Pretty Good Tuesday
Jun. 10th, 2025 11:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickWell, except for the weather, which was rainy and miserable and kinda chilly. *shrug* Can't have everything! But yeah, I feel like I had a pretty good day overall, as my write-up will show --
Work – A pretty quiet day today – I ran the morning reports; did some obituaries and other related roster maintenance work; took a call from a guy wondering where his gift was (discovering in the process he had a duplicate record, so good thing he called); and then spent the rest of the day working on the QC file for the latest set of pledge billings we’re sending out for the Appeal. *shrug* Nothing too exciting! In fact, it was kind of boring, so I was very glad we were allowed to leave early. :P We’ll see if tomorrow is any more exciting or not!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, another night with “Dad's Gonna be So Mad! | Teens in Space TTRPG | Episode 1” by Oxventure! The adventures of Radian Inu (Andy), Kae’l Crex (Jane), and Galaxa Spacemountain (Liv) continued today, with –
A) Galaxa, hiding from her father in good form, overhearing her dad have a private conversation with one of her teachers about how important the Galaxa spaceship is, and how it’s vital that they have the best of the best when it comes to students on board...after all, he couldn’t put someone like his kid on it, could he? Cue Liv having to make a Grit roll as Galaxa seized up like non-Newtonian cornstarch glop (fortunately, she passed and didn’t cause a scene). XD
B) Galaxa THEN having to cover her compatriot’s attempts to escape from the room (Kae’l)/up onto the roof through an extractor vent of some kind (Radian, who had gone out the window and was desperately clinging to the wall) after both Jane and Andy rolled fairly poorly – fortunately, an extremely awkward “hi Dad I just wanted to say how great it was that you named the spaceship after me, we should totally go away on vacation together soon” conversation did the trick, and Kae’l was able to slither out of the room and gradually uncube herself out of sight, while Radian (thanks to exploding dice) was able to do a big leap up into the vent, get on the roof, then race down through the access hatch and down the stairs into the hallway. XD Dad Spacemountain was not happy to see any of them, but fortunately didn’t cotton on that they’d been in his office and just sent them home.
C) The gang having to avoid their “friend” from before (the one who was so intimidated by Kae’l he gave her his wallet) as they passed the hot dog spot on the way to the hangar where the Galaxa ship was docked, spinning a bullshit story about how it was an optical illusion that made them look like they were walking away from him, they were TOTALLY walking forward, please keep those eleven hot dogs you ordered for us for some reason warm XD
D) The gang having to get past the cybernetic dog-alien guards at the hangar – Radian claimed they were doing a school project, on behalf of their teacher Mr. Spaceship (it took GM Jasper a few minutes to recover from THAT one XD). The guard they spoke to demanded a note, so Radian hastily forged one behind his back (having to add more and more crap, like their full names and the school’s fancy crest to the top, as the guard got more and more specific about what he needed to see to let them in) – it didn’t QUITE pass muster, but it got the guards out of the way via the medium of them going around and showing it to each other and agreeing it looked suspicious before walking off to find more people up the chain of command XD
E) The kids finding the ship, and Jasper having Liv and Andy roll to determine the personality and accent of the onboard AI, with Jane getting naming rights – they ended up getting an angry Cockney AI that Jane named V.I.N.N.I.E. (Virtual Intelligence Neural Network Interactive Environment) XD
F) After some back and forth with V.I.N.N.I.E., who alternated between berating the kids and bragging about what a great spaceship he was, Radian managing to get the AI to let them on-board by asking if he’d seen the game the other night, prompting V.I.N.N.I.E. to open the doors to show them he had a game on now
G) V.I.N.N.I.E. leading the kids on a tour of the ship, featuring Galaxa ordering what she THOUGHT was an alcoholic drink from the canteen (proved to be merely Space Sprite) – and the reveal there was something [REDACTED] down in the lower deck, hmmm…
H) And, of course, the moment we were all waiting for – the kids hijacking the ship when the guards showed up with rifles and Dad Spacemountain, with Radian taking the pilot’s seat and “accidentally” pressing buttons to get them moving; Galaxa monitoring the shields and power levels and such – when she wasn’t sticking her head out the window to essentially tell her horrified father to suck it, that is; and Kae’l manning the weapons, upsetting V.I.N.N.I.E. a bit by reprogramming the lasers to not kill anybody because he’d been promised he could kill some people (“later on,” she pacified him). XD Tomorrow, we wrap things up with the last few minutes of their grand escape, and start episode 2 to see what shenanigans they get into once they’re actually in space!
