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lurkiestvoid · 16 days ago

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So I haven't really said anything about this to anyone except my wife yet because I'm a notorious flake and 'tell ppl abt ur projects so u feel compelled to finish them' has the opposite effect on me and I didn't wanna jinx myself

But anyways, unimportant but still newsy: a Project of mine is shaping up into something kinda cool.

For the last two months I have been working on a tightly-knit series of Dragon Age fics that spans all my Heroes and companions over a minimum of 25 years, intricately weaving a custom world state, with prologues and drabbles and everything else I want in my personal canon, leading up to and including Veilguard (once I get my hands on it, anyway -- I have a decent outline for it already though) and beyond. I've been doing it for myself, but I'm having so much fun I wanna throw it up on AO3 when it's polished a bit.

I have never done anything like this before nor gotten so far into it so I'm really psyched about it! I've written fic, sure, and gotten decent reception, but it's been rare and tiny; I've written original fic, but usually got stuck a few chapters in and abandoned it. This shit is coming out sideways as one whole entire baby and it is as surprising as it is painfully life-changing.

More about The Project under the cut.

The Prologues fic will cover everyone pre-Origins, eventually, or later/younger characters before their official appearances. Then, there are four Main Fics, one for each O/2/I/V, I haven't yet decided if I'll split them up or run it as the massive interconnected beast it really is. ...I also have some derivative 'original' fic loosely planned for after a 100+yr time skip but that's separate There will certainly be plenty of smut in a variety of combinations and relationships, buuuut I think I'm going to post all that together as its own separate semi-canon drabbles fic just to keep things tidy and because I do have a kid who is soon to be unleashed on the internet who is already begging for AO3 i might post it under a secondary account

There will be many playlists.

General idea: The world of Thedas and both major and minor plotlines become massively but reasonably Changed by player choices, character deaths, character survivals, and by continual involvement of the Heroes and their companions and allies, in some form or fashion. 'Alternative' player-character Wardens/Inquisitors/Rooks survive the character creator screen, at least for a while. Chapters mostly explore the "in between" scenes of relationships, personal and interpersonal growth, shenanigans, minor events and conflicts, the intricacies of sociopolitics, processing the Horrors, and with major/familiar plot points told from interesting perspectives or other changes, or skimmed for brevity. No "party sizes" we adventure as a group, occasionally splitting into teams to delegate or pinch; this, too, changes some things. Filling in plot/lore holes and probably making new ones, but all for fun. And because Bioware is fucking terrified of children, apparently (I refuse to believe virtually zero children have any affect on half a century of history or really any lore at all, nor that 60%+ of all the Big Names aren't constantly fucking nasty style throughout the halls of power and the alley slums alike) there will be plenty of kids running around and mucking things up for everyone, adorably or otherwise, and explorations of tons of different family types. (Kieran matters again. So does Feynriel, and Connor, and the like 2-3 other kids we ever see across games. Now plus gaggles of baby OCs, sprinkled throughout)

Total rough-draft notes word count is currently sitting over 300k. My "notes" generally consist of bulleted list summaries and quick word-vomit snippets while sitting in traffic so I don't forget ideas, and a few 3k-12k rough draft chapters. I recently moved into my first major editing phase, which will take a few weeks, then I'll do a second writing phase to fill in gaps, straighten out details, rewrite scenes, etc, and a second editing phase where I repeatedly reread and hunt typos/dangling participles/whatever. And then I'll start feeding it chronologically to AO3, one chapter at a time, once a week for like a whole fucking year or three

It's... uh, big. Big project. Massive. Why am I doing it? I don't know but I am VISCERALLY COMPELLED to do this, I have not been in control of my actions for like two months and the consistent high rate at which this has poured out of me has been MIND-BOGGLING to experience. I have been possessed by whichever spirit of Inspiration finally gave up on George R R Martin, is my best guess. But hey, if it works, which is seems to be working VERY FUCKING WELL, I'm going to use this exact formula to plow through years of abandoned novel ideas.

