Lost Whyspers

I finally got around to adding an AI bot called Midjourney to my private Discord server and setting it up. I tested it with the prompt "fate saber celebrating christmas" and got the above image after a couple upscales. I'm looking forward to testing out some other images. 🙂

Project PP almost complete Mostly went smoothly Small hiccup discovered afterwards, but correctable Still need to wait for final results Need to focus on Project AP now Some parts are confusing Many steps involved, going to be stressful Need to rely on someone frustrating to work with Joined 2nd Secret Palpatine game on FoL Hiring SM on Fiverr to make FoL Archive searchable Google, Yandex, and Bing have all given disappointing results SM is moving everything into a database

Lots to get done this week Working on preparing better Feeling so old as I get closer and closer to 40 Feel like I'm running out of time Joined FM game on FoL Been feeling like joining a game for awhile Not many backups needed recently Thought I should join this game based on an anime Didn't think any other upcoming ones looked as enjoyable Set up custom search engine for FoL Archive through Yandex FoL Search Guy on Fiverr had mentioned Yandex So far Yandex indexing pages better than Google Easier settings for customizing things Also tried Bing search console again Looks like it might work better than before Watched Chrissy from Against The Current on Twitch some more chrissyofficial She started playing Lost Ark, which released recently Really wish I could play that MMO Avoiding doing so since I know it would require lots of time

Looked into Vassal Open-source game engine for building and playing board/card games Lots of modules for real games Found ones for Betrayal at House on the Hill and Gloomhaven Looks easier to use than Tabletop Simulator Looks better for using to host games Easier to export images of board Realized I could possibly use Vassal to implement Forum Battle Royale ! Could be used as tool for hosting and running turns Not sure how much work that would be Having trouble focusing Trying to do little things Trying to eliminate unnecessary things Heard about book called  Four Thousand Weeks Want to read it soon Sounds like something I need

Getting back to basics with bullet journaling Crazy busy, so... Haha, just got interrupted even writing that previous sentence 🙂 BotF game on FoL had host issue, so needs to be reranded Osie contacted me about making static backup for Mafia Colosseum We investigate getting files directly from hosting account Unfortunately threads aren't available Contacted guy on Fiverr again Started reading Children of the Nameless by Brandon Sanderson Part of Magic: The Gathering Already gripped me within 1st couple pages Thinking about dropping Re:ZERO Vol. 2 Chinese New Year coming up next week Hoping everything goes well Proud of myself for keeping up with Duolingo for Chinese learning Ashamed I haven't progressed further in Chinese though

Continuing to play Mobile Legends Realized that playing might be helping my mood recently Usually only play 1 or 2 games a day Enough to keep me satisfied and use it as an outlet for energy I guess Chatted with Vulgard about ML Thought about how if I work on Forum Moba, might consult Vulgard for advice Looking at Betrayal at House on the Hill for PBF again Tried out PaintShop Pro that I installed recently Works much better for putting together the room tiles and rotating them Need to finish up instructions Recently started reading Re:ZERO Vol. 2 Somewhat silly, but enjoyable based on remembering anime

Today I decided to subscribe to Todoist again. I last used it a few years ago. I think I need to get back to a more structured way of handling all my tasks. I find that I've gone back and forth on this over the years. I assume it's because I find the structure unbearable after a time, or that I decide there must be a better way to handle things. So I want to try something different, usually less structured, and then go downhill from there. Until it gets to this point where I find everything too hectic and then seek structure once more. I hope that I've learned something along the way and can make it work better this time. I feel like I can. I already had some ideas of what to keep from before and what to change. I'm not sure if the fact that this is a new year made me do this. I wasn't thinking about New Year's resolutions and the like. But it's possible that subconsciously this was part of it. One aspect that I'm undecided on is how to handle habits. Pa...

Continuing to play Mobile Legends Vulgard joined my squad Played game with Sassy and Cleez Their baby is already 2 years old! Feel bad for not asking more Want to learn new Edith hero Continuing to read Elantris Saw that they were doing the gift exchange for FoL Wanted to join, but felt bad for not doing something creative Saw really cool slideshow Min put together for Chloe Feel bad about not talking more with Constantyne Installed some graphics software on laptop Want to learn some stuff Still thinking of best PBF game to host on FoL Not sure if Betrayal at House on the Hill will be too complicated New BotF game already starting up on FoL Timing was perfect to allow me to sign up first as traveller Really don't want to be Demon again 🙂 Chatted with Vulgard again Learned that he plays DR roleplaying on Discord Works on creative writing for that Couple days ago I allowed my anger to get the best of me Ended up making mistake Mistake was also partially due to neglect at paying att...