2. Continue writing “The Van Dort Vacancy”: Check – I got another chunk done right before my workout, with Victor heading to the main ballroom to find his parents – only to get surprised by them coming out the exact same side door he’d intended to go in. Nell was IMMEDIATELY on him, demanding to know where he’d been and what he’d been doing, and telling him all about how he’d wrecked their reputation and his chances with Victoria Everglot (now engaged to an “Imperial lieutenant” – hi Christopher, you’ll get named eventually!) with all his shenanigans. And while poor Victor is currently doing his best to explain what happened with Emily, his parents are already skeptical of his claim that she dragged him into the ghost field...and I’m afraid things are just going to go downhill from there...
3. Keep up with YouTube “Subs”: Check plus, as – thanks to the extra free time I had from the early release – I got to watch a whole three videos today –
A) First up, we had a video I saw on Sims Community yesterday but didn’t get a chance to watch until this afternoon – “Paralives - Release Date Trailer (Early Access)” by Paralives! Yes, the Paralives team dropped a trailer the other day featuring a look at the town they’ve built for all the Paras to live in; a quick glance at how the UI works; a timelapse of a particular Para throughout her life to show off how aging works in the game; and lots of interactions between Paras, from a lady listening intently to someone playing piano at a dinner party, to a son comforting his mother when she ended up having a breakdown by the bathtub, to some ladies sharing a kiss at a party. And, most importantly, as per the title, the Early Access release date – December 8th, 2025! So by the end of the year, we’ll be able to take a look at how this game actually works! :D I suspect I know what I’ll be buying myself for my birthday this year…
B) Then, tonight, we had “Reacting to YOUR CaFae Latte Hot Takes!” by C. M. Alongi! 47 minutes of Chris reacting to people’s thoughts about the series – the characters, the arcs, and the world she’s created. It was pretty interesting stuff, with Chris:
I. Straight-up shooting down some ideas (like Bob getting a partner – “No. She’s aromantic”)
II. Explaining why other ones may not happen the way the author might want (“Rethu and Cyrus looking at the nurse with the streamer ex-boyfriend and considering going poly for her” – probably not going to happen, not in the least because Rethu’s demi and Cyrus is ace (meaning they aren’t the type to have instant attraction to someone), but she’s open to doing poly rep in GENERAL; “you should do some darker storylines” – she’d LIKE to, but between TikTok’s censorship policies and the fact that it’s easier for her do happier/sillier stuff for the most part when she’s acting, it’s tough to actually do darker stuff in the series. In the BOOK, though...)
III. And even adding a few ideas to her “filler” list of potential skit ideas (“JC’s parole officer and/or the officer who arrested them should show up at the cafe” – that could be interesting, yes, she will note it down).
She also confirmed a few headcanons (yes, JC IS a stress baker and will bake all the things if they’re struggling with their old addictions), admitted to some faults in her storytelling (yes, Drek isn’t as developed as the rest of the cast, mostly because she’s been writing him by the seat of her pants), and promised repeatedly that the upcoming book series would satisfy a good number of the complaints some people had (not only darker storylines, but a redo of Patrick and Janine’s Enemies-to-Lovers arc in the second book, Heart of Silver, since she is willing to admit that maybe they got together a touch too fast (personally, I think the sped-up, fluffier nature of the relationship works for the web series just fine)). Interesting stuff – it’s cool to get a look behind the scenes, and see what other people think about the show! :) Though I am glad that I didn’t watch it earlier, because that would have deprived me of the delightful shock I got upon seeing Eric in one of the more recent compilation thumbnails RIGHT AFTER watching the “Betrayal” arc (she revealed in this that she had plans to bring him back). Looking forward to watching THAT one eventually, let me tell you!
