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Somewhat More Productive Monday
Jun. 2nd, 2025 11:52 pmLike, it wasn't super productive, but I got some stuff done, both at work and at home --
Work – Pretty quiet day at work – I got in a bit late due to traffic; did the GL; poked through the exceptions and tried contacting some people about stuff; did a little bit of roster maintenance; put on a couple of Easter collection batches; and otherwise tried to find ways to keep myself busy. There just isn’t that much happening there right now! Though I am pleased to report they let us know that half-day Fridays ARE a thing again this summer, so that’s something to look forward to! *nods* So yeah – suspect I’m just gonna be puttering around for the most part, unless a project pops up in the next few days. Which, it just might, so we’ll see what happens!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, another night with “D&D But... Everyone's A Kobold LIVE! | Oxventure!” Tonight’s chunklet saw –
I. Ellen’s kobold “The Quiet” and Jane’s kobold “The Miniature” avoid being taken by a clumsy eagle right outside the bear cave (which crashed and died next to them, allowing them to take the corpse along); stumble across some poachers tying up a recently-deceased deer; ask the poachers if they have any healing leaves, only to find they weren’t the right kind (mostly because they’d been mashed up into a poultice); and get essentially kidnapped by said poachers, who planned to throw them down a well in the nearby village to stop them telling anyone what they saw. Fortunately, “The Quiet” was able to bite one of the poacher’s ears off when he tried to figure out what she was saying while they were being carted along, causing him to drop them and them both to run away; unfortunately, “The Miniature” then had a bright idea about diving into the sewer and drowned in the sewage, and “The Quiet,” in an attempt to find the leaves in the “weird square caves” around, got her arm stuck in a mail slot. XD Still, “The Quiet” is still fucking ALIVE, so that’s a win in and of itself!
II. Andy, Mike, and Johnny go through a fair number of kobolds while they were trying to catch up – “The Kipper” (Johnny), “The Squishy” (Mike), and “The Bear Impersonator” (Andy) all got eaten by the bears back in the cave; Johnny’s “The Showboat” successfully got the bears to run into a wall by doing the old “waving a cloth in front of them” trick like toreadors do, only to get smashed by them; and “The Annoying” (Andy) and Johnny’s next kobold, who didn’t last long enough for me to recall their name, got taken by an eagle when they left the cave. Mike’s “The Tinkerer,” Johnny’s “The Bold,” and Andy’s “Velocity The Weird” (who is indeed VERY WEIRD – Andy used the opportunity to be as off-putting as possible and lightly torment Luke by doing things like touching his hair and stealing his microphone XD) all then managed to find the spot where the poachers had killed the deer, and left some small bear traps around for foxes – although they ended up finding the traps via one snapping “The Tinkerer” in half and “The Bold” straight-up leaping into one. “The Weird” also ended up trapped, but via the method of deliberately prying open the trap that killed “The Tinkerer” and sticking his leg into it. XD He was soon joined by “The Librarian” (Mike) and “The Bad Influence” (Johnny), who – after “The Bad Influence” gave “The Weird” some glue to sniff (“The Weird” ate it instead, confusing BI) and dared him to cut off his own head (“The Weird” tried, but couldn’t manage it) – freed him and followed the trail into the village. I left off with “The Bad Influence” attempting to influence the church-going locals into worshiping Satan – and then having to pivot and try to get them into another god when they turned out to already be Satanists; “The Weird” gluing himself to the road after trying to glue himself to a parishioner; “The Librarian” and Jane’s new kobold “The Soulful” actually freeing “The Quiet;” and “The Soulful” having a good sniff of the town...and smelling something leafy coming from a store nearby… We’ll wrap all this kobold nonsense up tomorrow – I don’t QUITE remember what happens, but I know there’s a very special cameo coming up...
2. Continue editing “Londerland Bloodlines: Downtown Queensland”: Check – Alice left the tower walk behind today (much as she would have liked to linger up there longer), heading down into the belly of the mansion again and winding through more bizarrely-set-up rooms. Fortunately, she didn’t have to fight any ghouls this time, just sneak past them with a combination of Obfuscate, well-placed furniture barriers, and being very quick at opening doors. :p She has thus made it all the way to another one of Grout’s creepy and bizarre sitting rooms, with a tape recorder for her to listen to – and, as will become apparent tomorrow, some company for her to deal with…
3. Keep up with YouTube “Subs”: Check – nothing from Josh, so it was straight onto “CaFae Latte Season 57 - TikTok Compilation” by C. M. Alongi tonight! This was a short one, covering:
A) JC and Bob serving a chupacabra at the cafe, which surprised JC, as they thought those were myths (no, their realm of existence only just started intersecting with Earth’s in the last 30 years) – turns out this one knows Bob, and came in to see if she would put up a coupon code for the products from their sheep and alpaca farm for Hispanic Heritage month (and to give her a nice table runner for the counter)! JC was like “a sheep and alpaca farm? Really?” and the chupacabra was like “I know, but it lets us slake our thirst for blood ethically, and since we have to shear the sheep and alpaca to keep them healthy anyway, we might as well sell the wool, right? Yarn Granny’s a huge customer.” XD Cool to see a more modern cryptid/myth getting some rep!
