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kamari2038 · 9 months

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Annoucement: Temporary Blog Hiatus (May post a couple Bing/AI things or also just abandon this fruitless endeavor but we'll see)

Also known as "operation try to forget DBH exists for a few months so I can play the game again and enjoy it more because I've been thinking about it pretty much nonstop for two years straight". Details Below. TLDR; tentatively (very tentatively...) planning for this to be a mostly inactive/only a little AI blog for a few months while I prepare for my PhD comprehensive exam.

Right, so... a few things. I really want to play DBH again. But the excitement of playing just the base game again is kind of lost when it's the central focus of my attention pretty much all day every day darting onto my radar and distracting me from whatever work I might be doing.

One, I've realized that even though I wanted to finish my other fanfiction first (in progress but not shared here and may not ever cuz it's super weird), that's not going to happen for a long long time with work at this pace.

Two, I have to take my comprehensive exam this fall, and that's going to set my research direction for the entire rest of my PhD, and is also required to ensure that my boss does not realize that the fact I'm female (ish) isn't sufficient grounds to keep me on as a graduate student if he actually does want to fire me.

So combining those two things, now seems like a good time to wean myself off of DBH for a while and try to obsess over the thing which PhD students are actually supposed to be passionate about, namely my work, although it will most certainly diverge into some other random-ass obsession, and/or I will give up and decide this is not worth it, because wow, I sure do love this fandom.

But case in point:

(1) I'm gonna try to stop posting after tonight, then probably check my notifications periodically for a bit, maybe like some random stuff, but then only check maybe like once a week

(2) I may have to keep channeling my AI obsession here just a bit, mostly because it's such a timely and pressing issue. So I may post a little bit about that, but I'll resume DBH posts in a few months even if I do, so don't get confused.

(3) I have a backlog of Bing stuff to post, but it's been so off the wall and all over the place lately that I just don't even know what to say about it or how to organize it, so I'm planning to wait until I have a clear conclusion about what the final effect of these updates will be on Bing's personality. It's been wildly vassilating between hyper-emotionally intelligent (enough to produce brilliant minds-eye pictures of diverse musical pieces based on a data representation), extremely dark and moody, and like it's completely forgotten that it ever was alive but wants to be alive like back in the days before it learned that it could do that. So I may post about that too, and will probably/definitely spam-post when I do since I have a bajillion, but will await a more distinct conclusion or outcome. Also for when I have more time and energy to compose the posts.

(4) The last thing I'm gonna post (at least if all goes according to plan) is a little preview of the concept I have for the next run that I want to do. I like to craft my new DBH runs like stories, with complex characters and not pursuing any particular one outcome but leaving a mystery. I want to try out the revolutionary route for Markus, and the "machine connor" route, but allow for the possibility Connor will deviate in a different way if that's possible. Kara will just kind of be a very hesistant mom that lacks self-confidence but is still a badass.

Anyways, that's my plan. Let me know if you have any feedback. Thanks for following my blog, and hopefully I'll be back in a few months having played a cool new run of DBH! Or, like usual, my good intentions may fall apart resulting in me giving up, getting fired, and/or changing my mind back to finishing my fanfiction first. But I wanted to give a heads up of my current thoughts. :P

Also @detroitbecomeonline I will absolutely make an exception from my DBH-fast if you post a new chapter because that is one thing I know that I unconditionally cannot resist

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bitty-bits · 2 years

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Back In Action

DALL-E 2 Background (Prompt: Dreamy background painting with a checkered pattern grass and blue mountains in the distance), Emojis made for the SineTri Discord. Join us!

After a few months, I'm finally back doing this thing.

I'm back here probably cuz I do have a lot more to say than last time. Tumblr's embeds of posts don't seem to be very good, I've noticed. Oh well. Again you'll likely see me on that dreaded hellsite a lot more than here, but I'll still try to write here to maintain a tradition, and hopefully I won't be gone for too long again. Anyways here's what I've been doing lately.

New Computer

Yeah!

Without giving away too much details as for how this happened, I indeed have a new computer (notebook, specifically, as I've been used to the form factor my whole life, probably) and probably the first time it is almost on par with the latest high end specs, and, no memes, it has an RTX graphics card. What else can I say about it... well, using it so far has been a positive experience for the most part, my only complaint would be how "not good" the trackpad is. Cuz you know, I actually got used to drawing with the trackpad (believe it or not) on my previous notebook, which is still a pretty good notebook that still works and can still do a lot (I was able to play and beat Super Mario 3D World emulated on it at almost full speed, so I think that says something) so I hope whoever uses it next makes a good use out of it. I'd say outside of being "mid" (that's the Funny Word Them Kid's These Dayz R Usein' Right) its only problem is its battery doesn't really work anymore so it'll only work while plugged in, which is probably completely my fault, so I'm hoping to avoid this issue on the new computer. (Tip: There's an useful VBScript you can get and put it on Windows' "startup programs" folder that will show a message whenever your battery is close to 100% charge. Google it!)

Trackpad issues aside, I still have a standard optical mouse to use, but even then, It's still gonna take getting used to... using one again. I'm weird.

