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Agreed. I don't call shins and toes "natural furniture detectors" for nothing.

So far the job is okay. Started off small. Still learning stuff. Not nearly as bad as I'd feared, once I got some sleep and thought for a bit. I mean, ultimately my job will be posting pictures and words online, which I do here for fun anyway over on the strip slay thread. I guess it was just the suddenness, getting the offer suddenly instead of planning for it. Sleep is the next annoying thing, though. I'm not used to having deadlines on when I NEED to be awake, so not getting to sleep easily is kind of problematic. I partly blame my phone. Maybe this goes in the "medication" thread 'cause it's medical-related, but anyone got advice on going to sleep easier? Besides melatonin supplements and putting the phone away.

You know what I hate? Being told that I have to go to said dress shop for something about computers--not really a big deal, as I'd gone there to fix lightbulbs with my grandpa before--only to get a job offer for "Web Manager", "Social Media Manager", and if I'm interpreting her long-term goals correctly, "ASSISTANT Manager." That punched-in-the-gut feeling that I'm way in over my head. Accepting because I need the push--I sure as f[tweet] wasn't getting a job by my own efforts--despite knowing I'm probably not cut out for it. Not getting to eat lunch before said bombshell. A WiFi signal that makes it take ten minutes to load one page. A damaged laptop that makes it a risk to take the computer closer to the router, a lot of effort for just one page. And for some reason, the power cord is becoming finicky. If I unplug it to get closer, it'll take more effort to get it to recognize that it's plugged in. Too much effort to post two f[tweet]ing forum posts. (you know what? I'm doing it. I'm mad. F[tweet] it. I'm not even gonna edit this anymore. I'm done for today.) A forum post that's pre-typed up and ready to go, but again, the page I want to post it on won't load. It's a big post. It would be even more annoying if I tried to put it through on my phone. Having something I want to put up now (i.e. said forum post), except I'm being called away to go shopping for groceries, forcing me to wait for an extra three f[tweet]ing hours. Being told that I'm going to help them with grocery shopping, only to find out that we're mainly there for new khaki pants for me. Being called over to do X only for them to want me to do Y. STOP F[TWEET]ING LYING! I got up at midnight because of my erratic sleep schedule. I am TIRED. I am HUNGRY. I just got a MAJOR kick in the pants to do something I do NOT think I'm ready for. I am ready for today to be over and I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT CALLING UBER TOMORROW WHA... (okay, "boss" called and said if Uber doesn't show up, I will be forgiven if I show up an hour later than we agreed. Gives time for a guaranteed ride instead of a possible one) Oh, and I just learned we've been evicted. THANKS A LOT, NAN, YOU F[TWEET]ING A[TWEET]HOLE! Now we have to go house-hunting and actually put money down. Can...can I wake up tomorrow and this be a dream? I need the kick in the pants, I really do, but this has been a very stressful day and I'm ready for it to be over. [edit] Aaaaaaaaaand the cord isn't charging. Yep. Damaged to where I have to finagle it to get it in the right position so it will want to charge and it doesn't want to stay in that position. And it's the cord, not the charger connector port. Oh this has been a WONDERFUL day.

(pre-typed three hours ago. I have since moved on to "annoyed") A friend of the family runs a bridal shop nearby. Mom and my grandma used to work there, and the owner is a friend of the family as a result. She's setting things in motion to expand her business to a global market, having just recently set up the online store. And she needed someone reliable and with ambition to run it. And she thought of me. So she called me in and asked me. And I hemmed and hawwed about it. I know my own faults all too well. I know I have motivation issues. I know I have self-confidence issues. I know I have issues with talking to strangers over the phone. I know I'm not good with talking to people I don't know in general. I also know I'm painfully used to not having to do much; I've been out of school since 2012, so suddenly being asked to run the online store is a big deal. But I ultimately decided, 'It's worth a shot.' I decided this might be the thing that helps me out of my issues. So I said yes. I go in for training tomorrow, I'll start with simple jobs of putting pictures and descriptions on the website and Facebook and stuff for the prom rush, and I'll work up from there. ...Oh God, I don't think I can do this. It's like learning how to swim by being thrown in the deep end. Of the ocean. I'm nervous as f[TWEET]! I just know I'm gonna mess up. I don't wanna let her down; she has more faith in me than I do in myself, and I'm afraid I'm gonna let her down. That I'm not...not good enough. Not for this. Mom just gave me a little pep talk. I don't know if it helped. God, I don't know if I can do this. (three hours later, in the present) And now I just learned we've been evicted. THANKS A LOT, NAN, YOU F[TWEET]ING A[TWEET]HOLE. Some family YOU are!

