Mellonin's posts

@koneko: Same here. I usually post on my laptop, but I use my phone on occasion. The website isn't really optimized for phones, though, so it's usually a hassle. I wish they would make an app for this website :( Or at least a mobile version!

The thing about this new laptop? I had a MacBook Air from 2013 before. Now, I have an HP / Windows laptop, so I can play all the games I've missed out on since I got the mac. I own games like Skyrim, Fallout 4, etc. that I haven't been able to play because they don't run on a mac, and I can finally play them!

Well, maybe on Fallout 4. I'm downloading it now from Steam, so we'll have to see if this new laptop is powerful enough to run it. Even minimum specs would be epic <3

@Lilypoo: Ooh! Another FFXIV player! What server do you play on? I'm on midgardsormr.

I used to be on another server, but people I know IRL play on midgardsormr , so I switched over :) I'm officially back up to the level I was on my old server, though, so yay!

So, my father was worried about me - I've been going through some medical issues lately. So what does he do?

He bought me a brand new laptop!

He told me the price range, and let me shop around online until I found what I wanted. I had $500 to work with, but he was willing to a little higher if I found something I really wanted.

My new laptop is amazing! I'm downloading all my games now, but I already have my desktop set up with some extra rainmeter gadgets, and my favorite Final Fantasy X wallpaper <3

What do you guys use to go on Voltra? Desktop PC, laptop, tablet, phone …?

@Totalanimefan: It would be $175 a week for 3 weeks, and even that is too much for us.


@SirLionelNigelConrad:
@Totalanimefan:

I only know two people who might be able to help, and that would be $250 from each of them - my father, and my grandfather. And that is waaaaay too much to ask.

@SirLionelNigelConrad: My renter's insurance wants $500 upfront for the hotel stay, and they will pay the rest. i wish I had $500 to throw around like that!

@Priestess of Pie: We rent. Our landlord is handling all the repairs, but it's going to be about 3 weeks before we can move back into the apartment. Luckily, we have rental insurance, and the repairs aren't costing us anything personally. However, not having our own place to live right now ... this isn't going to be fun.

So, I had a pipe burst inside my house last night, around midnight. Since then, I have been informed that we will be without a place to live for 3 weeks. The ceiling has collapsed, and we have flooding damage from the heating unit / pipe bursting flooding the upstairs and causing the ceiling collapse.

My life currently sucks.

The only silver lining is that my work gave me a day off work to deal with insurance and finding a place to live.

@Night XIV: My avatar definitely needs an update, too. I'm on the last day of my "vacation" ... I had to work 2 1/2 days between Christmas and new years day, but I've still had more days off than I'm used to, so yay! Did you get anything awesome for christmas?

@Yixing: I did get Christmas off, yes. Plus a half day the day before. And we only had a half day of work for new years eve, and had new years day off. Plus, I have today off normally, so that's nice :)

@Turtle Sensei: Here you go ... https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3636/1/Oswiecim It's part of a series as well, though most of the stories can be read as stand-alone fanfictions. They tend to reference each other, but not to the point of being confusing. And each one is absolutely amazing.

@Turtle Sensei: Honestly, I read more fanfiction than regular books these days. There are some absolutely amazing writers who stick solely to fanfiction. Plus, it's always easy to access fanfiction from anywhere. I write -some- fanfiction, but it's mostly Harry Potter. I am working on a Star Trek: Voyager / Battlestar: Galatica crossover fanfiction, and another one where Sherlock Holmes (BBC) is Harry Potter's biological father.

@Turtle Sensei: The entire series is absolutely amazing. That, and the series where Julian Bashir of Star Trek: Deep Space 9 ends up in Auschwitz, are my two favorite fanfictions. I usually read Harry Potter fanfiction almost exclusively, but those two? Holy crap. The writing is phenomenal.

@Turtle Sensei: Here is the link to the first one ...

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1893352/1/Bad-Places

There are actually three of them, and each one is rather long. They are crazy good, though!

@Night XIV: That is where I have always found the stuff before, but lately I do most of my shopping on Amazon. Free two days shipping, and they will wrap it for you for a slight charge? Yes, please!