"And I told Sauron, I told him, I'll burn this whole place down..."

But he has so many eyes! Surely he can come to a consensus on beauty.

Damn, 10 minute?

Does he really need 9 minutes of recovery? Poor bastard.

"Call my dick a sling, cause it's throwin' stones".

Imma go bury myself, now.

I like it, in the box. I want to live... In the box.

(That entire conversation felt like it had the strangest pacing, even for MGS).

I swear, every time I see anything involving "Bump in the Night", it's like awakening a childhood fever dream.

I remember randomly catching episodes late at night, but I can't remember on what channel. I know it was back when we had DirectTV, so early 2000s. There was something about it that I found just slightly too creepy, but I could never stop watching when I found it.

Looks like the moons screaming again.

Wonder about what this time?

Howling, generally.

Good place for it.

For me, the biggest first step was recognizing my habits in letting it start and pushing myself to not let it. I had to look at my own habits, learn to recognize when they were starting, and actually push myself to get up and do.

With that last bit, though, came the why I was struggling to do in the first place. Sometimes it can be that it's something we don't enjoy, and with that, it helped to remind myself that just getting it done meant it was over with. I can get back to whatever comfort I was in when it's done, and make myself do it.

Sometimes it's more, though. My depression and anxiety heavily fed into my lack of motivation and energy, and even the perfectionism I struggled with was fueled by anxiety that I'd somehow get it wrong.

That took getting help, medication, and changing a lot of my own thought process. Making a schedule definitely helped me with feeling like I wasn't getting done "on time" or early enough. If I know something takes me 30 minutes, I schedule it out for 45 so if I take longer, I'm still not "behind", and if I get done quicker, hey, I got some free time!

Learning to give myself some slack really helped, too. I had to tell myself it was okay if everything wasn't perfect, if something came up, because we can't plan for everything. The only thing we can do is try. Sometimes we give it our all, but something outside of our control goes wrong.

Learn to recognize and break negative thought processes. Don't ignore mistakes or accidents, and don't just bottle up negative emotion, but recognize when the thoughts are becoming a block.

Find what motivates you. Sometimes it's easier to get through the rough when you know there's something worth it at the end.

Why are you sharing my Saturday night plans?

Dammit, now everyone is gonna be down in the bog, and there's never any room for shrieking in the swamp.

But Garrus has reach, all you need is flexibility.

They do not ask who gave them freedom, merely take it for the gift that it is.

Anyone got a Junior Mint?

Hey, so, not a licensed professional, but deal with something just like that(screaming in sleep).

Go talk to a professional. Mine was PTSD-related night terrors, and once I got on Miratazapine with therapy, they actually went away. Been something I've dealt with since my early teens, and I've not had an episode in months.

The kraken works in mysterious ways. We must trust in their decisions.

It's hard to pick.

Pokemon Crystal, New Vegas, Borderlands 2, Final Fantasy 6, Sonic and Knuckles, Grim Dawn, The Sims 3, No More Heroes 2, Okami, Metal Gear Solid(hell, the whole series is up there for me), Kingdom Hearts.

I'm assuming uncomfortably.

Unless someone was into that.

Yes. In fact, I have spent a long portion of my life starting my morning with demands of the release of the kraken.

We're not learning the lesson fast enough. The kraken will either be another step in our downfall, or we can start feeding people to them until things get better.

Hey! Making notes and saying I'll work that in means I'm not neglecting! I'm just doing the bare minimum as rarely as possible.

Where they gettin' arrested at this go around? Gotta top what happened in Greece.