Squeezed and Stressed Thursday
Sep. 9th, 2021 11:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickIt's been a rainy and miserable day, traffic was bad coming in and awful coming home, I had more to do online tonight than expected, and I'm just kind of generally bitchy. Let's slap up the to-do list and get it over with, shall we?
Work – Busier than it’s been, what with needing to check over another QC file for a billing, fix some more credit card fuck-ups, get in contact with donors with questions, all sorts of stuff like that. Nothing TOO stressful, just a little annoying (especially the second item, because for fuck’s sake).
Beanbags – Nope, not today – been raining pretty much the entire day. I used the time to pay off my credit card instead.
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another half-hour on the bike, another half-hour with Jon’s Original FO4 Playthrough! And a bit, because I was literally about a minute away from the end of Episode 25. XD Yeah, finished out Miss Jon’s adventures in the Glowing Sea today, walking around the heavily irradiated landscape (Past!Jon commented that it might be a bit overdone, but he liked how weird and alien it was compared to the rest of the map) and stumbling upon locations. Such as Atlantic Offices, the wreckage of an office building full of ghouls, or the remains of a Decrepit Factory. She also found the Crater of Atom and was able to chat with Mother Isolde and get a clue as to Virgil’s whereabouts. She ALSO found that (after Past!Jon risked getting out of the power armor to pop on the tuxedo to pass a speech check) when you’re in conversation with someone, and you happen to move away, you’re rad immune for a very short time! It doesn’t work with companions, and there’s only so far you can move away from the NPC before the conversation auto-ends and the rads come back, but Past!Jon is CERTAIN this information can be used for cheesing. :p
Anyway, after managing to get the Deathclaw in front of it to fuck off, Miss Jon and Hancock found Virgil’s Rocky Cave, and Virgil himself inside. Past!Jon thought he was the intelligent Super Mutant of the game, which – I guess is true? *shrug* Anyway, after engaging him in conversation only to walk away and try to rob him blind (and berating Hancock for sitting down without asking), Miss Jon finally got on her tux to talk to Virgil about her need to get into the Institute, being honest about needing to find her kidnapped son. Virgil sympathized and gave her her instructions – find a Courser and kill it for the chip inside its skull that allows it to directly access the Molecular Relay teleporter the Institute uses. Past!Jon seemed eager, so that’s where we start next time! (Oh, and btw? Past!Jon’s basically already figured out the “child Shaun is a synth” twist. I wonder if he’ll also not be surprised by biological Shaun’s profession. . .)
2. Write some more on "Learn To Love Again": Check – Victor and Alice are off to Hyde Park, taking a cab and talking about Alice’s leaky ceiling along the way. XD It’s nice to write them feeling so friendly and comfortable with each other. They’re adorable together no matter if the interaction is romantic or platonic! :)
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – again, just two, though not the usual two. Still, glad it was a small one, as I had a lot of other stuff to do tonight.
A) Started with the grand return of James Turner and the Cottage Living LP! He’s back to uploading, and starting off in style by building a new house on the big farm! Inspired specifically by a nice AirBNB he and Deli stayed in on a trip. So now there’s a little, barely-furnished shell sitting on the back corner of the lot, ready for either Hazel and Trenton or Chaz to move in once they have the money to actually, you know, put a bed and a kitchen in it. XD And, to add to the pressure, he’s having Trenton and Hazel try for a baby, because he wants kids to help out around the farm. It doesn’t look like it’s worked this time, but we’ll see what comes in the future!
