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It's been years since I've had a migraine, but I've been awake since 01:00 this morning with one. I'm just starting to be able to deal with fucking light again. God dammit.

Scoob and I are saying goodbye to the old truck. Buying a new vehicle is always fun, right?

Saying goodbye to the truck is sad, but I'm sure Scoob's really excited about getting his slobber all over a new vehicle. ;)

( [dog picture under the cute] )

I'm heartbroken. :( I mean, death is always sad, but Luke Perry! He was such a good actor, and a good man!

( [Private to Wash] )

I moved here last month and I swear I saw melting snow still hanging out in places??? This is California, I LEFT Canada to get AWAY from the snow. Me and snow are not besties anymore, okay?

Then I get on here to see if anyone has an explanation, and, wow. Are you telling me this entire COUNTY is like this? You know that's not really hallucinogens in the water, right? Maybe I should go back home now before whatever's actually in the water gets to me, but that would be boring. So, challenge accepted? Bring it on, whatever it is.

Just someone tell me where to get some good coffee, because Dunkin' Donuts isn't it.

Sometimes you just gotta shame your friends.

video of Jaune being bowled over by a small black and white corgi while Weiss mocks him in the background

Ya know, I ain't normally into AI mumbojumbo or whatever. I figure learning about that stuff is for nerds or whatever and I'll just deal with it when it comes.

But I just found this website here where you can try drawing stuff and the AI will try to correct your drawing based on what it guessed you wanna draw. If it's wrong, you can just shake the screen. I think 'cause of that it probably works better on you phone.

Pretty damn cool.

[In the right community this time whoops.]

Do people ever actually get used to this place? I thought I was finally starting to get a handle on the dreams, even if my partner walking in on me apparently making out with thin air was more embarassing than anything that's ever happened in real life, but I don't think I'm ever going to get used to the weird ass shit that goes on here.

This vacation has been a lot of firsts for me. I thought I wouldn't know what to do with time off, but I've tried so many new things. Snowboarding was great even if I sprained my wrist it came with some ..fringe benefits. There are so many stars visible at night here, save for actually being among them it's a spectacular sight.

On the flipside though of course I was with a nondreamer at the time of having more dreams which wasa awkward. Things just keep ramping up for Team Flash. It's pretty impressive what a steady pace they keep without screwing it all up too much anyway One of our enemies was forced by his criminal father to rob banks and murder to save his sister, who I nicknamed Golden Glider a while back after creating a gun that turns things into solid gold for her (I'm wondering if that'll show up?) Anyway, she had a bomb put into her brain by her own father to force her brother into committing crimes he otherwise wasn't interested in to keep her safe, so we ended up working with Captain Cold and Golden Glider to save the bad guys this time ironically enough. I created a tool that would extract the small bomb from her, and she called me her first friend. I'm not really sure if any of it's true what she says, but she kissed me. Apparently I have really bad taste in the dreams too. I hope the guy I'm with doesn't end up

Lets play a game, top 5 Disney princesses! I'll go first!

Belle
Mulan
Jasmine
Rapunzel
Merida

Haters gonna hate and get ignored!

So I had a thought with the snowmen piling up outside my building. What if we could amplify the thoughts of the city into melting them faster? If we amplify the natural vibration of human thought from a really small singular thing into a really big thing we might be able to minimize them at least to keep people from getting too hurt. We can relay that vibration from the satellites down at the snowmen and boom, should have an instant slushie. It may not stop them all, but a high enough vibration and maybe melt a few of these suckers before anyone gets seriously injured.

Every year, we get snow in December like clockwork.

Just two days and we'll find out if we break the streak or not.



Agency Lock

How do you all feel about being trained on our nuclear submarine?

This ball python clears out this room in literally less then 10 seconds. I'm impressed.

Anyone ever build something they weren't supposed to build?..Like..subconscious building?..God I sound like a crazy person.

[Agency filter]
I think I may have just built something potentially bad.

[Stiles]
Raincheck on hanging out? There's something I need to do first.

Anyone else ever get PTSD flashbacks from their dreams? Like you know it's over, you know the danger is gone.

And yet...

Did I mention that my sister and best friend created a Youtube channel for me and have been clandestinely recording my gaming sessions and uploading them? I can't remember if I did...

...anyway, I found it and decided to take it seriously. It's kind of taking off. Like people enjoy my gaming style. Or they just really like it when I yell at the game. That kind of happens a lot.

Anyone else see Space X last night? So cool.

