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I have hired this thing to stare at you

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person in fandom: eeeyikes!!! i hope im writing this character in this short little fanfic right >_< eeekkk what if my takes on my meta are all wrong and everyone will Kill me!!

guy in professional comic industry: okay lets mischaracterize every single character that appears in this comic for 50 or so issues

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A Blacksmith’s Dream

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today I've got a couple invoices sent in, my landlords finally got people in to finish my porch, I've just about got dates nailed down for a first-time trip to NYC later this year, and I somehow managed to land a Switch 2 order with best buy!

it's a real "things are coming up Milhouse" kinda Monday in my world today, and while I don't know why a Monday is being so nice to me, I'll also take whatever relief I can get right now lol

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a kinetic sculpture by Tim Lewis

I know it’s not pottery but it is sculptural and holy shit

it’s beautiful and disturbing and I feel like I could stumble across this creature in a forest and never be seen again???

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i love z-moves

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EMMA (2020)

dir. autumn de wilde

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listen you can't be buying pixel art games with "Pixel" in the title

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Honestly bizarre that tomatoes get all the flack for “not being a vegetable” because they're technically a fruit when:

A) There are a ton of fruits that get categorised as vegetables. Like this also applies to pumpkins, squashes and cucumbers.

B) The fucking mushrooms are standing there at the back of the crowd in this witch trial, trying to look inconspicuous because they somehow got into the vegetable club with no fucking controversy despite the fact that they're not even plants.

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Some of my favorite Deer Trail cam footage

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okay, so I got back a while ago from being out on the town!

The new soundbar works so far! I'm gonna do research into a proper sound system because this bar is missing some useful features (again I didn't expect much for how little I paid for it lol) but it otherwise sounds great with a subwoofer baked into the bar itself, so I'm already getting better sound. I could see using this bar in another room whenever I do upgrade proper. Gonna see how things pan out this week before I chuck my old bar as hard as I can into a dumpster

I got to play a Switch 2 for the first time! My local best buy that I picked up my soundbar from had demo units set up (even though the site said they didn't) and I got to play a couple rounds of Mario Kart World: one round with the new pro controller, and one with the system in handheld mode. Both units still felt rather new, the size is honestly comparable to my Steam Deck in a way that I didn't expect (but is much thinner of course) and the screen stood out to me as impressive. Mario Kart World is... well, Mario Kart lol. it's fun though! The new pro controller especially blew me away, it's way more comfortable and smoother to control than I expected. I love that the control stick's collision ring is hidden under the controller casing, it makes it feel much smoother and with less visual grinding. I wasn't planning on getting one of them, but with how much of a positive impression it left on me and my original pro controller well-worn after serving me over seven years... it's tempting. Handheld mode feels okay so far, I can't think of anything of note there right now. The joy-con control sticks felt about the same and were already starting to feel a little loose when I used them, which doesn't inspire confidence for how robust these things could be. But considering I mostly play with a pro controller and only use the joy-cons when out and about, it's fine I guess?

I swung by a local game place to see what they had in stock. Ended up getting Voodoo Vince for the original Xbox and Metroid Prime 2 for the Gamecube. and also accidentally picked up an extra copy of Bloodrayne 1 lol, but since I used credit to buy that one, it was technically free? Not sure if I'll return it or see if a collecting friend wants it.

i bought a new entry-level sound bar today after I finally snapped with my current one I've had for years. it would no longer connect to its subwoofer, the remote buttons would keep getting stuck, and most importantly: it would on rare occasions immediately shoot the volume up to 100% whenever you pressed the volume up button, blasting my place with whatever sound was playing. it did this again to me today, and the stress of it always catching me off-guard was the last straw lol

I also tried looking around my place for a different pair of speakers to plug in, and realized I didn't have one other single working pair of speakers. everything else I own is either broken, extremely cheap, or very old. I was defaulting to this sound bar for years because it was the only working pair of speakers I own. I'd think I would have a better pair of speakers by now with all of the entertainment work I do, but... I guess not lol

So anyway I ordered a cheap Samsung bar on sale with better specs and I'm gotta go pick it up. and hopefully this problem is finally solved, for now at least. will have to do some research on a decent pair of speakers for my desktop too, but for now, baby steps...

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i bought a new entry-level sound bar today after I finally snapped with my current one I've had for years. it would no longer connect to its subwoofer, the remote buttons would keep getting stuck, and most importantly: it would on rare occasions immediately shoot the volume up to 100% whenever you pressed the volume up button, blasting my place with whatever sound was playing. it did this again to me today, and the stress of it always catching me off-guard was the last straw lol

I also tried looking around my place for a different pair of speakers to plug in, and realized I didn't have one other single working pair of speakers. everything else I own is either broken, extremely cheap, or very old. I was defaulting to this sound bar for years because it was the only working pair of speakers I own. I'd think I would have a better pair of speakers by now with all of the entertainment work I do, but... I guess not lol

So anyway I ordered a cheap Samsung bar on sale with better specs and I'm gotta go pick it up. and hopefully this problem is finally solved, for now at least. will have to do some research on a decent pair of speakers for my desktop too, but for now, baby steps...