What Are You Happy About Today?

[Asarena]

There's been a spider living in my bathroom for a few weeks now. From what I can tell, after checking sites with lists of spiders in Kentucky, I believe she is a female dimorphic jumping spider. She's a cutie, and I can't help but smile when I see her~

 

[seliph]

i finally got a pair of crocs, my sore retail feet are so happy

now i need jibbits

 

[Dunquixote]

Today I had another fun Among Us session; I had more connection issues tonight though. I’m really grateful for everyone’s patience .

I was able to order the new Mario Party instead of waiting until Christmas .

I got another ex card last night (Moltres) in the pokemon tcg app; I got it from a wonder pick .

My first campsite visitor in ACNH was Rodney ; I’ve been interested in him ever since I found a Rodney appreciation thread on here. I am close to paying off my loan too .

I’m happy about the TBT anniversary event ; I’m excited about the gaming sessions, particularly Among Us and Mario Party. I’m glad this will be a more chill event since I’m still incredibly burnt out from the fair and halloween events .

I finished the first palace in Persona 5 last night and am making good progress . I was able to fuse a persona with enough luck to get a decent amount of money using the confusion trick in Mementos; I always loved doing this.

 

[.: Meri :.]

☾ I beat the Rustboro and Dewford Gyms in Pokémon Omega Ruby today!!

☾ Caught up on some of ImpulseSV’s recent Phasmophobia streams and watched some other stuff on Youtube too!

☾ Found some official art of one of my faves in nice quality let’s gooooo

☾ I played in the Among Us session again this evening!! ;v; Also super happy about TBT Neighborly Games making a comeback with its own forum section and everything!

☾ For the most part, I got to just relax today for the first time in a while, and it was really nice and peaceful and very much needed ;u;

 

[Dim]

I got paid today! I picked up my copy of Mario & Luigi Brothership! I got the duo key chain, and managed to take the price down by almost half with rewards.

It's also cooled down today, thank goodness. I did some more exercising today since I was sick in bed this week. I also had a pretty good session with my therapist, much better than last time. I finished my day by making chicken salad that should get me through lunch the next 3 days.

 

[Shellzilla_515]

I haven't been on TBT for a few weeks until recently due to a hiatus. However, I got a bunch of happy stuff to recap, so feel free to skim through these points! It'll be a while. And another late night post yaaaaaaay.

Latter half of October

Spoiler: Some points

• Feel free to skip this point. One day, I was making a trip to the grocery store. While finding a parking spot which was packed in the first place, I was VERY surprised to spot a first-generation Acura NSX thanks to its distinct taillights! I couldn't believe it considering how a lot of people in the area are uh, reckless at driving. The owner of the NSX is pretty daring to park their car in a full lot. However, I wouldn't consider this an addition to my identified cars list since it's identical to the Honda NSX I saw back in mid-June. Aside from the badge (Acura is the luxury brand of Honda for those who don't know), they're the exact same car.

• A weird point, but my fridge broke down one day which resulted in me having to throw out the food since they've gone bad. As a person who doesn't like wasting food, it made me REALLY sad. Despite that, I looked up potential problems and the symptoms it may have (I heard clicking noises). After spending most of the morning watching videos and a bit of diagnosing, it turns out the start relay to turn on the compressor went bad. It wasn't until a few days later that the part arrived, so when my dad put in the new part, the fridge finally started working again! Never have I been so happy to feel my fridge blowing cold air again and hearing the compressor running lol. Waaaaaaay better spending $14 (plus tax) for a part than spending at least $1,600 for a brand new fridge!

• One of my coworkers played a compilation of Japanese city pop music in the background a few times at work and it's such a vibe. It gives me the same feeling of finding a gold mine of good music like when I was listening to Japanese jazz fusion music a couple of years ago. Not entirely sure if it's against the forum rules on here to link songs that aren't in English, but oh my goodness definitely do give Plastic Love by Mariya Takeuchi and Stay With Me by Miki Matsubara a listen. Makes me wanna drive in quiet city streets at night.

• I bought DLC for Ace Combat 7 - Skies Unknown which contained three planes and three missions. Long story short, I enjoyed what it had to offer even with a huge spike in challenge despite being in normal difficulty (my gosh, how will I manage on Ace difficulty lol).