C) And finally, because I still actually had some time to watch videos even after the hefty treat that was the CaFae Latte Hot Takes (getting out early from work is really awesome), I went ahead and wrapped things up with “I Busted More Baldur's Gate 3 Myths in 2024” from Proxy Gate Tactician! Because I do very much enjoy his myth-busting videos. :) And in this video, he tackled:
I. Is it possible to hit Level 12 (the max level in an unmodded game) before reaching Act III? TECHNICALLY, but Proxy doesn’t think it’s really plausible – while he was able to find a way to min-max every encounter in the game for max XP, getting him all the way to Level 11 and roughly halfway to Level 12 by the end of Act II, AND he was able to find an infinite-farming opportunity against an enemy who will consistently raise zombies that you can kill for 3 XP each if you keep going in and out of combat with him, the sheer number of zombies you have to kill (over 4,000!) would probably cause the game to crash just from rendering all those bodies. So it’s probably POSSIBLE, but extremely unlikely. Though he did prove you can get damn close!
II. Can any animal larger than a peacock enter Baldur’s Gate? Nope, with the POSSIBLE exception of one spider companion a Beastmaster ranger can pick up (Proxy wasn’t quite sure if it was larger than a peacock or not). But yes, as it stands, after doing a lot of testing with the guards at the gate to Baldur’s Gate (as none of the other guards react to animals once you’re IN the city), Proxy was able to confirm that, apart from that one spider, anything bigger than a house cat, blue bird, raven, or crab was NOT allowed entry. Not even Scratch, the goodest boy! D: And no, trying to fudge the rules by using spells to make the kitties big and the oxen small did NOT fool the guards. XD
III. Are crate walls overpowered in outdoor fights, like the one where you have to protect the portal Halsin pops into to lift the shadow curse on the shadow-cursed lands? Nope – but barrel walls are! Basically, while a crate wall is good for getting the high ground and stopping melee attackers from doing anything, thanks to a quirk of BG3’s engine, ranged attackers can fire arrows, spells, and other such things right through the crates – their hitbox just doesn’t exist in those instances. So stacking up a bunch of crates only protected the portal for a little while. However, BARRELS are solid no matter what – an enemy can’t shoot through them, they have to look for a gap. So stacking a bunch of barrels in front of the portal protected it for the required full five turns. Basically, if you want to cheese certain fights, put your faith in the barrel, not the crate!
IV. And is it possible to get a funny fourth-wall-breaking cutscene from Karlach organically in the game, instead of fiddling with the game’s files to trigger it? Nope – not only did Proxy not find any hard evidence of someone triggering the cutscene without using cheats or mods, data-mining indicates that the cutscene simply cannot be trigger organically. Proxy even offered up $500 to anyone who could trigger the cutscene without cheats or mods, film how they did it, and then upload the video so other people could follow their method before Patch 7 came out, and it was never claimed. So yeah, that one is busted, and if you want to see it, be prepared to hit up NexusMods! Or YouTube – plenty of videos on it on YouTube. :p
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – well, a check and an N/A, as once again I didn’t have anything happening on Valice Multiverse. But I got my queue on Victor Luvs Alice (N Smiler) sorted through Friday earlier tonight, with:
A) A post from “citizenscreen” about how the original Ghostbusters hit theaters on June 8th, 1984 (complete with gif of them getting ready to face off against Gozer, and promo still of them post the Stay-Puft explosion), and a post from “graceashcroft” of gifs of Jillian Holtzmann from Ghostbusters: Answer The Call (aka the 2016 reboot) that I had in my drafts, for Wednesday
B) My two posts detailing my Ghostbusters Mega AU for Thursday
C) And a post from “dreemurr-skelememer” featuring a picture of someone apparently “insane about own AU” as per the label, and a post from “rookamell” about how writing isn’t the hobby, being insane about fictional people is, and writing is the only outlet, for Friday
Yeah, I stumbled across that post about the Ghostbusters release date while looking for any posts on the original movie that might go well with the 2016 GB gifset I already had in my drafts, and went “wait, the original’s release date was Sunday? Okay, gotta go with the GB theme now.” XD Made life a little easier, that’s for sure! Still have to figure out my Song Saturday though...with the issue there being, well, obviously I should probably feature the classic Ray Parker Jr. song...but there’s a half-completed parody of ANOTHER song that keeps playing in my head that I kind of want to feature too… We’ll see what happens tomorrow!
And there we have it! Amazing the difference that getting out an hour early can make. *sigh* I wish workdays were just shorter in general...but I don't think that's gonna happen anytime soon. Meh. As it stands, though, I'm gonna try and hit the sack earlier, as I have been getting to bed entirely too late and thus need to try and yank things back a bit. Hopefully tomorrow will also be a halfway decent day! Night all!
