Mistigram: who are they? Where do they come from? And why are they so obsessed with probing us? The answer may be found in old Art Bell broadcasts... the rest of us can only mark today's date on our calendar, as AdeptApril has done in #ANSIart here, and maybe wearing foil hats will conceal our presence from their scanners. Maybe.
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happy birthday to choi bora/ vora(vocalina) and matsudappoiyo(utau) !!!! [mar 20]
choi bora
matsudappoiyo
matsudappoiyo and choi bora !!!!!
matsudappoiyo was first released in 2010. in 2014 his vb download was taken down, in late Dec 2016 it was put back up, in early Jan 2017 it was taken down, on his 9th anniversary (mar 20 2019) it was back up, along with his "light" vb. matsudappoiyo is 18yos and 167cm tall. he is illustrated and voiced by matsuda toki. matsudappoiyos name literally means "he is like matsuda". his given name is matsuda souta apparently ??
choi bora (also known as vora) is a Korean singer made for the, now defunct, vocalina software. it operated from oct 2011 to Oct 2018 and only ever had 2 singers. vora is 17yos and 160cm tall
what the fuck was up with matsudappoiyos vbs being taken down and put back up all the time. also i THINK they're available for download atm ?? don't hold me to that though
also fuck I struggled to find things to write about for vora </3
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#71: Paradise Mall
This looks like a stripped-down version of those familiar "Tycoon" games, wherein you're given a map of a barebones mall and you have a certain amount of money to open various stores; some of them have more profit opportunity, while others profit less but bring more customers in.
Strangely, you're told what strategic value the stores have, but not what any of them sell or do! pigbarrel: these are rather nondescript object parlors. I don't want to eat a food court in a place like this!!
Syrupentine: None of these look like bookstores. Your mall is bad, Bea. :C
TaichouSenseiKun: The bookstore is the secret hidden shop you find when on an unrelated side quest
Baconnaise: This is true
"Buy some crap from us, you know that you want to- Ohh, I can do a sale but then I'll sell out too quickly if I'm not careful!"
Glockroach: Sell out of what?
HNV: Widgets? Possibly blingwads?
"I don't know!! We're meant to use our imagination! Here's the arcade and the snack shop, and down on the right is the Suncoast Video?? Oh, this IS a haunted game..."
Once all the stores are placed for the first day, the tiny stickmen representing customers begin to file in! Some stores get a lot of traffic and make their rent back quickly, while others are soundly ignored. The customers are divided into pink and blue types, each of whom goes to a different kind of store, although some attract both!
Baconnaise: Is this a metaphor for something
"It's a metaphor for mad values and Bea's Bargain Nightmare Emporium!"
DueyDecimal: Seems like less a metaphor and more of a love letter to capitalism at its most ungodly blatant! The dollars you pay with say THIS IS YOUR GOD!
At the close of the day, you can decide which stores to assign more workers to and which ones to cut the open hours of. Strangely, some of the busiest stores are already short employees.
The first time Bea can't give one all the employees it needs, though... the store sticks out a chameleon-like tongue and grabs a customer!
Glockroach: Oh.
pigbarrel: !!!
TaichouSenseiKun: THEY HUNGER
Baconnaise: Oh this IS the food court
DueyDecimal: GOD IT FEELS GOOD TO BE RIGHT
"Sorry the dog was bothering me, what happened?" Bea stops to read up and down the alarmed comments! "What. Wait, WHAT?" Well, the does have the right amount of employees suddenly..
The gameplay has changed a bit-- it becomes necessary to move certain stores to different locations, because now that they've tasted customers, they get greedy for them! So the Bupco has to be between the Nerpco and the Glookenburg's, because Bupco wants to eat female customers and those two only attract male customers...
Now customers are starting to SEE the stores engulfing other customers, though, so it becomes necessary to steer a frightened customer into the path of a hungry store-- or else your attendance goes down the next day.
HNV: Bad word of mouth. Or, more likely, word of bad mouths.
"Now I have to play signs and advertise for... whatever these are. I mean you get what you pay for I guess"
pigbarrel: good morning i'd like one cup of being eaten alive please
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Mar 20 - Gamed a bunch. I keep getting sucked back into Timberborn. Also purchased and briefly tried out Stardew Valley, before I was lured off by the thought of building many dams.
For supper I did pesto pasta with tuna for me and shrimp fried in butter for my brother.
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Hey, I have something really important to tell you, okay? It’s really really important, so you need to listen closely. This will only take a second of your time, I promise.
So long as someone really, truly loves and cares about you, expressing your boundaries to them should never wield a negative outcome. If they react negatively, it should be reevaluated how good of a person they are to be around, because boundaries should always be respected. Even if it’s something as small as calling off a date to take time to yourself, you should still be able to trust that they people you love will understand and respect your limits. The world won’t explode if you tell them there’s something you can’t do. And if they love you, really love you, they’ll understand that.
Thank you for you time! I hope you have a good day!
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(the smell of) sunscreen; mar 10, 2020
meet me at the sea
search for me in the sand
i’ll be lying in the beach
you will see my soul stand
the pale waves washing my face
of all the tears i once made
and leaving me all without a trace
of all the things done by hate
the salt stuck in my hair
my lips chapped and dry
do not return me to my affairs
for this is where i choose to die
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mikeyway: It’s taken me a bit to find the right words for this post. Over ten years ago, I made one of the most important decisions of my life, by getting clean and sober. These little hands helped hold me up, and wouldn’t exist without me taking the leap & changing my life. Thank you to my wife, family and friends for being my support system on this journey. I couldn’t have done it without you. If you’re in the thick of it, hang in there, have faith and stay strong. There’s light on the other side!
[Mar 2, 2024]
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Mar 20 - ran the vacuum through the kitchen a second time, moved out everything easily movable, and washed the floor, which it’s been way too long since I last did.
Still no sign of the sheet set, despite tracking saying they went on a local truck sometime Sunday, so I’m now pretty certain they got sent the final leg to here via Canada Post. Which means I won’t get them sooner than Wednesday, as brother is on day shift one more day and won’t be able to check the mail before then. The fun of living in an area that’s never (at least as long as I’ve been alive) had delivery-to-door service - they’ll have received the parcel, stuck a notice card in our post office box, and marked it online as “delivery attempt made”.
For supper I fried a couple pork chops; made mashed potatoes with fried onions, sour cream, seasoned salt, pepper, and smoked paprika; and cooked diced butternut squash with chunks of apple then tossed them with butter, honey, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
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A Trailblazing Duo:
January 17, 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of Spirit and Opportunity's landing on Mars. The two of Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, landed on opposite sides of Mars and began exploring the planet. Since their landing, the rovers have sent more than 100,000 high-resolution, full-color images of the planet’s surface. Designed to last just 90 days, they exceeded expectations and changed the way we explore the Red Planet l more at NASA JPL
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