Just a Gremlin

30-something, asexual, agender (she/they)

[fili-gremlin]

Welp, I woke up with a migraine and severe pain in my left wrist (among other joints, though the wrist is the worst). And now we're getting storms. So I'm almost certain now that the majority of my joint pain as of late is related to barometric pressure.

While I'm glad to have narrowed down a potential cause, this is also bullshit and I'd like to exchange this body for a new one. It should not be pulling this shit in response to weather already. I'm not even 40! This shouldn't start happening for at least 20 more years.

And tomorrow I'm taking Max in for his vaccinations cuz those are due. I hope my joints are feeling better tomorrow, cuz lifting a 40 lb corgi into my suv will not be fun if I'm still hurting.

On a more positive note, I pulled out the saucer chair to sit and watch documentaries today, and Frumpkin curled up with me for a while. It's like he knew I'm hurting and needed some cuddles. Of course, this was after he woke me up at 6:30 am meowing in my ear for attention, and refused to let me go back to sleep.

[northstarfan]

Choose Your Favorite Game From 10 Of My Favorites!

Tagged by @cacodaemonia! I think I'll put a few of my lower-profile faves in the spotlight. Tagging @prismatoxic, @iwritesometimes and anyone else who'd like to play.

Your Fave Is...

Romestead ("What if ancient Rome fell to the zombie apocalypse?" colony sim)

Dungeon Keeper (Micro-manage your dungeon of villains and monsters)

Lord of the Rings Online (19 years of exploring Middle Earth!)

Dorf Romantik (Chill landscape jigsaw puzzle thing)

None Shall Intrude (You play as a big, angry raid boss dragon)

Tyranny (Make the least-bad choices possible under a monstrous regime. Or not.)

Coral Island (Gorgeous SDV-like. You can play as a mermaid!)

Deck of Haunts (Malevolent, murderous haunted house deck builder)

Grimshire (Imagine Stardew Valley and The Animals of Farthing Wood had a baby)

Immortal Life (Now imagine Stardew Valley and a xaianxia drama had a baby 😁)

Remaining time: 1 hour 31 minutes

Screenshots under the cut:

Romestead

Dungeon Keeper

LOTRO

Dorf Romantik

None Shall Intrude

Tyranny

Coral Island

Deck of Haunts

Grimshire

Immortal Life

[bucketofdeltav]

So my beta reader for the Big Fics is an astrophysicist, right. Who is currently also writing a hard sci-fi novel about the exploration of Phobos (more power to them, I cannot with the physics required for that, best I can do is soft sci-fi/fantasy and that reminds me I should finish that story).

Anyway I was bitching about how hard it is to come up with feasible planets in Star Wars because sometimes you need a new planet from scratch and sometimes you need to know more about a planet than the 'has jungles, is probably a moon technically' than Wookieepedia will give you, and they're like 'oh yeah I can do something about that'.

So they've written (in Matlab but they swear it will run as a .exe as well and I may be conscripted to embed it as a web tool at some point) a star system generator.

You input what you know about the planet (ecosystem, population, sun colour, does it have liquid water, does it have a moon or moons, is it a moon or moons, temperature averages, atmosphere, you get me) and it will give you the... everything else about the star system, in obedience to real-universe physics. And if you input nothing you get a randomly generated star system.

And I’m like oh I know people who will be into this with a vengeance, and they're not on Tumblr, so this is me seeing who exactly would be keen on, and I cannot stress this enough, a real-physics comprehensive star system generator.

It's still in the debugging phase (last error fixed: every planet wants to have a population of exactly 5000 regardless of other factors, turned out to be a missing equals sign somewhere), but I'm psyched for this and trying to gauge interest for how high a priority 'make this an accessible web tool' needs to be.

[star-system-generator]

Reblogging to drag this project over here, this is killing my notes on main so I'm giving it its own URL. Follow over here for updates on the star system generator and only the star system generator, and not on my Star Wars bullshit.

Will go through and tag interested parties when things calm down below 100 notes an hour.

[fili-gremlin]

This is the best I've felt in a while. My pain is like actually at a tolerable level (still there but mostly ignorable unless I stretch anything too far). I didn't even sleep very well last night but I'm not super exhausted or fatigued. Just like...I could take a nap if I got the chance but I'm okay if I don't.

I am, however, absolutely starving today. No matter how much I eat, it's not enough. (So... probably my period. That's usually the only reason I'm this hungry, especially after taking my ADHD med.) Fortunately, it's a potluck day for my manager's birthday so there's a bunch of food and snacks. I'm on my third plate. Still hungry. (I am waiting between plates, just to give the food a chance to settle. But it doesnt seem to matter because it just feels like my stomach is an empty void.)

Okay, fourth plate now. We've got conchas. And they're delicious.