Work – A pretty quiet day today – I ran the morning reports; did some obituaries and other related roster maintenance work; took a call from a guy wondering where his gift was (discovering in the process he had a duplicate record, so good thing he called); and then spent the rest of the day working on the QC file for the latest set of pledge billings we’re sending out for the Appeal. *shrug* Nothing too exciting! In fact, it was kind of boring, so I was very glad we were allowed to leave early. :P We’ll see if tomorrow is any more exciting or not!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, another night with “Dad's Gonna be So Mad! | Teens in Space TTRPG | Episode 1” by Oxventure! The adventures of Radian Inu (Andy), Kae’l Crex (Jane), and Galaxa Spacemountain (Liv) continued today, with –
A) Galaxa, hiding from her father in good form, overhearing her dad have a private conversation with one of her teachers about how important the Galaxa spaceship is, and how it’s vital that they have the best of the best when it comes to students on board...after all, he couldn’t put someone like his kid on it, could he? Cue Liv having to make a Grit roll as Galaxa seized up like non-Newtonian cornstarch glop (fortunately, she passed and didn’t cause a scene). XD
B) Galaxa THEN having to cover her compatriot’s attempts to escape from the room (Kae’l)/up onto the roof through an extractor vent of some kind (Radian, who had gone out the window and was desperately clinging to the wall) after both Jane and Andy rolled fairly poorly – fortunately, an extremely awkward “hi Dad I just wanted to say how great it was that you named the spaceship after me, we should totally go away on vacation together soon” conversation did the trick, and Kae’l was able to slither out of the room and gradually uncube herself out of sight, while Radian (thanks to exploding dice) was able to do a big leap up into the vent, get on the roof, then race down through the access hatch and down the stairs into the hallway. XD Dad Spacemountain was not happy to see any of them, but fortunately didn’t cotton on that they’d been in his office and just sent them home.
C) The gang having to avoid their “friend” from before (the one who was so intimidated by Kae’l he gave her his wallet) as they passed the hot dog spot on the way to the hangar where the Galaxa ship was docked, spinning a bullshit story about how it was an optical illusion that made them look like they were walking away from him, they were TOTALLY walking forward, please keep those eleven hot dogs you ordered for us for some reason warm XD
D) The gang having to get past the cybernetic dog-alien guards at the hangar – Radian claimed they were doing a school project, on behalf of their teacher Mr. Spaceship (it took GM Jasper a few minutes to recover from THAT one XD). The guard they spoke to demanded a note, so Radian hastily forged one behind his back (having to add more and more crap, like their full names and the school’s fancy crest to the top, as the guard got more and more specific about what he needed to see to let them in) – it didn’t QUITE pass muster, but it got the guards out of the way via the medium of them going around and showing it to each other and agreeing it looked suspicious before walking off to find more people up the chain of command XD
E) The kids finding the ship, and Jasper having Liv and Andy roll to determine the personality and accent of the onboard AI, with Jane getting naming rights – they ended up getting an angry Cockney AI that Jane named V.I.N.N.I.E. (Virtual Intelligence Neural Network Interactive Environment) XD
F) After some back and forth with V.I.N.N.I.E., who alternated between berating the kids and bragging about what a great spaceship he was, Radian managing to get the AI to let them on-board by asking if he’d seen the game the other night, prompting V.I.N.N.I.E. to open the doors to show them he had a game on now
G) V.I.N.N.I.E. leading the kids on a tour of the ship, featuring Galaxa ordering what she THOUGHT was an alcoholic drink from the canteen (proved to be merely Space Sprite) – and the reveal there was something [REDACTED] down in the lower deck, hmmm…
H) And, of course, the moment we were all waiting for – the kids hijacking the ship when the guards showed up with rifles and Dad Spacemountain, with Radian taking the pilot’s seat and “accidentally” pressing buttons to get them moving; Galaxa monitoring the shields and power levels and such – when she wasn’t sticking her head out the window to essentially tell her horrified father to suck it, that is; and Kae’l manning the weapons, upsetting V.I.N.N.I.E. a bit by reprogramming the lasers to not kill anybody because he’d been promised he could kill some people (“later on,” she pacified him). XD Tomorrow, we wrap things up with the last few minutes of their grand escape, and start episode 2 to see what shenanigans they get into once they’re actually in space!
