^{(Warning, somewhat longish topsy-turvy writings follow...)}

Lately I've been scared shitless watching the prices of cryptos crash down. This is not going to be an easy thing to pull up again.

On the other hand... It certainly looks like it's time to start investing in cryptocurrencies again. I'm just not too sure how, because I currently lack the buying power.

Maybe if I activate my blogging powers instead, huh? I recall I used to be quite active and proficient in that once.

Now that the prices are low (heh, it's like a discount season right now), I should probably just concentrate on creating content on Hive.

Btw. I'm currently listening to the radio feed on the Rising Star Game. Not really sure, but it seems to have different playlists for different stages of the game. Pretty cool stuff if true.

I also learned how to see my cards. Here are mine:

Tilly	Gustaf	Starshall RG30

I love the music there. Is it all created by Hiveans?

Back to the prices...

It appears #Bitcoin is forming a kind of a bounce here, so let's hope the bottom is in. If not, we are in for a rude awakening. There is practically no support below this level, before the low $20k range.

Talking about prices... The prices on the grocery shelves have now risen noticeably. A bag of groceries that used to cost around 30€ to 50€ is now priced around 50 to 70 euros depending where you go for your foodstuffs.

Camera battery issues...

My camera batteries died earlier this year. I thought the whole camera had broken. That's why there was a long pause in posting any photos before I managed to get a new battery to shoot the ones taken for @Ninnu and her puppies Taras and Oleksi.

I actually ordered two batteries, but got an email from the store stating that they only had one, and that they would be sending the second one later with no extra cost. For this I am grateful. I might even go for a nature shoot now.

Books

I've been reading a lot of sci-fi lately. Isaac Asimov is one of my favourite science fiction authors. I've concentrated on the Robots, but I think I'll move on to the Galactic Empire, or the Foundation series next.

I also recently read a Philip K. Dick novel Time Out of Joint.

But I think I will need to finish the A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin, I have it on loan from the library. Little bit of fantasy in-between all that sci-fi.

Heard vs. Depp

I've been following with much interest, the unfolding story of the defamation lawsuit between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. It's been much more interesting and entertaining than any of the movies I've seen lately.

I mean really. There are hardly any movies that could topple the drama and action in the courthouse. I've been following each day by listening to the testimonies in real-time on my earbuds, and I'm hooked.

What do you think? Who will prevail in the proceedings?

I personally find Amber's story lacking a bit. Mainly because her own evidence seems to be stacked against her ever more piling accusations against Johnny. I mean she talks about getting the soles of her feet and back cut by broken glass on the floor, but the photos show basically no bloody footprints or anything to support her story of struggling on the floor with Depp and getting cut by glass.

But maybe that's just me, and there's actually a massive conspiracy put in place by Depp & Co. to make Heard look like a crazy person.

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I just noticed that I've made it to Level 9 on the Rising Star Game. Coolness! I also learned how to stake my earned Starbits on different songs that are playing on the radio. It seems that everything on the game is an NFT. That's kind of interesting, and cool thing itself, "future of art" may finally be here.

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Jeering

Yesterday I was walking Ninnu and Muffin, and a passing car stopped, the driver rolled down their window, and started to jeer at me. I had a lot of questions, but I couldn't quite hear what he was saying, because I had my earplugs on, listening to internet streams, and also there were some cars queuing up behind the jeering guy. It all remains a complete mystery to me.

Dogs that eat humans?

Today I learned from an African kid who was at first scared of Ninnu and Muffin, that the reason he was scared of dogs was because in Africa there are dogs that eat people.

^{Bloodthirsty man-eating dogs in training?}

We had a really interesting conversation too, mainly about different working and service dogs. I had Ninnu show him some tricks, and I guess he was really glad when Ninnu also performed on his cues, after at first Muffin wasn't very responsive when he tried telling her to "jump" and "sit".

Well.... I guess that just about wraps it up for now. I'll be posting more diary entries, possibly. So don't get too excited yet! 😅

See ya!