Dec. 4, 21: More Routine, Oculus, TV, and Games

Up a little before five today, but not too bad. Only about half an hour or so short on sleep today and while the motivation level continues to be nonexistent, I only kind of dragged a bit.

Got on with the morning routine and was absolutely stunned to find the crypto markets in free fall! 😱 Pretty much double-digit reds across the board near twenty percent. I really don’t have any clear idea about what the catalyst may have been; only thing I heard was one reference to something about JP Morgan from one person. HIVE is still holding up despite having lost a lot from its high (sure, we’re down more than a dollar, but we also still close to two dollars, which is a huge gain since not too long ago) and MATIC is at least taking less of a hit than ETH, so I’m actually gaining there for the moment.

The interest rates on stables were through the roof (60+%) and the value of my collateral was falling, so I did get a little nervous and kept a close eye. While my profile did get riskier, I’m safe enough that I didn’t have to make a move for now.

On top of the market going haywire, I haven’t been able to access the trade screen on Coinbase for several days 🤬:

I can get into my portfolio and see my balances, which is good, but the real time info (dollar equivalent) doesn’t update. Considering I had no intention of selling at the moment, I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out what was wrong with it.

I logged in through Brave first, then through Safari, then through Chrome and all of them had the same behavior, so I don’t think it was my browser causing me issues. It’s still busted and I still have no idea why (even tried looking on Twitter but couldn’t find anything - which makes me think it’s something on my end) but I eventually got in with the Coinbase Pro app.

I did update my iOS (which I still don’t like), but seems unlikely that would affect one page on one site. 🤔

I got my post done for the day, and for the second day in a row, that’s really all I can point to as having accomplished. Spent some time on the toilet as well…I LOVE eggnog, but my tummy really doesn’t. 😢

Played a bit of Pistol Whip on the Oculus and achieved a few new high scores. There is one song: Another Day that I absolutely dig…it’s totally stuck in my head. They did a massive redesign, which is awesome, but it seems to have erased my previous high scores. Not terribly troublesome since I still have the songs unlocked and such, and in fact, gives me a reason to play through again to see how I stack up now that more people are playing.

I continue to be at somewhat of an impass with myself regarding the Model A and particularly what to do about the brakes. Was a little warmer out today, so I don’t really have the cold excuse for not doing anything, but it’s still colder than is really comfortable for me to work. That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it. 😂

Wenche made us steaks and tater tots and veggies for dinner and we watched a ton of Vampire Diaries and then switched over and picked a couple random movies on IMDB. Shortcut to Happiness was pretty good…certainly had an allstar cast and was slightly too old to be super preachy.

The second movie was about some thieves I think, didn’t make it very far in before I zonked out.

I still had like 1800 steps left for the day, so I was lucky that I actually woke up with enough time to finish them out. It seriously came down to the wire and I only had a minute or two left before midnight when I got my ten thousand. 😱 The streak remains unbroken, though! 💪

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Well, dShitty is being shitty in General today because otherwise it wouldn’t hold up to its name, right?! At least I got something today, which is more than I can say for yesterday’s mess.

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I continue to hang on to the shred of hope that I can dump out of CryptoSuckmaster, but I keep forgetting to try once I get my post done…basically just forget about it again (or block it out - one way or the other).

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Man, finally got to the next level on Rising Star and now only two more levels to slog through before I can make any progress. This isn’t anything that I could fix by getting cards or anything, just gotten boring by design. I’m still not completely giving up on it yet, though. It’s a minimal investment of time…would be less if they had a decent dev that would improve the login or at least use local storage or something so you don’t have to start from zero EVERY time.

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Splinterlands was a pain in my arse today. 🤬 Played way more than I wanted to.

I did have a little success, briefly, and got up into the next tier of Gold.

I had Water splinter for my quest today, but I really wanted to finish it in Gold II. I got there and, of course, only needed one more win, but immediately lost out and just bounced back and forth endlessly right below. 🤬 Not quite as bad as yesterday, but the rewards were pretty much a joke again…certainly not worth the time:

I suppose I did earn some more DEC, will hopefully bring my SPS drop back up a little since it’s been falling off hard the past few days. Otherwise, still just waiting out the clock for the release of the new edition.

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Average Last 7 Days: 11,941

Lifetime Average: 15,336

10k per Day Streak: 19

Longest Streak: 204

Distance on shoes: 728.49 km
Distance on hikers: 64.92 km

#AutomaticWin Tally: 421
#AutomaticWin Streak: 0
Longest Streak: 53

#TripleTen Tally: 118
#TripleTen Streak: 0
Longest Streak: 7

#DoubleDay Tally: 229
#DoubleDay Streak: 0
Longest Streak: 37

Highest Floors: 120

Highest Daily Steps: 41,528

Zombies evaded: 0/0

Mindfulness Diary:

Health: 87%
Satisfaction: 79%
Energy: 84%
Productivity: 55%

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Power up and Hive on!