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Cleaning & Videos Saturday
May. 2nd, 2026 11:50 pmYeah, this was not my most productive day -- but then again, I didn't plan for it to be, so I cannot be annoyed by that fact. In fact, I technically accomplished MORE than I set out to do:
Cleaning: ‘Twas a pretty typical Cleaning Saturday (though, happily, Mom finished all the laundry while I was still dusting, so I was able to just dump my sheets and PJs in the hamper this morn) – started around 10:40 AM or so; completed all my dusting and about half of the Swiffering before lunch at a little after 1:20 PM (parents were out this morning buying more tea for Mom at Job Lot), then finishing up the Swiffering and the vacuuming between 2 and 2:25 PM. ...I then sat around watching the second half of Jon of Many a True Nerd’s “Fallout 4 Is Better Than You Think” video essay (ironically the half covering the game’s many problems) on my phone because I really wanted to finish it after listening to the rest while I cleaned, but – well. I said today was primarily going to be a video catch-up day, so… :P
YouTube: I didn’t get to ALL the videos I wanted to watch today, thanks to spending the afternoon working on finishing off yesterday’s entry, but I did get to the ones I most wanted to watch –
A) First up was a YouTube Short that I spotted in my Recommendeds and decided I was sufficiently intrigued by to watch – “More people finished honor mode than got this #baldursgate3” by good old SuNStereO! A very short clip of someone’s Tav (or possibly Durge, it wasn’t specified) playing their lute in what appeared to be Baldur’s Gate, drawing a crowd, then ending the performance and receiving general applause and a bunch of thrown gold from the NPCs. And, as a result, earning what is apparently rarest achievement in BG3 – “Busker: Earn a hundred gold from playing sweet, sweet music in a single playthrough.” Which, at the time that clip was recorded, was an achievement only 2.6% of players had. Given only Bards start with musical instrument proficiency, and it’s pretty damn hard for the other classes to get (you either have to help Alfira finish her song a specific way or take the “Performer” feat), I’m not surprised this is a pretty rare achievement! ...that being said, earning it sounds like Smiler’s jam, so I’ll have to see if I can pick it up during my own playthrough. :D
B) Then it was over to OXBox for the latest list video: “7 Most DISAPPOINTING Plot Twists: Commenter Edition!” Jane and Mike going through another set of video games that were unable to pull off their plot twists, as suggested by comments on the last game. Oh, Batman: Arkham Knight revealed the titular Knight to be none other than Jason Todd, aka the Robin who died, aka Red Hood? Yeah, half the fanbase already guessed that because it seemed obvious, and the other half didn’t know Jason’s comic history enough to care, so... Oh, Sea Of Thieves revealed at the end of Season 6 that the killer of DeMarco Sing, son of the Pirate Lord, was the Siren Queen – a Season 3 villain who the players ALREADY KILLED? Yeah, okay, nobody guessed that one, but everyone was like “wait, how did she come back to life?” and “What the hell, we spent all the time following the clues for this?” and “WAIT A MINUTE, THE PIRATE LORD IS GOING TO KILL HER SO WE DON’T EVEN GET A BOSS FIGHT?!” (Yeah, she does genuinely get killed again in a cutscene by that guy, not the player. Boo!) And oh, Star Ocean: Until The End Of Time revealed that the protagonist’s whole universe was a giant video game, and the reason it was in trouble was because it wasn’t making enough money and the server was shutting down? ...okay, this one is a little more “your mileage may vary,” because while some might think making everything virtual cheapens everything that came before, I think that’s actually a pretty decent twist. Though maybe less suited to a JRPG (which has all the characters survive in the end despite their universe being deleted for unclear “managed to grow beyond being 1s and 0s” reasons) and more suited to a horror game. Or a Black Mirror episode.
