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Well. Today I learned how much space PS4 games take up.

I have 11 games I have bought and installed on my PS4. Today I tried to install an 12th, and it told me there wasn't enough space on the machine. I looked through my installations, just in case there was some mistake, but no - if all the games I've installed are as big as the PS4 says they are, they are taking up all of my disk space. So there's 10, plus about 5 or 6 maybe that I bought and downloaded digitally - in fairness, some of those are big games and because they don't come with a disc ALL of their data is installed on the PS4. But they're far from the biggest games installed on the machine. Almost all of the 500GB of disk space on my PS4 is already gone. To put that in perspective, my PS3 came with 320GB of disk space, I have about 37 games I can count installed on it from discs, plus all the I installed, played and whose discs I've now sold, plus I'd say at least 10 ones I downloaded digitally (one of which was Mass Effect, a huge RPG), and it's a little laggy these days but I have NEVER, as far as I can remember, deleted any games on it. And I'm still installing new ones now.

I guess it's to be expected, since they're such technically demanding games, and have a pretty high amount of mechanics and high-definition graphics and stuff. But I didn't really realise my PS4 career was going to involve regularly having to delete old games so I could play new ones. I mean, I only have ten on there, I have more that I haven't even installed yet. There are a lot more games that are gonna come out, especially when they stop making games for the PS3 altogether. As far as I can tell you keep your trophies (a list of achievements you got in the game) and all your save files even if you delete a game, so it's really just a matter of shifting data around, rather than losing progress? I hope anyway. And the stuff you buy online is just assigned to your account, you can redownload it as many times as you want. Still. It's kind of a pain, and given that it's a problem I never had with the PS3 I didn't expect to be running into it this quickly. Sony will probably bring out a PS4 with 50,000GB of hard drive space some time in the near future - for the full price again, obv. It's annoying.

I know there are a lot of people right now who think that technology is taking over our lives and keeping us separate from real life. But honestly, I don't think we're going to have a problem until technology works well enough that it doesn't make you want to constantly break it into tiny pieces with your bare hands.

For example, right now I'm having to weigh up the fact that 8tracks is really convenient for making online playlists, next to the fact that sometimes - frequently - it just substitutes entire tracks for completely different ones it's found on Soundcloud. Something to do with reducing the bandwidth for the site apparently, and there's an option to turn it off. But that option apparently doesn't always work. I wouldn't mind, but when it's a track I got off an album that I bought, full price, ripped myself and converted to an MP3 myself, I feel like it should I don't know, work. And not be replaced with A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SONG, NOT EVEN A REMIX, YOU GOT THE LADY GAGA PART RIGHT BUT NOT EVERYTHING ELSE, WHAT THE FUCK 8TRACKS.

Ahem. And then there's my Playstation 4. I have Minecraft for the PS3, and apparently when you have that it's super cheap to get the PS4 version. So I figured why not? When I went to the Playstation Store it was in fact free, which seemed odd, but there was no other option to get it, so I downloaded it, and bought a couple of cheap add-on packs to go with it. But now when I start Minecraft on the PS4, it will only let me use the tutorial, I can't play the actual game. There's a button to 'Unlock the Full Game' - they offer me that button very often - but when I click it it just takes me to the Playstation 4 Minecraft page, which says I've already downloaded the game. I've contacted Sony about this, and they're "oh yes, lol that's a glitch. Just delete EVERY SCRAP OF EVIDENCE MINECRAFT EVER EXISTED from your PS4 and download it again, it should be fine". I have deleted the game and re-downloaded it twice, and it still won't let me do anything but use the tutorial. If I'm supposed to delete those add-on packs, then I can't see a single option anywhere that will let me do that. Or where I should go to re-download them - having paid for them - if I successfully delete everything and then get the game working. adlkjaskldfjasklfjskl.

Also, in non-technological news, they're apparently releasing the new Dragon Age game in America three days earlier than in the UK, so I'm going to have to avoid Tumblr until then. And probably for a while after then, if I don't want to be spoiled.

And just so you all know, between playing as Handsome Jack in Borderlands (sort of), picking up GTA 5 today and having the new Dragon Age game come out on Friday, I might not be - around. So much. For a few months. Or nine. I'm either playing games, or I have choked on electronics from trying to eat my PS4 in a carefully considered protest. So yeah. I mean, I'll probably be back next week to talk about Gotham. But if I'm not.

So. After all of that whinging at the beginning of the week, here's how things actually played out:

Part of the reason I was freaking out about the Jobcentre appointment was because at the last one, the advisor said this one would be a telephone appointment. So when I got a letter asking me to come in I assumed something must be wrong, or that I'd got a new advisor who might not be so thrilled at my progress as my previous lady was. Well, I got to the Jobcentre about five minutes ahead of time. 15 minutes later I was still sat there. I gave it another five minutes, then got up to ask if there was a problem, and the lady at the desk had a discussion with my advisor. It turns out I was supposed to have a telephone interview, and my advisor had been planning on calling me I guess, but - I didn't get the whole story on this - someone had gone into her diary for some reason, changed her telephone appointments to office interviews, the letters had gone out reflecting that, then those office interviews had been cancelled. I don't understand it, but it sounds like it was nothing to do with her and as much hassle for her as for me, because she had no idea which other telephone interviews had been messed with too. But anyway, she took me over for a brief chat as usual, like five minutes, and let me go again for the next three months. And that was that.

