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Not A Great Start Monday
Nov. 8th, 2021 11:18 pmWoke up extra early this morning because I desperately needed to pee -- and then had to wait at least TEN minutes for my Dad to get out of the damn bathroom, meaning I was basically awake and couldn't really get back to sleep for the last hour-and-a-half before my alarm; then when I finally properly got up, I discovered my parents' wall was all wet (where they share a wall with the bathroom and the shower) -- Dad dragged up the dehumidifier to help dry it out, and we checked my walls to make sure the same wasn't happening (it wasn't -- Dad later discovered that particular corner of the attic didn't have much insulation, so he repacked it); and on my ride into work this morning, there was an accident, meaning I had a very slow ride in and was slightly late (though I DID still beat most of my coworkers into the office, sooo). So yeah, THAT was all fun. Fortunately the day got a little better as it went on:
Work – Fairly quiet – putting a few new pledges for the people up front, taking a couple of calls, that sort of thing. Have some stuff I need to check up on tomorrow. No word yet from the credit card people, who did NOT send the summary they said they would. *sigh* Wasn’t really expecting anything else, though. We’ll see how tomorrow goes!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another thirty on the bike, with L.A. By Night, “Happy Families!” Which right now is basically “happy fight scene” – X took a few bullets from the people shooting at him, but managed to flip a bunch of the equipment and whatnot from the DJ booth onto one of his attackers, while Nelli, having crawled over to a nearby catwalk, has used the power of Corrosive Vitae to melt away part of it and trap the other two under it. Victor, meanwhile, bagged some of the goodies – such as the two guns, a stake, a taser, and the handcuffs – from the vampire-hunting kit and came down in dramatic fashion down the elevator – only to find the targets he INTENDED to take out already struggling. Fortunately (?), there was a new one at the other end of the club – a nasty-looking lady with a crow on her shoulder. Victor tried to shoot her but missed – she lunged at him with talons and fangs extended, and managed to slash him very painfully as he leaped out of the way. Nelli’s trying to get into position behind her with her big-ass knife to take her out. And Annabelle – well, Isaiah finally fought off the effects of the Mesmerize and tried to join the fight, but Annabelle managed to get him to back off by showing him the ring her boyfriend Mark (his twin brother, may I remind you) gave her, which is apparently a memento from their mother (I assume deceased?) and telling him that she’d never be able to look at Mark again if something happened to him. So instead he suggested vamoosing, which she was happy enough to agree with – they got down the stairs, where she managed to stop him shooting X (who spotted them and ran up to check up on her), but now they’re currently in danger from a Nosferatu who was lurking under the stairs. So – fun times all around, really! As this thing goes on for five seasons, I’m sure they’ll get out of it, but I guess the question is, how much damage do they suffer along the way. . .
2. Edit Thursday’s tumblr gift fic: Check – did a second draft of the fic for a friend whose birthday is Thursday. I ended up keeping what I already had – even if we’re doing a thread along the same lines, I don’t think she’ll be upset to see my personal take on the scene we previously talked about. :) So that’s all set, and now I have a brief calm before the storm that is the Christmas gift fic season. . .
