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Title: July 30th, 2021

At this point, interest and energy to engage in playing here is starting to run rather dry. Still trying to get back into a decent sleep schedule and I've been bad about time management... I have a stack of books I've yet to read, but managed to read through one and it was a graphic novel.

I've been getting my Pokemon fix through Shuffle and playing Ultra Sun. I'm currently in the process of leveling up my Alolan Ninetales before the League and then maybe doing some battles for money and stock up on items and PokéBalls for post game so I can just jump into the Poni Wilds after reloading the save. I've been trying to get more dex entries in but there are some that I haven't seen yet and thus, can't really go to GTS and ask for one to breed. I know for sure one of the missing entries is Zygarde and they wouldn't be available until post game...

I'm contemplating on another PFP change as I kind of got easily tired out of the proto sprite Lucario... Not sure what I'll use just yet, but maybe another Lucky*Star one because it's the only thing that comes to mind so quickly. Weather has been hot and miserable, and the bugs aren't helping: gnats and flies mostly...

I might not make a post announcing my leave/hiatus, but if I haven't posted in a long while and my last activity is a good month or so ago - there's your passive sign. Along with job search underway and a possible program I'll be getting into, I've got a lot of in real life stuff to worry about more than the online stuff. Most of the time, folx online irritate me anyways to where I rather just have my own space to be. Even my personal FB is getting cold shouldered by me it seems...

Movement or lack there of is probably the cause and maybe by better time management, I can get stuff done and get myself moving.

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Title: August 4th, 2021

It'll probably be a good time to announce that a possible decrease in time here is going to continue to increase as my interview into a program is tomorrow. That's tomorrow local time and not exactly server time... I'm still having conflicts with the sleep schedule and now a stomach bug to boot. That's what I get for not eating right and eating often.

I've been busy playing Pokemon on my 3DS and watching videos of a person playing Spyro the Dragon for the PS1 (or at least the trilogy games on the system when Insomniac Games owned the licence to the character). I've yet to play the Reignited Trilogy but I desperately would like to... Chances are I'll probably get the Switch version not because I support whatever messy messes Ninten seem to be up to lately, but because I was lured in by the console exclusive Collection of Mana...

Since I might be getting questions on my recent feed post: yes, the whole Tumblr rant in my half of the post was not made up... I think that proof is in the pudding with the previous topic posts I've made here. Regardless, I don't support ripping away an individual's right to use whichever image they like as their profile picture. It would be nice to see folx taking into consideration that minors/children also play the site here regardless of whether or not they display that in their signature and/or profile about section. Sadly, not enough folx bother to read either one I'm willing to bet...

I'm honestly thinking on reading a bit and then bed... My anxiety for tomorrow's events are probably what's making the stomach irritated.

Title: August 6th, 2021

I figured since my free time will be shortened when my new events take effect in life, better get to Pokemon grinding as much as possible! I'm pretty close to completing the Alola Dex for Ultra Sun. While I would've done so in Moon, I think I've moved on to what S/M should've been with the Ultra set.


Most of my progress will be preserved for the time being as I'm not going to erase the save at all. Despite the times Sun and Moon have really got me to rage quit a few times (a first for any Pokemon game, shockingly enough), it's still a bit of a small guilty pleasure to go back to... Although I think Ultra Sun is taking that game's spot on guilty pleasure - especially with the Ultra Space Ride minigame! I even caught a Latios once! Shame my Omega Ruby is corrupted otherwise I would be happy to figure out a way to see if I can salvage the Pokemon from the game card after getting a subscription to Pokemon Bank.

Even in Ultra Sun, catching the Land Spirits aren't exactly hard with a Roto Catch and a bit of time. Aside from the easy difficulties in such things, I do miss Black 2 a bit. Got to try out the Black Tower (Black Skyscraper for those Japanese players possibly) and honestly, not much of a difficulty ramp as long as you have a good team and a variety of moves. I even try to have at least one draining move to use when HP is low. Granted, not every Pokemon is capable of learning one - so I try and give them an item that does just that as well. I'd do this over Battle Subway anyway. I'm not exactly good at competitive battling in that regard and PWT is a bit intimidating as well.

Title: August 28th, 2021

At this point, my journal/diary here has taken the backseat when I come on here to play. Most of my activity here has been spent on the berry garden and sometimes when an event/distribution is active I do a bit of interactions. I've been playing a lot more Concentration at the game corner than usual because of it and well, it does feel nice to be back in the 1k game coins area. I admit most of my inactiveness is due to just being restricted to the mobile browser and thus, not much into trying to type with the less than intelligent keyboard with swiping keys to type. It's just a lot of folx just still rub me in the wrong place... I've been trying to clean stuff out in real life and that also contributed to the lack of activity here.

I know at one point I felt a bit less restricted on who gets added to the personal block list, but I guess I got a bit more relaxed on that and only block when needed. I would still interact with folx despite their presence on the list as that seems to be the purpose of the game and honestly, I'm more worried about those people contacting me than interactions. The Pokedex Progress post here was actually updated after a millennia of being stuck in vertigo. At this point, I figured my main concern in terms of completion of the dex is probably the Kanto Dex then I would follow with Johto, Hoenn, and so on. For me, it just feels easier to edit than just picking a favorite region and starting there. Although, I had contemplated on going for a completed in some form of the Sinnoh dex but that would include every Arceus forme and Shaymin's sky forme...

