Snowy, Stressful Monday
Feb. 8th, 2021 11:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickThough fortunately it wasn't TOO hard to get in on the roads -- and somehow, I managed to pull exactly into a parking space in our shittily-plowed parking lot first try, soooo. . . Work itself consisted mainly of finding MORE FUN WITH CREDIT CARDS (let it end) and trying to make sure we could work from home tomorrow if necessary. Which, I have no idea if it'll be necessary or not, as no one tells us anything. Except my boss, who was only able to tell us that they were thinking about closing the building. *grumbles* He promised to text us if he heard anything, but I haven't gotten one, so. . . We'll see what happens in the morning, if it's snowing or not. . .
Anyway -- evening! How'd I do there?
1. Keep up on YouTube Subscriptions: Three-fourths check – I had two Kevins and two Grays to watch, and I got to the Kevins and one of the Grays. Not bad for a Monday, right?
A) First up, time to catch up on Call Me Kevin –
1. Kevin plays Bitlife as – himself! Yes, he actually tried to copy his own life in Bitlife – Irish dude, born in Cork, did YouTube, then retail, then YouTube. It – didn’t take long for things to go off the rails. Not only did he keep losing subscribers every time he tried to make YouTube videos (on things like Solitaire, no less!), he had very unsuccessful relationships with at least three women (including one who was extremely hot and cold, wanting to break up and then get back together every fives minutes), had a very unsuccessful Tik-Tok career (he had ONE viral video, and it was all downhill from there), resorted to burglary to keep himself fed, hired an undercover cop as a hitman twice, successfully escaped from prison once, tried to go to university late in life, and eventually died quietly in prison at the age of 91 as a member of the Wrinkly Sneaks gang. XD Gotta say, BitKevin had a MUCH more exciting life than real Kevin. Which I’m sure real Kevin appreciates, both for views and “thank God that’s not me” purposes. XD
2. Kevin plays – Among Us! Yes, he went back to his favorite 2020 addiction for another round, because why not? Sadly, he didn’t make a ton of friends like he did in the old days – just one small friendship group near the end that was quickly broken up by death. But he did stumble into a weird private game where he wasn’t told the rules and then upset everyone by killing as impostor (I assume they were actually playing hide-n-seek?); get voted out a lot thanks to impostors accusing him of being the murderer; and ended the video as the impostor successfully convincing the others to throw someone else out the airlock – and then getting briefly shocked when the person he accused wasn’t an impostor. XD Only Kevin could forget in SECONDS which side he was on in the game. . . Ahh, good times. XD
B) And then time for a bit of GrayStillPlays another GTA V stunt race! This one was a parkour race, with simple challenges like “get up these platforms that are only connected at the corners and get steeper the higher you go,” or “yeet yourself off these perpendicular ramps in such a way that you don’t fall off” or “make sure to go across THESE platforms backwards or you’ll get yeeted to the bottom of the ocean.” XD Nothing too complicated, but doing the middle one – those ramps – took him longer than any wall ride, or so he claims. XD As usual, he beat himself up until he beat the board, and then went off to recuperate by doing barrel rolls in a plane. Well, okay, that last part isn’t usual, but it’s how the race ended. XD Gotta love Gray pushing himself to the limit!
