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obliviousally) wrote2022-11-11 05:03 pm
obliviousally) wrote2022-11-11 05:03 pm
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it's full dark at, like, five o'clock and i hate it
i am currently at work, thinking about how it's going to be pitch black when i leave here at 6pm >:C
twitter is on fire, but i'm curious to see how it's going to play out in the long run. everyone is scrambling to find other sites and the idea that, for a lot of people, the only way they contact each other is via twitter is....weird? i mean, i guess i can see it b/c there's a messaging system and stuff but i've always followed people whose content i enjoy (or who's chatter i enjoy!) on multiple sites b/c who knows what might shut down randomly some day and/or some people use different sites differently!
like, i crosspost from instagram, but i really only post photos and finished art there and i don't really often post photos many other places (aside from the crossposting, at least). i have accounts on a lot of different sites just to claim my name and i like trying new places out. being sequestered to one or two places is definitely a newer social media problem
i've been playing around a bit more with mastodon but, honestly, i really don't care for the whole federated deal. it should be more like tumblr where you have your main account and then can join other instances (similar to how communities work here). having to be stuck (i know you're not STUCK stuck, but you know what i mean) on one place and then have to pack up everything and move to another is just.........it's not a user friendly platform, imo. and it's not a place that's gonna pick up a lot of twitter refugees b/c of that.
like, i gotta show people where to find their gmail when they're LOGGED IN to their google account. like, that's what up and coming websites need to realize is their baseline user. or, like, people who think their email lives on their desktop/phone
but i like how twitter works when it comes to cool stuff showing up on my feed. tumblr is similar, but my stuff over there is mostly fandom-related. a lot of other sites don't quite have that
plus, i just like a place to scream into the void off the cuff and not have to, like, Write A Post™
i've been grinding in destiny - got my Very First Title (ghost writer) and i've been going back to finish grinding out for 'reaper' since i didn't finish that one. not fussed about 'scallywag', i don't think i'd use it for anything lol
i keep wanting to nuke desma and roll poe in her place but poe isn't dead yet in destiny universe, she's a cryptarch lol so i keep putting it off. at least until they give me an armor set i can't refuse like they did for solstice this year and forced my hand to roll angel/ancyn
some random links and shit idk trying to kill time for my last hour of work
cooking
Southern Style Neckbones Recipe
made this the other night and it was delicious. we usually just buy smoked neckbones/hocks/shanks to make greens with, but we bought some neckbones raw and had to do something with them. i only changed a couple things, based on what i had/didn't have. veg oil instead of bacon fat (didn't have any on hand), added some onion powder, used better than bullion instead of powdered bullion. came out amazing, though, would definitely make again
reading
📖 Bolero by Wyatt Kennedy
really, really enjoyed this. flawed, messy 'protagonist' and beautiful art
📖 Human Remains #1 by Peter Milligan
pretty heavy covid metaphor, but i like the concept going on here, so i hope it's expanded upon
📖 Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story Graphic Novel by Scott Peterson
didn't realize this was an adaptation of an older middle grade book - it reads like it and i mean that in a good way!
📖 Constantine: Distorted Illusions by Kami Garcia
idk if i'm reading these out of habit now or if i DO like them lol. nice art (especially loved the way the panels were done in the sections where he meets a high society wizard or whatever), but i'm so used to grizzled, exhausted constantine that a young, spry one seemed confusing lol
📖 Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman
not a lengthy read, a couple neat little fairy tales done in a nice, i think watercolor? style
📖 Supper Club by Jackie Morrow
kind of frantic, messy, felt very accurate to teenage friendships and how they can become strained and frayed in that time near graduation
📖 Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo
beautiful art. story seemed to move a little quickly? but a lot of stuff i read is middle grade and it hits plot points snap-snap-snap. but still great to look at, regardless
📖 Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend by Alys Arden
i really love jacquelin de leon's art, so that was the main reason for picking this up, but it was a fun read. i'm starting to see how some of the dc teen books are connecting together in some places and it's fun to pick up on that especially b/c i was never a big dc reader so i'm going in semi-blind for some characters!
