Eeeeh Thursday
Dec. 9th, 2021 11:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickNot exactly great, but not exactly horrible, either. Allow me to explain through my usual medium --
Work – Ugh, busier than I would have liked for a day where I had to leave early – it seemed everybody had a task for me, from billing QC to calling people back about pledges to figuring out what was going on with our mailings. Couple that with my PMS kicking in, and it wasn’t a pleasant morning. -.-
As for the dentist appointment I had to leave early for, ended up in a weird tag-team between a dentist and a hygienist as they did the cleaning – apparently the left side of my mouth needs a little more love, and as usual my wisdom teeth were remarked upon, but other than that, all good. *shrug* I’ll do what I can with my toothbrush!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – back on the bike today, and back to the Oxventure “Bad Chair Day!” Corazon and Merilwen ended up being loaded onto a boat while Dob, Prudence, and Egbert were on the rooftops waiting for shenanigans to start. XD Corazon couldn’t help responding to a sailor’s snarky comment about how he wouldn’t sell well and got thrown overboard, while Merilwen enjoyed a brief few minutes as a ship’s cat before leaping out to join him and swim back to shore (aided by the magical wood and other bits of the old chair strapped to Corazon). Dob, meanwhile, finally realized (no thanks to a dice roll that JUST came in at the level to beat) that the landlord of the Gilded Chub (the tavern they were in when the evil chairs attacked, which is, by the way, in Port FAIRWIND) having a paid-for invoice in his possession probably meant there were NOT going to be any further shenanigans at the docks. He communicated this to Prudence and Egbert, and they instead decided to invade a warehouse and look at the files. It took a while to get into the room because of bad rolls (the door finally “unlocked” when it fell over), and they quickly realized that the store it belonged to, Dunnikin’s, was actually not the vendor of evil chairs – in fact, they were being undersold by the actual vendor, and were struggling to keep their business afloat. (Did I mention Johnny ruled that the crew of the ship all his chairs were on, spooked by Corazon, ended up running around and losing the shipment?) Corazon and Merilwen joined up with the others, who were forced to admit they hadn’t really found anything, and so the plan was to find some chair dealers and ask them what was what.
They did this by assaulting a passerby about where they could buy chairs at three in the morning, then just hammering on the door of a likely shop howling about chairs and information about chairs. XD The shop-owner – who proved to be Dunnikin himself – eventually let them in to stop them causing such a racket, only to fall prey to Merilwen insisting on being a cat and going in and out of the door, and Corazon and Egbert being randomly destructive and kicking shit around. Despite this, he offered up some information – namely, business has indeed been bad, but he certainly hasn’t been experimenting with any evil chairs – instead, he’s got a more modern and clean style, and the stuffy folk of the port just don’t seem to like it, sadly. (Egbert told him to try selling the furniture in pieces you put together yourself with funny names, and got inspiration. XD) He – after getting confirmation the gang might indeed wreck their shit too – laid the blame at the feet of the rival furniture makers the Darosas, and sent them on their way. They went over there, pounded on that door, and found a much more unflappable old man who let them in, insisted he was not the source of the evil chairs, but that he’d happily hire them to take care of the problem as he’s being undersold too. (Dob said they’d do it for free before Corazon could stop him – I’m sure you’ll be able to loot something soon, buddy. XD) He suggested that they pose as people setting up a new pub and advertise for chairs to smoke the mystery seller out – Egbert pointed out the Gilded Chub was now empty and everyone threw themselves into an imaginary montage of fixing up the pub (Dob and Merilwen – apparently still in cat form), putting up posters advertising the new “Silvery Trout” and asking for furniture (Prudence and Egbert), and getting drunk again and getting a fancy new coat to post as “John Pubman,” the new landlord (Corazon). XD There’s only twenty-three minutes left in this adventure, so this mad plan HAS to work – I hope it’s resolution is as entertaining as what’s come before. XD (Seriously, how do they go from wrecking the servants of elder gods to barely being able to track down the proprietors of evil chairs? Bad dice rolls, that’s how. XD)