So I did end up opening Mobile Legends 🙂 Told me it was 183 days since last login Curious to see how I felt Curious to see what changed Sassy sent me a message right away Looking forward to giving Christmas gifts to nieces Our family had a plan not to give gifts this year since we'll be moving to US soon Couldn't help myself 🙂 Planned these gifts earlier in the year already Looking forward to trying out map-making software on new laptop Going to try creating map to symbolize my life path

Past midnight, but still writing this for Tuesday 🙂 Just found out that Vulgard plays Mobile Legends! Find this so surreal to discover Now I'm even more tempted to return Even though we may not be able to team up for serious play because of distance Received my new laptop Going to take some time to set up Look forward to using it Delayed getting new laptop for too long

I've been neglecting to post here. My thoughts are in a tempest lately. Lots of unknowns in my life and I'm trying to find my way through it all. However, I have been writing in a Pure Writer app I found. I'm experimenting with writing there and seeing whether my thoughts flow better that way. I sometimes have more time here and there to write something on my phone than to type up a blog entry on my laptop. I've tried writing blog entries from my phone, but it didn't work out so well. So I'm going to try writing in the app and then later taking parts of that to post as blog entries.

May have avoided most damage from my mistake yesterday Times like this make me feel more strongly that someone is watching over me Chloe continuing to make progress on new FoL site Let her know about what I did with FoL archive Probably going to make page explaining things Listening to Stoic podcasts still helpful Currently on something like 42-day streak for studying Chinese in Duolingo

Apparently more serious problem with FoL site May never be restored Mods are working on getting new site hosted elsewhere Offered to pay for 1st year hosting so we get reduced price Monthly donations can be saved up for next year Suggested "Fellowship of Lies" or "Family of Lies" for new site name Someone else listed other suggestions of "Fortress of Lies" and "Fount of Lies" which I like Moved FoL archive to GitHub WhysperKitsune/FoL-Archive (github.com) Set up Netlify to automatically publish from GitHub https://fol-archive.netlify.app Still working on getting Google to crawl site Continuing to read Warbreaker Going through a rough time now Fighting away tendency towards depression Listening to Stoic podcasts helps

Wow, it skipped to Friday already Didn't get a chance to post a new music playlist on Wednesday Still planned on posting yesterday Just been extra busy last couple days Today is still kind of hectic Still keeping up with reading Reading The Great Mental Models for non-fiction Reading Victories Greater Than Death for fiction Thinking I need to change my pfp soon, but can't decide 🙂 Jotted so many thoughts for blogging Will I have time to write more? Keeping up streak with Chinese learning in Duolingo 17 days right now Oh wow, just looked back for previous music playlist and noticed I didn't even post one last week

New problems arising in my professional work So far probably manageable Chatted with Scruffy some last night Feel kind of sad Finally replied to Senate members Couple members offered to buy or pilot my account My policy has usually been to not sell or even allow someone to pilot my account Feel connection to each of my characters, so don't want anyone touching them 🙂 Started to rethink policy since also a shame to let the investment go to waste Maybe it would be nice to let someone pilot the account Still won't sell it Sorrock going to help shepherd the account Friend of Ashra might play the account to be able to join the guild in our timeslot She still has main in another timeslot Otherwise Shinji was sweet to offer to pilot my account along with her own to help maintain it in case I return Felt good to help out FoL with the archive Answered some questions people had about what I did Chloe might be able to handle future archive based on article I sent Helps to just throw mys...

FoL announcement about archiving Explained uncertainty about what company that bought ToL will do with forums People asked to help with archiving forum threads I contacted someone on Fiverr about mirroring the forum Seemed very knowledgeable and explained things well He started download process last night and said it's going well Waiting to hear back from him later today Also discussed with him about the FBR tool Couple members of Senate asked about piloting my SINoALICE account My usual policy is not to allow that I don't like to sell or lend my accounts However I'm currently considering whether to allow it in this situation Not sure how I feel about game accounts anymore Perhaps I shouldn't let them go to waste? “I want control,” she said, opening her eyes. “Not like a king or anything. I just want to be able to control it, a little. My life. I don’t want to get shoved around, by people or by fate or whatever. I just ... I want it to be me who chooses.” ― Lift in  ...

About halfway done with Rhythm of War Excellent series that continually impresses me Reading helps me feel more alive Going to experiment with tracking Forum Mafia info in OneNote Probably use section for each game Also sections for general info on wolf and town tells Maybe section for info on players? I think OneNote allows tagging, which should be useful for cross referencing I've heard searching in OneNote is fairly good Idea based on discussions with Askthepizzaguy Also from reading his article on his SkyNet Listening to podcasts on Stoicism

Tired today, which is making me slightly depressed? Making it difficult to want to do anything much At least check lists still help Got some stuff done over weekend because of check lists Reading really does help Artwork helps as well Piece above is from Nixeu Perhaps I should just read a lot today? Pleasant discussion on MU Discord about Brandon Sanderson books Kind of nice intersection between 2 things I like Maybe I need to participate in more discussions like these?

Shocking experience yesterday While waiting in traffic, the car next to me was rear-ended I could hear the screeching of the brakes right before it happened Then I saw the car get pushed forward after it was rear-ended I've been rear-ended a couple times before, but strange to experience it third-person Couldn't help feeling relieved it didn't happen to me Trying to relax a bit today Doing better recently by writing out a check list of things to do for the day Use to do that all the time when I was younger Helped me stay organized for school

On the Breadbox server, they were taking a moral alignment test based on the alignments in D&D. Moral Alignment Test I often like taking such tests. I got the following result. I feel like this is a good result for me. It matches well for how I see myself. I particularly like the description given.