Sort Of Meh Monday
Feb. 26th, 2024 11:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickAs many Mondays are -- work wasn't great, but the evening was better --
Work – Not a great Monday, as stated – got through the GL, then spent a lot of the morning ATTEMPTING to work on some returned mail and being constantly interrupted by various phone calls (including one very annoying credit card one because the guy was splitting up his pledge weird). Things fortunately calmed down again after lunch, but meh – I hate it when the calls come in all on top of each other! Makes it hard to get anything done. And of course, I’m still dealing with a few bits of credit card nonsense. . .we’ll see if any of THAT gets resolved tomorrow.
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, starting off the penultimate episode of Oxventure Deadlands – “More Wonders Than There Are In The Heavens, Part II!” The gang picked up right where Part I left off, with Delacy, Edie, and “Bison Billie” Joe Thicket having successfully fended off the reanimated hand of MAYBE Wild Bill Hickok – but having done so in a way that attracted the attention of a night guard. The trio quickly held a whispered conversation about what to do, with Bison Billie saying that he could go meet the guy and take the fall for stealing the booze, or Delacy could claim he got lost or something – basically, he was of the opinion that if they were going to get caught, only one of them should get caught. Delacy pointed out that Edie was very good at talking her way out of trouble with her “ten dollar words,” and Edie admitted she wasn’t afraid to use her “feminine wiles” if she had to. Delacy asked if that had anything to do with the song she was singing earlier about the guy from Nantucket. XD Billie said he’d tell Delacy all about it and dragged him off to hide.
Moments later, the guard arrived, and Edie began faking being in a panic, saying she’d gotten lost while trying to find the bathroom, then came in here and got attacked by an exhibit, claiming the gunshot from before was from her little derringer. The guard was horrified and asked if Insect Lad had come back to life again – cue Delacy and Bison Billie glancing up at Insect Lad, whom they were hiding VERY near. And Insect Lad looking back down at them. XD Edie quickly explained that no, it was the hand in the jar there – the guard was like “oh shit, Aunt Hildy will be furious with me if she sees this” and tried to stuff the mangled pieces back in the jar. He then told Edie that the fair was closed and he’d have to escort her out, and she agreed –
Before choking him out as he added a final finger to the jar. XD She ended up taking his guard coat and hat to disguise her showgirl silhouette while Delacy got his billy club off him (and then handed it to Billie, because, well XD), then tied him up and gagged him. The trio thus made for the midway. . .with Insect Lad getting off his pedestal, waving to them, closing the tent flap behind them, and then going to his “grim work.” Billie immediately decided he had to move his tent. XD But they made it onto the midway –
Which, unfortunately, was NOT dark as they had been hoping, but instead lit by a brilliant new invention – the lightbulb! None of them had ever seen one before, and Billie admitted that he’d been saving up to get one for the show. Delacy pointed out that no one was guarding THESE bulbs and went to steal one from a lamp – fortunately, a successful Vigor roll meant that he noticed the bulbs were hot and pulled his hand away before burning himself. He and Billie promptly reasoned that the bulbs were filled with fire and that’s how they worked. XD The trio then began trying to figure out where Aunt Hildy was likely to be at this time of night (as she was supposedly doing some sort of tech rehearsal for a big speech the next day) – Billie, who HAD visited the fair previously to have a look around and scowl over the lack of a Wild West show, told the others that Hildy was mostly likely in the neoclassical building with the Fulcrum logo on it, directly across the lake that sat at the end of the main midway (which Edie and Delacy would have seen from their Ferris Wheel ride). It was decided that their best bet then was to try and make it across the lake, which was the darkest part of the fairground, and started for the boathouse. Along the way, Billie began suggesting more ways that they could kill Hildy, and Delacy asked why Billie hated her so much. Billie said that was a long, boring story. . .and then realized that they had a long boring boat ride in front of them (as Delacy reminded him), so he probably wasn’t getting out of it. XD He managed to push off explaining until they were actually ON the boat, though, citing the need to get off the midway as soon as possible.