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – two in, two out, plus a couple quick little bonus videos –
A) Started with Call Me Kevin and a trip to Planet Zoo – where he started a sheep zoo! All sheep, all the time! Naturally he bought an Arctic species (the Dall sheep) when he set up a tropical zoo. XD And I can’t say things improved from there – first he only had the one sheep with no enrichment and a lousy habitat; then he had two male sheep who were fighting; then his ewe arrived with a disease and had to be quarantined; then he made a second sheep pen for the other male; then he moved the new lamb into the second pen with the male to force people to come over to look at it; then he started setting up educational boards and speakers; then he discovered he could EDIT the educational boards and speakers and promptly started slapping up a variety of random images he had on his computer (including Brendan Fraser as a cowboy) and gave everyone the chance to listen to an extremely thick Irish accent; then in year six he FINALLY introduced food and drink to the park; then he was forced to merge the two pens together as the animals were breeding quickly enough to need more space and protesters showed up (and then everyone panicked, thinking the animals had escaped when he did so); and then finally he had a bunch of disease-ridden sheep dying off in front of guests, a massive amount of fines, and a big loan to pay off with no money. So he took two more loans and ran for the border. XD Basically the usual Kevin chaos, only with sheep instead of people and a very Irish farmer talking about how he lost some of his sheep as a soundtrack. XD
B) Then it was onto GrayStillPlays and some Happy Wheels! We had a Halloween-themed bottle flip (with bonus ball-and-spike fall that Gray wasn’t expecting – and a “zombie god” area that he spent quite a lot of time getting); a board all about launching a sword up a woman’s rear (yes, really – and you had to do it without exploding her or hitting the hobo that falls in the way); a “get the coin” board where getting the coin is relatively easy (just rocket yourself high enough up the rainbow of pain) – it’s getting the OTHER win that’s a pain in the ass (ax butterfly, falling spikes, a rigged glass bridge, a chasing meteor, a fake win, and more falling spikes – poor Gray spent so long trying to find the real win); a pair of impossible pogo jumps (one that crushed you with a meteor if you stayed in the same place too long and required you to grab a coin above the spikes; the other a more standard “shit-ton of harpoons, crossbows, and a few homing mines for flavor” board); the world’s longest plane crash (the idea being to survive the fall to the ground – Gray eventually did so by using another person as a cushion, but he also survived by just hanging onto his seat and realizing the plane would never actually crash); and a trip through the world of Toy Story (with maybe not the world’s creepiest Woody, but certain this level’s creepiest XD). All the usual good chaotic Gray fun! :p
C) And then, just for fun, a couple of What We Do In The Shadows clips, from the episode where Nandor joined a “wellness center” cult where vampires tried to be human (doing 80s-style aerobics, chopping up broccoli, learning how to do their taxes, and YANKING OUT THEIR FANGS NIGHTLY), and Guillermo had to rescue him (with some pretty solid moves!). Good times~
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – copy-pasted my “Worst Lot In The World” challenge into a tumblr post for sharing on Wednesday! So that’s good.
Yeah, at least the evening's been fairly low-key and chill -- I even got chocolate chip cookies. :p Now I just have to hope Tuesday starts better (and lets me get more sleep). Fingers crossed, everybody -- night all!
Work – Fairly quiet – putting a few new pledges for the people up front, taking a couple of calls, that sort of thing. Have some stuff I need to check up on tomorrow. No word yet from the credit card people, who did NOT send the summary they said they would. *sigh* Wasn’t really expecting anything else, though. We’ll see how tomorrow goes!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another thirty on the bike, with L.A. By Night, “Happy Families!” Which right now is basically “happy fight scene” – X took a few bullets from the people shooting at him, but managed to flip a bunch of the equipment and whatnot from the DJ booth onto one of his attackers, while Nelli, having crawled over to a nearby catwalk, has used the power of Corrosive Vitae to melt away part of it and trap the other two under it. Victor, meanwhile, bagged some of the goodies – such as the two guns, a stake, a taser, and the handcuffs – from the vampire-hunting kit and came down in dramatic fashion down the elevator – only to find the targets he INTENDED to take out already struggling. Fortunately (?), there was a new one at the other end of the club – a nasty-looking lady with a crow on her shoulder. Victor tried to shoot her but missed – she lunged at him with talons and fangs extended, and managed to slash him very painfully as he leaped out of the way. Nelli’s trying to get into position behind her with her big-ass knife to take her out. And Annabelle – well, Isaiah finally fought off the effects of the Mesmerize and tried to join the fight, but Annabelle managed to get him to back off by showing him the ring her boyfriend Mark (his twin brother, may I remind you) gave her, which is apparently a memento from their mother (I assume deceased?) and telling him that she’d never be able to look at Mark again if something happened to him. So instead he suggested vamoosing, which she was happy enough to agree with – they got down the stairs, where she managed to stop him shooting X (who spotted them and ran up to check up on her), but now they’re currently in danger from a Nosferatu who was lurking under the stairs. So – fun times all around, really! As this thing goes on for five seasons, I’m sure they’ll get out of it, but I guess the question is, how much damage do they suffer along the way. . .
