Troper Updates II, Part II

I guess newspaper hat man works in a pinch.

I think that's aluminum foil.

It's the Wild Mass Guesser, wearing a tinfoil hat because conspiracy theories.

I know what he's for.

I suppose tinfoil makes more sense but to me it's always looked like one of those newspaper hats kids used to make (and maybe still do make I'm honestly not sure).

Yeah, took me a while to realize it wasn't newspaper myself.

Well I'm excited! Monday evening this week is Fanfic night for my school's creative writing club. We all drew each others' names out of a hat and had to write a fanfiction about one of the stories written by the person we drew. Tonight's when we'll be sharing our work and finding out who got who. ^_^

Have fun. :)

ooh, have fun

Thanks. I kind of had some problems with my name, since while they wrote some really great stories, they were all standalone realistic fiction shorts, which aren't really conducive to fan fiction. I just hope they're happy with what I came up with. ^_^;

best of luck

more a nonfiction writer meself

I am now about to implement a story idea that I apparently had three years ago.

@Bonsai: Probably should have added a much needed "fan" to that sentence.

Yay, fanfic night went pretty well! We had a few serious/semi-serious fanfics, a few crossovers, and mostly a bunch of jokey shipping fanfics. I didn't think my fanfic stood out as much compared to the others, but the person whose work it was based on enjoyed it so that's all that matters. ^_^

I think my favorite was this one fanfic based on a story about an angsty teen going through angsty teen drama while trying to write an epic. The fic was basically the angsty teen's brother attempt at finishing the epic for her, complete with her snarky notes from while she was reading it.

Er, sorry. That made sense in my head. X3

In the immortal words of Christopher Lloyd, "I WAS FROZEN TODAY!" x_x

Update: other than that weird and creepy moment I mentioned a short while ago, I'm feeling better after a good pizza dinner and Young Frankenstein. :)

edited 5th Dec '17 7:35:06 PM by Demetrios

Ya girl's got clover valley cheese crackers and let me tell you something

they are pretty damn cheesy.

rating: 100/100

Hrmph. Worked on more You Tube / Twitch shenanigans whilst plotting for Holiday Matsuri next week.

I actually wore makeup to work today, since I slept terribly and the dogs woke me up early. I feel a bit better knowing that I don't look like a garbage monster anymore.

I'm pretty excited about an event that's occurring in just two days, that I host.

I'm one of the moderators of the Synchtube/Cytube Troper Coven, a group of Tropers that watch movies together in a chat room to riff on them. (Link is in my sig)

Well, I have a special movie night set for Saturday. People from the Aspie Troper Discord (link also in my sig) are set to join on Saturday for a special showing of The Accountant! The movie about the autistic assassin who happens to also be an accountant.

Two people are unable to make it, but four people from the group are expected to attend Saturday, along with the regulars of the main movie-watching group.

It's set for Saturday, 7:30pm US Eastern time. Anyone else who wants to join (Aspie or not) is welcome!

I'm starting to feel better and less depressed now.

Long but pretty good day - I DJed a fleamarket in what's normally a rock venue/restaurant for 6 hours, and before that I was up at 7 AM to shovel the driveway. Used some of the money I got for the gig on wares (a couple stocking stuffer kind of things, plus records and other fun stuff for myself). Odd, memorable moment - this guy who worked there was holding onto a woman and singing "Wonderwall" - I joined in partway through just because. I subsequently learned she had too much to drink, passed out and hit her head, and had been crying - the guy had called her a cab, was waiting with her to make sure she got in okay, and was singing Oasis to her because... it was the first calming song he could think of I guess?

Yay!

Depression Lifehack: When you feel all the way back to your baseline, all the way better, make a note: "I was depressed from [day] until [day]. I did [thing] and now I feel better."

That way, when depression comes back, you have evidence that it gets better. I've dealt with the ups and downs of depression for ten years. There are times when I have no hope. When those times come, I look back at my journal and see that I've talked to my doctor or counselor, changed something, and felt better every single time I've been depressed. Pattern recognition is an okay substitute for hope when depression grabs hold.

Thanks. :)

I think my recovery was triggered by my telling off a (former) fellow guild member who was trolling me in World of Warcraft.

My kid has her very first orchestra concert tonight. She's in 5th grade and plays cello (at least until next year, when she wants to focus on singing).

Things like this remind me that my kid is growing up. I love these milestones! I'm not one of those moms who wants their kids to stay little forever, I'm always looking forward to what's next.

I took the final exam for my General Chemistry II class on Monday. I bombed it horribly because I was trying desperately to make up for all the other stuff that I was behind in, but I think that as long as I scraped together enough points to score about a 30 or so, I should pass.

And if that happens, then after 6 years of exhaustive blood, sweat, and tears, of constantly teetering on the edge of financial collapse, of changing majors and schools, I will have a degree and be able to work in healthcare. Plus the hospital where I interned from January to May practically gave me an invitation to come back when I finished. Nothing to do but wait for the grades to come in and hope I didn't fail even more epically on this test than I thought.