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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • As far as Universes Beyond goes I’ve seen a pretty positive result on the people I play with.

    One of my friends who stopped playing after he had his collection stolen a number of years ago started to play again after I gave him a tyranid deck.

    One of my friends from work got really into deck building and has been active since lotr and fallout sets. He is also super into Marvel, so he is looking forward to the upcoming sets. My play group at work are also much more proxy friendly after the 30th anniversary proxies set, so I made him a proxy of Kelsien, the Plague themed as Gambit.

    Another friend from work has started to play physical magic since getting the Riders of Rohan deck.

    And the person I play magic with the most has been building themed decks around pop culture or stories we want to tell for years with me.

    I was pretty skeptical of UB before, but I am now more concerned with poor game balance and half baked original stories from WOTC.












  • Yeah you just describe what you want and they will tend to do it. I just get away with walk-ins at JCPenney salons, but if you get particular about your style you can find a stylist or barber that can learn how you like your hair.

    My hair was about 3ft long at the beginning of last year. I’d normally go for a haircut every two to four months and ask for them to take two inches off and add layering.

    Last summer it was getting too hot gardening with how thick my hair gets, so I asked for the back of my head to get shaved as an undercut about at my glasses line. Hair looked the same when worn down, but I could put it up to cool things down. I had to go in every month or two though to keep it short enough to keep me cool, so every other haircut I asked for two inches off and layering.

    I let the undercut grow out from October to June, and had maybe 6 inches of hair? With no layering it looked a bit flat when I wore my hair down.

    This summer I decided to get a Mohawk for better ventilation. Asked for the sides to be buzzed leaving about a 4 inch wide strip running from scalp to back of neck, for 6 inches off the longest part of the hair that was not originally part of the undercut, and layering to be added to both the longest portion and what was the undercut.

    I typically wear my hair to the side, so it looks like I just have a little undercut and can pull my hair back when gardening to cool off. It would probably look silly if I put up my hair with gel, but after 6inches of hair it really is a pain to put that up. Also I have a kid, so there is no time for extensive styling.

    Over winter I’ll probably aim for every two to four months for haircuts since I don’t need the sides so short. Goal is probably 6 inches off the longest part until it levels out, and then just decide how long I want it in that style.








  • Been a bit fucked.

    My wife and I have had to drop about $2k in unexpected car maintenance bringing us to one car for a week and a half, we had a miscarriage Tuesday night, and then our toddler had a meltdown at a diner when we tried to take a night off from cooking.

    Her obgyn told us to take a month off from trying for a kid and we have enough squirrelled away in savings, so we are going to get through this. Just a tough week, and I’m hoping next week goes smoother for us.