OH AND I'm going to be doing fanart the whole time, both of canon and fanon characters. Dustin off the lil Wacom and getting back to work. I'm going to start taking commissions again also (not just yet) and maybe start a BlueSky for that I guess. So, uh. Yay productivity? But if anyone is interested in beta reading or has art requests, hit me up and I'll start putting out sometime probably after xmas lol

#dragon age #fanfic #writing #yay personal productivity #I can't NOT monetize my hobbies but. at least i like them and am somewhat decent at them i guess lol #but fr i have?? never written like this in my life it's Weird. it doesn't stop. writer's block what's that #like ??? where have you been all my life??? ill take it for sure but like ??????? why now #idk i guess i hit 35 and my brainmeat finally finished baking. or something

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milolovesbmc · 4 months ago

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This might be the first ever gruesome playground injuries fanart…

Close ups under the cut!

Flower meanings (from top to bottom)

St John’s wort: Superstition

Astragalus: “Your presence softens my pain”

Sweet brier: A wound to heal

Anemone: Sickness

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akivattc · 2 months ago

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Day 1 of NaClYoHo (National Clean Your Home Month) saw me doing two sets of dishes through the dishwasher (it was out of service briefly, but has been revived!), two loads of laundry, and a general cleaning up of the kitchen. I listened mostly to those Monterey Bay Aquarium lo-fi videos.

Day 2, I just finished reorganizing our laundry room/storage closet, the bedroom closet, and under both of our sinks! I may have overdone it a little, but I was enjoying my podcasts so much I didn't really want to stop. Today I was listening to You're Wrong About.

I'm really proud of my progress so far! I have some bigger goals set up for this month and having concrete progress feels good :)

#naclyoho #national clean your home month #personal #yay productivity

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sysig · 8 months ago

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Having fun, more and more! (Patreon)

#Doodles #Unicorn Tails #Dangersoft #Villainsona #Just Desserts #True Villainy AU #Okay fine I'll talk about the really silly fixation I accidentally fell into lol #It's all Jello's ISaT stream's fault they mentioned Wall Day and I got curious!#Actually it was Jello reciting Will's line as the mad cultist in a kids' unicorn game that got me interested lol he just went all out #And it really is a kids' game! Like yeah some of the lore is dark and ominous and weird but it's genuinely just a nice unicorn game #And the character customization is cute and you can buy a spider hat! I want a spider hat #I'm fully onboard at this point lol I intend to buy it for realsies and play as an alicorn and go hunting for the Estranged Rabbit #Dangersoft is great of course <3 Neon green horse love that for her #Some happies <3 I've been quite happy lately :D Big Loves yay <3 #If there is an article of clothing I can hide in I will take the opportunity every time lol #Regularly hiding in hoods and collars - it just feels nice!#More Charm more cutes <3 I've had the idea of her cutting her hair for S3 since she was created but I still don't Actually have anything lol #She's just cute and I love her! She's adorable no matter what she looks like #I think I was thinking something along the lines of her long hair being used against her in her True Villain form #Like how it's normally up and ice cream shaped but Kaiein wanted it down and it gave her a different look #But short it can't look like that :) She's always light and fluffy if it's short! I like it <3 #Speaking of - her candle wings popping out from her Kaiein wings!#It's weird to see her with her hair down and glasses on in that context haha #I do like the symbolism of dark inky wings being cut through with fire and light :) Still drippy tho lol #And rounding off with a Just Desserts bee <3 I posted that one JD Pet Bee a while ago but I think bees are also wild animals #They're important for sweets production and pollination! Fruit-based sweets need them!#I personally really love bees I think they're the cutest but I also get really stressed about buzzing :'D #Does Not help that my hair is a colour they're attracted to so they come up right next to my head to investigate agh #So Charm is the same! Loves bees! They're wonderful and important and cute! But the buzzing...#She's being very brave tho <3

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orcelito · 4 months ago

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Haircut

#speculation nation #look its me #the SIDE SHAVE RETURNS..!#i also got the rest of my hair trimmed. bc it needed it.#the hairdesser was nice and gave me tips for products to use (after i asked her)#so im no longer so annoyed about her taking me in late lol #especially since i have gotten home in time for my appointment ✌️ it has all worked out fine #and i have my side shave in time for classes!! yay!!!!#it is my goal to be the cool alternative person. who doesnt talk to anyone. bc of course i wont.#not bc im too cool for it but more im terrible with strangers. but the effect is the same 😂#maybe now i will look less straight to strangers... i hope so!!!!!

