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Jul. 29th, 2023 05:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowhiveTime for another random update post.
After the last post I ended up listening to the 10th Doctor Who audios I had, which were from the first 10th Doctor boxset. As such the three of them all featured Donna and damn, hearing them together was so great. Their chemistry is still there and they’re so fun together, they really made the three audios. I think the first one was the best of the three, with the third a close second and the middle one was still good but not as good as I thought it’d be from the description. Still it was great hearing them again! Next of the Humblebundle I’m gonna try is the New Earth one but I dunno when I’ll get around to it.
Last week mum bought an Agatha Christie quick reads from the library that had came in so I ended up reading it (so she can give it to her colleague Tuesday). It was four short stories so I read them this week. Of the four three of them I recognised as episodes of the show so I knew roughly how they’d play out. It was interesting how the series expanded them to fit the run time but they worked well as little mysteries. It was funny that I got the big boxset at Christmas and yet…. This is the first Christie thing I’ve read. Oop.
A few days ago I was woken by mum crying out from downstairs. The last time this happened I found her on the floor from a fall so i left my glasses and came down as fast as I could. This time she hadn’t fallen, but while moving some cat little she somehow hurt her leg. We can’t figure out exactly how she’s done it. She didn’t fall and it’s not as if she hit herself with the litter. Regardless of the cause it’s meant she’s been unable to to do much, so Naryu hasn’t been walked further than the square outside (she keeps pulling back whenever I try to take her further). It does seem to be doing a bit better now as she can walk a bit better but still. I told her when it happened she should call the doctor only for her to say not to, in part because of the walk (she was in pain at that point and walking up the hill was a hard prospect) and she doesn’t know where the number is which is…
I’ve been doing a bit more on Ghost Trick the last few nights and I’m gonna try to finish it tonight. The puzzles are so clever and I’m so curious to see how it all plays out.
Twitter has decided to rebrand as X which just might be the stupidest rebrand in history. Seriously you’ve gone from twitter to… that. I’ve had to stop automatic app updates because I don’t want to lose the cute twitter icon and see it replaced by the horrible x. Honestly Elon is such an idiot for this, but then again it’s been pretty clear what an idiotic, moronic fool he is since he took over. Who wants to bet they’ll backtrack soon?
Of course the problem with twitter decaying over the past months is, like with LJ and tumblr before, people have scattered to the wind and I’ve… no kept up. I know there’s blue sky and threads and miss key but I’m just…. I dunno which one is good and who has gone where and I just feel so… lost. Fuck Elon and his stupidity.
I’ve been watching the proms on tv and yesterday was the Bollywood one. I wasn’t sure what to expect because I’ve never watched one. But it was fun! The main singer, Palak, had such a pretty dress and she had such a great voice. Maybe I should see if there’s one to watch at some point but I have no idea where to start and I’ve been so bad at having focus for subtitled tuff in general lately.
Unfortunately the internet has started to be bitchy again. It was only a few times the last few days and I wrote it off at first because there’s some construction going on outside. However today it went terrible again, cutting out near constantly earlier and I just… when it calmed I contacted talktalk and they’re gonna send someone to check the line (again!) and just… ugh. I hope it’s sorted soon and doesn’t get worse tomorrow. (I’d change but if it is an issue on the line than changing providers wouldn’t help)
Yesterday I managed to finish a ficlet so maybe the block is gone (I’m not sure about that though). Maybe I’ll get back to a wip, although I kinda wanna do a tentacle thing.
Also one of my fav fic series got a surprise update last night (woo!) and the prompt I left in the bandom thing has been claimed so hopefully there’ll be something there soon.
I was trying to sort out the Apple Arcade earlier and it was giving me such issues with Apple Pay. I’m not sure why, maybe it was the net issues, but I managed to sort it. So Hello Kitty Island Adventure is ready to go!
I’m gonna finish watching the new Brokenwood ep now, then maybe start Island Adventure, watch a stream and ghost trick. And cross my fingers that net will behave.
After the last post I ended up listening to the 10th Doctor Who audios I had, which were from the first 10th Doctor boxset. As such the three of them all featured Donna and damn, hearing them together was so great. Their chemistry is still there and they’re so fun together, they really made the three audios. I think the first one was the best of the three, with the third a close second and the middle one was still good but not as good as I thought it’d be from the description. Still it was great hearing them again! Next of the Humblebundle I’m gonna try is the New Earth one but I dunno when I’ll get around to it.
Last week mum bought an Agatha Christie quick reads from the library that had came in so I ended up reading it (so she can give it to her colleague Tuesday). It was four short stories so I read them this week. Of the four three of them I recognised as episodes of the show so I knew roughly how they’d play out. It was interesting how the series expanded them to fit the run time but they worked well as little mysteries. It was funny that I got the big boxset at Christmas and yet…. This is the first Christie thing I’ve read. Oop.