And so the gang found their way to the boathouse! Edie peeked in the keyhole on the door, but couldn’t see anything – trying to open the door proved it was locked, though. Edie pulled out her lockpick, but as she doesn’t actually have any stats in Thievery, she wasn’t able to pick the lock. So Billie took the direct route and kicked the door in. XD The trio headed inside, and found a bunch of pleasure boats with gondola rods. Delacy was like “what kind of oars are these?! They’re supposed to have a flat bit!” but Billie explained that you were supposed to press them against the bottom.
A moment later, he clarified “of the LAKE” as everyone cracked up. XD He quickly got the pole away from Delacy before any unfortunate poking could commence. XD Delacy managed to find some tarps in the boathouse that they could hide under, and the decision was made for two people to hide under the tarp, and one to actually steer the boat. Delacy promptly volunteered for hiding duty, saying he could just pop out and get Hildy in the face if necessary; after some discussion (including worrying if Delacy was going to throw up more horrible-smelling cotton candy – fortunately all Delacy heard under the tarp was “cotton candy” and figured Billie was also a fan), Billie chose to leave Edie in charge of steering the boat with the pole, figuring she was the best at talking herself out of trouble and already had the night watchman outfit, so she could pretend to be taking a stealing kid to Hildy or something. Edie agreed, and Billie got under the tarp to talk about how you put on a Wild West show with Delacy –
Cue Andy revealing that Boating is in fact an actual skill in Deadlands and making Edie roll for it. XD Edie failed her first roll and ended up nearly piloting the boat into a high-pressure decorative fountain in the middle of the lake; fortunately she squeezed out a success on her second roll and got them back on course before they crashed. They thus proceed across the lake, Delacy and Billie peeking out from under the tarp to watch the various lanterns of the night guards on the other side go to and fro and disappear inside somewhere. Edie also pointed out that Billie hadn’t told them yet why he hated Hildy so much, and Billie explained that he’d actually auditioned to be in the fair, pulling in all sorts of favors to put on the best show he could. He’d just finished his bison wrestling in the big finale, and had the creature down –
And as the crowd stood up to applaud, Hildy stood up, drew a gun, and fired it, driving the bison mad. It promptly gored his leg, meaning SHE’S the reason he now walks with a limp. Worse yet, she then sent him a letter saying that while she enjoyed his comedy show (and that she’d limped out of the tent herself from her laughter), his act had been rejected. AND she made him pay the postage on it! Edie and Delacy were outraged, and promised to make sure Hildy was double-dead if necessary – Billie was a little concerned by this, commenting that they kept referencing stuff that made it sound like people could come BACK from the dead sometimes. They admitted it wasn’t out of the realm of possibility, given the things they’d seen, but again said that they’d make sure she went down again if she got back up. Billie was fine with that, at least –
And then – searchlight, sweeping the lake! Edie attempted to avoid it, but a failed Stealth roll meant that the trio were caught. Edie promptly began trying to pretend she was a night guard bringing a boat in that had gotten loose – Andy clarified that she was far enough away that the guards wouldn’t hear her, so she switched to exaggerated hand gestures. XD She was able to make it to the dock, but was of course promptly met by a REAL night guard there – she began again to try and pretend like she was a fellow guard bringing in a lost boat, and the guard was KIND of buying it –
Only for Billie to burst out from under the tarp, grab him, and throw him in the lake. The man began thrashing around as his heavy coat took on water, and Billie grabbed the gondola pole and shoved the poor bastard under, pinning him to the lake bed until he drowned. Andy gave him a benny for the creative murder. XD (And then was nice and gave Luke and Ellen bennies too for making it across the lake.) The body floated off into the middle of the lake, where it drifted into the fountain and got blasted into the air – Billie was like “what the hell is POWERING that thing?!” and Delacy decided it must be lightbulbs. XD
Anyway – with that bit of nastiness behind them, it was time to scope the area! The trio found themselves by a watchtower in front of the main building, which was up some steps – the main front doors were padlocked and chained shut, but there was an open door on the side of the building with a marquee over it declaring “EAT FOR HEALTH: THE MERRY-GO-ROUND OF NUTRITION,” with only a velvet rope in front of it. Delacy wasn’t sure what all that was about, and Billie explained that it was all about people saying you had to eat certain things that were supposedly “good for you.” Delacy didn’t get it and decided the attraction was probably shit. XD The gang sized up their options and decided that getting inside via the Merry-Go-Round Of Nutrition door was probably their best option, with Delacy suggesting that they could find a way to break into the main building if need be. And maybe even have Bison Billie call Hildy out for a proper showdown, which Billie liked. I ended this bit on the group heading inside, finding themselves in a big auditorium with a projector – we’ll see what all that has to do with merry-go-rounds later!
