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Comment on Introductions | June 2023 in ~talk
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Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health
eve LinkI got a tattoo Wednesday!! And the week before I was at a conference in Atlanta, so I've been a smidge off in terms of working out. I did workout at the hotel once which was nice, and then did my...I got a tattoo Wednesday!! And the week before I was at a conference in Atlanta, so I've been a smidge off in terms of working out. I did workout at the hotel once which was nice, and then did my first workout post tattoo last night but I kept it pretty light as I don't want to sweat too much and get it on my tattoo.
I've been finding it a lot easier to just get back to working out. Like it doesn't feel like a burden and I've been looking forward to my indoor biking and want to get back into swimming anxd running! I've been feeling a lot better about myself and have been much kinder to me on things like eating out. Like it's okay to eat out and have a heavy day! And I know my weight will fluctuate. My progress is gonna be over a looooong time, not even just the next 6 months but several years and the rest of my life, hopefully. I've been a lot more positive.
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Comment on Anyone here in or familiar with Denver and the surrounding area? Going on a trip and have zero idea what to do as a non-tourist... in ~hobbies
eve Link ParentHappy to help 😉 I gotta make sure the good CO is repped well.Happy to help 😉 I gotta make sure the good CO is repped well.
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Comment on Monitor recommendations? in ~tech
eve LinkSlightly cheaper and similar model to the one you posted. I picked this one from rtings.com, and usually refer to them for most of my electronic and related products first and foremost. I like my...Slightly cheaper and similar model to the one you posted. I picked this one from rtings.com, and usually refer to them for most of my electronic and related products first and foremost. I like my display and it was quite an upgrade from the one I had so maybe it was more exaggerated on my part but so far it's been great!
Edit: womp womp I glanced over your USB requirement, sorry about that! Might be worth it to get a cheaper monitor and then a decent dock?
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Comment on Anyone here in or familiar with Denver and the surrounding area? Going on a trip and have zero idea what to do as a non-tourist... in ~hobbies
eve (edited )Linkcracks knuckles Okay a little late to the party, but I'm a local local so hopefully I can give you some decent recommendations in the Denver and surrounding area! Food Boulder(ish) Area Curry n...- Exemplary
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Okay a little late to the party, but I'm a local local so hopefully I can give you some decent recommendations in the Denver and surrounding area!Food
Boulder(ish) Area
- Curry n Kebob - Excellent Indian food in Boulder, easy to get to.
- The Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse - Their teatime is absolutely excellent! Lots of good tea and snacks. They have bottled chai that is also really tasty if you're interested in that kind of stuff.
- Busaba - Pretty poppin Thai place, their rangoons are crazy good and I'd recommend the basil chicken.
- TEQUILA MEZCHAL - That 4.7 star rating is well earned, one of the best Mexican places I've been to and over by Flatirons mall.
Denver/Aurora
- Edgewater Public Market- Lots of good little eats in the marketplace itself as well as the surrounding area. Konjo, the ethiopian place is good, and I'm very partial to Gyros King. For dessert there's Happy Cones, also supremely tasty. The area is freshly gentrified so there's a mix of new places, old sketchy housing.
- The Universal - Great breakfast/brunch place with lots of tasty food.
- Jus' Grill - Scrumptious breakfast. It's in a only slightly sketching looking spot on a strip, but dear god is their food delicious. Their chorizo is my favorite.
- Tacos Selene - Their food is insanely delicious. It's in a little dingy strip mall off 6th and Chambers but by god is this some of the best Mexican I've had.
Places to Go
- Denver Botanic Gardens - Honestly, it's just a marvel. It's mostly outside and I think a great all season place (yes, even winter). They amended the soil 6ft!! down to make sure the soil was right for all the plants to grow. There's some construction in parts going on, but I think it's gorgeous all year round. They also have a second location at the Chatfield reservoir!
- Cherry Creek State Park - If it stops raining, this is a nice nature spot to wander around. The reservoir is also very nice. It's a very popular summertime spot.
- Castlewood Canyon - If the altitude isn't killing you, this could be a good hike for you. There's lots of different paths, some ruins, and great views and wild flora. I loved this one, it's definitely one of my favorites and is maybe a 40min drive out of Denver.
- Flatirons Vista - Not too long or too intensive incline wise, this trail is pretty popular, but you can get some gorgeous views pretty far out.
- Denver Zoo and Museum of Nature and Science - These are in the same park and the whole area is a nice place. They are doing some improvements to the zoo so the whole thing isn't accessible right now, but it's a pretty decent visit, and so is the museum. They usually have some special traveling exhibit going on, and I think right now it's on Bugs?
