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Comment on What is/are your favorite quote/s? in ~talk
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Comment on Timasomo 2020 Thread #2: Update Thread 1 in ~creative
skeetcha LinkRoll Call Post Again, a couple of days late. I've been busy with school and other personal stuff, but I've been working on another song. I need to recognize the scope of this project as this one...Again, a couple of days late. I've been busy with school and other personal stuff, but I've been working on another song. I need to recognize the scope of this project as this one song is taking me over my day limit (I'm limiting myself as to how long I work on these projects to three days and it's like day four or five at this point on this song). It's a large sub-project and I need to just get it done quickly.
In any case, if you want to see what I've already done for Timasomo, you can check out my YouTube channels CityboundForest where you can find the next song I'm working on (along with a lot of other videos) and Wires&Branches where you can find my modular synthesizer projects. Like I said in the role call post, Wires&Branches has a track that I made for ALoSiN called Seilbahn which you can listen to on YouTube as well as on Bandcamp for $2 after three streams.
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Comment on Timasomo 2020 Thread #1: Roll Call and Beginning! in ~creative
skeetcha LinkOops, I'm a couple days late. In any case, I'm doing a project called ALoSiN. It stands for A Lot of Songs in November and is basically just a project where I try to write a lot of songs and...Oops, I'm a couple days late.
In any case, I'm doing a project called ALoSiN. It stands for A Lot of Songs in November and is basically just a project where I try to write a lot of songs and quickly record them in a non-professional manner (like just with my phone and maybe an external mic to preserve audio quality cause I've had problems with my phone and the tripod I use) to post on my YouTube channel(s).
If you want to stay updated until November 8th where I will attempt to rejoin the formal schedule for Timasomo, you can check out my YouTube channels CityboundForest and Wires&Branches. I already have posts on CityboundForest and Wires&Branches has a track that I made for ALoSiN.
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Comment on What are you into lately? in ~hobbies
skeetcha Link ParentDo they actually make those commercially available? I’ve only seen some at a maker fair. If they do exist, do link me a pair; I’ve been interested in them since that maker fair.Do they actually make those commercially available? I’ve only seen some at a maker fair. If they do exist, do link me a pair; I’ve been interested in them since that maker fair.
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Comment on Have you attended any protests lately? Why or why not? in ~talk
skeetcha LinkI would be joining protests but there are two problems with why I haven’t (not that these issues excuse me of my guilt for not joining a protest; I still feel guilty every time it’s brought up)....I would be joining protests but there are two problems with why I haven’t (not that these issues excuse me of my guilt for not joining a protest; I still feel guilty every time it’s brought up).
Firstly, I have no way of knowing when there is a protest near me. I live in Wine Country, CA (not a real town and if it is, I’m surprised) where a) I wouldn’t imagine a lot of protests are happening, and b) I don’t really know anyone around me nor if they know about any protests happening nearby.
Secondly, I struggle a lot with anxiety and paranoia. The movement has actually brought this relation to me: I experience paranoia that someone might just out of the blue shoot me or kill me for no reason. However, I can turn off that paranoia (for a little while until it resumes again) because I don’t have to deal with that actual threat. The movement comes along and shows me that black people feel the same paranoia, but in their case, it’s totally a threat. I have donated to causes supporting the movement and I have signed every petition I come across, and I even sent a letter to my university asking for better restrictions on the police power (as we do have actual police that work with the city) to the President of the university. However, I can do all of these without putting myself in physical or mental danger (I should also mention that while I haven’t been diagnosed with anything and I cannot pin it down, I do have some sort of mental disability in the realm of ADHD, OCD, and Autism). I realize that and every time I feel guilty about not going to protests, I remember that my lane in this fight is from home and on the Internet amplifying BIPOC/BAME voices in the industries that I am choosing to be part of after I graduate.
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Comment on What are you into lately? in ~hobbies
skeetcha LinkI’ve been mostly working on a game in RPG Maker MV although here and there I’ve been playing games myself (Quadrilateral Cowboy, Flower, and Pyre to name a few). I have many other hobbies, ones...I’ve been mostly working on a game in RPG Maker MV although here and there I’ve been playing games myself (Quadrilateral Cowboy, Flower, and Pyre to name a few). I have many other hobbies, ones such as creating an entire family of languages for the fictional world my video game is set in, writing a story for a podcast/radio play, and writing original indie-pop music (that I need to get on recording).
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
skeetcha LinkI’m currently “rewatching” Avatar: The Last Airbender (I day rewatching in quotes because I’ve seen bits and pieces of it when it was originally airing but I never sat down to watch the entire...I’m currently “rewatching” Avatar: The Last Airbender (I day rewatching in quotes because I’ve seen bits and pieces of it when it was originally airing but I never sat down to watch the entire thing like I did with shows like Gravity Falls, Boku no Hero (which I need to get back to) and now this one).
