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Busy Ass Tuesday
Oct. 12th, 2021 11:30 pmLike the world took a look at my weekend and went "welp, THAT has to change." *sigh* And of course I'm running behind in wrapping up here online, so let's just do the to-dos quickly --
Work – Welp, chatty coworker has medical issues and won’t be in until Friday; my other coworker took today off; and one of my supervisors was out on other business. It was just me up in the front office alone for pretty much the entire day. On the plus side, apart from having to do the payroll forms, being asked to run a couple of reports, checking out a quality control file, and taking an expiration date phone call, it was pretty quiet! On the minus side, most of my day was spent doing the damn GL, as our credit card company uploaded en masse on Monday, and that means a LOT of careful adding and checking off. Got it done, but man. Very glad I’ll have someone around to assist tomorrow!
Beanbags – Nice day, so we went out and braved the bugs – and I ended up having a very good game, with W-2-W! With the first being a “come from behind” victory no less. Dad had 2-W-3, while Mom got 3-3-2. Not the ideal, but after the day at work I had, I’ll take the double win!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – back on the bike today, and back with the first episode of L.A. By Night, “Mortal Stakes!” Victor, Nelli, and Jasper have all found their apparent prey – the future fourth member of the group, Annabelle – at a coffee shop, where she convinced a young lacrosse player, Chris, to take her back to his (obstinately for sex, but there’s been hints that she’s a consensualist predator and thus he actually knows she’s a vampire and is down for the blood-drinking). The three tailed him (after Victor stopped to take some pictures with a fan) and barged in to see what was going on – Victor got a “bestial failure” (an extreme form of failure that means a vampire’s inner Beast comes out to play) when the unfortunate Chris tried to shove him back out the door ended up slightly mauling the kid, causing Annabelle to come out with the guy’s lacrosse stick and basically everything to go at least slightly to shit. XD Second half-hour has so far been an improvement on the first – there’s been some genuinely-entertaining character banter (mostly Nelli making fun of Victor’s suit), and the bestial failure added some flavor to what was happening. We’ll see how things continue!
2. Write some more on "Learn To Love Again": Check – did the opener of Chapter 6, with a very cheery Alice leaving Houndsditch and taking a cab to the nicer parts of London to meet up with Victor for their usual drink before she starts her half-shift at the Opera House. She’s in quite a good mood after her birthday, as you might imagine – though Cheshire just gave her a warning that her circumstances might change soon. And indeed, Victor will have some sad news once she gets to their coffee shop. . .
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – another two-fer day that allowed me a bonus video –
A) No James Turner again, so I instead turned to today’s OXtra list: “7 Annoying Enemy Types You Get in Every Game!” From enemies holding shields that are such a PAIN to get through, to enemies that insist on sharing their stomach’s contents with your lovely outfit, to turrets turrets and oh god the turrets have learned how to fly, there are many, many enemies that we really wish video games would stop throwing at us! Hell, the last one on the list – enemies with giant flamethrower backpacks – was put on simply because it’s gotten dull to explode them. I offered up “jumpscare” enemies as my personal most loathed – nobody likes those, games! Give it a rest!
B) Then it was over to the actual Subs to check out Call Me Kevin playing more L.A. Noire! Last time was pure Doubt from Cole – today, it was pure Truth, as he just believed anything anyone said. XD SOMEHOW he managed to solve both murder cases he was put on despite this – I guess he picked up enough clues from actual searches and such. Also the second one ended with one of the people involved killing themselves and one of them forcing the police into a shootout, so there were no actual arrests to besmirch his record. (AND he got to shoot all the letters off an apartment building’s tower sign and get an achievement!) The best parts, though, were Kevin tormenting his partners by shoving them off cliffs and smashing their expensive cars into pedestrians, and pretending Cole believed in magic and werewolves (apparently there’s a killer in the game nicknamed that). Also causing chaos right before a cutscene, like smashing into someone’s car before walking into a building. XD Good stuff – and he still has one interrogation option left to go. . .
C) And then we had GrayStillPlays and more GTA V Hell – and you know what, I was wrong, last time he played this game. THIS is the one that is going to be the new standard for pain. I mean, cripes, the damn thing STARTS with a series of ramps STRAIGHT INTO WALL RIDES in a damn near endless climb. Which is then followed by a platforming section where you have to drive over buses through thumbnail holes in dumpsters BACKWARDS to avoid the yeet strips, which is followed by some more traditional wall rides going straight into a tiny one, which is followed by tightroping over arrows, which is followed by a cylinder rim tightrope into a wall ride into a cylinder ride onto ANOTHER wall ride, and the whole thing ends with the hills of pain where ramping and leaping is made even harder by a variety of hidden yeets. This one not only forced Gray to get out the controller, but to use it IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE KEYBOARD. The man was DUAL-WIELDING to get past this. I tip my hat to you, board creator – that was SOMETHING.
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – four ask replies over on Valice Multiverse, and the Newcrest Adventures and a Thursday shitpost about Victor and Alice versus Mirelurk Queens in the “Fallout of Darkness” verse on Victor Luvs Alice!
