Tim is Fine. Everything is Fine.

Lol this guy has a 7 digit ICQ? What a child.

But it's Bandcamp Friday. So I'm going to retail therapy myself some vinyl.

Got "Um, Actually'd" on an otherwise very friendly writing forum this morning because I spoke of Forums and Social Media like they are two different things.

Which has just fueled me with rage for the rest of the day.

Your Story Finished in the Top 64! "Jerry Was a Bare-Knuckle Fighter" finished in the top 64 for your genre. You're among the top entries in the competition. - Writing Battle

This is an absolutely lovely way to say:

"You got murdered in the first round of the finals, kid."

I made it farther than I initally expected. Which is great!

But then I got to the finals and was like "Sure hope I win a round in the finals."

Your Story Finished in the Top 64! "Jerry Was a Bare-Knuckle Fighter" finished in the top 64 for your genre. You're among the top entries in the competition. - Writing Battle

This is an absolutely lovely way to say:

"You got murdered in the first round of the finals, kid."

I made it farther than I initally expected. Which is great!

But then I got to the finals and was like "Sure hope I win a round in the finals."

"Jerry Was a Bare-Knuckle Fighter", has reached the Final Showdown. Congratulations on making it this far. (Writing Battle Social Media image)

I'm absolutely floored! My first writing competition. Literally the first time putting myself out there like that.

I'm over the moon! Both figuratively and literally. I'm over it. The moon. It needs to go.

"Jerry Was a Bare-Knuckle Fighter", has reached the Final Showdown. Congratulations on making it this far. (Writing Battle Social Media image)

I'm absolutely floored! My first writing competition. Literally the first time putting myself out there like that.

I'm over the moon! Both figuratively and literally. I'm over it. The moon. It needs to go.

I'm still shit at social media. Both for myself, but especially for a podcast I've been doing for ALMOST 11 years!

Anyway... I'm really proud of a compilation of clips I put together this episode.

Had a blast last month so I'm doing it again! I joined the upcoming Tempest Raven Battle with writers from around the world. Get Ready to Battle on Feb 3, 2026! @writingbattle.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky

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Haven't talked a lot about this. But at 45, I participated in my first writing competition. After, like, 32 years of wanting to be a writer someday, I started writing "again" in October.

I'm gonna be absolutely floored if I make it through even one round lol.

"Free content provider, I don't want to know about your politics but I want you to clearly know about mine, a random person on the internet. Pay attention to me."

This Week Me, falling into a Dungeon Synth rabbit hole: I simply MUST own this on a cassette tape. I should buy another shelving unit.

Last Month Me: I love this band but this vinyl is out of print and I don't want to pay $200 on ebay, so I'll buy a CD. They have cassette tapes? Who's buying cassette tapes? That's silly.

Later Me in a Post-Metal and Stoner Rock/Doom Metal Phase: I simply MUST own this on vinyl. Just vinyl I'm not getting CDs, I don't want a huge collection of stuff cluttering the house.

Past Me: I'm going to start buying vinyl, but only my favorite albums, I don't want a huge collection of stuff cluttering the house.

nancy drew cover of three girls (i assume nancy and two friends) are behind a door sneaking a look at someone playing an organ. the words HOW THE HELL DID RICK WAKEMAN GET IN HERE appear as the title

lol

Hey! *I'm* into alt rock and sludge!

Ice Age Desert, by Dune Aurora 9 track album

I just dropped another $150 on Bandcamp Friday. I almost bought a CD (I'm buying CDs again) and shirt from one band but the shipping from the EU was going to be $60. But I really dig this album, and the cover art. Goddamn.

duneaurora.bandcamp.com/album/ice-ag...

Dolemwood campaign boxed set: players book. Campaign book, Monster book

Dolemwood cloth map, adventure books, minis and dice

Forgotten Realms Heroes of Faerun, Adventures in Faerun Alternate Covers, and Dragon Delves Alternate Cover

This was a good week in "things that finally arrived"

I don't have a good photo setup but trust me. The dolemwood stuff is GORGEOUS!

If he's not compulsively smashing pots and/or randomly setting off bombs/setting trees on fire to find the next place on the journey I'll be disappointed. Not surprised. But disappointed.

Oh, I didn't get one myself. I just watched the rest of you get one. I'm sadly still inkless because I never found anything that made me go "I want that on me forever!"

Hey! I was there for that tattoo!

Hi! Just logging in to tell everyone that I think I've lost my favorite mechanical pencil in the gym parking lot, and I'm absolutely fucking devastated.

A candle from Rough Trade. Scented like Grapefruit, Patchouli, Bay Leaf, Cannabis, and Smokey Birch Pine

Also I couldn't resist getting a record store scented candle. Which I'm totally using when I get my home studio put back together.

It smells like a Spencer's Gifts but more refined. If I was Gwyneth Paltrow this is what I'd want my vagina to smell like.

The previously mentioned album still wrapped with the "Indie Record Store Exclusive" sticker still on it.

Pre opening picture here because sometimes people (not here) get REAL upset when I open "limited editions" and I think that's funny.

I buy music to listen to music.

Record player spinning an orange record. Rise Against - Ricochet album cover on a stand beside the player.

When I was on FB I'd do Song of the Day Fridays. I'm reviving it here as a record of the week thing because I just got some new vinyl.

Now Playing: Rise Against - Ricochet

On "Indie Record Store Exclusive Neon Orange Vinyl" no less.

#NowPlaying #vinyl #musicsky

Also I'l be turning to dust on November 20, 2027 when Mass Effect hits 20.

One day I'll finish this game and Borderlands 2.

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