2. Work some more on “In A World Of His Own”: Check! Finished off Chapter 1 today, with Fury admitting that he feels generally less angry at everything now that he’s allowed more leash, and Victor promising to help keep them both in check. And then Alice ended it by flirting with Fury. XD I dunno, I just find it funny to have Alice occasionally get romantic with Victor’s personality constructs (the ones that most explicitly look like him at the age he is now, anyway). It feels her. XD
3.Get in a workout: Check! Another bike session, another round with episode 50 of Jon’s Fallout 4 Survival Playthrough! I caught back up with Grills questioning the mysterious kid in a fridge, Billy Peabody the ghoul! Jon admits this is a very silly quest (how the hell did Billy survive and not go insane for over two hundred years in that fridge), but went along with the madness and agreed to escort Billy back home to his place in Quincy. Along the way, they encountered the – well, I assume he’s a raider, but I’m not actually sure. At any rate, he’s a scripted encounter, he’s named Bullet, and he provides the “evil” ending to the quest, where you can sell Billy for a bunch of caps to be a ghoul slave (with Bullet claiming they don’t need to eat). Grills asked how much he was worth, but ultimately declined, and shot Bullet as he strode off because Jon has done this quest before and knows Bullet will show up with a gang later if you don’t off him now. :p
With Bullet taken care of, Grills and Billy continued their journey, running into a Brotherhood of Steel patrol fighting with some Gunners. Grills admired the chaos for a bit (including a vertibird taking an unusual number of hits before finally going down in flames), but ultimately left them to it in favor of delivering Billy to his parents. Matt and Carol were thrilled and grateful, and Grills got a bunch of caps and a bed to sleep in for the night. :) Next morning, he continued on his way to the Quincy Police Station to grab the Winter holotape from inside! He had to kill a few rather tough gunners skulking around the place (including one that surprised him with the game’s mini-chainsaw, the Ripper), and named enemy Tessa, a raider-turned-Gunner who has a unique Power Armor part for anyone who wants it (Jon didn’t), but he managed to get in and out without being slaughtered. Mind you, he had to run away to the Atom Cats garage afterward to avoid a combined attack by the raiders and his now-even-stronger feral ghoul neighbors at one point, but. . .all’s well that ends well?
At any rate, with that behind him, he decided he wanted a quick way back to the Castle to start on his journey to get the other two tapes, so he called in a vertibird. And lo and behold, once he arrived, Nick was back with him! Have no idea what happened to separate them for so long, but hey, at least Nick will be there to complete his own personal quest. XD After resupplying at the Castle, Grills and Nick headed into South Boston and found the police station near Parker Quinn without any trouble. Tape picked up, it was then through the spot where the Legendary Protectron saved Grills from Radscorpions and we met the Preston Impersonator (Grills is still thinking Preston is the impersonator and a synth :p), and over to the Boston Airport, where Grills noted that the BOS seems perfectly okay with Nick hanging around the Prydwen and phasing through their high-ranking officers. XD To be fair, the various Brotherhood NPCs WILL make comments about Nick while idling near him, but I guess Jon didn’t hear any of those. Just one tape to go before taking out Winters himself!
So not too shabby there, at least. And I just caught up with my tumblr stuff, so it's time to finish answering DW comments and then hit the sheets. After all, even if I do end up working from home, I'll need to get up regular time. Hopefully either the snow won't be that bad if I do have to go in, or I'll be able to stay home and just work my way around things on my laptop. *sigh* Night all!
Anyway -- evening! How'd I do there?
1. Keep up on YouTube Subscriptions: Three-fourths check – I had two Kevins and two Grays to watch, and I got to the Kevins and one of the Grays. Not bad for a Monday, right?
A) First up, time to catch up on Call Me Kevin –
1. Kevin plays Bitlife as – himself! Yes, he actually tried to copy his own life in Bitlife – Irish dude, born in Cork, did YouTube, then retail, then YouTube. It – didn’t take long for things to go off the rails. Not only did he keep losing subscribers every time he tried to make YouTube videos (on things like Solitaire, no less!), he had very unsuccessful relationships with at least three women (including one who was extremely hot and cold, wanting to break up and then get back together every fives minutes), had a very unsuccessful Tik-Tok career (he had ONE viral video, and it was all downhill from there), resorted to burglary to keep himself fed, hired an undercover cop as a hitman twice, successfully escaped from prison once, tried to go to university late in life, and eventually died quietly in prison at the age of 91 as a member of the Wrinkly Sneaks gang. XD Gotta say, BitKevin had a MUCH more exciting life than real Kevin. Which I’m sure real Kevin appreciates, both for views and “thank God that’s not me” purposes. XD
2. Kevin plays – Among Us! Yes, he went back to his favorite 2020 addiction for another round, because why not? Sadly, he didn’t make a ton of friends like he did in the old days – just one small friendship group near the end that was quickly broken up by death. But he did stumble into a weird private game where he wasn’t told the rules and then upset everyone by killing as impostor (I assume they were actually playing hide-n-seek?); get voted out a lot thanks to impostors accusing him of being the murderer; and ended the video as the impostor successfully convincing the others to throw someone else out the airlock – and then getting briefly shocked when the person he accused wasn’t an impostor. XD Only Kevin could forget in SECONDS which side he was on in the game. . . Ahh, good times. XD
B) And then time for a bit of GrayStillPlays another GTA V stunt race! This one was a parkour race, with simple challenges like “get up these platforms that are only connected at the corners and get steeper the higher you go,” or “yeet yourself off these perpendicular ramps in such a way that you don’t fall off” or “make sure to go across THESE platforms backwards or you’ll get yeeted to the bottom of the ocean.” XD Nothing too complicated, but doing the middle one – those ramps – took him longer than any wall ride, or so he claims. XD As usual, he beat himself up until he beat the board, and then went off to recuperate by doing barrel rolls in a plane. Well, okay, that last part isn’t usual, but it’s how the race ended. XD Gotta love Gray pushing himself to the limit!
