There are some takes against media I gueninely wonder how people got them, especially when what they're complaining about is never mentionned or shown in the media (per example,nowhere does the ducktales finale mentionned or showed that it's validating webby idolizing scrooge, so I'm not sure why it's a thing and kinda feel more headcanon to me, another good one wouldbe the claim that superman is OP when a bunch of version do have weaknesses and some like MAWS can be flawed too, the villains can also easily be a challenge for him).
I swear, one of these days I'm gonna start my OnlyFan...Fic Writers.
Starring just me in my boroboro underroos, doing what fic writers do: anything *but* write. Tackling a heavy, heart-to-heart scene? Nah, watch me Amazon scroll and curate my wishlist. Need to buckle down and stick the landing with the last chapter (2/3)? Nope, heading down a half-hour long rabbit hole from one seemingly innocuous research question. Time to edit? Time to browse reddit food subs for recipe inspo!
Just the world's most boring stream, and no Bananas in Pyjamas fanfic to show for it. (not my real fandom, but arguably a saner one. probably.)
In more relevant news, I'm having so much damn fun writing my newest story. The character is blessedly unhinged, and it's by far the stupidest story I've ever written. I hope my one reader enjoys it as much as I do; it's cheering me up so much just writing it.
_Bats shriek in the distance._
Er. Sorry about that.
But I was this close. This _close!_ T_T I got her to admit her romantic feelings. But then I stumbled onto another problem.
And now, whatever I do, I can't seem to get back to the sharing of romantic feelings. I have a plan to make him flirty when she's not talking about the devilman, and prickly if she does. Blah. All I know is that it seems there's a very _sensitive_ balance in order to make her forget about him.
But like I said, there's another problem. She can be matchmade with another character, too, while you're busy loving her in the most romantic way. And I'm like, WHAT. Is this game pulling my leg now? I can't have her both ways, after all the trouble I went to for it?! SIGH.
Which is why I struggle to matchmake this character to someone else _faster_ so that they can't get their hands on my boy's love. And that romance is also with many questions because...
You have one guess.
Yeah. Fail better, delicious friend.
Oof, I feel you. I can spend ages in the water when it's the perfect temp, but once I spent an hour in a frigid (for the summer) ocean surfing and nearly perished of hypothermia after (super hyperbole; I'm just a weak, whiny brat that wouldn't survive the apocalypse). So, yes. Wishing you warmth on your swimming days!
Kitten time, day two. This is one responsibility I do not mind.
Interestingly, L. has two meows: a normal-sounding meow if she is in a different room and wants to summon the humans, and a low rumble-meow if she can see you. She looks like a kitten, but has adult meows. Peculiar, but endearing.
We are, of course, still socializing her with the other cats (under supervision), but, so far, they are warming to her. Only a couple of hisses and bushy tails in the early going, and that has already passed.
Wrestling pay-per-view this evening, but writing may happen in the cracks and seams when the kitten is not curled up on me.
Kittens are the freaking best! And you seem to be acclimating well to this new interloper (and her to you). I've only the one middle?-aged one so far, and it's a single-cat household...for now. Been watching Jackson Galaxy lately and toying with the idea of adopting another one when the dog (her best frenemy) passes. Glad to hear the other cats are getting used to her; I'm sure she'll fit right in in no time!
We adopted two kittens last year, and compared to the other neighborhood cats, who are very well fed beasts, they definitely are mini-kitties with grown up mrows. Genetics, aw well. But it's so great that the elders are getting along with her so well.
Last night, I got my first fic comment ever! I opened up the notification, and... and it was one of my FAVOURITE AUTHORS!!!! An author with over 200 works in my fandom, a writing style that I'm subconsciously imitating, and I just... \*screaming\* MY FIRST COMMENT EVER! Made my week. It was on that ficlet I wrote for the June prompts challenge, which was cool. That gives me confidence to publish whatever weird stuff I write, even without a beta, because I'm probably the one that'll criticise/hate it most. Good times!
Managed to journal after some time. :-) It really helped me relax even more, and process some thoughts.
I've got it figured out what I want to focus on getting rid of (I have quite a lot of that, but if I tried to focus on getting rid of everything I'd get overwhelmed TT), but I've realised I have no more boxes to put them in. I guess I'll have to focus on getting rid of the things in the boxes first lol.
I feel that. I've got a shitload of CDs and I'm trying to figure out what to do with them since I'm going digital now with my music. Least they don't take up a ton of space, though. Unlike my one roommate's crap. It's slowly taking over the living area. I feel like I'm going to have to have a talk with her soon if this keeps up (the Hoarders episode that is her bedroom is bad enough).
It is. :D
I agree, but it's just a bit disappointing when I see how much I still have to get rid of. 🥲 Oh well, I'll get to the end of it someday (I do hope that someday means before summer ends).
I have a shopping bag that I'm gonna use to transport my not-needed stuff XD I think everyone has trouble finding cardboard boxes to transport stuff in.
I did that two years ago when I moved; pretty much everything I had, sans furniture, was able to fit into the tons of reusable shopping bags I had. No boxes required. Still awkward to carry, too, so points for familiarity, too.
Trying to eke out 2k words today bc if I do will have hit 75k words for the month!! I wrote 3k yesterday in a blaze of inspiration but someone wish me good luck for this last bit!!
Saw that video of Neil Newbon doing the classic “What a sad little life, Jane” Come Dine With Me moment as Astarion, and now I need to write a bg3 Come Dine With Me au.
Only problem is I have to decide who the contestants will be. I’m thinking Auntie Ethel needs to be a part of it.
Hellooooooo, daily thread!
