Had a useful discussion with Morgan about tattoo/piercing studios in the area yesterday. Her ink was done at 2 places, neither of which is anything like "convenient" for me, so I mentioned the studio I was eyeballing, Big Kahuna in Boca. She seemed to think they're reputable. Now I just need to shed the last 10 pounds to the top of my "healthy" BMI range and save up a bodmod fund.

MM2: found Corak's Cave (C2(5,11), same world map sector as Middlegate, easy with Pathfinding) and got the Lloyd's Beacon spell for my sorcerer. Wakeful later than intended, guild battle until I was sleepy ~1AM. The amount of coffee I consumed during the day probably did not help.

New blender, a Black+Decker BL2500S - 12-speed/700 watts. Inaugurated with the 2nd smoothie from my current frozen berry supply. (16oz (2*7g protein) smilk, 1 scoop Whey-tech Pro 24 banana whey powder (24g protein), 3/4c blueberries, 1c strawberries). Started with the lowest setting for a few seconds ("stir"), then hand-stirred with a spatula. Stepped up to low-middle speed ("chop"), again only a few seconds and hand-stirred again. Berries were mostly pulverized now, a finishing touch at middle-high ("puree") and bam, smoothie'd.

Castle Age: Ever since I ranked up in festi duels from 11 ("Killer") to 12 ("Slayer") it's been a trial of patience to find worthwhile targets. I get no points for targets under rank 8 ("Defender"). Because of the way the game doesn't let you downrank out of your tier, an awful lot of people gave up at rank 7 (bottom of tier 3). Of those who didn't, the game strongly encourages "hiding" - getting your health below 10 and navigating away from the game. The only other place to dump health is conquest duel; I'm 1 rank short of top-rank there too, so worthwhile targets are scarce, not quite as scarce as festi duels, but at 1 conquest token per hour, I hate dumping tokens on opponents who only give 2-3 points per hit.