Chickpeas on Pizza (Day 3748 - 2/28/20)

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Stephen talks about how it's nice to see Kepler playing. Before Sagan's passing, Kepler would occasionally play on his own, but now he has a little more freedom to play. Stephen says that when he would play with Kepler, Sagan would come over to see what was going on. Then, Sagan would take over playing with the toy because Sagan considered playtime as his jurisdiction.

Stephen then sits down on the couch. He says that vlogging on the couch feels a little weird since within the past week there have been so many sad vlogs that were recorded while sitting on this couch. But, the couch is also a place where a lot of vlogs take place in general. Stephen says that as time goes on and the vlogs get less sad, sitting on the couch will feel normal again.

Then, Stephen talks about how he had brought the vlog camera while they went out to do errands today. It wasn't to film the errands, but to film the moment when the car reaches 1,000 miles. The car hasn't reached that milestone yet, but it's very close at about 960 miles. He says that he will try to remember to film the milestone. Stephen really wanted to document the 1,000 mile milestone because they got the car when it only had 9 miles on it. He had never owned a new car before and says that keeping track of the odometer is part of the fun. Stephen says that it feels great to know that every time they hit a milestone, they will know that they were the ones who hit it. He talks about how he didn't film the 100 mile milestone because they hit is so quickly. Stephen recalls that they hit it when they took his parents out for lunch or dinner at some point. He says that he didn't mean to put close to 1,000 miles on the car so quickly, but 2 trips back and forth to Charleston would do that. Stephen says that it feels weird because the first 1,000 miles on this car has been marred in tragedy, but the car has been nice.

Stephen then talks about how he had to update the entertainment system for the car once they got back from doing errands. He says that all the new cars are high-tech these days, so they have software updates for things like the radio. So, Stephen had to connect to the Wi-Fi, which is conveniently located in the room above the garage, and sit there and wait for the car to update. As he's sitting there waiting, he started to question whether this is the kind of future he wants with microtransactions taking over video games and him sitting in a car downloading updates for his radio.

This evening was a big deal for them as they returned to doing gaming streams. They didn't stream last week since last Friday was awful. But, they decided to return to streaming this week if they could do something really chill. Instead of starting a new game series, they wanted to relax and chat while playing a game they knew well. So, they decided on playing Donkey Kong Country. However, starting the stream didn't go smoothly. The stream is usually set up for them to use headsets, but there have been some problems with the audio from the headsets lately. So, Stephen had decided to use the Breakfast Stream microphone. The switch should have been as simple as pressing a button, but for some reason it just broke everything. He doesn't know if there's a problem with the Elgato capture card or OBS, but it broke minutes before they were supposed to start the stream.

While Stephen was freaking out about how to get the stream working, Mallory was ordering food since they planned to DoorDash some food. Mal asked him what he wanted and Stephen replied that she could just order for him since he was busy trying to get the stream working. Mal also knows what he likes, so he would've just eaten whatever she ordered for him. Stephen then got the stream to work, but the only way it would work was if he loaded up the Breakfast Stream layout and imported the game. They went live and it was the Breakfast Stream layout with the Super Nintendo screen in between them. Stephen says that they also chose Donkey Kong Country because the game wasn't too long. They beat it, but were stuck for a while in World 5.

Then, Stephen talks about how Mal ordered from MOD Pizza. She chose all the toppings she thought Stephen would like and she did pretty well. But, she forgot the olives and put chicken and onions on his pizza which Stephen doesn't get on his pizzas. Stephen says that he likes onions, but he doesn't like putting crunchy stuff on his pizza. He mentions that he also likes peppers, but he doesn't put them on pizza either. Mal had also asked for artichokes on Stephen's pizza. When he opened it up, he saw these little round things on the pizza and asked Mal what they were. She said that they looked like chickpeas and then she wondered where the artichokes were. Mal speculates that the person working at MOD Pizza thought that chickpeas were artichokes. Stephen says that artichokes are one his favorite pizza toppings. He's never had chickpeas on pizza though. Stephen says that the chickpeas tasted like beans and Mal mentions that another name for them is garbanzo beans. He says that it didn't taste bad, but in his opinion beans don't belong on pizza. While Stephen talked about his pizza, Kepler started running around and making a lot of noise. Stephen says that he often runs around a lot after he poops, but he hasn't pooped yet. So, Stephen assumes he's getting ready to poop.

Stephen says that the stream went well and that he enjoyed hanging out with everybody. He talks about how it was nice that they could get back to streaming while doing it in a way that wasn't taxing on them. Stephen says that Mal drew a sketch today and is going to be getting back into painting tomorrow. Stephen says that he will gradually be getting back to what his normal work would be. He is still not recording anything for StephenPlays and all the vlogs are caught up, so he can catch up on some other things. So, he might fix the stream box and OBS since something is definitely broken.