Overall, there's all kinds of cool trails and bike paths and open spaces in Denver and surrounding cities that you can check out. The AllTrails app is really good for scoping those out, especially if you want to know incline and length. Not to totally shit on Denver, but the eats in the Downtown proper are okay, lots of expensive places that are mostly just expensive lol. It's the surrounding areas that have the good food.
The aquarium is okay, the Denver Art Museum is decent, and there's a lot of places north of Denver who say they're in Denver when they're actually Northglenn/Thornton/Broomfield. Louisville is pronounced how it's spelled, and the only people who will fight you on the pronunciation of Beuna Vista is usually people from Beuna Vista /shrug emoji. Lots of people pronounce mountain without a hard 'T'. If you want to visit mountain towns, really any of the popular ones will do because they're all pretty gorgeous.
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double edit: thank you for the exemplary!! I've lived in Colorado my whole life so I like to think I can give pretty qualified advice lol. -
Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health
eve Link ParentThank you so much!! Non scale victories are an important part of the journey and matter just as much if not more in some cases. From my Playlist Doses & Mimosas by cherub gets me through that last...Thank you so much!! Non scale victories are an important part of the journey and matter just as much if not more in some cases.
From my Playlist Doses & Mimosas by cherub gets me through that last little bit of my workout lol! I like to sing along as I pedal, really helps me get in the groove. But Comme Des Garçons (Like The Boys) by Rina Sawayama gives me the jump start to my workout! It's a good pace setter.
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
eve Link ParentThat is so incredibly awesome! The design is so good, it'll look great on whatever you put it on! It's exciting that you were able to get the artist you wanted for the project and he was able to...That is so incredibly awesome! The design is so good, it'll look great on whatever you put it on! It's exciting that you were able to get the artist you wanted for the project and he was able to bring it to life the design. I can't stress enough how dang cool it is!
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
eve (edited )LinkI'm in the process of making stickers for my bookclub! It's just a lil doodle I did of the book we're currently reading, but one of the members works at a printing place and gets to print all...I'm in the process of making stickers for my bookclub! It's just a lil doodle I did of the book we're currently reading, but one of the members works at a printing place and gets to print all kinds of stuff for free so I'll be sending him a sheet to print and I'll be cutting them on my silhouette cameo. I'm hoping the colors come out right as I did it in RGB. Luckily I always do everything in 300DPI so I spared myself that at least lol. I'm looking forward to seeing them in the flesh!
The doodle in question. We're reading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer and she had a really sweet quote in her preface.
In braiding sweetgrass--so that it is smooth, glossy, and worthy of the gift--a certain amount of tension is needed. Of course you can do it yourself, but the sweetest way is to have someone else hold the end so that you pull gently against each other, all the while leaning in, head to head, chatting and laughing, watching each other's hands, one holding steady while the other shifts the slim bundles over one another, each in its turn.
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Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health
eve LinkI've been working out again for the past few weeks and making sure I stay on it! It's something I've neglected and I don't know what happened but it was like a switch in my brain got switched and...I've been working out again for the past few weeks and making sure I stay on it! It's something I've neglected and I don't know what happened but it was like a switch in my brain got switched and I'm like why the hell am I NOT doing this? So I alternate lifting and cardio days.
Cardio days so far have just been the indoor cycle, but I usually do 30 to 60min, leaning more towards 60 as I get used to 30. I vary position (sitting, standing, crouching) and intensity as I go through my workout playlist.
Lifting days I've been alternating between arms and legs, with fullbody workouts thrown in there. I have power blocks that I use and just do some general lifts, like curls, squats, shoulders, etc. with body weight exercises like lunges and planks/reverse planks. I'm just kind of feeling out what it is I want to do for my strength training while also making sure it's intense enough to get my muscles working.
I'd like to lose weight, but that's hard even with how I've adjusted my eating. I've been trying to focus on eating less, while making sure what I eat had better nutritional value. But I'm also not too pressed on it because overall I'm doing body recomposition, and I wanna see where that takes me before more seriously tucking into tracking my food.
I have a hard time emotionally with tracking calories and part of that is even when I was actively lifting in college, to loose weight I could only do 1300 calories a day 🥲 I'm short, I'm a woman, and I love food so if I do track calories again it'll be more to lose at a slower weight because that fucking sucked.
