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Pre-Blizzard Friday
Jan. 28th, 2022 11:43 pmYeah, it's basically officially a blizzard by this point -- we're likely to get over a foot of snow, high winds, white-out conditions. . .and it's supposed to last pretty much all of Saturday. Dad tested the generator just in case we lose power, and we're all hunkering in for the day. Bleh -- at least it's supposed to be over by Saturday night! And then next Thursday it's getting up into the fifties?? I mean, we'll see, but that's what they're saying so far. . .
As for the to-do list today. . .
Work – A quieter, less “ugh” day, I am happy to say. Yes, there was some credit card company bullshit, and yes, my coworkers were EXTREMELY annoying today (yap yap yap), but most of my day was just doing the GL, posting a few gifts, and doing some duplicates and obits. A better way to end the week.
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, and another half-hour of Jon’s Unpacking livestream watched! Jon and Claire actually finished up the game today, with Jon getting his head together enough to unpack all of the rooms and finally get everything where it belonged. No, the baby bouncer must go in the baby’s room, and not the office; no, your wife’s plants must go on the windowsill and not on top of the highest kitchen cupboard; no, the anime poster you’re constantly making fun of has to go in a room OTHER than the downstairs bathroom. XD Along the way Jon mistook laundry powder for some sort of t-shirt box that might have to do with the baby (to be fair, I didn’t know what it was either, but I did correctly leave it in the upstairs bathroom), Jon and Claire both bitched about how they’ve gone off modern Who (they don’t like the showrunners), Jon spelled out potential baby name “Becca” with the provided soft blocks, and he and Claire both squeed their heads off about the pig being donated to the baby (along with Wife’s little tiger friend :) ). Now, even though the game is officially done, there’s actually still about twenty minutes to go in the livestream! I know part of that is the end credits (and I do want to see his and Claire’s reaction to the final shot), but I’m not sure what the rest of it will be. Maybe Jon turns on the “place anything anywhere” option and does various silly rooms of silliness? *shrug* We will find out!
2. Continue editing Chapter 5 of “Londerland Bloodlines: Santa Monica’s Vale Of Tears”: Check – pretty simple scene tonight, just Alice combing through The Cathayan’s e-mails and reading his various reports back to “The Temple of Golden Virtue” – not that Alice has any clue what that means yet. Carpenter’s convinced her Ed’s ax would be a handy weapon in the upcoming battle hinted at in the last one – now we just have to get to the actual boss fight!
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check for everything uploaded today – as stated, the Wyrd Sisters Podcast of Wintersmith will be listened to tomorrow. But in the meantime –
A) Started with this week’s Fun With Shorts – “Hunter and Hunted,” another terrible Lone Ranger & Tonto short! Though this was a Tonto solo effort, with him going up against some hunters who were carelessly killing buffalo and showing THEM what it was like to be hunted! It was appropriately overwrought and goofy, and to Josh’s displeasure, featured a Josh in the main trio of villains. So you can imagine a lot of snark was laid on THAT guy. XD Josh was in fact just generally beautifully sarcastic in this one – him making fun of these shorts are genuinely some of my favorites because of that.
B) Then it was onto James Turner and another episode of “Every Lot Challenge Challenge!” Things remain really, REALLY chaotic on this lot, because why would they be otherwise? The laundry in particular was a problem this episode – firstly because the wet clothes on the clothesline when he moved it under cover glitched and never dried, and then secondly because neither the maid nor the nanny would ever REMOVE the freshly-dried clothes from the line, and instead just kept dumping more laundry into the dirty washtub. Or starting the washing machine before James could get all the clothes into that. It was ROUGH, let me tell you. Also, Jasmin’s university career is off to an – uneven start, with two classes with A+s and one class with a D+, meaning her overall GPA is a B+. (James is confused as to what happened, but I AM pretty sure Jasmin totally missed one of her classes, so. . .) There were a few bright spots among the episode, though:
I. James actually let the family celebrate Winterfest! To a degree – Semaj had to go to work, and Jasmin to class, but he got a tree and let the family decorate it; got the ingredients for Semaj to cook a Grand Turkey Meal; got present piles for the kids to open presents (admittedly, one of them got a lump of coal, but still); and got a fireplace for Father Winter, who he then shook down for more presents (mostly to sell – also, because of the “Spooky” lot trait, Father Winter spent most of his time terrified). XD
II. James has decided he is allowed to just sell stuff and invested that money into more water collectors, so now the household has a steady water supply and thus people may shower and bathe and all that fun stuff. Plus he can sell the surplus when he needs it.