B) Bob, Cyrus, Nicole, Rethu, Patrick, and Janine all attending a Mabon party hosted by Michael, leader of the Stoughton Street Witches (while JC, Husniya, and Drek held down the fort at the cafe) – featuring Michael accusing Cyrus of somehow cheating at apple bobbing; Patrick being adorable with Mike’s kid (who was giving her pumpkin three eyes); Janine saying that she does not want children but seeing Patrick with that kid makes her almost change her mind; and Rethu saying that they were starting to come around on the “having kids” thing – startling poor Cyrus, who wasn’t expecting to hear THAT! Fortunately Rethu followed it up with “still want to wait another 200 or so years,” to his relief.
C) Rethu and Cyrus having a nice, honest, and frank discussion of the “kids” thing – both of them confirming that, if they do want kids, they want to be a few centuries older (“not until I’m 500,” as per Cyrus) and more settled. And that they’ll probably adopt, given the whole “different species” thing and all (Rethu admitting that one of the reasons she loved Batman was his horde of adopted children). However, the fun was cut short when JC (who arrived on the scene to ask their opinion on whether or not their new maple cookies should be frosted or not – they unhelpfully had different opinions) got a phone call from their sister Kelly, who was apparently having some trouble with one of her sugar daddies...cue Rethu offering herself up as a taxi and Cyrus letting Bob know they were going out on a rescue mission!
D) Rethu, Cyrus, and JC arriving at the house of Barry, the toxic sugar daddy in question...and Rethu and Cyrus quickly discovering that this wasn’t so much a “rescue Kelly from the dangerous asshole” situation as a “keep Kelly from killing the dangerous asshole” situation. Because Kelly is smart and keeps a gun for just these situations. They accordingly turned around and watched the ducks, while JC pointed out that they already had a criminal record, so… Barry let Kelly leave with the bag she’d earned after that. XD
E) And Rethu, Cyrus, and JC checking in with Kelly to make sure she was really all right – turns out what had happened was that Barry had tried to coerce her into doing something on her “no way in hell” list (which she provides to all potential daddies, along with her “yes please” and “I’m fine with these” lists), and when she refused, he shoved her. Causing her to punch him and lock herself in a room to call JC, because unfortunately Barry had been her ride to the house. Now that she was safely out, though, she was going to make sure ALL her fellow sugar babies knew what a dangerous asshole he was, with JC offering to put the word out to Pam, their former hooker friend. Cyrus noted that while they’d saved Barry from a physical murder, he was definitely going to get socially murdered. XD
Good stuff – I’m glad Kelly’s becoming a semi-regular part of the cast now, I like her. :) Given what JC’s parents and aunt Margaret are like, it’s good to see that they have one pretty decent relative. (John, their brother, I haven’t seen enough of to form a proper opinion on yet.)
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Substitution check – it was a Victor Luvs Alice (N Smiler)-only day, and as usual I never got in my drafts – but I did make sure to reblog my friend Satirical Demon’s latest plushy acquisition! “Big D” from “Hunter The Parenting,” which I believe to be some sort of web series based on the World of Darkness “Hunter” line. He is a man who looks something like a professional wrestler with very big chompers. XD But then again, I have a plush vampire bat, a plush Companion Cube, a plush The Smiler teddy bear, and a plush intellect devourer, so who am I to judge? :P
Other: As it was a very nice day today – warm with low humidity – we did indeed play beanbags once I got home from work! And, as has been usual the last few times we’ve played, I did terribly, losing the first two games and only clawing out a win in the third because Dad went downhill. And even then it was only after he’d tied me a couple of times. Final scores were me 3-3-W; Dad W-2-2; and Mom 2-W-3. At least we all won once? *shakehead* We’ll see if I can do better in tomorrow’s game!
*nods* Yeah -- nothing huge, but things were accomplished, and this pleases me. But now I really do need to wrap things up and head to bed. Supposed to be a hot one tomorrow -- we'll see if the forecast is correct or not! Night all!