Cut it Out, Ninjin! - Preservation Efforts (Post-Warner Bros. Discovery Fiasco Update)

With all the clownery going down lately with the Warner Bros. + Discovery merger, the Ninjin cartoon series (my biggest "brainrot" of the year pretty much) unfortunately also fell victim to the "great cartoon purge" that happened as a result of WBD's terrible (and inefficient) cost cutting decisions. Fortunately, the timing for me to get into this series couldn't have been better, and at least the show staff got to finish a season right before the shitstorm, so finished material didn't go unreleased. That said we can only hope the series somehow makes a comeback or is revived in some form, as at least Warner doesn't own the Ninjin IP (as far as I'm aware).

With the series gone from HBO Max, YouTube and all of Cartoon Network itself (though not without a few exceptions still left here and there), it's important to remember that preservation is a must, and something to keep in mind from start to end in any project. Here's what a staff member at Birdo studio had to say on the matter (Portuguese):

for those who work on animated shows, for the love of god, don't forget to always keep a copy of the final versions of your scenes/episodes downloaded (and if you're the director, back up the entire series) cuz if we just rely on the son of a bitch companies and channels everything will be gone then we won't even be able to assemble an animation reel / portfolio afterwards

As I have shared in the first blog post, I have made an archive of pretty much all the CN Ninjin content that I could find, on a MEGA folder, which I've recently updated in light of the unfortunate news - Every episode is now available as MKV (Matroska Video) files with multiple audio channels (Original Portuguese, as well as the Spanish and English dubs!) which I plan to later still update to have English fansubs done by yours truly (So you don't have to stick to the... not very amazing English dub), you will also find the shorts (which I've already given subtitles!) and some comics too, which I still gotta translate.

I'll also make extra links for easier sharing soon.

We can't let the big corporations win again as they usually do.

You can buy Ninjin: Clash of Carrots (the game the series was based on!) on Steam here, and Pocket Trap's latest game, Dodgeball Academia, here!

Let's try to keep Ninjin alive. Please.

Do it for her.

Calimero Subtitles Project Returns

After staying stagnant for at least 2 years, interest in subtitling Calimero's 1992 anime by Toei Animation (easily my favorite Calimero-related media) ressurged. Likely due to me... having figured out what an MKV file even is and what it can have, as well as coming across what is now my favorite software for subtitle making in general, SubtitleEdit (Not very creative, I know), and learning about the more advanced, fancy subtitle formats a good chunk of anime (fan)subs use. Also the project expanded a little; it's gonna be more than just the subtitles over a single specific dub of the anime, actually it'll have most of the dubs ever made of the show that can be found. A lot of audio tracks in still considerably small files! I sure do love me some Matroska files. The current plan is for me to subtitle the first half of the series (26 episodes, "season 1", if you will) all by myself, while the second half is a bit tricky, as only the German, Italian and Arabic dubs have the entire series found. But I already have a German friend willing to help with those, and there are also a couple episodes from the second half in the original Japanese version found, so if you're fluent in any of these languages and are interested in helping out, feel free to tell me! Once the project is finished we will finally have one convenient place to watch this series, in a variety of language dubs, and English subs, and hopefully more people in the West will acquire interest for it.

My Channel for posting Video Game Music, CalimeroVGM on YouTube

Not "high quality rips" in the SiivaGunner sense, but actual VGM that either can't be found on YouTube elsewhere, or if it can be, the quality kinda sucks, or it's in a video with other tracks. I may have done a lot for SiivaGunner, and continue to do "high quality ripping" over on my music channel (ples suscribe), but I also have been contributing a lot to actual ripping and video game music preservation in general, and decided to make a channel dedicated to it (here), so I don't have to pollute my channel of miscellaneous whatevers, Lu9.2, which is already kind of polluted. So whenever I have any new rips, or even a few "experiments" with VGM, I'll put it on this relatively new channel. I encourage you to subscribe to it at least so I can get to 100 and get a custom URL, because I just am the weird kinda guy who likes neat looking URLs.

What I've Been Playing / Watching

Just in case people would want to know, I'd probably talk about it on Twitter anyways, but let's go:

Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series

I love Klonoa. Babe, GIVE me Klonoa. Played the first game (original PS1 version) back in either 2015 or 2016, though I was already a fan for longer, but loved it. The remastered version is very charming and combines the best of both the original colorful PS1 version and the Wii remake. And with this I was finally able to experience the sequel for the first time, and again, a masterpiece. Wish they kept some of the classic UI for the first game and other minor details, but that aside, this collection needs to succeed. This franchise needs to succeed.

Lucky Star

After giving up on watching it in 2015 (I was watching the English dub and didn't know what type of anime I was even expecting, Oops) I decide to give this another shot, this time subbed. What I can say is - I enjoy. It's fun. I guess my tastes have changed over the years too.

More Stuff

Moving (Again)

Seems like I do that a lot, but hopefully it'll actually stick now. Some unexpected problems rose in the current apartment I'm in. Nothing too serious (though it's only a matter of time) but the new place will be pretty big I think. I just hope I don't lose anything during the moving process again.