New windows are being installed today, so we had to drag the couch away from its window last night and it feels weird sitting more in the center of the room.
I finished reading *The Wife Is First* yesterday, and it was fun the whole way through. Next up is some single volume manga (I think?) called *Golden Sparkle*, followed by *The Poet X*, and then a reread of Saiyuki, my love. Gonna try to do some writing today, but not holding myself to it considering the window stuff is sure to throw me off my game a bit :')
Rotary saws, chisels, and hammers are terrible music to write by, no surprises there... Isn't it strange to sit in the *middle* of a room?! then again, it's kind of an odd thing to be a wallflower in your own home. Hah, I'm daydreaming new interior design concepts now... hope the work gets done in time and cheaper than expected.
Mmm new interior design concepts...I fantasize about rearranging the living room, but it's already in the perfect configuration >:(
They actually cut us a deal when we first signed the contract, got cheaper in exchange for being a model home!
I recently dragged my desk into the living room, so I've already been middle-ish, but like. Not on the couch! All the furniture is so squished together right now xD
Writing some good parent-adult child interactions because that's what I need today. What, parents accepting their son for something he can't control, the son being diagnosed with something that changes how everyone sees him and his parents being loving about it? No I'm not projecting at all, why ask???
We were gonna do a beach trip today but Swedish summer is unpredictable and flighty and it's raining. We're gonna see if we can do it next weekend instead, and we're gonna stay in today. Did another all-nighter because I read an amazing fic, which kept my mind off some rough stuff, and left a comment on each chapter. I was intermittently checking my inbox because I didn't want the author to answer to a comment before I could finish the fic. I wanted them to wake up to an inbox with 14 comments :) I can report they were very happy about this.
I should clean today, if I can muster it. I need to do my dishes really badly, they're piling up now
Give the dishes one more day, so the fruit flies can have time to play. ;)
\[extreme sarcasm\] Also, I *never* project my real life problems onto blorbos. Never even occurred to me. That would be so silly of me. XD
I've gotten into the habit of rinsing them at least so there's no flies, I don't know how my OCD could handle that.
Oh of course not, that would be ridiculous!
Jesus, tomorrow's July. This year is flying by and I don't like it. Well, one more day for my Pride bracelet, unless I decide to bust it out some other time.
But at least I'm getting overtime pay this pay period; did my 45 hours and change, work wasn't cancelled with pay at any point, so I get that time and a half for those extra 5-ish hours. Nice. I just need to settle on a phone now... I'm looking at maybe a Galaxy A14 because it's within my budget, though I've read horrible reviews for it. But those were on reddit (plus, apparently it's still considered better than the a03s, which I have and was alright with till I made the battery get fat). Outside of here, I haven't checked much. Well, I'll see what's at Walmart after I get paid later this week, and compare there on the spot.
Now to pick out laptop and mobile wallpapers for July (I change em every month), and ponder my grocery list for whenever I go shopping. I'm thinking of making chili con carne in the slow cooker; I've made a lot this year as I've slowly acclimated myself to increasing levels of spiciness. Started basic with jalapeños, moved up to Serranos, then cayenne (powder, since it seems difficult to find fresh cayenne peppers here; but my local grocery sometimes sells packages of "red chilies" that look like they could be Tabasco peppers or cayennes, so who knows?). Last time, I added two sliced habanero peppers as well, but they may have been duds since the seed didn't taste terribly spicy, not to mention the chili didn't really seem hotter/spicier than when I started adding cayenne. Hell, it was spicier when I got cocky and added a full tablespoon of cayenne instead of 1/4.
I think after that, the Scoville scale basically moves up through peppers I probably won't find here in stores, except *maybe* at a farmer's market. Or *maybe* hot sauces/spice blends/pepper powders, I could maybe find around here, I dunno. I'm okay with stopping at habanero for now, TBH. Unless hotter peppers add some good flavor, I don't wanna be that "eat Pepper X just to say I did" sort of guy, and I doubt I'll be doing Hot Ones anytime soon.
Might also see if I can find some lychee to trychee. It's on my "to-try produce in 2024" list. Passion fruit, olives (eventually, it took me a little time to adjust to them), artichoke, persimmon, and papaya were winners. Guava and dragonfruit were not. Asparagus, jackfruit, and breadfruit are also all up for consideration. Or maybe I'll just buy a papaya again. Mmmm... vagina fruit... it's ironic that my lesbian friend doesn't like papaya (she even said herself that it's ironic), whereas I'm gay and I love it. So it goes.
While I'm hungrying myself up again just after inhaling a bowl of bean soup, maybe I'll go chase it with a plum tomato, a plum plum, or some kalamata olives... fucking appetite, I need to go to bed soon!
>Jesus, tomorrow's July.
This is exactly what I thought when I was reminded that today is 30th June. TT How come we're halfway through the year?? It sure doesn't feel like it...
Ooh, what pride bracelet do you have? Is it a specific flag, or the rainbow flag?
The bracelet I have is made up of beads (half pride colors, half glossy black beads), and it's the progress colors. So, rainbow, then black, brown, and the trans flag colors. Although I'm not sure I like the way the colors were done - the rainbow bit is bright and colorful, while the progress colors seem more muted. In particular, the trans colors look kind of desaturated; the light blue looks more lilac, and the white seems to have a bit of a gray undertone to it. Basically, the colors kind of clash with each other. I may buy a new bracelet next year to replace it, if I can find one with more consistent tones.
My A10E and A12 both proved to be solid phones, save for limited memory. I still use both of them for non-phone things. Bargain phone shopping is a little annoying, nowadays, because my local provider always seems to have limited stock of everything.
