My indoor plants are so lush, I'm having a hard time believing I'm the one with the green thumb. Who knew I had a talent for gardening! 🌱 It's actually a bit too lush, i'm running out of space under the grow lamps... maybe it's time to expand :o

Geoff The Hamster is still holding on to dear life, despite the tumour. He's such a fighter, and he gives me hope in these hopeless days. But I'm starting to feel bad, I dont want him to suffer. I guess as long as he's still got energy and eating it should be fine? 🥺

Welp looks like the flux cleaner still hasnt dried. When I plugged the laptop in, all the LEDs flashed once, then just death. Hopefully it's not permanent damage, and that time will let it dry and make it work again. 🤞 This happened to a mouse I repaired last year, and it worked fine after a week.

After many days without any spoons, I finally had it in me today to do The Big Repair. I used a heat gun to solder two new USB-C ports onto the laptop's motherboard. It *looks* perfect, but we'll see tomorrow. Gotta wait 24h for the flux cleaner to fully dry out, then testing it. 🤞

God damned Anet proved me wrong and went ahead and announced Guild Wars 3: AN MMO. I am not ready. I'm in shock lmao. I only started playing gw2 two years ago so this is very sudden for me. I JUST caught up to the story in gw2, too. Just wow. This is overwhelming.

I find it fascinating how NUTS are still some of the most yummy food we can eat. Humans started eating nuts millions of years before sushi and pizza was invented, and yet any time i taste a lightly salted cashew, it's like love all over again. You'd think our taste buds would be tired of nuts by now

You know you've reached independent adulthood when you receive an unexpected 250$ deposit from the Gov and the first thing you do is drop 120$ of that on a big grocery order to be delivered the same day. Or maybe that's just an indicator of a poo economy. Either way, I haz yummy snackies! 🍪

Still only been getting half the hours of sleep I usually need, and it's catching up to me. I still think it's the LDN I take to treat me/cfs, but my pharmacist thinks "it's all in your head", my psychiatrist refuses to change my meds, and I dont have a family Dr. I guess my only option is pain. 😩

The upstairs gal was being cheap and not sending her laptop to a repair shop, and it's been bugging me that I chickened out on repairing it... so I looked up videos, got all the tools needed, and hyped myself up to attempt the repair. Did half of it today, the rest tomorrow. Wish me luck. 🤞

Anet pls, I JUST said I need a break... but also this being announced by the gw2 account and not the anet account hints at it not being gw3? Tho a teaser for a reveal at gamefest sounds too big for a simple DLC. 🤔

After playing GW2 all day every day for 2 years, putting 5K hours into the game, doing the entire story chronologically, crafting some 25 legendaries, I feel like I've reached the end of that journey. I havent logged into gw2 in 3 days, and lost the drive to. IDK, maybe I just need a break.

OK, I think it's not a camera problem... it's my monitors. I took this pic on my Pixel 4, and on its screen it looks purple, but on both my laptop screen and gaming monitor it looks just blue. Does the RGB in these pictures look blue to you? or purple? and if it looks purple, on what monitor?

I tried an oldie point-and-shoot camera to see if it'd capture the purple from my gaming pc's rgb, but its still mostly just blue. I wonder if a Pixel phone would be able to capture this color better. I have an old pixel 4 somewhere, tho its unsupported now so oof.

It seems like 1mg of Natrex is the sweet spot to treat my ME/CFS, where it gives me decent energy, and I still sleep well. There's been lots of phone calls with my pharmacist to find the right dose, and it seems like we nailed it. The past two days have been great. Hoping it stays this way. 🤞

I got bored and with extra spoons today, so I messed around my Gaming PC's RGB and managed to sync all of it - including the keyboard - to a custom color, IN HARDWARE, so i dont need to keep any bloat RGB app running. 😎 🎄 🎮

I seem to be trapped in a "pick your poison" situation: The med I take to treat ME/CFS does give me more energy, but it also causes insomnia, so i'm still tired, just *differently*. There's really no winning against me/cfs. All we can do is tough it out and hope it gets better over the years.