The main thrust of the episode, though, was fixing up the former grocery store – namely because they needed almost $4,000 to pay their bills. As suggested by the comments, James has pivoted to making the place more of a gift shop (Gifts-On-Bagley), though currently it sells mainly the random crap that Chaz had in his pockets. This includes the ten million frogs he’s picked up just from weeding, his brother’s Sixam items, a couple of fossils, a bunch of eggs (because they sell correctly, unlike the big produce), some sculptures Hazel made on the woodworking table, and – once he got a sugar delivery – some cowberry jam! He had to keep the store open 26 hours, but he managed to get the needed funds and keep the lights and water on. :p Things are SLOWLY starting to come together for this trio! Though I think what they really need to do is let Hazel take another decorator gig, and then use the funds from that to make over their own place. Still a lot that needs to be done on the farm, after all!
B) And then we had Call Me Kevin and Hitman 3! Specifically the “Socially Awkward 47” challenge – if he makes eye contact with someone, THEY MUST DIE. Or, more accurately, if they even have a CHANCE of spotting him, THEY MUST DIE. XD As you might imagine, the three levels Kevin played through turned into utter bloodbaths. There was what I assume to be some new targets at Dartmoor (a pair of cannibal chefs – Kevin ended up killing both of them by ACCIDENT while gunning down anyone who could have possibly gotten a glimpse of him in the mansion); another pair of targets at the club in Germany (weirdly enough, the level where Kevin did the BEST – mostly because a terrified 47 openly avoided all of the most crowded areas, and he was able to pull off the hits on both of his targets from afar – though it took him QUITE a few shots to down the DJ); and a classic Sapienza target in the corrupt politician (Kevin murdered his way through the church to disguise himself as the priest, then didn’t even finish the confession before going into the politician’s booth and garroting him. Also, we had the world’s silliest jump from a bodyguard – how awkward!). It was great fun – I do love it when I get to watch chaos engines like Kevin play this game. :D
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – this was the “lot of other stuff to do tonight” I mentioned above. Four thread replies (all on the longer side), and three ask replies – plus two Tik-Toks from a friend I felt obligated to do SOMETHING with, all on Valice Multiverse. Nine things in the queue overall, whew! Glad I didn’t have to do anything with Victor Luvs Alice, that’s for sure!
And as it's already getting to be past my bedtime, I'll leave it at that and go. Very glad the weekend is only one day away. . .not so glad that we have to regrout the bathtub and thus I won't be able to take a shower on Saturday, but. . . Night all!
Work – Busier than it’s been, what with needing to check over another QC file for a billing, fix some more credit card fuck-ups, get in contact with donors with questions, all sorts of stuff like that. Nothing TOO stressful, just a little annoying (especially the second item, because for fuck’s sake).
Beanbags – Nope, not today – been raining pretty much the entire day. I used the time to pay off my credit card instead.
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another half-hour on the bike, another half-hour with Jon’s Original FO4 Playthrough! And a bit, because I was literally about a minute away from the end of Episode 25. XD Yeah, finished out Miss Jon’s adventures in the Glowing Sea today, walking around the heavily irradiated landscape (Past!Jon commented that it might be a bit overdone, but he liked how weird and alien it was compared to the rest of the map) and stumbling upon locations. Such as Atlantic Offices, the wreckage of an office building full of ghouls, or the remains of a Decrepit Factory. She also found the Crater of Atom and was able to chat with Mother Isolde and get a clue as to Virgil’s whereabouts. She ALSO found that (after Past!Jon risked getting out of the power armor to pop on the tuxedo to pass a speech check) when you’re in conversation with someone, and you happen to move away, you’re rad immune for a very short time! It doesn’t work with companions, and there’s only so far you can move away from the NPC before the conversation auto-ends and the rads come back, but Past!Jon is CERTAIN this information can be used for cheesing. :p
Anyway, after managing to get the Deathclaw in front of it to fuck off, Miss Jon and Hancock found Virgil’s Rocky Cave, and Virgil himself inside. Past!Jon thought he was the intelligent Super Mutant of the game, which – I guess is true? *shrug* Anyway, after engaging him in conversation only to walk away and try to rob him blind (and berating Hancock for sitting down without asking), Miss Jon finally got on her tux to talk to Virgil about her need to get into the Institute, being honest about needing to find her kidnapped son. Virgil sympathized and gave her her instructions – find a Courser and kill it for the chip inside its skull that allows it to directly access the Molecular Relay teleporter the Institute uses. Past!Jon seemed eager, so that’s where we start next time! (Oh, and btw? Past!Jon’s basically already figured out the “child Shaun is a synth” twist. I wonder if he’ll also not be surprised by biological Shaun’s profession. . .)
