Posts made by Auspice

I.. have no idea why it would be doing this. nodebb is an ass. I'm afraid to poke it too hard with a stick. We might need to reload something. @Arkandel, thoughts?

@firepuff said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

That's why I'm afraid of instacart or the local chain's "curbside pickup" option. I've done Instacart once, and fortunately I was available to approve/deny swaps, but what if I wasn't?

What if there's allergies? My husband is allergic to chocolate. If the store doesn't have a good butter pecan ice cream, are they going to swap it to some caramel chocolate swirl? I could eat it, but my waistline says I shouldn't.

Just give it to me. >.>

@ortallus said in Random links:

@arkandel said in Random links:

Good read.

https://aeon.co/essays/why-is-pop-culture-obsessed-with-battles-between-good-and-evil

"pop-culture"? Shit, that story is as old as stories are. Iliad comes immediately to mind.

I see your Iliad and raise you Gilgamesh.

It's just what we do. Good vs evil, Hero's Journey, etc etc.
Stories follow a pattern. Break that pattern and it just doesn't really work.

Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. World, Man vs. Self.

The "evil" itself can be relative, but it's baked in somewhere.

@tributary said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@miss-demeanor said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@tributary And now I know you live south of the Mason-Dixon line. XD But yes. Publix always has ham. At least three types. Deli meat (sammiches), steak/boneless (for meals), and sausage/bacon (breakfast!).

They didn't have two of the brands of boneless ham I asked for, and rather than ask if I wanted deli ham instead (FUCKING YES), she just checked out. WITHOUT ANY FUCKING HAM. THE HAM MY HUSBAND WAS GOING TO EAT FOR DINNER TONIGHT, WHICH IS WHY WE GOT GROCERIES DELIVERED, THANKYOUVERYMUCH. AUGH!

I sometimes wonder if they just get lazy of looking for something tbh. At which point it's like... maybe this isn't the job for you?

@hedgehog said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@auspice

Oh, I try to do that, too.

Also doesn't help that Instacart just changed their 'how to contact me' procedures without sending out emails about it or anything, so since I had CALL ME as the option, it defaulted to 'no preference'. If you turn off SMS messages it defaults to 'no preference'. I'm Gen X. I prefer my land line to texting. I should be able to receive a damn phone call, y'know?

I want texts. I don't wanna talk to no one on the phone.

But yeah, I love/hate instacart. I mean, it's been great having no car, but when I have issues... My last big order never made it to me. I dunno if the person just handed it off to the wrong person (!!!!) or absconded with it, but it really sucked to have to wait a day to get my groceries re-delivered.

@hedgehog said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Fucking Instacart shoppers who keep texting my goddamn land line.

No, caramel pretzel yogurt is not a suitable replacement for the one my kid will actually eat. No, giant portobello caps are not the same thing as tiny criminis, and are not suitable for the recipes I needed the criminis for. If I ask for two packages of pretzel buns, because they come four to a package, I do not need two eight packs of shitty buns. A bottle of apple juice is not the same thing as juice boxes that go into lunches. Why would you even do that?

Part that really sucks is that it's rarely the driver delivering the order that has shopped it, so they can't do anything about it, and I don't want to short them on their tip because the in-store shopper was incapable of the task. The awesome boy who delivered my stuff should get the full goddamn twenty percent, not split it with the shopper. But really, Instacart should be paying people a livable fucking wage, and not basing it all on orders filled and speed of execution, and then trying to tack a dubious 'fee' on top of it that literally goes to none of the people doing any of the actual work.

I always sit down and really sift through my order to make notes, to mark things as 'Do not replace,' etc if I will not accept any substitutes, etc.
And I always zero out that fee and make sure I only do a tip.

But yeah, some of their shoppers are just terrible. I always make sure to email their support about the ones that are.

I want My Time At Portia, but broke right now. Hopefully no price jump before I have monies to spare (because man, I love Stardew Valley).

This helps explain why I couldn't get into Witcher 1 at all. It's just been gathering proverbial dust.

@jinshei said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@miss-demeanor said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@auspice I don't know if you have Meijer where you are, but they carry a specific Hanes sports bra that I have fallen in love with. This thing keeps up with me during 12 hour days, in a warehouse, without poking, stabbing, itching, pinching, binding, or chafing. It even stops that grungy feeling from it being too warm and getting sweaty. I'm already scouring local stores to find extras in my size.

I've yet to find a sports bra outside of Panache that can handle my 36HH self. :
(I also don't have Meijer; haven't since leaving Cincinnati region in '07.)

Look at the Bravissimo shop - although they are uk, they ship worldwide, and are decently priced. I'm an addict, never shop elsewhere any more.