I did end up going to Leeds on Wednesday. My (cover) service worker was v understanding about that, and also we didn't have much else to talk about. For those of you following the story with my service worker, my regular guy has been off sick for about five weeks now, and I have asked for a new one now, and for a female worker. Unfortunately the only lady who'd be suitable is also off sick, so it's not sorted out yet. But hopefully sometime this week it will be. But anyway, Leeds. I bought Lego and comics and chocolate, and got a free gift (sort of) from the Body Shop. I felt the most grown up I have in weeks.

My birthday turned out to be super great. My plan was to spend it doing nothing and talking to no-one, playing video games. I have just started one of the DLC for Fallout: New Vegas for the first time, and it's frustrating but I'm really enjoying it. But anyway, those plans went out the window because my YN was down. So we had party poppers and I learned he can sort of say 'happy birthday', and then we went for a long walk to try to get him to fall asleep. We saw a few horses, one of which was way more excited to see us than I'm afraid we lived up to, another one that tried to eat the buttons off my coat, and maybe my nephew? Apparently he wanted to stroke it but mum didn't want to release him from the buggy because he's hard to get back in, so he just reached out, and this massive horse reached its head all the way down and licked his face. Then it realised we didn't have any treats, even buttons, and left. Maybe we should take carrots next time we go on that walk. Also we made friends with a dog, but it was on a farm full of dogs and another of them wasn't so friendly, so we had to leave. It was freezing cold on that walk, but a lot of fun.

Afterwards my nephew still wasn't asleep though, so we had to go for a drive, but we discovered a whole town we didn't know about, so it wasn't so bad. Then I spent the next few hours building a Lego set what I'd bought. Then cake, which my YN managed to sleep through. Then video games. It was a good day.

I did get the PS4, which is good because I paid £200 towards it. It was no surprise, because after getting through my Jobcentre interview, I ended up meeting my mum in town, and she was at the shop buying it. The dude did nicely put it in a plastic cover though, so no thieves would be tempted to steal it, so it COULD HAVE BEEN ANYTHING. But yes, it's mine. Haven't played on it yet because the game it came with is one I already have for the PS3, and there's been suggestions I could take it back and get money for it. And the other games are still around £50 - between Lego and going to London next week, I don't have that kind of cash to splash around. But my parents have quite nicely tidied the little bedroom where the PS3's set up (something they've been meaning to do for a while), so when I do get it out it'll be a lot easier to see where the wires are and should go and stuff. Thanks, parents.

Mother's Day today. When we were out on Tuesday we saw a display of azaleas, which I remarked upon because I'd heard some interesting stories about how they were poisonous (fun fact: if bees make honey out of azaleas, the honey will be poisonous too. If you're looking for an extremely labour-intensive murder weapon, consider azalea honey). Anyway, mum said she used to have one in her student house, and it reminded her of her younger days. So I planned to get her one for Mother's Day. Then on my birthday, it turned out she'd gotten me one. She'd also picked up a little tweeting plush bird, so when it turned out the azaleas were all sold out anyway, I ran and got her one of those. Then yesterday she showed me one she'd bought herself. Dear mothers: you are impossible to buy for. Happy freaking Mother's Day.

Which brings us to today, when I am waiting for lunch because my sister has invited us up to her house for it. I really don't know what to expect. I wasn't expecting this. Apparently she's cleaned up the house and has some new, not-yet-broken furniture from my grandma's house, which just got sold this week. And from what I could tell from a phone call earlier this week she's started cooking, because mum had driven off with her shopping and she couldn't start the dinner without beef for the 'bourguignon' (?). So she's invited us up for Mother's Day. Should be interesting at least. Aside from the fact that I haven't been speaking to her for two and a half years, and my mum apparently spent most of Friday unable to deal with her behaviour and fighting with her. It's in an hour and twenty minutes. At least I still have some birthday cake left.

Today I watched a documentary about London where the host talked about a gay brothel that was there in the 18th century, and the account given of it by an undercover police officer at the time. Who apparently had to go back several weeks in a row to "gather evidence". So what I want to know is: where is all the historical undercover-in-a-gay-bar fic?

Also I learned that lots of silver is terrifying. IT IS JUST SHINY AND THE SAME COLOUR SO YOU CAN'T SEE WHERE ONE PIECE ENDS AND ANOTHER BEGINS. Suddenly I know how to decorate a terrifying fairy lair should I ever write and/or film one.

I downloaded Minecraft today, after learning that it was finally available for the PS3 online. It now has every chance to impress me as all the Let's Plays suggest it should. Actually I've already played a couple of hours of it, and it is pretty good. I like the fact you can tame wolves and have them follow you around and help you. And also ocelots? I didn't manage to tame the ocelots though.

Meanwhile in Skyrim I finally get to have adventures with a hot Orc lady. Yusssss.

Oh and I had an actual look at the PS4 in a games shop today. It seems pretty cool, and smaller than I was expecting, but the only game I was interested in turned out to be a Playstation Store game that doesn't come in a bundle, and which I can get for the PS3. So that £400 price tag continues to be off-putting.

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