I Have Been Productive Today!
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crossover_chickYup, my Christmas Eve Eve to-do list has been knocked out! Mostly because I did indeed:
-->Catch Up On "Rags To Enrichment" -- Bob's graduated, yay! He and Trash had another Silver-level Kegger right before final exams, and they both managed to pass their terms with all A+s, yay! :D With Bob no longer a student, James moved him and Trash out into the non-campus part of Britechester, with the idea that Bob will spend his time in one of the new careers (he's an Adjunct Professor in the Education career now!) earning money while Trash continues her studies (she's swapped universities to Britechester U to drop her Communications degree in favor of a Villainy one -- mostly because Semaj FINALLY got reminded that she's a Kleptomaniac and thus it fits her personality better XD). They accidentally got a bunch of money after moving thanks to a weird bug, but James fixed that with some cheats. And then possibly promptly regretted that when the only thing he could build them to live in was a tiny shack with no windows and not even an actual bathroom. XD Fortunately Bob's signing bonus and his ability to tutor students online for cash has funded the purchase of a toilet, sink, shower, small kitchen, and even a desk and computer! Yaaaay~ Bob also attended his graduation event -- annoyingly enough, mostly a rabbit hole, but it came with a free graduation portrait and diploma, so that was cool. :) Now he and Trash just have to figure out a way to pay off some of their student loan debt before the repo man comes to call. . .
-->Catch Up On Atop The Fourth Wall -- With a Transformers Christmas and Batman Chanukah! Both of which were actually decent stories! The "Transformers Christmas" was a short story from the UK Transformers comics (apparently the series was going weekly instead of monthly over there, so additional material had to be written to fill in the gaps between the American content being imported over), where Starscream, feeling pretty low and homesick after all his various defeats, learns the true meaning of Christmas from a random human -- saving people to spite some Autobot who just attacked you on sight. XD Yeah, yeah, he also genuinely wished the human a Merry Christmas at the end, but it was a good mix of cynical and hopeful, honestly. Starscream not automatically redeemed by the "spirit of Christmas," but able to get in a good deed or two.
The Batman Chanukah story was also sweet -- it was a tie-in comic to the "Brave and the Bold" cartoon, and featured the superhero Ragman getting disillusioned by heroing, when it seems all the stuff he does doesn't actually make a difference in the world -- his neighborhood is still super poor and suffering gentrification by a slimy condo company, after all. Batman and his local rabbi manage to get him back on his feet by helping him protect the local synagogue from attack by thugs, and the rabbi using the Chanukah miracle of the oil to make a point -- sometimes, doing just enough is good enough. Batman also discovers the thugs were hired by the slimy condo company and gets it taken down so the neighborhood is at least free of them, and Ragman gets his hope and his faith back. A very cute story -- good to have some positive Batman rep on the show, given we usually get the worst of his crap!
-->Play Fallout 4 -- Yeah, I popped open Sims 4 for the Stuff Pack vote (I went Granny Chic), but I wanted to go ahead and play Fallout 4 more. Today's play session was mainly about clearing out the Weston Water Treatment Plant -- turns out it was NOT all Super Mutants, like I thought! I mean, there were a lot of them hanging around the outside, that's for damn sure -- but the problem INSIDE was that the place was flooded with radiation-rich water, and infested with mirelurks. Piper and Victor managed to clear out all the bad water and the overgrown crabby monsters (picking up a TON of mirelurk meat in the process -- Victor needs to do all the cooking soon), and get the main pump restarted, restoring proper water flow to Graygarden! Supervisor White thanked us with a whole bundle of crops, and I built them a bit of defense in return -- which is good, because ten seconds later a raider tried her luck. She was put down pretty handily by the bots, though. After that I headed back to Sanctuary to drop off ten tons of junk and do some armor upgrades (I have discovered the ability to put DEEP pockets on things, yaaay). So that was all very satisfying. I also upped Victor's Charisma with his latest level up, because the ability to talk to people and actually pass Charisma checks might be important soon. XD
-->Wrap Presents -- My parents went out this morning to pick up some groceries and drop off mail, giving me the perfect opportunity! So everything I had to personally wrap is wrapped and out there, w000.
I also:
-->Got another gift fic edited, yay~ Gonna be down to the wire tomorrow, but I should be fine to get it all done. :)
-->Watched the latest OXBox and OXtra Challenges:
OXBox: Andy's challenge -- defeat Mike in a best two out of three mini-game challenge in Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz! He -- LOST! Yup -- right out of the gate, some confusing controls for a "collect the flags" challenge (both monkeys were in hovercrafts on a frozen lake, meaning slipping and sliding was definitely a thing) meant that Mike just SMOKED him. Andy did better in the second challenge, a snowboarding minigame where Mike kept running into things, but fell at the final hurdle -- a "launch your monkey and his ball and try to get as close to the middle of a target below as you can" game. Mike just kept getting closer to the bullseye, and handily defeated Andy. Must have been relieving after his poor performance yesterday! However, Andy IS still in the lead, with three points to Mike and Jane's two each. So the Christmas crown depends on whether or not Jane can win her challenge tomorrow. . .