I usually go through Breakout Bras. Their physical storefront was close to me when I lived in SC and the girls that worked there were always awesome.

@sockmonkey said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

@Auspice Sorry that you had to deal with that. Hopefully it wasn't a multi-day one and you're feeling better now.

Out of curiosity, what medication do you take for your migraines? My doctor has me on Topamax daily to reduce frequency and injectable sumatriptan for when I have a migraine.

150mg Topiramate (Topamax) - 50mg in the morning, 100mg at night.
I have sumatriptan to take when I get a migraine, but it has yet to actually ever help.

And I had another migraine hit last night and I've been in aftershocks today. I pretty much just want my days off (Mon/Tue) to be here so I can hide in bed.

@rnmissionrun said in The Music Tastes Thread!!!:

@auspice said in The Music Tastes Thread!!!:

Someone savor new Eels with me.

Too quiet!

This is more my type of music.

I listened to stuff like that about 15 years ago, but now it doesn't generally do much for me unless I'm in the right type of mood.

I do really enjoy things like this especially during my commute.

But I'm also really digging this new Eels track, too! Looking forward to the full album in April.

Someone savor new Eels with me.

@mr-johnson said in DC : Gods and Monsters MUX:

RAR OMG HOW DARE YOU NOT KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT COMICS @Bobotron

I'm Carmine Falcone, and I approve this message.

Except this guy. He's a dick. >.>

@bobotron said in DC : Gods and Monsters MUX:

@auspice

I did my +request. I'm like you, there's some media spinning together in my head (Smallville-inspired teen adventures rather than Superboy; StAS/JL/JLU-inspired 'world of cardboard, constantly suppressing his powers' Superman; everyman Christopher Reeve-inspired Clark Kent angle) since I don't religiously follow comics.

I don't religiously follow them, either. I generally find a character I like and learn a lot about them. And I think a lot of us are like that!

Thus far no one on the game has been a RAR OMG HOW DARE YOU NOT KNOW- etc. type. There's def. people who are savants, but they've been cool/helpful.

@bobotron said in DC : Gods and Monsters MUX:

@auspice

Well, I'm digging into the wiki now. With Clark open and a general conceptual idea of 'world of cardboard/everyman Christopher Reeve' Clark Kent in my head, I'm kinda leaning that way.

Staff posted a couple days ago that they're accepting +pitches via +request and I haven't seen anyone new on the bit (I'm guessing they're wanting it this way since we've had a few failed attempts now). I'd say if you get a good idea, make a temporary bit and hang out with us in the OOC Room!

I'm pageable on Zatanna or Caitlin if anyone wants to chat, but pretty much everyone there has been cool. Bruce knows the sheet system well, so anyone joining can probably find a great resource in him (it's just a system I'm not as confident in). And I'd be more than happy to help you research and throw around ideas if there's a character you might wanna play, but aren't sure about.

Since it's more-or-less a "year one" game, you can totally do your own take on a character so long as it's at least grounded in canon (like, don't go TOO off the rails, y'know?). My Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost is a bit CW and a lot my own take since the comic versions of her are so very two dimensional, but I wanted someone more confident than the CW Caitlin (sorry, dear, you're too mousey). My Zatanna is very inspired by Justice League: Dark and N52.

@miss-demeanor said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@auspice I don't know if you have Meijer where you are, but they carry a specific Hanes sports bra that I have fallen in love with. This thing keeps up with me during 12 hour days, in a warehouse, without poking, stabbing, itching, pinching, binding, or chafing. It even stops that grungy feeling from it being too warm and getting sweaty. I'm already scouring local stores to find extras in my size.

I've yet to find a sports bra outside of Panache that can handle my 36HH self. :
(I also don't have Meijer; haven't since leaving Cincinnati region in '07.)

migraine day. With the whole symptom suite.
Light sensitive.
Sound sensitive.
Nausea.
Vertigo.

I'm barely functional at work.
I'm glad my meds have cut back on the frequency of migraines, but I really just want to never get them.

Just repaired the daily workhorse 'doesn't suck to wear for 12 hours' bra for the 2nd time in as many weeks.

Might be time to retire her.

Someday I'll get to finish The Punisher.

@faceless said in The Music Tastes Thread!!!:

@auspice said in The Music Tastes Thread!!!:

Today's 'song stuck in my head:' We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt

I spent some of last week watching Generation Kill again. I definitely know how you feel with the whole 'song stuck in head' thing. I've had fucking Teenage Dirtbag stuck in my head as a result of one of the scenes in an episode, for a few days now.

It's not at all uncommon for me to wake up with a song in my head. 'Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt' was today's.