2. Continue writing “The Van Dort Vacancy”: Check – I got another chunk done right before my workout, with Victor heading to the main ballroom to find his parents – only to get surprised by them coming out the exact same side door he’d intended to go in. Nell was IMMEDIATELY on him, demanding to know where he’d been and what he’d been doing, and telling him all about how he’d wrecked their reputation and his chances with Victoria Everglot (now engaged to an “Imperial lieutenant” – hi Christopher, you’ll get named eventually!) with all his shenanigans. And while poor Victor is currently doing his best to explain what happened with Emily, his parents are already skeptical of his claim that she dragged him into the ghost field...and I’m afraid things are just going to go downhill from there...
3. Keep up with YouTube “Subs”: Check plus, as – thanks to the extra free time I had from the early release – I got to watch a whole three videos today –
A) First up, we had a video I saw on Sims Community yesterday but didn’t get a chance to watch until this afternoon – “Paralives - Release Date Trailer (Early Access)” by Paralives! Yes, the Paralives team dropped a trailer the other day featuring a look at the town they’ve built for all the Paras to live in; a quick glance at how the UI works; a timelapse of a particular Para throughout her life to show off how aging works in the game; and lots of interactions between Paras, from a lady listening intently to someone playing piano at a dinner party, to a son comforting his mother when she ended up having a breakdown by the bathtub, to some ladies sharing a kiss at a party. And, most importantly, as per the title, the Early Access release date – December 8th, 2025! So by the end of the year, we’ll be able to take a look at how this game actually works! :D I suspect I know what I’ll be buying myself for my birthday this year…
B) Then, tonight, we had “Reacting to YOUR CaFae Latte Hot Takes!” by C. M. Alongi! 47 minutes of Chris reacting to people’s thoughts about the series – the characters, the arcs, and the world she’s created. It was pretty interesting stuff, with Chris:
I. Straight-up shooting down some ideas (like Bob getting a partner – “No. She’s aromantic”)
II. Explaining why other ones may not happen the way the author might want (“Rethu and Cyrus looking at the nurse with the streamer ex-boyfriend and considering going poly for her” – probably not going to happen, not in the least because Rethu’s demi and Cyrus is ace (meaning they aren’t the type to have instant attraction to someone), but she’s open to doing poly rep in GENERAL; “you should do some darker storylines” – she’d LIKE to, but between TikTok’s censorship policies and the fact that it’s easier for her do happier/sillier stuff for the most part when she’s acting, it’s tough to actually do darker stuff in the series. In the BOOK, though...)
III. And even adding a few ideas to her “filler” list of potential skit ideas (“JC’s parole officer and/or the officer who arrested them should show up at the cafe” – that could be interesting, yes, she will note it down).
She also confirmed a few headcanons (yes, JC IS a stress baker and will bake all the things if they’re struggling with their old addictions), admitted to some faults in her storytelling (yes, Drek isn’t as developed as the rest of the cast, mostly because she’s been writing him by the seat of her pants), and promised repeatedly that the upcoming book series would satisfy a good number of the complaints some people had (not only darker storylines, but a redo of Patrick and Janine’s Enemies-to-Lovers arc in the second book, Heart of Silver, since she is willing to admit that maybe they got together a touch too fast (personally, I think the sped-up, fluffier nature of the relationship works for the web series just fine)). Interesting stuff – it’s cool to get a look behind the scenes, and see what other people think about the show! :) Though I am glad that I didn’t watch it earlier, because that would have deprived me of the delightful shock I got upon seeing Eric in one of the more recent compilation thumbnails RIGHT AFTER watching the “Betrayal” arc (she revealed in this that she had plans to bring him back). Looking forward to watching THAT one eventually, let me tell you!