2. Work some more on “In A World Of His Own”: Check! Finished off Chapter 1 today, with Fury admitting that he feels generally less angry at everything now that he’s allowed more leash, and Victor promising to help keep them both in check. And then Alice ended it by flirting with Fury. XD I dunno, I just find it funny to have Alice occasionally get romantic with Victor’s personality constructs (the ones that most explicitly look like him at the age he is now, anyway). It feels her. XD
3.Get in a workout: Check! Another bike session, another round with episode 50 of Jon’s Fallout 4 Survival Playthrough! I caught back up with Grills questioning the mysterious kid in a fridge, Billy Peabody the ghoul! Jon admits this is a very silly quest (how the hell did Billy survive and not go insane for over two hundred years in that fridge), but went along with the madness and agreed to escort Billy back home to his place in Quincy. Along the way, they encountered the – well, I assume he’s a raider, but I’m not actually sure. At any rate, he’s a scripted encounter, he’s named Bullet, and he provides the “evil” ending to the quest, where you can sell Billy for a bunch of caps to be a ghoul slave (with Bullet claiming they don’t need to eat). Grills asked how much he was worth, but ultimately declined, and shot Bullet as he strode off because Jon has done this quest before and knows Bullet will show up with a gang later if you don’t off him now. :p
With Bullet taken care of, Grills and Billy continued their journey, running into a Brotherhood of Steel patrol fighting with some Gunners. Grills admired the chaos for a bit (including a vertibird taking an unusual number of hits before finally going down in flames), but ultimately left them to it in favor of delivering Billy to his parents. Matt and Carol were thrilled and grateful, and Grills got a bunch of caps and a bed to sleep in for the night. :) Next morning, he continued on his way to the Quincy Police Station to grab the Winter holotape from inside! He had to kill a few rather tough gunners skulking around the place (including one that surprised him with the game’s mini-chainsaw, the Ripper), and named enemy Tessa, a raider-turned-Gunner who has a unique Power Armor part for anyone who wants it (Jon didn’t), but he managed to get in and out without being slaughtered. Mind you, he had to run away to the Atom Cats garage afterward to avoid a combined attack by the raiders and his now-even-stronger feral ghoul neighbors at one point, but. . .all’s well that ends well?
At any rate, with that behind him, he decided he wanted a quick way back to the Castle to start on his journey to get the other two tapes, so he called in a vertibird. And lo and behold, once he arrived, Nick was back with him! Have no idea what happened to separate them for so long, but hey, at least Nick will be there to complete his own personal quest. XD After resupplying at the Castle, Grills and Nick headed into South Boston and found the police station near Parker Quinn without any trouble. Tape picked up, it was then through the spot where the Legendary Protectron saved Grills from Radscorpions and we met the Preston Impersonator (Grills is still thinking Preston is the impersonator and a synth :p), and over to the Boston Airport, where Grills noted that the BOS seems perfectly okay with Nick hanging around the Prydwen and phasing through their high-ranking officers. XD To be fair, the various Brotherhood NPCs WILL make comments about Nick while idling near him, but I guess Jon didn’t hear any of those. Just one tape to go before taking out Winters himself!
So not too shabby there, at least. And I just caught up with my tumblr stuff, so it's time to finish answering DW comments and then hit the sheets. After all, even if I do end up working from home, I'll need to get up regular time. Hopefully either the snow won't be that bad if I do have to go in, or I'll be able to stay home and just work my way around things on my laptop. *sigh* Night all!