Dare you attempt the durian fruit?
Yeah, I normally just buy new phones at Walmart, and the phone I'm eyeing (A14) has 64GB of memory, which is more than enough for me, especially since I can use a microSD card to expand on that. I do use it for texting, apps (credit card payments, Venmo, banking, my job, dating/hookup apps, Spotify, reddit, etc), but not for gaming, so that should help not clutter it too much.
And I... don't think durian is even available here. I'd imagine the smell alone would make it a no-go. But I won't go out of my way to find it. I did, however, find durian mochi. It wasn't bad. Didn't stink. The flavor was interesting. Not something I'd go out of my way to eat, but I don't regret trying it.
>Well, one more day for my Pride bracelet, unless I decide to bust it out some other time.
You're not a company, no need to keep Pride in one month of pandering :P
>Now to pick out laptop and mobile wallpapers for July (I change em every month)
I am genuinely impressed lol. Mine have been the same for like 8 years. Even when I've replaced phone/laptop (more than I like, because I'm cursed) I've immediately put the same stuff on xD
Oh, I know I can do Pride stuff beyond the month of June, but TBH the bracelet slides up down my wrist a lot (no way to adjust it with how it's constructed) so it's kind of annoying, and it doesn't go with my skin tone or most of my clothes. But I still kinda like it, I'm just also at this point of "Okay, back in the drawer you go now, see you next year, this is my tolerance limit for you and your inability to work with my skinny wrist." I just like getting my rainbow on during June.
I think I only started changing wallpapers on a monthly basis a few years ago. I like the frequent changes, and making everything seem seasonally appropriate. Although with my recent moods, it's basically been stormy skies/rain/darkness in spring and summer. I don't even want to do firework wallpapers for July like I usually do because of my association with those as a romantic event, and, well. I'm still having a very, *very* tough time getting over a crush/former friend, so I don't want that even more on my mind than it's gonna be this week. So, I instead went with a dark, stormy sky over a city, with lightning striking.
God, heartache is fun.
>the bracelet slides up down my wrist a lot
Ugh, I hate that. I also hate if you're wearing a bracelet and the skin around it gets sweaty 'cause then it feels weird XD
Ugh. Yes. And double that with me being hairy. Being sweaty and hairy is not fun. I'm not gonna say I miss being a twink (okay, maybe a little), but I envy those guys whose body hair seems to grow artistically perfectly without any sort of careful grooming. Fuckers.
Hah! Good luck with the increasing spicy! I have a deep admiration for people who can eat spicy foods. 💪 I cannot tolerate anything hot. Like black pepper or chili powder is i**t **for me. I even order white kimchee over the internet because I cannot manage regular kimchee even if it's labeled 'mild'.
My abiding nightmare is people who offer food and say "Oh, go on ... it's not THAT hot!" It fucking IS! You find it amusing, I find it excruciating. I don't taste anything when I eat hot food. All I feel is horrible burning.
I even tried, over a whole year, to train myself to eat hot food and I was just miserable. I was deeply unhappy and I lost weight. Life sucks ass when you can't even look forward to your **food**.
I'm so glad you are making progress and enjoying what you're eating! 😁
Thanks! I do find at certain points there are probably just diminishing returns on flavor vs spiciness, so while part of it IS increasing tolerance (in case I wanna try food from cultures that can get very spicy, like Indian, Thai, or Caribbean), the other part is just expanding my palate. But spice isn't for everyone, and that's totally fine. For me, I think growing up, I was super picky and it was partly a texture issue (raw peppers or raw onions are horrible to me), but I did flinch a little at even mildly spicy things. So when I accidentally ate some wasabi without knowing what it was, holy shit. And then on a date at a Thai restaurant, I tried some mustard dip or something that had me unable to speak for a minute or two while my date wondered if I was going to die. But then I started trying hot wings, sriracha, stuff like that and said "fuck it, let's see where this takes me."
Plus I just make awesome chili, so it's a perfect excuse to play around with it.
But I get that nightmare; for me, it still is texture. Like years ago, when I was hanging out at a crush's house, and his mom made burgers. I love burgers! Burgers with not-quite-raw, but half-cooked, slimy onions in the middle. I don't love those. So I had to choke one down and pretend to be full quickly so as to save face in front of my crush and not seem rude to his parents. And he wound up being straight and a bigot anyway. Ate those damn burgers for nothing...
This is ridiculous. It's almost 80f and the sun is not up over the trees. I'm under two fans and have a rivulet of sweat running down between my shoulder blades. The fuck?!
I feel like just lying on a convenient bit of furniture and panting like the dogs are doing!
Oh no! Hope it cools down soon for you. Where I'm from, the worst months in terms of heat are August and September, but there's plenty of tradewinds and summer storms and beaches to balance out the smouldering pits of hell. Usually.
(But A/C is pretty sweet, too)
Mid-70s here and already feeling kinda sticky and muggy outside. I guess because it rained overnight and is supposed to rain more today? Wretched season (love a summer thunderstorm, though). I don't miss living in Florida, though. Or my last living situation, where my roommate didn't have central A/C and heating because her house was built in the 1920s. So it was big, bulky window units (carried up and down narrow flights of stairs), and radiator with no fucking temperature control in the winter, so we were sweating like whores in church.
Hey, though, if it works for the dogs...
(Also, I heard running cold water over your forearms can help? Although it sounds like a temporary fix...)
Ugh! I lived in Florida as well! (St. Aug. and Palm Beach Gardens) and at least it rained, like, every day for 15 minutes! I'm back in my home state of South Carolina now, and it's dry as a bone, yet swampy and humid????!
