heeeeeeeey so how goes the post-apocalyptic morse code internet service? how goes the exciting fun depressiontimes? how go the odds of those things both having improved sufficiently to allow for stream tonight?
the internet is still absurdly post-apocalyptic, sadly :( Iāve done a bunch of testing and I can still barely put through 150 kbps, where the minimum needed for a stream that isnāt pixels and moontime is 600. Iām gonna ask my landlord to call the internet people, but I doubt itās going to do much; theyāre notoriously unhelpful and will probably try to tell us itās our fault and then upsell us aĀ āpreorderā for the NBN.
Iām super annoyed about this. I know I keep saying that, but I am really annoyedĀ about this; I miss streaming so much and there are so many games Iām Waiting to play because I want to play them with the stream crowd hollerinā at me. I donāt want to move, this place is super comfortable and Iāve finally settled into a good dynamic, but right now itās kind of a race to see whetherĀ āinternet improves one way or anotherā orĀ āsaving up enough money to pay bond/first/last somewhere elseā wins out. I was talking to Cool Coworker about the situation yesterday and saying how dumb I felt complaining about something that felt so petty - but she just sort of blinked at me and wentĀ ābut the internet is how you connect with peopleā and, yeah. itās important, I shouldĀ be taking it seriously.
in betterĀ news, though, Iām feeling a lot better mentally. Iāve still been a bit absent from the internets because, in a feat of glorious timing, I came down with a head cold just after experiencing a couple days of glorious stability, but, well. Iām not waking up wanting to die anymore, I want to doĀ things again, I left the house a couple times, I did A Load of laundry. which just makes it more frustrating that this is happening I WANT TO DO THINGS AAAAaaAAAA-
