So, if anyone hasn't seen it, a new animated series pilot by YouTube animator Vivziepop called Hazbin Hotel launched earlier this month. It's NSFW due to language and graphic violence, so I'm not going to link it here, but it's really easy to find, and despite some rather glaring flaws, I'd say you should watch it for yourself (if you're into that sort of thing). I'd seen the various trailers and teasers, and was very much looking forward to seeing it. Eagerly awaiting, even. Now

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And once again I get to see just how long it takes me to piss off and alienate people, just by being myself and attempting to interact with others like something approaching what normal people do.

Not very long at all, apparently.

I need to stop pretending I'm actually capable of being social, even online; because I will invariable screw it up, usually in the worst possible way. And hurt someone else in the process.

I can't write anymore. I can't do anything anymore. I'm stuck on this story, and I can't finish it, and I can't write anything else until it's finished. I hate it, I hate writing, and I hate myself. I fucking wish I'd never started it. It's a monstrosity, like me, and I just don't know what to do with it.

Okay, time to get into some details. First, here's me at the con:

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Just got home from Everfree Northwest. Wow, that is the most fun I've had at a convention in far too many years. So amazingly cool and fun and educational. Got some great feedback on my writing, and got to meet some great pony authors and artists, including Novel-Idea, Winston, Cynewulf,

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As of Today, I am officially moved into my new house. I moved the last load of stuff out of the old one this morning. Okay, technically I still have a few odds and sods to do, like filing my change-of-address with the post office, and updating all my billing and mailing addresses for the bank and utilities and so on, but aside from a little bit of cleanup and picking up the mail for another week or two, I have no reason at all to go back to that old shithole I was living in.

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Got a friend who has just gotten into ponies and the fandom. I've been introducing her to music, video and art, but so far no fanfiction. I have put together a list of the stuff that I really like and think is among the best in the fandom; but along side that, I'm also looking for recommendations for the perennial classics. Stories that have been around a while, that are well-known, that have become a substantial part of the fanon "extended universe" if you will. Iconic stories. Mind you,

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So, deadrose and I are in the process of moving from the Emerald City, to a much less interesting city fifteen miles south, because this house got foreclosed on (thanks to my landlord dying and his heirs being unlocatable), and that city being about the only place I can afford to move to (housing costs here are insane, thanks primarily to Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, and a city government that bends over for them at every opportunity), which is still even moderately convenient for work. Not

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Well, after a lot of work and grief and general self-loathing, I've finally managed to bash this story into something readable. Barely readable. But at least I finally have a workable first draft. To make it actually worth reading, however, I'm going to need some help.

Anyone out there who has way too much free time and a highly critical eye is abjectly begged to cast that eye on my poor literary ramblings and help me attempt to make something entertaining out of it.

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I really need to remember that no one is interested in my opinion on anything. Things never go well when I forget that.