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Hello, world. Let’s do Saturday, shall we? I got out of bed early because Podrick was causing things to go *thunk* in the living room and I had to make sure he wasn’t into anything really bad. Once I confirmed he wasn’t, I planned to get back under the covers, but Shawshank was out of bed when I went back into the bedroom.
Last night’s shift was slow, but with a steadier flow of viewers than they have been lately. In the lulls, I tried to go through all the things I’ve messed with to see if there is anything that could have really fucked things up for me. Like, honest assessments. Am I not good at this? Too fat? Too old? The biggest things I could come up with are:
- an irregular streaming schedule, where I was offline for ~3 weeks, came back for a few shifts, then left for another week
- the psychic hotline shtick
I can’t help the schedule, really. Shawshank‘s schedule was borked and he had four straight days off, so I had four days off. I’m not sure how much, if at all, the regularity of my schedule affects placement in the algorithm, or if the “have a regular schedule” is more so that followers know when they can find you. Regardless, I’m still showing up on time, and staying online through the slow shit.
The bigger change has been the overall room theme, going from a simple “weird chick on her bed” to “lost psychic hotline TV signal”. I love it. I adore the idea of it, I love the vibe, and I have so much fun making the scrolling text crawls on the bottom of the screen. However….. I’m a half a century old bog witch, and my fans are barely out of the education system. My fans don’t get the vibe because they weren’t there for it. On top of that, I spent more time looking at the cards than I did my camera, which doesn’t exactly show an inviting room.
Last night, I started testing out something else that offers the opportunity to keep talking. It’s simple, just a very simple game, but it is very outside my wheelhouse of knowledge and experience. It requires a decent amount of improv out of me, but more than that, I have to put myself into a completely different mindset. Like, we’re talking the complete opposite of how I am. A complete 180°.
To my surprise, I had a fucking blast with it. By the end of my shift, I had made up some very simple rules. By the time Shawshank came home, I’d made a new overlay for my screen with how to play. Come Sunday, I’ll have the new overlay in place and be ready to experiment some more.
