This post brought to you by the abject horror of realizing I will need to figure out how to format my maps for my book when I publish.

Given real world events I decided this halloween event needed a change...

This is Lapis. She is obsessed with paper clips. Here she is inspecting my critique group papers for paper clips that she can try to take off with.

Feather stars are marine invertebrates related to starfish and sea urchins they are characterized by their feathery branching arms which they use to filter food particles from the water many species of feather stars are capable of swimming freely…

the cat that meows with "?" is getting me through today tbh

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 167: The weather in fiction is a lot more than just providing atmosphere. It determines what your characters wear, how they negotiate their world, how they feel, how they behave. Consider how it affects the light; the sounds and sensations; even the plot. It matters.

Cats when they sense you are doing literally anything productive:

Reasons to buy SA2B on steam: Extended Chao World adds Chao interactions and friendships. Just caught my Chao holding hands. <3

Mods are the best thing to happen to Sonic Adventure 2. Extended Chao World is the best. I'm so glad I was able to extract my chao from the Gamecube version and put them in this.

the Nintendo Switch 2 price sucks

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The opening to that one Terrible Writing Advice video just keeps being relevant. "Well, let's see what's going on in the world right now. Maybe I WON'T feel the need to escape reality today." (cut to real life) "...NOPE! BACK TO FANTASY LAND I GO!"

Reasons to get Sonic Adventure 2 on Steam: Chao World Extended and related mods.

That feeling when you want to run away to another country but you're disabled so nobody will take you.

All right, I'm done with reality. Anybody wanna invent a machine that lets us jump into anime universes?

A TV should NOT require an internet connection to function. I just want to play video games, not stream :/

*peeks outside* "They've fired the military's lawyers because, in their own words, 'they don't want any roadblocks" *slinks back inside and locks the door*

Action scenes are the worst kinds of scenes to write, I swear.

Oh to be a cat and be mesmerized by the sun reflecting off of a watch screen...

A PRIME example of how news stations are twisting the truth to keep you riled up and upset:

LOL I was NOT expecting a reference to that! Hello Kitty Island Adventure is off to a great start.

How I play ark survival evolved: Step 1: Get mod that lets me spawn in creatures at insane levels with insane stats. Step 2: Give self direwolf. Step 3: Profit.

I'm gonna have to find ways to post more often here. Maybe if I start posting about the games I'm playing. So therefore, I bring you... my favorite monster in Monster Sanctuary:

rip TV from 2016. They don't make 'em like you anymore. Composite, Component, HDMI, no smart features, just a basic TV for gaming.

White cheddar should be called undyed cheddar, because that's what it is.

Lapis and Autumn

Post your favorite Pokémon. Wrong answers only.

Had to make a little edit... (Look, I started the series with Yellow, okay?)

Caption this.

"VIDEO GAMES CAUSE VIOLENCE! WE SHOULD BE MAKING OUR CHILDREN READ MORE BOOKS!" The books:

Yesterday was a good day for writing. Rewrote a few scenes I needed to rewrite, finished a scene that had been left unfinished, went through and renamed a couple of characters whose names were too close, and fixed an error with character descriptions.

Starting to wonder if the US has gotten bad enough that I can claim asylum in another country...

"I'm not doing anything suspicious back here. I swear!"

Look guys, it's Porygon-Z!

Once again, the election results reinforces my belief that my vote does not matter. We had several hundred thousand people voting blue, but no, ALL of the electors went red.

Sometimes I think about how American Kirby is Hardcore hit Yellow version HARD:

I want to know which sadistic jerk at Game Freak decided that not only should Phanpy be a 5% encounter ONLY in the morning, but have a high chance of fleeing. I spent 2 hours trying to catch one in Crystal.

1 has already been answered with the previous meme: Pikachu. Although Litten almost ties with it.

I was tagged and told to post my favorite character. I don't know enough people to tag in response though, LOL

As an author, I want to share one of the most relatable lines I've ever seen a video game antagonist say.

Despite having a FunnyPlaying GBC display in my modded GBC, I can officially say I'm not too big a fan. The brightness setting doesn't go low enough for me to comfortably play in the bed at night. Also, I want a custom logo, like this:

Behold, the SpaceBoy Color. (If only I could alter the logo image...)

They blend in with the blanket but more kittens snuggling

Lapis (left) and Opal (right) "snuggling" in the cat tree.