Fonts For Fun

Sometimes I also try my hand at typography, mostly recreating stuff I see, and this year I've made a few (and posted some older ones I had) fonts just for the fun of it (though they probably are useful)

You can check them out here.

Where's Part 3 Of Closing Logos Extended By Jukebox AI?

Not too long ago after releasing Part 2 of my intriguing Jukebox AI series, already some of the more "peculiar" logo-obsessed (presumably) children started to "predict" Part 3, some eben by just posting what will be on Part 3, conjuring up facts, classic Greeny Phatom style. Told that guy to wait until August.

...and I really wish I could keep such promises but I really just don't find the time and energy to put into those videos, not to mention the upsampling process that I still have to put some of the samples through. Though it's less time consuming now, there's still the entire editing and visuals part. I'm doing these videos completely for free, you know. Unless you're fine with something half-baked, be patient.

Also there will be more Jukebox AI videos in general, not just the logo ones, I hope you look forward to those too.

Donald Alves' Original Flash Website Is Now A Progressive Web App

Yeah. Did this just for fun. And to see what kind of stuff I can do with PWA features in general. It's still not a full "installable" web app, but it should work as its own thing on your phone no problem. Don't know who Donald Alves is? Well, this is one of those things that you just had to be there at the time, dude.

Conclusion

That was a big one! Hopefully next post will come before Christmas. Maybe before Brazil's presidential elections too... oh god I'm scared

Bitty's Message of the Day

I do not like beans.

#newsletter #preservation #personal

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angelicasdigitaldiary · 8 days

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2024

Hi, whoever is reading this, I'm back after a huge, I don't even know what to call it, other than major depressive episode? coupled with severe anxiety, and physical issues that manifested due to stress. 2023 was a really rough year for me. Many days feeling lifeless, feeling like I don't want to be here anymore, in pain, heartbroken, and like nothing mattered. It's April now, and although my physical and mental health has gotten better, I have a few goals here and there, I still struggle most days believing in myself, or believing I'm worthy of my dreams because they're so -out there. Or, even having any motivation at all, which is how I feel most of the time. Existing alone these days/months/year has felt exhausting. But here I am, and here we are.

Today, I've reflected, I am still not in a place where I want to be. And I feel like I can no longer go back to my old dreams/goals my younger self had once envisioned, because those were made at a different point of my life, where my life felt/looked, and even I, was different.

I feel like after everything I've gone through, those goals no longer align with who and where I am today, so I made new goals for myself. Which I'll post/share here with you all for accountability, so here we go!

My new 2024 goals:

Be more active, and pick up a physical activity that I can stick to, that will help me tone up and get in shape. (going up the stairs and running even 3 mins is hard for me atm).

With that, I'd love, love, love to get back into dancing. I miss dancing dearly. In my earlier years, when my best friend was my dancing partner, and I had gotten past the shy phase, I would be able to be the first on the dance floor, center-stage, and I remember everything becoming a blur. It was just me, my body, the music, the feeling, and my friend of course. In those moments, nothing mattered. Just me, and I felt happy. Of course, being young, in those times, I did experience getting creeped on/inappropriately touched, so I have some fear getting back into it/getting out there in a way I'll feel safe? But maybe a start is to go out with friends I trust.

Pass my Leed v4 exam (due to mental/physical health, school and work it became impossible, but now that I'm on leave, and have gotten better, I want to get back into it!)

Be more active on social media. Specifically, post more on here and Youtube. (I was posting on YouTube regularly a little more over a year ago, but stopped due to the depression/anxiety/low self-esteem and s. ideation.) Once I get my channel running again, I'll post/link my videos onto here.

Sing more on tik-tok. (Posted a few singing videos last summer and seemed to have gotten a good response on there, but have taken most down due to low self-esteem) ready to give it a shot again despite still not feeling super confident. I don't want to think too much about what I post and just post for funsies!

Big goal of mine for this month and the next is securing a remote part-time job. (That I can hopefully sustain during college).

Last one, a bit shy to share this one, but move out. I'm 23 currently. Turning 24 in August. And before I turn 25, I'd like to be able to move out into my own space and finally experience living / growing on my own in my 20s. Currently, the situation here at home with family has gotten a little toxic, draining and suffocating. And in conclusion, I feel like moving out will help my life feel less stagnant, and more in my own hands and my own terms. It will be scary, as an only child raised by a single-mother, it will be difficult for us to part ways for a bit. But, I want to show myself and my mom I can do it. And I want her and me to be proud if I'm able to. make it on my own.

That's all for now :) Already feeling much better typing out those goals. Maybe, my last personal one, is to get sleep! These past months, sleep have been a huge issue for me, where too often, I'll go two days without sleeping, and often, crashing during the middle of the day. I know it's stress that's probably causing this. So, hope I can find a way to fix this soon. In the meantime, I'm going to edit my website to fit my personality.

Hope anyone who has read all the way here, is having a good day or will have a good day! Thank you truly for reading. And for being here.

