Hello, I am Io, and you have found my not-so-secret post-university diary/blog to try and document my attempt at living life! Good on you! ((Anything on here = not mine unless otherwise stated. Cuz I can't anything.))
Collection of lachrymatorys (or lachrymosas), these tear catchers or tear vials - sometimes worn on a necklace, sometimes merely held - were used to gather the tears wept by mourners at funerals, to hold the tears of people mourning the passing of loved ones. One type of lachrymosa had a special top which allowed the tears to evaporate (signifying the time to stop mourning), others had a sealed top to allow the tears to last for a year, at which point they would be poured on the grave of the person whom the tears were wept for, Victorian era, 19th Century.
Not a confession, Do you guys know if it is necessary to play Jaws of Hakkon and Descent before playing Tresspaser? I will eventually play all three, but I am much more interested in Tresspaser and want to know if playing them in order is important.
Playing Trespasser jumps the narrative forward in time, so it locks out all other content, including Jaws of Hakkon and The Descent. If you wanted to play the other DLC on the same world state, you’d have to reload a save from before starting Trespasser.
If you don’t mind doing that, then playing them in order isn’t important. But if you don’t want to reload a save, then Trespasser must be the final DLC you play on that world state.
Want to add to that question about the dlc, finishing both adds new dialogue and answers to some weird questions that would otherwise be just more questions and mysteries in Trespasser.
They gave an excellent example as well, but that’d be a pretty big spoiler. :)
The NaNoWriMo Success Series: Find Your Story in 3 Easy Steps
If you’re reading this, then you’ve made the decision that this year’s NaNoWriMo is going to be the best one yet. If you haven’t made this epic decision, here’s why you’ll change your mind and join over 3 billion authors to create like you’ve never created before.
The key to a productive NaNoWriMo is preparation. When you’re churning out thousands of words a day you need a plan if you want those words to make any sense. The more you know about your story before November 1st, the easier it’ll be to kick your writing into overdrive and finish a novel in a month.
Today we’ll tackle one of the most fun parts of NaNoWriMo: Choosing Your Story. This part is great because it’s where you let your imaginations run wild. You’ll push the boundaries, question all the possibilities, and be absolute space cadets as every moment in your head becomes consumed with the magic of your story. Let’s get started!
1. Find a reason to hang onto your motivation. It could be exam, financial, career or personal success. That is, there was a reason why you wanted to go for this goal.
2. Try and make it fun. Anything that’s boring is really hard to do – so find a way to make the task a bit more fun.
3. Try experimenting with a different approach. Doing things the way “we’re taught”, or in the most efficient way, may not be interesting or motivating.
4. Track your progress. If you feel you’re going nowhere, then you’ll lose your motivation. So, try and chart your progress so you see how much learned.
5. Reward yourself. This is one of the best ways to keep your motivation. Reward yourself for working – and for any progress made.
Eros: Loving the ideal of a person both physically and emotionally.
Ludos: A type of love that is played as a game or conquest. (Could result in many partners at one time.)
Storge: Love that stems from friendship over time.
And just like the colour wheel, these three styles of love, can be combined to create complimentary colours. Resulting in three secondary styles of love.
Mania: A combination of Eros and Ludos, Mania is a style of love that is obsessive. This includes emotional highs and lows, jealousy, and very possesive feelings.
Pragma: A combination of Ludos and Storge, Pragma is a love that is practical. Lovers go into a situation with the hopes of reaching their final goal. With results that are not limited too the thought of practicality and reality.
Agape: A combitation of Eros and Storge, Agape is a love that is all-encompassing and selfless. “True love”.
Read more @ http://www.psych2go.net/love-defining-the-passion/
Hey, it’s been a LONG while this time. Lots happened and it kind of kept me busy enough that I couldn’t keep up with this diary thing.
Mostly spent a lot of time with Iris before she left (June 24th) and also with Clarisse before she left for Disney World (June 19th I think). Didn't really get to hang with Miles before he left for Australia (June 18th?). But since then, they all left, Clarisse and Miles came back (25th and 26th) and I have since been helping out at home a lot (ish), hanging out with Momo and Clarisse. Went and saw Finding Dory on Tuesday and they came over to my grandparents house yesterday (where I am house/dog sitting) and we swam, ate watermelon, and had a bunch of fun.
Also been spending time with my grandparents (left on 27th) mom (who has been working but has her last day today), and Iliana (who went back to her home city on Sunday and will be back today).