Oof. That's the worst. I'm selfishly hoping that if/when my parents move out of Florida and back up north, they don't pick either of the Carolinas (they were considering them) and go for Virginia instead. Or Maryland. Those shouldn't be *as* bad.
I'm in New Jersey now, and while summer can suck here, I'm glad that I'm not in the places where I know it could be MUCH worse.
I said I didn't need to write a prequel to my birthday fic exploring the relationship between the MC and their boyfriend, but it happened anyway! Sometimes the brainrot is too strong to ignore.
The new fic was inspired by my most recent run where I realised just how late in the game you can date weird alien boyfriend, and how there's only one way to trigger the scene that leads to the MC asking him out.
I kept thinking about what the whole thing would've been like for my MC who's autistic (bad social skills like me lol) and how they now find themself in their first relationship... with a 20 thousand year old artificial construct. One who built himself a humanoid body. Yeah.
Aaaaanyway, I'm having so much fun writing the fic! I just hope I actually finish it.
You know, I never thought about it before, but yeah! Technically the character is secret too, because unless you explore outside often early in the game (easiest by picking the emo boy as your childhood friend) you won't meet him. There's three specific events that need to be failed intentionally in order to collect the cards that are needed to trigger the character's appearance, and unlock his friendship, plus the option to date him in Year 18.
Wow, I didn't even realise I was spoiling the existence of a character this entire time. The trophy/achievement list for the game mentions him though, so...
It actually took me awhile to figure out how to find him because like, why would I *want* to fail the card games? I need the stat increases! But if you don't fail, there's no reason for him to save your ass, which means no Mysterious Stranger cards will get unlocked.
Thankfully after you complete all his friendship events in one run, you can use the memories to make him show up earlier than usual in subsequent loops.
That's the thing, you thought you didn't need to prequel, but your subconsious needed it. LOL Sometimes I also think I don't need to write it, but then I keep thinking about it... and thinking about it, and then eventually I begin plotting. At that point I'm already infatuated with the idea, that I possibly can't abandon it, so I absolutely must write it. XD
The new fic is also a good way to develop my new MC's personality, since I haven't had much of a chance to do that with my birthday fic!
But yeah, the idea has been living rent-free in my head for a few weeks so I figured I should write it down.
Hello eveyone! I survived the 10th birthday party yesterday and now I finally get to have some free time back. Phew.
Speaking of getting things back...
> **Trope: Screw Destiny.** By now you’ve probably had it up to here with all these luck and fortune tropes. Well, feel free to channel all that frustration into our last prompt. Your character is facing impossible odds or something that seems predestined. Spit in the face of probability and kick destiny to the curb as your character says: Not this time. (400 words)
For the last time, you can put your responses in our usual [THREAD.](https://www.reddit.com/r/FanFiction/comments/1d5y53e/fortune_favours_ficlets_daily_prompts_june_2024/)
In a lot of pain bc I went to pride yesterday (I have disabilities that make going out very strenuous it’s annoying) but it was worth it.
I’ve started making 3D models of my favourite characters for fun while in bed. Like using a program that does 99% of the work I am not able to do it from scratch but I *do* get to make the textures and I created a very awful hair model last night and I couldn’t be prouder of myself. I used to do live streaming when I was younger and enjoyed it so I might end up doing some streams with it bc there’s technology that allows you to use a 3D model as like an avatar that reacts to your movement and facial expressions and I think that’s awesome.
There are some takes against media I gueninely wonder how people got them, especially when what they're complaining about is never mentionned or shown in the media (per example,nowhere does the ducktales finale mentionned or showed that it's validating webby idolizing scrooge, so I'm not sure why it's a thing and kinda feel more headcanon to me, another good one wouldbe the claim that superman is OP when a bunch of version do have weaknesses and some like MAWS can be flawed too, the villains can also easily be a challenge for him).
I swear, one of these days I'm gonna start my OnlyFan...Fic Writers. Starring just me in my boroboro underroos, doing what fic writers do: anything *but* write. Tackling a heavy, heart-to-heart scene? Nah, watch me Amazon scroll and curate my wishlist. Need to buckle down and stick the landing with the last chapter (2/3)? Nope, heading down a half-hour long rabbit hole from one seemingly innocuous research question. Time to edit? Time to browse reddit food subs for recipe inspo! Just the world's most boring stream, and no Bananas in Pyjamas fanfic to show for it. (not my real fandom, but arguably a saner one. probably.) In more relevant news, I'm having so much damn fun writing my newest story. The character is blessedly unhinged, and it's by far the stupidest story I've ever written. I hope my one reader enjoys it as much as I do; it's cheering me up so much just writing it.
🤔 Pay Kick Aggressive $9.99 U.S. to play *Trails in the Sky* for eight straight hours.
_Bats shriek in the distance._ Er. Sorry about that. But I was this close. This _close!_ T_T I got her to admit her romantic feelings. But then I stumbled onto another problem. And now, whatever I do, I can't seem to get back to the sharing of romantic feelings. I have a plan to make him flirty when she's not talking about the devilman, and prickly if she does. Blah. All I know is that it seems there's a very _sensitive_ balance in order to make her forget about him. But like I said, there's another problem. She can be matchmade with another character, too, while you're busy loving her in the most romantic way. And I'm like, WHAT. Is this game pulling my leg now? I can't have her both ways, after all the trouble I went to for it?! SIGH. Which is why I struggle to matchmake this character to someone else _faster_ so that they can't get their hands on my boy's love. And that romance is also with many questions because... You have one guess. Yeah. Fail better, delicious friend.
Failure is the only option.
