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@Skylight Scintillate
@Silly Druid
@Cagey's OC Frostbite
@Dynamo PadThanks to Cagey for this amazing drawing, and to everyone, including our DM @Sycofear13, for the awesome Ponyfinder campaign!
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Dashie should have read the questions on the dating app and not filled them in randomly
Dating app: What's an attribute or body part that you get lots of compliments on?
Dashie: "Tap"
What is your favorite non-sexual way of being touched?
Dashie: "Tap"
What is something that turns you on that most people would be surprised to know about?
Dashie: "Tap"
From your answer we have found a 100% match!
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Writing is like drawing. I spend hours staring at what I've made, trying to figure out if it's balanced and symmetrical and dynamic, and then I can't even tell what I'm looking at.
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Sometimes I think to myself, What have I gotten myself into? when I think of everything I agreed to do. Yes, I'll go to X event, Y meeting, Z get-together; yeah, I'll read this fanfic and watch that TV show and play the video game I borrowed; of course I'll join a book club with you, of course I'll finish that piece I said I'd write. The lazy part of me wants to regret it all, but the rest of me is glad I have so much going on in my life with so many great people.
Current to-do list, so I have it written down somewhere:
- read next five chapters of that book
- draw a thing or two
- write (work) and write (fun)
- email people!
- finish the things I said I'd do
- go to things I said I'd go to
- call my cousin!
Phew.
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Life update, of sorts. I wrote a little (for fun) today, which is nice because I've had writer's block all month. I had a completely free afternoon today, which helped me hunker down and break free. Also, my mother got a new stove, replacing her broken one, so now everyone can cook there without issue. And lastly, I found myself some new boots. I wear rainboots everywhere outside of work (it's a bad habit, but they're comfortable), so it's nice to now have shoes that were actually meant for trekking everywhere.
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Had a… somewhat unpleasant experience at the store today. It’s the first time a stranger ever approached me and my partner about the apparent gender of our shopping preferences. (I wasn’t aware thrift shops had gender.) I… frankly had no idea how to respond, and we left as quickly as possible. Weird day.
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You'd think, with all the recent advances in technology, especially in the realm of wireless earbuds, that wired earbuds would no longer mysteriously stop working.
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Hopping on a plane in six hours.
In other news, I've been pretty busy this week -- helping sell a house is tough stuff -- but once I get back from this trip, I'll have time to draw and write again. Though I can't promise any more fanfiction for the Ponyfinder campaign. (In case you're not following, my poor foolish kirin got killed. I've never wanted to hug one of my own characters before now.)
I may end up doing an RP with @Props ValRoa and a few other people, though, in which the poor kirin will be alive. Maybe he can get hugs then. And maybe he'll be nicer to his friends.
Oh, and as a self-reminder, I want to sketch some more of our Ponyfinder group. I'd like to draw everyone at least once at some point.
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Belated New Years' Resolutions:
-finish writing the fimfic currently open on my computer (only about one more page left!)
-finish the work you've been putting off for the past six months
-read that book
-don't eat another whole box of macaroni and cheese
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Pre-New-Year's Resolutions:
- finish writing the fimfic that's been sitting on my computer since last year
- finish reading the book that I got last Christmas
- watch that show that I said I would watch this past summer
- make an effort to text a hello to at least one friend
- become more financially literate
- draw horse(s)
I don't know if I'll finish all these.
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And so, Thanksgiving comes to a close.
This was the first Thanksgiving where my family ate out at a restaurant, for a couple reasons (the care of bedridden family members being one of them). Organized by my parents, it included a handful of relatives who live in the area of our hometown -- uncles, cousins, cousins' babies, etc. Upon entering the restaurant, I was surprised to run into a couple of people I knew in high school, but I think I handled the interaction well.
Me: Hi, guys!! How are you?
Person 1: good
Person 2: [question about my life]?
Me: Yeah, actually [more specific info]. Do you guys work here?
Person 1: I do
Person 2: I don't
Me: Ok, well, great seeing you! Happy Thanksgiving!
It could've been way more awkward, and maybe it's optimistic, but I don't think they were disappointed to see me.
And then I went to dinner. By all accounts, it was a good dinner, even with a nosy family member asking when my sister's going to go on a date and when I'm going to marry my partner. Luckily, that's when a cousin showed up with a baby for everyone to pay attention to, so as my mother says, I was rescued.
It's Thanksgiving, so, speaking of her -- I'm thankful for my mother.