2. Work on the OT3 Week Valicer prompts: Check – wrote up a fic for the “Childhood Friends” prompt today, with a little Victor dragged to a party being hosted by the Liddells at the college Arthur works at by this Mother, worrying all the while he won’t have anything to do – only to be pounced on by a little Smiler, inviting him to come play with them and Alice under one of the tables, making card castles. XD I’m not QUITE happy with how it came out – not in the least because it’s one of those fics where I have to misgender Smiler because it’s from Victor’s POV and he doesn’t know Smiler’s not really a boy when they meet, and in this case I couldn’t find a way to correct the misconception – but it’s a decent start. Hopefully I’ll get it to come together a bit better in the second draft!
3. Keep up with YouTube Subs: Check – another GrayStillPlays-only day, with “$1 vs $1,000 U Turns in GTA 5!” Yes, Gray chose to give some people money to make him U-turn challenges, and these were the results:
I. $1, Space_Doge – The Multiple Choice U-Turn! This was a surprisingly meaty board for Gray’s buck, featuring a variety of cars to chose from, a rotating, slightly tilted U-Turn, and a bunch of exit roads from Gray to pick from (most normal, with one icy road thrown in for flavor). Gray’s challenge was to find the road that had the legit teleporter instead of a fake one – which took him rather longer than he anticipated. He was honestly impressed with the amount of effort that went into the board. Good work Space_Doge!
II. $10, Why-Y*Y*Y – Slanted U-Turn!! Double the exclamation points for your buck! Anyway, this one had Gray taking an open-wheel car up around a very slanted U-Turn around the top of a building, then down and around another U-Turn before finding his way into the checkpoint on the road. All the while dodging multiple windmills, because apparently Why-Y*Y*Y there heard about Gray complaining about a LACK of windmills on a previous board and decided to make up the difference. XD You know a board’s good when it ends with Gray descending into a scene of mayhem and death caused by windmill blades just above the roadway!
III. $500, HNDLTN – Double Sinking U-Turn! A returning competitor, he SPECIFICALLY called out Alex by saying his board would be better – and to be fair, his board was pretty fucking good. Gray had two cars to choose from, the pink super car and a jeep, and he had to figure out which one could get around a sandbar U-Turn that rose out of the ocean like Atlantis before it sank BACK into the ocean, jump onto a road platform, go up and around a ribbon-wall-ride U-turn, then come down, speed across another gap before a wall rose up before it, land on the barge, and go up the ramp on the barge into the checkpoint. Proved to be the jeep, but it took Gray a LOT of trial and error before he got the timing right and figure out how to actually reach the checkpoint (basically, he could not lose ANY of his speed after getting off the wall ride – everything past that had to be done in one shot). A worthy competitor to Alex indeed. . .
IV. $1,000, Alex – Sinking, Multiplying, Slanted U-Turn! And then Alex looked at all the previous boards, saw the callout, and went “Watch this.” Cue Gray having to get around a TRANSFORMING board of multiple U-turns, all while having perfect timing. Which he did not have because he was so blown away by what Alex was doing. XD Basically, the board consisted of a first blue U-turn rising from the ocean and Gray zooming around it avoiding boats; then Gray dropping onto an orange and yellow U-turn technically UNDER the water (Alex had cut out the actual water, though) and having to go around that in enough time to get the ramp at the end when it rotated into place; Gray jumping back onto the original U-turn and going around it AGAIN, this time with a helicopter shooting rockets at him; then Gray dropping onto a green U-turn, this one with a slanted U that rose up in front of him; then Gray getting chucked back onto the original U-turn for one last go as he got shot at by a SUBMARINE while dodging slow-down circles appearing in his path to get the win. It was – it was pretty fucking epic. Gray begged everyone not to call Alex out anymore. I expect ten callouts within the week. XD
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: No check here – ended up substituting answering all of Moose’s latest messages. Hopefully I can get back on the ball with this and figure out what I’m doing on tumblr this week tomorrow!
*nods* Not too shabby, I suppose. And now it is time to go to bed and prepare to do it all again tomorrow, with slight variations. *shrug* Night all!
