I understand this part, but you're forgetting the part where you could be ending the rights of others to live. 
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.
Sorry, I didn't realize you were in Russia.
We have no problems at all with how you folks want to live. 
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!!!
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. 
Paola shared this today. An oldie but a goodie.
if you have CATS...you get us.
HOW TO GIVE YOUR CAT A PILL:
1) Pick cat up and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.
2) Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.
3) Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.
4) Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm, holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten.
5) Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse from garden.
6) Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.
7) Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.
8) Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill inside end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.
9) Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink 1 beer to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.
10) Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Open another beer. Place cat in cupboard, and close door onto neck, to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with elastic band.
11) Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Drink beer. Fetch bottle of scotch. Pour shot, drink. apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Apply whiskey compress to cheek to disinfect. Toss back another shot. Throw Tee shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.
12) Call fire brigade to retrieve the f------ cat from tree across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil-wrap.
13) Tie the little b**tard's front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table, find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of steak filet. Be rough about it. Hold head vertically and pour 2 pints of water down throat to wash pill down.
14) Consume remainder of Scotch. Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and remove pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table.
15) Arrange for RSPCA to collect "mutant cat from hell" and call local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.
HOW TO GIVE A DOG A PILL:
1) Wrap it in cheese.
Yep, about time to drag out the Nintendo Wii and maybe do a few games. Still got Skyward Sword Zelda to finish.,
@scribesunlimited
I still got Sonic and the Secret Rings, A SONIC MASTERPIECE 
We miss the Nintendo network, where you could play with others. I wish someone else would get busy and create a pirate Nintendo network for us die-hard Mario Kart fans.
@scribesunlimited I'm going through similar frustrations with the PlayStation,
I heard that Sony filed a patent for a Virtual Console system for PS1, 2 and 3 games, something similar to the Nitendo Virtual Console.
But that doesn't seem to be available yet.
Well, yeah, since the PS5 is going to come out soon. Why can't Sony just make one all-in-one console and be done with it?
In fact, why can't someone create ONE BOX to play all games...? OR in lieu of that, a PC program or Cloud system that will allow you to play ANY game, on one computer. Those days are coming, I assure you.
The video console war is dying fast.
Are you kidding?! That's what we WANT. Play games off our TV/smartphone from a big massive game cloud with no need to program anything, or set anything, of use different equipment.
and that's find and dandy,
until you realise that It's going to be like Netflix, and that you have to pay a monthly subscription to access this content,
You can't buy or own anything,
EVER!!!
but chance are, not everyone will be able to afford monthly commitments,
Especially when we have far too many streaming services happening at once,
Well, after broadcast and cable TV finish dying out, people are going to need something to do with the TVs besides streaming everything. AND it'll cost less because we won't have ABC, CBS, NBC and everyone else. they'll need to fill that void. they know they're facing a losing battle. The TV is going to be the main focal point around the house - and that's what "they" want. One nice big captive audience. 
Just got off the phone with Paola, who was at the doctor's office:
Paola: All done. On my way home now.
Paul: That's cool.
Paola: Do you want me to stop and pick up breakfast?
Paul: Sure.
Paola: What do you want? McDonald's or the other place?
Paul: laughs the OTHER place?
Paola: Yeah, we should be referring to it by that name now.
Paul: So we will no longer speak its name?
Paola: No, it shall become the Lord Voldemort of fast food.
Paul: It shall be done.
Paola: So, crossanwiches then?
Paul: Aye. Lord Voldemort will be most pleased.
Paola: laughing on phone
Paul: And it will want fries with that...
Paola: more laughing, cuts off
Yeah, I'm thinking this could be why we're getting successful with "Insignificant Otters" the most, because of the bank and forth bantering. it's a lot like how we'd talk to each other.
No problem! I read works sporadically until I catch up, so I'll randomly bombard you with likes. I hope you reach 250 subscribers soon! ^^
Maybe after one more targeted Facebook boost, we'll do it.
Thanks!
Still, I guess 240 in about two months is pretty good.
Since I love to draw but I'm not very good with comics, I decided to try doing visual novels during quarantine and I discovered a new and funny hobby! I've just released a small BL game for the spooky season and I'm working on two other projects that have demos right now. It was quite challenging because it requires more skills than just drawing, but the experience has been very fulfilling so far.
I sincerely want to learn more about making visual novels, for sure. It can only help with publicity. Any software pointers and examples you are really happy with? Your art is killer, btw.
Thank you so much for liking my art! <3 For coding the game I use the RenPy engine: https://www.renpy.org/ It's free and although it requires coding, it's very beginner friendly and straight-forward! (plus they have a clear documentation that explains the basics to code a simple game) You can see some examples of games made with RenPy on Itchio: https://itch.io/games/genre-visual-novel/tag-renpy
Other software that I use is Google Docs for writing the story (narration and dialogue) before copy/pasting it into the game's code, and Clip Studio Paint for the visuals. But you can replace both of these with any text editor / drawing software that you already use and you'll be good. For the music and sound effects I rely on Royalty Free stuff since I can't compose myself (although I'm interested in learning that too) 
I thank you very much for this info. You're a very talented person and I imagine you can do anything you want to learn.
Our work schedule during COVID:
Monday: Meh, forget it.
Tuesday: Do everything we were going to do Monday, but do such an ass-backwards job of it, resolve to re-do it Wednesday.
Wednesday: Finish everything that needed done Monday. Inform new clients not to bother us until Friday while we play "catch-up". Tell current clients, "Sorry to be a little late, COVID and all" which always works.
Thursday: Meh, forget it, too close to Friday.
Friday: Everything done as planned. We work best on Fridays because we don't ever want to work weekends.
Saturday: Work anyway because there's really NO PLACE we can go on the weekends.
Sunday: Our day of rest - except for any work we don't want to have to do on Mondays, because Mondays are "meh".
We bought two bags of Cheetos today.
We've been hearing lately of Cheetos shaped like certain things are actually pulling in major bids on eBay!
Why not, right?
Check it! A saxophone and a whale.
Well, it's a start... 
Price Alert:
Don't Doordash The Cheesecake Factory's cheesecakes for a while.
Whew... $60 for a whole cheesecake?
Thanks, but no:
13 days later
Unfortunately, Jim's aunt didn't fare as well.
She lost part of her apartment and two of her dogs drowned. I'm putting together a quick donation thing if anyone wants to help out with any money. I'm going to be sending all I get from Paypal to the artist's bank account in Xoom.
So, if you want to help out, you can use the paypal me link below:
All proceeds go to Jim's aunt to help her get through this. thanks everyone.