Welp That Good Mood Didn't Last Long
Jun. 8th, 2022 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickNeither did time management -- woke up to my parents discovering a leak in the roof near the new bathroom fan (Dad has hopefully patched it); then when I turned on my computer, I thought my mouse wasn't working because it's no longer glowing (it IS actually functional, but it's not lit up like my keyboard anymore and I don't know why); then I nearly had someone pull into me while I was driving home from work; THEN during my workout I saw what looked kind of like a wasp buzzing the light above the treadmill next to me -- and when I asked my parents for help (as I was really trying not to pause my workout; stupid, I know), Mom chose to get the vacuum cleaner and lug it into the basement, meaning it flew off to who knows where by the time she got down there. *sigh* And now I'm updating really late because it's one of those days where everything is running long and I'm trying to keep on top of stuff and it's just -- guh.
Well, anyway, here's the to-dos:
Work – Another quiet day! These are becoming a trend. Spent most of it doing obits, which meant that I actually spent most of it looking through a bunch of duplicates whenever a name that we had a lot of different accounts for came up and seeing who needed to be merged and who I could differentiate via middle initial. *shrug* It’s maintenance! And I did take one credit card call, so that counts for something too.
Beanbags – We dried out immensely from the rainy start this morning, so yeah, we ended up getting out and playing. I had a pretty terrible first two games, but managed to pull things back in the last one when Dad biffed a few throws, while Mom improved enough to at least come second every time. Final scores were me 3-3-W; Dad W-W-3; Mom 2-2-2. I’ll take it!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – back on the bike (apart from when I had to pause to try and figure out where the possible-wasp had gone), to conclude the Oxventure – in SPACE! The plan to fake a message from Delacourt ended up being a message about how everyone got a day off because better morale equals more profits – basically, they were just trying to buy themselves some time to deal with L1L14N4 before reaching the space station. Egbot used the very new “Bluetooth” technology (so named because all the martinis Stardob’s been drinking have turned his teeth blue) to upload the message to L1L14N4, and the whole thing was treated a bit like they were having sex. Complete with L1L14N4 popping out a privacy screen. XD But the message was sent through, and L1L14N4 accepted it, even inviting everyone to have some coconut shrimp from the food hole –
And then dropping the bombshell of “you may want to keep your break time short, though, because we’ve got fighters incoming in about seven minutes.” XD So, uh, not good! Corazon E immediately asked Pru if she could figure out where L1L14N4’s AI core was kept so they could disable her and try to avoid the fight – a Lasers roll meant that Pru DID find the core. . .but it’s parked next to the fusion reactor, and is part of a deadman’s switch. Just take out the AI with a laser shot, and they ALL get vaporized. Talk turned to figuring out how to non-lethally disable the fighter ships coming in instead, since L1L14N4 had given them manual control of the guns. Stardob’s suggestion of making a microwave with tinfoil in it into an EMP ended up being adapted into “the ship has a big rail gun – if we hook it into the sensor array and reverse the polarity, we can turn it into a giant EMP blast!” (Johnny was on board the minute “reverse the polarity” was mentioned. XD) AND, as a bonus, they realized that if they managed to swing the ship around just right during all of this, they could disable the engines WITHOUT necessarily taking out L1L14N4! Giving them at least a bit of time to deal with her. Everyone rolled to set up the EMP blast, and a Laser Feelings success from Egbot meant that he was able to confirm with Johnny that, if he challenged L1L14N4 to a contest for control of the ship, she would accept – but as per usual dueling rules, she’d get to set the terms. The fighters came in and hailed the ship – Captain Pru replied and explained the issue with their AI, to which L1L14N4 commented angrily that she was going to kill them all, seriously. The other captain, Captain Bismuth (in this reality the most jacked man in the entire world), realizing they were dealing with a Delacourt AI, said they’d just be opening fire now, and evasive maneuvers, courtesy of Corazon E, commenced!
And he fucking smashed it, thanks to driving with his heart, not his head. XD He expertly avoided all fire and looked – well, probably kinda dorky while doing it, but it was still great. XD The gang then worked together to herd the fighters into a bit of a clump for easier EMPing – Corazon E via various feints and whatnot, the others by calling out what they could see on the sensor array (and Stardob by using his bonesaw to hack up the shields dial because he doesn’t understand percentages – which the others were very reluctantly forced to admit was a good thing, because now the engines had no protection). Also a flock of space seagulls appeared, forcing the fighters to avoid them, and things got derailed briefly as they tried to figure out if all the seagulls swept off Earth into space had managed to somehow adapt to the void or were just a giant clump of dead birds threatening random passing ships. XD But the clump was made, Mer fired the giant EMP (with the rather lackluster “Watch this!” as her cool exclamation), and both the fighters and their ship were rendered inert. L1L14N4 was naturally pissed –
And Egbot seized his opportunity, pointing out that she wasn’t doing her job very well and that he wanted control of the ship. Derailed briefly by Mer suddenly realizing “Let’s take the plunge!” was a much better cool action movie line. XD L1L14N4 accepted his offer, and declared that – since her rap battle cores were offline – they would instead engage in a cookery battle! Egbot had to make coconut shrimp better than her own food replicator could, supplying him with the basic ingredients. Egbot admitted that most of his memory banks were taken up with episodes of ER and hoped that one of them had a recipe –
And SUDDENLY, brilliant plan time – remember when he uploaded a random episode of ER to L1L14N4’s memory earlier to try and get her not to kill Corazon E?