C) And finally, because I still actually had some time to watch videos even after the hefty treat that was the CaFae Latte Hot Takes (getting out early from work is really awesome), I went ahead and wrapped things up with “I Busted More Baldur's Gate 3 Myths in 2024” from Proxy Gate Tactician! Because I do very much enjoy his myth-busting videos. :) And in this video, he tackled:
I. Is it possible to hit Level 12 (the max level in an unmodded game) before reaching Act III? TECHNICALLY, but Proxy doesn’t think it’s really plausible – while he was able to find a way to min-max every encounter in the game for max XP, getting him all the way to Level 11 and roughly halfway to Level 12 by the end of Act II, AND he was able to find an infinite-farming opportunity against an enemy who will consistently raise zombies that you can kill for 3 XP each if you keep going in and out of combat with him, the sheer number of zombies you have to kill (over 4,000!) would probably cause the game to crash just from rendering all those bodies. So it’s probably POSSIBLE, but extremely unlikely. Though he did prove you can get damn close!
II. Can any animal larger than a peacock enter Baldur’s Gate? Nope, with the POSSIBLE exception of one spider companion a Beastmaster ranger can pick up (Proxy wasn’t quite sure if it was larger than a peacock or not). But yes, as it stands, after doing a lot of testing with the guards at the gate to Baldur’s Gate (as none of the other guards react to animals once you’re IN the city), Proxy was able to confirm that, apart from that one spider, anything bigger than a house cat, blue bird, raven, or crab was NOT allowed entry. Not even Scratch, the goodest boy! D: And no, trying to fudge the rules by using spells to make the kitties big and the oxen small did NOT fool the guards. XD
III. Are crate walls overpowered in outdoor fights, like the one where you have to protect the portal Halsin pops into to lift the shadow curse on the shadow-cursed lands? Nope – but barrel walls are! Basically, while a crate wall is good for getting the high ground and stopping melee attackers from doing anything, thanks to a quirk of BG3’s engine, ranged attackers can fire arrows, spells, and other such things right through the crates – their hitbox just doesn’t exist in those instances. So stacking up a bunch of crates only protected the portal for a little while. However, BARRELS are solid no matter what – an enemy can’t shoot through them, they have to look for a gap. So stacking a bunch of barrels in front of the portal protected it for the required full five turns. Basically, if you want to cheese certain fights, put your faith in the barrel, not the crate!
IV. And is it possible to get a funny fourth-wall-breaking cutscene from Karlach organically in the game, instead of fiddling with the game’s files to trigger it? Nope – not only did Proxy not find any hard evidence of someone triggering the cutscene without using cheats or mods, data-mining indicates that the cutscene simply cannot be trigger organically. Proxy even offered up $500 to anyone who could trigger the cutscene without cheats or mods, film how they did it, and then upload the video so other people could follow their method before Patch 7 came out, and it was never claimed. So yeah, that one is busted, and if you want to see it, be prepared to hit up NexusMods! Or YouTube – plenty of videos on it on YouTube. :p
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – well, a check and an N/A, as once again I didn’t have anything happening on Valice Multiverse. But I got my queue on Victor Luvs Alice (N Smiler) sorted through Friday earlier tonight, with:
A) A post from “citizenscreen” about how the original Ghostbusters hit theaters on June 8th, 1984 (complete with gif of them getting ready to face off against Gozer, and promo still of them post the Stay-Puft explosion), and a post from “graceashcroft” of gifs of Jillian Holtzmann from Ghostbusters: Answer The Call (aka the 2016 reboot) that I had in my drafts, for Wednesday
B) My two posts detailing my Ghostbusters Mega AU for Thursday
C) And a post from “dreemurr-skelememer” featuring a picture of someone apparently “insane about own AU” as per the label, and a post from “rookamell” about how writing isn’t the hobby, being insane about fictional people is, and writing is the only outlet, for Friday
Yeah, I stumbled across that post about the Ghostbusters release date while looking for any posts on the original movie that might go well with the 2016 GB gifset I already had in my drafts, and went “wait, the original’s release date was Sunday? Okay, gotta go with the GB theme now.” XD Made life a little easier, that’s for sure! Still have to figure out my Song Saturday though...with the issue there being, well, obviously I should probably feature the classic Ray Parker Jr. song...but there’s a half-completed parody of ANOTHER song that keeps playing in my head that I kind of want to feature too… We’ll see what happens tomorrow!
And there we have it! Amazing the difference that getting out an hour early can make. *sigh* I wish workdays were just shorter in general...but I don't think that's gonna happen anytime soon. Meh. As it stands, though, I'm gonna try and hit the sack earlier, as I have been getting to bed entirely too late and thus need to try and yank things back a bit. Hopefully tomorrow will also be a halfway decent day! Night all!