A few years ago I dropped 300$ CAD on the most expensive pillow my local sleep boutique offered, but havent been using it cause it was too thick. So I sliced it in two 150$ pillows :o It's now perfect! Just the right thickness for me. We'll see how I sleep the next few nights :)

Wow this comes like a slap in the face. I havent even played Destiny 2 in a couple years, but it was my home for a few years, my main streamed game on Twitch, 3,300 hours of game time, some of which are the best memories I have of gaming with friends. Every good thing must come to an end, eh?

The upstairs gal actually mowed the lawn this week, and she was struggling with the mower, so I offered to do maintenance on it. Both plugs on the extention cord needed replacements, and the cord was cut in the middle, then i sharpened the blades and cleaned it. Hopefully this motivates her. 🤞

I showed these weapons to a friend and some random asshole went "lmao you made those on purpose? those are trash" Just fuel for my social anxiety head monster. That jerk turned a moment of pride into raw pain. Some parents really never bother raising their kids how to behave like decent humans uh?

It is a beautiful SUNday here in Montreal: clear blue sky and 25C. Feels like the first real day of summer after a frosty spring. Went for a walk, the park was PACKED, but it was great feeling warmth on my skin. 😎 🌞

After what feels like an age, I finally did it: I crafted TWO legendary weapons *at once* and acquired the "Twice-Told Legend" title! And now I get to dual-wield legendary pistols on both my Engineer and Guardian :D #Gaming #GW2 #GuildWars2

My dehumidifier made beeping sounds every time it would auto- turn on and off, which is a crime against humanity, so I did the only thing a hacker knows: I opened it up, and pulled the buzzer out. Finally, peace!

It's been SO COLD this spring, i still have the heating on, and the tulips are just now sprouting... in mid-May. As someone who has low blood circulation, my hands freeze when it's less than 20C. It's still around 10C these days. I want to feel the warmth again.

OK so it turns out these enterprise drives are LOUD AF, and solidly mounting them together and to the case was a bad idea. I can hear them in bed, even tho the NAS is in my living room. Imma need some rubber... do they sell rubber mounts on aliexpress? hhmmm.

My HomeLab NAS was using mixed size laptop drives that were so old Truenas was giving me errors. So it was time for an upgrade :D Got 4 Enterprise OEM drives off ebay, and built a bay for them. Now this is looking like a real NAS!

Just ran into another great cosplay in GW2, this time of Pink Panther! I swear there has to be a community of people who cosplay in gw2, cause I run into new ones every day.

Just ran into another great in-game cosplay in GW2: Winnie the Pooh! Again GW2 players keep on impressing me with their fashion cosplay skills.

Holy, I'm so tired today. The LDN I take to treat ME/CFS is in a water solution, and its only good for 30ish day. It's been 31 days today and it feels like I didnt take it at all this morning, it just doesnt work at all anymore. 😩 I have refills otw, gonna try storing it in the fridge from now on.

Posting that made me realize some of my rooting cuttings needed to be potted, so I got myself, and my house, dirty! 🌱 I potted the new cuttings into Miracle Gro soil, it's dryer than compost, so these desert plants might not rot out again. 🤞 #Gardening #Plants

My indoor plants are looking good! I've had these for a year now, rerooted half of them, and they are still going strong. It's my mini indoor jungle :D Feels good taking care of plants, keeping them healthy, making sure they thrive... feels like my children in a way. 🌱

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms, Pet Moms, and Mommies of Bksy! 🌹💝🫂 Hamster Moms totally count, right? 🐹

SHE SIGNED A CONTRACT. A CONTRACTOR IS LEGIT COMING OVER TO REDO THE ROOF. Ahem, it seems like my panic was 1 day early. Seems like she wasnt lying this time when she told me she was working on getting it fixed, earlier this week. Only took 2 years, but SHE FINALLY SIGNED A CONTRACT AAAAAAAAA. 🤩

