Good morning, world. It’s a new month, and it’s starting off with clouds. Shawshank has Pippin in his lap, Podrick is in a window, and “Dateline” is on the TV.
I spent yesterday in costume, from lunch time until I logged out of Chaturbate around 8pm. Shawshank started the bed-prep (draping solid color fleece sheets over the assortment of pillows and patchwork quilt) and moved an end table, I prepped some other cords. Between the two of us, I was ready to pop online as soon as he went to work. Since I’ve been doing longer “shifts” on Chaturbate, I haven’t been on TikTok nearly as much, so I loaded that up first. I did a clean stream for an hour, playing some Balatro and chatting with a few regulars who stopped in, and everyone loved the costume.
Most surprisingly, I stuck to my 1-hour limit on TikTok. I logged out and brought the ring light and tripod into the bedroom and set up everything. After a quick walk through the house to close all the curtains and make sure the outside lights were off – fuck the Trick or Treaters, just let me exist in solitude – I brought a couple of drinks and last minute things into the bedroom. I’m getting faster at setting up, I’m pretty sure I was logged into the next stream by 2:15pm. I cashed out about $33 when I logged off.
Today will probably be pretty much the same schedule. Shawshank is working tonight. I’d planned to do clown makeup today, but I’m not feeling it this morning. The way I figure it, I can have a nice casual day without a costume today, and I’ll save that energy for next week.
