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   I spent way too much money on genshin impact, and some shit hit the fan last week hnng don't judge me pls i'm grieving and this is how i cope ok

Homdray yelled at me for not uploading on friday lololol.

Well. My grief is with school. Studies have been brought to a complete halt because of covid-19, and there won't be a spring semester for my field. I'm mostly annoyed at myself for being so uptight making sure all the paperwork was finished- only to be met with this giant wall of.... other peoples' complete disregard for the seriousness of this pandemic.

The good news is there's something I can focus on that'll still apply to my major. Smaller scale, but still applicable. A small solace if tHEY EVER RETURN MY EMAIL.

So, in my grief, I dropped a uh.... significant amount of currency... in genshin impact.. and uh. I felt better LOL. SO IT'S WORTH IT. New content out today omg. I didn't get who I wanted, but got other peeps who are cool so... it's fine. I guess.

She's so cute omg ONE DAY. I WILL HAVE YOU
T_T it makes me so sad seeing a ton of videos on le youtoom with her and I'm just here... without her

waaaah u_u

But... I got Diluc and Ningguang.
Diluc is dope, I'm wrecking everything with him. Was using Bennett before. I say this as if any of my friends are playing this as hard as me. Sigh.

Probably just me being salty but..

I have this crazy conspiracy theory that people who have recording software actively running on their machines somehow benefit from the RNG algorithm of Genshin's wish pulls. Like, Genshin is coded to be completely RNG, unless you have recording/streaming software running, which boosts the percentage of A or S tier items and characters to drop. Because if people are showing this, on a free game, it encourages other people to play it. Providing the developers more sales potentials. So if there was in fact some kind of coding that syncs up or reads streaming software, it would make sense to reward players by upping their chances to pull rare drops.

But that's just my conspiracy theory. Big reach on my end. I say this because to me, it feels like games now are being designed for streaming. Which... doesn't apply to me because I don't stream, nor do I watch streamers.

Salt = conspiracy theory

I just want Qiqi lmao

omg her voice is so cute. I'm currently playing the game with Chinese VO, but listened to her in Japanese and English. And... my detail oriented nature came out.. after hearing all the characters in various languages. So I have to talk about it.

English voice actors tend to talk in falsetto for certain female/youth characters as opposed to the natural higher pitched chest voice Asian language VOs provide. It's almost singy-songy, because I guess English VOs don't generally have higher pitched natural voices.
The falsetto drills my ear drums. I hear a huge difference that distracts me.
That's not the case with all characters, just some- but sometimes it's enough to sway me to go with one version over the other.
That sucks, specifically because 2 of my closest friends are English VOs. But for as long as I've known them, they don't come across to me as peeps who would take a part that's not suited to their voice/talent. Cuz they're dope.

But yeah. That falsetto thing isn't something I noticed recently... just something that always come back up when I hear a dub and could never really understand like... why... sometimes something sounds.. not natural... or it doesn't flow as good? Y'know? It's the falsetto shit. At least with female characters. No one talks in falsetto. Unless you're in a musical. Then I guess... yeah. ANYWAY YEAH. THAT.

One more weeb thing. My manga finally arrived!

Been reading this online over the last few months as the artist gradually releases volumes. It's ongoing currently, but only in Japan. But an English version was finally printed and released earlier this month. Aaaand best way to support the artist is to buy merch.
This is the CUTEST slice of life I've ever read. It's this girl, and she can see ghosts. But she can't let it be known that she sees them or they could attach themselves to her or hurt her. So she just goes about her life as normal as she can, but it's hard because the ghosts show up and sometimes they're extra yucky. IT'S SO CUTE. And like... other characters and stuff happen or whatever but omggggg I love iiiiiitttt so much hnnnnnnnnggggg.

Yeah.

