Starting To Wonder If I'm PMSing
Jul. 13th, 2023 11:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickI feel like I've been a little bit bitchier at times this week than normal? But it feels kind of early for this sort of thing to start. . .maybe I just need more sleep or something. *shrug* Anyway, here's the round-up of my day --
Work – Another quiet day – though my first coworker is finally back. And also apparently all the reports they needed to run for Fiscal and the auditors are all set too, so we can maybe start getting a move on all those checks waiting in the wings...today, though, was basically all about obituaries and related cleaning-up-of-records. Got a little dull near the end, but at least it wasn’t a stressful mess! And only a half-day tomorrow, w000~
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, finishing one video and starting another –
A) First up, the end of Oxventure Presents: Blades In the Dark – “The Marriage of Lady Fyengeh!” I picked up with Luke informing Jane/Zillah that dropping the ball bearings with all those security guards around but no gem in pocket was probably a BAD idea. Andy OOC immediately declared that their only recourse now was to get Barnaby, the only person with access to the costume, to dress up as Emmeline and get the ruby that way, and Mike agreed to take one for the team. XD IN-character, Barnaby heard the massive commotion outside, surmised things had gone badly wrong (especially if Squiffy was spouting their schoolyard limericks), and realized it was time for Plan B, and he was the only one with access to Emmeline. So he broke off their smooching to ask if he could try on her costume (a giant wedding dress and a wig) just for a lark. Emmeline was like “sure, whatever you’re into,” and the pair swapped clothes. Barnaby then proposed that he go out in the dress and play her part while she sang the actual songs from backstage, just for the laughs –
Cue Emmeline cottoning on that he was there for the ruby and pushing him up against the wall. However, it wasn’t so she could stop him – she just wanted to cut a deal, namely 50% of the profits of the gem or she screamed for security. Barnaby was like “sure, sounds reasonable,” and she delightedly shoved him out to get onto the stage, where Edvard had helpfully lit the crushed “Chauncey” (don’t worry, the guy rolled a six on his – I guess “avoiding harm from being crushed by Lilith” roll; he’ll be fine XD). Lilith, limping back into the shadows, managed to pass the fake gem to Barnaby without a hitch (finally rolling a six of her own), and Barnaby mugged it up for the audience as the final act went down and “Lady Fyengeh” married “Chauncey” (a scene that may have involved a real vicar, so possibly Barnaby is now legally wed to the actor XD). Barnaby took advantage of a dramatic moment of “wondering what to do about the necklace Shattershield gave me” to turn his back to the audience and pull off the gem switcheroo, then gave it an appropriately dramatic toss into the river made of shadow-performers –
Cue the ghost of a certain little girl named Finn, who previously haunted the spinning top that the gang stole in their initial heist, appearing out of the shattered remains of the gem with her head upside down over the audience, to their utter terror. She delivered the message that Lilith had taught her – “I want to play with my Hobbyhorses,” basically – then spent a little time spooking the audience as they ran for the exit. The security guards descended on the fake jewel in horror, and a now-very-drunk Kasimir decided “NOW is ball bearings time” and rained them down all around the unfortunate guards. The gang all booked it for the exits in the chaos, and the score was done! Their name is now VERY DEFINITELY out there, and they have taken the appropriately humongous amount of Heat in response. And also some nasty ghosty types are now aware of Lilith and may want to play with her. You know, just another day in Volisport! XD Ahhh, good stuff. . .very much looking forward to the next one!
B) But second up today was the start of “This day was almost entirely perfect! High School Years (Part 40),” the next part of James Turner’s High School Years Rags To Riches Generational Epic! James has some specific goals for this episode, and so far they’re going okay, at least –
I. Addison is struggling a little with loneliness now that they’ve dropped out of high school (fortunately playing with the pets and having chats with Dad Reginald helps with that), but they’re keeping up with trying to improve their cooking skill, slowly but surely!