A few days ago I was woken by mum crying out from downstairs. The last time this happened I found her on the floor from a fall so i left my glasses and came down as fast as I could. This time she hadn’t fallen, but while moving some cat little she somehow hurt her leg. We can’t figure out exactly how she’s done it. She didn’t fall and it’s not as if she hit herself with the litter. Regardless of the cause it’s meant she’s been unable to to do much, so Naryu hasn’t been walked further than the square outside (she keeps pulling back whenever I try to take her further). It does seem to be doing a bit better now as she can walk a bit better but still. I told her when it happened she should call the doctor only for her to say not to, in part because of the walk (she was in pain at that point and walking up the hill was a hard prospect) and she doesn’t know where the number is which is…
I’ve been doing a bit more on Ghost Trick the last few nights and I’m gonna try to finish it tonight. The puzzles are so clever and I’m so curious to see how it all plays out.
Twitter has decided to rebrand as X which just might be the stupidest rebrand in history. Seriously you’ve gone from twitter to… that. I’ve had to stop automatic app updates because I don’t want to lose the cute twitter icon and see it replaced by the horrible x. Honestly Elon is such an idiot for this, but then again it’s been pretty clear what an idiotic, moronic fool he is since he took over. Who wants to bet they’ll backtrack soon?
Of course the problem with twitter decaying over the past months is, like with LJ and tumblr before, people have scattered to the wind and I’ve… no kept up. I know there’s blue sky and threads and miss key but I’m just…. I dunno which one is good and who has gone where and I just feel so… lost. Fuck Elon and his stupidity.
I’ve been watching the proms on tv and yesterday was the Bollywood one. I wasn’t sure what to expect because I’ve never watched one. But it was fun! The main singer, Palak, had such a pretty dress and she had such a great voice. Maybe I should see if there’s one to watch at some point but I have no idea where to start and I’ve been so bad at having focus for subtitled tuff in general lately.
Unfortunately the internet has started to be bitchy again. It was only a few times the last few days and I wrote it off at first because there’s some construction going on outside. However today it went terrible again, cutting out near constantly earlier and I just… when it calmed I contacted talktalk and they’re gonna send someone to check the line (again!) and just… ugh. I hope it’s sorted soon and doesn’t get worse tomorrow. (I’d change but if it is an issue on the line than changing providers wouldn’t help)
Yesterday I managed to finish a ficlet so maybe the block is gone (I’m not sure about that though). Maybe I’ll get back to a wip, although I kinda wanna do a tentacle thing.
Also one of my fav fic series got a surprise update last night (woo!) and the prompt I left in the bandom thing has been claimed so hopefully there’ll be something there soon.
I was trying to sort out the Apple Arcade earlier and it was giving me such issues with Apple Pay. I’m not sure why, maybe it was the net issues, but I managed to sort it. So Hello Kitty Island Adventure is ready to go!
I’m gonna finish watching the new Brokenwood ep now, then maybe start Island Adventure, watch a stream and ghost trick. And cross my fingers that net will behave.
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Date: 2023-07-29 08:33 pm (UTC)As I understand it, X has always been the muskrat's endgame? He wanted to buy Paypal and turn it into X so this is just some stupid idea he's been stuck on for a while. Anyway, hearing from the new CEO that they want to turn it into a banking website is what did it for me. Like fuck am I giving those people my financial details, lmao. Byeeee.
I've heard such awful things about Bluesky and Threads I think I'm just done trying to make new social media work for me. I'm here and on Pillowfort and that has to be it. I'm sad to lose people but like. It goes like this. I still miss people I lost from the LJ exodus.
Ugh I'm so sorry about the ongoing internet issues. Fingers crossed it's okay tomorrow!
I'm so glad the writing block is gone! That's always such a good feeling.
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Date: 2023-07-29 08:41 pm (UTC)It’s so baffling! People act (even now!) like he’s some genius, but smart people don’t throw away something with the brand recognition twitter has like that. It’s a shame he’s probably fired anyone that could disagree with him or stop him. Oh yeah there’s no way in hell I’m giving them my bank details and I’m sure we’re not alone
Yeah I’ve heard bad things about threads at least so I’m just ??? At the minute. It makes me so sad! I was looking at lj for something earlier and to see how many people and things from back then that’s just… gone or lost. It makes me sad
Yeah I dunno why they’ve started happening again! I just hope it doesn’t just… die for hours like it did last time! (That would suck so much I’m so looking forward to the session)
Yeah me too! He’s hoping! I have so many wips that’re all over the place so I hope I can work onthem
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Date: 2023-07-30 07:01 am (UTC)At this point I'm not even trying new social media places. Instagram and DW are where I'm comfortable, and where I'm staying. With some crossposting to LJ for the one person who still reads me there.
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Date: 2023-07-30 10:45 am (UTC)That makes sense, I don’t blame you for that. I miss lj so much, I feel nostalgic for it