Work – Not a great Monday, as stated – got through the GL, then spent a lot of the morning ATTEMPTING to work on some returned mail and being constantly interrupted by various phone calls (including one very annoying credit card one because the guy was splitting up his pledge weird). Things fortunately calmed down again after lunch, but meh – I hate it when the calls come in all on top of each other! Makes it hard to get anything done. And of course, I’m still dealing with a few bits of credit card nonsense. . .we’ll see if any of THAT gets resolved tomorrow.
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, starting off the penultimate episode of Oxventure Deadlands – “More Wonders Than There Are In The Heavens, Part II!” The gang picked up right where Part I left off, with Delacy, Edie, and “Bison Billie” Joe Thicket having successfully fended off the reanimated hand of MAYBE Wild Bill Hickok – but having done so in a way that attracted the attention of a night guard. The trio quickly held a whispered conversation about what to do, with Bison Billie saying that he could go meet the guy and take the fall for stealing the booze, or Delacy could claim he got lost or something – basically, he was of the opinion that if they were going to get caught, only one of them should get caught. Delacy pointed out that Edie was very good at talking her way out of trouble with her “ten dollar words,” and Edie admitted she wasn’t afraid to use her “feminine wiles” if she had to. Delacy asked if that had anything to do with the song she was singing earlier about the guy from Nantucket. XD Billie said he’d tell Delacy all about it and dragged him off to hide.
Moments later, the guard arrived, and Edie began faking being in a panic, saying she’d gotten lost while trying to find the bathroom, then came in here and got attacked by an exhibit, claiming the gunshot from before was from her little derringer. The guard was horrified and asked if Insect Lad had come back to life again – cue Delacy and Bison Billie glancing up at Insect Lad, whom they were hiding VERY near. And Insect Lad looking back down at them. XD Edie quickly explained that no, it was the hand in the jar there – the guard was like “oh shit, Aunt Hildy will be furious with me if she sees this” and tried to stuff the mangled pieces back in the jar. He then told Edie that the fair was closed and he’d have to escort her out, and she agreed –
Before choking him out as he added a final finger to the jar. XD She ended up taking his guard coat and hat to disguise her showgirl silhouette while Delacy got his billy club off him (and then handed it to Billie, because, well XD), then tied him up and gagged him. The trio thus made for the midway. . .with Insect Lad getting off his pedestal, waving to them, closing the tent flap behind them, and then going to his “grim work.” Billie immediately decided he had to move his tent. XD But they made it onto the midway –
Which, unfortunately, was NOT dark as they had been hoping, but instead lit by a brilliant new invention – the lightbulb! None of them had ever seen one before, and Billie admitted that he’d been saving up to get one for the show. Delacy pointed out that no one was guarding THESE bulbs and went to steal one from a lamp – fortunately, a successful Vigor roll meant that he noticed the bulbs were hot and pulled his hand away before burning himself. He and Billie promptly reasoned that the bulbs were filled with fire and that’s how they worked. XD The trio then began trying to figure out where Aunt Hildy was likely to be at this time of night (as she was supposedly doing some sort of tech rehearsal for a big speech the next day) – Billie, who HAD visited the fair previously to have a look around and scowl over the lack of a Wild West show, told the others that Hildy was mostly likely in the neoclassical building with the Fulcrum logo on it, directly across the lake that sat at the end of the main midway (which Edie and Delacy would have seen from their Ferris Wheel ride). It was decided that their best bet then was to try and make it across the lake, which was the darkest part of the fairground, and started for the boathouse. Along the way, Billie began suggesting more ways that they could kill Hildy, and Delacy asked why Billie hated her so much. Billie said that was a long, boring story. . .and then realized that they had a long boring boat ride in front of them (as Delacy reminded him), so he probably wasn’t getting out of it. XD He managed to push off explaining until they were actually ON the boat, though, citing the need to get off the midway as soon as possible.
And so the gang found their way to the boathouse! Edie peeked in the keyhole on the door, but couldn’t see anything – trying to open the door proved it was locked, though. Edie pulled out her lockpick, but as she doesn’t actually have any stats in Thievery, she wasn’t able to pick the lock. So Billie took the direct route and kicked the door in. XD The trio headed inside, and found a bunch of pleasure boats with gondola rods. Delacy was like “what kind of oars are these?! They’re supposed to have a flat bit!” but Billie explained that you were supposed to press them against the bottom.