OXtra: Luke and Ellen went head to head in Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games 2020, with best out of five winning! Events were chosen with the help of Producer Jon, who had them do the 4 X 100 Meter Relay (Luke won thanks to Ellen having a bad start), Skateboarding (Ellen won with better, unique tricks), Karate (Luke won with some faster button mashing), Football (Ellen won on penalties, as neither team could actually score a point -- apparently the FIFA portion of this game is HARD), and Swimming. Swimming was the interesting one -- you see, it was an incredibly close finish. So close, in fact --
That everyone thought the wrong character won. Everyone was prepared to give it to Ellen until they realized it was LUKE'S character with the gold! They had to rewatch the footage in slow motion a couple of times before they realized that Ellen's burst of super speed ran out just barely before Luke's did, meaning Luke hit the end of the lane first. Like I said, it was SUPER close -- hundredths of a second close! But Luke scored the Christmas point, which means he's actually ALREADY WON the OXtra challenges! :D Yay, he is officially Christmas king. . .I assume that, just for fun, they're still gonna do the last challenge, but still -- congrats Luke! :D
-->Got out for a walk! Yeah, it was actually warm enough to do so today, with a temperature in the very low 50s. It wasn't a planned walk, though -- rather, I went out to see if I could get a quick stocking stuffer for my Dad on behalf of my Mom. Unfortunately, neither the chain pharmacy nor the local grocery store I visited had what we were looking for (Patriots-themed scratch tickets). I mean, I DID get a pair of chocolate cookie chunk Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for 33 cents at the pharmacy, so that was nice, along with getting some actual fresh air, but still -- meh. Mom's hoping she can see about getting some tomorrow; maybe I can get her to go out on the basis of we need ice cream? Dad still needs to wrap a couple of her presents, anyway. . .
And now it's the usual catching up on just about everything -- I'm trying to do an early queue on Valice Multiverse so I can just take Christmas off, and answer comments, and keep up on messages, and -- yeah, it's turning into a bit of a thing. *facepalm* Gotta concentrate, Vic. Get it done.
Christmas Eve plans: OXBox, mostly -- final Christmas Challenges, plus the Christmas Hitman 2 livestream! Also Bloodlines, final gift fic editing, and getting THAT queue ready. Oh, and the first chapter of "Secundus 2" too. . . *deep breath* You can do it, Vic! Just let's get what needs to happen tonight done first. Night all!
-->Catch Up On "Rags To Enrichment" -- Bob's graduated, yay! He and Trash had another Silver-level Kegger right before final exams, and they both managed to pass their terms with all A+s, yay! :D With Bob no longer a student, James moved him and Trash out into the non-campus part of Britechester, with the idea that Bob will spend his time in one of the new careers (he's an Adjunct Professor in the Education career now!) earning money while Trash continues her studies (she's swapped universities to Britechester U to drop her Communications degree in favor of a Villainy one -- mostly because Semaj FINALLY got reminded that she's a Kleptomaniac and thus it fits her personality better XD). They accidentally got a bunch of money after moving thanks to a weird bug, but James fixed that with some cheats. And then possibly promptly regretted that when the only thing he could build them to live in was a tiny shack with no windows and not even an actual bathroom. XD Fortunately Bob's signing bonus and his ability to tutor students online for cash has funded the purchase of a toilet, sink, shower, small kitchen, and even a desk and computer! Yaaaay~ Bob also attended his graduation event -- annoyingly enough, mostly a rabbit hole, but it came with a free graduation portrait and diploma, so that was cool. :) Now he and Trash just have to figure out a way to pay off some of their student loan debt before the repo man comes to call. . .
-->Catch Up On Atop The Fourth Wall -- With a Transformers Christmas and Batman Chanukah! Both of which were actually decent stories! The "Transformers Christmas" was a short story from the UK Transformers comics (apparently the series was going weekly instead of monthly over there, so additional material had to be written to fill in the gaps between the American content being imported over), where Starscream, feeling pretty low and homesick after all his various defeats, learns the true meaning of Christmas from a random human -- saving people to spite some Autobot who just attacked you on sight. XD Yeah, yeah, he also genuinely wished the human a Merry Christmas at the end, but it was a good mix of cynical and hopeful, honestly. Starscream not automatically redeemed by the "spirit of Christmas," but able to get in a good deed or two.
The Batman Chanukah story was also sweet -- it was a tie-in comic to the "Brave and the Bold" cartoon, and featured the superhero Ragman getting disillusioned by heroing, when it seems all the stuff he does doesn't actually make a difference in the world -- his neighborhood is still super poor and suffering gentrification by a slimy condo company, after all. Batman and his local rabbi manage to get him back on his feet by helping him protect the local synagogue from attack by thugs, and the rabbi using the Chanukah miracle of the oil to make a point -- sometimes, doing just enough is good enough. Batman also discovers the thugs were hired by the slimy condo company and gets it taken down so the neighborhood is at least free of them, and Ragman gets his hope and his faith back. A very cute story -- good to have some positive Batman rep on the show, given we usually get the worst of his crap!
