This Week I...

 Hello There!

Tis Saturday again, which means I get to go over what I did this week and realize I didn't do much of anything.

Wrote

A bit on a Witcher fic I've been working on. I think I got the first chapter done. Which woo. Now to get the rest done. Got bits for 10 chapters altogether I think. We'll see how that works out for me.

Read

Fan-Fiction

I know. I need to get back to The Stand. But... Ugh. I wanna read happy stories about people making heart eyes at each other.

Watched

CJUGames play Resident Evil games mostly. I watched him play both Resident Evil 4 games and then started up his play-through of Resident Evil 7. I'm just sitting here with my fingers crossed that at some point he plays the fifth and sixth games. Cause that will be possibly the only way I have actual knowledge of those games. Any of the Resident Evil games really. I tried to play the remake of the second game and I ended up putting Leon in a corner and crying cause I was scared... I am not a brave person. Much easier to watch CJU play them. Which, yeah, if you are interested in the Resident Evil games but aren't a fan of playing horror games, I highly recommend CJUGames' videos on YouTube. His humor counteracts the scary bits, he reads pretty much all the notes and things out loud so you learn the lore and such, and he is mostly silent during cutscenes. No insult to other YouTubers that do playthrough videos, but if I actually want to know the plot of a game, I watch his videos. Oh, and he only has his facecam visible during the intros and then plays highlights at the end so you're not losing a corner of the game.

Played

Sadly, nothing. Need to get back to Morrowind. But I keep getting distracted. 

Posted

A book challenge post

Anything Else?

Went to the local Walmart on Thursday to find they were rearranging the grocery section. Which meant I was incredibly frustrated. I just needed some Easy Mac!

Decided to delete most of my bookmarks on AO3 and start a bit fresh for a few different reasons. So, sorry to anyone who noticed I deleted the bookmark. I might end up bookmarking it again. I basically tried to tackle what I assumed was going to be a small problem and it turned into a massive problem and I got frustrated and when I get frustrated I tend to just start over.

And that's all.

No idea what Wednesday's post will be. Probably an Animal Crossing post. We'll see if I'm right or not on Wednesday.

The Great Book Challenge

Hello there!

 I was hoping to have The Stand finished by this week. But... Well that would require me to go back to reading it. Which I will hopefully do today. So, no rambling about The Stand. 

Instead I'm gonna do this thing I found on Pinterest.

Searched around for the original posting for this. Got a lot of "this page doesn't exist" pages. Soooo... Yeah...

Time to ramble about books again. I do that a lot... 🤷🏻‍♀️

1. Favorite stand-alone 

I'm just going to go with Witch and Wombat by Carolyn Cushman.

2. Most wanted fandom item 

I'm not really sure. Like there are a lot of nerdy fandom things I want, but I lack the money and space for them. But I would love that life-size statue of Kakashi I saw online.

3. Currently reading 

The Stand by Stephen King, mostly. Okay, okay, fan-fiction mostly. But I'll get back to The Stand.

4. Most emotional death

Mordin... Wait. This is about books, not video games. Shit... Uhhh... *forgets every book character that has ever died*

 

5. Inspiring book quote 

“The really important thing to be was yourself, just as hard as you could.” 

-Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

6. Book that got you into reading 

Probably something by Dr. Suess.

7. Last book you bought 

physical book - Hamlet (No Fear Shakespeare edition) for my kid. 

digital book - 🤷🏻‍♀️ I got a bunch of free books for the Kindle that I don't remember the titles of. They only get filed in the memory banks after I read them and if I enjoy them.

8. Series you never finished 

Hmm... I haven't finished the Trials of Apollo yet. But I plan to. 

9. Fandom you want to join 

I'm think I'm all filled up on fandoms... 

10. Favorite place to read 

Curled up in bed. 

11. Recommend a book 

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Carrie by Stephen King

Simon vs. The Homosapien Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Witch and Wombat by Carolyn Cushman

12. Worst reading experience 

I have blocked those from my memory banks. I have vague memories of complaining to Ryan about books I didn't enjoy, but nothing specific. 