C) And finally, it was over to C. M. Alongi’s channel to watch “CaFae Latte Season 85 - TikTok Compilation” – because, yes, the hiatus is officially over and the compilations are officially back, baby! And this one covered:
I. Oscar coming back from his brief stint in jail – revealing that the seraph agent who was chasing him before got caught up in Bob’s mass curse and fired for embezzling before he could press any charges – and getting caught up on the current situation; Bob told him things had calmed down some around the cafe but that poor Cyrus was still swamped. JC asked about the Hotel Jacaranda situation and if Cyrus had been needed there after all – turns out partially, as Bob explained that, after Herla left one of his witches there to replace the one snatched up by ICE, Cyrus managed to get the original witch freed. She also threw in that the hotel was serving as a refuge and helping fundraise for Havenwatch, a real-life charity helping those affected by the current crisis (letting us fourth-wall viewers know they need gas, gift cards, and just plain old cash, GoFundMe’s in the description). And then Cyrus walked in...and revealed that he was handing in his two-week notice. Cue general shock. :O
( We all know the CaFae Latte write-ups are some of the longest )
Tumblr: To my own surprise, I actually put something up on both of my tumblrs this night –
Victor Luvs Alice (N Smiler) – Over here, I reblogged a post by silicon65 of Gef the Talking Moongoose, going on about how he wasn’t evil (but he could be, if he wanted to, and could kill all the listeners, but he wouldn’t) – Gef being a character in the eldritch horror Valice fanfic “Beneath A Broken Sky” by thesatiricaldemon (sort of Victor’s necromantic familiar, in fact), I reblogged it pretty much just to add the tag “#look Satirical it's ya boi (and BABS Victor's boy too)” XD Because that is what friends do, dang it. :p
Valice Multiverse – And over here, I answered the ask I couldn’t get to last night – from one thecovenwars, stating that “sometimes writing is just watching characters do something phenomenally stupid and then writing up the incident report.” XD I decided that one deserved a meta answer and had Cuddlepile!Victor express the hope that that wasn’t how I saw writing my Valice and Valicer stories – his Alice commented that it probably depended on which universe and which particular story I was writing, with the matching Smiler adding that if any verse was going to be hit by this, it would be Valicer In The Dark, whose stories were partly the product of dice rolls. Cue VITD!Smiler yelling over that I had promised them that they’d always successfully complete the score, at least. XD I thought it was funny!
And I have stayed up a bit later than I intended to get this done, so I really need to go to bed now. Goals for tomorrow include working more on my tumblr drafts on Victor Luvs Alice (N Smiler) (hopefully finishing up the VITD Meets BG3 Volume 3 post); playing some Fallout: New Vegas and seeing if I can get Victor a friend in ED-E by visiting the Mojave Express office; and keeping up with the latest F:NV YOLO Remastered episode -- if there is one this week. Depends on how Jon's feeling, I suppose! If I can get anything else done, that'll be a bonus. *nods* Night all!
Cleaning: ‘Twas a pretty typical Cleaning Saturday (though, happily, Mom finished all the laundry while I was still dusting, so I was able to just dump my sheets and PJs in the hamper this morn) – started around 10:40 AM or so; completed all my dusting and about half of the Swiffering before lunch at a little after 1:20 PM (parents were out this morning buying more tea for Mom at Job Lot), then finishing up the Swiffering and the vacuuming between 2 and 2:25 PM. ...I then sat around watching the second half of Jon of Many a True Nerd’s “Fallout 4 Is Better Than You Think” video essay (ironically the half covering the game’s many problems) on my phone because I really wanted to finish it after listening to the rest while I cleaned, but – well. I said today was primarily going to be a video catch-up day, so… :P
YouTube: I didn’t get to ALL the videos I wanted to watch today, thanks to spending the afternoon working on finishing off yesterday’s entry, but I did get to the ones I most wanted to watch –
A) First up was a YouTube Short that I spotted in my Recommendeds and decided I was sufficiently intrigued by to watch – “More people finished honor mode than got this #baldursgate3” by good old SuNStereO! A very short clip of someone’s Tav (or possibly Durge, it wasn’t specified) playing their lute in what appeared to be Baldur’s Gate, drawing a crowd, then ending the performance and receiving general applause and a bunch of thrown gold from the NPCs. And, as a result, earning what is apparently rarest achievement in BG3 – “Busker: Earn a hundred gold from playing sweet, sweet music in a single playthrough.” Which, at the time that clip was recorded, was an achievement only 2.6% of players had. Given only Bards start with musical instrument proficiency, and it’s pretty damn hard for the other classes to get (you either have to help Alfira finish her song a specific way or take the “Performer” feat), I’m not surprised this is a pretty rare achievement! ...that being said, earning it sounds like Smiler’s jam, so I’ll have to see if I can pick it up during my own playthrough. :D
