Many small things makes a post

Okay cool.

I am proud of myself for updating my dailies sheet for the last few days. This means I've updated it every day for a month straight --which is even more impressive when you consider that I've only earned dice on 17/30 of those days. It's how I keep track of all sorts of life things that want tracking, so I'm really pleased with myself for not abandoning it on the days when I didn't do enough to earn a die so "why bother".

I'm also trying something for todo/email management. We'll see if it does any good. I have just under 14.5k unread emails in my inbox, so this will be...a lot. Maybe sometime this week I can do a big chunk of mass-archiving.

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In bell news, this weekend I hit another Cool Milestone by ringing as part of the first ever quarter of a new method! I did not ring as well as I would've liked, but luckily other band members were able to hold it together and help me get back on track. (as always, "thanks JohnS, you're the best")

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I did a non-zero amount of work on the weekend which is absolutely shocking. It's not progress, but it is catching up with stuff I *didn't* do on Friday and needed to. So...we're going in the correct direction, I guess?

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I'll put the request here as well as on Facebook: A friend of mine who has been going through some Tough Shit is looking for some D&D Spell Cards for her oldest child, who is currently also going through Tough Shit (and is in fact in-patient for mental health stuff at the moment, and no one is sure if they'll be out for Chrimbo). My friend will happily get some on Amazon, but wanted to know if I knew anyone who had extras, or ones they don't use. So if this is you, lemme know?

(Someone on Facebook asked "what class" and I don't know, but I'll try and find out tomorrow and update y'all when I know.)

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I dunno man. It's December 3rd, and that means I can have my brain back. Which is ludicrously bullshit, that one day I should be wrecked with trauma-memories and the next be basically fine. I wonder if there are ways to prevent this from happening next year? Blah.

Anyways, two years from now I'm gonna throw a huge party for finally reaching the age of my high school boyfriend, so plan to attend that.

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I love you, and hope you're doing well. <3

~Sor
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Dicember Day 0 - Index (again!)

*Observes that it is December 3rd*
*Puts on their sunglasses and YOLO swags around anyways*
*Immediately falls off their skateboard because I am fundamentally Not Cool*

Hey friends and foes! Y'all may recall that last year I did a super keen little project I called Dicember! I took photos all summer, and then throughout last fall, I wrote little descriptions and memories and vignettes and opinons about 31 of my sets of dice¹. It was pretty great, and I spent lots of time preparing for it so that I could just go wild in the actual month and post with basically no barriers.

...

So I did take photos this past summer! And then I completely ignored the very concept of Dicember until about November 26th when I abruptly remembered this was a project I wanted to work on. WHOOPS.

But! I have made the list! I have gathered the photos! I have written...well I've written three entries, which is good, because it's December 3rd. We'll see about getting the rest done as the month spirals out.

And like last year, I hope you enjoy seeing many many shiny pieces of plastic. I know I will!

( Index under here )

~Sor
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1: Then 134, now 215...ish...holy shit really? okay yeah wow cool. we cool. jegus.

Dicember Day 1 - Spider Dice

Dicember Day 1
Name: Spider Dice
(Obtained 2021 08. Manufacturer: Beholder's Gaze)



LET'S DO THIS THING!

And what better set of dice to start us off then a set of dice that _contain little dice within them_. Obviously I got this set for the Extremely Good spider d20, which I like quite a bit as a nice plain inclusion. But given that they couldn't fit that same size of spider into the rest of the set, they absolutely did the next best thing: d6s for everyone!

I especially like the extremely wee d6 inside the d4. In fact, zoom in time?



Ah yeah, that's the stuff!

~Sor
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Dicember Day 2 - Incandescent Fire

Dicember Day 2
Name: Incandescent: Fire
(Obtained 2022 12. Manufacturer: Dispel Dice)



This is a slightly awkward set of dice to write about, given that they were from a kickstarter that just after it closed, one of the two companies involved had a whoooole bunch of bad press about their explotative workshop practices. But! That was Wyrmwood gaming supplies, who make dice _boxes_ and not Dispel Dice, who make...dice. And to the best of my knowledge, did not know what was going on and have made a formal statement not to work with Wyrmwood again. So we cool, Dispel, we cool!

(Ah capitalism, why do you make everything so dreadfully difficult?)

Anyways, these were their Elemental collection, which had two variations for each colour -incandescent and iconic. Both were absolutely gorgeous and I am kicking myself that I accepted taking a photo of these when the sun was behind a cloud instead of demanding to see them crackle in direct sunlight. Things to remember for next year!

It's hard for me to get an orange I like (it's my favourite colour, but there's a more narrow band of shades I prefer than in greens) but this one is pretty close, and adding crinkly prismy sparkles inside something will go a long way to compensate!

~Sor
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Dicember Day 3 - Pink Death

Dicember Day 3
Name: Pink Death
(Obtained 2022 10 01. Manufacturer: Black Oak Workshop)



Black Oak Workshop is maybe most important in my personal lexicon for being the company that makes the Advent-ure calendars, which includes the one I've now refilled....eight times since the start of 2022. That's...that's actually pretty good! Completing 31 days of dailies every 90 days or so, I can live with that average? Especially considering I keep like, going to Pinewoods and not being able to do it for weeks at a time.

Anyways, this set is *not* from any of their calendars --and yes, though I keep refilling the one, I have purchased a few others over the years. This set is just...a different batch of theirs. And it's delightful! It featured as one of my all-pink-all-the-time sets when I packed dice to go see Barbie. It's pink! It's death! It's smooth as can be! Absolutely love it.

~Sor
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