2. Edit Thursday’s tumblr gift fic: Check – did a second draft of the fic for a friend whose birthday is Thursday. I ended up keeping what I already had – even if we’re doing a thread along the same lines, I don’t think she’ll be upset to see my personal take on the scene we previously talked about. :) So that’s all set, and now I have a brief calm before the storm that is the Christmas gift fic season. . .
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – two in, two out, plus a couple quick little bonus videos –
A) Started with Call Me Kevin and a trip to Planet Zoo – where he started a sheep zoo! All sheep, all the time! Naturally he bought an Arctic species (the Dall sheep) when he set up a tropical zoo. XD And I can’t say things improved from there – first he only had the one sheep with no enrichment and a lousy habitat; then he had two male sheep who were fighting; then his ewe arrived with a disease and had to be quarantined; then he made a second sheep pen for the other male; then he moved the new lamb into the second pen with the male to force people to come over to look at it; then he started setting up educational boards and speakers; then he discovered he could EDIT the educational boards and speakers and promptly started slapping up a variety of random images he had on his computer (including Brendan Fraser as a cowboy) and gave everyone the chance to listen to an extremely thick Irish accent; then in year six he FINALLY introduced food and drink to the park; then he was forced to merge the two pens together as the animals were breeding quickly enough to need more space and protesters showed up (and then everyone panicked, thinking the animals had escaped when he did so); and then finally he had a bunch of disease-ridden sheep dying off in front of guests, a massive amount of fines, and a big loan to pay off with no money. So he took two more loans and ran for the border. XD Basically the usual Kevin chaos, only with sheep instead of people and a very Irish farmer talking about how he lost some of his sheep as a soundtrack. XD
B) Then it was onto GrayStillPlays and some Happy Wheels! We had a Halloween-themed bottle flip (with bonus ball-and-spike fall that Gray wasn’t expecting – and a “zombie god” area that he spent quite a lot of time getting); a board all about launching a sword up a woman’s rear (yes, really – and you had to do it without exploding her or hitting the hobo that falls in the way); a “get the coin” board where getting the coin is relatively easy (just rocket yourself high enough up the rainbow of pain) – it’s getting the OTHER win that’s a pain in the ass (ax butterfly, falling spikes, a rigged glass bridge, a chasing meteor, a fake win, and more falling spikes – poor Gray spent so long trying to find the real win); a pair of impossible pogo jumps (one that crushed you with a meteor if you stayed in the same place too long and required you to grab a coin above the spikes; the other a more standard “shit-ton of harpoons, crossbows, and a few homing mines for flavor” board); the world’s longest plane crash (the idea being to survive the fall to the ground – Gray eventually did so by using another person as a cushion, but he also survived by just hanging onto his seat and realizing the plane would never actually crash); and a trip through the world of Toy Story (with maybe not the world’s creepiest Woody, but certain this level’s creepiest XD). All the usual good chaotic Gray fun! :p
C) And then, just for fun, a couple of What We Do In The Shadows clips, from the episode where Nandor joined a “wellness center” cult where vampires tried to be human (doing 80s-style aerobics, chopping up broccoli, learning how to do their taxes, and YANKING OUT THEIR FANGS NIGHTLY), and Guillermo had to rescue him (with some pretty solid moves!). Good times~
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – copy-pasted my “Worst Lot In The World” challenge into a tumblr post for sharing on Wednesday! So that’s good.
Yeah, at least the evening's been fairly low-key and chill -- I even got chocolate chip cookies. :p Now I just have to hope Tuesday starts better (and lets me get more sleep). Fingers crossed, everybody -- night all!