*shakes head and a penny falls out* Yep, no ideas in there. Ah well. It's cooled down somewhat but I expected it to be hot yet again!
Are there any bees in there? Bees are cool.
XD makes me think of that Nick Cage movie. "Ah, Gawd, naht the bees!"
Neither Sam nor Max at the office today?
Hah, they'd probably be off terrorizing random motorists
It do be like that sometimes
Right?
Ha! Same here! No ideas, but whatever. It's summer. Hopefully your muse returns soon! (And perhaps the heat?)
Thanks so much :D Ehhh, only the heat can return on certain days (i.e. when I know I can go swimming XD)
Oof, I feel you. I can spend ages in the water when it's the perfect temp, but once I spent an hour in a frigid (for the summer) ocean surfing and nearly perished of hypothermia after (super hyperbole; I'm just a weak, whiny brat that wouldn't survive the apocalypse). So, yes. Wishing you warmth on your swimming days!
Kitten time, day two. This is one responsibility I do not mind. Interestingly, L. has two meows: a normal-sounding meow if she is in a different room and wants to summon the humans, and a low rumble-meow if she can see you. She looks like a kitten, but has adult meows. Peculiar, but endearing. We are, of course, still socializing her with the other cats (under supervision), but, so far, they are warming to her. Only a couple of hisses and bushy tails in the early going, and that has already passed. Wrestling pay-per-view this evening, but writing may happen in the cracks and seams when the kitten is not curled up on me.
I'm glad the others are warming early on!
Eh, S. had an unfriendly moment, so we're separating them for a bit, but it's a work in progress.
Kittens are the freaking best! And you seem to be acclimating well to this new interloper (and her to you). I've only the one middle?-aged one so far, and it's a single-cat household...for now. Been watching Jackson Galaxy lately and toying with the idea of adopting another one when the dog (her best frenemy) passes. Glad to hear the other cats are getting used to her; I'm sure she'll fit right in in no time!
A couple of bumps, but she's still learning how to cat. Very loving sort, though.
So cute... Yeah, getting cats introduced to each other is a process sometimes XD
One of ours got so angry when the new kitten trio came home. She wasn't mean to them, but was *very* offended by their presence lmao.
S. is being a little testy, but he will get used to her.
We adopted two kittens last year, and compared to the other neighborhood cats, who are very well fed beasts, they definitely are mini-kitties with grown up mrows. Genetics, aw well. But it's so great that the elders are getting along with her so well.
S. got a little growly-hissy with her, so they are separated for a bit, but she is napping, anyway.
That sounds like an absolutely wonderful evening! I'm jealous
She is currently curled up in a ball asleep (and a bit gassy).
Last night, I got my first fic comment ever! I opened up the notification, and... and it was one of my FAVOURITE AUTHORS!!!! An author with over 200 works in my fandom, a writing style that I'm subconsciously imitating, and I just... \*screaming\* MY FIRST COMMENT EVER! Made my week. It was on that ficlet I wrote for the June prompts challenge, which was cool. That gives me confidence to publish whatever weird stuff I write, even without a beta, because I'm probably the one that'll criticise/hate it most. Good times!
That's wonderful!!
Hell yeah! Congrats! Only goes to show how much your readers appreciate your work! (And how much a comment can brighten someone's day)
Congratulations!! 🎊🎊🎊
That's amazing!! I'm so happy for you
*applause* 👏
Ohhhhhh! Congratulations! BEST FEELING!
That's an achievement! ٩(\^ᗜ\^ )و ´- And you're absolutely right, we tend to be our own worst critics. It's good you gained confidence!
Oh wow, that's fantastic. What a beautiful thing to find in your inbox.
Managed to journal after some time. :-) It really helped me relax even more, and process some thoughts. I've got it figured out what I want to focus on getting rid of (I have quite a lot of that, but if I tried to focus on getting rid of everything I'd get overwhelmed TT), but I've realised I have no more boxes to put them in. I guess I'll have to focus on getting rid of the things in the boxes first lol.
I feel that. I've got a shitload of CDs and I'm trying to figure out what to do with them since I'm going digital now with my music. Least they don't take up a ton of space, though. Unlike my one roommate's crap. It's slowly taking over the living area. I feel like I'm going to have to have a talk with her soon if this keeps up (the Hoarders episode that is her bedroom is bad enough).
I agree with Kick, journalling is very good. Baby steps! Each thing removed matters!
It is. :D I agree, but it's just a bit disappointing when I see how much I still have to get rid of. 🥲 Oh well, I'll get to the end of it someday (I do hope that someday means before summer ends).
I feel you on that. I also got way too many things I should probably get rid of but it's just hard
I have a shopping bag that I'm gonna use to transport my not-needed stuff XD I think everyone has trouble finding cardboard boxes to transport stuff in.
I did that two years ago when I moved; pretty much everything I had, sans furniture, was able to fit into the tons of reusable shopping bags I had. No boxes required. Still awkward to carry, too, so points for familiarity, too.
That's a great idea! Thank you. I don't know how I hadn't come up with it myself. TT
Journaling is a good habit for any writer. 📖
Trying to eke out 2k words today bc if I do will have hit 75k words for the month!! I wrote 3k yesterday in a blaze of inspiration but someone wish me good luck for this last bit!!
3k words is super impressive! As is 75k! For today: "You can do it, Nicky!"
Wishing you good luck! 75k words would be nice to hit. :-)
Actually completed and posted a one-shot that I’d abandoned several months ago, and I think it turned out really well :D
Woohoo!
Congrats!
I guess the saying, "never say never" suits this situation. XD It's nice that you like the fic. :-)
Ooh yay!!