A moment later, he clarified “of the LAKE” as everyone cracked up. XD He quickly got the pole away from Delacy before any unfortunate poking could commence. XD Delacy managed to find some tarps in the boathouse that they could hide under, and the decision was made for two people to hide under the tarp, and one to actually steer the boat. Delacy promptly volunteered for hiding duty, saying he could just pop out and get Hildy in the face if necessary; after some discussion (including worrying if Delacy was going to throw up more horrible-smelling cotton candy – fortunately all Delacy heard under the tarp was “cotton candy” and figured Billie was also a fan), Billie chose to leave Edie in charge of steering the boat with the pole, figuring she was the best at talking herself out of trouble and already had the night watchman outfit, so she could pretend to be taking a stealing kid to Hildy or something. Edie agreed, and Billie got under the tarp to talk about how you put on a Wild West show with Delacy –
Cue Andy revealing that Boating is in fact an actual skill in Deadlands and making Edie roll for it. XD Edie failed her first roll and ended up nearly piloting the boat into a high-pressure decorative fountain in the middle of the lake; fortunately she squeezed out a success on her second roll and got them back on course before they crashed. They thus proceed across the lake, Delacy and Billie peeking out from under the tarp to watch the various lanterns of the night guards on the other side go to and fro and disappear inside somewhere. Edie also pointed out that Billie hadn’t told them yet why he hated Hildy so much, and Billie explained that he’d actually auditioned to be in the fair, pulling in all sorts of favors to put on the best show he could. He’d just finished his bison wrestling in the big finale, and had the creature down –
And as the crowd stood up to applaud, Hildy stood up, drew a gun, and fired it, driving the bison mad. It promptly gored his leg, meaning SHE’S the reason he now walks with a limp. Worse yet, she then sent him a letter saying that while she enjoyed his comedy show (and that she’d limped out of the tent herself from her laughter), his act had been rejected. AND she made him pay the postage on it! Edie and Delacy were outraged, and promised to make sure Hildy was double-dead if necessary – Billie was a little concerned by this, commenting that they kept referencing stuff that made it sound like people could come BACK from the dead sometimes. They admitted it wasn’t out of the realm of possibility, given the things they’d seen, but again said that they’d make sure she went down again if she got back up. Billie was fine with that, at least –
And then – searchlight, sweeping the lake! Edie attempted to avoid it, but a failed Stealth roll meant that the trio were caught. Edie promptly began trying to pretend she was a night guard bringing a boat in that had gotten loose – Andy clarified that she was far enough away that the guards wouldn’t hear her, so she switched to exaggerated hand gestures. XD She was able to make it to the dock, but was of course promptly met by a REAL night guard there – she began again to try and pretend like she was a fellow guard bringing in a lost boat, and the guard was KIND of buying it –
Only for Billie to burst out from under the tarp, grab him, and throw him in the lake. The man began thrashing around as his heavy coat took on water, and Billie grabbed the gondola pole and shoved the poor bastard under, pinning him to the lake bed until he drowned. Andy gave him a benny for the creative murder. XD (And then was nice and gave Luke and Ellen bennies too for making it across the lake.) The body floated off into the middle of the lake, where it drifted into the fountain and got blasted into the air – Billie was like “what the hell is POWERING that thing?!” and Delacy decided it must be lightbulbs. XD
Anyway – with that bit of nastiness behind them, it was time to scope the area! The trio found themselves by a watchtower in front of the main building, which was up some steps – the main front doors were padlocked and chained shut, but there was an open door on the side of the building with a marquee over it declaring “EAT FOR HEALTH: THE MERRY-GO-ROUND OF NUTRITION,” with only a velvet rope in front of it. Delacy wasn’t sure what all that was about, and Billie explained that it was all about people saying you had to eat certain things that were supposedly “good for you.” Delacy didn’t get it and decided the attraction was probably shit. XD The gang sized up their options and decided that getting inside via the Merry-Go-Round Of Nutrition door was probably their best option, with Delacy suggesting that they could find a way to break into the main building if need be. And maybe even have Bison Billie call Hildy out for a proper showdown, which Billie liked. I ended this bit on the group heading inside, finding themselves in a big auditorium with a projector – we’ll see what all that has to do with merry-go-rounds later!