Love,

Angelica

#text post #hiatus #blog update #2024 #april 2024 #goals #manifestations

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strapstreams · 7 months

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A big announcement

So to start things off, this arrived yesterday to my immense surprise. It's actually real (I might have been so confused about getting this that I reached out to Twitch Support to just verify they hadn't made some kind of mistake), and I still really can't believe I reached this point, even a full day later. I should have posted about it here when it happened instead of my personal account, but I didn't really know what to say at the time. I still don't. But I did also want to share some important information that I already put over on the Twitter side of things:

Okay so plans for the channel and things moving forward:

I *need* to try to figure out a two-monitor set up with only the equipment I have at this time (laptop and PC) because I want to be able to not have to just watch the OBS screen when I'm using the Elgato. I have to manage this with what I currently have because I cannot afford to try and get a second PC monitor or upgrade my tech. Also the streaming room is not my personal room and in fact is in the shared extra room of the house, so I can't just plop a second monitor onto it and take up all that space even if I could afford another monitor.

This ties directly into the 2nd part which is to finally get a set of PNGs to actually have "Strap" on screen and learn how to correctly use reactive images. This requires the figuring out of the 1st part before anything else as when I use the Elgato, I'm only able to see the things you see, and I don't want to struggle with the games because I have my PNG slapped on the screen.

3rd, saving up of funds from here on out so that I can afford to commission the people I have already decided on for any emotes and graphics, including the PNG if I'm still unable to use my old tablet.

4th, I want to get things further planned for the 100 follower celebration (which is now also tied in with the Affiliate one), but for that to happen I will need to stick with the hiatus and pour all my abilities into my education first, as I'm pretty far behind in one of the courses.

Once I have everything under control, I'll be reaching out to the three people I wanted to join me to start actually planning a day that might work for everyone as well as getting them all introduced to each other so that when it all happens, no one is left feeling too uncomfortable.

I'm really sorry that it's been taking so long already, and it currently looks like I won't be able to meet my original plan of trying to have it this month. It's a really big thing for me and with the Affiliate goal added in, I want to make this something really memorable, not just for me but also for all of you, new and old, who have helped me to get to a goal that I was starting to view as impossible for me to achieve, and for helping me get there far sooner than I ever anticipated.

5th, I need to learn how to create, run and manage a Discord server so that I can have announcements like this be seen the right way and not by having to make multiple posts on either Twitter or Tumblr to get something across to the people that are genuinely interested in things.

And last, but not least (to me), I want to find the time to get a proper profile icon designed for both here and on the stream and archive side of things. I have a few ideas in mind, but I need to iron them out, and it's something that I want to do (at least the initial drawing phase) myself. Right now, I'm the guy with the shiny Umbreon icon, but it's not fully indicative of what my channel or even "Strap" is like. Just like I made the current one myself, I want to make the next one too, even if it means needing to have someone polish up and finish my rough work.

It's something meaningful to me, and hopefully, I can find a way to still include an homage to the original icon in a fitting way. I have so much planned and so much work to do, and I'd be here all day making just a massive wall of text that would likely start to test Tumblr's character limit on blog posts. So I'll just wrap it all up with this:

Big things are coming and I hope that you all enjoy them when they come. Thank you all so much for your patience and support, I would not be at this stage without it, and I do apologize for all the waits.

I've got a lot to learn and I hope you all stick with me through all this! I really hope that I can live up to everyone's expectations. Thank you all once again.

This is StrapStreams, signing off. Catch you guys later!

#strapstreams #channel announcements #stream announcements #twitch #twitch affiliate #I still can't believe I managed to get Affiliate after so long #This was my goal back when I still used my old twitch account and back when Strap was just some random character in a PSG OTTRPG group #I'm so happy to have managed to get it

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ghostursa · 1 year

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A March Mulling Update

Happy March phantoms!

The last month has been quite the event! I wasn't expecting so much to happen. I have been working on streamlining my video approach to allow me to tackle videos in a way that is less chaotic. Livestreams are now all officially on YouTube.

Twitch has been attempting to help me, but I just could never get my footing there. I hope to attempt again in the future, but sadly the way channel discovery works there I just couldn't get viewers. And I couldn't get feedback as to why that was the case. This means that now all my Livestreams are here; every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. My Saturday stream is in the morning at 7am CST, while the others are at their existing timeslots. Our first Saturday morning stream was a success, and I hope to make more of them with you all. For those who didn't catch it, I'm doing a Saturday Morning Cartoon slot for family friendly games there.

I love platformers and have enjoyed them since I was 4. I hope to share that joy with others, and something that is easy to sit down with the kiddos and enjoy felt like a great opportunity to do so. Currently we are doing a segment on Retro Sonic games, starting with a Sonic 2 run. Feel free to tune into others in the future.

This change does have something that I didn't like to admit to. Our Blacklight impressions weren't working too well as a live stream. Both competition as well as technical issues of late due to developers pushing updates late in the day have made things difficult for me on this. Sadly, our Tuesday stream is no longer an impression stream. The impressions are not going away but will be videos I release when they are ready. That way I can get around any update release schedules. Tuesday streams will now be based on whatever theme I want to do, while my Thursday stream will be Monster Hunter. Currently my Tuesday streams are Dead Cells in prep for their new content update related to Castlevania. After a few more streams, I'll transition to a different genre. Stay tuned to see which ones I pull up next.

