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★ seeing as today is 11/20 it's everyone's obligation to listen to DJ nagureo's 20,november, an early Bemani masterpiece.
★ i have no idea what i am doing for thanksgiving this year WHOOPS. well, okay, that is a bit of an exaggeration, i have some idea of where I'm going, it's just that several family members are holding Thanksgiving celebrations and i've been invited to all of them???? i was just planning to visit my aunt since this is the last year she is hosting Thanksgiving, but given how many other dinners are being hosted this year i am trying to fit in at least one more during the day. the travel conditions are Not Looking Good, unfortunately, so i may just stick with the one dinner.
★ been waffling on whether or not to get a Nintendo Switch this holiday season, and with the slate of upcoming games in the upcoming months i'm leaning a lot more towards 'yes' than 'no' these days. thing is, i barely have enough time to play all the games i have right now so i don't exactly need another console to buy exclusives i might not play due to the time crunch. On the other hand, one reason i've been playing my X1 almost exclusively for the past few months is because my brother and sister and I all play Overwatch together; we're all ready for a change but there's nothing on the X1 that appeals to all 3 of us. The Switch looks like it might be a better fit for our multiplayer needs right now.
★ there's been a lot of tumblr drama over a recent string of unexpected blog deletions, the tumblr app being deleted from the Apple store, and tumblr posts with links not showing up in tags...there is a lot of misinformation and speculation being bandied about as to why all these things are happening, but i haven't followed it too closely because i don't follow tumblr stuff all that much these days beyond stalking rarepair tags and dead fandoms.
BUT. this not-fully-understood blog deletion thing has people seeking tumblr alternatives, one of them being PillowFort, which is some kind of tumblr/twitter/dreamwidth hybrid service that is in closed beta ATM. I am a big sucker for trying out new social media platforms intended to compete with tumblr/twitter even though i think it's almost impossible for them to succeed (RIP imzy, you lasted not even a year) and I really want to try this one out...there is a $5 "donation" fee to get an invite into the beta though. That's not an issue for me personally but i know that's a pretty big hurdle for lots of people for a variety of reasons, and if there's not a lot of people already in the beta that share my interests (video games, almost exclusively) I probably won't post much, if anything, on my own.
I am mulling over donating enough to get several invite codes and then distributing them to friends and others who a) blog about gaming and b) are interested in trying out another social media site. The last part is the hard one because I don't think a lot of people are SO dissatisfied with twitter or tumblr that they're inclined to abandon them entirely for a new platform that does the same things but...different.
★ i've been getting a lot of ideas for fics recently, but no motivation to actually write them out lol. but, having ideas at all is better than not having any.
I'm trying to tell myself that, if all i want to do is Porn Without Plot for rarepairs i don't need to justify it, that i should just PUT IT OUT THERE, but that's easier said than done when you are full of self-loathing and depression.
★ i have no idea what i am doing for thanksgiving this year WHOOPS. well, okay, that is a bit of an exaggeration, i have some idea of where I'm going, it's just that several family members are holding Thanksgiving celebrations and i've been invited to all of them???? i was just planning to visit my aunt since this is the last year she is hosting Thanksgiving, but given how many other dinners are being hosted this year i am trying to fit in at least one more during the day. the travel conditions are Not Looking Good, unfortunately, so i may just stick with the one dinner.
★ been waffling on whether or not to get a Nintendo Switch this holiday season, and with the slate of upcoming games in the upcoming months i'm leaning a lot more towards 'yes' than 'no' these days. thing is, i barely have enough time to play all the games i have right now so i don't exactly need another console to buy exclusives i might not play due to the time crunch. On the other hand, one reason i've been playing my X1 almost exclusively for the past few months is because my brother and sister and I all play Overwatch together; we're all ready for a change but there's nothing on the X1 that appeals to all 3 of us. The Switch looks like it might be a better fit for our multiplayer needs right now.
★ there's been a lot of tumblr drama over a recent string of unexpected blog deletions, the tumblr app being deleted from the Apple store, and tumblr posts with links not showing up in tags...there is a lot of misinformation and speculation being bandied about as to why all these things are happening, but i haven't followed it too closely because i don't follow tumblr stuff all that much these days beyond stalking rarepair tags and dead fandoms.
BUT. this not-fully-understood blog deletion thing has people seeking tumblr alternatives, one of them being PillowFort, which is some kind of tumblr/twitter/dreamwidth hybrid service that is in closed beta ATM. I am a big sucker for trying out new social media platforms intended to compete with tumblr/twitter even though i think it's almost impossible for them to succeed (RIP imzy, you lasted not even a year) and I really want to try this one out...there is a $5 "donation" fee to get an invite into the beta though. That's not an issue for me personally but i know that's a pretty big hurdle for lots of people for a variety of reasons, and if there's not a lot of people already in the beta that share my interests (video games, almost exclusively) I probably won't post much, if anything, on my own.
I am mulling over donating enough to get several invite codes and then distributing them to friends and others who a) blog about gaming and b) are interested in trying out another social media site. The last part is the hard one because I don't think a lot of people are SO dissatisfied with twitter or tumblr that they're inclined to abandon them entirely for a new platform that does the same things but...different.
★ i've been getting a lot of ideas for fics recently, but no motivation to actually write them out lol. but, having ideas at all is better than not having any.
I'm trying to tell myself that, if all i want to do is Porn Without Plot for rarepairs i don't need to justify it, that i should just PUT IT OUT THERE, but that's easier said than done when you are full of self-loathing and depression.
