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waterworld

We got an email over the weekend saying there would be a water outage from 9 to 4 on Wednesday because they were replacing the building's boiler. big ugh. But this time I remembered to prep. Shortly after midnight, I washed all the dishes, then set aside water: a glass of drinking water, half a mug ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - May 26, 2021

I shall be the new dragonsong

It's Kan's birthday. Happy birthday, Kan! We hoped to give him the gift of a Shiva clear, but it didn't quite happen. On our best run we got most of the way through Wyrm's Lament 2 before I messed up third red (I was running all over the dragonhead and it didn't register. newbie later explained you ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - May 24, 2021

the light of ascalon

newbie is always either talking about ordering food from Doordash, or he's pausing the current activity to pick up and eat his Doordash order. Today he outdid himself by ordering Doordash food in the middle of raid. Then when he got it, he complained that he'd have to wait until the end of the curre...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - May 18, 2021

march & april gratitude

forgot to post this last month, so here's a double entry! peanut udon mmm I slew the spire!! (with copious advice from hgr) WHOA I bumped my food bundle seven minutes before rollover (i.e., seven minutes before it was gonna rot) and it got bought BY XYLAX THE ADMIN Akinori looks SO good with the lun...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - May 3, 2021

"I require additional life crowns"

My roommate was experiencing chest pain on Monday. Long story short, we went to an urgent care center, where the doctor recommended that he go straight to the emergency room, so we did that. We were there from 7:30 pm to 2:30 am. (He's vision impaired and needs help navigating unfamiliar places, so ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - April 29, 2021

pfizer two (& taco night)

It's a local tradition to have a freak snowfall in April. This year's snowfall came yesterday, but it was very halfhearted. I went out around 1 pm to find light flurries in the air, but no accumulation; everything was melting instantly. Winter is slacking. The timing was unfortunate, because today i...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - April 22, 2021

reading slump

I've been in a reading slump for most of the year and I'm trying to sort out why. My general feeling is that it's fine to cycle hobbies. If I'm preoccupied with something else that I enjoy, that's cool, my books will still be waiting for me when I return. But if I'm not particularly doing anything e...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - April 14, 2021

fourpack of fun: shining armor

We took a break from Shiva for a couple weeks in March. One week, Dante was out of town, so we did Halicarnassus (Omega 3 Savage) with Tiro. The main notable thing about Halicarnassus is that she sometimes meanders around the screen, heedless of the main tank. Kan got SO MAD. This is the guy who is ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - April 4, 2021

daily inspiration from hgr

"Instead of 'Don't go to the sun,' you should think, 'Make better wings next time.' " - HGR

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - April 2, 2021

pfizer one

Last Friday, around lunchtime, the boss called to inform me that there were plenty of covid vaccine slots available at Walgreens if I was interested. I said okay, I'd check it out. Less than half an hour later, she called again. Had I seen the email? (No. The email was sent like 10 minutes ago.) The...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - April 1, 2021

a year of isolation, and a balcony revamp

It's been over a year of sheltering in place. The one-year anniversary came and went last week without fanfare. A few days ago I was standing in my closet, looking at my neatly pressed work clothes with an odd sense of disconnect. It feels weird to think I used to put these on every morning and rush...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - March 20, 2021

white stone pipe break

(I keep forgetting to post these...) January 19 – Roommate: "Remember when Prometheus brought us fire? I miss Prometheus." Here we are, standing outside in the snow at half past midnight for the biweekly fire alarm. It's comical how little people care about these fire alarms. Besides me and my ro...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - March 9, 2021

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