III. Semaj got another promotion! He is now a Corporate Raider, and is just one step away from maxing out his career. James promptly spun the wheel of challenges to determine which to remove. . .
And got “Spooky.” AKA no more random ghosts. He is now convinced that the two banes of his existence, “Simple Living” and “Off The Grid,” are going to be the last to go. XD I wouldn’t be surprised. . .come on, James, it’s hell like this that makes things fun! XD
C) From there we moved onto Call Me Kevin, and Rebel Inc. – made by the same people who made Plague Inc., only it’s all about being a government putting down insurgents instead of a pandemic trying to kill all humans! Kevin named his operation to deal with the insurgents “Scorched Earth” and set to work building up a very powerful military, denying his airstrikes killed civilians, denying the locals basic infrastructure, and chasing the insurgents all over the mountains until they agreed to peace talks – and then demanding that they agree to handing over all of their weapons and having the leaders imprisoned while his government did nothing. XD The first time, talks broke down because his reputation was miserable and his corruption was super high and everything flopped until his leader ended up jailed – the SECOND time, Kevin actually gave people roads and allowed tourist traps to be built, and he had enough reputation to get through the talks and force peace and stability! Ah, you love to see an Irishman take over some random Saffron Fields and force all his soldiers on extended tours to chase rebels into the mountains. :p
D) And finally, we had GrayStillPlays and more Short Ride! You know it’s gonna be good when the first level shown features Florida Girl on a bicycle and a steamroller right behind her. XD A steamroller which, yes, did indeed chase the hell out of her. She also spent a lot of levels getting her legs severed (either by traps or pyramids of beer bottles – generally managed to limp to the finish line though), and one notable one riding in a shopping cart through buzzsaws and explosives. The best levels, though, involved Gray unlocking Discount Gerard Way/Divorced Cloud Strife In Purple Shorts and leading them through various obstacles on a pogo stick. This involved precision leaping around sawblades mounted in both the ground and the air; being chased by a giant explodey eye; having to leap onto a swinging suspended platform; having to escape a cube with spikes on it that suddenly chases you with no warning once you leap over it; and having to nudge a steamroller into a pyramid of naval mines (first time, Gray got distracted by the possibility of driving the steamroller and went straight into the mines). Oh, and of course, the obligatory arrow up the rear end, because that is NOT just a thing in Happy Wheels. XD I’m looking forward to the next video featuring this chaos!
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check, though it took a bit of doing – no asks or thread replies on Valice Multiverse, so I went looking for some fandom stuff to reblog. Found a cool VTMB gifset right off the bat, but finding a FO4 photoset proved harder. . .got there eventually, though!
*checks out my window* Aaand we've got a bit of snow out there. The really heavy stuff isn't supposed to happen until later, though, but. . .yeah. We'll see what happens. In the meantime, here's the Saturday to-dos, though all of them are kind of dependent on if we have power or not --
1. Clean my room and do the monthly laundry
2. Keep up with YouTube Subs (including the Wyrd Sisters Podcast), see about watching the latest AT4W in the Watch Later
3. Play Sims 4 and work on my next build for a while
4. Write some more on "Learn To Love Again"
Yeah, obviously if I can't get on the computer, I can't do most of these. . .and if we don't have power, I'm not wasting generator gas on the washer and dryer or the vacuum cleaner. Fingers crossed it doesn't come to that, but -- yeah. Blizzard conditions. Meeeh. At least my iPad is all charged up. . . Night all!