2. Keep editing gift fics: Check – moved on to my friend Newt’s fic tonight, which is a rare “script format” one from me. But given the fic is an interview with Malkavian!Alice and Ghoul!Victor as if they were “guest stars” on one of his favorite TV shows, “What We Do In The Shadows,” that felt like the appropriate way to write it. It’s mainly Alice complaining about why Guillermo wants to screw Nandor despite the fact Nandor’s one of the stupidest vampires she’s ever met. XD Newt does not shy away from making fun of the vampires at the heart of the show (who ARE very stupid), so I’m hoping he’ll get a kick out of it. XD
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – again, a simple one, as it is Thursday and thus not a Gray regular upload day. Two big videos, one small one –
A) Started with the latest OXBox list – “7 Worst Remasters That Ruined Beloved Games!” Yes, times when remastering a game actually made it worse – and yes, first on the list was the recent The GTA Trilogy: Definitive Edition with all its fun bugs and weird graphics. XD We also had the HD Silent Hill 2, which managed to screw up the fog (apparently they were working with an unfinished version of the original’s code because the master code had gotten misplaced); Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, which made it so all Pokemon get XP from battles, instead of limiting it to Pokemon holding a special item (the crime here making the game too easy for veterans – this sort of thing should be a toggle in the settings!); and Warcraft III Reforged being a feature-poor update of the original that also broke the original game (by sharing its server, meaning features present in the original game couldn’t be accessed because they weren’t in the remake, and by Blizzard choosing to remove the original game from its store, meaning people couldn’t play it if they wanted to). Ugh – shit like this is why I’m rather glad American McGee’s Alice doesn’t have a remake. (Well, that and American McGee is a shithead who supported Trump in 2016 because he thought it would be funny, and is now hopping on the NFT train despite his fans being furious with him for it.)
B) Then it was over to the Subs to watch Call Me Kevin’s video of the day (hope you’re feeling better Kevin!) – “I obeyed the law in GTA and this happened…” AKA, Kevin went into his GTA San Andreas Definitive Edition game and decided to try and make CJ a law-abiding citizen! Complete with stopping at red lights and doing honest work! CJ went through careers as a firefighter (earning loads of money from dowsing people in their burning cars), a vigilante (uh. . .semi-legal? Also trying to run down a suspect in a pickup truck on a motorcycle doesn’t end well), a taxi driver (getting fares is kind of difficult when the local Ballas still recognize your face and keep shooting you), and an ambulance driver (saving a total of one person because he stopped for food). Along the way, he developed something of an addiction to chicken, burgers, and pizza, and quickly became a very plump CJ. On the plus side, he did put on pants for a change! And even got himself a nice tramp stamp angel tattoo to impress his girlfriend. Whom he took on more fast food dates to try and stop her from initiating drive-bys. XD He even managed to buy himself a sweet apartment, and – for once in his existence – got lucky on a horse! Seems like going legit suits CJ! . . .doesn’t suit anyone else in the world, though, that’s for damn sure. Cars either getting hijacked or exploding all over the damn place, I swear. At least he’ll always have work if he gets back into being a fireman??
C) And just for fun, a clip of Kevin watching people unfamiliar with Irish try to pronounce what the comments inform me is the feminine version of “Kevin” in Irish – “Caoimhe” (Kee-vaa). Most of the attempts came out closer to “cow-me?” and you could SEE the suffering in poor Kevin’s eyes. XD
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – with Victor Luvs Alice in good shape, I just had Valice Multiverse, which was fairly busy. One thread reply, five ask replies – healthy update for a Thursday night queuing!
Plus I was able to use my extra time off for a bit of extra TV Tropes reading, and to keep up on my tumblr tags and dashboards without feeling super rushed, so. . .yeah, I think that tips the scales into this being a decent Thursday. :) Just hoping Friday is a little less "all the things all the time." Night all!
