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Chris said:
National Novel Writing Month. It is a challenge to write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. It's been around since 1999!

I've been participating annually since 2006 and volunteered with them 2017-2023.

If you fancy a good headache Google the NaNoWriMo 2023 controversy.
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Of course there was drama, I'm invested now.
 
If the Best Animated Film award existed 10 years prior to 2001, here would be the ten movies that would’ve won the Oscars before Shrek:
  • 1991 - Beauty and the Beast
  • 1992 - Aladdin
  • 1993 - The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • 1994 - The Lion King
  • 1995 - Toy Story
  • 1996 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • 1997 - Hercules
  • 1998 - Mulan
  • 1999 - Toy Story 2
  • 2000 - Chicken Run
The fact that Chicken Run failed to get a Best Picture nomination is why this award category exists in the first place, as Shrek 1 was the first movie to win this award.
 
The wait will finally be over tomorrow: Stardew Valley 1.6 on mobile and console is upon us. Rejoice, non-PC players 🥹 I'll be going in totally blind. But first, I'll continue playing on my current farm and get as much done as possible before starting a new one.

SV is at its best on a fresh save imo
 
I've never really been someone to commission art and I'm also not someone to make OCs, but as of late I've been thinking that I kind of want to commission art of a Halloqueen character for, like, avatars and signatures here on the forums. However, I'm not artistically inclined in anything other than writing so I don't even know how to come up with a concept for one.
 
Try watching the South Park movie from 1999, then watch all of South Park’s 20th season. Then try analyzing the differences.

When South Park changed over the years, they’ve gotten more realistic and less of a fantasy. From the movie, all of the “doom and gloom” (like Saddam Hussein and Satan taking over the world, a war against Canada over a movie, the censorship of a vulgar movie) is way too much of a fantasy and very laughable. In reality, Canada’s biggest industry is their logging or lumber industry, which doesn’t even take up 20% of their economy. The arrest of two comedians wouldn’t provoke a war. And why would a deceased dictator come back to life and haunt the world (not to mention, Saddam Hussein was just as much of a laughing stock as he’s evil in the movie)?

In stark contrast, the subject matter in South Park’s 20th season was serious and realistic, which makes it scarier than the movie. Cyberbullying is a real threat, especially if they went as extreme as Gerald did, but so is the invasion and leak of everyone’s private information (which is TrollTrace’s plan). And Lennart Bedrager, the CEO of TrollTrace, has no laughable or lovable qualities like their depiction of Saddam Hussein. With the exception of the fact that leaking everyone’s private info would start a world war (which is an exaggeration rather than reality), the idea of your private emails and messages being shared with others through third-party means is more realistic than a war over a movie (and is realistic and scary). And so are the consequences (like job losses, relationship strains, and assault from cyberbullying victims).

It doesn’t stop here. The other subplot from Season 20 was about the 2016 Election, which was ongoing at the time new episodes aired. While the Memberberries are a fantasy, their scheme, as well as how they portrayed Trump, was realistic, and we’ve seen what happened when Trump got elected.

So yeah, South Park’s 20th Season had some realism-induced horror and a more serious villain, while the movie was a poorly-written fantasy with distorted facts.
 
I used to think Maruki was just an okay character when I first played Persona 5 Royal; generally speaking I don’t like counselors or psychiatrists (just from personal experiences). But, I think can appreciate his character even more than before when I first played this game. He has a couple moments at least that I find funny. Still, hard to believe Billy is gone :/. He was really the friendliest voice actor, funny and kind. Such an amazing voice actor too; I really think he got the counselor vibes down perfectly!
 
SkyKnight03 said:
That said, I think the criticisms against The Black Cauldron are correct. It just isn't good.
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My only time seeing The Black Cauldron was when my uncle took me to see it in the theater when I was about 7 years old. Funny thing... I remember loving it, but I don't remember a thing about it! I am thinking it was more the experience of spending the afternoon with my uncle who I adored!

I wonder if I watched it again now, if I would be able to get through it.
 
Nintendo would send a cease and desist to a 4 year old for drawing a Mario hat on a stick figure or at a team of passionate artists recreating their favorite scenes in games.

But this is somehow ok. This site is being advertised on YouTube and they're wanting real money in exchange for items in the game. Is this even legal?!

...Of course not, pretty much against Nintendo's ToS.
Like there's plenty of people giving stuff away for free, don't waste your money on this.

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I feel like there are no goofy comedies anymore. The other night I watched Anchorman and couldn’t stop laughing. After it ended, I thought, I haven’t seen any recent trailers for a movie like that again. Like Step Brothers, School of Rock, Blades of Glory, Old School, or any Adam Sandler movie. Just flat-out funny and fast-paced movies, without deep storylines.

Maybe I’m just nostalgic, but it’s as if the genre is dying.
 
had a dream where my brother and I worked the same job, idk what the job was but in this instance we were just messing around a bit, albeit getting the job done. our supervisor was being very strict about it, and outright called us to tell us to get back to work. then someone said something interesting: if you have a boss who is very relaxed and simply gets the job done without putting everyone under his thumb, then you'll be happy working there, but if you have a boss who is a perfectionist and wants everything to be a very specific way, then you'll be stuck in the past and be miserable.

idk if that makes any sense but it's honestly an eye-opener to me. I appreciate supervisors who let workers do their job without being so strict and forceful. I've been dealing with this at my job a little, and I love my job but I'm usually the kind of person to push back a bit if I think something isn't right. I don't like to take things lying down.

sometimes I wish I could be a manager/supervisor, so that I could be that kind of person for others.
 
The ice cream kitty is a cute collectible.
Can we have a snow cone bear in the future? 🤩
On an unrelated random note, I feel like my tastes have been greatly changing. Is this part of hitting certain ages or is this something that happens throughout life even though you are an adult for a long time already?
Maybe it is just stress. Omg, I want many things to be plain and simple and spacious.
 
me: *wants to learn how to draw*
also me: *looks at art made by other, more talented people*
me again: *loses all will to learn how to draw, and my non-existent self confidence dies more*
(accurate representation of me whenever I see art. the best thing I can do is fanfiction LOL)
 
chocovelvetcake said:
I lowkey never had a crush on any celebrities or historical figures as a kid. I mean, I'd look at random pictures of them and go "wow, they're hot!", but I've never been attracted to them in any way or form.
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I was the opposite lol. I had crushes on a lot of guys I learned about in history, even the ones with only paintings— no photos. (I.e. Louis XVI. OKAY, he was not the best king, and some kids in my class made fun of him, but I found him much more attractive than other kings at the time. The eyes, the lips, the body!) I also liked the women in Baroque and even some ancient Greek vase paintings— I loved how soft and curvy they were. (Though my teacher pointed out that was the beauty standard back then, I was like, “Yeah, but that’s MY standard now, too!” 😜) The thicc Dionysus/Bacchus paintings were lovely too. As I got older, I realized…No wonder I liked art history so much!
 
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So… uh… my grade is a B in 4 out of 8 classes now… I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I have an A in everything else but half of them are B’s. I really just can’t do anything right I guess. As soon as my parents check them I think I’m just ****ed. Beyond that. Completely. 😓
 
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