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crossbackpoke-check · 2 months ago

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inspired by @colap1nto <3 and posting here to hold myself accountable: writevember! attempting to write something every day no matter how much and what it is

i am however inventing stipulations for myself so i cannot weasel my way out of it, which includes a valid definition of “write”:

actively put words into a document in the form of a proper fic!!! too many wip not enough hands!!

poems (actually laughed at me coming up with this but maybe i will go back to my roots)

research/meta/primers

tag stories are permissible IF i actually compile and edit them into a readable document that day

editing to post to ao3 (the optimism) is also valid. it takes me so long

i do have concrete arbitrary deadlines for one and a half fics that i would LOVE to finish and post in november (dewey^2 and [redacted :)]) so i’m hoping this helps!! also, this is secretly just a sticker chart where i get to put down emojis for each fic i worked on and check off boxes but a win is a win

day 1:🪻🐈‍⬛

day 2: 😇🤭 (🕒 -> 🕜)

day 3:🫃2️⃣

day 4: 🍎

day 5:🫃2️⃣

day 6: 📑, 💌

day 7:🫃2️⃣ AND ☁️💧. who is she

day 8:🪻🐈‍⬛

day 9:🫃2️⃣

day 10:🫃2️⃣

day 11:🫃2️⃣ we are on a STREAK and also a countdown 🫡

day 12:🫃2️⃣

day 13:🫃2️⃣

day 14: 📬💍

day 15: 😇🤭 (🕒 -> 🕜)

day 16:🫃2️⃣

day 17: 🔴 ⚫️,🫃2️⃣

day 18:🪻🐈‍⬛

day 19:🪻🐈‍⬛, 😇🤭 (🕒 -> 🕜)

day 20:🫃2️⃣

day 21:🫃2️⃣, 🤫 🪽🃏

day 22:🫃2️⃣

day 23: 💯❕

day 24: 🪢

day 25: 🐛🏮🦋

day 26:🫃2️⃣

day 27:🫃2️⃣

day 28:🫃2️⃣

day 29:🫃2️⃣

day 30:🫃2️⃣

WRITEMBER RECAP: an overall sucess!!!! this was so much fun and really forced me to write even if it was only a little bit every day. like, to the point that i'm debating doing a cute little twelve days of christmas snippet fest. absolutely could not have finished and published dewey^2 p2 without this challenge or posted p3 :)

thirty days of writing

twelve different fics worked on

poems: 1

i have no word count for you sorry i wish i did but it is at least over a few thousand words!!!!

times i wrote for a day past midnight (making it technically the next day) but because i was still awake i counted it for that day: at least 17 if not closer to like. 25

tags i forgot what they mean: one. what the FUCK is 🪢??? OH MY GOD I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS NEVERMIND

