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kaberett ([personal profile] kaberett) wrote2025-07-27 11:00 pm
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vital functions

Reading. Hyperbole and a Half, Allie Brosh, The Book, with A, a chapter at a time.

Also a bit more of The Age of Seeds, but only a very little bit.

Writing. Fun migraine facts: I spent the weekend discovering that writing by hand at speed Just Does Not Work Well. "Stopping" for "stopper", "fascinate" for "fastener", and so on and so forth...

Listening. Songs and stories! Including, apparently, these people + friends.

Playing. Admin: the LRP.

Eating. I may have slightly subsisted primarily on lemon and sugar crêpes. The raspberry and lemon curd toasties remain a delight. Some blackberries from the hedges.

Exploring. Finally (consciously) observed the giant purple cockerel. The Navarr woods at night.

Growing. Actually managed to water the plants before setting off, go me.

Observing. A BAT IN THE MARQUEE. ALSO A GIANT DRAGONFLY. Also the swallows (I think). Stars.

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Tyger ([personal profile] tyger) wrote2025-07-29 02:42 am

Monday

As usual, not a whole lot today.

Sibling did come over, and the inside skirting boards should be finished, yay! Will see what they look like in the morning, but the second coat looked pretty good, so the third should be enough. :3

I think I'mma try and do all the sanding for the other boards tomorrow. I've been putting it off because I'll need to clear off the workbench for the longer ones, and I really. Really. Do not want to. It's a fucking mess and a half, because... my father. Bleh. Temptation to put it all in a box and leave it for him to figure out is extremely high, except he'll just... never look in the box, and buy new stuff because he can't find things he already has. As usual. Siiiiigh.

Anyway I DID manage to go to the supermarket and get milk and cereal (and snacks), so I'm pretty happy about that. :3 Of course, didn't get my ass into gear until it was practically dark, but I DID have a shower beforehand, so that's better than I have been.

Other than that pmuch just minecraft and reading! But now AO3 is down sooooo that's a kick in the ass to go to bed already, hahaha, so I'mma do that. Yes. >>;

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perpetually late to the party ([personal profile] nanslice) wrote2025-07-28 09:45 am
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First off



SIMPLY GAGGED. What gorgeous art. Look at these lads. ;3; Also a new manga series bridging the gap between Endless Waltz and Frozen Teardrop. Do I think Frozen Teardrop is hot garbage? Yes. Am I still hype as fuck? YES.

Warhammer fandom has been exceptionally obnoxious and it's really killing my drive to create things. I might need to find a new fandom. :\a I don't even know what I'm interested in anymore tbh. Also it would break Will's heart if I leave this fandom, even though we have completely opposite opinions. I don't know. Right now I'm just doing my best to not interact with anyone on tumblr lol.



SIMPLY GAGGED AGAIN, SMOSH SUMMER GAMES IS SO BACK, BAYBEEEEE~

I probably had more to add to this post, it's been sitting open for a couple of days, but I'm feeling so hyped right now for Smosh Summer Games, let's fucking goooooooo.
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Amy ([personal profile] brightknightie) wrote2025-07-28 08:41 am

Leaving the Great Plateau (and keeping the game in its place)

In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild yesterday (Sunday) -- my first playthrough, to be clear -- I successfully defeated the Stone Talus on the Great Plateau with only three hearts (though it took many tries, hiding behind trees, and some bomb arrows that I think I got from my one amiibo), and collected all but one of the available Korok seeds there (for inventory increase later). It started storming a lot on the Great Plateau; presumably, getting the glider unlocked the weather (and Blood Moons). Despite my original intentions about what to complete before venturing off the Great Plateau, I decided to not try to defeat any of the Guardians just now, with my paltry three hearts, but perhaps to come back later for practice, as needed.

I descended off the plateau with the glider, sneaked and fought past some Moblins as I avoided monster camps, and found my way to my first stable, which has a small lake behind it in which the magnesis rune shows me two sunken things that will be my first gameplay targets when I resume. Well, them or the adjacent shrine.

Obviously, the game is beautiful and enthralling. And I'm getting the hang of the controls, I think. Now, I need to worry about keeping this gaming on my new Switch 2 in its place, and not letting it edge out other good things in life, even things like keeping up with shows I want to be able to recognize when you all discuss them. (The last time I did much video gaming, maybe more than fifteen years ago, it was on PC, and I ended up giving away all my games because I had not written any fanfic, not a word, in that period, having let the games gobble that up.) (Of course, in those pre-AO3, pre-DW days, we still lived fannishly on email, mainly, and I had connections to only the one online fandom. Different world.)