2. Work on the OT3 Week Valicer prompts: Check – wrote up a fic for the “Childhood Friends” prompt today, with a little Victor dragged to a party being hosted by the Liddells at the college Arthur works at by this Mother, worrying all the while he won’t have anything to do – only to be pounced on by a little Smiler, inviting him to come play with them and Alice under one of the tables, making card castles. XD I’m not QUITE happy with how it came out – not in the least because it’s one of those fics where I have to misgender Smiler because it’s from Victor’s POV and he doesn’t know Smiler’s not really a boy when they meet, and in this case I couldn’t find a way to correct the misconception – but it’s a decent start. Hopefully I’ll get it to come together a bit better in the second draft!
3. Keep up with YouTube Subs: Check – another GrayStillPlays-only day, with “$1 vs $1,000 U Turns in GTA 5!” Yes, Gray chose to give some people money to make him U-turn challenges, and these were the results:
I. $1, Space_Doge – The Multiple Choice U-Turn! This was a surprisingly meaty board for Gray’s buck, featuring a variety of cars to chose from, a rotating, slightly tilted U-Turn, and a bunch of exit roads from Gray to pick from (most normal, with one icy road thrown in for flavor). Gray’s challenge was to find the road that had the legit teleporter instead of a fake one – which took him rather longer than he anticipated. He was honestly impressed with the amount of effort that went into the board. Good work Space_Doge!
II. $10, Why-Y*Y*Y – Slanted U-Turn!! Double the exclamation points for your buck! Anyway, this one had Gray taking an open-wheel car up around a very slanted U-Turn around the top of a building, then down and around another U-Turn before finding his way into the checkpoint on the road. All the while dodging multiple windmills, because apparently Why-Y*Y*Y there heard about Gray complaining about a LACK of windmills on a previous board and decided to make up the difference. XD You know a board’s good when it ends with Gray descending into a scene of mayhem and death caused by windmill blades just above the roadway!
III. $500, HNDLTN – Double Sinking U-Turn! A returning competitor, he SPECIFICALLY called out Alex by saying his board would be better – and to be fair, his board was pretty fucking good. Gray had two cars to choose from, the pink super car and a jeep, and he had to figure out which one could get around a sandbar U-Turn that rose out of the ocean like Atlantis before it sank BACK into the ocean, jump onto a road platform, go up and around a ribbon-wall-ride U-turn, then come down, speed across another gap before a wall rose up before it, land on the barge, and go up the ramp on the barge into the checkpoint. Proved to be the jeep, but it took Gray a LOT of trial and error before he got the timing right and figure out how to actually reach the checkpoint (basically, he could not lose ANY of his speed after getting off the wall ride – everything past that had to be done in one shot). A worthy competitor to Alex indeed. . .
IV. $1,000, Alex – Sinking, Multiplying, Slanted U-Turn! And then Alex looked at all the previous boards, saw the callout, and went “Watch this.” Cue Gray having to get around a TRANSFORMING board of multiple U-turns, all while having perfect timing. Which he did not have because he was so blown away by what Alex was doing. XD Basically, the board consisted of a first blue U-turn rising from the ocean and Gray zooming around it avoiding boats; then Gray dropping onto an orange and yellow U-turn technically UNDER the water (Alex had cut out the actual water, though) and having to go around that in enough time to get the ramp at the end when it rotated into place; Gray jumping back onto the original U-turn and going around it AGAIN, this time with a helicopter shooting rockets at him; then Gray dropping onto a green U-turn, this one with a slanted U that rose up in front of him; then Gray getting chucked back onto the original U-turn for one last go as he got shot at by a SUBMARINE while dodging slow-down circles appearing in his path to get the win. It was – it was pretty fucking epic. Gray begged everyone not to call Alex out anymore. I expect ten callouts within the week. XD
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: No check here – ended up substituting answering all of Moose’s latest messages. Hopefully I can get back on the ball with this and figure out what I’m doing on tumblr this week tomorrow!
*nods* Not too shabby, I suppose. And now it is time to go to bed and prepare to do it all again tomorrow, with slight variations. *shrug* Night all!