duolingo streak (worked on the same fic in a row): 5

#liv in the replies #guys are you proud of me. i put everything I would normally yap into the tags in the actual post. hashtag growth #i say continuing to yap into the tags. I don’t want to be pessimistic but I AM scared this is occurring during my monthly bout of #productivity and I will face the doldrums and absolute inability to write in 2-4 days lol #also everyone says this next systems course is GARBAGE and terrible and super hard which. okay 💗 yay 💗#I should’ve put “reply to ao3 comments’ as a valid form of writing because the comment box terrifies me but it’s FINE #if you have ever commented on my fic I love you with every unspeakable fiber of my being and there is one comment I feel so guilty about #but it’s because every time I think about it I need to go jump around in circles I can’t fangirl too hard I also cannot find the WORDS #like even typing this out i’m like. anxious butterfly but it’s because I have so much love in my heart #also i am codifying the emojis to fics for Me sorry because I think it’s fun and i’m being secretive for literally no reason.#everyone tell me to get off of here and work on an actual fic. after I have my nik-induced/enabled 2353 breakdown #we hit day five and yes I DID forcibly make myself not work on a completely different fic. i wannnntttt to finishhhhh 🫃^2 2️⃣ so badddd #& this is not a game of ‘work on a different wip every day’ even if i could feasibly do that🫡 good news is i rlly think 3 -> 1 1/2 is done?#update 11/10 (technically 11/11 but it’s fine this is how it normally works) if i write like an unhinged person which is to say at all #bc i have midterms but also really like an unhinged person i MIGHT be able to adhere to my self-imposed deadline for 🫃2️⃣. god bless me #at 1:30AM yesterday having an absolute breakthrough with a line that has been in some variation in so many different fics including mine #for myself specifically because i keep having this moment: 🪢 is the fic in the bottom of the yowling doc lmao.

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ableedingpromise · 7 months ago

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I was so productive today I'm so happy!! I still fucked around too so I don't even feel super tired yayyy

#my productive-ness is probably a normal person's day #but im super happy bc its been so long since i felt like this :>#hope i can continue #probably wont but ill try lol #went to the gym cleaned up did dishes yay #more now

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wiki-howell · 7 months ago

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guess who managed to mention dnp in his a level media exam 🔥🔥

#okay it was relevant i promise #basically okay the question was about to what extent is it vital for media products to identify and address a target audience to be #successful and we study 2 radio products #one is newsbeat which is by the bbc it's like a news radio show that's meant to target age 15-29 #but the average listener is 30 #so . it is Not effectively targeting its audience #it gives . how do you do fellow kids #like it tries really really hard to appeal to young adults/teenagers but it's . painful to listen to sometimes #the bbc have been trying to target this age bracket coz it's the one they don't have a secure audience in #I SAID that they used to have a slightly bigger younger audience in the early 2010s #bcos they had the dan and phil show on radio 1 which was very popular and attracted their mainly teenage/young adult presold audience #they used the popularity of the internet to their advantage by having dnp run a show #but now they've lost a lot of their younger audience To social media platforms #as now what are called digital natives in media (people who have grown up with the internet/don't really remember a time before it)#for the most part prefer to get their news off social media rather than radio #a lot of this is general i know not Every young person Hates radio #but in general it's losing popularity esp amongst younger target audiences #media 🔥🔥🔥🔥#that was only like . a mention in one paragraph tho #coz unfortunately we don't study dnps radio show we study Newsbeat 😔#anyway the exam was overall good for the most part #yay :3 #joeyposting

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nerdnag · 6 months ago

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jfc i am so tired of always having to assume that there's an undisclosed, required app involved whenever i buy something these days

#my partner sent me a link to a watch he wants for his birthday that collects data about heartrate and sleep patterns and stuff #when he sent me this link he had already done the heavy lifting of even *finding* a watch that *works* in that way without being online #but i do not trust *any company* when it comes to personal data so i felt the need to additionally check if there was an app #there was no mention of an app in the product description on the link my partner sent me #but wouldn't you know it. after googling for a bit i found that there was an app.#read the info and privacy policy for the app and concluded that they ask for a lot of permissions and use a lot of data #including health data ofc #BUT the good thing was that the app isn't VITAL for the use #it just like. provides additional functions. (and uses your data for marketing purposes yay!!)#so i asked my partner whether he'd be ok with using the watch without the additional functions and he said yes #i still don't trust 100 % that there's nothing freaky going on here even without the app #but at least it *seems* like it should work as intended without data sharing to the supplier or a third party #success i guess #only took me half an hour or so of research #and that's as a privacy expert 🫠#i hate this world man #(the downside of living w/ a privacy professional is i refuse to buy or own things that trigger my 'ick sensor' in regard to personal data)#(the upside of living w/ a privacy professional is you can avoid common privacy traps in your daily life. yaayy)#nagnerd #a nerd nags