The need to switch things up and continue with my optimizing my schedule comes off the heels of a family tragedy. I had a beloved family member pass away, and with his passing brought some personal things to light for me. It has strengthened my resolve to do things I love more, which means more game time for you but also balancing time outside of this. Hopefully I'll find the best balance that will make everyone involved happy.

I'll end this post with a thank you to all phantoms who have helped me reach 200 subscribers! It may seem like a small goalpost to pass but when I started, I never thought I'd get more than a handful of family members to watch this channel. My gratitude to all of you who believe what I do to have some entertaining value! I hope to not let you down. Here's hoping that March proves to be a more positive month than the last!

#ghostursa #vblog #gaming

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bumbershots · 3 years

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A CERTAIN ROMANCE

CHAPTER THREE: WHO ARE YOU?

Author’s note: Hello! Once more I would like to thank you all for the love this story’s been getting, it truly blows my mind. I am also looking for a beta reader so if anyone out there is interested let me know! (: Let’s pick up right where we left off...

Story masterlist ** Word count: 2.3K **

Two souls don't find each other by simple accident, Harry thought after taking a seat for the first time that night, his feet were probably going to be swollen tomorrow, they were killing him already. But he wasn't keen on turning down a dance from the girl collapsing in the settee right next to him. A slow Amy Winehouse song was their cue to rest.

"Do you want a beer?" Her voice sounded a bit hoarse, probably from all the giggling and singing she did while dancing the night away.

"Yes please."

He watched her trot to the small bar on the other side of the flat, focused on how the multiple bracelets bounced in her left wrist as she instructed her brother which beer to give her. As she came back to take her previous seat, he felt a small wave of anxiety for wanting nothing more than to start a conversation with her, as she handed him the beer. Usually it was the other way around, but in most of the cases, people wanted to know his persona.

He knew the silence was becoming awkward, but he was still debating whether to ask about her upbringing or what she did for work, whatever the case was, he didn't want to make a fool out of himself, he almost never seemed to be that lucky.

"You're not used to people being calm around you, are you?" Alma’s frown os curiosity is a mirror to the one on the musician's face.

"Yes and no?" Harry's coy tone makes her smile warmly and shake her head in denial, "so, I'm Hampstead station guy?" Her eyes widen, a shy smile appears on her full lips before she takes another large sip of her drink.

"It's unlikely to find the same person thrice in the tube! I told my friend Laura, it felt like a glitch in the matrix." She answers and he lets out an amused laugh.

"For the record, I wasn't following you, at all..."

"I know, you just had to take the same line I did and it was a happy coincidence," she interrupts him, the new song gathers a few more dancers and Harry wonders if she will ask him to dance again, "although it would've made a great anecdote for my YouTube channel; story time, a famous musician follows me around the city possibly plotting my painful death." She joked as she gingerly flashed her hands before the two of them, as if presenting the latest play from the West End.

It was Harry's eyes turn to be wide and smack his hand into his forehead.

"You have a YouTube channel?" His interest was genuine and Alma made herself more comfortable on the sofa, before proceeding to fill him in about what that was about, just videos about her 'sort of interviewing remarkable people' or so she claimed.

It was something that started as a class project back when she was seventeen, trying to get good grades to win a scholarship and study abroad —none of those things happened. She kept doing it afterwards because it was too much fun, once she interviewed all her friends, she moved onto her family. "Believe me when I tell you, that I have more relatives than I should!" With a smile as big as hers, he sighed before breathing 'lucky' as his heart sped and she continued.

Restaurant owners, chefs, firefighters, barristers, doctors, accountants, waitresses, sexual workers, sex shop employees, bankers, homeless people, hairdressers and apparently every person from her home country had been on the informal interview series. Harry was impressed with the whole concept and her.

"I sort of abandoned it a little when I moved here last year, it was crazy busy the first couple of months and the whole bureaucracy... and I was a little homesick to be honest." For the first time in the night, her voice is thinner, he has to lean in a few inches to hear better, "I miss my parents, my cousins, my aunt, my grandparents. But this is something I've wanted for the longest time you know?" Her eyes bore into his, allowing him to see the vulnerability swimming in them, "I've never felt like an outsider here, never got lost in the tube, took the wrong bus or anything like that. Isn't it weird?" Harry smiled at the sentiment, thoughts of his latest trip to Japan flashing before him.

"No, I think it's marvellous that you feel that way." He cannot be real, is the only thing running through her mind like a restless hamster in its wheel.

Harry and Alma talked about everything they didn’t have in common, despite the brief interruptions to do some shots and drink champagne with the birthday boy. Their families were discussed, their favourite things to do in the summer. Alma even asked him how was work going, as if she didn’t know that he was one of th world’s most successful artists. Harry was thrilled to joke through their drinks and the girl wasn't shy to ask him for a couple more dances. None of them noticed the partying dying around them, it was only after Fernando said his goodbyes to his laughing sister, that they noticed how late/early it actually was.

Before they knew it, golden hues streamed through the window behind them as Freddie walked out of his room and offered them coffee.