Yeah, picture that in overdrive – he stuck in his USB finger and uploaded it all to slow her down and break her brain in the three minutes he had. He ended up making absolutely horrific coconut shrimp, but the onslaught of ER meant that L1L14N4 produced a few shrimp in a sock full of wet coffee grounds. XD Corazon E then shot out her speaker again, and that was apparently the last straw – L1L14N4 went silent, and Egbot was able to pair with the ship via Bluetooth, reboot the engines, and head toward the space station, hailing them and explaining what had happened and that it was okay now. They got there safely, and the episode ended with them going out for space beers with Captain Bismuth. XD Good times out in space! And to my delight, there’s actually two more adventures with this version of the crew. . .I can only hope that when I watch THOSE, I will not be distracted by a possibly-wasp flying around the nearby light! Ugh. . .
2. Continue writing “Londerland Bloodlines: Downtown Queensland”: Check – Alice has gotten the skinny of who she needs to talk to regarding the plague and left the bar without making the “ruler of a shitty bar” joke. Mostly because she was far too pissed off with Damsel’s attitude. Yeah, I think it’s actually gonna turn out Alice can’t deal with the Anarchs because she finds too many of them give terrible first impressions. Skelter, Damsel, Isaac – Nines himself annoyed her, though he gets more of a pass as he’s saved her life twice and is just trying to help. But yeah – between her hatred of LaCroix for being able to make her do things, and her new anger toward the Anarchs for treating her like dog shit the minute she walked into their bar, it is becoming VERY OBVIOUS why Alice goes independent. Oof.
3. Keep up with YouTube Subs: Check – only a single upload from Gray today, so I threw in a bonus video from the Watch Later –
A) Started with the next AT4W I had to catch up on – “Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men: Planet X!” Which is in fact a novel review instead of a comic review, even if the novel is a sequel to the comic where the TNG crew ended up in the X-Men verse. This time, it’s the other way around, with the X-Men arriving just in time to help the TNG crew deal with a planet that’s suddenly had a burst of people who have been Transformed – and are showing mutant powers. And even starting to replicate the two sides of the classic mutant conflict with an overzealous “let’s take over everything” character and a “let’s blend into society” character. Though, honestly, that plot point doesn’t really go anywhere once they reach the planet and a third group of aliens with a strange interest in the Transformed start fighting them. . . It’s a decent read, according to Linkara, though he found all the references to past continuity, especially on the Trek side, a little fanficcy, and was more than willing to nitpick some of the stupider stuff. But it’s better than some of the comics he’s read, and it’s a fitting end to the weird little trilogy that started with the TOS crew meeting the X-Men. Also, yes, the fact that Patrick Stewart did end up playing Charles Xavier in the future movies was mentioned – apparently that was everyone’s dream fancast for ages, so. . .
B) Then it was over to the Subs for GrayStillPlays and more Happy Wheels! Had some fun boards today – like a bottle flip with the Dorito of Impossibility, a million-dollar GSP, and a $19 Fortnite Gift Card (also, all the upside-down yeets, which Gray managed to continually land bottles on); a “Giant Pogo Stick” board where Pogo Man had to complete a course with – well – a giant pogo stick (parkouring over various obstacles – and also taking a short trip through a Super Mario Bros level); “The Test,” where Gray had to keep his reflexes sharp to survive a board where the floor was constantly falling or moving out from under you (and trying to send you into things like wrecking balls, broken tables, spikes, and shards of glass); a “Ball Freeze Board” where, instead of the standard cubes, Gray had to blast through freeze walls full of balls (getting himself caught multiple times, and needing to rip his legs off to reach the win – which NEARLY but not quite turned out to be a troll win); and the return of Dylan Snider with a Minecraft board – specifically a GRAY Minecraft board, with everything on fire, falling sheep, deadly spiky cactus, and the ability to mine your way into a mountain and create obsidian by dumping water on lava (featuring a special cameo from Gray’s Minecraft avatar and Reginald – on fire, of course). XD The creativity of this community in torturing Gray is delightful and I hope they never stop.