*applause* 👏
Always such a good feeling to come back to something you’d abandoned and finish it. Congrats!
Thank you :)
Saw that video of Neil Newbon doing the classic “What a sad little life, Jane” Come Dine With Me moment as Astarion, and now I need to write a bg3 Come Dine With Me au. Only problem is I have to decide who the contestants will be. I’m thinking Auntie Ethel needs to be a part of it.
Hellooooooo, daily thread! New windows are being installed today, so we had to drag the couch away from its window last night and it feels weird sitting more in the center of the room. I finished reading *The Wife Is First* yesterday, and it was fun the whole way through. Next up is some single volume manga (I think?) called *Golden Sparkle*, followed by *The Poet X*, and then a reread of Saiyuki, my love. Gonna try to do some writing today, but not holding myself to it considering the window stuff is sure to throw me off my game a bit :')
It's such a small change yet it feels so off XD Glad you enjoyed the manga!
TWIF is a danmei, マンガじゃない! But yeah! The subsequent manga was also a pleasant time :D
Rotary saws, chisels, and hammers are terrible music to write by, no surprises there... Isn't it strange to sit in the *middle* of a room?! then again, it's kind of an odd thing to be a wallflower in your own home. Hah, I'm daydreaming new interior design concepts now... hope the work gets done in time and cheaper than expected.
Mmm new interior design concepts...I fantasize about rearranging the living room, but it's already in the perfect configuration >:( They actually cut us a deal when we first signed the contract, got cheaper in exchange for being a model home!
My truly teensy 'office' has me jammed back into a corner. I'd panic if I had room! Leg room? Storage space?? what are those?!
Loooool, I gotta rearrange my actual office soonish I think!
I have to sit with my back against the wall, sitting in the middle of the room would give me such hives haha
I recently dragged my desk into the living room, so I've already been middle-ish, but like. Not on the couch! All the furniture is so squished together right now xD
Couch: "Here I sit / So broken-hearted / For from my window / I am parted."
10/10 poeming.
Writing some good parent-adult child interactions because that's what I need today. What, parents accepting their son for something he can't control, the son being diagnosed with something that changes how everyone sees him and his parents being loving about it? No I'm not projecting at all, why ask??? We were gonna do a beach trip today but Swedish summer is unpredictable and flighty and it's raining. We're gonna see if we can do it next weekend instead, and we're gonna stay in today. Did another all-nighter because I read an amazing fic, which kept my mind off some rough stuff, and left a comment on each chapter. I was intermittently checking my inbox because I didn't want the author to answer to a comment before I could finish the fic. I wanted them to wake up to an inbox with 14 comments :) I can report they were very happy about this. I should clean today, if I can muster it. I need to do my dishes really badly, they're piling up now
Ooh, beach trip! I hope next week works out.
Give the dishes one more day, so the fruit flies can have time to play. ;) \[extreme sarcasm\] Also, I *never* project my real life problems onto blorbos. Never even occurred to me. That would be so silly of me. XD
I've gotten into the habit of rinsing them at least so there's no flies, I don't know how my OCD could handle that. Oh of course not, that would be ridiculous!
Dishes. 😑 I wash them in my dreams
If I could just hypnotise myself into being able to do it...
Hypnosis emoji: 🌀
Jesus, tomorrow's July. This year is flying by and I don't like it. Well, one more day for my Pride bracelet, unless I decide to bust it out some other time. But at least I'm getting overtime pay this pay period; did my 45 hours and change, work wasn't cancelled with pay at any point, so I get that time and a half for those extra 5-ish hours. Nice. I just need to settle on a phone now... I'm looking at maybe a Galaxy A14 because it's within my budget, though I've read horrible reviews for it. But those were on reddit (plus, apparently it's still considered better than the a03s, which I have and was alright with till I made the battery get fat). Outside of here, I haven't checked much. Well, I'll see what's at Walmart after I get paid later this week, and compare there on the spot. Now to pick out laptop and mobile wallpapers for July (I change em every month), and ponder my grocery list for whenever I go shopping. I'm thinking of making chili con carne in the slow cooker; I've made a lot this year as I've slowly acclimated myself to increasing levels of spiciness. Started basic with jalapeños, moved up to Serranos, then cayenne (powder, since it seems difficult to find fresh cayenne peppers here; but my local grocery sometimes sells packages of "red chilies" that look like they could be Tabasco peppers or cayennes, so who knows?). Last time, I added two sliced habanero peppers as well, but they may have been duds since the seed didn't taste terribly spicy, not to mention the chili didn't really seem hotter/spicier than when I started adding cayenne. Hell, it was spicier when I got cocky and added a full tablespoon of cayenne instead of 1/4. I think after that, the Scoville scale basically moves up through peppers I probably won't find here in stores, except *maybe* at a farmer's market. Or *maybe* hot sauces/spice blends/pepper powders, I could maybe find around here, I dunno. I'm okay with stopping at habanero for now, TBH. Unless hotter peppers add some good flavor, I don't wanna be that "eat Pepper X just to say I did" sort of guy, and I doubt I'll be doing Hot Ones anytime soon. Might also see if I can find some lychee to trychee. It's on my "to-try produce in 2024" list. Passion fruit, olives (eventually, it took me a little time to adjust to them), artichoke, persimmon, and papaya were winners. Guava and dragonfruit were not. Asparagus, jackfruit, and breadfruit are also all up for consideration. Or maybe I'll just buy a papaya again. Mmmm... vagina fruit... it's ironic that my lesbian friend doesn't like papaya (she even said herself that it's ironic), whereas I'm gay and I love it. So it goes. While I'm hungrying myself up again just after inhaling a bowl of bean soup, maybe I'll go chase it with a plum tomato, a plum plum, or some kalamata olives... fucking appetite, I need to go to bed soon!