II. Breanne is doing well in school, having finally advanced a letter grade now that she’s gone on her own once, and she’s gotten herself not only a date for the prom, but a new boyfriend! While James WAS having her flirt a little with Forrest, Hilary’s little brother, the comments indicated that it was a BIT weird to have both Addison dating Hilary and Forrest dating Breanne, so he decided to give her a new romantic interest, and Julio was first on the list. XD A little flirting on the couch secured a crush and a prom invite, and Julio ended up asking Breanne to make it official a little while afterward via pop-up. So she’s in a good spot with the prom tomorrow! :D
III. Reginald is doing great at work (another raise), and James is starting to try and fulfill his Super Parent aspiration again – which means a lot of Reginald helping with homework and trying to help with Addison’s needs to get that Parenting skill up! They’re almost there…
IV. And Kevin is doing pretty good with his knitting – James is working REALLY HARD on keeping all his needs up and keeping him inspired to get Legendary pieces, and so far he’s knocked out another Legendary poof, so that’s something! Also he managed to teach Obi not to eat poop, so that’s good too. XD
So yeah, things are progressing slowly but surely with everyone! :) However, the title says that the day was “almost perfect,” and while James has been annoyed by Sims just wandering in to have mud baths in the downstairs bathroom and not leaving when he tells them to go, I don’t think that’s quite enough to justify the title. . .or the blurb saying that something was “not meant to be” in the summary. We’ll see tomorrow what’s up with that, I guess!
2. Continue writing “Londerland Bloodlines: Downtown Queensland”: Check – Alice has made it downstairs to the basement holding cells and past the trio of ghouls at its entrance – BUT, because I’m evil, I’m making her go through the maze area that the Unofficial Patch added back in (or possibly just made available to non-Malkavian characters – I know my first experience with it in-game was with Harry my Gangrel), with the justification that there’s a key she needs in there (maybe the key to the door at the end of the hall – let me put that in the doc…). Hey, if I have to deal with the super-creepy mannequins, so does she! (Never mind that I always have the choice to ignore the maze bit in-game and just go down the hallway with the holding cells!)
3. Keep up with YouTube Subs: Check plus, despite the fact that our internet went out briefly right before I was planning to watch anything, forcing us to unplug and plug back in the modem. *grumbles* Hate that. But yeah, got something out of the Watch Later and caught up on all missing Subs entries (no Gray minisode this evening, though, shame) –
A) First up, the latest from OXtra – “7 Creepiest Pokémon Backstories That Will Fuel Your Nightmares Forever - Volume 3!” Another look at some of the creepiest Pokémon and their Pokédex entries! You want a Pokémon that will suck the nutrients out of its still-living prey with its ten tentacles? Try Toedscruel! Want a Pokémon that can kick your soul out of your body and sucks the life force out of sleeping creatures like a Dracula horse? Try Spectrier! Want a Pokémon capable of destroying entire forests by sucking the life out of them and is essentially a sentient grudge against someone punished for writing down the deeds of an evil king? Try Wo-Chien! Basically, whatever your evil and creepy Pokémon needs, GameFreak has you covered.
B) Then it was over to the Subs to catch up on Josh Way’s latest videos –
I. “SKETCHY: Bill and Ted” – an old Procreate video he dug up from his archives, showing him drawing the titular duo from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure! Which is a favorite movie of his from his childhood (his older sister and her boyfriend showed it to him, apparently). While I’ve never seen the movie or either of its sequels, I was at least able to tell who was who and enjoy the sketching process. :)
II. “SKETCHY: Mr. Show” – Josh very quickly celebrates Mr. Show! What or who is that, you ask? Well, apparently it was a sketch comedy show from the 90s that featured a couple of fairly generic-looking dudes, a singing cowboy in front of an American flag, and a sketch where a kid who had been basically turned into an earthworm with a human head got visited by his favorite metal band. ...Look, the video was just under two minutes, Josh didn’t provide any other context. Good sketches, though!
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check, hooray –
Victor Luvs Alice – got the food-themed Not-Incorrect Quotes collection sorted and into the queue, along with a reblog of the Tik-Tok of OK Go’s music video for their song “This Too Shall Pass” (the Rube Goldberg machine one) with pop-up text explaining just how much effort it took to get it all to work (89 attempts!!) for Song Saturday. So that’s finally SET, whew!
Valice Multiverse – the simple one this week, with just one thread reply featuring text silliness between Madeline and Smiler XD
And with that, I must go to bed, as I'm up again too late -- and that too makes me wonder, because I've been a bit jittery and distracted at night as well the past couple of days. . .I need to remind myself when my last period was so I can be properly prepared, I think! Night all!