As for the to-do list today. . .
Work – A quieter, less “ugh” day, I am happy to say. Yes, there was some credit card company bullshit, and yes, my coworkers were EXTREMELY annoying today (yap yap yap), but most of my day was just doing the GL, posting a few gifts, and doing some duplicates and obits. A better way to end the week.
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, and another half-hour of Jon’s Unpacking livestream watched! Jon and Claire actually finished up the game today, with Jon getting his head together enough to unpack all of the rooms and finally get everything where it belonged. No, the baby bouncer must go in the baby’s room, and not the office; no, your wife’s plants must go on the windowsill and not on top of the highest kitchen cupboard; no, the anime poster you’re constantly making fun of has to go in a room OTHER than the downstairs bathroom. XD Along the way Jon mistook laundry powder for some sort of t-shirt box that might have to do with the baby (to be fair, I didn’t know what it was either, but I did correctly leave it in the upstairs bathroom), Jon and Claire both bitched about how they’ve gone off modern Who (they don’t like the showrunners), Jon spelled out potential baby name “Becca” with the provided soft blocks, and he and Claire both squeed their heads off about the pig being donated to the baby (along with Wife’s little tiger friend :) ). Now, even though the game is officially done, there’s actually still about twenty minutes to go in the livestream! I know part of that is the end credits (and I do want to see his and Claire’s reaction to the final shot), but I’m not sure what the rest of it will be. Maybe Jon turns on the “place anything anywhere” option and does various silly rooms of silliness? *shrug* We will find out!
2. Continue editing Chapter 5 of “Londerland Bloodlines: Santa Monica’s Vale Of Tears”: Check – pretty simple scene tonight, just Alice combing through The Cathayan’s e-mails and reading his various reports back to “The Temple of Golden Virtue” – not that Alice has any clue what that means yet. Carpenter’s convinced her Ed’s ax would be a handy weapon in the upcoming battle hinted at in the last one – now we just have to get to the actual boss fight!
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check for everything uploaded today – as stated, the Wyrd Sisters Podcast of Wintersmith will be listened to tomorrow. But in the meantime –
A) Started with this week’s Fun With Shorts – “Hunter and Hunted,” another terrible Lone Ranger & Tonto short! Though this was a Tonto solo effort, with him going up against some hunters who were carelessly killing buffalo and showing THEM what it was like to be hunted! It was appropriately overwrought and goofy, and to Josh’s displeasure, featured a Josh in the main trio of villains. So you can imagine a lot of snark was laid on THAT guy. XD Josh was in fact just generally beautifully sarcastic in this one – him making fun of these shorts are genuinely some of my favorites because of that.
B) Then it was onto James Turner and another episode of “Every Lot Challenge Challenge!” Things remain really, REALLY chaotic on this lot, because why would they be otherwise? The laundry in particular was a problem this episode – firstly because the wet clothes on the clothesline when he moved it under cover glitched and never dried, and then secondly because neither the maid nor the nanny would ever REMOVE the freshly-dried clothes from the line, and instead just kept dumping more laundry into the dirty washtub. Or starting the washing machine before James could get all the clothes into that. It was ROUGH, let me tell you. Also, Jasmin’s university career is off to an – uneven start, with two classes with A+s and one class with a D+, meaning her overall GPA is a B+. (James is confused as to what happened, but I AM pretty sure Jasmin totally missed one of her classes, so. . .) There were a few bright spots among the episode, though:
I. James actually let the family celebrate Winterfest! To a degree – Semaj had to go to work, and Jasmin to class, but he got a tree and let the family decorate it; got the ingredients for Semaj to cook a Grand Turkey Meal; got present piles for the kids to open presents (admittedly, one of them got a lump of coal, but still); and got a fireplace for Father Winter, who he then shook down for more presents (mostly to sell – also, because of the “Spooky” lot trait, Father Winter spent most of his time terrified). XD
II. James has decided he is allowed to just sell stuff and invested that money into more water collectors, so now the household has a steady water supply and thus people may shower and bathe and all that fun stuff. Plus he can sell the surplus when he needs it.
