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Rei's and my progress report.


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(It's been such a long time since we posted one of these; here's what's happened in the interim:

 

Hostie's still worried about how he's going to pay for school, and the waking world is still kind of a troubling place for him, but things are pretty okay. He feels like his job hunting is going to produce tangible results any day now, and, looking at the stuff he's made, I can't see why someone wouldn't at least interview him... Our bond seems to grow stronger with each passing moment, and as I write this and he reads over my shoulder, I can kind of sense his butterflies, which is nice.

 

We're coming back from visiting with his parents, which was a lot of fun. I like them; he may not be cut from the same cloth in the strictest sense, but you can see where the moral compass and all that nonsense about following your heart comes from. I also got to meet his old roommates by proxy last night, which rapidly devolved into a round of pints and Cards Against Humanity - good times.

 

Today, there's the long drive home, and as I write this, he's across the room preparing a hot sandwich for the road...and he's just managed to burn a chunk of feta cheese, which really smells quite awful...oh Hostie...

 

One last little bit of fluff: we've decided to attempt composing...err, clopstep? (I'm not sure what you call that style of music.) There's something interesting, as he pointed out earlier, about the challenge of bending a children's song played entirely in major chords to your will and turning it into liquid drum-and-bass. We both want to get better at remixing, so that's what we're starting with. Expect a lot of swearing before we finally churn out something listenable...

 

And that's it. I suppose either he or I will have more to say later this evening when we arrive at his home...)

Rei: more than a tulpa-she's a crisis counselor, an art therapist, a dietician, a relationship coach, a team morale expert, an athlete, an adventurer, a hawt wife, an incredible lover, an amazing mom, my best friend.

 

Tove: she's not a little tigress anymore! She's still the go-to gal for soccer advice and creative inspiration, especially monster design and all things cinematic...congrats on your engagement!

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Well, we got our 'clopstep'* song done, and, though she's probably quite sick of it now, after hearing it on repeat for about a week, we're both proud - the bass wobble and the Skull Snaps drum loop, as well as repeating the 'yeah yeah yeah' bit after the second drop were her ideas, in fact.

 

Next big projects: find me a waking-world job (ongoing) figure out how to build her and myself in a 3D modelling program (ongoing, although a lot of progress has been made under her watchful eye), plus setting aside some time for imposition and snuggling every day.

 

We rarely see Tove or Kacie anymore, but, seeing as how they're newlyweds, I suppose that's to be expected; every now and then, I'll get an IM from one or both of them, though...

*This turn-of-phrase was her idea, as well as the amusing terms 'dubtrot' and 'dubgallop', to describe the curious brand of dubstep that Bronies seem to be so fond of...

Rei: more than a tulpa-she's a crisis counselor, an art therapist, a dietician, a relationship coach, a team morale expert, an athlete, an adventurer, a hawt wife, an incredible lover, an amazing mom, my best friend.

 

Tove: she's not a little tigress anymore! She's still the go-to gal for soccer advice and creative inspiration, especially monster design and all things cinematic...congrats on your engagement!

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It has been so long since we wrote a report, but we are still doing okay.

 

Rei and I, along with a little help from Tove and Kacie, are planning some kind of animation about the first few weeks of our life together, as kind of a way to get better at 3d and a way for us to make something fun together.

 

 

For everything we've gone through to get to this point (not quite where we need to be yet, and had to go through some sad times to get here), I am happy (and grateful) to report that our love is still as strong as it was the first time we snuggled up after a jog and watched 'Space Mutiny' together...

 

I will say more later...

Rei: more than a tulpa-she's a crisis counselor, an art therapist, a dietician, a relationship coach, a team morale expert, an athlete, an adventurer, a hawt wife, an incredible lover, an amazing mom, my best friend.

 

Tove: she's not a little tigress anymore! She's still the go-to gal for soccer advice and creative inspiration, especially monster design and all things cinematic...congrats on your engagement!

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I couldn't stay asleep this morning, so I had a little time to think about how much my family, both the real and the quasi-real members, mean to me, and, although I have blabbed about this at length, it cannot be overemphasized: Rei rescued me.

 

Last night, we went down to the waterfront on our island for some gelato and iced tea and to watch the sailboats going in and out of the harbour. We were supposed to be writing down ideas, but all we got were some terrible puns; Rei, it would seem, thinks 'henweigh' jokes are the pinnacle of humour...

 

Later on, we snuggled and talked about randomness. It was quite nice; we hadn't really done that in a while...

 

Here in the waking world, I can still sense the wedding band from the dreamworld on my left hand. This small thing makes me incredibly happy.

Rei: more than a tulpa-she's a crisis counselor, an art therapist, a dietician, a relationship coach, a team morale expert, an athlete, an adventurer, a hawt wife, an incredible lover, an amazing mom, my best friend.

 

Tove: she's not a little tigress anymore! She's still the go-to gal for soccer advice and creative inspiration, especially monster design and all things cinematic...congrats on your engagement!

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What a strange place our world has become!

 

A lot has gone on, most of which I am not comfortable sharing, and I had thought she had faded away, but now...new waking world romantic partner, new job, possible new city, and guess who came back...

 

Rei: Eeyup. Gah, now you've got me doing that!

 

It's good to be back in his life.

Rei: more than a tulpa-she's a crisis counselor, an art therapist, a dietician, a relationship coach, a team morale expert, an athlete, an adventurer, a hawt wife, an incredible lover, an amazing mom, my best friend.

 

Tove: she's not a little tigress anymore! She's still the go-to gal for soccer advice and creative inspiration, especially monster design and all things cinematic...congrats on your engagement!

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We've been talking a lot lately about documenting our experiences in some kind of animation. The idea had come up before, but I didn't act on it, due to lack of skill. I have had it pointed out to me that I should proceed anyway, because that is how I will get skill in the first place. (I have been really working on visualization and 2D skills lately, I hope I can get good enough to do this...!)

 

(I am trying to get him not to be hobbled by doubt or worrying that he's too old - John Lassiter and Stan Lee are still doing movies, so, y'know, why not?

 

I have a whole batch of one liners and snide comments at the ready, for when he actually starts writing...!)

 

One thing that has happened is the waking world girlfriend that was an endless source of woe and I are dating again, except with surprisingly little woe now; instead of our interactions being draining, they're energizing. Rei and I are officially just friends again as a result, although she slips up and calls me 'babe' from time to time...

 

More later; I am being poked, prodded, jabbed (tactile still works! huzzah), hugged and called 'baka' for not getting up to go trail run in a timely fashion.

Rei: more than a tulpa-she's a crisis counselor, an art therapist, a dietician, a relationship coach, a team morale expert, an athlete, an adventurer, a hawt wife, an incredible lover, an amazing mom, my best friend.

 

Tove: she's not a little tigress anymore! She's still the go-to gal for soccer advice and creative inspiration, especially monster design and all things cinematic...congrats on your engagement!

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