As far as the job department goes, I am still unemployed. But! I have had two interviews this past week, had a different final interview last week, and I have high expectations that I should be hired by one of them pretty soon. At this point, it’s whoever gets back to me first, though my family really wants me to take one of them (a local grocery store) over the others for discounts. Though the jewelry place I applied at is where most of the jewelry my family wears comes from, so my mom really liked that interview.
I didn’t want to delete all that, but I think I have a job? Not sure. They asked that I bring in info for payment and what to have on my badge, plus I have orientation tomorrow and, after, will be going to do a lunch thing with Clarisse and Momo, maybe Miles.
Mom, Iliana and I had an early 4th of July dinner tonight, just the 3 of us, at a restaurant my mom had a gift card for. After, we went back home and relaxed, (I played on the PS4 and they slept). Now, I am back at my grandparents house, typing this up and reading about the Ilvermorny school. If I haven’t said before, my Hogwarts house is a Hufflepuff (confirmed twice), and I have been sorted into Pukwudgie for Ilvermorny. Iris is a Ravenclaw and hasn’t taken the Ilvermorny one since she is away. Momo was originally a Ravenclaw, but she retook the test yesterday and was sorted into Hufflepuff, and also a Pukwudgie. Clarisse took the test twice yesterday, getting Ravenclaw and then Hufflepuff (her original house and the one she settled on). She is also a Pukwudgie. Miles is normally a Hufflepuff, but could retake it again, and has yet to take the Ilvermorny one as far as I know.
((Music to One Week by Barenaked Ladies plays in background))
Hello, I’m Io (pause for the ‘hello Io’ from group) and it has been nine days since my last post. As I type this, I am in my last hour of June 13th and time marches on. I don’t mean to forget about this blog, but it’s said that in order to form a habit, you have to do it for 21 days straight, right? Or something like that. Well, I’ve never been good at habit-forming, so bear with me.
Last I typed, my sisters and I were clearing out my mom’s classroom. We finished that, as I think I mentioned in the post. Since then, our mom has bought a new 55″ LG HD TV, perfect for the PS4, and had spent a week cleaning this hellhole of a house for when the cable guys came for us to switch companies to a cheaper one. We also spent time at the House three times in the last 9 days. The first day (the 5th) was the last day we played D&D and got all our characters killed knocked unconscious and captured by our opponents, unsure of what to do next. The second and third time was mostly just Running Man and various other videos. Yesterday (third time), we played some lip reading games and it was a bunch of fun.
We have sent back Republique & the Digimon game Iris was playing so that we can hope to get Overwatch and Dragon Age: Inquisition before she leaves (in less than two weeks!) so she can play it while she still can before classes. I am also more than a week of being caffeine free. The headaches are murder, but my stomach is doing fine.
I haven’t been on my RP site is almost as long and I’m tempted to just drop it since I have so much else going on that I won’t have time for it anymore. Not that I ever had time for it, really. Just wishful thinking on that end. I’ve been listening to The Adventure Zone a lot while cleaning, sometimes having to stop completely from laughing so hard.
Besides all that, I’ve been trying to spend my evenings and nights job hunting, but so far, no luck. Fingers crossed!
That brings us to two final things to discuss: my plan, and my concern.
My plan, for those that either don’t know or don’t remember, was to get a job and start saving up for traveling to South Korea in order to teach English for a year, which is part of my goal to save up money for graduate school. Well, lately, I have been reconsidering that goal and reevaluating my options. My grandmother mentioned nursing school or teaching, but still unsure of what I should be doing. Everyone says, “do what makes you happy,” but I honestly don’t know what will make me happy. But I am becoming a bit of a mess with the idea of Iris leaving for 2 months, so I don’t know if living abroad for a year will be a good idea for me - I tend to take separation very hard. I mentioned this to Genesis, and though I was looking forward to the fun times we would have in Korea, I don’t know if I’m strong enough to be apart from my family that long. (I tend to wallow.)
As for the second topic, my concern, there has been some new information that has come to light. My friend Clarisse confided in me that she has a crush on Miles. She understands that it is likely a proximity crush since they live together and he’s a decent guy after all. She also said that she doesn’t plan to act on it since they live together (and I’m assuming because he’s Momo’s brother). But, either way, her interest in him has completely eliminated any possibility of me liking him. I am nothing if not extremely loyal to friends, so my instinctual reaction to finding that out was immediate disinterest, on top of my already neutral approach. There have been several things I have expressed with Genesis about, and I felt comfortable doing so since she doesn’t know any of these people and I know that what I share with her won’t impact her opinion of them if/when she meets them. Some of my issues, feelings, and thoughts might be addressed in another message
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