[fili-gremlin]

I got one page done in the project and discovered that there appears to be a duplicate entry, which will mean one less page for me to do right now.

There are two other people working on this, who have to do stuff before I can...and they both missed it. Good job, guys...

Well, at least that's one less thing for me to do. That means I only have one more page for the day. Woohoo.

[fili-gremlin]

Done with everything it's possible for me to do, so I can just take calls for a little while. Then in half an hour I have an hour to do some of my other trainings. (The ones not use until the end of the year. Another one was recently added. Yay.)

[fili-gremlin]

I got one page done in the project and discovered that there appears to be a duplicate entry, which will mean one less page for me to do right now.

There are two other people working on this, who have to do stuff before I can...and they both missed it. Good job, guys...

Well, at least that's one less thing for me to do. That means I only have one more page for the day. Woohoo.

[naamahdarling]

Catalog of Fancy's crimes! (Incomplete!)

Food Crimes: Bread vandalism (2x), drug-fueled strawberry theft, animal cracker pickpocketing.

Violence: Assault (ass-biting), assault (balloon-popping), assault (screamed at and hit an old man).

Destruction of Property: IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO KEYBOARD, puzzle ripping, art project demolition.

To be continued....

[naamahdarling]

Interference With Recreational Activity: pencil destruction, assorted dice crimes, mystery box obstruction, GM note shredding.

Biting Me: biting me.

Obstructing the Arts: paint-by-number disruption, unlawful occupation of coloring book.

DOUBTLESS MORE TO COME.

[next-crisis]

Magnus: obstruction of my gaming in order to obtain pettings.

[naamahdarling]

The softest of crimes! A confidence man! Look at that little face, my goodness, what a perfect criminal.

[colgatebluemintygel]

i dont even have guilty pleasures anymore i just like stuff and if people have a problem with that they can go fuck themselves

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

Oh man I can't believe I forgot. You know that post that was like "tell me what clothes you've bought because of a character" or whatever. I searched for ages to find an adequate white cable knit sweater because of Ransom's in knives out.

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

It's a good sweater

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

I'm putting this here bc I feel like it's information everyone needs. You can find it here.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I don't knit but that's hilarious because this looks like such a complicated pattern for a beginner

[disaster-possum]

Oh it is. There's at least three different styles of cabling. And more advanced cabling at that. That sweater would take me like a year to finish.

[crossedwithblue]

All the cabling is done the same way. You just need to read your knitting and keep track of which row you're on

[itspronouncedtessa]

No, but for real. Knitting is just loops. Cables? Spicy loops. Lace? Spicy loops. Color work? Multicolored spicy loops.

There are no levels in knitting, there are no exams to pass or goals to achieve before you can continue.

The Handsome Chris is a perfect beginner project. It's all one color, it's knit flat, you get to learn lots of new techniques all at once, but most of all it's engaging and you're working towards a goal you really like.

I would have impaled myself on my needles if I'd been forced to complete a Sophie scarf before I got to advance to something more "challenging" like a washcloth, or God forbid a ribbed hat.

My very first project was a self-drafted 11-strand intarsia double sided cable scarf, because I didn't know I wasn't allowed and that was what I wanted to make.

This attitude of mystifying certain fabrics as advanced really twists my stitches. I cannot do simple stockinette colorwork to save my life, but I can 3-color brioche without looking.

There are no levels in knitting.

Make that fucking Handsome Chris if you want to, it's a great sweater. Or start with the Sophie scarf if that's more your vibe. But don't ever think that knitting is hard.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

You sound like me telling a beginner crocheter "nah the alligator stitch is easy for a beginner, it's all just double crochets!" (a real thing I have said to people picking up a crochet hook for the first time). I'm not saying you can't start with a complicated stitch I'm saying it's very funny when people do.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#I mean. knitting and crochet both just build onto very basic stitches#once you know the basics it’s short work to do those ‘harder’ stitches#you just gotta practice them!

"Once you know the basics" is my point. Beginners do not know the basics. I am a beginner knitter and let me tell you we're doing shit like "trying to remember how to cast on", "not dropping too many stitches and going on without noticing if you can help it", "trying to figure out how to keep consistent tension so the width of the project doesn't keep changing", and "trying to remember the difference between a knit and a purl because at least a quarter of these stitches are definitely backwards".

[jmtorres]

[scooplery]

"it's just growing pains" -> "you're too young for that to hurt that bad" -> "you just need to get in better shape" -> "welcome to being old, everyone is in pain"

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I don't mean y'all, this just cracked me up, so I'm sharing it.

[litafordvsferrari]

that makes me curious

do you think you could beat up your blorbo in a fistfight if you had to

yes

no

nuance i guess?

Voting ended onJun 11

[fili-gremlin]

I am hurting so bad rn. I felt relatively okay this morning but as the day progressed my wrist and arm and back just got worse and worse.