Edit: I’m up to Book 1, Chapter 6
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
skeetcha LinkSo I’ve mostly only read three books recently. The first two (and I’m coupling them together as they are part of a series) are The Guild Secret and Rise of the Elder by D.K. Holmberg. They’re both...So I’ve mostly only read three books recently.
The first two (and I’m coupling them together as they are part of a series) are The Guild Secret and Rise of the Elder by D.K. Holmberg. They’re both the penultimate and last books in the Dark Ability series respectively. Both of them were great adventures, each contained within themselves, while still adding to the overarching plot. Definitely a good series, but there are a lot of lull points where it feels like nothing is happening. 7/10
The more recent book that I read was A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green which is a sequel to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. The first book in the duology talks about how we use the social internet and how we view fame and celebrities while the second book talks about how we use our time on the internet as human beings and what we give our attention to. It’s a thrilling read from start to finish that made me read the second half of the book in one sitting (taking 3.5 hours btw). Any human being should be required to read these two books. Hank Green (and I’m quoting from his brother) does what a lot of Sci Fi stories don’t and criticizes the corrupt systems of modern society while simultaneously celebrates the joy that the social internet has created and the hope that it brings for many who use it. 11/10 would read again
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Comment on How are you doing? in ~talk
skeetcha LinkI’ll echo what ohryan said about it being a US thing (or maybe a Western thing, I don’t know), but yeah, “I’m fine” definitely says more than those two (technically three) words. Before the...I’ll echo what ohryan said about it being a US thing (or maybe a Western thing, I don’t know), but yeah, “I’m fine” definitely says more than those two (technically three) words.
Before the pandemic hit, I was a resident assistant at my university. During one of our trainings, the Dean of Students was talking to us. I don’t remember the context or who told them this, but they said that “fine” is an acronym. I’ll censor it, but it basically stands for effed up, insecure, neurotic, and emotional.
A couple of weeks ago, I was supposed to put on a production of A Very Potter Musical at my university, being my first time to act in a musical since I was 10. My resident assistant job was terminated. My theatre society didn’t get to have its initiation. My mom thought she had the virus and when she went to get tested, the other cars in the line were all screaming “that’s a covid test.” I had wanted to record an EP of original music while at university. I have a video to edit for a class by tomorrow (that I haven’t started on yet) and a digital effects scene to composite and stuff also by tomorrow (that I also haven’t started yet).
So yeah, I’m “fine.”
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Comment on Will you install the contact-tracing app on your phone? in ~health
skeetcha Link ParentI would love to use that app myself, but it seems you need a Mac to compile it for iOS, the phone that I use, and the computer that I use, a Windows computer, is not a Mac. That is unfortunate....I would love to use that app myself, but it seems you need a Mac to compile it for iOS, the phone that I use, and the computer that I use, a Windows computer, is not a Mac. That is unfortunate. However, I would absolutely be supportive of a FOSS app for something like this (although with an iPhone, I can’t be that supportive; eh, what can ya do).
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Tips on singing in chest mix (belting)?
Hello everyone! I wasn't sure where to post this, so into ~misc it goes. I'm currently looking into auditioning for a professional musical theatre production. Now, being a baritone (E2-C5) would...
Hello everyone! I wasn't sure where to post this, so into ~misc it goes.
I'm currently looking into auditioning for a professional musical theatre production. Now, being a baritone (E2-C5) would kind of put me at a disadvantage as most musical theatre roles are for tenors, but I found a musical soliciting online auditions for baritones. Usually with musical theatre, they don't really care about your voice type; they care more about your vocal range. "If you can sing it, you're more likely to get the role."
Anyways, my passagio (or vocal break) is around E4 and the audition (and therefore the musical) is requiring me to sing a G#4. I know that I'd be able to sing it because a) my range can do it and b) I've belted probably incorrectly an A4. I've never really had to use my chest mix range before, so would anyone have any tips?
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
skeetcha LinkI was, for a while a little bit ago, playing Astral Chain on the Switch. I really enjoyed both the story and the gameplay. Both were very immersive and entertaining. However, the final boss is...I was, for a while a little bit ago, playing Astral Chain on the Switch. I really enjoyed both the story and the gameplay. Both were very immersive and entertaining. However, the final boss is very difficult and requires timing pinned on the edge of a fine knife to get correctly and beat it. For this reason, I have stopped playing it. I'll give it a 7/10, though.
However, more recently, I've been playing OneShot on my PC and Minecraft with some friends, most notably on a server created by some people in a Discord server I'm in and on another server created by a subreddit for people who are learning languages (r/aroundtheworldmc).
