The Cracked Mug v 2.0

[erikavonkaiser]

Baldur's Gate 3 is a good example, imho, of a distinct grouping of character names:

Astarion, Gale, Lae'zel, Shadowheart, Wyll, Karlach

(+ bonus playables Minthara, Jaheira, Halsin, and Minsc+Boo)

Everyone's easy to keep separated and the cultures come through (Astarion as an elf, Lae'zel as gith, Gale as Regular Humandude, Shadowheart as an insufferable Sharite, etc). None of the names are difficult to parse and sound how they're spelled, at least from an English-speaking perspective.

Anyways more of that and less of whatever the fuck George RR Martin did w/ Elden Ring

[erikavonkaiser]

three day weekend!!!

I snuck in a three day weekend bcuz I have a lot of VA appointments and upcoming social stuff/fully-booked weekends and I've been feeling a little spread thin lately, so I thought it might be a good time to take an extra day just to get some stuff done and play video games. I slept a LOT, so I guess I needed it; I went to bed basically right after I got home last night, so I think I was asleep before midnight, but I didn't wake up until almost 9 AM which is,,,, a lot of sleep, for me.

I've been pretty lazy so far this morning so I'm gonna gear up and take Baby Dog on a nice long walk. There's allegedly a winter storm approaching but -- actually let me check the weather annnnnd yeah it does look like some nasty weather comes in tonight, but I think I'm still good to put off getting groceries. Anyways, I'm gonna go exercise my meat shell, tidy up a little bit, and then probably play more video games.

Goals otherwise:
finish story notes
dentist appointment take 2

and honestly those are the big beats, otherwise I'm chillin'

[Fetian]

That's a pretty nice list to go into a weekend with

[erikavonkaiser]

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[Fetian]

Good job sticker for you! That is a good step to take!

[erikavonkaiser]

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Yesterday was nice!

I took Baby Dog on a long walk that included a lil bit of dog beach time (shortly after taking the above picture she tried to eat a crawfish, though D:<) and generally chilled. I'm glad I did because it absolutely started storming and it's super gross outside right now, and kinda stays gross for a while. I think the temps start plummeting tomorrow, too. booooo tomatoes potatoes

I'm on a bit of a Stardew Valley kick so I might flop and play a bit of that before exercising and setting some specific goals for the day, like story notes and dental appointment stuff &tc. I just did my FF14 dailies but I am not ready to get up and be a productive human yet.

[erikavonkaiser]

Okay!

I've tidied up, exercised, laundry is oh shit it's probably done drying actually let me go get it so I'm not That Asshole who occupies a dryer all day for no reason ahhhhhh

........AHEM

laundry is done! I have eaten a snack and now have my beverage goblin situation set up and my goal is going to be:

1. Get notes up-to-date with where I'm at currently

2. break for video games or whatever

3. Get notes finished through the end of the story, just do it Erika you coward

and then I'd like to end my evening with drawing or chilling and in general saving some social spoons. Might see what Dave and mek are up to and if they wanna Lethal Company or ESO or something, we'll see! They don't drain my social spoons bcuz they are good lads (tm) but don't tell them I said that

(I have tabled dentist-calling until Monday because it turns out a lot of dentist offices are either closed on Friday in general, or are closed because of the storm today, which is valid! But I have made a list, so all I have to do is go down said list until one of them accepts my insurance)

[erikavonkaiser]

to the deliveryperson who called my phone non-stop back-to-back (and left two voicemails!!!!) even after I answered and said "give me a second and I'll open the door":

I appreciate you are just doing your job but HOLY GODDAMN SHIT STOP IT

I was doing a raid in FF14 and I was so overstimulated by the raid mechanics + my phone ringing non-stop to the point that I couldn't even access the app I use to unlock the lobby door that I wanted to scream

[erikavonkaiser]

Aha!

I realized part of the issue is this particular company really prominently put my entire phone number on the shipping label, which is how the deliveryperson was able to repeatedly call me numerous times in succession (if he had been using my apartment lobby's directory system, it would take a few moments in-between each call because you can't just spam call, you have to select the apartment each time). I will keep that in mind if I ever order from them again because uhhhhhhh miss me with that shit

This reminds me a while ago I had to remove my apartment number from DoorDash; I don't know if it's a city-living thing or a post-pandemic vibe change but deliverypeople are sometimes REALLY aggressive here. Despite my clear instructions to meet me at the door, I had one person come into the lobby and all the way up to my individual apartment to try and deliver my food. No????? Meet me at the door???? If for some reason I'm not at the door to greet you (and I basically always am because I do try really hard to be respectful of their time/standing in the elements) then leave it at the door and I'll be right there to get it. I understand they are likely given absurd time limits in which to make successful deliveries, but the answer is not taking my personal information and using it in ways I don't like lemme tell ya

[erikavonkaiser]

Pierre Stardew Valley is kind of a piece of shit tbh