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Cool, this game is pretty interesting. A little annoying how long you have to wait for recovery when you're resting, though. Feels a bit too much like an "action points" type system.

That article says there's a difference between "full-spectrum" light which makes things look more natural, and actual full-spectrum light, though: "Products marketed as "full-spectrum" may produce light throughout the entire spectrum, but actually do not produce an even spectral distribution, and may not even differ substantially from lights not marketed as "full-spectrum"."

Edit: Also - "it is estimated that 10,000 lux is needed for effective treatment." - I think you need a special machine to produce light that powerful. I don't think standard lamps are able to do it. (According to the wikipedia article, the average family living room has only 50 lux, and office lighting is only 350-500 lux.) Also, the lights in my flat are all the industrial long ceiling-mounted fluorescent ones, the kind you see in supermarkets and high schools. I don't have a normal lamp with standard bulbs. I suppose if I could find an inexpensive light bulb that did help, though, I could find a lamp somewhere that isn't too expensive.

I understand completely what you're talking about, mikefictiti0us.  I suppose I should be grateful that my problem has shifted more towards not being able to wake up despite many hours of sleep, rather than not being able to sleep at all as used to happen.  But neither extreme is pleasant.

Speaking of which, I've been back in Prague for less than a week and last night I had my first trapped-in-a-dream episode since before I left for the States.  So it seems to be related to this location after all.  I'm looking for a new place to live but this is far easier said than done.  I'm broke, the rent in this place is dirt cheap, and I don't have anyone else to live with.

The seasonal depression is also getting much worse.  It's never been this bad (and only at the very start of winter!), presumably because even during the day I'm not exposed to much daylight because of the darkness in this place.  The fact that my flat is freezing (or nearly so - about 10 degrees Celsius at the moment) is not helping the sleep issues or the depression, either, and our electric space heaters, though expensive to run, don't do much good against this cold.

I looked into light therapy and it's ridiculously expensive.  The cheapest model I could find was 5000 kc (about $250, or half my monthly salary).  It would take me several months to save up enough money to buy one of these, and by then I'll hopefully be in a better situation anyway.  If I try to buy one now (which might be possible if I scrape together everything I have and only eat potatoes for the next month or so), I'll be financially crippling my ability to move into a new apartment.  So I guess that option is out.  Shame, too - I had high hopes for that doing me a lot of good.

I wouldn't know where to look for something like that in this country. And consumer electronics of all kinds tend to be around double the price here as they would be in the US or UK.  I'm not sure I could afford it.  I suppose it's worth looking around for something though.

It's not about death at all.  She's tired of the same old routine so she's going to explore someplace new.  I haven't planned out all of it, but I have an ending in mind which involves her learning to appreciate the life she had.  It will not be a depressing ending I don't think.

The tone is meant to be surreal (probably obvious at this point) and I think the aliens will give me a chance to try drawing new things (other than people, which I suck at drawing) and be more creative.  It should be a good exercise in originality and all that.

Anyway I finished up that third comic which I had started years ago, and I'm pretty satisfied with the results.  I'll draw a few more (shorter, 2-3 panels) and then start posting them online so I can get better feedback.

Speaking of which, can anyone recommend a better hosting site for me than Comic Fury?  I need someplace that will allow me to do alt-text (so webcomic nation is out).  I'm just not satisfied with the layouts provided by Comic Fury and I lack the skills to design my own (believe me, I've tried).  Or is anyone good at coding this sort of web site who might be willing to help me out?  I'd prefer a look more similar to other comics like Pictures For Sad Children and Dinosaur Comics and all those, where I can post news updates that will appear below the comic no matter what page you're on, but I can't figure out how to do that.

Also, I've decided that if I can get 100+ visitors per day for seven days in a row on either of my comics, I will man up and purchase my own domain and figure out all the hosting and everything rather than continuing to use these free sites.  I'll announce this more officially when I start posting this new comic.

Yeah, this is a one-window-opening-into-the-bottom-of-a-ventilation-shaft type of basement.  I put in a carpet and painted my room, but there's not great air circulation and although my room gets lighter during the day, I never see the actual sun except at midday in the middle of summer.

Yes, I'm afraid so.  My rent is Dirt Effin Cheap and I can't really afford a better place just now, but I'm going to start looking anyway.  I can't keep living like this.