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Cat Gray ([personal profile] catness) wrote2025-07-28 10:06 am
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catch them all

Just realized that Coursera has a lot in common with Pokemon Go. At least the way I play them ;)

- Gotta catch them all / gotta get all the certificates. Even though it's just a digital item, for fun and vanity, not useful IRL.
- There are so many cool courses / Pokemon you just *need* to get, and the new ones keep popping up.
- Sometimes (well, often ;) it feels like grinding...
- A 100% certificate = a 100% Pokemon.
- Specializations = special research. Both award a very powerful Pokemon (uh, certificate) in the end.
- Graded assignments = raids. They can be tough. If you fail, you can retry a couple of times, then wait until the cooldown resets.
- Peer grading = gym battles. (Thankfully, no PVP.)
- Coursera wants your real name, Pokemon Go wants your real location. Cheating on either can get you banned.
- Both are pay-to-win. You can play for free, but your experience will be very limited (especially in Coursera's case...)

Training to become a Certificate Master. Only 7000+ to go :)
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Socchan ([personal profile] soc_puppet) wrote2025-07-27 11:41 pm
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Feedback time

Just got my feedback for my Persuasive Speech!

Technically, I only had to hand in the outline, but since I wrote the speech to the outline template, it was effectively the same thing.

Anyway, here's the professor's feedback:

[Socchan], excellent job following the template. Well written and organized. Transitional statements were strong.

Yeah. Just kinda laugh-crying over "Excellent job following the template" 😂 Boy I sure hope it was, after how long I spent agonizing on it!

Anyway, I got 100% on the speech, and an additional 16/20 points of extra credit for presenting it. I could probably blow off the final quiz and assignment and still get at least a B in this class. I'm not going to, on account of being certain that it would tempt me into blowing off more and more assignments over the next semester, but it's good to be secure in my final grade.
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estirose ([personal profile] estirose) wrote2025-07-27 05:38 pm

Fun with AI chatting

Basically, I asked Gemini to generate a party of NPCs and ended up with an adventure.
I play Pathfinder 2e, but honestly, no mechanics here other than class names )
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Tyger ([personal profile] tyger) wrote2025-07-28 02:35 am

Sunday? Sunday.

Not a whole lot today, either, bleh. Lots of napping! Also it was raining so I didn't go out haha.

I DID clean the hallways like I meant to, so that's something. Hopefully it's good enough, but I'll check it again in the morning, I probably missed stuff, that seems to be how cleaning goes, just in general.

Also! I made a cheese and tomato toastie for lunch and it was DELICIOUS, will definitely make more until I'm out of bread! :9 :9 :9

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feuervogel ([personal profile] feuervogel) wrote2025-07-27 02:53 pm
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Moving update: how do I own so much stuff?

Let's see. I've been in this apartment for 2 full weeks now. I've gotten my kitchen mostly unpacked and put away, and today I listed a whole bunch of stuff on ebay classifieds. My clothes are mostly put away, though there are some more that had been stored because they didn't fit or I didn't have space for them, etc., and they're in the queue for the next thing to deal with.

Slightly higher priority is organizing my desk and office stuff, though.

I put my books on my shelves properly on Friday. I originally took them out of the boxes and put them on shelves mostly by size so I could set the shelf heights and get the boxes out of the way. I hate it that books are so many different sizes, so I have one shelf of books that are neither old trade paperback size (I miss that format so much) nor hardback size nor the A6-ish format that's trendy today. Enh. I might reorganize again at some point, but it's fine for now.

I can definitely say that having a large enough desk to meet my needs makes me very happy, as does having a chair with arm rests. After using someone else's setup for the last 4 years, this is so much better.

My goal is to have my apartment free of boxes by next Sunday (a week from today). Then I'll have to go to my storage unit and pick up what's there and sort through THAT, but that's a problem for future me. (Also it can wait until I've dealt with everything I currently already have.)

I need to figure out where I set my box cutter down so I can break down more empty boxes. Our trash/recycling goes into underground ... bins? cisterns? rather than traditional dumpsters, and the access points are basically mailbox-looking things with openings that are about the size of a blue mailbox and act kind of like a book drop. They open outward, and you put your bag or loose cardboard into the space, and then you close it and the bag falls through. Except if your bag is too big, it won't close. And if your cardboard is too wide or long, you can't fit it in. So you have to break your boxes down pretty thoroughly.