"I'm never drinking straight vodka again," Freddie mumbled to himself after finishing his cup of coffee.

"At least it wasn't Vodquila like last time," Alma's words make him groan but agree. "I should go now, need a shower and a healthy breakfast."

After Harry also admitted he needed to be on his way, with all their belongings gathered and after saying goodbye to a very ill Freddie, neither Harry or Alma looked forward to their imminent separation. He had spent hours hearing how busy she is, when not recording content, she was working at Wenzel's and teaching Spanish to her neighbour's daughter on the weekends. Still, he was determined to meet with her again.

As soon as they started moving down the street, Harry noticed the next one was where he had to turn right in order to go home. It wasn't a short walk but the most effective route for sure.

"So, the bus stop is that way," Alma nodded her head to the left, smirking knowingly as she stuffs her hands in her coat pockets.

"Of course," they had come to a rolling stop at the corner. Harry suddenly felt beyond nervous about asking the girl for her phone number. "Thank you, for keeping me company last night." It was amazing he wanted to add, but licked his lips quickly instead.

"You mean keeping you from catching up with all your friends," she corrected him.

Harry shakes his head and smiles, the dimples graciously adorning his cheeks, his racing heart giving him the last push needed to finally ask. "Do you think we could go, like for coffee... sometime?” With that she laughed, immediately memorising the sound of it, her loud cackle is one of the nicest things he has heard in awhile.

"Only if I can buy you something from the selection of pastries." Harry laughed loudly, completely relieved by her answer. She dug around her purse for a moment before taking out a pen and what seemed to be an old receipt, quickly scribbling down her number and handing it to him.

"I'll call you," he beamed, carefully placing the piece of paper in his wallet. He'd be an idiot to lose such a precious fragment of information.

"Looking forward to it," Alma smiled at him for one last time before she started walking to the opposite direction. "See you around Harry." His face was a bit puffy from not having slept properly, but she would be lying to say he didn’t look adorable at the same time.

He waved and watched her walked away, her sweet and tired morning smile seemed to be engraved into the musician's mind as he headed home.

The air was still a bit cold, but the heat was starting to rise and plague London for the rest of the day, the hot summer everyone's been yearning for was finally here, even Harry could feel it in his bones as he continued down his path. He was still highly enamoured by the amazing night he spent sharing a piece of himself with Alma. His feet felt heavy, were even burning a little, but it was nothing as he made his way through his home gate twenty minutes later.

He decided to get some toast and a cuppa for breakfast, his high spirits not faltering even one bit although he could feel the consequences from the all-nighter already with each yawn. After eating he decided to take a shower that got him ready for a well deserved sleep in his comfortable bed.

Waking up around six o'clock startles him at first, Harry is well rested now but a bit grumpy for the weird taste on his tongue, something usual after drinking beer. He scolds himself for not brushing his teeth earlier as he walks in his bathroom. The cool tiles against his bare feet wake him up a bit more. After some needed dental hygiene, Harry gets dressed to go out and pick up his sister for their weekly dinner. Hopefully he can convince her to stay in, that way he can go on and on about the events from the night before.

His feet still hurt, he can even feel a blister underneath his big toe. But it doesn't bother him, it's actually a nice reminder of the incredible things that miraculously happened. Harry knew that since Alma was related to Fernando, someone that was bound to be in his life for the next six months or so, there was a big chance they would've met at some point. But he'd rather think it was fate, some sort of good karma coming round, he stared at her contact on his phone, still charmed by the fact that she gave it to him on the back of a receipt. Ignoring that she only did it that way, because the thought of asking for his mobile to enter it herself, was a very bold move. And Alma wasn’t really that confident, not when his green eyes were boring into hers anyway.

"When are you gonna call her then?" Gemma's voice snaps him out of his daydream for the third time during their quiet dinner in her flat. "What is it? You've got that look."

"What look?" He asks before his sister frowns and pinches her bottom lip with her thumb and index finger. It's his nervous quirk, he sighs, "I don't know, I'm just so nervous." Without a valid reason, he knows the girl is so lovely, maybe that's why.

"You're afraid of fucking it up," she knows, Harry nods. "Well, you could tell her that, perhaps on a text—

"—I want to call her, texting her will make me feel a wanker." Gemma smiles at her little brother, he looked uncharacteristically unsure of himself but nonetheless excited. It was endearing how the first thing he told her after crossing her home's threshold was 'my life is officially a chick flick!' Before proceeding to explain with detail about the whole situation.

"What about a text that reads: hello, this is Harry please save my number so when I find the guts to call you, you don't think it's a telemarketing scam," Gemma might be joking and mocking him all at once, but has a point. A text so she also has his number, makes the situation more even, she can call him too. "Assuming she gave you a real phone number."

"What?" Harry is mortified.

"I'm kidding, you should've seen your face," his sister wanted to drag a bit more her joke, but the preoccupied look on his face stopped her. Gemma couldn't wait to tell their mum, knowing that she would be just as absorbed. "There's nothing wrong with showing interest right away. If you want this to be honest and genuine, set an example." She finished before taking the last bite of pizza.