Overall, I've been focusing on my body, as my yearly resolution. I want to be the best me I can and i want to be healthy and buff and squat weights like no one's business. I'm just happy I'm finally more seriously working towards that goal.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
eve LinkI'm playing Mail Time! It's pretty cute with a lot of sweet stuff. There's a smidge too much talking for me in a couple spots, especially when I accidentally click into a conversation, but overall...I'm playing Mail Time! It's pretty cute with a lot of sweet stuff. There's a smidge too much talking for me in a couple spots, especially when I accidentally click into a conversation, but overall I enjoy the dialogue and like a lot of the characters. They're all so cute and it's such a sweet little game.
I almost beat it but there's a bug for dropping off mail to one specific character near end game so I was really put off by that. BUT! They are working on a patch and it's currently with QA so hopefully in the next few days that'll get fixed and I can finish up the game.
I've been finding myself enjoying much more short form games like Mail Time and Tinykin. They're interesting with fun game mechanics and I don't have to sink 100 hours into them to complete them or feel like I got somewhere in the game. I rarely finish long games as is, so it's been fun finding shorter ones that I can get through.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
eve (edited )LinkJust finished The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton with my bookclub. It's a historical murder mystery set in the 1630's on a Dutch Indiaman setting sail for Amsterdam from Batavia with a...Just finished The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton with my bookclub. It's a historical murder mystery set in the 1630's on a Dutch Indiaman setting sail for Amsterdam from Batavia with a large cast of characters. I was really enjoying the story and some of the characters, and was really curious to see the final whodunit and how it'd all wrap up together.
Unfortunately the last 20 to 40 pages was fucking batshit crazy. Character assassinations left and right, outright stupidity, shit that barely made sense, no justice for the evil actions, and worst of all was the forming of the Murder Mystery Incorporated. I was sooooo flabbergasted that both the writer AND the editor were like uh yeah this ending is fine. It was like a completely different book! A much shittier, insane book.
The whole bookclub was pretty up in arms about it because it just didn't make sense. It felt so incredibly rushed and was immeasurably disappointing. Turton can build up a good mystery but bruv can't finish it for shit. This was something the reviews mentioned about his other mysteryish book The 7 and a half deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. That too, apparently, had a bad/rushed/nonsense ending.
I gave it a 3/5. Like I said, I really liked the rest of the book and was hooked, homie just doesn't know how to end it.
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Comment on Megathread #3 for news/updates/discussion of AI chatbots and image generators in ~tech
eve Link ParentI think the Voice AI stuff should honestly be used as an opportunity for voice artists. They could potentially train their own (obviously the means would be them finding someone versed in the tech...I think the Voice AI stuff should honestly be used as an opportunity for voice artists. They could potentially train their own (obviously the means would be them finding someone versed in the tech if they don't understand it) and ostensibly they could liscence out their own voice to companies.
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
eve LinkI have been trying to get more into doing drawing studies and references. I enjoy art as a hobby and while I've certainly made progress over the years, I definitely have goals on where I want to...I have been trying to get more into doing drawing studies and references. I enjoy art as a hobby and while I've certainly made progress over the years, I definitely have goals on where I want to be artistically. There's so many artists who just have such beautiful work and their understanding of anatomy and form and face are just so inspiring, I want to get to that point.
One thing I'm doing is going through a 21Draw course by Simone Grünewald https://www.instagram.com/schmoedraws/. I love, love, love her work and how her characters are so well integrated into the scenery. Her digital work has a traditional feel to it and that's something she has explicitly worked on cultivating. I really enjoy hearing about artists work flow and some of the things they do. I'm really also focusing on not being impatient and taking it at my own pace. Ultimately art is a hobby for me, so I don't have the time to focus on it as much as I might like, and it contends with other hobbies as well. I'm really looking forward to trying different things and pushing myself out of my comfort zone.
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
eve LinkI am finishing up a final Christmas gift for a nibling, and am working on making a princess license and "credit cards" for another nibling for her birthday. I'm making it in Affinity Design, which...I am finishing up a final Christmas gift for a nibling, and am working on making a princess license and "credit cards" for another nibling for her birthday. I'm making it in Affinity Design, which is working pretty good. The transition between that and Adobe Illustrator hasn't been as painful as I thought it would be, but there are a couple of things that are different work flow wise, and I need to look up a couple things (like if it can make wiggly lines) but I think it's been very enjoyable and it was cheap as hell too.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
eve LinkI started playing Strange Horticulture thank to my SO. We were able to do Steam family sharing so I have access to a bunch of his games! There's a lot I want to try, but for now I've been diving...I started playing Strange Horticulture thank to my SO. We were able to do Steam family sharing so I have access to a bunch of his games! There's a lot I want to try, but for now I've been diving into strange horticulture. I love the atmosphere of the game, the puzzles are fun to solve, and the mysteries abound are all intriguing to me. I quickly surpassed where my SO was in the game and I've just been really enjoying it overall. It's pretty easy to play, though some things weren't exactly clear at the start but I guess that's just part of it; trying to figure things out lol.
