[Current Mood | drained ]

[Listening To | Pod making noise *again* ]

The day started with a bang: Podrick being launched off the bed and at the wall at about 4am. I don’t know what he did, maybe he jumped on Shawshank‘s legs or something while trying to reach me for the usual cuddles, but that’s how things started. Pod’s been active, which means he’s making noise, which means it hasn’t been a good morning.

Since we had a mini-vacation, I was determined that I’d be logged in and ready to stream on time yesterday. The replacement for my failing ring light came in on Friday, with loads more settings and options, and I expected to tinker a bit to find the “right” lighting. Fortunately, it didn’t take too long to find something that worked, and I was on at my regular time.

Stream went ok. I used the cell data for a while, then they throttled me and I had to switch to the wifi. My stream formats are pretty simple: I log in, I take the curlers out of my hair, and I start pulling/reading cards as people come in. The cards are still the cheater set I have, and while I’m definitely getting better at recognizing and reading them, I absolutely run on vibes.

I definitely don’t tell the dudes which card is for them, or what I’m doing. You come in, you get a card. Done. Sometimes I spice it up a bit. Card says they’re faced with a choice? Left hand or right. Card represents a loyal and devoted guy? Sounds like a simp to me. Signs point to a man ruled by logic and routine? Nope, sorry, looks like you’re a predictable, boring fuck.

I ended up streaming for about 5 hours. I’ve been making a point to take breaks every 90 minutes or so– long enough to pee, pet Podrick, and maybe take a couple of rips off the bong. Just getting up and walking helps more than anything, I think. Being able to put up the BRB screen and run off for 3-5 minutes is wonderful.

We’re off today, and we’re not leaving the house. Shawshank will do the laundry and make us brunch. Next week is going to be long.