Tornado warning in the Houston area. Looks like it'll pass right over my house. Fun.

Back before the Crash (yes, we're calling it the Crash, it's canon now, deal with it), we had threads for "What are you listening to?", "What are you watching?", "What are you reading / eating / drinking / breathing…" and just one like "What are you right now?" which I think was supposed to be the generic one. But we didn't have one for what we were doing at the moment. Any sort of activity. Some big work project, college assignment, fan projects of yours, packing for a trip, whatever. If you're doing an activity and feel like taking a minute to tell the Internet, well, here ya go. And no, "typing on this forum" or "your girlfriend" and the like don't count. Don't be one of those guys. Also "playing video games" probably goes in the video games thread. "Reading", "Watching X", "Reading X", "Eating", and the like should get their threads back up and running too. Anywho, out of boredom I dusted off my old Pokémon Phylogeny project, trying to sort Pokémon into a comprehensive phylogenetic tree while remaining accurate to the real-world one as best as possible. My latest hold up had been Talonflame (which I'm classifying as a peregrine falcon), because the lab boys looked over the tree for birds and thought "We can do better" and now I have to start all over again. Stupid birds. Well I guess it's a good thing to look over what I've already done and check for errors, but it's still frustrating.

Debating whether or not to call the power company to report a blackout. On the one hand, it's a block-wide outage. On the other hand, it's one-thirty in the morning. Nobody's at work, and I doubt their robots will be any help. ... I'm gonna call 'em. It's a block-wide black-out and I can at least leave a message. At least the stuff in the fridge won't freeze... [Edit] Never mind. The robot told me to call the service provider. Which is closed because it's one-thirty in the morning. This isn't something the robots can handle. Guess it's waiting 'til morning, then. [Edit 2] Double never mind. Power's back.

In line for popcorn. We're gonna watch Rogue One. Oops phone off gotta go bye

First Kenny Baker and now her. It's happening, guys. The original cast is starting to go. That was one of my first thoughts too.

And the Grinch, with his grinch feet ice-cold in the snow, Stood puzzling and puzzling. "How could it be so? It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages, boxes, or bags!" He puzzled and puzzed till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more!

The little kittens started walking around yesterday. Myu!

Panel-By-Panel Review! ...mostly because my slow Internet means I'm only staring at the first three panels right now and the rest of the page hasn't loaded. So, let's see how things go. (pre-typed yesterday in MS OneNote; the only edit since copy/pasting it here was this sentence) Panel 1: beat Panel 2: Sounds promising... Panel 3: O.O Never mind. ...and the worst thing is, I agree with her. Also, the back to the camera pose. Hiding the transition of her facial expression, but there's just enough body language to show how tense she is. Panel 4: "No one is obligated-" Page needs to load more. *clicks refresh* Also there's stress lines. *picture turns into the "image not loaded" icon* *commentary is suddenly a lot closer to the top of the page* Commentary: "Eh, ain't I a stink-" LA LA LA NOT FINISHING READING IT UNTIL THE PAGE LOADS PROPERLY MOVING ON Panel 4: "...genetics alone" FINISH LOADING ALREADY! Panel 4: COME ON, PAGE! UGH! There we go. ...Wow, she is pissed. Panel 5: And they are stunned. Unsurprisingly. Basically this whole conversation is "Hey, there's someone you've never met who looks just like you and is probably your sister. You should totally be buddies." "But that means Dad cheated or Mom lied...or both." "But buuuuddieeees!" "NO!" Susan: "The only family I care about is my mother." Panel 6: ...GODDAMMIT INTERNET LET ME LOOK AT THE LAST FRIKKIN' PANEL! I saw the word "Then" in a bigger font and italicized. That's not good. Show of hands: how strained is their friendship going to be after this? ...wait. I mean how many thinks they're not gonna be on speaking terms for a bit? Or something. I dunno. Brain, cooperate here. Brain: *shrug* Oh you're no help. Panel 6: *le page didn't load and went to the "image not found" thing* *sigh* *refresh* And while we wait for that, let's hear a word from our sponsor. Jim? Jim: "Potatoes. Potatoes. Potatoes. Potatoes. Everybody eats potatoes." ...I need to fire my marketing guy. FINISH LOADING ALREADY! Show of hands: how many of you find this post hilarious? I'm not editing this (except maybe spelling); these are my reactions and spur-of-the-moment thoughts. Including the absurd. My mind is weird. Panel 6: "Anyway, I'll meet Diane." ...WELL THAT WAS A TWIST. I'm agreeing with the meddlers here. That was unexpected. Panel 7: ...oookay. ...hmm... She feels strongly about what she said. What did she say? "I am certain Diane would agree with me...when I say there is more to family than blood! NO ONE IS OBLIGATED TO ANOTHER BY GENETICS ALONE!" Idea. Does she want Diane to drop it? Does she want Diane to stop thinking of this as important since she's not "family"? Susan and Diane weren't raised together, and Susan's words imply that means she doesn't consider her family. Or is it something else? 'Obligated'. Is the vampire deal something to do with it? (wow, grammar). Or is... Wait, maybe she's going to meet Diane because...of her father? She's not obligated to him either. Not obligated to trust him (or past-him) implicitly, and is going to look into things personally. Or, again, does she just wanna yell at Diane? Susan once saw her reflection as that of the Other Woman. Diane has the same face and the right hair color. But then that would be yelling at someone for something that isn't their fault...but Susan's also a teenager, and this is a sensitive and personal matter, so she might not think clearly on that matter. Wait, I need to read the commentary. Commentary: ...alright. Sure. I don't really have much to react to here. Anyway, back to the analysis. ...actually I'm out of speculations

