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Each time some company rejects you...

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...and they have no idea what you're building towards and how good you're going to be. 

quick lesson I've learned from beautiful demons

This is a really good series by Sarra Cannon.  One thing I've struggled with in my writing is pacing and lack of excitement, mainly towards the middle of a novel. Partly, I'm trying to make sure that everything logically makes sense and that I'm hitting all the bullet points I've outlined for the chapter. But also, I just spent too many of my early writing years, i.e. high school, rewriting chapter 1 of things obsessively.  Sarra doesn't hold back, though. I feel like there's hardly a moment for her characters to relax, before some sort of metaphorical bomb goes off.  I'm trying to incorporate this more in my own work. So far, it seems to be working.  This has the bonus of decreasing the incidence of my alpha readers trying to find random people suspicious because there's nothing else going on. :')

first homelab project complete on raspberry pi zero w, headless install!

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was it installing pi-hole?  um no. Instead, it was just installing sl:

what does it look like?

In the premajor for CS Animation, I remember walking around the TMCB, exhausted. It was night, the building smelled weird as usual, and I was so tired, but there was more coding to do.  I had no idea if I was going to get into the program or not. I was pretty sure I wouldn't, logically, but emotionally I felt that I would. It was a constant war within. I had backups to my backups, for sure, but I wanted it so badly. I envied those who were already in the program. One person who had gotten accepted already ended up quitting due to Computer Systems. I thought this was insane  and knew I would never do that. If I got in, I was going to complete the major.  I would look at the film movie posters on the wall outside the animation lecture hall. I would look at Rio 2, that's the main one I remembered. I've always liked Rio, even though I hadn't seen the sequel yet.  I would think to myself "Great things are never easy. I will never give up on this."  Nowadays, I prio...

Overlord Zucc allowed us to put songs on our profiles again

But ONLY 10.  Also we can't put books we like, for reasons that only the lizard people understand.  MY CURRENT BATCH OF SONGS:  Slipknot, The Negative One:  I am someone who struggles with negativity. This isn't always apparent when you first meet me, especially because I can be humorous or entertaining. People get upset when I show actual emotion. I do not like that at all. I hope you live to see the day when your world goes up in flames.  Insane Clown Posse, Under the Moon :  The feeling of rotting, waiting for someone who may never return. Look here, fuck you and the moon.  Hazbin Hotel Cast, Brighter : When you know that you'll do anything to achieve your dreams. You'll work yourself into the ground to make it happen. If you want it, just take it; the world's yours, don't waste it; go make the stars align.  Ghostemane, Plague Doctor Mask 2 : I'm terrified of losing people that I love. And yet, I have to accept that not only are we all going to...

Ice Cave: dodgiest pokemon episode since beauty and the beach?

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  There are so many hilarious screenshots and the lack of an English dub forcing the poorly translated subtitles makes it even better. Thank you Pokeflix for your service.  I have been cracking up lol this is so funny  Also, this might be my favorite Nurse Joy. 😏

tv tropes mods are lazy jerks

So my ISP (Utopia) was apparently flagged by their system, causing them to not approve my account, which I only needed because of their stupid adblock guards. I contacted them and they did no whitelisting, no further investigation, nothing. They shrugged and said "Sorry, there's nothing we can do" Mate, I live and breathe tech. There are MANY things that you can do.  Two things I can't stand:  laziness  disrespect  I got both.  Pardon my French: Fuck that website; time for AllTheTropes. I am so excited for how hard I am going to slam TVTropes and their moderators when my novels are published and I'm doing interviews and stuff. I do not forgive or forget this sort of BS.