static long TicksNow()
{
// Spicy Pixel: No access to internal Mono method except by reflection.
//
// Monotonic time cannot be set and represents a time in ticks since
// some unspecified starting point. It avoids drift due to system
// time updates (which DateTime.Now.Ticks does not).
//
// return DateTime.GetTimeMonotonic ();
return DateTime.Now.Ticks;
// return Watch.GetTimeMonotonic();
}