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A 2053-post collection

Monday, Backup Reads and Over-involved

I am once again tripping lightly into my usual bad habit of picking up too many things to do. "I can fit that in"-itis.

I got the novel, of course, chugging slowly along towards the final chapters. The very shiny fanfic that is having an editing day today[too many typos]. The entry for the Archive, of course. And now I got myself involved in the Hold My Pen Promptcast. Or "Promptcast" for short.

I know not if there is a word limit or word expectation for the last thing. I'll keep chugging on anyway.

The Promptcast turns this stuff into novels so, I might as well get loquacious.

So yeah. Divided attention is so much fun.

I shall nevertheless attempt to get on with getting on. Switching between bright shiny objects as I go.

Saturday, Easy PLNs

Yesterday, I had a PLN to take the afternoon off. Then I was called upon to help a writer in the group trim their story down from nearly one thousand words. For a reminder, the upper limit is three hundred and fifty words.

Then I got wrapped up in a collab idea.

And just when I was actually nearly finished with the day's tale, Mayhem needed an emergency shopping run. Sigh.

I'm HOPING to have an afternoon off today. And maybe tomorrow.

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Friday, Results of a Sort

Well I FA'd and FO'd, but the results I found out are not that great.

Other folks have had the problem with Kdenlive, but there's no fix for it yet. Boo and hiss. I might have to find the dev's Discord and ask there.

That's going to take more digging. [tikka tikka noises] Digging done, made a post. Not holding my breath. They did have a Discord, but it looks like it's defunct.

Sigh.

The struggle continueth.

I shall get on with

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Thursday, Unbuggering Kdenlive

The PLN as it was was:

  1. Update everything
  2. Reload the saved video
  3. Hope it works

That didn't do buggerall.

I'm going to try rebuilding the video from extant files and see if that works. Then I go searching for solutions if that fails to do the thing.

But first, I go make my offerings. Then I do all the FAFO to try and get my videos back into operation.

Crossing my fingers and hoping for the best.

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Wednesday, Rant Due and STUFF

I gotta think up something to say this week. I gotta hit Kdenlive with a hammer. I gotta write a story and I gotta stay aware enough to catch Mayhem's Get-Me-Home message because I am totally daft at paying attention to that flavour of thing.

I'm trying something, and I shall see if it works.

I need to get more supplies, but I also need to wait for payday because all kinds of expensive shit has happened. Not-yay.

BUT at least I

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Tuesday, Optometrist, Patreon, and So On

I'm getting my eyes checked today, and I've already packed an old set of frames in case my lenses need an upgrade. Huzzah.

I owe some stuff to Patreon, though I still don't have a terrible lot. I should throw myself at making Kdenlive work again.

The experiment with the videos should get back online. It's just a matter of having the emotional and intellectual wherewithall to hit that shit with a hammer.

The current chapter of ADT is fighting me a

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Monday, Leyland's Embuggerance

I have Extra Shenanigans today. (sparkles manifest with the announcement)

Because just as I was settling to bed, there's an urgent phone call from MeMum. Her power's out and she's hyper-panicking about it. She needs the number for a specific electrical mob. Which I find and give to her.

Then she says, "If I don't call back, come get me."

That... is a very strange instruction. Normal people would say something like, "I'll call if I need you to come get me.

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Sunday, Archive Reads and Alternate PLNs

As I type, I am listening to Antihero go through the chosen ones on stream. Soon enough, I shall have a story for y'all and I shall have the spare time to engage in chosen nonsense.

In between baking the second batch of bread. And icing my ankle.

I made it all the way through yesterday without needing a break. Today, I only made it a couple of hours.

Roses are red
Extinct is Opabinia
I must remind myself
Progress is not

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Saturday, Some Improvement

I made it half the day without needing a bracer on my left ankle. My right ankle has decided to spit the dummy and demand a little coddling. So I put it in the lace-up brace and I'm hoping a day of babying makes it calm the fuck down.

Meanwhile, I have bread going on. Which involves a lot of walking back and forth. Not great for the rebellious legs.

Story very soon, followed by my freedom to slack off. Yay.

Well.

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Friday, Tuning Shenanigans and Bread

I've had technical issues involving graphics drivers, this morning. Issues that involved the destruction of my precious tab hoard. I'll rebuild as I need and hope for the best.

Today is the first day I'm operating without my ankle bracer, with a new strengthening exercise to get it back up to approaching normal. And maybe even stronger.

I can hope.

Without the bracer, icing my stupid ankle absorbs less time. Yay. Which also means less time to sit and write other things.

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Thursday, Physio, Smol Errands, and a Cheev

Achievement Unlocked: Finished That Fucking Chapter

Yes, it took me over a week, one paragraph of purple prose at a time, but I firkin DID IT.

I can now relax and get back to more normal narratives. Well. Normal for me. Which should happen a lot faster. I hope.

Thirty-one chapters remain until this thing is done. I might not get it done this year, but I will get it done.

In a few minutes, I go ice my ankle and then

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Wednesday, Rant Day and Other Things

I really wanna start playing Death Stranding... but I have offerings to make. And a son to drive to public transit. And fetch back at the end of the day.

So I shall make an effort to make an effort before slagging off to shiny distraction land. With life interrupting, of course.

The new prompt is out on the Archive and I got in first, huzzah. Thought of some questions shortly after posting so I'll see how I go there.

I've got

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Tuesday, Shrink Day and Other PLNs

I got a telehealth appointment with my brain quack today. And of course I activated the mechanism as soon as I started up the compy. Lest I get distracted by other things.

One of the things I spent my birthday money on is Death Stranding (Director's Cut) and I plan on spending at least a couple of hours on the spooky walking simulator for virtual hiking and chill.

Somewhere along the way, I also have to fill my Patreon with whatever I

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Monday, Alternate PLNs

Mayhem's going to work on Wednesday, which means I have extra time to go forth and acquire supplies for the household. Huzzah.

Though walking around with my new, firmer ankle bracer is a bit of a pain in the arse, at least it doesn't require a sock so the velcro doesn't get on my sensory irritations. Part of my supply journey today includes stopping at a new meat place to see if the bargains are anything like Dickies.

Not helped by the

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