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what was the inspo for your username?

Thanks for the question!

When I was young, before people had cellphones or widely-available laptops, I loved to write. I was also what I'll call an interactive writer: I'd write a chapter of a story in a lined notebook, let my friends read it, get feedback, then write more of the story (no edits lol).

All of these stories starred my friends, but around 8th grade I wrote some fairy fiction called Soar with my first thought-out original characters. Two were love interests for the main character based off a friend, but a third was a purple-haired fairy warrior princess, and her name was Iesnoth.

I came up with the name literally by mixing letters I thought looked nice next to each other, with no thought about having to pronounce it. But on the plus side, there is no other word in any language like it, so it's pretty distinct. When I started using it as a username it had to be lowercased, but I like that better anyway.

Incidentally, Iesnoth's brother's name was Bernard.

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A quick update. It hasn't been revolutionary: I still don't read enough, and I still manage to get way too much screen time on my PC.

It's too soon to tell what the long-term effects of a dumbphone, but here are some positives and negatives.

POSITIVES:

I haven't lost out on any opportunities.

I don't have to text people as often.

I can get out of more social obligations.

I got mintmobile bc my phone is so basic, so now my bill is only $15/month, and I haven't run into data issues.

I've gone on a road trip and only had the normal amount of navigating problems.

*+phone charms+*

NEGATIVES:

I have to plan ahead more.

There would be a loss of social interaction, but I didn't have much to begin with.

I don't have a Bible on my phone (niche problem, I know).

I didn't use this before, but I don't have text-to-speech options, and that might be important for some people.

Can't scan QR codes.

I have to have physical copies of all cards and IDs (gym membership, insurance, etc.)

So far, the positives outweigh the negatives for me, and I don't foresee going back. And really, the negatives just encourage me t use my phone AS A PHONE, and not a lens through which to view (or hide from) my life.

I made the choice to go from a smartphone to a "dumbphone": one that essentially only does calls and texts.

The transition hasn't been as immediate as I thought, as I didn't realize how much I relied on my phone, from Spotify to car insurance. It'll probably take a couple weeks for me to not boot up the smart phone to access information there.

But I can't do the doom scrolling anymore. I can't lose hours of my day in mindless games and social media. I also realize this change may come with some restlessness, confusion, and withdrawal symptoms, but my hope is, at the end, I'll be better at time management and more at peace in myself.

I don't know if I'll keep this up for the foreseeable future, or just a year or so (until the social media dependency is gone), but I'm excited for the Internet to be a place I visit, not a place I live.

If you want to look into getting a dumbphone, I'd suggest the Dumbphone Finder. That's how I found mine. It allows you to pick and choose which features you want in a phone. I still wanted GPS, and I use Verizon, so ended up with a Nokia 2780.

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Devlog Entry 1

This week has been full of ups and downs, coding-wise. Here are a few updates:

I included a fun little remote easter egg in a side quest. Which one? You'll have to play to find out~ Ignore the temporary background please I beg

2. I finished Evil Artemis's sprites! Again. The boy will not sit still for his portrait. I'm on my third redesign: not changing @popsicle-stick's brilliant rendition, of course, but my interpretation of it. I think I'm finally happy with it... we'll see. All the sprites have, and will have, undergone some tweaking of some sort.

3. I've overhauled the inventory for the umpteenth time. There's always some snag. This time, the removal function is recognizing some inventory objects and not others, even though they register as being in the inventory. After extensive tests, I'm hoping it's a weird ren'py glitch. That's happened a couple times... but I need to wipe all my saves and test again to be sure. I'm positive there's a better way to be doing all this, but it's my first time coding with ren'py so I'm not hip to the lingo yet.

4. We're putting together a soundtrack! I'm really loving how the game is coming together already, but music will really breathe life into it. For the demo we're going with free-to-use music, but for the final game we hope to commission some original tracks.

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Under the Radar: SurrealEstate

Following a real estate agency Roman Agency, this real estate not only lists houses but also cleanses them of negative entities, spirits, and monsters.

