Misc +++

[yuuago]

+ [Family] Went to visit relatives in Calgary. Hung out with cousins, saw the new baby, had a nice time. I haven't seen them since around 2019 - these were relatives who couldn't come to my brother's wedding - so it's been a while. Great trip, but I'm very glad to be home now.

+ [Fashion] Managed to find myself a winter coat while we were down in the Big City. High-quality one too, suitable for our extreme weather, at a fraction of the original price. It's kind of a relief - I was worried about replacing my old one because they're so expensive. (I could have worn the old one if I had to, but it's much too big for me now... I stuck with it last year and I was absolutely swimming in this big heavy thing, augh.)

+ [Books] Started reading Nona the Ninth, finally. I've been trying hard to avoid spoilers, though I suppose it wasn't necessary, because most of the time Locked Tomb spoilers sound nonsensical out of context. Enjoying it thoroughly so far, though I kind of wish I had re-read the previous novels first.

+ [Twitter/Plurk] I've seen lots of people looking for alternatives to Twitter. One of my mates wrote up a tumblr post suggesting Plurk. Plurk is a more obscure social site even though it has been around for a long time - it's based in Taiwan, and on the English-speaking side, I've only seen it used by Dreamwidth roleplayers. It's side-scrolling, chronological, and each conversation is rolled up into its own little box. You can take a look at my pal's Plurk to get a better idea of how it is visually (I'd link my own, but it's locked). Anyway, this one is very good if what you want is the equivalent to a personal Twitter that you use to talk to your friends.

Comments

[hokuton_punch]

I'm glad the trip went well! And that you could find a good new coat. ♥

I so, so badly need to read the Locked Tomb series... everything about it sounds so wild and relevant to my interests...

[yuuago]

<3

YES you need to read it! It's a very YMMV series (people seem to either love it or hate it) but I found it very fun, think it would be up your alley.

[wickedlittletown]

Back in the days when I was active in the journal RP side of dw, I had a plurk account as well. I really liked the site, and there were a few times, when I regretted deleting the account.
I always liked the simple UI and the fact that is is a lesser known website.

[yuuago]

In some ways there's definitely an advantage to it being a little obscure! Sometimes it's nice to have a quieter environment to talk to people.

[wickedlittletown]

That's one reason why I prefer to be here over so many others. Here it feels more like "home" and being with friends than on other, more busy sites.

Who knows maybe I will return to plurk. I used to follow some icon makers on there and it was great to be up to date with RP's even I doubt I will ever have the time to be heavily invested in writing RP.
I miss it a lot but all I could do is one or two posts per week and that is too less for most players.

[dhampyresa]

Congrats on the coat!

[yuuago]

<3 TY!

[bluapapilio]

Ahh I don't think I could ever get used to Plurk's format.

[yuuago]

Fair enough, it's kind of weird-looking compared to other sites! I also have no idea how it looks on mobile (probably very weird)