Work – Ugh, busier than I would have liked for a day where I had to leave early – it seemed everybody had a task for me, from billing QC to calling people back about pledges to figuring out what was going on with our mailings. Couple that with my PMS kicking in, and it wasn’t a pleasant morning. -.-
As for the dentist appointment I had to leave early for, ended up in a weird tag-team between a dentist and a hygienist as they did the cleaning – apparently the left side of my mouth needs a little more love, and as usual my wisdom teeth were remarked upon, but other than that, all good. *shrug* I’ll do what I can with my toothbrush!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – back on the bike today, and back to the Oxventure “Bad Chair Day!” Corazon and Merilwen ended up being loaded onto a boat while Dob, Prudence, and Egbert were on the rooftops waiting for shenanigans to start. XD Corazon couldn’t help responding to a sailor’s snarky comment about how he wouldn’t sell well and got thrown overboard, while Merilwen enjoyed a brief few minutes as a ship’s cat before leaping out to join him and swim back to shore (aided by the magical wood and other bits of the old chair strapped to Corazon). Dob, meanwhile, finally realized (no thanks to a dice roll that JUST came in at the level to beat) that the landlord of the Gilded Chub (the tavern they were in when the evil chairs attacked, which is, by the way, in Port FAIRWIND) having a paid-for invoice in his possession probably meant there were NOT going to be any further shenanigans at the docks. He communicated this to Prudence and Egbert, and they instead decided to invade a warehouse and look at the files. It took a while to get into the room because of bad rolls (the door finally “unlocked” when it fell over), and they quickly realized that the store it belonged to, Dunnikin’s, was actually not the vendor of evil chairs – in fact, they were being undersold by the actual vendor, and were struggling to keep their business afloat. (Did I mention Johnny ruled that the crew of the ship all his chairs were on, spooked by Corazon, ended up running around and losing the shipment?) Corazon and Merilwen joined up with the others, who were forced to admit they hadn’t really found anything, and so the plan was to find some chair dealers and ask them what was what.
They did this by assaulting a passerby about where they could buy chairs at three in the morning, then just hammering on the door of a likely shop howling about chairs and information about chairs. XD The shop-owner – who proved to be Dunnikin himself – eventually let them in to stop them causing such a racket, only to fall prey to Merilwen insisting on being a cat and going in and out of the door, and Corazon and Egbert being randomly destructive and kicking shit around. Despite this, he offered up some information – namely, business has indeed been bad, but he certainly hasn’t been experimenting with any evil chairs – instead, he’s got a more modern and clean style, and the stuffy folk of the port just don’t seem to like it, sadly. (Egbert told him to try selling the furniture in pieces you put together yourself with funny names, and got inspiration. XD) He – after getting confirmation the gang might indeed wreck their shit too – laid the blame at the feet of the rival furniture makers the Darosas, and sent them on their way. They went over there, pounded on that door, and found a much more unflappable old man who let them in, insisted he was not the source of the evil chairs, but that he’d happily hire them to take care of the problem as he’s being undersold too. (Dob said they’d do it for free before Corazon could stop him – I’m sure you’ll be able to loot something soon, buddy. XD) He suggested that they pose as people setting up a new pub and advertise for chairs to smoke the mystery seller out – Egbert pointed out the Gilded Chub was now empty and everyone threw themselves into an imaginary montage of fixing up the pub (Dob and Merilwen – apparently still in cat form), putting up posters advertising the new “Silvery Trout” and asking for furniture (Prudence and Egbert), and getting drunk again and getting a fancy new coat to post as “John Pubman,” the new landlord (Corazon). XD There’s only twenty-three minutes left in this adventure, so this mad plan HAS to work – I hope it’s resolution is as entertaining as what’s come before. XD (Seriously, how do they go from wrecking the servants of elder gods to barely being able to track down the proprietors of evil chairs? Bad dice rolls, that’s how. XD)
