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B-list NES games were off in their predictions about the future, but not as much as one might expect.

I strayed from the bagel recipe while doubling it. I got especially loose with adding water to make it easy to mix. The starter sponge never passed the float test, but I left it out three times as long as in the recipe to give it more chances.

This time, there was no burning because I constantly checked the oven temperature. The texture of these bagels is OK, but they are extremely sour. It is the sourest of doughs. I played too loose, and the gods of baking have struck me down with this double batch of cursed bagels.

My mother-in-law sent us these amazing steaks! I think it was a matter of pure niceness, rather than of occasion.

The cuts were (American) Wagyu “eye rib” and prime rib cover, which I had never heard of before. I have only once before cooked steak fancier than tritip. It was filet mignon, and I messed it up, so I was concerned here.

They turned out great, though! We planned on eating three steaks’ worth and saving the rest for later, but it turns out that highly marbled steak is extremely filling. We only got through about 2 steaks worth.

I grilled three and sous vided one. The grilled eye rib was slightly better than the sous vide eye rib, but both had amazing texture and flavor. I guess aside from overcooking, you cannot go wrong with insanely expensive steak.

After coming across really cool art by Leonie Bos and Felicia Chiao today, Katt suggested we paint interiors tonight. She sketched a fully stocked scene on half an hour and has already painted major portions of it, having actually studied painting. I drew some walls out but am not sure what to put in them. I penciled in doors, but I might decide to do this as a side view instead of top down.

Got the mountains to be less like triangles from a stencil, but still not sure about them. Really trying to close this one out but need to go at the mountains again.

Woods walk Wednesday

I tried to add roughness to the mountains and tephra and more texture in general, without worrying too much about light sources and representing depth.

Also, I actually do stuff other than painting and working out, but that stuff is way easier to post about, I guess!

I was talking to the Hot Garbage people today about the "Marketplace of Ideas" on Today's Internet, and I ended up pasting this together.

I tried to fix the mountains, so I guess I’ll be trying to fix the mountains again. Also not sure about the amount of flame color I put on the tephra. I think I miss the white.