Work – Another quiet day – though my first coworker is finally back. And also apparently all the reports they needed to run for Fiscal and the auditors are all set too, so we can maybe start getting a move on all those checks waiting in the wings...today, though, was basically all about obituaries and related cleaning-up-of-records. Got a little dull near the end, but at least it wasn’t a stressful mess! And only a half-day tomorrow, w000~
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, finishing one video and starting another –
A) First up, the end of Oxventure Presents: Blades In the Dark – “The Marriage of Lady Fyengeh!” I picked up with Luke informing Jane/Zillah that dropping the ball bearings with all those security guards around but no gem in pocket was probably a BAD idea. Andy OOC immediately declared that their only recourse now was to get Barnaby, the only person with access to the costume, to dress up as Emmeline and get the ruby that way, and Mike agreed to take one for the team. XD IN-character, Barnaby heard the massive commotion outside, surmised things had gone badly wrong (especially if Squiffy was spouting their schoolyard limericks), and realized it was time for Plan B, and he was the only one with access to Emmeline. So he broke off their smooching to ask if he could try on her costume (a giant wedding dress and a wig) just for a lark. Emmeline was like “sure, whatever you’re into,” and the pair swapped clothes. Barnaby then proposed that he go out in the dress and play her part while she sang the actual songs from backstage, just for the laughs –
Cue Emmeline cottoning on that he was there for the ruby and pushing him up against the wall. However, it wasn’t so she could stop him – she just wanted to cut a deal, namely 50% of the profits of the gem or she screamed for security. Barnaby was like “sure, sounds reasonable,” and she delightedly shoved him out to get onto the stage, where Edvard had helpfully lit the crushed “Chauncey” (don’t worry, the guy rolled a six on his – I guess “avoiding harm from being crushed by Lilith” roll; he’ll be fine XD). Lilith, limping back into the shadows, managed to pass the fake gem to Barnaby without a hitch (finally rolling a six of her own), and Barnaby mugged it up for the audience as the final act went down and “Lady Fyengeh” married “Chauncey” (a scene that may have involved a real vicar, so possibly Barnaby is now legally wed to the actor XD). Barnaby took advantage of a dramatic moment of “wondering what to do about the necklace Shattershield gave me” to turn his back to the audience and pull off the gem switcheroo, then gave it an appropriately dramatic toss into the river made of shadow-performers –
Cue the ghost of a certain little girl named Finn, who previously haunted the spinning top that the gang stole in their initial heist, appearing out of the shattered remains of the gem with her head upside down over the audience, to their utter terror. She delivered the message that Lilith had taught her – “I want to play with my Hobbyhorses,” basically – then spent a little time spooking the audience as they ran for the exit. The security guards descended on the fake jewel in horror, and a now-very-drunk Kasimir decided “NOW is ball bearings time” and rained them down all around the unfortunate guards. The gang all booked it for the exits in the chaos, and the score was done! Their name is now VERY DEFINITELY out there, and they have taken the appropriately humongous amount of Heat in response. And also some nasty ghosty types are now aware of Lilith and may want to play with her. You know, just another day in Volisport! XD Ahhh, good stuff. . .very much looking forward to the next one!
B) But second up today was the start of “This day was almost entirely perfect! High School Years (Part 40),” the next part of James Turner’s High School Years Rags To Riches Generational Epic! James has some specific goals for this episode, and so far they’re going okay, at least –
I. Addison is struggling a little with loneliness now that they’ve dropped out of high school (fortunately playing with the pets and having chats with Dad Reginald helps with that), but they’re keeping up with trying to improve their cooking skill, slowly but surely!