• The trailer was initially revealed over a month ago, but I was pleasantly surprised that there will be another Wallace & Gromit movie releasing early next year! I really liked the older films such as The Wrong Trousers, so I wonder what Feathers McGraw will be up to.

• I've been getting around to using Inkscape again to make some decals to put on a couple of cars in Gran Turismo 7! It's been a while since I last made a livery in the game and it always makes me happy.

Spoiler: It's a Hotwheels!

Since the McLaren F1 GTR exists in the game, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to recreate the livery. It took me quite a while to not only get the decals right, but also flow along the body lines of the car. And it's not very often that the colour pink gets used, so I absolutely dig the design.

Spoiler: Bonus feel good number

515 hehehe.

November 7, 2024

• It's from yesterday, but it still made me happy I had a really good chat with @Midoriya. Definitely a based friend for the past six years hahaha.
• I have the day off today. Since my schedule was switched up this week, I actually have another day off tomorrow meaning I get to relax even more without having to stress waking up very early.
• Even though I didn't go somewhere today, it felt pretty nice looking out the window seeing clear sunny skies.
• I folded some laundry.
• I watched the race replay of the 2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix! The rainy weather made for an interesting race with some drivers making errors and crashing out (with Max Verstappen finally getting a win since June lol). I was pleasantly surprised that Alpine got two of their cars on the podium considering they had a really poor showing this season. Seeing smiles all around from that team makes me happy even though I don't really cheer them on.
• Prepped ingredients for my mother so she can cook Chicken Stir Fry. This goes on without saying, but it's delicious like usual!
• Played Gran Turismo 7 and finished recreating yet another Hotwheels livery. The catch is, I don't personally have it, but @xSuperMario64x (Bug) does!

Spoiler: It's a Sambabus

What's amazing is that it combines two things that Bug really likes: Super Mario and classic Volkswagens! I've had to painstakingly trace the official artwork of Super Mario World in Inkscape since there weren't any user generated decals for it, but the effort was well worth it and very satisfying! His reference photos helped a lot!

The other side had a different artwork, so I traced that too lol.

Spoiler: Bonus photos

A brick going almost 200 km/h. Wonderful!

Who will win the staring contest?

• I had a really good chat with Bug as well, especially since he got around to playing Gran Turismo 3 again! One of the highlights was that he golded one of the licence tests... On his first try... With my dream car that was used for that test! I'll have to watch my back or else I'd be done for lol.

Spoiler: What happened in discord

• I'll have to take a closer look next time, but happy 20th birthday, TBT! I'll definitely try to participate in this mini event whenever I can. It's an important milestone to celebrate considering forums in general are slowly dying or straight up disappearing on the internet.
• Feel free to skip this lengthy point. While it initially happened over a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to save this point for last. Guys, I got some good news... After roughly three and a half years of spotting cars since mid 2021, I'm happy to report that I spotted my 250th unique car to add to the list while heading home from work one day (it's not European shockingly). And what a wonderful way to mark this milestone because it so happens to appear in the North American box cover of Gran Turismo 3... The game that truly kickstarted my passion for cars. That car in question is an Acura 3.2 CL Type S! After being baited by Acura 3.2 TLs numerous times (especially their taillights), I got a couple of real life pictures to back it up!

Spoiler: The Acura!

I got an angle from the front and here's a side by side comparison of the real 3.2 CL Type S (left) and the one in game. Apparently, the Sundace Gold colour scheme you see here is pretty rare with only 900 existing according to a couple of sources, so not only was I treated with this Acura, but the amazing colour as well! Since it's one of the many cars in the series that's never seen the light of day being remastered in modern graphics, it's quite jarring to see some of the details being textures and/or pixelated to the oblivion lol. But mind you, Gran Turismo 3 came out in 2001, so the huge leap in graphics were impressive for its time! Credit goes to Bug for the in-game photo!

It first caught my attention when I saw the back of this car. The red 'S' is one thing, but its taillights is another. I gasped and almost wanted to tear up when I got closer. In the game cover, it's colour blue and has a rear wing but is the exact same car aside from that. Again, take a good look at the taillights!

For people who still have doubts that it's the cover car of the game, the physical game manual (remember when they used to do that?) has a credits section where the devs thanked Honda for being able to use the Acura 3.2 CL Type S. Again, credit goes to Bug for the photo.