Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

1787:
Elizabeth Willing Powel: "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"
Benjamin Franklin: "A republic, if you can keep it."

2024:
Waiter: "Anything on the menu you'd like to order?"
The Electorate: "I'd like fascism please. Well done. Topped with ketchup."

[Parody Before Bed]

And with 0% of the polls reporting, the Cartoon/Fantasy Organization has forecast the winner of the Presidency as Hatsune Miku!

(Apologies to the original poster on Threads whose name I forgot to write down)

Celebrating getting paid on my second writing gig, hitting the halfway point in my third, and two clean bills of health from my doctors.

One does not celebrate with just sandwiches and cereal.

I'm not saying my little town had built a super secret wind force field, but... ::points::

Looking up some references for an opera house for a project, and I'm stiill completely blown away by San Antonio's Majestic Theater.

I love that they start shows "at dusk" and by the end of the show is midnight.

I didn't even wait to dig in before taking a pic of my free pizza....

Another last minute update to the EmuVR Bedroom: I painted the walls and replaced the carpet with what I had back in the 1989! Really feeling warm and cozy in there

But that bed and pillow have GOT to go.

Updated my EmuVR 90s bedroom with a bunch of toys, a plant (so my Basil plant has a little presence in there), and some game lighting so I can play in the dark!

Thoughts Before Bed

Thanks to a friend, I now have my own personal fairy fountain in VR.

You can poke the fairies. ❤

Today, I likely has my payment issue resolved, we had our last Cultural Commission meeting for the year (which I'll talk about soon), and my writing workload significantly lightened, so I spent my evening playing some old school favorites.

Not shown: Star Trek for the Atari 2600. Got to Sector 4.3!

Ice Cream #2 - Oreo Ice Cream.

I'd wanted cookies and cream, but I saw that this was supposed to be Oreo flavored ice cream and decided I'd make it to burn off some of my frozen cream.

So while putting the recipe together, I gave it a good look.

THERE IS A FULL CUP OF SUGAR IN THIS THING. And also the recipe mentions that this will take a while to firm up to a soft serve consistency, and will need time in the freezer to really be ice cream. I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE OF ALL THE SUGAR.

It's powerfully sweet. I think I could probably half that sugar, maybe a quarter. The Oreos themselves are sweet. At 15g per serving I can eat a spoonful. Maybe a spoonful and a half.

But I CAN eat a spoonful....

One of the nice things about VR is it allows me to be something I was never in meat-space: A (virtual) Cute Patootie.

I HAVE A JAWLINE THERE!

Ice Cream #1 Made: Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream.

Well, more like Strawberry Lemonade Ice Cream. The strawberries aren't in season, and the mixture of lemon juice, honey and sugar is supposed to sit for 15-20 minutes to extract out the strawberry flavor. I did it for 15 minutes which is fine...but it wasn't ENOUGH strawberry flavor.

Still, Strawberry Lemonade Ice Cream isn't bad.

I love the voting system here in Washington State. It's convenient, easy, allows you time to research, and early voting is simply the default. And then you get messages letting you know whereyour ballot is in the process.

Wish they all could do it like we do.

Maybe you should ask for it.

When you gotta use the bathroom, but don't want to miss any of the lunchtime gossip...

"Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them. The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came...."

FINALLY getting around to watching Star Trek: Lower Decks, and...uh...I think I'm in love with Kita. ❤

I'm not a doomsday prepper or anything. But I'm set if there is.

I bought these a few years back as part of a planned taste test article I was gonna do on the website before my life kind collapsed.

And honestly, they've fed me when power goes out or I ran out of grocery money.

And the first box is packed....

::sigh::

Video Games are Wierd, Exhibit 6892034: