The Cracked Mug v 2.0

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I genuinely love playing FF14 so this is an affectionate dig but dear lord their CGI stuff is ugly

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No one needs to see an Elezen ear in that much high definition

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Thancred why is your choker so dirty,

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I think the in-game models look great and expressive but their hi-definition cutscenes are always very off-putting to me

Just look at the differences in my son Alphinaud:

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Also I saw someone point out once that the Miqo'te have horse ears, not cat ears, and now I can't unsee it

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Sunday equivalent!

Did a few quick chores, went on a run --

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-- then shaved my undercut and took a shower. I just cleaned all that up and ordered some tacos for lunch, because, well, I want tacos, and then I'll sit and relax for a minute! Sophie and I made an OC Reference template together so we can have consistent blorbo references, because nothing is more homosexual than visual and thematic consistency. Anyways, I may work more on filling those out, here's Rex's:

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I'm about halfway done converting Merillian's over and then I may do Silas FF14, just so they're all done. I'd still like to make a reference for Admiral Maevik, Sevaufein, and maybe Leon or Mags, as well. Oh, and I wanna make sure my tablet is charged so I can doodle during D&D! I have that list of expressions to try out.

ok time to wait for my tacos and have some tea

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They also now have an extremely complicated, micromanaging, and fee-charging service where you register your pet(s), and have changed their policies to make it difficult to get a pet in the first place

I am not seeking a second pet, but if I was, the policy changes would be enough for me to start looking elsewhere for a place to live because I do not have the energy to prostrate myself before a landlord to ask if I can maybe possibly pretty pwease have the privilege of paying them hundreds of dollars to own a pet

This new pet portal (that, again, I had to pay a fee for) wants me to not only upload proof of vaccinations (reasonable) but to manually enter them one-by-one including the dates received/due (fucking absurd)

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spot the puppy

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Thinking about routines!

An eternal struggle of adulting is balancing, like, the things you need to do, with the things you want to do, with the things that actually enrich your life. I need to work 40 hrs/week and make time to eat and take care of my body. I want to sit and play video games and read and be cozy in bed. I should create and learn things, because it enriches my life and makes my brain happier. Once you add in trying to maintain some semblance of social with other humans and meat shells being unpredictable (today, for instance, I am having a case of the disabled veterans and my back hurts very badly, which will limit my mobility and, to a degree, my mood), it's slightly impossible.

Right now I feel like I'm taking care of the needs pretty well; work is fine and I don't feel intrudes on my life any more than it absolutely has to, which is already a lot but I can't do anything about the 40 hr work week existing. I'm exercising regularly and my relationship with food is tenuous, as always, but I have been okay for at least a week about eating proper lunch and am really trying to prioritize doing better about that in general.

Wants/enrichments, though!

One of the hardest parts, for me specifically, is that my current work schedule is 3 PM to 11 PM. It's extremely difficult for me to have social with other humans until I'm on my weekend, at which point I feel like I have to cram in as much relaxation and social time as possible. I've mitigated some of this by giving myself more dedicated time weekday mornings to sit and draw, or to play some video games, etc., but it's still a bit of a ball ache. I'm also currently struggling trying to figure out when to goddamn write, because I can't reliably do that in-between cases at work (especially not with how loud my coworkers are) and writing in the mornings before I go to work has not historically been a routine I can keep down for very long. The desire to write is there -- I'm on the second draft of my novel project! I think it's good and I want to publish it!! -- but I just don't know when to have enough quiet time to do it. I could try writing first thing in the morning, maybe, like use the time I laze in bed letting Baby Dog snooze next to me more productively, but then I feel like I'm trying to hyperschedule every moment of my life in untenable ways. I could be writing right now, in the time I have before I exercise and do chores, but I'm ........ not, and my brain's not really there.

I think this will get easier when I switch to first shift (7 AM to 3 PM) in late spring/early summer, because then I can spread out my social time a little better and writing in the evenings has always been easier for me than writing in the mornings. Until then I just don't know when to squeeze it in, or what to give up to make time for it @_@

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Merillian

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