13. Your bookmark(s) 

I got a box of bookmarks. Yes, I do mostly use pieces of the boxes from my Funko Pops. I put clear contact paper on them so they're protected. 

14. Most underrated book 

Witch and Wombat by Carolyn Cushman (Hey, I really fucking love this book, okay)

15. Favorite quote 

“Life is too short to read books that I'm not enjoying.”

-Melissa Marr

16. Relatable character 

Kakashi Hatake from Naruto (hey, it was a manga before it was an anime, so he counts as a book character), because I also will read when I should be doing other things.

17. Favorite book universe

I'm going to go with the Riordan-verse which includes the Percy Jackson books as well as the Kane Chronicles, the Magnus Chase books, and I'm not sure but the ones by other writers I think also fit into the universe. I just find the whole ancient gods and goddesses still being around interesting and Rick Riordan did a really great job creating a universe with all of them.

18. Book that made you laugh

The Simpsons episode guide books?

19. Favorite IG fandom account 

I don't have one.

20. Best sequel 

Ugh. Seriously the only sequel I can think of right now is Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. Which is a great sequel. But there has to be others, right?

21. Book you read for school 

I once read Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice for a book report. I think I was in 7th grade?

22. Your guilty pleasure book 

I don't really have one.

23. Favorite casting choice

Umm... Sissy Spacek as Carrie in the original movie.

24. Old read 

Young Jedi Knights Series by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta?

25. Nook vs. traditional book 

Well... I don't have a Nook. I have a Kindle. And the Kindle app on my tablet. And honestly, I don't prefer either. There are pros and cons for traditional books and ebooks. 

26. Favorite reading snack/drink 

My bowl of snacks with a soda usually

27. Funniest line from a book 

“Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft are written by men."

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

28. Your Hogwarts house 

... Ravenclaw... Shut up.

29. Local bookshop 

We don't have one. The closest book store to me is Barnes and Noble which is at least a 35-minute drive. 

30. Saddest book ending

Pretty much any Stephen King book. Cause everyone fucking dies.

Well, I think that's good enough. I got this all filled out in a day, which is unusual for me cause I like to overthink everything. 

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This Week I...

Hello There!

Let's see what I did this week, shall we?

I got a braincell. 

 Wrote

A bunch on a Witcher fic. Would love if I could stay focused and get it finished.

Read

A lot of fan-fiction. Wasn't having a great mental health week and decided that more Stephen King wasn't going to be helpful so I put a pause on The Stand.

Watched

Penguins of Madagascar

Aaah! Real Monsters

CJUGames Resident Evil playthroughs. I'm finally watching him play the fourth game. Not the remake of the fourth game. The original. I'll watch the remake later.

Look at all that pretty... 

Played

Nothing. I need to get back to Morrowind, but it didn't happen this week.

Posted

Animal Crossing Post

Anything Else?

I canceled the Walmart+ free trial. Which, you cannot cancel that early and still get the full month out of it. Just a heads up. But, to me, it isn't worth the 13 bucks a month. Some people might benefit from it. But not me. The only part that I would use was the Paramount+ subscription, but it's cheaper to just get that. Which, Paramount+ had a lot of things I wanted to watch, but didn't. Since I only had (less than) a month I stuck to random old shows I enjoyed. Pretty disappointed that I didn't get to finish School Spirits, but that's on me. I had the plan with ads, and they weren't so bad. They changed with what I was watching, so no worries if you want to let your kids watch the Nickelodeon stuff that they'll see ads for adults. Nope. Just ads for toys, other shows, and random Nickelodeon music videos. Okay, two music videos and the songs are STILL stuck in my head...

Also, the plan to stretch my time in between cigarettes did not work well this week. Still at two hours in between. But it was also a period week so I'm not gonna be too hard on myself about it. 

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Stephy Plays Animal Crossing: New Horizons

 Day 16

Last time on Hades

Able Sisters! Store! Yay!

Oh. Damn. 

Oh my. It has been a while and my hair is a mess.

I got a cat tree! No cat though... 

Kiddo explained to me that if I gift this to a cat villager, they will sit on it. Not giving it to Rudy... Need a new cat villager.

Look at my cute little coat!

