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jencsi · 3 years

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As much as it kills me to make a CSI reference, when Grissom told Sara she needed to find a hobby outside of work to do, and she didn’t seem capable of doing so at that moment in her life, I understand it now. I have tried so hard to get into photography, more specifically bird photography, among other things like writing and such, but I have once again spent an afternoon exploring a “nature trail” only to be disappointed by guess what, the lack of nature. I can hear plenty of birds but never see them let alone get an opportunity to photograph them. I feel like I now wasted money buying the new DSLR because the zoom still isn’t what I need so I’ll need to shell out up to $1600 for a legit telephoto wildlife lens. Every other hobby I’ve tried to invest in has also left me more disappointed than satisfied. Working is the only satisfactory thing for me because I get decent results with our store sales and I get paid obviously.

But it is also a big reason why I think so many people are addicted to social media because it has also been one of the only other fulfilling things in my day to day life. Tik Tok especially has drawn me in. There’s nothing to disappoint on these various sites. There’s nothing to hurt us except maybe online bullies and threats and false info. But if you find the cool stuff, you can just melt your entire day away watching nonsense videos. But if you’re like me, a pushing thirty (or younger) millennial and heck even teens these days, and you live in a sub par location (boring ass suburb of Detroit) and you want to do something fun, there really isn’t much out there. And the stuff that is out there requires money and travel and a way to drive or fly that not everyone has access to. At the same time, creating suburban nature trails that don’t even house what the sites claim they do, is just disappointing as well.

Unless you’re really good at a sport or skill like building stuff, hobbies and ways to kill time are absolutely 100% dictated by where you live and how much money you have.

So yeah, Gil wanting Sara to get a life outside law enforcement, bro she probably tried and found everything else just as draining and stuck to what worked for her; work.

#personal #life #hobbies #Gil and Sara #she was right #depression #I just don’t know how much more disappointment I can take #or how much more time and money I can afford to waste on hobbies that don’t make me happy #I’ve already had to drop CSI and writing for it #even watching it just makes me angry #don’t even get me started on the reboot #yet I can’t undo the years of my brain defaulting to it #being thirty sucks #I still don’t know where I belong #and if I hadn’t been such a tv show junkie #maybe I’d have some real life friends

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gem-quest · 4 years

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[ SIDEQUEST 02. — INFERNA ]

in which inferna plans her “wedding” to jack ;DDD

FROM inferna’s ‘standard notebook’ (h-rank, given to all players upon spawning in-game for the first time; simply a place to keep notes):

PLACE; idk bro, I’d do Finvarra’s Gardens/Level 10 except for the fact that I can’t stand that Finvarra piece of shit sooooooooooooooo............but if neddy thinks level 10 will be fine & finvarra will leave us alone, then i don’t see why not?

TIME; uh not before 12 pm do i look like a morning person??

GUESTS; anyone???¿¿??¿? could just copy paste an invite into obsidian food + koreaboo + other gcs i have tbh...how much will people kill me if i make a copy pasta w all the emojis like the cringey cancerous ones ppl spam into my fb messenger ?? lmfao

OUTFITS; maybe ill wear a dress lol. ok that’s a lie BUT who gives a shit; ppl can do what they want. i bet neddy could cop some flower crowns for us tho so at least we will be matching!!

OTHER LOGISTICS; neddy can be both me & jack’s maid of honor, haters back off & go fuck yourselves bc there are no wedding rules in this game >:(. since ace is the closet person i know to an official dev or w/e for gq & she left, maybe we could just get some rando to dress up all Official Like (TM) & officiate the ceremony lol

RECEPTION; wildflower meadows?

APPETIZERS; yue city’s fruit markets are pretty good but if i can find someone willing to hop into level 42 summer villa for me, we could get those oranges & lemons & whatever else they’re supposed to be growing there? also i hear 35 (enchanted forest & tatiania/titania lady whatever person) has some pretty rad berries but some of them are poisonous so......oops. but also! valley of monsters has some berry-like things too. will have to investigate further. [to be expanded]

SIDES; goddamn i really miss french fries & onion rings (maybe ophelia knows how to make smth similar?), & ofc i’ll need ketchup if we go w those. city of magic has this place that sells some pretty good bbq gryphon drumsticks & other skewers (the rat ones taste just like chicken!) so i’ll also hit that up. will need to make a lot of sauce & sriracha bc nothing in this fucking game has seasoning. will also have shish kabobs of all sorts hopefully. maybe a veggie platter for ppl who’re into that stuff? [to be expanded]

DRINKS; i mean, the usual honey wine/mead/ale that’s p cheap in yue city stores. could try to get morningstar to make me more ‘burnett’s potions’ again - or maybe something more bougie like grey goose??? but also not sure what she’d want in return, hmm. must think on it. for chasers, just fruit juice & cider & shit? kinda wish they had soda in this game. also, BOBA & starbucks fraps, i miss that so much! must try to find a substitute.

MAIN DISHES; i’m going to make a hotpot out of cauldrons and teapots and shit bc god fucking damn i miss that. i wonder if ophelia will know anything about where i can get, like cilantro + scallions + peanut sauce + other hotpot spices? then, need the stuff to go into the hotpot too ofc, im thinking all the raw meat strips (beef, lamb, whatever), all the usual veggies (do they have bokchoy in this game???), i dont think there’s any tofu which is a shame but i can def. get some mushrooms and sprouts and stuff. hmmm i might be able to hunt down a wyvern in one of the valley of monsters side-quests & have that roasting there too. kinda also want peking duck w/ that special sauce ngl. gotta ask around & try to see if other ppl have in-game substitutions for like, dumplings/potstickers & pho & kimbap & fried rice & pad thai & stuff, but if not then all the usual fantasy game food is fine - chicken potpies, stew, roasted swan, etc are all good no matter what. is there anyone who knows how to make tacos/mexican food/chipotle in this game??? [to be expanded]

DESSERTS; um, everything, basically. need to go stock up on sugar cubes for jack + order one of those fancy four-tiered cakes at the tearoom! is there a way to make those pies that have birds fly out of them when u cut it open? [to be expanded]

MUSIC; anyone, as long as they can play blackpink songs & the cha-cha slide & whatever else neddy wants. some other good songs to have will be: poker face by lady gaga, tik tok by kesha, party in the u.s.a, eminem (lose yourself AKA mom’s spaghetti song, real slim shady, rap god), god’s plan & sicko mode would be extra bonuses

PHOTOGRAPHER; literally anyone who’s willing to send me all the pics lmfao. if they’re at murias pass & not obsidian, maybe i can convince the ppl holing up over there to let this person thru when they get to it?

[will add more as i think of stuff!]

#writing #inferna story #just for fun ;D #vicky #inferna #fanfan & i dont know when/where this joke wedding would happen yet but if we want some small drama there w/ the other chars im totally down #hehehe #nothing is finalized though! im just procrastinating other shit #sq2

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