She's a good mother. A good daughter, too -- she spends a lot of time taking care of her father (one of the aforementioned bedridden people), and up until recently, her mother. (I mentioned to some people that there was a death in the family this week.)
My mother is strong -- quiet, but level-headed and unexpectedly funny. I don't know where I'd be without her -- where any of us would be without her.
There was a moment today where she sat down on her mother's walker, and I suddenly couldn't stop picturing her in ten, twenty years. Will she be as strong? Will I have to watch her carefully, making sure she isn't about to fall over? She almost fell today because of some fancy shoes. How many years will it take for that to be a regular thing? We talked about going skiing one of these winters, because she used to love skiing years ago; if we wait too long, she won't be able to do it. And what about her mind, her mental faculties?
I let a baby hold my hand today. A few hours later, I visited my grandfather, looked into his eyes, and didn't see any light.
I'm not particularly keen on ruminating over death and purpose, but it's something I couldn't help but think about today: how time really and truly flies. Those former classmates I encountered are living their own lives, looking so different than the twelve year olds I picture in my mind. They smiled at me, but they probably already forgot my name. It surely hasn't been that many years, has it?
So, time flies. In the blink of an eye, I might become my mother, my grandfather. I have a picture of him from 1952, traveling the world, smiling with light in his eyes.
The year is 2022. Maybe I should take a picture of myself.
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Wow, what an intense Thanksgiving day for this year. 2022 has certainly been an era of reflecting on many deeper aspects of our lives.
Reunions tend to be SUPER awkward even when they're mere friends from High School -- everyone involved tends to be uncomfortable because people tend to wish to match up to what they imagined things would be from way back then in their old PoV of things. But overall, the exchange was pleasant and cordial. Well done despite the unexpected encounter!
As for the deeper, family stuff. It's good that you write this down. It allows us to really put these thoughts into something more digestible that our emotions would otherwise unravel into something way too consuming....
Fingers crossed for you and we're here for you if you ever need any moral support
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Sry @Cagey it took me a while longer to come to your update :>
Like Silky that this was an intense experience. Im sure it was not easy to write this down and share with us. Yes, time flies. Life seems so quickly over. Maybe you should take some photos. At least you can show them then later or let them remind you of the times you have witnessed.
Yes, we are here for each other. So if you need moral support many people would share it gladly with you.
Stay strong
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I know I haven't been around a lot this year, for mostly unfixable website-related reasons, but I promise I'm fine and still popping in every now and again.
It's going to be a busy last few months of the year, with the holidays, birthdays, art, and writing I have to do.
SpoilerWriting is like knitting. You're making good time, and everything looks good, but suddenly before you know it, you've hit a tangled mess in your yarn and don't know how to resolve it.
Hope you're all well.
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Ah, forgot about the status bug.
I wrote a long paragraph, but listen, it doesn’t matter. Point is, I’m going through some upheaval in life now, so I just thought I’d say something about it here.
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I went to a funeral today, and I'm going to a baby's first birthday tomorrow. Such is life, I guess.
Equestria Daily's annual Newbie Artist Training Grounds is next month. I hope I have the time to draw for it; it would be a good excuse to draw more poni.
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...So is it true that this notifications bug isn't going to go away?
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Given the notification everyone is looking for still works, but appears to be merged into another setting, I fear it is not a "bug", and I wouldn't call it a "feature" either. It's just a small "change" at most. Maybe in their eyes that was just a minor change that was supposed to make the notification settings more plain and easier to navigate. Chances are they weren't aware it is so important for everyone here and simply didn't expect the massive impact such seemingly tiny change can cause.
In the changelog I cannot seem to find the mention of that exact change, but I did find something about fixing an issue with status updates taking long to post when having many followers and that made me wonder if this might be related. Perhaps they did that to fix a performance issue?
Well, let's hope they'll remaster the notification settings altogether, because there should be way more options than just the one everyone is mentioning right now.
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I've been working on genealogy with distant family members I met for the first time today. I don't know how I'm going to corroborate some of our notes, but I'll work on it tomorrow.
Anyway, this notifications bug has been going on for a while, huh?
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So I watched Make Your Mark. Not sure how I feel about it; there are a lot of things I feel like I still can’t judge properly yet.
I like Zipp being a detective.
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I haven't been keeping up here as much because of the notifications problem, but I'm still here, I promise.
Currently trying to stay spoiler-free from G5, but I'll try to get caught up this week.
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It just occurred to me that I never got myself a chocolate bunny this year.
I guess I know what I’m doing tomorrow.
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