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peach pit

The hazy days of summer non-vacation continue. We still don’t have a firm date as to when our apartment will be habitable again, although management issued a rough timetable that has our floor potentially moving back in early next week. This weekend I was helping do yardwork. There’s a big peach tr...

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Achaius (Lvl. 46) - Aug. 4, 2021

artfight 2021 in review

Artfight’s over! (Artfight ending on August 1, what even is this) This year, I had notably less output than normal: 11 attacks, plus a pic for Blix’s art telephone game (unrelated to Artfight but still part of my art haul for the month). It’s tempting to attribute this to circumstances. First, this...

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Achaius (Lvl. 46) - Aug. 1, 2021

airbnb

Fortuitously, my parents are leaving on vacation from Saturday to Thursday. So we got the house to ourselves. It’s the best. I love my parents, we get along great, but it’s a big relief not to deal with a host of small houseguest and/or child issues, such as: being called for family meals at fixed t...

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Achaius (Lvl. 46) - July 29, 2021

red-tagged

It occurs to me that we haven’t had a false fire alarm for a few months before this incident, which is…unusual. Here’s my theory: Management got sick of randos pulling the fire alarm every couple weeks and disabled the alarms. On Wednesday afternoon I observed that the second-floor fire alarm had be...

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Achaius (Lvl. 46) - July 23, 2021

FIRE IN THE HOLE

Yesterday’s plans got derailed because of A FIRE IN THE BUILDING. oop. Incredibly, there was no fire alarm. This is mindblowing. My roommate and I have spent the past year being super-diligent and coming outside at 2 am in our pajamas every time some jackass decides to pull the fire alarm for kicks....

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Achaius (Lvl. 46) - July 21, 2021

prelude to ruin: the best-laid plans

Every day I feel like I'm not doing enough. I have all these things I want to do and I wind up doing none of them. I guess that's better than not wanting to do anything at all, but it's still not great. Where does all the time go? HGR suggested I make a list of things to do so I have concrete goals ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 46) - July 20, 2021

the oppressor

numbers organized a second static that meets on Friday evenings. It's mostly the regular group, minus Kan and Silver, plus Tiro and KJH. KJH is new to FFXIV, but he's very enthusiastic about it. He's already midway through Stormblood; he's leveling a bunch of classes of different roles and is also w...

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Achaius (Lvl. 46) - July 20, 2021

the great return

The day is finally at hand: I'm going back to the office. Twelve months ago, I would have been overjoyed at the prospect. Now that I've settled into home life, it mostly seems like a pain. That's just how it goes, I guess. Catching the train in the morning was not quite as smooth as I would’ve like...

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Achaius (Lvl. 46) - July 12, 2021

day on the town

Went downtown with my roommate. "I hate this city," he said. It makes me sad that the things I love about the city are the things he hates. I love it because it's big and bustling and lively. He says it's noisy and crowded and chaotic. He also hates walking everywhere. But he didn't want to take an ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 46) - July 1, 2021

no light could ever reach us

<Silverliner> "no light could ever reach us..." - what i say when its 3 am and I'm getting a burrito out of the fridge At long last, it's time for current content: Eden 9 Savage, featuring Cloud of Darkness. "Man," said Kan, "it feels good not to have my Eden Refulgence markers any more." We...

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Achaius (Lvl. 46) - June 29, 2021

there's always a gift shop

There were severe thunderstorms in the forecast today, so hiking was off the table. R.M. remained safely ensconced in the hotel room. For the rest of us, Mom had an idea: We could tour a college! This is peak Mom, but the rest of us had no better ideas. It did sound better than most colleges. Berea ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 46) - June 21, 2021

small waterfall, large spaghetti

Traveling with parents presents its own challenges. For instance, Mom is very concerned about Mom Things (tm). I mentioned the holes in my pants and she was like bloo bloo bloo bloo!! She insisted we go to Walmart yesterday to try on new pants. The offerings were pretty meager so here I am still in ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 46) - June 20, 2021

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