📖 The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV
i've loved everything i've ready of tynion's stuff this year ('something is killing the children', 'house of slaughter', 'the woods'). this is very intriguing so far and i'm very interested to see where things go
okay wasted enough time, closing duties and then home!
twitter is on fire, but i'm curious to see how it's going to play out in the long run. everyone is scrambling to find other sites and the idea that, for a lot of people, the only way they contact each other is via twitter is....weird? i mean, i guess i can see it b/c there's a messaging system and stuff but i've always followed people whose content i enjoy (or who's chatter i enjoy!) on multiple sites b/c who knows what might shut down randomly some day and/or some people use different sites differently!
like, i crosspost from instagram, but i really only post photos and finished art there and i don't really often post photos many other places (aside from the crossposting, at least). i have accounts on a lot of different sites just to claim my name and i like trying new places out. being sequestered to one or two places is definitely a newer social media problem
i've been playing around a bit more with mastodon but, honestly, i really don't care for the whole federated deal. it should be more like tumblr where you have your main account and then can join other instances (similar to how communities work here). having to be stuck (i know you're not STUCK stuck, but you know what i mean) on one place and then have to pack up everything and move to another is just.........it's not a user friendly platform, imo. and it's not a place that's gonna pick up a lot of twitter refugees b/c of that.
like, i gotta show people where to find their gmail when they're LOGGED IN to their google account. like, that's what up and coming websites need to realize is their baseline user. or, like, people who think their email lives on their desktop/phone
but i like how twitter works when it comes to cool stuff showing up on my feed. tumblr is similar, but my stuff over there is mostly fandom-related. a lot of other sites don't quite have that
plus, i just like a place to scream into the void off the cuff and not have to, like, Write A Post™
i've been grinding in destiny - got my Very First Title (ghost writer) and i've been going back to finish grinding out for 'reaper' since i didn't finish that one. not fussed about 'scallywag', i don't think i'd use it for anything lol
i keep wanting to nuke desma and roll poe in her place but poe isn't dead yet in destiny universe, she's a cryptarch lol so i keep putting it off. at least until they give me an armor set i can't refuse like they did for solstice this year and forced my hand to roll angel/ancyn
some random links and shit idk trying to kill time for my last hour of work
cooking
Southern Style Neckbones Recipe
made this the other night and it was delicious. we usually just buy smoked neckbones/hocks/shanks to make greens with, but we bought some neckbones raw and had to do something with them. i only changed a couple things, based on what i had/didn't have. veg oil instead of bacon fat (didn't have any on hand), added some onion powder, used better than bullion instead of powdered bullion. came out amazing, though, would definitely make again
reading
📖 Bolero by Wyatt Kennedy
really, really enjoyed this. flawed, messy 'protagonist' and beautiful art
📖 Human Remains #1 by Peter Milligan
pretty heavy covid metaphor, but i like the concept going on here, so i hope it's expanded upon
📖 Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story Graphic Novel by Scott Peterson
didn't realize this was an adaptation of an older middle grade book - it reads like it and i mean that in a good way!
📖 Constantine: Distorted Illusions by Kami Garcia
idk if i'm reading these out of habit now or if i DO like them lol. nice art (especially loved the way the panels were done in the sections where he meets a high society wizard or whatever), but i'm so used to grizzled, exhausted constantine that a young, spry one seemed confusing lol
📖 Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman
not a lengthy read, a couple neat little fairy tales done in a nice, i think watercolor? style
📖 Supper Club by Jackie Morrow
kind of frantic, messy, felt very accurate to teenage friendships and how they can become strained and frayed in that time near graduation
📖 Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo
beautiful art. story seemed to move a little quickly? but a lot of stuff i read is middle grade and it hits plot points snap-snap-snap. but still great to look at, regardless
📖 Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend by Alys Arden
i really love jacquelin de leon's art, so that was the main reason for picking this up, but it was a fun read. i'm starting to see how some of the dc teen books are connecting together in some places and it's fun to pick up on that especially b/c i was never a big dc reader so i'm going in semi-blind for some characters!
📖 The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV
i've loved everything i've ready of tynion's stuff this year ('something is killing the children', 'house of slaughter', 'the woods'). this is very intriguing so far and i'm very interested to see where things go
okay wasted enough time, closing duties and then home!