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Pain Hurts

A 213-post collection

Monday, Bread and Business

The fam's on our last loaf, so I'm beginning the process of two batches. Yay. I've published the video for today, so all I need fret about is the daily offerings.

Especially since I got half a chapter in at 1AM.

Insomnia for the win? Maybe?

I think I might prep for Wednesday by taking screencaps of the Murderbot Critters(tm) and attempting to do some armchair xenobiology. Maybe including the more obvious xenofauna as well.

It depends how well I feel about it when I get there. On one hand, getting to watch Murderbot again. On the other hand, hours of work that may or may not pay off.

I might have to think of something else before Wednesday. Time and my emotional fortitude will tell.

ADT Countdown: 45 chapters to go before it is deemed done. At one chapter every two days (more or less), there's ninety days before I'm finished.

I could plausibly be finished this year. Fingers crossed.

And yes, I am remembering that it was going to be "a brief little thing" in 2022.

Onwards to my expectations.

Sunday, Archive Session, Video Production, etc.

The Archive is going through some good stories and I'm in the queue. Yay.

I have a story to read for Peertube, and the video to arrange about that. I have a story to write for the temple of notes. Following that, I am allegedly a free agent.

Last time that happened, I went to bed at 3PM and wrote some fanfic at 8PM. And somehow woke up relatively late.

So... as per usual, I arrived to the Archive stream after my

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Saturday, Signs of Improvement

I took a shower, this morning. So I had to journey to that destination barefoot. I was waylaid by the cats, and by laundry [remembers to put stuff in the dryer...] and I managed all of that back and forth with only minor twinges in my ankle.

I can wear my heavy shoes without ankle aggravation. I can walk around the house without needing my cane.

I started today without icing my ankle, but I'll be icing it regularly, today, from now

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Friday, Efforts Continueth

I managed half a chapter at 3AM. I fed the cats, my starter, and myself. I already posted the storytime video on Peertube.

Now I just need to focus enough to work on the daily tale.

Today's experiment is: wearing my heavier shoes plus my ankle brace.

Last time I wore my walking shoes, it made my ankle angry. I'll be seeing if it does that today.

I've had a Finger Slip Incident and am working on some fanfic on the side.

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Tuesday, Patreon, Videos, and Further PLNs

I have found a way to watch YouTube without giving them activity. Huzzah.

The process is currently hitting a few snags, but I am firkin DETERMINED to get this done. If it takes me all day, it takes me all day.

So far, since 2AM: I have written half a chapter, fed the cats [the most important part of my day - ask the cats], got my brekkie, took my meds, and posted my Patreon stuff. Huzzah!

Something that includes a fanfic

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Monday, Backup Reads, Work, and Mistakes

My previously-thought brilliant idea to keep track of my favourite YouTubers was not that brilliant after all. It would still give TubeTube all the clicks.

Currently, there is no escape from that machine. Give it time, and there will be somewhere else.

Meanwhile, I might have encouraged an exodus. I can hope. In the meantime, I am sticking as much to my guns as I can. The news I want to get is not available anywhere else.

Bleh.

Part of today's shenanigans,

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Sunday, Enacting PLNs

I have a means to watch my fave TubeTubers without setting off the All Hallowed Algorithm or making it look like I'm still watching YouTube. There's jiggery-pokery involved, of course, but it's better than bowing to the wowsers.

I have written my story for the Archive, and I should at least think about my "leaving YouTube manifesto" and maybe a reply to the "change your PFP to Clippy" thing. I need scripts or I'll ramble. It needs to be brief and snappy.

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Friday, Bread and De-YouTubing

In between bread and icing my ankle, as well as the offerings as per usual, I am removing myself from TubeTube and setting up other things.

I'll be shifting all my TubeTube content to my Peertube. Except for the story videos, as they're already in my Peertube. My miscellany channel will get my music videos and attempt at Minecraft let's plays.

In the end, all that will be left is a (hopefully) brief video explaining why I'm shutting up shop.

I'll be

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Thursday, Bread and Nonsense

We're down to one loaf, so I'm beginning the three day journey to make four more loafs. The good news being that a batch lasts a week. Slightly longer than a week. The dubiously good news being that, because of my grinchy ankle, I can actually be home to do all of it.

What I consider to be the bad news is that the established precedence might not hold.

I'm staying off YouTube today, as protest against the bloody stupid age gating

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Wednesday, Rant, Shopping, Boycott YouTube cha cha cha

It's the 13 so I am staying off TubeTube today and tomorrow. In solidarity with all the other folks protesting the bloody stupid AI age limit thing.

And to add to that, I shall be doing a little something against Collective Shout. The regrettable mob of wowsers and pearl-clutchers that I happen to share a country with. Like most regrettable groups, they sometimes have a decent point. Age limiting TubeTube or forcing credit card companies to avoid income is not going to

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Tuesday, Patreon and Preparations

I have one chapter of ADT to share with my patrons. If I record the next video's audio, I might have more outtakes to gift them as well. I need to make the time to fix my cane cord. And it's looking like tomorrow may well be the day to commence another double batch of bread.

I can do this. I know I can do this... but the inertia to get started is too real.

And of course I have Pippi running

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Monday, Shenanigans Ensued

I gave Chaos the mission of heading to the shops to get my polident. She decided to take off to do that long about 7AM... way before the shops open. I have no idea if she learned something from this, but Mayhem got paranoid about her staying away so long, so we had to stop by and make sure she was fine.

She's fine.

I have videos to post, a story to write, and an ankle to repeatedly ice. But at least

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Sunday, Catching up, Archive Reads, and Other Things

I've written the story for the next Archive prompt. I've posted the meme for yesterday in Blahaj.zone. I'm about to write today's tale and work on tomorrow's video.

After a week of snippets and little patches, I have finished a chapter of ADT. Huzzah. Also good news - Toasty has finished Escape From Divinity but I don't have the freedom to watch it just yet. Because the Archive stream is still going.

The bread I spent three days making is looking

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Saturday, Social Time is Very Important Darling

Spent most of today in very good company as the process of investigating Chaos' computer issues got properly unriddled. Diagnosis - one of her compy cooling fans wasn't.

She now has a temporary computer to see her over to the time in which the original is fixed. This will also help various server downtimes with our personal infrastructure. Or having backup systems when we need them.

And I do confess to spending some of the time I could have been writing in

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Wednesday, Rant Due, Videos, and Burnout

I am feeling exhausted from the moment I get out of bed, so I know I need a breather. I'm spending today, tomorrow, and the day after wrangling a double batch of bread and holy shit, I need a holiday.

If I record and edit Friday's video today, I can take tomorrow at ease. Or relative ease. I've given myself so much to do that I have to really juggle time in order to take time off.

Something's got to break, and

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