All decorated for the holidays. Also, I need to change that flag but I can't decide on what I want... This was easier went my island was named Turtle. I just did a bad drawing of a turtle and was done.

I have a stockpile of snowflakes now... 

I made a cute little rose wreath. 

Able sisters! Able sisters! 

Squeeeeeee!

I love you, Sable. 

Building that second bridge. Lloid wants my money. *hands Lloid money* build my bridge, Lloid.

Money tree! That will help with my bridge-building!

Look at my garden! I need to swap out some of the orange pumpkins with the white ones. That is too many orange ones and not enough white ones. I want balance.

My flowers are growing nicely!

A few decorated trees. *starts shaking them furiously* gimme your baubles! 

I think somehow I made a perfect Snowperson my first try. Huh. I'll fuck up the others... 

Wooo! Build my bridge, Lloid.

Cherry gave me a wreath! 

Oh, it's Wisp. Gonna chat with HOLY FUCK WISP EXPLODED!

Poor baby is so scared.

Of course Wisp! Anything for you!

Yay! Wisp is back!

I tried to make a Hawkeye hat. Wish it wasn't pointy, but honestly, it wasn't too bad for my first attempt.

And that's all for this week. See y'all Saturday for the weekly update post. 

This Week I...

Hello There!

Let's see what I did this week.

Oliver didn't do much of anything this week. 

 Wrote

Little things here and there.

I did type up some stuff from the prompt journal.

Read

Finished The Bookshop Murder.

Started The Stand by Stephen King. A little over half-way through it.

Also read a bunch of fan-fiction.

Watched

Wings mostly. 

Watched a bit of Aaahh! Real Monsters, as well. Loved that show as a kid. 

Watched some Are You Afraid of the Dark? as well. Never watched that show as a kid. It's good for what it is.

Also watched some Doug and some Angry Beavers. I'm just nostalgia watching a bunch of shit on Paramount+

School Spirits - I did start watching this on Friday. Watched two episodes and really enjoyed them. Gonna try and finish it up soon. It's about a girl who was murdered (maybe) and her ghost is stuck in the high school she attended. She can't remember how she died, and no one has found her body, so she decides she will solve her own murder.

Played

Just some games on my phone.

Posted

Review of The Bookshop Murder.

Monthly plans post.

Anything Else?

Nothing really. Boring week, really.

This Month I Plan On...

Hello There!

I was going to do a monthly wrap-up post to see which things I actually did, but I decided I'll just cover that on here instead. 

So let's get on into it.

Writing

Did not go through all my old writing notes in August. Sort of just... shoved them under my bed to deal with later. Maybe I'll get that done this month. 

I do want to finish fleshing out my original characters. Got them all named, now to figure out what they look like. And some of them need some sort of personality.

Oh, I also wanna finally finish up my prompt journal. It has taken me way too long to get through that one.

Reading

Finished Salem's Lot and Bookshop Murder in August. Go me.

I'm going to try and focus on The Stand this month, which I'm a little over halfway through. And the Hawkeye comics. Might also try to get through either Good Omens or the Star Wars book I'm reading. No promises on those two though. Cause I will probably get distracted.

Watching

I did not watch any of the things I said I was going to watch. I ended up with Paramount+ for a month and spent the month basically watching Wings... 

So, the plan for this month is to watch the second season of Good Omens. Finish up the Resident Evil stuff. Watch Nimona. Oh, and Red, White, and Royal Blue. Oh, I would also like to start up Cheers. I want to watch Cheers, Frasier and Wings. I've already watched Wings all the way through but never really watched Cheers and only watched some Frasier. Time to watch it all.

Playing

I started playing Morrowind in August. Planning on getting back into that this month. I really would like to actually finish that damn game. It has an ending, right? I've never actually made it that far.

Anything Else?

I'm going to attempt to quit smoking. The past couple months I've slowly been cutting back. And I've been doing pretty well (except for when I'm driving or being social - those bring the anxiety and the anxiety brings a pack of cigarettes...). I'm down to about 6-7 cigarettes a day. Which still isn't great, but better than what it could be. 

And that's about it. 

See y'all tomorrow for the weekly wrap-up post.