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – reset queue speed to one on Victor Luvs Alice, and got in my Friday post and the START of my Song Saturday post – looked up a song I’ve been hearing on the radio as I go to sleep and decided I wanted to feature it, but didn’t have the time to do the full write-up. I’ll have to complete it tomorrow!
Whew -- and now to finish up the message to my friend Moose in the PMs and GO TO BED. I have GOT to get a handle on my time management. . . Night all!
Well, anyway, here's the to-dos:
Work – Another quiet day! These are becoming a trend. Spent most of it doing obits, which meant that I actually spent most of it looking through a bunch of duplicates whenever a name that we had a lot of different accounts for came up and seeing who needed to be merged and who I could differentiate via middle initial. *shrug* It’s maintenance! And I did take one credit card call, so that counts for something too.
Beanbags – We dried out immensely from the rainy start this morning, so yeah, we ended up getting out and playing. I had a pretty terrible first two games, but managed to pull things back in the last one when Dad biffed a few throws, while Mom improved enough to at least come second every time. Final scores were me 3-3-W; Dad W-W-3; Mom 2-2-2. I’ll take it!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – back on the bike (apart from when I had to pause to try and figure out where the possible-wasp had gone), to conclude the Oxventure – in SPACE! The plan to fake a message from Delacourt ended up being a message about how everyone got a day off because better morale equals more profits – basically, they were just trying to buy themselves some time to deal with L1L14N4 before reaching the space station. Egbot used the very new “Bluetooth” technology (so named because all the martinis Stardob’s been drinking have turned his teeth blue) to upload the message to L1L14N4, and the whole thing was treated a bit like they were having sex. Complete with L1L14N4 popping out a privacy screen. XD But the message was sent through, and L1L14N4 accepted it, even inviting everyone to have some coconut shrimp from the food hole –
And then dropping the bombshell of “you may want to keep your break time short, though, because we’ve got fighters incoming in about seven minutes.” XD So, uh, not good! Corazon E immediately asked Pru if she could figure out where L1L14N4’s AI core was kept so they could disable her and try to avoid the fight – a Lasers roll meant that Pru DID find the core. . .but it’s parked next to the fusion reactor, and is part of a deadman’s switch. Just take out the AI with a laser shot, and they ALL get vaporized. Talk turned to figuring out how to non-lethally disable the fighter ships coming in instead, since L1L14N4 had given them manual control of the guns. Stardob’s suggestion of making a microwave with tinfoil in it into an EMP ended up being adapted into “the ship has a big rail gun – if we hook it into the sensor array and reverse the polarity, we can turn it into a giant EMP blast!” (Johnny was on board the minute “reverse the polarity” was mentioned. XD) AND, as a bonus, they realized that if they managed to swing the ship around just right during all of this, they could disable the engines WITHOUT necessarily taking out L1L14N4! Giving them at least a bit of time to deal with her. Everyone rolled to set up the EMP blast, and a Laser Feelings success from Egbot meant that he was able to confirm with Johnny that, if he challenged L1L14N4 to a contest for control of the ship, she would accept – but as per usual dueling rules, she’d get to set the terms. The fighters came in and hailed the ship – Captain Pru replied and explained the issue with their AI, to which L1L14N4 commented angrily that she was going to kill them all, seriously. The other captain, Captain Bismuth (in this reality the most jacked man in the entire world), realizing they were dealing with a Delacourt AI, said they’d just be opening fire now, and evasive maneuvers, courtesy of Corazon E, commenced!
And he fucking smashed it, thanks to driving with his heart, not his head. XD He expertly avoided all fire and looked – well, probably kinda dorky while doing it, but it was still great. XD The gang then worked together to herd the fighters into a bit of a clump for easier EMPing – Corazon E via various feints and whatnot, the others by calling out what they could see on the sensor array (and Stardob by using his bonesaw to hack up the shields dial because he doesn’t understand percentages – which the others were very reluctantly forced to admit was a good thing, because now the engines had no protection). Also a flock of space seagulls appeared, forcing the fighters to avoid them, and things got derailed briefly as they tried to figure out if all the seagulls swept off Earth into space had managed to somehow adapt to the void or were just a giant clump of dead birds threatening random passing ships. XD But the clump was made, Mer fired the giant EMP (with the rather lackluster “Watch this!” as her cool exclamation), and both the fighters and their ship were rendered inert. L1L14N4 was naturally pissed –
And Egbot seized his opportunity, pointing out that she wasn’t doing her job very well and that he wanted control of the ship. Derailed briefly by Mer suddenly realizing “Let’s take the plunge!” was a much better cool action movie line. XD L1L14N4 accepted his offer, and declared that – since her rap battle cores were offline – they would instead engage in a cookery battle! Egbot had to make coconut shrimp better than her own food replicator could, supplying him with the basic ingredients. Egbot admitted that most of his memory banks were taken up with episodes of ER and hoped that one of them had a recipe –
And SUDDENLY, brilliant plan time – remember when he uploaded a random episode of ER to L1L14N4’s memory earlier to try and get her not to kill Corazon E?