2. Keep editing gift fics: Check – moved on to my friend Newt’s fic tonight, which is a rare “script format” one from me. But given the fic is an interview with Malkavian!Alice and Ghoul!Victor as if they were “guest stars” on one of his favorite TV shows, “What We Do In The Shadows,” that felt like the appropriate way to write it. It’s mainly Alice complaining about why Guillermo wants to screw Nandor despite the fact Nandor’s one of the stupidest vampires she’s ever met. XD Newt does not shy away from making fun of the vampires at the heart of the show (who ARE very stupid), so I’m hoping he’ll get a kick out of it. XD
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – again, a simple one, as it is Thursday and thus not a Gray regular upload day. Two big videos, one small one –
A) Started with the latest OXBox list – “7 Worst Remasters That Ruined Beloved Games!” Yes, times when remastering a game actually made it worse – and yes, first on the list was the recent The GTA Trilogy: Definitive Edition with all its fun bugs and weird graphics. XD We also had the HD Silent Hill 2, which managed to screw up the fog (apparently they were working with an unfinished version of the original’s code because the master code had gotten misplaced); Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, which made it so all Pokemon get XP from battles, instead of limiting it to Pokemon holding a special item (the crime here making the game too easy for veterans – this sort of thing should be a toggle in the settings!); and Warcraft III Reforged being a feature-poor update of the original that also broke the original game (by sharing its server, meaning features present in the original game couldn’t be accessed because they weren’t in the remake, and by Blizzard choosing to remove the original game from its store, meaning people couldn’t play it if they wanted to). Ugh – shit like this is why I’m rather glad American McGee’s Alice doesn’t have a remake. (Well, that and American McGee is a shithead who supported Trump in 2016 because he thought it would be funny, and is now hopping on the NFT train despite his fans being furious with him for it.)
B) Then it was over to the Subs to watch Call Me Kevin’s video of the day (hope you’re feeling better Kevin!) – “I obeyed the law in GTA and this happened…” AKA, Kevin went into his GTA San Andreas Definitive Edition game and decided to try and make CJ a law-abiding citizen! Complete with stopping at red lights and doing honest work! CJ went through careers as a firefighter (earning loads of money from dowsing people in their burning cars), a vigilante (uh. . .semi-legal? Also trying to run down a suspect in a pickup truck on a motorcycle doesn’t end well), a taxi driver (getting fares is kind of difficult when the local Ballas still recognize your face and keep shooting you), and an ambulance driver (saving a total of one person because he stopped for food). Along the way, he developed something of an addiction to chicken, burgers, and pizza, and quickly became a very plump CJ. On the plus side, he did put on pants for a change! And even got himself a nice tramp stamp angel tattoo to impress his girlfriend. Whom he took on more fast food dates to try and stop her from initiating drive-bys. XD He even managed to buy himself a sweet apartment, and – for once in his existence – got lucky on a horse! Seems like going legit suits CJ! . . .doesn’t suit anyone else in the world, though, that’s for damn sure. Cars either getting hijacked or exploding all over the damn place, I swear. At least he’ll always have work if he gets back into being a fireman??
C) And just for fun, a clip of Kevin watching people unfamiliar with Irish try to pronounce what the comments inform me is the feminine version of “Kevin” in Irish – “Caoimhe” (Kee-vaa). Most of the attempts came out closer to “cow-me?” and you could SEE the suffering in poor Kevin’s eyes. XD
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – with Victor Luvs Alice in good shape, I just had Valice Multiverse, which was fairly busy. One thread reply, five ask replies – healthy update for a Thursday night queuing!
Plus I was able to use my extra time off for a bit of extra TV Tropes reading, and to keep up on my tumblr tags and dashboards without feeling super rushed, so. . .yeah, I think that tips the scales into this being a decent Thursday. :) Just hoping Friday is a little less "all the things all the time." Night all!
