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Slow Start To 2025
Jan. 1st, 2025 11:48 pmIt took me longer than anticipated to actually get up and get moving this morning, and I didn't get as much done as I hoped I might (though I did at least get everything I really wanted to get done, done) --
Tumblr: Just Victor Luvs Alice (N Smiler) today – which is good, because I had a slow start today, and then spent most of my morning catching up on my dash. I did post my Fic Resolutions for this year, though! Big three goals are to finish posting “Londerland Bloodlines: Downtown Queensland” and start the first draft of “Londerland Bloodlines: Hollywood’s Deluded Depths;” continue working on the Valicer In The Dark series (starting with editing and posting “A Murder Shared Is A Murder Thirded”); and trying to get back into the habit of reading and reviewing fic when I’m at home (instead of just reading stories on my lunch break, when I can’t really review them). Hopefully these are all achievable goals! I’d like to think they are anyway!
Gaming: Had to change this heading to something generic today, because I actually played two games this afternoon (admittedly one very briefly for a very specific reason) –
( Okay, This Bit Got Really Long )
Writing: I’d hoped to do more here, but between getting that write-up about my games sorted above, catching up on everything on tumblr, and all the rest of it, I just never had the time to start editing “Downtown Queensland” or do anything else. Though I will say that, while doing my fic resolution post for tumblr, I came up with a title for the fourth Valicer In The Dark story (the one where they steal a list of potential union reps back from a factory boss who was planning to call assassins on the people named on it) – “They Would Have Done It For An Ottoman!” Because the joke of that particular score is that they’re paid in furniture, which they desperately need for their under-furnished lair. XD So at least that’s sorted!
YouTube: Just had time for the one GrayStillPlays video this evening – “Bikes vs Lightning in GTA 5!” A torture board that saw Gray having to sail bikes across a huge gap, dodging giant lightning katanas all the way (and THEN having to escape the landing area quickly enough to avoid being shocked to death when the wall came up); fly his way through the swirling blades of a lightning-empowered double weebmill (timing was EVERYTHING here); race down a bunch of appearing-and-disappearing Minecraft-inspired lightning platforms (over shark-infested waters – seriously, Gray fell into the water once while trying to do it in first person and turned out to come face-to-face with a shark); and finally go head-to-head with Santa as he attempted to beat Jolly Old St. Nick’s sleigh to the finish line while dodging the lightning boosters Kris Kingle dropped (because if he hit one, his bike was going FLYING out from under him). Many bikes tried and many bikes failed (though we did learn that the pizza scooter can seriously stick a landing), but in the end the pinkest bike prevailed! Barely, as it hit the final booster right as Gray hit the winning checkpoint, but – still. XD
...and yes, that is all you’re getting, because my New Year’s resolution when it comes to this section of my daily write-ups is “STOP BEING SO WORDY.” Doing full recaps takes up WAAAY too much of my time – I gotta trim it down! We’ll see how well I do – especially on Sunday, with the latest Fallout: London episode from Jon...
Workout: Back on the bike after yesterday’s skip, and back to “Hanging out with all of Tiny Town! - Part 12” by James Turner! Scarlett’s adventures in gardening continued, with the most notable events of this particular chunklet being:
A) Scarlett abusing her power as club leader to make all of her half siblings come over and help her garden on the regular – especially after she herself maxed the gardening skill, meaning there was no REASON for her to do it all herself anymore
B) Scarlett harvesting all of her plants and oversized crops and taking them to Finchwick to sell, making sure to haggle to get increased profits – her first attempt to do this was unsuccessful, but her SECOND attempt was EXTRA successful because she ended up selling everything during the Saturday Finchwick Fair, which actually adds its OWN bonuses to buying and selling crops! Meaning she was able to sell everything at an extra +25% profit instead of just +10%! So that was handy!
C) Scarlet getting into Giant Mushroom farming for her second set of oversized crops – I think James did this just because one of her previous giant mushrooms was the most profitable crop she grew, but I also think it fits her “fairycore” aesthetic, given that “fairy rings” are circles of mushrooms
D) James starting Scarlett’s treehouse, getting an actual giant tree from Horse Ranch (I believe from the debug menu) and using all the building tricks he knows (plus a little help from the TOOL mod) to build a house that looks like its resting on its branches, wrapping around the trunk of the tree! It’s pretty cool-looking, with lots of balconies and fun oddly-shaped rooms and whatnot. He’s had to rearrange the rows of giant mushrooms and make the greenhouse a bit smaller to fit it all in, but it’s coming together!
So yeah – Scarlett may not be making as much money as James hoped, but she’s made enough to make a decent place to live, at least! I look forward to seeing James complete the initial form of the Fairycore Treehouse build tomorrow!
*whew* Okay, now that that's all settled, I have to head to bed, because it's back to work tomorrow! For two whole days. *rolls eyes* I don't get why they didn't just give us the whole two weeks off...ah well. Hopefully tomorrow is busy in a way that makes the time go by but doesn't completely stress me out. We'll see! Night all!