II. Breanne is doing well in school, having finally advanced a letter grade now that she’s gone on her own once, and she’s gotten herself not only a date for the prom, but a new boyfriend! While James WAS having her flirt a little with Forrest, Hilary’s little brother, the comments indicated that it was a BIT weird to have both Addison dating Hilary and Forrest dating Breanne, so he decided to give her a new romantic interest, and Julio was first on the list. XD A little flirting on the couch secured a crush and a prom invite, and Julio ended up asking Breanne to make it official a little while afterward via pop-up. So she’s in a good spot with the prom tomorrow! :D
III. Reginald is doing great at work (another raise), and James is starting to try and fulfill his Super Parent aspiration again – which means a lot of Reginald helping with homework and trying to help with Addison’s needs to get that Parenting skill up! They’re almost there…
IV. And Kevin is doing pretty good with his knitting – James is working REALLY HARD on keeping all his needs up and keeping him inspired to get Legendary pieces, and so far he’s knocked out another Legendary poof, so that’s something! Also he managed to teach Obi not to eat poop, so that’s good too. XD
So yeah, things are progressing slowly but surely with everyone! :) However, the title says that the day was “almost perfect,” and while James has been annoyed by Sims just wandering in to have mud baths in the downstairs bathroom and not leaving when he tells them to go, I don’t think that’s quite enough to justify the title. . .or the blurb saying that something was “not meant to be” in the summary. We’ll see tomorrow what’s up with that, I guess!
2. Continue writing “Londerland Bloodlines: Downtown Queensland”: Check – Alice has made it downstairs to the basement holding cells and past the trio of ghouls at its entrance – BUT, because I’m evil, I’m making her go through the maze area that the Unofficial Patch added back in (or possibly just made available to non-Malkavian characters – I know my first experience with it in-game was with Harry my Gangrel), with the justification that there’s a key she needs in there (maybe the key to the door at the end of the hall – let me put that in the doc…). Hey, if I have to deal with the super-creepy mannequins, so does she! (Never mind that I always have the choice to ignore the maze bit in-game and just go down the hallway with the holding cells!)
3. Keep up with YouTube Subs: Check plus, despite the fact that our internet went out briefly right before I was planning to watch anything, forcing us to unplug and plug back in the modem. *grumbles* Hate that. But yeah, got something out of the Watch Later and caught up on all missing Subs entries (no Gray minisode this evening, though, shame) –
A) First up, the latest from OXtra – “7 Creepiest Pokémon Backstories That Will Fuel Your Nightmares Forever - Volume 3!” Another look at some of the creepiest Pokémon and their Pokédex entries! You want a Pokémon that will suck the nutrients out of its still-living prey with its ten tentacles? Try Toedscruel! Want a Pokémon that can kick your soul out of your body and sucks the life force out of sleeping creatures like a Dracula horse? Try Spectrier! Want a Pokémon capable of destroying entire forests by sucking the life out of them and is essentially a sentient grudge against someone punished for writing down the deeds of an evil king? Try Wo-Chien! Basically, whatever your evil and creepy Pokémon needs, GameFreak has you covered.
B) Then it was over to the Subs to catch up on Josh Way’s latest videos –
I. “SKETCHY: Bill and Ted” – an old Procreate video he dug up from his archives, showing him drawing the titular duo from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure! Which is a favorite movie of his from his childhood (his older sister and her boyfriend showed it to him, apparently). While I’ve never seen the movie or either of its sequels, I was at least able to tell who was who and enjoy the sketching process. :)
II. “SKETCHY: Mr. Show” – Josh very quickly celebrates Mr. Show! What or who is that, you ask? Well, apparently it was a sketch comedy show from the 90s that featured a couple of fairly generic-looking dudes, a singing cowboy in front of an American flag, and a sketch where a kid who had been basically turned into an earthworm with a human head got visited by his favorite metal band. ...Look, the video was just under two minutes, Josh didn’t provide any other context. Good sketches, though!
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check, hooray –
Victor Luvs Alice – got the food-themed Not-Incorrect Quotes collection sorted and into the queue, along with a reblog of the Tik-Tok of OK Go’s music video for their song “This Too Shall Pass” (the Rube Goldberg machine one) with pop-up text explaining just how much effort it took to get it all to work (89 attempts!!) for Song Saturday. So that’s finally SET, whew!
Valice Multiverse – the simple one this week, with just one thread reply featuring text silliness between Madeline and Smiler XD
And with that, I must go to bed, as I'm up again too late -- and that too makes me wonder, because I've been a bit jittery and distracted at night as well the past couple of days. . .I need to remind myself when my last period was so I can be properly prepared, I think! Night all!