Work – Pretty quiet day at work – I got in a bit late due to traffic; did the GL; poked through the exceptions and tried contacting some people about stuff; did a little bit of roster maintenance; put on a couple of Easter collection batches; and otherwise tried to find ways to keep myself busy. There just isn’t that much happening there right now! Though I am pleased to report they let us know that half-day Fridays ARE a thing again this summer, so that’s something to look forward to! *nods* So yeah – suspect I’m just gonna be puttering around for the most part, unless a project pops up in the next few days. Which, it just might, so we’ll see what happens!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, another night with “D&D But... Everyone's A Kobold LIVE! | Oxventure!” Tonight’s chunklet saw –
I. Ellen’s kobold “The Quiet” and Jane’s kobold “The Miniature” avoid being taken by a clumsy eagle right outside the bear cave (which crashed and died next to them, allowing them to take the corpse along); stumble across some poachers tying up a recently-deceased deer; ask the poachers if they have any healing leaves, only to find they weren’t the right kind (mostly because they’d been mashed up into a poultice); and get essentially kidnapped by said poachers, who planned to throw them down a well in the nearby village to stop them telling anyone what they saw. Fortunately, “The Quiet” was able to bite one of the poacher’s ears off when he tried to figure out what she was saying while they were being carted along, causing him to drop them and them both to run away; unfortunately, “The Miniature” then had a bright idea about diving into the sewer and drowned in the sewage, and “The Quiet,” in an attempt to find the leaves in the “weird square caves” around, got her arm stuck in a mail slot. XD Still, “The Quiet” is still fucking ALIVE, so that’s a win in and of itself!
II. Andy, Mike, and Johnny go through a fair number of kobolds while they were trying to catch up – “The Kipper” (Johnny), “The Squishy” (Mike), and “The Bear Impersonator” (Andy) all got eaten by the bears back in the cave; Johnny’s “The Showboat” successfully got the bears to run into a wall by doing the old “waving a cloth in front of them” trick like toreadors do, only to get smashed by them; and “The Annoying” (Andy) and Johnny’s next kobold, who didn’t last long enough for me to recall their name, got taken by an eagle when they left the cave. Mike’s “The Tinkerer,” Johnny’s “The Bold,” and Andy’s “Velocity The Weird” (who is indeed VERY WEIRD – Andy used the opportunity to be as off-putting as possible and lightly torment Luke by doing things like touching his hair and stealing his microphone XD) all then managed to find the spot where the poachers had killed the deer, and left some small bear traps around for foxes – although they ended up finding the traps via one snapping “The Tinkerer” in half and “The Bold” straight-up leaping into one. “The Weird” also ended up trapped, but via the method of deliberately prying open the trap that killed “The Tinkerer” and sticking his leg into it. XD He was soon joined by “The Librarian” (Mike) and “The Bad Influence” (Johnny), who – after “The Bad Influence” gave “The Weird” some glue to sniff (“The Weird” ate it instead, confusing BI) and dared him to cut off his own head (“The Weird” tried, but couldn’t manage it) – freed him and followed the trail into the village. I left off with “The Bad Influence” attempting to influence the church-going locals into worshiping Satan – and then having to pivot and try to get them into another god when they turned out to already be Satanists; “The Weird” gluing himself to the road after trying to glue himself to a parishioner; “The Librarian” and Jane’s new kobold “The Soulful” actually freeing “The Quiet;” and “The Soulful” having a good sniff of the town...and smelling something leafy coming from a store nearby… We’ll wrap all this kobold nonsense up tomorrow – I don’t QUITE remember what happens, but I know there’s a very special cameo coming up...
2. Continue editing “Londerland Bloodlines: Downtown Queensland”: Check – Alice left the tower walk behind today (much as she would have liked to linger up there longer), heading down into the belly of the mansion again and winding through more bizarrely-set-up rooms. Fortunately, she didn’t have to fight any ghouls this time, just sneak past them with a combination of Obfuscate, well-placed furniture barriers, and being very quick at opening doors. :p She has thus made it all the way to another one of Grout’s creepy and bizarre sitting rooms, with a tape recorder for her to listen to – and, as will become apparent tomorrow, some company for her to deal with…
3. Keep up with YouTube “Subs”: Check – nothing from Josh, so it was straight onto “CaFae Latte Season 57 - TikTok Compilation” by C. M. Alongi tonight! This was a short one, covering:
A) JC and Bob serving a chupacabra at the cafe, which surprised JC, as they thought those were myths (no, their realm of existence only just started intersecting with Earth’s in the last 30 years) – turns out this one knows Bob, and came in to see if she would put up a coupon code for the products from their sheep and alpaca farm for Hispanic Heritage month (and to give her a nice table runner for the counter)! JC was like “a sheep and alpaca farm? Really?” and the chupacabra was like “I know, but it lets us slake our thirst for blood ethically, and since we have to shear the sheep and alpaca to keep them healthy anyway, we might as well sell the wool, right? Yarn Granny’s a huge customer.” XD Cool to see a more modern cryptid/myth getting some rep!
