Druid. This is the ending I always wished for and I am glad he included this in the book.

There are other new book to read but I wanted to continue Sandman Slim now. I am at book 3. This is also a nice read and there is character development, which is important to me.

A former One Direction just died in my country.

I just googled this. He fell out the hotel window? Did he kill himself, was he killed or was it an accident?

Maen all!
Hope you all are well.

Update on the girlfriend: she can sit and stand and her voice is starting to come back. If you've been intubated, you feel like you have a sore throat and your voice is bad for a while. I've only been intubated once for emergency surgery and I thought I was getting a cold. It was the same feeling.
Today they will implant a defibrillator. Apparently she has a heart condition that has been unknown previously.
She has been studying tax law for a few months and during the lessons her heart suddenly stopped beating. Her teacher saved her life. If she had been alone when it happened, she would have died.

Topic change: I'm looking forward to October and November. There will be new books!
And I am reading the Sandman Slim books. Currently at book 2.

Today I am at home because I have worked during the weekend. So I can prepare for the wedding. I still don't have the right shoes. I have elegant shoes but they are not for wet weather. I am trying to find closed ones so that my feet won't get wet. Probably will have to drive further because I need lady's shoes for big feet, lol. Those are hard to find so I usually just wear men's shoes or running shoes. But I can't do that at a wedding, lol. So, if I don't find any, I will wear the ones I have and endure cold and wet feet.