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Comment on Year in Review: Books of 2022 in ~books
eve (edited )LinkI just thought about posting this kind of topic, so I'm glad I double-checked ~books! I read a total of 149 books. I DO include a few that I DNF'd (did not finish) because they were a miserable...I just thought about posting this kind of topic, so I'm glad I double-checked ~books!
I read a total of 149 books. I DO include a few that I DNF'd (did not finish) because they were a miserable read and if I DNF a book I will skim through to see what happens lol. Is that right? Yes, for me it is.
Minus maybe two or three books, these were all romance books. And please, no snorts or frowns of disapproval. A books a book. And there's a lot of BS rooted in people's scorn for the romance genre, despite the absolute breadth in quality and types of books. There are so, so many skilled writers who write romance books but people have beef and don't consider them real books.
I digress.
This whole year was a delightful highlight in exploring the romance genre. I started with historical/western romance, worked my way through to contemporary, contemporary sports/athletes, fantasy, and back to historical with a focus on Victorian England and especially the Regency era (Regency Historical romance is absurdly popular so whenever I've seen people ask for Historical Romance recs, these are usually recommended).
I don't think I have much of a preferences per sub-genre, but my favorite books tend to be the most accurate, especially with the historical romances (it's likelier than you think). Some of the best and my most favorite books were the ones that leaned more towards historical accuracy, the ones that weren't just simply set in the time but the conveniences, behaviors, and technology played a part in how the story is shaped, especially with the common man (sometimes you get a little sick of the sheer amount of peers of the land lol).
A great example of what I mean is Deeanne Gist's romance books. Though they're labeled Christian romance, that doesn't play much of a role in her later works (the first couple have more God themes/it has more importance). Her books Maid to Match and Love on the Line are so well done. The research on the era and the technology/place/culture really shines through with her work. The places feel so real and grounded, they were delights to read. All of her books have HEA's (with marriage of course), and behind closed doors romance (so no on page sex).
There has just been so much variety and silly shenanigans across all the books I've read, it's genuinely been a delight. I haven't read this many books so fast and in such a quantity since I was like in high school and middle school. And again, the range in quality is vast and it can be seen with individual others!
I think what might have been the biggest let down was reading multiple books from an author, even when unrelated to a specific series, and just how much they bled together and were the same. I read a few books by Jodi Thomas and in my memory, can not differentiate the later half of two completely separate books. There's just something about ranch wars that she must love because both unrelated books had that and very similar shenanigans related to ranch wars. It was weird.
Amanda Quick also writes very, very similar characters. The scenery, setting, setup, background characters, what the main characters do for a job are like all different but the main male lead and female lead are far too samey across her works. It doesn't really feel like you're reading a new book. Granted, I read two and was looking at a couple others, but I have seen this critique about her work on r/romancebooks when she comes up. She writes well, has a lot of interesting stories but you can just read one book and be good.
This is very long winded, sorry about that, but I'm just so satisfied with how much I read. I don't think I'll be able to replicate that come next year, and will try to have a more sedate pace. I'm going to be aiming for like 20 or so books with a focus on the books I already have, and whittling down my to-read list.
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
eve Link ParentAww! Such a bummer you had to frog so much of the poncho, but I'm sure your sister and SIL will enjoy their gifts. Handmade baby blankets are always such a sweet gift.Aww! Such a bummer you had to frog so much of the poncho, but I'm sure your sister and SIL will enjoy their gifts. Handmade baby blankets are always such a sweet gift.
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
eve Link ParentThat is so devastating to lose all that work. Sometimes the crafting is a cruel mistress. I hope your small project goes well!! What are you making, if you don't mind me asking?That is so devastating to lose all that work. Sometimes the crafting is a cruel mistress. I hope your small project goes well!! What are you making, if you don't mind me asking?
Hi all! Been lurking on tildes for several years, mostly posting in ~creative and sharing stuff I make. I enjoy knitting, crocheting, baking, sewing, drawing, reading, video games, and plant identification (with a focus on flowers).
I am also a writer by trade and hobby, and love doing a lil freelance editing on the side. I think it's really fun to help people get their message across and work with them on their goal of a piece.
Its very neat to see so many more people!