Tumblr: Just Victor Luvs Alice (N Smiler) today – which is good, because I had a slow start today, and then spent most of my morning catching up on my dash. I did post my Fic Resolutions for this year, though! Big three goals are to finish posting “Londerland Bloodlines: Downtown Queensland” and start the first draft of “Londerland Bloodlines: Hollywood’s Deluded Depths;” continue working on the Valicer In The Dark series (starting with editing and posting “A Murder Shared Is A Murder Thirded”); and trying to get back into the habit of reading and reviewing fic when I’m at home (instead of just reading stories on my lunch break, when I can’t really review them). Hopefully these are all achievable goals! I’d like to think they are anyway!
Gaming: Had to change this heading to something generic today, because I actually played two games this afternoon (admittedly one very briefly for a very specific reason) –
( Okay, This Bit Got Really Long )
Writing: I’d hoped to do more here, but between getting that write-up about my games sorted above, catching up on everything on tumblr, and all the rest of it, I just never had the time to start editing “Downtown Queensland” or do anything else. Though I will say that, while doing my fic resolution post for tumblr, I came up with a title for the fourth Valicer In The Dark story (the one where they steal a list of potential union reps back from a factory boss who was planning to call assassins on the people named on it) – “They Would Have Done It For An Ottoman!” Because the joke of that particular score is that they’re paid in furniture, which they desperately need for their under-furnished lair. XD So at least that’s sorted!
YouTube: Just had time for the one GrayStillPlays video this evening – “Bikes vs Lightning in GTA 5!” A torture board that saw Gray having to sail bikes across a huge gap, dodging giant lightning katanas all the way (and THEN having to escape the landing area quickly enough to avoid being shocked to death when the wall came up); fly his way through the swirling blades of a lightning-empowered double weebmill (timing was EVERYTHING here); race down a bunch of appearing-and-disappearing Minecraft-inspired lightning platforms (over shark-infested waters – seriously, Gray fell into the water once while trying to do it in first person and turned out to come face-to-face with a shark); and finally go head-to-head with Santa as he attempted to beat Jolly Old St. Nick’s sleigh to the finish line while dodging the lightning boosters Kris Kingle dropped (because if he hit one, his bike was going FLYING out from under him). Many bikes tried and many bikes failed (though we did learn that the pizza scooter can seriously stick a landing), but in the end the pinkest bike prevailed! Barely, as it hit the final booster right as Gray hit the winning checkpoint, but – still. XD
...and yes, that is all you’re getting, because my New Year’s resolution when it comes to this section of my daily write-ups is “STOP BEING SO WORDY.” Doing full recaps takes up WAAAY too much of my time – I gotta trim it down! We’ll see how well I do – especially on Sunday, with the latest Fallout: London episode from Jon...
Workout: Back on the bike after yesterday’s skip, and back to “Hanging out with all of Tiny Town! - Part 12” by James Turner! Scarlett’s adventures in gardening continued, with the most notable events of this particular chunklet being:
A) Scarlett abusing her power as club leader to make all of her half siblings come over and help her garden on the regular – especially after she herself maxed the gardening skill, meaning there was no REASON for her to do it all herself anymore
B) Scarlett harvesting all of her plants and oversized crops and taking them to Finchwick to sell, making sure to haggle to get increased profits – her first attempt to do this was unsuccessful, but her SECOND attempt was EXTRA successful because she ended up selling everything during the Saturday Finchwick Fair, which actually adds its OWN bonuses to buying and selling crops! Meaning she was able to sell everything at an extra +25% profit instead of just +10%! So that was handy!
C) Scarlet getting into Giant Mushroom farming for her second set of oversized crops – I think James did this just because one of her previous giant mushrooms was the most profitable crop she grew, but I also think it fits her “fairycore” aesthetic, given that “fairy rings” are circles of mushrooms
D) James starting Scarlett’s treehouse, getting an actual giant tree from Horse Ranch (I believe from the debug menu) and using all the building tricks he knows (plus a little help from the TOOL mod) to build a house that looks like its resting on its branches, wrapping around the trunk of the tree! It’s pretty cool-looking, with lots of balconies and fun oddly-shaped rooms and whatnot. He’s had to rearrange the rows of giant mushrooms and make the greenhouse a bit smaller to fit it all in, but it’s coming together!
So yeah – Scarlett may not be making as much money as James hoped, but she’s made enough to make a decent place to live, at least! I look forward to seeing James complete the initial form of the Fairycore Treehouse build tomorrow!
*whew* Okay, now that that's all settled, I have to head to bed, because it's back to work tomorrow! For two whole days. *rolls eyes* I don't get why they didn't just give us the whole two weeks off...ah well. Hopefully tomorrow is busy in a way that makes the time go by but doesn't completely stress me out. We'll see! Night all!
