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Epic Fail: The Journal of a Homeless Gamer
Book 17: Animated Divergence

This is my journal I wrote during the time I was homeless. It is broken up by week for easier reading. Feel free to read it on the web or download the complete .pdf version and print it for reading offline.

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Week 877

Day 6133 - 4/16 - Sad Bunny day

Today was pretty good. The morning had some extra unexpected stuff so it moved pretty quickly. I am sad about bunny day though. There was a notice on the library door that they will be closed. And at the fancy food store their hot food area apparently got shut down due to health code violations a couple of weeks ago. So going there to hang out for a few hours would be super awkward. I will probably get a couple hours of time on my tablet online, and if I do laptop stuff it will barely be anything because effectively all of the useful plugs outside the library have been removed. So my being in my car in a few spots in the parking lot is really the best bet there. And that may be all I get. I guess maybe I can do some lore or drawing for my pen and paper game, but that will likely be the best and most I could hope for.

Day 6134 - 4/17 - Stupid a-hole

Today my throat is extremely rough. That stupid a-hole homeless guy has been parking his crap behind me every day this week and on like Monday he was constantly coughing behind me. I knew I should have gone somewhere else, but I didn't want to move. I'm probably sick with whatever he had. While I'm not coughing, I've been sneezing every 10-15 minutes all day. And due to my throat being rough I've needed to drink more than +50% extra above normal.

I guess the day was pretty ok other than that. I did some coloring for my pen and paper stuff that I'm doing. Even though I can't see great, I did do a lot, so that was good. I guess I get a little break for a couple of days though. I have to make more to color or do lore writing and I think for lore I will probably let that sit in the background of my mind until Sunday when I will be forced to be outside.

Hopefully I can get extra rest and recover from this sick soon.

Day 6135 - 4/18 - All the sneezing

Today I have all the sneezes. My throat isn't anywhere near as bad as yesterday, but I've probably sneezed at least four times per hour, possibly more.

I guess it was a pretty good day, but I think due to my cold I've been super sneezy and super tired. And because I'm drinking more I had to pee like every 30 minutes or so.

Day 6136 - 4/19 - Still so much sniffling

Today there is still so much sniffling and congestion. There was so much I even threw up a bit of breakfast due to my throat already being closed up due to my G.E.R.D.s. I guess the ok news is that I immediately felt fine after. The reason I get sick at those times is it feels like I'm being choked from the inside, and when I cough things up that clears the feeling. I do still feel rough in my throat, but I'm much better. There's quite a bit of sneezing at times, but overall quite a bit less. Hopefully I'll be fully recovered back to homeless normal very soon.

Day 6137 - 4/20 - Outside

Today is a sad bunny outside day. I decided to stay at the regular food store to start the day for a bit. They used to have a seating area that I'd be in all the time before the lockdown, but then they closed it off for a few years. A couple of years ago they opened it back up, but instead of the previous like 5 tables now it only has 2, so I didn't expect to feel like taking one until this morning when I saw no one was using them.

I don't know what the day will bring other than moving on to do laundry after this. Then maybe I'll check in on getting a shower at a free place I have access to. Though last time I checked there the showers were more a rinse off after swimming thing than actual showers and they had signs that you weren't allowed to do full showering. After that I'll probably have 4-7 hours out in my car, split between maybe a small bit of time peeking online, but mostly just listening to stuff or trying to do stuff with my pen and paper game.

Day 6138 - 4/21 - Hopefully regular Monday

Today will hopefully be a regular homeless Monday. Hopefully things will settle from the day outside and everything will be fine.

Day 6139 - 4/22 - Unknown Tuesday

Today I don't know what to expect. Hopefully I will have gotten good sleep and be recovering from the cold.

Week 877

Day 6140 - 4/23 - Brief headache

Today was pretty good. I had ok foods. I did have a craving for a particular potato chip, but didn't get it because the store only had massive bags for $6 which seemed extreme. I will probably get it tomorrow though because my brain won't let it go.

I am a bit excited for tomorrow though. On Sunday when I went back to the free place to shower while I was doing a quick rinse I heard kids talking in the stalls opposite of me. I assumed those were toilets, so I thought hearing kids talking was odd. Then I noticed lots of soap bubbles on the ground. I checked one that was available and it turns out I was happily wrong. They were not toilets, but instead three private shower areas. The water pressure though isn't great in any of the spots, barely more than a rain trickle, but on Monday I did a full shower in one of the private ones. And at least until kids are out of school and possibly there during the summer it seems they are all going to be free to use in the mornings, so that is super good.

I did get a brief headache though. I started what I thought would be a quick thing for my pen and paper stuff and it turned out to be 3 pages and 2.5 hours of tough creating. So, woof, that was much longer and tougher than the like 1 hour and couple of paragraphs I thought it would be. But that step is done and I can move on. One step at a time and it will all get done. Though I don't know if this one will be done in time to be ready by the 20th. I don't think it has as much to get it ready as the other things I've done, especially with having done a lot of the stuff on my forced outside day, but I guess we'll see.

Day 6141 - 4/24 - Kinda sad

Today was pretty good. I did a lot of my pen and paper stuff (and didn't get a headache this time.) I feel pretty tired though, kind of bleh, and kind of sad. I'm not sure why. I do have some food cravings, so maybe I have a cold? Or maybe it's just sad and worried feelings about my eye poking tomorrow.

Day 6142 - 4/25 - Another terrible eye poking

Today was another terrible eye poking. It's a different medicine, so hopefully that will have more of a positive effect and no negative ones. I spent several hours there doing that, so I really don't have anything else to talk about. Sadly I am looking at a minimum of 6 pokings, so there will be several more yet to come.

Day 6143 - 4/26 - Ok day

Today was a pretty ok day. Because of possible infection I only had the one contact in today, so my vision and mood have been pretty wobbly. But I had an ok time and I did do probably a couple hours with my pen and paper stuff, so the day was pretty good. I am actually seeing surprisingly well for only one contact being in. I'll see if the poked eye has any improvement tomorrow.

Day 6144 - 4/27 - Maybe better

Today my right eye finally seems a bit better. The issue seems almost gone. But I'm only a few hours in on the first day with the contact in (after the poking), so it could just be how it's feeling at this moment.

Overall I feel pretty tired. I'm looking forward to some coloring I have to do for my pen and paper stuff, and I guess it feels like a nice more casual day overall. But as always deep down I still feel sad and miss many things.

Day 6145 - 4/28 - Maybe ok shower

Today I will get a maybe ok shower. I may have to complain about the water pressure though. So far every time has had almost no pressure at all. When I turn around to do my back stuff I'm literally bumping into the control handle because it's barely trickling out of the shower. But I don't know what to expect for the day other than that.

Day 6146 - 4/29 - Almost super fun game update

Today is the last day before a big update in one of my most favorite games, so that will be super fun to do tomorrow. Hopefully things will be ok, and I can continue to hang on.

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