The "Joys" of Quarantine

[scribesunlimited]

Been thinking about the holidays: Zany chat from last night:

Paola: We need to start thinking about Thanksgiving. It's the 26th this year, you know.
Paul: Man, I really freaking hate that! Why can't it be just ONE date every year?! At least a full month behind? It's like the Thanksgiving holiday is over and BAM!, we have less than a month to shop! I HATE IT!
Paola: Becoming the Grinch a bit early, aren't you...?
Paul: Well, I want to avoid the Christmas rush.
Paola: .........Want more tea...?
Paul: Please.

[MK-AKA-Morgan]

I learned how to make chips. Though- If I'm being honest- none of them end up very crunchy. They're either burn or undercooked. I've also decided to try writing around 10K words a month to help me get better at writing. I also started my comic this year. I just realized all these things are things I do by myself.............

[scribesunlimited]

Ahh, allow a potato expert to weigh in. I make perfect french fries.
For chips, to get that crispness you're looking for, you need to slice the potatoes really thin, wash them, drain them, then soak them in a nice salt-water bath for like a half-hour or so. Then deep fry in oil at least 360 degrees or so. Once they brown, take them out and let them drain in a bowl with a paper towel on the bottom to catch the excess oil. If you leave them be for about 15-20 minutes before eating, they should crisp right up.

[Puck]

I have regular illustrator meetings in my hometown, it looks like we can´t do them and we thought about making zoom drawing meeting. I don´t know what zoom is yet but I can imagine and it sounds like fun.
I play minecraft online with my brother.
I´m drawing a lot but I always do that with Quarantine or without

[scribesunlimited]

I have regular illustrator meetings in my hometown, it looks like we can´t do them and we thought about making zoom drawing meeting. I don´t know what zoom is yet but I can imagine and it sounds like fun.I play minecraft online with my brother. I´m drawing a lot but I always do that with Quarantine or without

We use Zoom quite a bit, would be happy to show you how it's done. You can share screens, webcams, have meetings, etc. It's a lot of fun, and fairly cheap. I think we pay $25 a month or so.

[pilot-obvious]

I started going on a lot more walks and would try and guess what kind of cute dog I would see today. Seeing dogs on their walk brings me so much joy because they have so much happiness!!

[scribesunlimited]

I started going on a lot more walks and would try and guess what kind of cute dog I would see today. Seeing dogs on their walk brings me so much joy because they have so much happiness!!

"DogSpotting", starring Pilot Obvious.

[M.ComicFan]

I've started watching Twitch streams. That's pretty much the only new thing I've been doing recently.

[scribesunlimited]

I've started watching Twitch streams. That's pretty much the only new thing I've been doing recently.

Haven't watched much Twitch, but if there's an MST3K stream out there, I might like to take part.

[M.ComicFan]

Wait, MST3K is on Twitch?

[scribesunlimited]

Wait, MST3K is on Twitch?

OH YEAH!!!! https://www.twitch.tv/mst3k

I am all sorts of there lol

[scribesunlimited]

Photo opportunity wasted:

Woke up to see SIX deer, one big Papa dear with an 8-point antler, a Mama deer, and four adorbz kids, all congregating in the front yard, surrounding our political sign and eating some of the grass Went to grab the Samsung to snap a picture through the window, as I thought of a gorgeous meme I could make, and I guess something frightened them because they suddenly scattered to other yards.

Dammit. Happy Sunday.

[SilentHamster102]

My life actually didn't change that much. Except for that fact that moved back to hometown instead of living in a big city and trying "joys of quarantine" of my own hide.
And here is everything the same as before, as always. But I heard that 2-3 folks around have a COVID already this autumn, unlike the first wave.

At the time of the first wave, the police were patrolling and try to stop everybody from walking on the street (it didn't stop us anyway), but now everything is quiet.

[scribesunlimited]

It boggles my mind still how many people have this "invincibility" complex or something, that don't want to obey laws and either stay home or go out with masks. We have a name for them: Covidiots.

[SilentHamster102]

You can call me whatever you want actually, it won't change my behavior at all ¯ \ _ (ツ) _ / ¯
And I understand that this disease is dangerous and so on, but anyway I'll live the way I want to live, just like the rest of the town actually (I really didn't see that many folks around were wearing masks in here).

[scribesunlimited]

I'll live the way I want to live,

I understand this part, but you're forgetting the part where you could be ending the rights of others to live.

[SilentHamster102]

Well, if we're talking about the situation in my town, then everyone else is going the same way as me, so we're equal to each other.
And actually, nowdays local laws aren't restricting anything around here, so I'm clean even in the eyes of justice.

[scribesunlimited]

Sorry, I didn't realize you were in Russia.
We have no problems at all with how you folks want to live.

[Caro]

Early quarantine was extremely chaotic for me for a while. Both my partner and I work from home and gave up our studio space because we didn’t want any risk of infection. So we’ve been holed up in our little house in the woods in the middle of nowhere since March.

It’s only been the last month or two that I’ve forced myself to put some structure in my life. I also started limiting my internet use to 1-2 hours a day because it was starting to get really bad and once I cut the internet out my mood realllly stabilized and I’m figuring out how to more effectively communicate with my friends online.

My partner and I both received deadlines during quarantine so we’re both producing loads of work now non-stop. I run/walk 3-5 miles everyday now, wake up at 6am, I’ve been reading more books, spending actual quality time with my partner (when we’re not grinding away at work), I bake every Sunday so we can have a treat with our coffee every morning of the week, I’ve been inking 12 pages of the comic I’m on deadline for every week which I’m realllly proud of and excited about (but don’t talk to me about coloring ), my cats and my dog are happy to have us around all the time.

I know its a terrible time for a lot of people and it feels really inappropriate to say ANYTHING positive about it, but it was a sort of reset a needed for myself, my mental health, and my relationship. I can’t wait for it to be over though. I need to hold my friends!!!

[scribesunlimited]

I know its a terrible time for a lot of people and it feels really inappropriate to say ANYTHING positive about it, but it was a sort of reset a needed for myself, my mental health, and my relationship.

Nonsense. We NEED to find some positive in all this or we'll never really be ready for whatever happens next. We're not being insensitive or anything. We're just trying to go on with life as best we can. Remember September 11th? This is just like it, only we're dealing with it for a lot longer is all. Life will get back to some sort of normalcy eventually, but we've GOT to stay positive, for sure.