Yeah, picture that in overdrive – he stuck in his USB finger and uploaded it all to slow her down and break her brain in the three minutes he had. He ended up making absolutely horrific coconut shrimp, but the onslaught of ER meant that L1L14N4 produced a few shrimp in a sock full of wet coffee grounds. XD Corazon E then shot out her speaker again, and that was apparently the last straw – L1L14N4 went silent, and Egbot was able to pair with the ship via Bluetooth, reboot the engines, and head toward the space station, hailing them and explaining what had happened and that it was okay now. They got there safely, and the episode ended with them going out for space beers with Captain Bismuth. XD Good times out in space! And to my delight, there’s actually two more adventures with this version of the crew. . .I can only hope that when I watch THOSE, I will not be distracted by a possibly-wasp flying around the nearby light! Ugh. . .
2. Continue writing “Londerland Bloodlines: Downtown Queensland”: Check – Alice has gotten the skinny of who she needs to talk to regarding the plague and left the bar without making the “ruler of a shitty bar” joke. Mostly because she was far too pissed off with Damsel’s attitude. Yeah, I think it’s actually gonna turn out Alice can’t deal with the Anarchs because she finds too many of them give terrible first impressions. Skelter, Damsel, Isaac – Nines himself annoyed her, though he gets more of a pass as he’s saved her life twice and is just trying to help. But yeah – between her hatred of LaCroix for being able to make her do things, and her new anger toward the Anarchs for treating her like dog shit the minute she walked into their bar, it is becoming VERY OBVIOUS why Alice goes independent. Oof.
3. Keep up with YouTube Subs: Check – only a single upload from Gray today, so I threw in a bonus video from the Watch Later –
A) Started with the next AT4W I had to catch up on – “Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men: Planet X!” Which is in fact a novel review instead of a comic review, even if the novel is a sequel to the comic where the TNG crew ended up in the X-Men verse. This time, it’s the other way around, with the X-Men arriving just in time to help the TNG crew deal with a planet that’s suddenly had a burst of people who have been Transformed – and are showing mutant powers. And even starting to replicate the two sides of the classic mutant conflict with an overzealous “let’s take over everything” character and a “let’s blend into society” character. Though, honestly, that plot point doesn’t really go anywhere once they reach the planet and a third group of aliens with a strange interest in the Transformed start fighting them. . . It’s a decent read, according to Linkara, though he found all the references to past continuity, especially on the Trek side, a little fanficcy, and was more than willing to nitpick some of the stupider stuff. But it’s better than some of the comics he’s read, and it’s a fitting end to the weird little trilogy that started with the TOS crew meeting the X-Men. Also, yes, the fact that Patrick Stewart did end up playing Charles Xavier in the future movies was mentioned – apparently that was everyone’s dream fancast for ages, so. . .
B) Then it was over to the Subs for GrayStillPlays and more Happy Wheels! Had some fun boards today – like a bottle flip with the Dorito of Impossibility, a million-dollar GSP, and a $19 Fortnite Gift Card (also, all the upside-down yeets, which Gray managed to continually land bottles on); a “Giant Pogo Stick” board where Pogo Man had to complete a course with – well – a giant pogo stick (parkouring over various obstacles – and also taking a short trip through a Super Mario Bros level); “The Test,” where Gray had to keep his reflexes sharp to survive a board where the floor was constantly falling or moving out from under you (and trying to send you into things like wrecking balls, broken tables, spikes, and shards of glass); a “Ball Freeze Board” where, instead of the standard cubes, Gray had to blast through freeze walls full of balls (getting himself caught multiple times, and needing to rip his legs off to reach the win – which NEARLY but not quite turned out to be a troll win); and the return of Dylan Snider with a Minecraft board – specifically a GRAY Minecraft board, with everything on fire, falling sheep, deadly spiky cactus, and the ability to mine your way into a mountain and create obsidian by dumping water on lava (featuring a special cameo from Gray’s Minecraft avatar and Reginald – on fire, of course). XD The creativity of this community in torturing Gray is delightful and I hope they never stop.
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – reset queue speed to one on Victor Luvs Alice, and got in my Friday post and the START of my Song Saturday post – looked up a song I’ve been hearing on the radio as I go to sleep and decided I wanted to feature it, but didn’t have the time to do the full write-up. I’ll have to complete it tomorrow!
Whew -- and now to finish up the message to my friend Moose in the PMs and GO TO BED. I have GOT to get a handle on my time management. . . Night all!