Pokemon Go decided to skip adding Alola Pokemon and went straight into Galar as I finally got Wooloo and the chipmunk (not even going to try and type that one out...) as well as Falinks. I honestly never understood the design of Falinks so maybe someone else does? Wooloo I admit is rather adorable and the cry really shows too. I still remain on that unsure fence when it comes to giving Sword/Shield a try. Part of it is indeed the Pokemon Burnout as I'm a bit of a longtime fan of the franchise. Then again, I'm willing to give Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl a try when everyone else seems to have written it off as "I'd rather play the originals than this..." They did the same for Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee, yet I can still see some differences that make it stand out on its own from their original game (regardless of the fact I watched a YT vid saying LG was actually remakes of Heart Gold which seems like completely baloney).

Title: Entry for November 7th, 2021

What a better time for a late update when my internet is playing nice with the laptop...

Regardless, I do apologize for the lack of updates to my own diary/journal topic forum. Most of the time I spend here is just roaming around the site, grabbing eggs and sometimes interacting as usual. Account just turned a year old so now, it's a bit closer to toddler age. hahahaha... I'm honestly surprised to have stayed around this long to see it. Most of what kind of gave me that idea is due to a lot of anxiety-driven missteps during the first few months. Can I say that I wouldn't make those same mistakes again? Probably not. But at the same time, I'm open to improvements so it was a learning experience regardless. I was able to participate in the Halloween event here (but not the Questathon over at Subeta... *sad face* :( I completely got swamped with things and forgot) and had a good haul for a newbie. I didn't get the Megable PKMN from the event but I was happy with a Giratina Plush and some other miscellaneous specials.

For the most part, I still tend to be very cautious and a bit grumpy when it comes to having folks on here add my presence to their friends list. I don't mind that, but please - give me a heads up and talking with me first! I will politely say "Yes, I would like to befriend you" or "I'm sorry, I'm trying to limit my current connections. I do appreciate your offer." The players with the default "no avatar" image kind of leave me in an unnerved state of mind. I've had some terrible experiences with folks online - especially back during my Tumblr days, so part of it had to do with that. At the same time though, I don't feel especially keen on the idea of being active and not finding a suitable image as your avatar. I can understand the limitations of the PH image uploader at 150x150 using either PNG or JPEG/JPG, but honestly, there's a plethora of sites that have such images that require little to no user intervention (aka: cropping and/or conversion). Granted, some just don't seem to mind having the default - but again, it's hard to tell whether such users are genuine players or just bots/trolls...

Because we Americans still have Daylight Savings Time, we got an extra hour of sleep last night - that of which I spent worrying about little things as usual, huzzah! :'D Guess that means time to fix my digital clock on the shelf... I have to wait a bit before doing the same for my 2DS XL as I have been playing more of Pokemon Y and currently growing some berries while Super Training my Pokemon for the final gym leader. I admit that I do have a bit more of a soft spot for Gen 6. Even though it's quite easy for older players, it introduced quite a vast amount of cool mechanics. I honestly prefer Super Training over Hyper Training from Sun/Moon or the training Isle from PokePelago. Mega Evolutions were pretty cool and while it might look like it'll be absent once again in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, it was an interesting - if not a rather cool - idea.

Title: Dec. 7th, 2021

I need to Clear the Air a bit...

Admittingly, my activity is either sparse with interactions or up in the air and into the area of "Back when I was a newbie here"... Most of it is due to the Advent Calendar up and running this year. Honestly, I've been trying to be a bit better about completing or giving the said activity a try. In regards to Advent, I've been doing the one over at the official Pokemon site as well through their My Place Pokemon: New Years event. Subeta is another site that has an advent calendar of sorts that I've been trying to be diligent about as that rewards an achievement for collecting the freebies for everyday up to real world Christmas and another one for every day in December. Although, they have been having technical difficulties with their site and therefore, they were being forgiving of users that were unable to collect the items for a day the site had issues and lowered the requirements for the mentioned achievements.
Neopets has been going down a slope sadly... Most of the fun stuff at the site are no longer functional due to flash biting the dust. Granted, they seem to be trying to go mobile friendly despite their previous venture into the mobile frontier (aka Neopets Mobile for the small handful of T-Mobile/Cellular users) but even the Lutari Island concept is still quite a weird note in their history books...
Most of my activity is being over at GPX+ and while I can understand the argument of using PFQ instead, I've lost interest in the latter and have refused to return there for many reasons. I can understand them trying to be child-friendly, but maybe I felt like they're going a bit overboard on some parts.

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About That Hunt...

I will still keep my shiny hunt going forward as I'm still collecting the electric and fairy gems needed for the eggs. For me, it's much easier that way as it doesn't give me an unneeded excuse to check PH as I want to make time for myself when it comes to reading or art (*drools*)... I miss my time to draw and I'm bad about not making time for it and thus, I'm trying to cut back where it's needed. Part of it is of course, losing the interest in returning. GPX+ somewhat feels less lenient and not too heavy on side items to take care of. Not that I'm saying I dislike the gardening for berries and cooking, but I just need a good reason to just DiScOnNeCt - even for a little bit.
Sadly, I won't be cutting out Youtube since that's my background noise maker aside from the stuff I sometimes "watch" on my TV. Again, most of my online activity is now on GPX+ and Subeta. I have also checked into Dappervolk and I will sometimes play there as well. All three profiles I use are in my Contacts Box, but I do ask for only friends to send a PM there mentioning me and the usual "we were buddies on PH".