III. Semaj got another promotion! He is now a Corporate Raider, and is just one step away from maxing out his career. James promptly spun the wheel of challenges to determine which to remove. . .
And got “Spooky.” AKA no more random ghosts. He is now convinced that the two banes of his existence, “Simple Living” and “Off The Grid,” are going to be the last to go. XD I wouldn’t be surprised. . .come on, James, it’s hell like this that makes things fun! XD
C) From there we moved onto Call Me Kevin, and Rebel Inc. – made by the same people who made Plague Inc., only it’s all about being a government putting down insurgents instead of a pandemic trying to kill all humans! Kevin named his operation to deal with the insurgents “Scorched Earth” and set to work building up a very powerful military, denying his airstrikes killed civilians, denying the locals basic infrastructure, and chasing the insurgents all over the mountains until they agreed to peace talks – and then demanding that they agree to handing over all of their weapons and having the leaders imprisoned while his government did nothing. XD The first time, talks broke down because his reputation was miserable and his corruption was super high and everything flopped until his leader ended up jailed – the SECOND time, Kevin actually gave people roads and allowed tourist traps to be built, and he had enough reputation to get through the talks and force peace and stability! Ah, you love to see an Irishman take over some random Saffron Fields and force all his soldiers on extended tours to chase rebels into the mountains. :p
D) And finally, we had GrayStillPlays and more Short Ride! You know it’s gonna be good when the first level shown features Florida Girl on a bicycle and a steamroller right behind her. XD A steamroller which, yes, did indeed chase the hell out of her. She also spent a lot of levels getting her legs severed (either by traps or pyramids of beer bottles – generally managed to limp to the finish line though), and one notable one riding in a shopping cart through buzzsaws and explosives. The best levels, though, involved Gray unlocking Discount Gerard Way/Divorced Cloud Strife In Purple Shorts and leading them through various obstacles on a pogo stick. This involved precision leaping around sawblades mounted in both the ground and the air; being chased by a giant explodey eye; having to leap onto a swinging suspended platform; having to escape a cube with spikes on it that suddenly chases you with no warning once you leap over it; and having to nudge a steamroller into a pyramid of naval mines (first time, Gray got distracted by the possibility of driving the steamroller and went straight into the mines). Oh, and of course, the obligatory arrow up the rear end, because that is NOT just a thing in Happy Wheels. XD I’m looking forward to the next video featuring this chaos!
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check, though it took a bit of doing – no asks or thread replies on Valice Multiverse, so I went looking for some fandom stuff to reblog. Found a cool VTMB gifset right off the bat, but finding a FO4 photoset proved harder. . .got there eventually, though!
*checks out my window* Aaand we've got a bit of snow out there. The really heavy stuff isn't supposed to happen until later, though, but. . .yeah. We'll see what happens. In the meantime, here's the Saturday to-dos, though all of them are kind of dependent on if we have power or not --
1. Clean my room and do the monthly laundry
2. Keep up with YouTube Subs (including the Wyrd Sisters Podcast), see about watching the latest AT4W in the Watch Later
3. Play Sims 4 and work on my next build for a while
4. Write some more on "Learn To Love Again"
Yeah, obviously if I can't get on the computer, I can't do most of these. . .and if we don't have power, I'm not wasting generator gas on the washer and dryer or the vacuum cleaner. Fingers crossed it doesn't come to that, but -- yeah. Blizzard conditions. Meeeh. At least my iPad is all charged up. . . Night all!
