I'm cutting away a bunch of undergrowth on the hillside behind our house (making room for a garden, getting more sun on the pool, getting the back deck to feel less cramped...), and the easiest way to deal with what I cut down seems to be a burn pile. Thing is, some of these plants I can't identify, and I'm wary of burning them without knowing that, because I'm well aware that some plants can produce toxic smoke.

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Just wanted to offer a little status update and say that all of my pony energy of late has been going into a fic about a very underappreciated pony:

Look for it to drop no later than one week from today eventually 'cause Mana keeps extending the deadline and I'm gonna keep polishing.

Once it's up, I'll be focusing on getting PONY Legacy ready for (re)publication.

Happy new year!

Okay so, I'm seeing some fam that make fics that actually deserve vastly more attention than they currently have (one of them being very new to the site, much love). So Imma shout out these bois in the hopes they get even a single more follower (since I can only follow once. :p)

Caprin because even with only one fic so far (please update/post again, god), it is glorious and a delight to read over and over.

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Sorry for not posting stuff on here since Starman. I'm not dead, I promise.

I'm just in Death Valley for a week. You know, the perfect place for a relaxing tropical vacation.

Hahahahahelpme.

-Pencil

Edit: OH and for anyone who thinks I'm being a wiseass and am joking about being in Death Valley....

NO. I'M NOT FUCKING KIDDING. IT IS VERY DRY HERE.

Behold the future, and despair.

To summarize, Pony Life is going to give us:

• Inflation
• One or more new alicorns
• Disturbing llamas
• And unicorn horns on literally anything that breathes

Well then.

I'm just gonna copypasta the Author's Notes from the first chapter cuz I'm lazy and bonkers:

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Here. Here are all of the things I ought to work on.

Let's go down the list.

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What the heck happened?

I used to have these monochrom FluttersShy faces selected for my favorite tabs, and for each of my library tab things. Now they've all been replaced by shitty emojis! If I wanted emojis, I would have selected emojis.

As is, it feels like I was handed a head sized lolly, then slapped in the face just as I was getting into it. Then handed a chunk of poop on a stick.

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This... this isn't Canterlot

WHERE AM I

That feeling when hardly any comments.

Not that I'm complaining.

So this is a thing, now.

Check out the original fic here. It's pretty great. It's seriously making me want to go and read the Stoppard play, and then write several thousand words about it.

I'm only half-joking.

Anyway, yeah, I read a thing. Should I do more of these?

I love art in many forms. I admit I find it difficult to appreciate works such as 'Voice of Fire' but some of that comes from not knowing the artist's intent behind the piece. I personally don't derive anything from it, but perhaps if I had the perspective and knowledge of what the artist was trying to convey, I might have a different opinion.

I'm leading to the fact that I often find strange works of art beautiful. In this case, carved citrus peels. Hear me out.

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So that much is new. Sorry for no update on MLR&D:MiM, ive been having pains in my side and had to go to the doctors about it, sadly the doctor i went to is a fucking Quack and im in even more pain now due to them not treating the issue. So there's that.

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I'm going to write the worst fic ever. And I believe it can be done. I just need some help from my friends. It will take a long time to finish it, but it WILL be done.

Here's a list of guest stars. And I know... it's cancer.

1. Michael Jordon
2. Nicholas Cage
3. Goku
4. SpongeBob
5. O.J. Simpson

Give me an idea for a guest star, and I will put it in.

Admit it, your only here because you think your titles are boring

I feel ya fam

So first, what are you blogging about? If it's an image or video, try the video/image's title. Easy.
But then there's when you were just looking at pics on google or tumblr and those don't have easy titles! Well, base it off the picture. Pretty easy :d

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It’s really been 2 months since I made a blogpost. This shit feels unprecedented and wrong somehow. Many things have happened since I got on HRT, but my work has been sucking my life out of me recently. They’ve scheduled me for 6-day weeks and most of the time I’m too tired to do anything (but I’ve told a manager so fingers crossed, and even if that doesn’t work out I still have my own plans that’ll guarantee me 2 days off a week). More stories coming soon hopefully, as I have done interesting

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That fic, that is just so godawful terrible in everything it does, that it actually makes you laugh your head off at how bad it is?

I have found that fic.

Don't any of you dare criticize it. If the author cancels it I may have to strangle all of you, collectively.

I need this.

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Back to metal! (Notice a trend yet? )

Pelican is a somewhat unique instrumental band/group, described as both "Post-Metal" (whatever that means) and "Instrumetal". I think Significant Other described them best with the succinct "easy listening metal" description. It feels a bit like a metal version of jazz (in a good way) what with their heavy, yet clear guitars and varying time signatures (Ohhh lookit SIG with all the poncey, hoity-toity phrases!)

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