Okay so i tried hanging two CDs right next to the bird feeder, only for ravens to clean the food within a day again. Any other idea on how to make my bird feeder less attractive to ravens? I want to see the cozy little birbs again, these ravens are violent. 😭

My landlord/roomate dropped 800$ on a couch today, meanwhile the house we both live in looks like this:

Geoff was being stinky, and we dont like stinky in this house, so I cleaned his cage and gave him fresh paper bedding so now he aint stinky anymore. 😀 First thing he did was have a sip. I just love seeing his tiny tongue poking the water. 🥺 #Hamsters #Pets #Petpics

Hey Birders, I need your help. Is there a way to make my bird feeder less attractive to ravens? Last year my feeder was buzzing with cute little colorful birbs but this year it's been taken over by violent ravens who scare the smol birbs away. 😭 #birds

It's the nicest of 4th of May, nice enough to go out without a coat, so I took this opportunity to go thrift shopping! I think I hit jackpot with a complete dvd trilogy of LOTR! And since ME/CFS puts me at high risk, I masked the whole time. It gave me peace of mind.

Happy Monday Gamers and May the Fourth be with you! It's weekly reset in GW2 which means lots of stuff to do. New season next week so it's time to start prepping for it :D Might place a buy order for mystic coins, I feel like they'll go up in price next week 🤔

I didnt know this DIY electronics kit contained a surface-mount chip until I opened it... but hey that's what these kits are for: Practice! I think it went well. :D Gonna see if this "fm radio" works when I finish, but my back hurts from all the leaning in and I need a break. #DIY #Making #Hacking

Lowered my ME/CFS med by half 2 days ago, and am already feeling better. Better enough to go for a walk by the lake, even. Slowly finding my peace back. It's only 10C today and the sky is angy, so it's still coat weather. 🧥 Still no leaves in our trees in May, it's been that cold.

@hankgreen.bsky.social thank you so much for standing up to doomerism. We've gotten to a point where playing martyr is "cool" and "in" and anyone who dares be happy is getting stones thrown at. People are desperatly wanting the whole world to burn down. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pTj...

I finally did it. I sent an email to a therapist. I was accepted by the Gov 1-2y ago for paid therapy, but i've been too SCARED to actually do it. The past month has been so rough tho, I need to do something. I cant live like this. Hopefully this therapist is a good match. 🤞

I needed a break from GW2 so I booted WuWa, and finally continued the story that I've been avoiding for ever. Finally unlocked Havoc Rover, and met my new little friend :D I changed my GW2 keybinds to match WuWa's months ago, so it felt great getting back in WuWa with the right muscle memory.

I'm starting to believe there's a loud minority of troll "gamers" who spend all their energy complaining against every game that comes out trying to make them fail. It's all doom and gloom for these cancel culture fanatics. Maybe I need to stop reading forums, and just play whatever i like.

So I did some digging then called my pharmacist to confirm and it turns out this new med I've been trying to treat ME/CFS has "irritability" and "mental depression" in its list of common side effects. Which would explain my extreme negative emotions the past month. Gonna try a lower dose. 🤞

Not the Norwegians formally calling out techbros for enshitificating everything they put their fingers on. Absolute gold cinema. 🤣

I needed a screen break, so I cleaned my workbench a little. I need a new project to give me purpose but i've been feeling too meh to come up with anything interesting. I really hope the landlady's hubby moving in means better house maintenance because I dont want to lose this cozy home I built. 🥺

Feels bad playing GW2 when Anet is actively killing the game. From excess free loot killing the in-game economy to "QOL" updates actually making the game worse, and never fixing game breaking bugs in old maps... yeah idk man :c Maybe it's time to move away from MMOs. I hear Parallel Gaming is fun?

The past month has been hard on my mental health. My relation with my landlord has been... not the best. I desperately wanna move out but i cant afford any other place, so i'm stuck here with this toxic landlord. Tried going on a walk, but cried the whole time. idk what to do. 😭💔