In which I conquer jet lag

This week I returned from a trip to Iceland and Norway. Both were so beautiful. Iceland's geography is so unique. It was like being on another planet. Norway was like being in a fairy tale; with tall, dark forests and mysterious mists on the fjords.

I spent most of this week trying to remember when I'm supposed to be awake, when I'm supposed to be asleep, and when I'm supposed to be hungry.

Through the haze of fatigue, I was watching The Imperfects on Netflix. I like it. It feels like a group of friends playing a White Wolf game about waking up with powers.

Plus, the Secret Anti-Mad Scientist government squad uses BabyMetal as part of their tactical breaching. I approve!

Video game update

There's a new Monkey Island game!

I'm a big fan of the Monkey Island games, although maybe not of this art style. I played the Secret of Monkey Island a lot as a kid, which did a lot to form my sense of humor. I mean, you win sword fights through cutting insults. What's not to love?

Right now I'm playing Detroit: Become Human, which is a sort of Choose-Your-Own-Adventure through moral philosophy. As you play, it asks you to think about deep questions like:

1. What does it mean to be alive?

2. Does free will exist?

3. If I somehow killed off my android in the tutorial level, am I doomed to get the "bad ending?"

That last one has me the most worried, to be honest.

The Stanley Hotel

I've been doing a lot of traveling over the past month. One of my many stops was at the Stanly Hotel in Estes Park and they have a ghost tour. I love ghost tours. You get to see the old, historic parts of a town/hotel, and then you hear some spooky stories.

What made the Stanley a bit different is that they encourage you to take lots of photos, and then people capture stuff in their photos that they share with the Stanley. Some of them are very creepy.

This was my only creepy photo:

That green light in the carriage is either proof of the paranormal, (Orbs!) or a really weird reflection. You decide!

Also the hedge maze just wasn't quite as majestic as I expected...

It kinda feels like they planted it because people kept asking about it