2. Write some more on "Learn To Love Again": Check – Victor and Alice are off to Hyde Park, taking a cab and talking about Alice’s leaky ceiling along the way. XD It’s nice to write them feeling so friendly and comfortable with each other. They’re adorable together no matter if the interaction is romantic or platonic! :)
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – again, just two, though not the usual two. Still, glad it was a small one, as I had a lot of other stuff to do tonight.
A) Started with the grand return of James Turner and the Cottage Living LP! He’s back to uploading, and starting off in style by building a new house on the big farm! Inspired specifically by a nice AirBNB he and Deli stayed in on a trip. So now there’s a little, barely-furnished shell sitting on the back corner of the lot, ready for either Hazel and Trenton or Chaz to move in once they have the money to actually, you know, put a bed and a kitchen in it. XD And, to add to the pressure, he’s having Trenton and Hazel try for a baby, because he wants kids to help out around the farm. It doesn’t look like it’s worked this time, but we’ll see what comes in the future!
The main thrust of the episode, though, was fixing up the former grocery store – namely because they needed almost $4,000 to pay their bills. As suggested by the comments, James has pivoted to making the place more of a gift shop (Gifts-On-Bagley), though currently it sells mainly the random crap that Chaz had in his pockets. This includes the ten million frogs he’s picked up just from weeding, his brother’s Sixam items, a couple of fossils, a bunch of eggs (because they sell correctly, unlike the big produce), some sculptures Hazel made on the woodworking table, and – once he got a sugar delivery – some cowberry jam! He had to keep the store open 26 hours, but he managed to get the needed funds and keep the lights and water on. :p Things are SLOWLY starting to come together for this trio! Though I think what they really need to do is let Hazel take another decorator gig, and then use the funds from that to make over their own place. Still a lot that needs to be done on the farm, after all!
B) And then we had Call Me Kevin and Hitman 3! Specifically the “Socially Awkward 47” challenge – if he makes eye contact with someone, THEY MUST DIE. Or, more accurately, if they even have a CHANCE of spotting him, THEY MUST DIE. XD As you might imagine, the three levels Kevin played through turned into utter bloodbaths. There was what I assume to be some new targets at Dartmoor (a pair of cannibal chefs – Kevin ended up killing both of them by ACCIDENT while gunning down anyone who could have possibly gotten a glimpse of him in the mansion); another pair of targets at the club in Germany (weirdly enough, the level where Kevin did the BEST – mostly because a terrified 47 openly avoided all of the most crowded areas, and he was able to pull off the hits on both of his targets from afar – though it took him QUITE a few shots to down the DJ); and a classic Sapienza target in the corrupt politician (Kevin murdered his way through the church to disguise himself as the priest, then didn’t even finish the confession before going into the politician’s booth and garroting him. Also, we had the world’s silliest jump from a bodyguard – how awkward!). It was great fun – I do love it when I get to watch chaos engines like Kevin play this game. :D
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – this was the “lot of other stuff to do tonight” I mentioned above. Four thread replies (all on the longer side), and three ask replies – plus two Tik-Toks from a friend I felt obligated to do SOMETHING with, all on Valice Multiverse. Nine things in the queue overall, whew! Glad I didn’t have to do anything with Victor Luvs Alice, that’s for sure!
And as it's already getting to be past my bedtime, I'll leave it at that and go. Very glad the weekend is only one day away. . .not so glad that we have to regrout the bathtub and thus I won't be able to take a shower on Saturday, but. . . Night all!