There's a coat rack in the entryway, and I've got a box full of bike gear on one of its shelves. I ordered and built a shelf/etagére to go over and around my washing machine, but it was JUST too narrow to fit over it, and I'd already assembled it, so I can't send it back (not without paying more for shipping than it cost). That's up on ebay classifieds, too. I ordered a different one and paid closer attention to the *internal* dimensions of the legs, and it works fine. It's holding my laundry detergent, extra towels, and extra TP. I wanted to get an over-the-door towel rack, but because of the way the door is installed, it won't close with anything over it (the door isn't flat; the outer side of it is a cm or so taller than the inner side of it). So I have suction cups on the tile wall to hold my towels.

I have a lot of things to figure out with the bathroom, not least of which is a mirror, but everything is put away neatly, even if the storage totes they're in are chaotic.

I also need to find a shelving solution for my basement section, which isn't very high priority, but it's moving up the list as I need to find places to store the stuff I'm selling until it gets sold.

But the big splurge I made was a set of Le Creuset cookware. I got 2 ceramic-coated saute pans, though one of them is 1 cm too big for my burner, but hopefully that won't be a huge problem. (The instructions have dire warnings about only using a burner that exactly matches the pan, because it can damage the cookware.) I got 3 enameled pots: 1 saucepan (orange) and 2 pots (1 orange, 1 red). The set of them cost more than my washing machine *with* the 25%-off sale. But I've always wanted Le Creuset, so now I have a set of the basics. I restrained myself from going hog wild with aspirational cookware (they sell a tagine! I don't have a 13x9 baking dish anymore!) because my kitchen is so small and I just plain don't have the space for it.

I might decide to sell my Instant Pot, because I just don't use it. We'll see how it goes when I'm not sharing someone else's kitchen and can just set it up and go. I did enjoy making risotto in it; that was really easy. But I don't have a microwave, so reheating it is a huge pain. I have a much smaller rice cooker, and it /probably/ will work to make risotto on one of its settings. We'll see. (Which reminds me, I want to get the right kind of rice to try making tahdig, because it has a tahdig setting.)

My washer finished, so I have to go deal with that. But I think that's all the big stuff.
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yuuago ([personal profile] yuuago) wrote2025-07-26 09:02 pm
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[Music] Sabaton: "Legends" (upcoming)

Sabaton has announced a new album, Legends, due to be released in October. This is a different turn from their more recent WWI-themed albums; Legends reaches back further in time, exploring "legendary" figures from various periods in history, from the ancient world to the Napoleonic Wars. Four of the songs are already up on their Bandcamp.

For a while now I've hoped that they would tackle some earlier historical subjects - I did like the WWI stuff, but it's a pretty big world out there. So I'm excited that this new album is going to have more variety.

Some of the subjects are obvious based on song title, but others not so much; luckily for us the subject is listed under the lyric pages for each song on Sabaton's website (here)
Track list )
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Socchan ([personal profile] soc_puppet) wrote2025-07-26 03:36 pm
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Esperanto Dreamsheep

Esperanto Dreamsheep are a go! You can check them out over here on [community profile] dreamsheep or here on [community profile] esperanto.
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Tyger ([personal profile] tyger) wrote2025-07-27 03:53 am

Welp

Soooo I slept all fucking day again. Of course I did, I did things yesterday. Ugh, annoying.

But I DID make the chicken schnitzel, and it was only a little burned*, so that was good! Good going me, actually cooking! It may have been the only meal I had today, but goddamnit I made it! >:

Also got the last two shinies I needed for the current mass outbreak event wheee~~ :D

Bed now though. Tomorrow... gotta eat more. And also clean the hallway. Yes. If I have time/brain shopping again too, I want cereal. And on a related note, almost out of milk...

  • I am extremely bad at paying the correct amount of attention to schnitzels, specifically. Why, I got no idea, but I can fry most things no problem so it's weird as hell.
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Cat Gray ([personal profile] catness) wrote2025-07-26 04:16 pm
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Friday Five

From [community profile] thefridayfive.

1. one place you volunteer (or would like to)? Why?

I wouldn't mind to volunteer in a cat cafe, cat hotel or any place to be around cute and healthy cats. I don't think I can work in a pet shelter or a vet clinic, because seeing too many sick and crippled cats would destroy my psyche. But there are no cat cafes/hotels nearby, and I have absolutely no extra energy or time anyway.

2. one book you'd like to see made into a movie? Why?

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. I'm obsessed with the series, but the other books are very complex and full of hidden meanings and nearly impossible to convert into movies. The first one could work, and the scenery, as it's described, is very cinematic, I often try to imagine how it looks.

3. one creature (living, extinct, or mythical) you'd like for a pet? Why?