SyFy aired this series in 2021 and unfortunately canceled it after one season. Or so it was thought, SurrealEstate was resurrected in May 2022, and it was un-canceled and green-lit for a second season, which will air sometime in 2023.

SPOILERS, obviously.

THINGS THAT GO BUMP

Luke Roman (Tim Rozon) is the boss of a particular real estate business, The Roman Agency. Not only do these agents sell houses, but they also deal with the beyond. The Roman Agency specializes in selling and helping those unable to sell their houses without a much-needed cleanse.

The Agency is small but close-knit and scrappy. It consists of Luke, boss man extraordinaire, Father Phil Orley (Adam Korson) a lapsed priest, August “Auggie” Ripley (Maurice Dean Wint) the tech king, Zoey L’Enfant (Savannah Basley) the office manager, and new-comer Susan Ireland (Sarah Levy). Susan originally came from another estate agency, and unfortunately, is a fish out of the water with this new group of agents. She is kept in the dark about the Agency’s specialties, but does know it by reputation.

Luke and Susan take on their first job together at the Lenore household, who are at their wits’ end with objects randomly flying around their house. Believing that the house is haunted by a poltergeist, they send in Auggie and Phil, who reveal that all their tests come up negative. As things escalate at the Lenore house, Luke has taken a special interest in another holding, the Donovan household.

The Donovan house is special and immensely haunted. Off-the-charts metaphysical disturbances plague the house, and its current occupant, Meghan (Tennille Read).

As The Roman Agency fights demons, ghosts, and possessed houses, the Donovan house makes reoccurring appearances because of the sentimental attachment it has to Luke. Years previously, Luke’s mother went into the house and never left. Luke has seen her ghost several times lingering in the house, and she is not a nice person. But Luke’s father (also a ghost) says that she was a sweet and kind person, but didn’t seem like she could handle Luke’s gift of seeing the other side. Leaving him and his father behind years before.

The season comes to a head at the Donovan house, which has been gaining strength steadily thanks to the misguided attempts by the Roman Agency. The portal in the house, which they thought allowed ghosts and spirits in, actually allowed them to cross over. Because they closed the portal in episode one, all of these ghosts and spirits haunted the house in agony, unable to leave. The house was able to make a personified incarnation of itself thanks to the lost souls stuck within its walls. Auggie, Zooey, Susan, and Phil all encounter lost loved ones, a wife, a mentor, a father, and an ill-fated sweetheart. Luke also sees his mother, or rather his sister.

Luke was a twin, and the woman he believed to be his mother, is actually his sister who lost her life when Luke’s umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. Because she died during Luke’s birth, his abilities came from being born in the shadow of death. His twin wants to switch places with him, and the only way for that to be achieved is that he dies. As she strangles Luke, in the basement, the crew is able to open the portal and all the trapped souls are sucked into it, including Luke’s sister.

The Donovan house is purged of its ghosts, and the crew stumbles outside, grateful to be alive. However, Luke distances himself from everyone. Why? He’s lost his ability to hear and see the spirits that had attached themselves to him since he was a child.

RESURRECTED FROM THE GRAVE

The paranormal drama was canceled originally. Ratings and viewership seemed to have been the main reason for its cancellation. George R. Olson, the creator of SurrealEstate, tweeted in October 2021 the unfortunate news that SyFy wouldn’t be moving forward with a season 2, but to not give up hope and they were looking for a new home for the paranormal procedure.

Hulu began streaming season 1 of SurrealEstate starting October 6 and it was revealed on May 2022 that SyFy had decided against officially canceling SurrealEstate when it talked about new and returning series in an article.

CONCLUSION

I rate SurrealEstate 3.9/5, I’ve loved Tim Rozon since his days on Wynonna Earp as the immortal gunslinger Doc Holliday, which was also unfortunately canceled after its fourth season by SyFy. No worries, Melanie Scrofano (Wynonna) guest starred in episode three and played a fanatic homeowner trying to sell her cottage (such a fun episode).

