The Playground - Week 2 - Day 3
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therealljidol It's Wednesday, but it feels like Tuesday since I was off. :)
Then again, tonight is Survivor and Tough as Nails, so I guess it really is Wednesday...
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The second prompt is feeling lonely, so go make friends with it! https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1104538.html
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How are you doing today?
Then again, tonight is Survivor and Tough as Nails, so I guess it really is Wednesday...
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The second prompt is feeling lonely, so go make friends with it! https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1104538.html
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How are you doing today?
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Date: 2021-11-03 03:04 pm (UTC)I'm almost there, but when you mostly are telling personal stories instead of writing fiction, it's hard sometimes to dig around for a story that fits - and that is even worth telling (that's what I'm trying to figure out now, the why behind the story I'm thinking of telling).
In other news, things are quiet on the homefront, thankfully. I've been playing a lot of The Sims 4 lately, and I decided to try and start an official Legacy Challenge (where you have to play through 10 generations of a single family and also hit several different in-game goals), but last night I was like, "No, I've had enough of this," and I wasn't even done with the first generation.
So I started up a new character and am going to try going through 10 generations without necessarily worrying about all the extra goals. Actually, since I'm playing on my PS4, I'm trying to get PS4 trophies with this game file (I can't with a "proper" Legacy Challenge because you have to use cheats and using cheats disables PS4 trophies). One of the trophies is to get through 26 generations of a single household. :/ I don't know if I'll make it to that one.
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Date: 2021-11-03 04:45 pm (UTC)~*~
Not looking forward to work this evening.
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One of my dogs was sick in their crate the other night, and I've been cleaning ick all morning. Now I need a shower and I'd love a nap...but work.
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I am coming up with HUGE BLANKS on this prompt. It's gotta be something fictional, but I haven't done fiction in FOREVER.
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Date: 2021-11-03 06:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-11-03 06:07 pm (UTC)We haven't had any more incidents with the dog, so hopefully, it was just a bad tummy for a night or two and he's done.
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Date: 2021-11-03 08:35 pm (UTC)I saw a post on Quora from someone in the military who'd been vaccinated, but decided to test just in case the mild allergy symptoms she thought she was having were Covid.
And they were. Very short-lived (especially compare to allergies), and if she weren't in the military (where contact-tracking is pretty heavily monitored), she waid it wouldn't have occurred to her at all.
It's more the concern about how it affects those around you, in case you're in contact with someone who can't be vaccinated or is immunicompromized.
I don't envy you cleaning vomit out of the dog carrier! And it's always so hard to get the smell out. :(
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Date: 2021-11-04 01:19 am (UTC)Thankfully everyone around me at work and whatnot have been vaccinated, so if I were positive, it would hopefully not jump all over the place.
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As for the dog, I'm mostly not looking forward to having to take the bed to the local laundromat to wash. That's more people-ing than I am accustomed to doing.
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On the good side, I had some downtime at work tonight and got started on the prompt. Kinda eager to see where this thought goes.
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Date: 2021-11-03 05:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-11-03 06:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-11-03 06:07 pm (UTC)Thank you for your kindness.
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Date: 2021-11-03 08:36 pm (UTC)Mine, not so much. *cries*
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Date: 2021-11-03 08:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-11-03 06:59 pm (UTC)- Erulisse (one L)
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Date: 2021-11-03 08:50 pm (UTC)I'm still behind on reading LAST week's entries, and replying to comments for them, so there's also that!
Gary, you were talking about books the other day, and I never got around to commenting on that. I've been reading a lot of William Gibson, and been irked by it. I liked "Peripheral" and "Neuromancer," but the sequels in both series have frustrated me in a similar way: rotating points of view and a lot of razzle-dazzle that amounts to not very much actually happening (or at least, not much that's meaningful). It's the literary equivalent of Three-Card Monty with disco lights and glitter. :(
What I HAVE enjoyed are several different authors and genres: "The Liar's Dictionary," "Catfishing on CatNet" and "Chaos on Catnet," and "Klara And The Sun" (thank you, NY Times, for all of those). Also the "Last Policeman" trilogy.
The CatNet books were fun and had great pacing. The Last Policeman series was soulful, and I have to say, "pre-apocalyptic" is a new genre for me!
And Klara... sad and haunting. I'm still feeling it. It's funny, too-- Goodreads reviews on it are evenly split between "OMG, so good and so heartfelt" and "Zzzzzz... nothing happens, where even is the narrative arc?" I'm in the first camp, and I wonder about the people in the second one. ;)
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Date: 2021-11-05 08:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-11-03 08:53 pm (UTC)WTF o Dee Day: Student got in a fight over a can of Pringles potato chips and threatened to bring a gun to school. He’s one of those cammo-wearing- military-worshiping types. Parents were called. He’s suspended for a while.