B) Then it was over to OXBox for the latest list video: “7 Most DISAPPOINTING Plot Twists: Commenter Edition!” Jane and Mike going through another set of video games that were unable to pull off their plot twists, as suggested by comments on the last game. Oh, Batman: Arkham Knight revealed the titular Knight to be none other than Jason Todd, aka the Robin who died, aka Red Hood? Yeah, half the fanbase already guessed that because it seemed obvious, and the other half didn’t know Jason’s comic history enough to care, so... Oh, Sea Of Thieves revealed at the end of Season 6 that the killer of DeMarco Sing, son of the Pirate Lord, was the Siren Queen – a Season 3 villain who the players ALREADY KILLED? Yeah, okay, nobody guessed that one, but everyone was like “wait, how did she come back to life?” and “What the hell, we spent all the time following the clues for this?” and “WAIT A MINUTE, THE PIRATE LORD IS GOING TO KILL HER SO WE DON’T EVEN GET A BOSS FIGHT?!” (Yeah, she does genuinely get killed again in a cutscene by that guy, not the player. Boo!) And oh, Star Ocean: Until The End Of Time revealed that the protagonist’s whole universe was a giant video game, and the reason it was in trouble was because it wasn’t making enough money and the server was shutting down? ...okay, this one is a little more “your mileage may vary,” because while some might think making everything virtual cheapens everything that came before, I think that’s actually a pretty decent twist. Though maybe less suited to a JRPG (which has all the characters survive in the end despite their universe being deleted for unclear “managed to grow beyond being 1s and 0s” reasons) and more suited to a horror game. Or a Black Mirror episode.
C) And finally, it was over to C. M. Alongi’s channel to watch “CaFae Latte Season 85 - TikTok Compilation” – because, yes, the hiatus is officially over and the compilations are officially back, baby! And this one covered:
I. Oscar coming back from his brief stint in jail – revealing that the seraph agent who was chasing him before got caught up in Bob’s mass curse and fired for embezzling before he could press any charges – and getting caught up on the current situation; Bob told him things had calmed down some around the cafe but that poor Cyrus was still swamped. JC asked about the Hotel Jacaranda situation and if Cyrus had been needed there after all – turns out partially, as Bob explained that, after Herla left one of his witches there to replace the one snatched up by ICE, Cyrus managed to get the original witch freed. She also threw in that the hotel was serving as a refuge and helping fundraise for Havenwatch, a real-life charity helping those affected by the current crisis (letting us fourth-wall viewers know they need gas, gift cards, and just plain old cash, GoFundMe’s in the description). And then Cyrus walked in...and revealed that he was handing in his two-week notice. Cue general shock. :O
( We all know the CaFae Latte write-ups are some of the longest )
Tumblr: To my own surprise, I actually put something up on both of my tumblrs this night –
Victor Luvs Alice (N Smiler) – Over here, I reblogged a post by silicon65 of Gef the Talking Moongoose, going on about how he wasn’t evil (but he could be, if he wanted to, and could kill all the listeners, but he wouldn’t) – Gef being a character in the eldritch horror Valice fanfic “Beneath A Broken Sky” by thesatiricaldemon (sort of Victor’s necromantic familiar, in fact), I reblogged it pretty much just to add the tag “#look Satirical it's ya boi (and BABS Victor's boy too)” XD Because that is what friends do, dang it. :p
Valice Multiverse – And over here, I answered the ask I couldn’t get to last night – from one thecovenwars, stating that “sometimes writing is just watching characters do something phenomenally stupid and then writing up the incident report.” XD I decided that one deserved a meta answer and had Cuddlepile!Victor express the hope that that wasn’t how I saw writing my Valice and Valicer stories – his Alice commented that it probably depended on which universe and which particular story I was writing, with the matching Smiler adding that if any verse was going to be hit by this, it would be Valicer In The Dark, whose stories were partly the product of dice rolls. Cue VITD!Smiler yelling over that I had promised them that they’d always successfully complete the score, at least. XD I thought it was funny!
And I have stayed up a bit later than I intended to get this done, so I really need to go to bed now. Goals for tomorrow include working more on my tumblr drafts on Victor Luvs Alice (N Smiler) (hopefully finishing up the VITD Meets BG3 Volume 3 post); playing some Fallout: New Vegas and seeing if I can get Victor a friend in ED-E by visiting the Mojave Express office; and keeping up with the latest F:NV YOLO Remastered episode -- if there is one this week. Depends on how Jon's feeling, I suppose! If I can get anything else done, that'll be a bonus. *nods* Night all!