Feels almost like something my Dream Lab would come up with. It had a successful second mission and landed back on earth this morning. [ooc: handwave video here]

.. Dream me also has his own satellite on a related note. I'm jealous. and might need to get me one of these

I think I need a less shitty bigger place. Maybe a house again.

Kinda miss havin' a yard.

Some people say I eat so much fruit that I must be going bananas, while others think I'm already plum crazy. I respond to all of those people by giving them the raspberry.

The side of my instant oatmeal cup informs me that it has baobab fruit powder in it and that baobab fruit has a sweet citrus flavor that will boost the taste of my oatmeal. That sounds hipster as hell. It’s also a lie since this oatmeal tastes like cardboard, which is probably why it cost less than a dollar at the supermarket.

For those who have been keeping track of Kilauea's eruption, the USGS currently has a live stream of the summit. I have to admit, I've dedicated one of my monitors for it, even though they don't expect anything more to happen until tonight. It's been fascinating to watch the expansion of an island in real time! It makes me wish I could be there too, right on the front lines of geographic history. Sure, it's not as minute-to-minute exciting as the Middle East, but there's something about Mother Nature that never fails to capture the our attention.

I've been Dreaming again. It feels weird to say this, but I've almost missed these.

Apparently in our "retirement" the Reds and Blues, Carolina and I were set up on a little moon kind of out in the middle of nowhere. You'd think things would be quiet, but these guys are literally incapable of doing that. The fact that the planet was apparently inhabited by dinosaurs didn't help.

Ever get the feeling the Dreams are trying to tell you something? Took a nap this afternoon and woke up to find this sitting in front of my garage:

( [Cut for picture] )

Haven't seen that Mongoose since we left the Director to- offsite Storage facility. It's even got dust and sand from the desert stuck in its wheels.

I know it's the OC and anything weird that happens is automatically suspect, but green meteors are pretty common. It's all about what it's made of. In this case, nickel.

On this day in 1792, Benjamin Franklin first performed his famous kite experiment by storing electricity from a lightning strike into a Leyden jar. On this day in 2018, Elder Scrolls VI was announced. It's amazing to think we've come so far just to use electricity in the future to emulate life in the past.

So is this where everyone comes to let out their feelings? I approve!

Just when I thought I was done with the Dreams for good, they decided to rear their ugly head last night. Apparently, I decided to give civilian life a try. With the sims. I'm not sure what possessed me to go with those idiots, but things...seemed okay for a while. I was even learning how to be lazy. Or trying, at least.

But nothing the sims touch ever lasts all that long. After a bit of an incident with candles and lube (don't ask), they managed to burn down our retirement home. To get the funds to build a new home, the sims sold their movie rights And what did they build as their new home away from home?

The galaxy's greatest... water park.

Yay.

Moved into a bigger place so my pup can run around in the yard. ( He's loving it. )

Pretty happy about my frozen Girl Scout Cookies right about now.

There is a literal family of peeps living in my left boot. Every time I try to evict them, they just move right back in.

My dog killed one this morning. Oh god, that scream. Please no.

...So the reason the movie thing fell through was a funding issue. Thanks, Miss Skeeter for breaking that story. But it means that my schedule has cleared up for another project!

I'm being fitted for costumes for a pilot episode of a television series, shooting in mid-March! Fingers crossed! I just read the script, and it's amazing!

Just when I thought this state could not get stranger: now the rural portions of California wish to declare independence from it's Urban half and be known as New California.

Turns out my dream boyfriend wasn't actually a criminal. He was an undercover cop. Unfortunately I didn't find out until after he was experimented on kidnapped. He's gone now, like the final gone. I'll never get the chance to apologize for thinking the worst. Or for killing him.

Why can't love lives in the dreams just be simple? Full of love and romance, riding off into the sunset? Isn't that what's supposed to happen in dreams?

Did you know? The best way to be heard is to find those that wish to be heard themselves. To become more than they are. In our Dreams we are all someone else, someone far more special, but that should not stop us from becoming who we truly wish to be here and now.

You are all special... you have been chosen to be the alpha group for the upgrade of the new hit video game, Angel Sanctuary. Be the first to have the gift of a truly life-changing experience this Christmas. Copies are available for pick up at Emerald City Cafe for a limited time. Do not miss your chance to see the world anew.

Can you hear it? The Angel is calling.

My dreams gave me some relief. Anna is okay, everything is okay.

My nephew is getting so dang big. It's ridiculous. I just want to put a brick on top of his head. He's two now. TWO. Soon he'll be playing with Legos. And I will be buying him every Lego in the world to make him spoiled happy.