At this point I have only weak grip in my left hand (partly because it hurts my wrist if I grip anything too hard and partly my hand just doesn't seem to wanna work very well). And the pain is just radiating.

I'm hungry but I'm too tired and in too much pain to go even heat up leftovers...I might just fall asleep on the couch, if the pain will let up enough for me to actually sleep.

[smallerontheoutside]

btw if you're on this site it is your duty to reblog any post that has been prophecied to reach 10k notes. let's all annoy op

[smallerontheoutside]

#this post deserves #10k notes #perchance.

ehh no actuallly it does not

[jestrogames]

Unfortunately for you, Tumblr is a site where the opinion least regarded on deserves notes is the original poster, sooo

@walmart-the-official

[smallerontheoutside]

well. it's been over a month and we're not even at 1k yet, so I think I'm safe. perhaps 😌

[smallerontheoutside]

....nate I'm really sorry I laughed at you for having posts with thousands of notes. don't do this to me

[fili-gremlin]

Well this is lovely. I was waiting on someone else for the extra project I was doing, and now I'm being rushed. But I can't get off the phones to do this, and I keep getting interrupted. The part I'm doing should take 15 minutes. It's been that and I've managed to do one thing in that part, because the phone won't stop ringing.

And we have people off the phones all day tomorrow so I can't get off then, either. It's not my fault I had to wait on someone else, but now I'm the one who has to rush. It pisses me off. So basically I'm probably going to have to give up my lunches and breaks to get this done because it's the busiest time of year.

Fuck management.

[fili-gremlin]

...so the whole reason I can't get off the phones right now is because someone is doing trainings. She's supposed to finish about now.

But I can see into her cubicle and she's on the same screen as she was 20 minutes ago (a quiz), while she messes around on her cell phone.

I can't get off the phones until she gets back on. And she's over there fucking around while I have a project I'm being rushed on and having to do while taking calls.

If I didn't need this job so badly...

[fili-gremlin]

She finally got on almost 20 minutes after she was supposed to be done.

I've managed to get 2 pages done of the project, which isn't bad given that each page takes the woman I'm helping about an hour.

Unfortunately there's still at least 2 or 3 left and I won't be able to get off the phones tomorrow. (2 or 3 if I'm not given more to work with by tomorrow.)

Im done for the day though. I leave in less than 10 minutes and everything hurts.

[fili-gremlin]

Okay, well, my manager was very happy and impressed how much I got done. So at least my hard work is acknowledged.

[fili-gremlin]

Well this is lovely. I was waiting on someone else for the extra project I was doing, and now I'm being rushed. But I can't get off the phones to do this, and I keep getting interrupted. The part I'm doing should take 15 minutes. It's been that and I've managed to do one thing in that part, because the phone won't stop ringing.

And we have people off the phones all day tomorrow so I can't get off then, either. It's not my fault I had to wait on someone else, but now I'm the one who has to rush. It pisses me off. So basically I'm probably going to have to give up my lunches and breaks to get this done because it's the busiest time of year.

Fuck management.

[fili-gremlin]

...so the whole reason I can't get off the phones right now is because someone is doing trainings. She's supposed to finish about now.

But I can see into her cubicle and she's on the same screen as she was 20 minutes ago (a quiz), while she messes around on her cell phone.

I can't get off the phones until she gets back on. And she's over there fucking around while I have a project I'm being rushed on and having to do while taking calls.

If I didn't need this job so badly...

[fili-gremlin]

She finally got on almost 20 minutes after she was supposed to be done.

I've managed to get 2 pages done of the project, which isn't bad given that each page takes the woman I'm helping about an hour.

Unfortunately there's still at least 2 or 3 left and I won't be able to get off the phones tomorrow. (2 or 3 if I'm not given more to work with by tomorrow.)

Im done for the day though. I leave in less than 10 minutes and everything hurts.

[fili-gremlin]

Well this is lovely. I was waiting on someone else for the extra project I was doing, and now I'm being rushed. But I can't get off the phones to do this, and I keep getting interrupted. The part I'm doing should take 15 minutes. It's been that and I've managed to do one thing in that part, because the phone won't stop ringing.

And we have people off the phones all day tomorrow so I can't get off then, either. It's not my fault I had to wait on someone else, but now I'm the one who has to rush. It pisses me off. So basically I'm probably going to have to give up my lunches and breaks to get this done because it's the busiest time of year.

Fuck management.

[fili-gremlin]

...so the whole reason I can't get off the phones right now is because someone is doing trainings. She's supposed to finish about now.

But I can see into her cubicle and she's on the same screen as she was 20 minutes ago (a quiz), while she messes around on her cell phone.

I can't get off the phones until she gets back on. And she's over there fucking around while I have a project I'm being rushed on and having to do while taking calls.

If I didn't need this job so badly...