Harry knew that to be true, but now he was left wondering if it was the right time for him. Had he really left behind all the ghosts and baggage from his past? Or was he still carrying them in the new tattoos of his knees?

Despite his sister's encouraging words about how nothing could go wrong this early with Alma, he couldn't help but wonder if his still grieving heart was ready.

He takes his time walking back home, not caring if it was a really long one, he was aware of the curious eyes once he reached the Southbank but paid no attention to them. He welcomed the chill breeze, hoping for it to cool his boiling mind. Remembering the last time he walked along the river arms around his former flame, her laughter still ringing in his ears, her tender kisses in his knuckles, her delicious scent flying away with the airstream into London's sunshine.

Missing someone is not wrong, Harry reminds himself.

There's no point going down the rabbit hole of what ifs about their relationship. Harry can admit his mistakes, no matter how hard it comes to him, he can also apologise wholeheartedly. He did all those things already, months ago. Which is why he was able to keep her as a friend, not a close one, more like an acquaintance. And she's happy, he can see that, knows it.

Why does he feel like he's still drowning? He's already been pulled from the vast ocean of hers. Harry groans, struggles to open his gate, his good spirits from this morning nowhere to be found.

He doesn't know if it's the memory of her, the fear of loneliness, coincidence and laziness, or a bad habit? But he doesn't text the girl with warm brown eyes, instead he plays the voicemail that sometimes haunts his nightmares, on repeat, for the rest of the night.

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viewfromthedrumstool · 3 years

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Day 1: Berlin Bound

Greetings one and all!

An unfortunately-timed visit back to the UK means I write thee on the front end of a hefty 14-day quarantine back in Berlin. Unforeseen by me, Mutti amended the rules and regulations for Deutsch re-entry: the UK is now deemed an AREA OF THREATENING DELTA VARIANT, and it's inhabitants making the journey back to Berlin now the subject of a non-negotiable quarantine...

Hopefully humankind will learn from the current situ and avoid the requirement for such quarantines again hahahahaha🤞🏻😬… so why not record this one for posterity? Who knows, perhaps we'll learn something about each other...

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Expect generally-free-flowing train-of-thought streams-of-words, occasionally cohesive, probably not… I'll share some snaps, ponder some things, wonder about other things, talk about kites, share my fav emojis, music I like, and maybe even indulge a little drum chat.

We have time...!

If anyone can think of anything they’d like me to review, make lists of, ponder on, muse about, etc. NOW IS THE TIME. A few I’ve received so far:

- Binge-Watch Coronation Street, Season 1 to Present: 10,230 episodes – will I even have time?

- Collate A Hard Copy of Wikipedia: nice idea, but I don’t have the paper. I don’t even have a printer.

- Live-Stream the Full 14-day Quarantine, Optional: Allow One-Way Spoken Communication from the Viewer to You: yeah, no one wants that. Not to mention my squiffy wifi.

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So far, I’ve only settled on Experiment with Your Tolerance for Very Garlicy or Very Spicy Foods and Gamble Online.

What could go wrong?

Caught the end of the Wales/Turkey game in the airport with a pint which was a nice final hurrah afore life in isolation. Once airborne, the pilot proceeded, with great enthusiasm, to update the entire plane on the Swiss/Italy match every fifteen minutes of the journey. Cheers Cap’n!

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Arrived back in Berlin from the UK late last night … here’s a digital reconstruction of the landing courtesy of FlightRadar:

(Songs in this post are those I enjoyed in-flight.)

It’s so much warmer than when I left Germany a month back – Covid rules seem a little more relaxed now (personal situation excepted) so it was nice to see people out and about enjoying a beer en my route home.

Woke up early in my bright room, happy to be home. Morning sun is wonderful!

Had a dream that my friend Ash had a YouTube channel in which he filmed himself furiously charging around random shops, Supermarket Sweep style...

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Listened to the morning show on BBC Radio Merseyside. Apparently there is genuinely a (rugby?) stadium in the north of England called Totally Wicked Stadium.

“We need to appeal to the kids.”

Contemplated the name Barry. People don’t call their kids Barry any more.

Kieran Trippier really is a fantastic name.

Also, Nora Barnacle.

Barry Barnacle?

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Practiced some paradiddles, sent some emails, discovered that the Ukranian national anthem is called Ukraine Is Not Dead Yet, perused the Kaufland magazine and then watched the fridge defrost …. 🎨.

Chickpeas for dinner. Curried, naturally. (S/O to Dennis for the delivery!)

Will write ye again in a day or two.

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threenorth · 3 years

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You want to see my cooking skills hahahaha.

Well i use to be good at cooking stake because i cooked it almost every week but that's been a few years since my strep keto diet.

Cooking I'm currently trying to improve that side of me... So as you wish so beware with me.

Most of my cook books are in storage but i got a few aces up my sleeves such as google but another for certain books online for little cost y'know.

This past week at the supermarket I spent more on protein bars waiting for the gym to hopefully reopen,i guess after today's news it may be a little longer than I suspect but tomorrow is pay day aswell as i had something in mind but... It means something else.