Christmas this year is gonna be so awesome. He totally gets Santa, and presents, and all that now. I asked him what he wanted for Christmas this year, and he said he wanted a Dinosaur.

Hello, one and all! I am nervous, and happy, and flaily, with the movie I am in debuting tomorrow/Friday.

I'm incredibly lucky to have been able to get the part I got, and the cast and crew I get, and they made it an amazing film. I hope you all really like it.

It's a lot action, a little romance, and a lot of fun. And I have to say, Anna is awesome in it.

So as a welcome home gift my sister's dog has brought me a kitten:

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Literally. She went out for her evening walk with Carolina and when she came back she deposited this little ball of fluff in my lap.

In my Dreams there are these things called teleportation grenades (my squad calls them Future Cubes, which in my opinion is a more creative name). As the name implies, they teleport things from one point to another instantaneously by using two grenades. Or if you use the alternate setting, you can put a large object -- like a tank -- into a space of holding (for lack of better term) until you need it.

They can technically teleport people too...but it's not a pleasant experience. Unless you like the feeling of your insides being on your outsides and then shoved back in again.


....anyway, I found a set in my living room this morning and may have had a little too much fun teleportation things around the apartment.

So what's this place like for Halloween? Big parties? Real ghosts that seem to walk around?

I think my dreams are running with the seasons. First I had a dream I saw the end of the world from the year 5 billion. The last had aliens that appeared like ghosts and brought the dead back to life. Scary movie plots if I ever heard em.

I'm gonna be on the radio tomorrow morning!!

[The following was posted using the communication systems in Wash's SPARTAN VI helmet]

I was hoping it wouldn't come to this. The black armored mercenaries currently running around the county and the two towers now looming are from my and Carolina's dreams. It took three years, but here we are.

The tower currently hanging out in Irvine is known as the Communications Temple. You may experience difficulty getting messages to others since in my dreams the Temple was used to jam all radio communication. I'm not even sure if this will go through properly, but it's the best option I have to mass warn others. If you are able to read this and get word out to others, please do so.

Carolina and I are checking out the tower now. Hopefully we can take it from the mercenaries and deactivate it.

[Message truncated due to data corruption]

[Signal lost]

Well, I gots me a raise at work, so I thought I'd upgrade the shitty old flip phone that was given to me five years ago. I don't really need one of them fancy touchscreen super computers in my pocket, but it seemed necessary when the third key fell off old Noki.

Probably should have thought that through a bit better because it turns out I can only use it with one fucking hand. Stupid fucking pain in the ass technology.

Oi ya cunts. Surprise! I'm back from the land of tea and crumpets, where people give you funny looks if you say you like their pants.

Did ya miss me? It's hard not to miss such a lovable face so I'm sure everyone did. What I miss?

On a much lighter note, who enjoyed the International Space Station's Photo Bomb during the eclipse last week?

My Dreams are so damn weird.

Oh my God you guys! I'm getting top billing in this movie! It's so exciting! I'm going to London for four days for filming! I can't even. I CAN'T EVEN.

So, my Dreams have decided it's time to start giving me weapons again. Last month I got a set of throwing knives. I keep meaning to practice with them, but they kind of frown at using knives at gun ranges. I got my side arm finally, though. I'll definitely be taking that to the range.

Between my sister and I, our apartment is starting to resemble one belonging to some doomsday nut, just without all the stores of canned food.

AJKALJKALDFSJGL:SA

I seriously just won the lottery. THE LOTTERY. The actress that I was the body double for? She quit. Walked off the set. And there's all this legal battle crap about how she broke her contract... after the lead actor did, too. Well, they're desperate not to lose ALL the money they invested, so they asked me if I wanted to step into the part. So, of course I said YES! But now I'm FREAKING OUT because I don't know what I'm doing!!

Last year, when I wasn't dealing with crazy monsters, or whatever, I was babysitting my nephew on the 4th of July. Which means I didn't get around to much celebrating. This year I'm hoping to hit up all the fun spots.

So. What are the fun spots?

Last night we realized that it had been 15,000 miles since my roommate changed the oil in her car. This is a really bad idea. I changed it for her, but it made me think... how long has it been since YOU, dear Valarnet friends, have changed the oil in your cars?

My business partner and I are offering a discount for oil changes. From now until the beginning of July, we'll be offering a 50% discount on oil changes for Valarnet users. Come in to Rainbow Motors and tell us about your Dreams--or simply that you know of this forum--and we'll take care of your car.