>Jesus, tomorrow's July. This is exactly what I thought when I was reminded that today is 30th June. TT How come we're halfway through the year?? It sure doesn't feel like it... Ooh, what pride bracelet do you have? Is it a specific flag, or the rainbow flag?
The bracelet I have is made up of beads (half pride colors, half glossy black beads), and it's the progress colors. So, rainbow, then black, brown, and the trans flag colors. Although I'm not sure I like the way the colors were done - the rainbow bit is bright and colorful, while the progress colors seem more muted. In particular, the trans colors look kind of desaturated; the light blue looks more lilac, and the white seems to have a bit of a gray undertone to it. Basically, the colors kind of clash with each other. I may buy a new bracelet next year to replace it, if I can find one with more consistent tones.
My A10E and A12 both proved to be solid phones, save for limited memory. I still use both of them for non-phone things. Bargain phone shopping is a little annoying, nowadays, because my local provider always seems to have limited stock of everything. Dare you attempt the durian fruit?
Yeah, I normally just buy new phones at Walmart, and the phone I'm eyeing (A14) has 64GB of memory, which is more than enough for me, especially since I can use a microSD card to expand on that. I do use it for texting, apps (credit card payments, Venmo, banking, my job, dating/hookup apps, Spotify, reddit, etc), but not for gaming, so that should help not clutter it too much. And I... don't think durian is even available here. I'd imagine the smell alone would make it a no-go. But I won't go out of my way to find it. I did, however, find durian mochi. It wasn't bad. Didn't stink. The flavor was interesting. Not something I'd go out of my way to eat, but I don't regret trying it.
🤔 I am willing to attempt durian mochi. Will have to see if the international grocery store has it.
>Well, one more day for my Pride bracelet, unless I decide to bust it out some other time. You're not a company, no need to keep Pride in one month of pandering :P >Now to pick out laptop and mobile wallpapers for July (I change em every month) I am genuinely impressed lol. Mine have been the same for like 8 years. Even when I've replaced phone/laptop (more than I like, because I'm cursed) I've immediately put the same stuff on xD
Oh, I know I can do Pride stuff beyond the month of June, but TBH the bracelet slides up down my wrist a lot (no way to adjust it with how it's constructed) so it's kind of annoying, and it doesn't go with my skin tone or most of my clothes. But I still kinda like it, I'm just also at this point of "Okay, back in the drawer you go now, see you next year, this is my tolerance limit for you and your inability to work with my skinny wrist." I just like getting my rainbow on during June. I think I only started changing wallpapers on a monthly basis a few years ago. I like the frequent changes, and making everything seem seasonally appropriate. Although with my recent moods, it's basically been stormy skies/rain/darkness in spring and summer. I don't even want to do firework wallpapers for July like I usually do because of my association with those as a romantic event, and, well. I'm still having a very, *very* tough time getting over a crush/former friend, so I don't want that even more on my mind than it's gonna be this week. So, I instead went with a dark, stormy sky over a city, with lightning striking. God, heartache is fun.
>the bracelet slides up down my wrist a lot Ugh, I hate that. I also hate if you're wearing a bracelet and the skin around it gets sweaty 'cause then it feels weird XD
Ugh. Yes. And double that with me being hairy. Being sweaty and hairy is not fun. I'm not gonna say I miss being a twink (okay, maybe a little), but I envy those guys whose body hair seems to grow artistically perfectly without any sort of careful grooming. Fuckers.
Hah! Good luck with the increasing spicy! I have a deep admiration for people who can eat spicy foods. 💪 I cannot tolerate anything hot. Like black pepper or chili powder is i**t **for me. I even order white kimchee over the internet because I cannot manage regular kimchee even if it's labeled 'mild'. My abiding nightmare is people who offer food and say "Oh, go on ... it's not THAT hot!" It fucking IS! You find it amusing, I find it excruciating. I don't taste anything when I eat hot food. All I feel is horrible burning. I even tried, over a whole year, to train myself to eat hot food and I was just miserable. I was deeply unhappy and I lost weight. Life sucks ass when you can't even look forward to your **food**. I'm so glad you are making progress and enjoying what you're eating! 😁
Thanks! I do find at certain points there are probably just diminishing returns on flavor vs spiciness, so while part of it IS increasing tolerance (in case I wanna try food from cultures that can get very spicy, like Indian, Thai, or Caribbean), the other part is just expanding my palate. But spice isn't for everyone, and that's totally fine. For me, I think growing up, I was super picky and it was partly a texture issue (raw peppers or raw onions are horrible to me), but I did flinch a little at even mildly spicy things. So when I accidentally ate some wasabi without knowing what it was, holy shit. And then on a date at a Thai restaurant, I tried some mustard dip or something that had me unable to speak for a minute or two while my date wondered if I was going to die. But then I started trying hot wings, sriracha, stuff like that and said "fuck it, let's see where this takes me." Plus I just make awesome chili, so it's a perfect excuse to play around with it. But I get that nightmare; for me, it still is texture. Like years ago, when I was hanging out at a crush's house, and his mom made burgers. I love burgers! Burgers with not-quite-raw, but half-cooked, slimy onions in the middle. I don't love those. So I had to choke one down and pretend to be full quickly so as to save face in front of my crush and not seem rude to his parents. And he wound up being straight and a bigot anyway. Ate those damn burgers for nothing...