Whew -- at least now I should be all set. Now time to get to bed and hope I don't wake up at 4:47 in the morning needing to use the toilet. . .night all!
Work – Welp, chatty coworker has medical issues and won’t be in until Friday; my other coworker took today off; and one of my supervisors was out on other business. It was just me up in the front office alone for pretty much the entire day. On the plus side, apart from having to do the payroll forms, being asked to run a couple of reports, checking out a quality control file, and taking an expiration date phone call, it was pretty quiet! On the minus side, most of my day was spent doing the damn GL, as our credit card company uploaded en masse on Monday, and that means a LOT of careful adding and checking off. Got it done, but man. Very glad I’ll have someone around to assist tomorrow!
Beanbags – Nice day, so we went out and braved the bugs – and I ended up having a very good game, with W-2-W! With the first being a “come from behind” victory no less. Dad had 2-W-3, while Mom got 3-3-2. Not the ideal, but after the day at work I had, I’ll take the double win!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – back on the bike today, and back with the first episode of L.A. By Night, “Mortal Stakes!” Victor, Nelli, and Jasper have all found their apparent prey – the future fourth member of the group, Annabelle – at a coffee shop, where she convinced a young lacrosse player, Chris, to take her back to his (obstinately for sex, but there’s been hints that she’s a consensualist predator and thus he actually knows she’s a vampire and is down for the blood-drinking). The three tailed him (after Victor stopped to take some pictures with a fan) and barged in to see what was going on – Victor got a “bestial failure” (an extreme form of failure that means a vampire’s inner Beast comes out to play) when the unfortunate Chris tried to shove him back out the door ended up slightly mauling the kid, causing Annabelle to come out with the guy’s lacrosse stick and basically everything to go at least slightly to shit. XD Second half-hour has so far been an improvement on the first – there’s been some genuinely-entertaining character banter (mostly Nelli making fun of Victor’s suit), and the bestial failure added some flavor to what was happening. We’ll see how things continue!
2. Write some more on "Learn To Love Again": Check – did the opener of Chapter 6, with a very cheery Alice leaving Houndsditch and taking a cab to the nicer parts of London to meet up with Victor for their usual drink before she starts her half-shift at the Opera House. She’s in quite a good mood after her birthday, as you might imagine – though Cheshire just gave her a warning that her circumstances might change soon. And indeed, Victor will have some sad news once she gets to their coffee shop. . .
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – another two-fer day that allowed me a bonus video –
A) No James Turner again, so I instead turned to today’s OXtra list: “7 Annoying Enemy Types You Get in Every Game!” From enemies holding shields that are such a PAIN to get through, to enemies that insist on sharing their stomach’s contents with your lovely outfit, to turrets turrets and oh god the turrets have learned how to fly, there are many, many enemies that we really wish video games would stop throwing at us! Hell, the last one on the list – enemies with giant flamethrower backpacks – was put on simply because it’s gotten dull to explode them. I offered up “jumpscare” enemies as my personal most loathed – nobody likes those, games! Give it a rest!
B) Then it was over to the actual Subs to check out Call Me Kevin playing more L.A. Noire! Last time was pure Doubt from Cole – today, it was pure Truth, as he just believed anything anyone said. XD SOMEHOW he managed to solve both murder cases he was put on despite this – I guess he picked up enough clues from actual searches and such. Also the second one ended with one of the people involved killing themselves and one of them forcing the police into a shootout, so there were no actual arrests to besmirch his record. (AND he got to shoot all the letters off an apartment building’s tower sign and get an achievement!) The best parts, though, were Kevin tormenting his partners by shoving them off cliffs and smashing their expensive cars into pedestrians, and pretending Cole believed in magic and werewolves (apparently there’s a killer in the game nicknamed that). Also causing chaos right before a cutscene, like smashing into someone’s car before walking into a building. XD Good stuff – and he still has one interrogation option left to go. . .
C) And then we had GrayStillPlays and more GTA V Hell – and you know what, I was wrong, last time he played this game. THIS is the one that is going to be the new standard for pain. I mean, cripes, the damn thing STARTS with a series of ramps STRAIGHT INTO WALL RIDES in a damn near endless climb. Which is then followed by a platforming section where you have to drive over buses through thumbnail holes in dumpsters BACKWARDS to avoid the yeet strips, which is followed by some more traditional wall rides going straight into a tiny one, which is followed by tightroping over arrows, which is followed by a cylinder rim tightrope into a wall ride into a cylinder ride onto ANOTHER wall ride, and the whole thing ends with the hills of pain where ramping and leaping is made even harder by a variety of hidden yeets. This one not only forced Gray to get out the controller, but to use it IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE KEYBOARD. The man was DUAL-WIELDING to get past this. I tip my hat to you, board creator – that was SOMETHING.
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – four ask replies over on Valice Multiverse, and the Newcrest Adventures and a Thursday shitpost about Victor and Alice versus Mirelurk Queens in the “Fallout of Darkness” verse on Victor Luvs Alice!
Whew -- at least now I should be all set. Now time to get to bed and hope I don't wake up at 4:47 in the morning needing to use the toilet. . .night all!