-->Play Fallout 4 -- Yeah, I popped open Sims 4 for the Stuff Pack vote (I went Granny Chic), but I wanted to go ahead and play Fallout 4 more. Today's play session was mainly about clearing out the Weston Water Treatment Plant -- turns out it was NOT all Super Mutants, like I thought! I mean, there were a lot of them hanging around the outside, that's for damn sure -- but the problem INSIDE was that the place was flooded with radiation-rich water, and infested with mirelurks. Piper and Victor managed to clear out all the bad water and the overgrown crabby monsters (picking up a TON of mirelurk meat in the process -- Victor needs to do all the cooking soon), and get the main pump restarted, restoring proper water flow to Graygarden! Supervisor White thanked us with a whole bundle of crops, and I built them a bit of defense in return -- which is good, because ten seconds later a raider tried her luck. She was put down pretty handily by the bots, though. After that I headed back to Sanctuary to drop off ten tons of junk and do some armor upgrades (I have discovered the ability to put DEEP pockets on things, yaaay). So that was all very satisfying. I also upped Victor's Charisma with his latest level up, because the ability to talk to people and actually pass Charisma checks might be important soon. XD
-->Wrap Presents -- My parents went out this morning to pick up some groceries and drop off mail, giving me the perfect opportunity! So everything I had to personally wrap is wrapped and out there, w000.
I also:
-->Got another gift fic edited, yay~ Gonna be down to the wire tomorrow, but I should be fine to get it all done. :)
-->Watched the latest OXBox and OXtra Challenges:
OXBox: Andy's challenge -- defeat Mike in a best two out of three mini-game challenge in Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz! He -- LOST! Yup -- right out of the gate, some confusing controls for a "collect the flags" challenge (both monkeys were in hovercrafts on a frozen lake, meaning slipping and sliding was definitely a thing) meant that Mike just SMOKED him. Andy did better in the second challenge, a snowboarding minigame where Mike kept running into things, but fell at the final hurdle -- a "launch your monkey and his ball and try to get as close to the middle of a target below as you can" game. Mike just kept getting closer to the bullseye, and handily defeated Andy. Must have been relieving after his poor performance yesterday! However, Andy IS still in the lead, with three points to Mike and Jane's two each. So the Christmas crown depends on whether or not Jane can win her challenge tomorrow. . .
OXtra: Luke and Ellen went head to head in Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games 2020, with best out of five winning! Events were chosen with the help of Producer Jon, who had them do the 4 X 100 Meter Relay (Luke won thanks to Ellen having a bad start), Skateboarding (Ellen won with better, unique tricks), Karate (Luke won with some faster button mashing), Football (Ellen won on penalties, as neither team could actually score a point -- apparently the FIFA portion of this game is HARD), and Swimming. Swimming was the interesting one -- you see, it was an incredibly close finish. So close, in fact --
That everyone thought the wrong character won. Everyone was prepared to give it to Ellen until they realized it was LUKE'S character with the gold! They had to rewatch the footage in slow motion a couple of times before they realized that Ellen's burst of super speed ran out just barely before Luke's did, meaning Luke hit the end of the lane first. Like I said, it was SUPER close -- hundredths of a second close! But Luke scored the Christmas point, which means he's actually ALREADY WON the OXtra challenges! :D Yay, he is officially Christmas king. . .I assume that, just for fun, they're still gonna do the last challenge, but still -- congrats Luke! :D
-->Got out for a walk! Yeah, it was actually warm enough to do so today, with a temperature in the very low 50s. It wasn't a planned walk, though -- rather, I went out to see if I could get a quick stocking stuffer for my Dad on behalf of my Mom. Unfortunately, neither the chain pharmacy nor the local grocery store I visited had what we were looking for (Patriots-themed scratch tickets). I mean, I DID get a pair of chocolate cookie chunk Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for 33 cents at the pharmacy, so that was nice, along with getting some actual fresh air, but still -- meh. Mom's hoping she can see about getting some tomorrow; maybe I can get her to go out on the basis of we need ice cream? Dad still needs to wrap a couple of her presents, anyway. . .
And now it's the usual catching up on just about everything -- I'm trying to do an early queue on Valice Multiverse so I can just take Christmas off, and answer comments, and keep up on messages, and -- yeah, it's turning into a bit of a thing. *facepalm* Gotta concentrate, Vic. Get it done.
Christmas Eve plans: OXBox, mostly -- final Christmas Challenges, plus the Christmas Hitman 2 livestream! Also Bloodlines, final gift fic editing, and getting THAT queue ready. Oh, and the first chapter of "Secundus 2" too. . . *deep breath* You can do it, Vic! Just let's get what needs to happen tonight done first. Night all!
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