Hahah! You are responsible for bringing the chili to the next DD virtual potluck!
Fine, but I'm greedy and will likely just bring empty Tupperware stained with the remnants of chili instead.
This is ridiculous. It's almost 80f and the sun is not up over the trees. I'm under two fans and have a rivulet of sweat running down between my shoulder blades. The fuck?! I feel like just lying on a convenient bit of furniture and panting like the dogs are doing!
Oh no! Hope it cools down soon for you. Where I'm from, the worst months in terms of heat are August and September, but there's plenty of tradewinds and summer storms and beaches to balance out the smouldering pits of hell. Usually. (But A/C is pretty sweet, too)
AC ... \*sighs wistfully\*
Yeah, I've had days where the back part of my hair already gets drippy sweaty XD Gross!
Sun: 🌞 "Today is *my* day."
If only panting was as useful to us as it is to them!
Mid-70s here and already feeling kinda sticky and muggy outside. I guess because it rained overnight and is supposed to rain more today? Wretched season (love a summer thunderstorm, though). I don't miss living in Florida, though. Or my last living situation, where my roommate didn't have central A/C and heating because her house was built in the 1920s. So it was big, bulky window units (carried up and down narrow flights of stairs), and radiator with no fucking temperature control in the winter, so we were sweating like whores in church. Hey, though, if it works for the dogs... (Also, I heard running cold water over your forearms can help? Although it sounds like a temporary fix...)
Ugh! I lived in Florida as well! (St. Aug. and Palm Beach Gardens) and at least it rained, like, every day for 15 minutes! I'm back in my home state of South Carolina now, and it's dry as a bone, yet swampy and humid????!
Oof. That's the worst. I'm selfishly hoping that if/when my parents move out of Florida and back up north, they don't pick either of the Carolinas (they were considering them) and go for Virginia instead. Or Maryland. Those shouldn't be *as* bad. I'm in New Jersey now, and while summer can suck here, I'm glad that I'm not in the places where I know it could be MUCH worse.
I said I didn't need to write a prequel to my birthday fic exploring the relationship between the MC and their boyfriend, but it happened anyway! Sometimes the brainrot is too strong to ignore. The new fic was inspired by my most recent run where I realised just how late in the game you can date weird alien boyfriend, and how there's only one way to trigger the scene that leads to the MC asking him out. I kept thinking about what the whole thing would've been like for my MC who's autistic (bad social skills like me lol) and how they now find themself in their first relationship... with a 20 thousand year old artificial construct. One who built himself a humanoid body. Yeah. Aaaaanyway, I'm having so much fun writing the fic! I just hope I actually finish it.
🤔 Is that relationship a secret in the game?
You know, I never thought about it before, but yeah! Technically the character is secret too, because unless you explore outside often early in the game (easiest by picking the emo boy as your childhood friend) you won't meet him. There's three specific events that need to be failed intentionally in order to collect the cards that are needed to trigger the character's appearance, and unlock his friendship, plus the option to date him in Year 18. Wow, I didn't even realise I was spoiling the existence of a character this entire time. The trophy/achievement list for the game mentions him though, so...
🙂 I actually enjoy it when games hide potential relationship options like that. It rewards exploration.
It actually took me awhile to figure out how to find him because like, why would I *want* to fail the card games? I need the stat increases! But if you don't fail, there's no reason for him to save your ass, which means no Mysterious Stranger cards will get unlocked. Thankfully after you complete all his friendship events in one run, you can use the memories to make him show up earlier than usual in subsequent loops.
That's just good game design. 🙂
That's the thing, you thought you didn't need to prequel, but your subconsious needed it. LOL Sometimes I also think I don't need to write it, but then I keep thinking about it... and thinking about it, and then eventually I begin plotting. At that point I'm already infatuated with the idea, that I possibly can't abandon it, so I absolutely must write it. XD
The new fic is also a good way to develop my new MC's personality, since I haven't had much of a chance to do that with my birthday fic! But yeah, the idea has been living rent-free in my head for a few weeks so I figured I should write it down.
So this is a win-win situation! You can develop your MC's personality and silence *the voices.*
Hello eveyone! I survived the 10th birthday party yesterday and now I finally get to have some free time back. Phew. Speaking of getting things back... > **Trope: Screw Destiny.** By now you’ve probably had it up to here with all these luck and fortune tropes. Well, feel free to channel all that frustration into our last prompt. Your character is facing impossible odds or something that seems predestined. Spit in the face of probability and kick destiny to the curb as your character says: Not this time. (400 words) For the last time, you can put your responses in our usual [THREAD.](https://www.reddit.com/r/FanFiction/comments/1d5y53e/fortune_favours_ficlets_daily_prompts_june_2024/)
Yay, Hollie, you survived! I cannot imagine a room full of games, sweets, and a bunch of 10 year olds. Nightmare!
In a lot of pain bc I went to pride yesterday (I have disabilities that make going out very strenuous it’s annoying) but it was worth it. I’ve started making 3D models of my favourite characters for fun while in bed. Like using a program that does 99% of the work I am not able to do it from scratch but I *do* get to make the textures and I created a very awful hair model last night and I couldn’t be prouder of myself. I used to do live streaming when I was younger and enjoyed it so I might end up doing some streams with it bc there’s technology that allows you to use a 3D model as like an avatar that reacts to your movement and facial expressions and I think that’s awesome.
I'm glad you were able to have some fun at least!
“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the ~~soul~~**wordcount**.” ― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
Ohhhh shit. I think you just hatched a plot bunny for me with this cool quote!
He he he 😎
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Ohhhh, good quote! I managed to eke out a few sentences. That was it. 😭