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boygirlctommy · 6 months ago

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i madeeee sillay new characters and i love them

#my post #will post drawings tomorrow. tired.#BUT!! there are superheroes and this sillay. honestly very minor criminal. villain of the week type guy. but she never gets caught so she #just keeps coming back to cause problems. her name is bonnie and shes a shapeshifter and i love her. but anyways one day shes fighting thes #guys and falls off a bridge. now this is not actually an issue for her bcus she can simply Have Wings if she wants to. but she chooses to #use this to fake her death bcus shes tired of these guys and wants to try to take them down from the inside.#so she returns under the name lyra and becomes like a sidekick to them. only she is absolutely shocked to discover that the one hero- real #name oslo- has been MOURNING HER??? apparently they feel terrible for causing her 'death' and never truly hated her and are wracked with #guilt about it???? bonnie does not know how to feel about this it is incredibly weird actually.#the other hero is named merrick and she does not give a shit she thought bonnie was annoying as hell. unfortunately for her 'lyra' also #just so happens to enjoy annoying her to hell and back. yay.#also oslo n merrick have day jobs as office workers for a Large and Productive cheesecake corporation.#i couldnt think of what to make their company do so i made it very serious paperwork about cheesecakes #i think lyra would be like. idk. janitor. or delivery person.#OH DID I MENTION THEYRE ALL ANIMALS. i wanted to draw animals is the reason why #oh oh oh the NAMES the NAMES #so weve got bonnie goose the mongoose. bonnie bcus i wanted to base it on mongoose> mon goose> monnie goose> bonnie goose #lyra reeves the . dog of unspecified breed so far. maybe scottish terrier or schnauzer. i like their rectangular heads. shes a dog bcus i #thought itd be funny to take a Loyal animal and make her betray them lol. also lyra is a constellation of a lyre > rhymes with liar.#and reeves is from lyre > orpheus > reeve c.arney lol #merrick wolfe the maned wolf :3 i dont have anything deeper on this one its just m and then wolf. however her superhero name is red fox #which i think is funny. she has fire powers.#and oslo stone :] large bear. idk what kind ill probably be boring and just make em a brown bear. in my heart shes a black bear but brown #is easier to color. um um erm oslo bcus it is one letter off from oso which is bear in spanish. stone bcus i liked how it sounded also her #superhero name is boulder and she has superstrength lol #thats all of em so far :3 its so fun and sillay and i love themmmm #i love drawing merrick the most

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hertwood · 1 year ago

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i would be soooo on board with a rule 63 fest!!!!!

oooooooh me n @colors-of-feeling were talkin abt setting one up a couple months ago but then time just got away from me but i would still love to set it up at some point! i'm glad 2 kno there would be more interest 🥰🥰🥰

#the problem is my brain was like. ok but FIRST u gotta post uni lolex. and then i was like but FIRST you have to read new boyish and khotm #which is not a productive line of thought but it is how my brain often goes #but i just finished khotm!! yay!! so i will try to get rule63!fest set up this month. ish.#dont trust my deadlines i know the person who sets them shes a pushover #ask

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socialpermadeath · 1 year ago

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My coworker and I are having such vastly different BG3 experiences. I'll mention something lore related like Rolan and Lorroakan or Gale's tressym or even just Dammon's entire character and he seems so confused. He just isn't interacting with the plot. On the reverse, I... Am not good at combat. Every fight is a struggle for survival and I often need 5 or 6 attempts to get through anything big. College of lore vs college of swords. He might be able to do huge amounts of damage per turn but I know that Haarlep keeps an intimacy guidebook on the edge of the bathtub.

#personal #i'm picking through trash (and the fr wiki) for the most mundane of lore #did you know that the citizens of waterdeep use an oil inbued with juniper as a beauty product #they dip combs and brushes in it and apply it to their hair and eyelashes #so gale's beard probably smells like juniper/gin #this has no practical purpose!#:D yay!