I'd love a Maine Coon cat. They're so big and strong and furry, and have cute brushes on their ears. But this is not feasible in my living situation.

4. one place on Earth you'd like to visit? Why?

I'd like to travel to Japan again (and preferably never leave ;) There's a lot of places I've never been to yet, one that looks particularly exciting is Singapore. Like Japan, it's a blend of high-tech urban vibe and exotic cultural traditions, and it's known to be very clean and safe.

5. one talent or skill you'd like to develop? Why?

Drawing, especially digital, but I guess digital and paper drawing skills go hand in hand. It's essential for a solo video game developer. I'm working on it, but slowly...
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Tyger ([personal profile] tyger) wrote2025-07-26 04:16 am

I am very tired but also I had a nap when I got home

Went out with A today! Lots of fun, actually, we went to the art gallery for a bit, and then got delicious noodles at the noodle place that re! opened!!! :D :D :D Which we're all very pleased about - A hasn't asked, but the guess is they probably couldn't find anyone else to rent the place, so hopefully the noodle place people got a great deal on the rent! >D

And we also derped around for a while, played gacha machines etc. etc. It was a LOT for a me, since I haven't really left the house for more than an hour or so for... uh... some weeks now, not sure. A while, anyway! So I kinda crashed when I got home, until Sushi pointedly informed me that It Was Dinner Time Now Thank You Very Much. And he wasn't actually wrong, so yeah, got up and fed him. And me! I took a schnitzel out of the freezer last night in the optimistic hope I'd have uh WAY more energy left that I actually did, so instead of that I just made the mashed potatoes portion and had that for dinner. I'll have the schnitzel and mashed potatoes and green beans tomorrow, instead. :9

What else... not a lot really. I did forget to say I caught five shinies in pokemon yesterday! And one more today, so I only have two more to go for this round of outbreaks. :3 :3 :3

But now to go back to napping, yesssss.

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viridian5 ([personal profile] viridian5) wrote2025-07-25 02:03 am

"Intrusive" [Encanto gen]

Encanto gen:Intrusive”   [@ AO3]
RATING: PG-13.
SUMMARY: Bruno has a special relationship with Casita. That’s not always a good thing.
NOTES: It struck me that even before his ten years inside the walls, Bruno had probably spent more time alone with Casita than
anyone else in his family.
Thank you to [personal profile] akira17 for beta.
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Socchan ([personal profile] soc_puppet) wrote2025-07-24 11:20 pm

Pet Peeve

I just wish that Minesweeper would count it as a win if you correctly identify and flag all of the mines, even if you don't click on every other non-mine square. The same way it auto-flags all of the mines if you do click every non-mine square, but don't use any flags.
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masquerading as a man with a reason ([personal profile] ysobel) wrote2025-07-24 02:22 pm
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Dream - video game

I dreamed I was playing a very casual game where you went around harvesting things -- a few types of mushrooms, different berries, catnip plants, even clouds somehow -- and you would also encounter creatures that you could offer the items to. Critters would respond with 😍 (love), 😊 (like), 😐 (neutral), 😝 (dislike), or 🤮 (ew), and their attitude would adjust accordingly. Enough positive points got a ❤️ and they became huggable; enough negative points meant they'd run away from you, though you could still leave gifts. There was a 'notebook' where you could keep track of discovered rules ("hyrax doesn't like snozzberries" is one I remember from the dream) and sometimes a creature would have a floating thought bubble with what they were in the mood for.

...I kinda want this game to actually exist...
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Socchan ([personal profile] soc_puppet) wrote2025-07-24 01:39 pm
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Esperanto: The Language of Hope

Got to give this in class after all! Sharing it here as well, because why not.

Persuasive Speech goes here )


Works Cited )
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Tyger ([personal profile] tyger) wrote2025-07-25 03:28 am

Technically today went to plan...

Practically, though, what a fucking shitshow. Probably because I knew Sibling wasn't coming over, I just fucking. Slept. All afternoon. So while I managed to EVENTUALLY get out the door before it got dark, well... I definitely didn't get home before it did. :/

And from the few glimpses I got of it it was a nice sunny day! Wasted! Because couldn't stay awake! Ugh.

Anyway tomorrow am planning on meeting A for lunch or whatever, but of course I'm still fucking out of it so I keep not hearing my fucking phone ping so it's only half planned because it takes. Two people. For a conversation to happen. /o\

Brain, why are you like this? Something something bad sleep habits something something not eating properly something something, probably. Ugh. UGH.

Anyway, back to bed! At least the fuzzy alarm clocks will work for getting me up on time, I just have to. Not go back to sleep. Which I can do! Probably!