WELLY WELL WELL. Last week, we hosted a dear visitor for a night. Who arrived with a lovely engagement gift for Chicken and myself uwu

(spoiler: we got engaged like, a week and half ago)

So sweet!
What better way to have champagne than to chill it in a huge kimchi container of ice

Our dear guest was none other than Brudda Lifa!
His work requires travel. And for a send off, we were more than happy to host him.

I know Lifa was happy. It's like he split in two when Bruddah Lifa visits. Funniest shit in the universe- they mirror each other and make the same exclamations and sounds. They're like two German Shepards you just wanna protecc forever

T'was a good eve. TOo good.

We showed him the ways of Villainous, and... taking a whisky shot every time you got Fated

(Fate is an action that allows you to play one card from an opponent's Fate deck to any unlocked location in their Realm. By taking a Fate action, you can disrupt an opponent's progress)

SO HAPPY LOVE.
WE MUST PROTECC THE HAPPY, GENTLE GERMAN SHEPARD

The following day;

Lifa and Chicken spent most of the day tending to the 587698237lb brisket they were smoking.
Bruddah Lifa slept, Homdray probably harassed them in between Hades games, and I skulked in my room, rotting, wasting away on Genshin Impact. Similar to how today will be.

I can't say what, but Homdray has to do a thing, and we're gonna be on the other side snickering and giggling and cackling like trolls the entire time looooooooooooooolololllloloooooooooooo

Since it was a nice day/evening, the German Shepards suggested we go out and play ball before it got dark. So play ball we did!

Aside from gym class, I've never thrown a football, or really had one thrown at me for leisure, outside of being forced into it. It was fun!

Except for the part where I cut my hand with my own nail, trying to catch the football. But I suspect this injury isn't a common one amongst this sport.

Womp womp

Cynth, how tf do you cut your hand with your own nail?
Like this:

Probably not the best idea to catch footballs with long nails. Past Cynth lacked foresight. Thankfully, I can pass this intel to future Cynth, who I trust, kind of, will not repeat the same mistake.

Didn't think the PS5 would have a blue screen of death- but here we are!
(It was blue before this one popped up)

DA GERMAN SHEPARDS, AWWWW

When we got home, it was time.

They let the brisket rest for a while... and then it was like... Thanksgiving and Christmas at the same time. Unwrapping that thing... man. The house smelled incredible

This was a 12 hour smoke. The first one he did was a 10ish. It was concluded that 10 hours is the sweet spot for a juicier, more tender result. But this brisket was also pretty damn godlike.

MMPF
*chef's kissu*

A hearty feast for friendos. This could've been our Thanksgiving meal honestly lol. We were stuffed and hadn't even finished half of what we had. I gained 2 lbs LOL. So gooooood. And so many leftovers. But we got stuff for thanksgiving.

Aside from the crappy news with school, life is good, man. Simple pleasures.

Also... Fool's Idol boss in Demon's Souls is really cute and I wanna cosplay her.

I love her.
It's me. Reading Meiruko-chan
hnnnngg.

Shadowlands launches today. That's important, because my friend has worked on that title, and he will continue to be working on it throughout Thanksgiving. I probably won't play it until he gets to. Idk. I haven't done any of the pre-patch stuff. Kinda salty about not getting the mounts/pets I wanted from previous content lol. But it looks cool.

I gotta finish my Genshin stuff first tho loolol

Signing off. With happy vibes.
The goodest, chillest vibes! With lots of yummy loves and friendly reminder to wear a mask you fucks
:)
Thanksgiving is huge, and while many (including myself) aren't able to share this time with their families, it's important to remember that while doing so, you're preventing your loved ones from the risk of being exposed to something that could really hurt them in the long run. I miss my family so much. But they're vulnerable, and putting myself on a plane and walking into their home after the fact is incredibly dangerous. So. with that said. I hope everyone stays safe and remembers all of the good people and things that crossed your paths up to this Thanksgiving, including the health of your loved ones. May it continue, and overcome the lamenting shitshow that is this pandemic.

K BYE