SurrealEstate is character-driven, and with a heavy-hitting cast, the characters are believable and loveable. Even with the extra bits thrown in (Roman’s ability to see ghosts, and Ireland’s telekinesis and pyrokinesis) and the haunted houses, the heart is still there and beating strong. It was sad that at first it looked like we would be leaving on such a cliffhanger, with Luke losing his powers and knowing his mother was alive somewhere.

SurrealEstate is ALIVE and will be airing on SyFy sometime in late 2023. As of October 12th, you can catch up on season one on Hulu.

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If you don't want my thoughts on abortion, pass on by. Nowhere do I say abortion is right or wrong. But I think some of the argument by OP is incomplete.

There is an important context in these examples that is missed. In the examples, the Person is coming across another human that they have no responsibility for and had no hand in creating their situation. But unless the fetus was conceived through rape, the owner of the uterus had a hand in creating the fetus. They consented to the act of sex with the knowledge a pregnancy could come from it. "The fetus has no right to my body" then is like leaving a front door open and then saying wild animals can't come into the house. Does the owner want them there? No. Should they be there? No. But the owner left the door open, so there is some responsibility. Whether they choose to kill the animals who got in or relocate them or keep them is up to the owner of the house. I will make no judgment on which choice is the "best" one. Again, this is if the "door was left open" with the owner's permission.

Starting now, I'm speaking under the assumption that a fetus is a person, contending with the OP's own examples under the assumption a fetus is a person.

To re-contextualize your examples with that information: You don't have to save someone from drowning, even if you threw them in not knowing they couldn't swim, even if you'd likely survive saving them. You don't have to donate organs after you die, even if you know a distant family member or friend-of-a-friend needs one. You can kill someone in self-defense, even if the other person is unarmed, or doesn't know you're there.

All the above are still plausible-- I can see why someone would still prioritize themselves in certain situations-- but they aren't blameless. Life is lost when it could have been saved, and the Person who has to make the choice will be affected by that. I'm not saying OP didn't think the Person would be conflicted, but it needed to be stated outright.

TL;DR Abortion is a serious topic. Pregnancy is a serious topic. Both can have a negative or positive effect on the person experiencing them. Abortion is not, and should not be discussed like, the easy ethical answer to all unwanted pregnancy.

we seriously need to stop conceding to the personhood trap when it comes to abortion rights. is a fetus a person? thats a spiritual question. i dont care about the answer. should another person dictate what someone can do with their body? simple answer: no.

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Here's why I like when people reblog my stuff.

Because I post what I like. So when people reblog what I like, I go to that person's blog bc if they like what I like, maybe I can find new things to like! And maybe I reblog some of their stuff, or follow them, so I can see more new stuff on my dash!

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I've really been enjoying Lucy Darling's sets on youtube. She's such a unique voice (literally), and her use of femininity for humor is so interesting to watch.

Plus, she's super cute.

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I still do not understand Physical/Sexual attraction.

I do not understand why people think someone is: "Hot" or "Attractive."

People simply fall on a scale of: "Want to draw" and "REALLY REALLY WANT TO DRAW"

There's a whole faucet of life that I cannot comprehend, and to me that is fascinating. (But oh my god I do not want to look into it.)

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*Butler and Juliet are shopping*

Juliet: Can I get a silenced pistol?

Butler: If there’s one on sale.

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Low key so do I, but it brings to mind a question: what is Mulch's opinion of the French?

I think he'd either hate them or HARDCORE vibe with them.

This is how i picture mulch diggums

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I gotta draw this.

Steam Powered Giraffe | photo by trekkiebeth

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i offer jariel sketch

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The Podcast has a problem

Okay bby's, lets have a talk. We've hit a bit of a wall over here at the Incident Report. We have had no auditions for any of the unfilled roles (Butler, Root, Mulch, Foaly, Angeline). This has rather seized up the project. If anyone would like to audition, or you think you know someone who might be, absolutely send them our way. Send any auditions to artemisfowl.incident.report@gmail.com . Requirements for each is linked under the characters name

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I love when a meme gets so many steps away from its source material that it would be completely incomprehensible if I didn't know what today's date was