First it rained heavily yesterday, then the temperature dropped 30°F last night, and then I looked out the front door this morning to find that high winds (40+ MPH) had blown my empty trash bins sixty feet down the street, and had also filled my yard with a mix of trash and recyclables from neighboring houses.

As I went out for what I thought would be a quick pickup, snow started blowing around. I got the bins back up to the house, but had to retreat and gear up before finishing the cleanup, because my fingers were starting to hurt from the bitter icy wind.

So, yeah, staying in for the rest of the day.

(style courtesy of one of the few useful ZIT LoRA, Cute Future, which really shifts the mood of my holiday cheesecake)

Teh Anime Warz

Lots of back and forth on the xitter in the never-ending battle between “people who like Japanese pop culture” and “people who insist on ‘fixing’ it in translation”. My take:

Localizers believe that they’re better writers in English than the original authors are in Japanese. If this were true, they wouldn’t be working as localizers.

Random study-buddy

(I’m really liking this particular cartoon style; it reliably comes out strong and consistent and cute; style section of prompt is “Drawing in the style of Jon Burgerman, chaotic compositions of cartoon characters, free-form doodling with bold, looping linework, flat graphic lighting, a vibrant, candy-colored palette, playful and energetic atmosphere.”)

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