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
skeetcha LinkI'm currently working on quite a few things. Mostly, and I wouldn't call this a creative project as it looks on the outside, but I've currently got a YouTube channel (CityboundForest) and I intend...I'm currently working on quite a few things. Mostly, and I wouldn't call this a creative project as it looks on the outside, but I've currently got a YouTube channel (CityboundForest) and I intend to do some interesting and creative things that I will keep secret for now. My college major is mostly creative work, so I guess I can also count all of that. I'm also working on creating quite a few languages (a la Tolkien).
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
skeetcha LinkI played a little bit of Life is Strange recently. Actually I finished the first episode today. I’ve seen playthroughs of Life is Strange 2, but I’ve never played the first one. Since the first...I played a little bit of Life is Strange recently. Actually I finished the first episode today. I’ve seen playthroughs of Life is Strange 2, but I’ve never played the first one. Since the first episode was free on Steam (and probably everywhere else too), I decided to play it. I have no words. The mechanics, while a little janky, play really well with the story and, as always, the music is phenomenal. Hopefully I can but the rest of the season someday and play the entire game.
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Comment on Tilt Five: Holographic Tabletop Gaming - Augmented Reality glasses that open up a whole new holographic game space in ~games.tabletop
skeetcha LinkMy only question would be what the reqs would be for the computer or phone that runs the system.My only question would be what the reqs would be for the computer or phone that runs the system.
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Comment on The Good Place S04E07 - "Help is Other People" discussion thread in ~tv
skeetcha LinkAgreed that Michael doing all of the magic is great (especially because knowing some basic magic, I could see where he was "flashing" i.e. giving away the trick; it was a single moment and...Agreed that Michael doing all of the magic is great (especially because knowing some basic magic, I could see where he was "flashing" i.e. giving away the trick; it was a single moment and couldn't see how he was doing everything else).
As for the fact that this is actually the half way point, I'm really liking where this season is going at this point. I read an article a long time ago (maybe when season 2 was airing, I forget) that compared the show to how a sitcom is created and the process and life it goes through before it dies. In this model then, Season 4 is the return to the original format. Especially since they're bringing back old tricks like the whole disaster scenario with Brent or "revealing" Jason's identity to Chidi or, heck, even what happened this episode with the whole Bad Place "reveal." It's a great build on top of the original first season because of the raised stakes as well as the new cast members livening up the relationships.
All of this is to say that the writers are doing a hecking good job and I am both glad to get a final ending to the show but also sad to see it go.
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Comment on What is/are your favorite quote/s? in ~talk
skeetcha Link"Think for yourself and allow others the privilege of doing so too." -Voltaire"Think for yourself and allow others the privilege of doing so too." -Voltaire
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Comment on Has anyone done a Play-By-Post game? Tips? in ~games.tabletop
skeetcha Link ParentNot that I know of at the moment. If anyone does know anything (before I take on a project to develop something of the like), let me know.Not that I know of at the moment. If anyone does know anything (before I take on a project to develop something of the like), let me know.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
skeetcha LinkI've been listening to mostly some Cavetown music as he released a new single recently (called Things That Make It Warm). Also Tessa Violet released her Bad Ideas album so I've been listening to...I've been listening to mostly some Cavetown music as he released a new single recently (called Things That Make It Warm). Also Tessa Violet released her Bad Ideas album so I've been listening to that quite a bit.
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Has anyone done a Play-By-Post game? Tips?
Has anyone done a play-by-post (PBP) game? Where you play online not in some service like Roll20, but in a forum structure (like Reddit, the Paizo forms, or, hey, here)? I'm thinking about...
Has anyone done a play-by-post (PBP) game? Where you play online not in some service like Roll20, but in a forum structure (like Reddit, the Paizo forms, or, hey, here)?
I'm thinking about starting a PBP game of Pokemon: Tabletop Adventures somewhere (maybe Reddit or Discord, not sure), but I'm not sure if I want to create maps for the whole thing. When I was working on my homebrew 5th Edition campaign, the thing that annoyed me most was map creation (mostly overworld, but since this is Pokemon and I know where I'm basing it off of, I don't have much trouble with that). I'd only use "maps" for combat (more like I'd use a combat grid that I steal off of Roll20).
Would anyone here that have either run games in a PBP format or just GM'ed games in general have any tips for doing something like this?
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I think my favorite quote has come out of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green:
I've also got some others:
(Terry Pratchett)
(Inheritance; Christopher Paolini)
(Winston Churchill)
And finally, the mood of the current situation of the world:
(Kaveh Akbar, “Wild Pear Tree”)