B) Bob, Cyrus, Nicole, Rethu, Patrick, and Janine all attending a Mabon party hosted by Michael, leader of the Stoughton Street Witches (while JC, Husniya, and Drek held down the fort at the cafe) – featuring Michael accusing Cyrus of somehow cheating at apple bobbing; Patrick being adorable with Mike’s kid (who was giving her pumpkin three eyes); Janine saying that she does not want children but seeing Patrick with that kid makes her almost change her mind; and Rethu saying that they were starting to come around on the “having kids” thing – startling poor Cyrus, who wasn’t expecting to hear THAT! Fortunately Rethu followed it up with “still want to wait another 200 or so years,” to his relief.
C) Rethu and Cyrus having a nice, honest, and frank discussion of the “kids” thing – both of them confirming that, if they do want kids, they want to be a few centuries older (“not until I’m 500,” as per Cyrus) and more settled. And that they’ll probably adopt, given the whole “different species” thing and all (Rethu admitting that one of the reasons she loved Batman was his horde of adopted children). However, the fun was cut short when JC (who arrived on the scene to ask their opinion on whether or not their new maple cookies should be frosted or not – they unhelpfully had different opinions) got a phone call from their sister Kelly, who was apparently having some trouble with one of her sugar daddies...cue Rethu offering herself up as a taxi and Cyrus letting Bob know they were going out on a rescue mission!
D) Rethu, Cyrus, and JC arriving at the house of Barry, the toxic sugar daddy in question...and Rethu and Cyrus quickly discovering that this wasn’t so much a “rescue Kelly from the dangerous asshole” situation as a “keep Kelly from killing the dangerous asshole” situation. Because Kelly is smart and keeps a gun for just these situations. They accordingly turned around and watched the ducks, while JC pointed out that they already had a criminal record, so… Barry let Kelly leave with the bag she’d earned after that. XD
E) And Rethu, Cyrus, and JC checking in with Kelly to make sure she was really all right – turns out what had happened was that Barry had tried to coerce her into doing something on her “no way in hell” list (which she provides to all potential daddies, along with her “yes please” and “I’m fine with these” lists), and when she refused, he shoved her. Causing her to punch him and lock herself in a room to call JC, because unfortunately Barry had been her ride to the house. Now that she was safely out, though, she was going to make sure ALL her fellow sugar babies knew what a dangerous asshole he was, with JC offering to put the word out to Pam, their former hooker friend. Cyrus noted that while they’d saved Barry from a physical murder, he was definitely going to get socially murdered. XD
Good stuff – I’m glad Kelly’s becoming a semi-regular part of the cast now, I like her. :) Given what JC’s parents and aunt Margaret are like, it’s good to see that they have one pretty decent relative. (John, their brother, I haven’t seen enough of to form a proper opinion on yet.)
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Substitution check – it was a Victor Luvs Alice (N Smiler)-only day, and as usual I never got in my drafts – but I did make sure to reblog my friend Satirical Demon’s latest plushy acquisition! “Big D” from “Hunter The Parenting,” which I believe to be some sort of web series based on the World of Darkness “Hunter” line. He is a man who looks something like a professional wrestler with very big chompers. XD But then again, I have a plush vampire bat, a plush Companion Cube, a plush The Smiler teddy bear, and a plush intellect devourer, so who am I to judge? :P
Other: As it was a very nice day today – warm with low humidity – we did indeed play beanbags once I got home from work! And, as has been usual the last few times we’ve played, I did terribly, losing the first two games and only clawing out a win in the third because Dad went downhill. And even then it was only after he’d tied me a couple of times. Final scores were me 3-3-W; Dad W-2-2; and Mom 2-W-3. At least we all won once? *shakehead* We’ll see if I can do better in tomorrow’s game!
*nods* Yeah -- nothing huge, but things were accomplished, and this pleases me. But now I really do need to wrap things up and head to bed. Supposed to be a hot one tomorrow -- we'll see if the forecast is correct or not! Night all!