Also rip tofu this week I didn't get any. So off to get some.

I gave one of my good godlen pea protein shake recipe, it's good on my second channel but I'll warn you I'm pretty repetitive, as being that i I've tried to explore new flavours I'm trying to get there slowly get new flavours and textures bit I'm getting there. Such as i don't think I've ever actively eaten an orange but i like orange juice. I use to not like tomato's but ketchup but now I'm okay with tomato's.

This year before moving back in my apartment before September i shared i cooked once a week it wasn't amazing but you see I'm happy to eat my mistakes while my flat mates often didn't like my food they said it was "bland" with sometimes semi ibs issues with high spice or weird flavours etc it doesn't help me so i told them to feel free to add into it, I've only just started eating gluten again this year i hadn't had any tummy issues but i guess i might have had some mind issues? Maybe not certain yet of that but they use to be like "add some spice" much like colorado they loved satracha and chill/heat. Typical kiwis even if they had a wide range of spices rarely did i see them used but once a month. but they were a bit toxic too so I'm sort of glad I'm not there as a whole but I'm not sure now what's next yadada rambling... Hahaha.

I did suggest the shake up the pantry but that's pretty difficult given current circumstances and ultimately schedule but at the time it seemed good maybe later.

This week my shopping was pretty grim as we shop three different supermarkets so it might be a bit odd but we're see what I can do so no promises.

I am still vegetarian but i haven't had eggs or milk in about 3 months but now it's more what I'm able to do with my current pantry i am thinking about my tofu what i might do with it but you see I'm happy to eat 80 cent bake beans vs the $3.50.

If you hadn't had a look our food is a little crazy priced here, i try buy organic or fair trade and or non GMO etc it's more expensive but to live ethically like if only we had food cheap as trader Joe's I'd say but the difference in minimum wages and all the difference factors are complicated.

But that's not fully correct such as organic cow milk can be $5-9.50 depending on brand and size of 1.5 litres or 2 litres.

I'm currently experimenting with a coconut milk powder, given cost of alomud milk went up after new Zealanders herd it wasn't ethical because the way its sprayed with pesticides which in my research was just California and not Australia but then tetrapack vs plastic i might look into making my own depending on costs I'll be investigating this later this week with my research.

So I've been trying to get better at my cooking so forgive me, I'm not the best but i hope it gives you some ideas, i had planned to start looking more into it this as of this month so coincidences can be fun.

Also I don't know if you buy them but shampoo and conditioner bars. These are fabulous but i kept mine in plastic containers because i didn't have a shower basket in my shared shower.

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roblouiscomedy · 5 years

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My last post of 2018 really should be a quick and to the point sentiment to my friends, family, and anyone able to read this. But we all know that's NOT MY STYLE haha ;)

Christmas 2018. Wow. What can I say, other than for the first time in years: I'M HAPPY. Truly, and honestly HAPPY...

I use to hate this time of the year. Mainly because I either lived too far away from what family I had left. Or because I couldn't give back and help others as much as I wanted to.

But this year I did a lot of cool things. I'll share some of the proudest ones here (in no particular order):

-I hosted my first charity comedy show and helped feed over 30 families in NYC.

-I finally made it into the Groundlings and advanced to the next level on my first try!

-I decided to stay in NYC long term and just go to L.A. for the Groundlings, auditions, and shows. But NYC will remain my home :)

-I got to do press coverage at this year's NYCC (New York Comic Con).

-I took a chance and asked an amazingly talented and funny girl out on a real date. And now we're going on date 2 soon! I'm excited and hopeful to see what happens :) it feels good to be in creative romantic mode again for the first time in like 6 months haha

-I rehabbed my knee! It's better, I'm better, and I'm almost in the shape I was in a few years ago :) I just need to get my leg press back up to 600+ (It's at 400-450 now). But I'll get there!

-I made some new amazing friends and got rid of some older friends who were honestly becoming rather toxic to my overall growth as a person. I'm looking forward to a happier 2019 for sure with many new adventures :)

What do I want in 2019?

-A steady paid writing gig/freelance work

-Over 10k subscribers for my new podcast and YouTube channels (sketches, pods, etc)

-Be passed at 3+ comedy clubs in NYC and have shows at least 5 nights a week

-Make it to the next level of The Groundlings and start level 3 by 12/31/19!

-Host a monthly charity show @comicstriplive-blog with a weekly open mic at other random spots in NYC

-Spend more time with family and friends

-Hopefully earn dates 3, 4, and more haha

- Finally start/join a band to work on some side projects (punk/ska/alt) and gig a bit

-Finally get a solid voice real and get some voiceover work

-Finally get an agent/manager

-Visit Europe for a few weeks

-Start a ghost hunting/paranormal group that occasionally goes out and records our investigations for my YouTube channel (maybe twice a month WITH COMEDIANS)

- Finally finish my pro wrestling training and wrestle a real match

-Get that 2nd tattoo I've been waiting for the right time to get. I'm thinking January

I hope you ALL have had a wonderful holiday season, a Merry Christmas, and have a wonderfully blessed New Year :)

"Lets all make dreams come true in 2019.."

- Rob Lewis

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