When your phone screen is cracked and you have no idea why. It was in my pocket the whole time and was fine an hour ago. What gives?

In the Pacific Northwest, there's a local food called the Maple Bar. It's a bar donut with maple glaze on top. I prefer them without any kind of filling; they taste better that way, if you ask me. Virtually unknown outside the west coast. Which is a shame because they're so good. So, imagine how happy I am to know a place that sells them. Yay!

I'm gonna be following YouTuber TheJWittz for a while as he plays Pokemon Sun. I mean I already subscribed a while ago, but still. I'm also going through Achievement Hunter's various Worms let's plays. I'm dying half the time, it's so funny.

It's Lyre! ...that's all I got. *smokebomb exit* *loud painful cough* *I went nowhere* *cough cough* Note to self... *cough* I am not a ninja. I cannot use smoke bombs.

Granted. You, however, are a civilian. And the local hero uses your car as a thrown object during a fight. Enjoy not being able to get to work. Also, all countries have supers, including Syria and North Korea, so that's a thing to look out for. I wish I had the power to create forcefields (and remove them) at will.

Gettin' a new car. Big comfy family van. It's nice.

I think the movie jumped into the magic Inception stuff too fast, and consequently didn't spend enough time on Dr. Strange before the accident or during recovery before learning about magic. I might be comparing the movie to the animated one from some years back, where they followed Strange's post-accident-pre-magic depression in more detail. I liked it, though. The Cape of Levitation was funny. The way the bad guy was stopped was clever. That casual drop of continuity was like, "Wait, what?" Doctor Strange learned to think with portals, which rapidly became funny. The final fight was fairly inventive. The first after-credits scene was fairly good. Moreover I like that we finally have actual magic here now. Not just Mad Science or Sufficiently Advanced Aliens, but actual, real magic. They did a fairly good job of bringing that into the MCU. Now it remains to be seen what they do with it. On another note, I'm comparing the final fight between Strange and the Big Bad with the final battle in an Undertale neutral run.

I'm at the theaters. Gonna watch Doctor Strange. Oop, phones off gotta go bye!

Our eldest cat Hunter caught a mouse. And is eating it. Boy did we call his name or what?

...it's a giant mushroom. MAYBE IT'S FRIENDLY!

/me enters the Konami Code /me explodes *le respawn* ...lemme guess. /me enters slightly incorrect Konami Code, using L and R instead of left and right. don't ask where I got the L and R /me gets a speed boost, missiles with all firing upgrades, fully-upgraded lasers, four options, and a personal forcefield Sweet.

Eh. I'm not really ashamed. It was rather fun. I just wish more people joined in than just us two, ya know? Hack, Lyre... Heck, even Trisha would've been someone else. Also kinda regret not stating at some point that one of my characters was a Pokemon Trainer. Made combat scenes a little awkward. I also learned that I'm not a very good GM, at least in forum post format, once it was my turn. What kind of program? Is it a calculator program? Oh, am I winning now?

My grandmother and I tend to make jokes at each other. Here's our most recent text conversation, minus the emoticons and spelling errors