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a year ago
Four More and We'll Reevaluate
Fall is sliding into Winter and it's getting cold outside. I may not be a bear, but when it gets dark early and the roads freeze I will go into a state of semi-hybernation.
I have one New Year's Eve event I may attend, with weather being the deciding factor.
Black ice on country roads with ditches instead of shoulders is not fun. Fortunately I work from home and have a local market and online shopping to sustain me.
When the Spring thaw comes, I will be poking my head out of my den again, soon after Punxsutawney Phil makes his predictions. I may then resume my furry meets and conventions in the Spring.
Meanwhile, I am going back to being an Internet Dog, roaming Telegram, Discord and Twitch channels, and looking in on X -- although a lot of furs have left it, I just don't want another social media program on my phone.
Over the Winter, I will be working on my art, trying to learn how to draw trees and grass, and shade with colors and maybe I will figure out how to do better line art with my digital art programs. I don't want to invest in Corel Draw or Photoshop; I'm going to see if vectored lines will work. (I also have adulting to do that takes me longer to accomplish as the years roll by)
Choices
Talking about money, I got the last of my refunds from the power supply, video card and RAM that didn't work out. I still haven't decided on what to do about a gaming PC; I've been looking at options, but I'm just not in a rush. I learned a little more about what I need, so I may buy a last gen gaming machine -- it will still be a step up from what I have. Meanwhile, I still have a lot of games I can play and I might revisit some good old DOS games, now that Steam has a link to GOG. My old computer will still perform adequately as my home office machine for some time.
I might get a new Fire Tablet for my reading pleasure, and to improve my Candy Crush and Soda Saga experience. My 2020 Fire7 is getting tired and sometimes the games crash.
Other Pass Times
I was looking at Webfishing, but the groups I wanted to join with on VRChat have already moved on to other games I'm not big on and voice chat has become more popular than VRChat so they can play their MMOs and let everyone watch and chat with them in real time on Discord.
Party Animals has also been abandoned by my groups, and I don't like joining up with strangers for a foursome -- as in Golf when you play by yourself, you are placed with three other players to fill out a group of four players.
Winding Up
So we're in the final stretch of 2024. The holidays will fly by and it will soon be a new year.
Hopefully things will settle down -- including my sciatica and piriformus; the latter has been a literal pain in the butt for the last month or so and has been making this old doggo a little more grumpy than he wants to be. Getting awoken several times a night with stabbing pains is a bother and darkens the mood. Even Pollyanna would be a bit Grumbley.
Fall is sliding into Winter and it's getting cold outside. I may not be a bear, but when it gets dark early and the roads freeze I will go into a state of semi-hybernation.
I have one New Year's Eve event I may attend, with weather being the deciding factor.
Black ice on country roads with ditches instead of shoulders is not fun. Fortunately I work from home and have a local market and online shopping to sustain me.
When the Spring thaw comes, I will be poking my head out of my den again, soon after Punxsutawney Phil makes his predictions. I may then resume my furry meets and conventions in the Spring.
Meanwhile, I am going back to being an Internet Dog, roaming Telegram, Discord and Twitch channels, and looking in on X -- although a lot of furs have left it, I just don't want another social media program on my phone.
Over the Winter, I will be working on my art, trying to learn how to draw trees and grass, and shade with colors and maybe I will figure out how to do better line art with my digital art programs. I don't want to invest in Corel Draw or Photoshop; I'm going to see if vectored lines will work. (I also have adulting to do that takes me longer to accomplish as the years roll by)
Choices
Talking about money, I got the last of my refunds from the power supply, video card and RAM that didn't work out. I still haven't decided on what to do about a gaming PC; I've been looking at options, but I'm just not in a rush. I learned a little more about what I need, so I may buy a last gen gaming machine -- it will still be a step up from what I have. Meanwhile, I still have a lot of games I can play and I might revisit some good old DOS games, now that Steam has a link to GOG. My old computer will still perform adequately as my home office machine for some time.
I might get a new Fire Tablet for my reading pleasure, and to improve my Candy Crush and Soda Saga experience. My 2020 Fire7 is getting tired and sometimes the games crash.
Other Pass Times
I was looking at Webfishing, but the groups I wanted to join with on VRChat have already moved on to other games I'm not big on and voice chat has become more popular than VRChat so they can play their MMOs and let everyone watch and chat with them in real time on Discord.
Party Animals has also been abandoned by my groups, and I don't like joining up with strangers for a foursome -- as in Golf when you play by yourself, you are placed with three other players to fill out a group of four players.
Winding Up
So we're in the final stretch of 2024. The holidays will fly by and it will soon be a new year.
Hopefully things will settle down -- including my sciatica and piriformus; the latter has been a literal pain in the butt for the last month or so and has been making this old doggo a little more grumpy than he wants to be. Getting awoken several times a night with stabbing pains is a bother and darkens the mood. Even Pollyanna would be a bit Grumbley.
Vix
We need a little more positivity like Pollyanna had these days.
Vix