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misterradio · 1 year ago

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HE SUCKS JONATHAN ON STAGE ?!???!!!!!!??????!!!!!????

#ITS INTERMISSION RIGHT NOW #original nonsense #personal #here are some thoughts ::-) >#okay act 1 ending with mina shrieking awake was so scary and good. dies #im delighted renfield is here and i like his actor. he looks like tom waits ::-)#JONATHAN CANE USER REAL 😊👍👍👍👍💖💖💖💖💖#van heling also uses a cane yay.#'how do u choose' lives up to how i remember it ::-)#umm the volume balancing is really loud and sometimes i cant understand people. otherwise the singing is great.#jack seward is really little and scrawny he makes me think of fabry in that flat earth theater rur production.#<- no idea who played him (her? i think it was a woman?)#my thoughts so far byw.#EDIT: OKAY WE ARE DONE YAY <3 #that was so fun here r more thoughts:#okay i forgot the program said that helsings actor had an amputation recently so he is literally just using a cane its not an acting thing.#hmm well tgis had very typical wildhorn forbidden love trope shit going on which obviously is annoying.#especially in dracula where there is a lot of like; horror to the original that gets turned into romance in adaptations..#i loved the scene where everyone sings together how theyre gonna kill dracula that was nice. not a fan of the crusade #comparison lol [thru gritted teeth]#THE ENDING WAS SO UNCLEAR LIKE WHAT WAS THAT. i wouldnt have known what happened #unless the person behind me said what happened bc their friend was confuaed too. wtf !!!!#the script in general was like whatever. could be better. but it was fun and thats what matters <3

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somelazyassartist · 2 years ago

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#ough i am. stressing for Many Reasons right now #and with some of those reasons being Medical Related (I'm fine. probably) it's REALLY not good to be adding MORE stress to this #but #as it happens #more stress has arrived #and I'm feeling Really Fucking Shitty about it right now #so. yay #I've been having a lot of stressful stuff pile up recently but that's all personal so i won't get into it right now #but the latest thing is that it seems there's some shipping issues with the stickers‚ keychains‚ and pins i need. for my Job #that i need for my Job A Lot #it's not like i haven't worked with these guys before! this is where I've always gotten merch production worked on!#i don't know why I'm having issues with them the minute i need them by a certain time!#ughghhhhghhhh i don't think it's anyone's fault specifically and I'm gonna try to get it sorted out amicably #but it's just really really frustrating to have this piled on top of all the other shit I'm going through right now #why does life seem to have it out for me This Week Specifically? what did i do to deserve everything crashing down all at once?#it'll be fine eventually. i know #just need some food and a doctor's appointment and a good night's rest and I'll feel better #it's just kinda taking a lot out of me right now

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girls-and-honey · 2 years ago

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I love days when the client company is off so it’s just me and my little team working and we kind of spread out our hours. one coworker took a three hour lunch to go fishing. my manager is stepping out for a walk before it starts raining. I got through my whole need-to-call-phone-numbers mail pile that’s been building up for months since the places are actually open

#yeah we could technically use vacation time and have these days off too but I love that instead we're like ohh i can actually get stuff done #both for work (no client distractions) and for non-work (very few meetings so the day is flexible)#the mail thing has been a big mental burden that i kept pushing back and back without realizing how much it was weighing on my #the world actually feels brighter now that i got through it (shh this doesn't include taxes i'm still waiting on a few forms)#it's been a very productive work day and I'm going to ride that feeling right into doing a big clean of my apartment #it definitely needs it after the chaos of the past few weeks #so yay!#personal

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frogphase · 2 months ago

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Moving to England now in like a week and a half

#me moving can never happen with prior notice apparently lol #im going to live with my gf tho yay!!#and i have work for 2 weeks at a production office so #pretty cool #unemployed after that but lol #personal ramblings #2 weeks became 3 months btw lol also London is cool but also scary

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