Ok, this is my first (proper) post of 2023. I wasn’t really going to make this post, but there’s a lot that came up that I felt was blog-worthy, and things I should had talked about before but I “never had time to do so” (aka too lazy or felt it wasn’t really worth it).
So let’s start.
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Benies-Blogs.com now using HTTPS
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So this change was due to the very system I use to make these blog posts: WordPress, who has been bitching at me for many months to make changes to my ‘website’.
Mainly it was bitching about PHP being outdated, but what finally got me to actually take action was it claiming that WordPress “will stop supporting it in the future”.. which would fuck me over, as PHP is literally the brain of WordPress. And only Arvixe can do something about it.
And if you were to ask me “why do you have to contact your hosting provider? Why don’t they update this automatically?”.. I wouldn’t be able to give you an answer. I dunno. Guess they don’t feel its their responsibility. *shrug*
But WordPress also asked me to clean up the database… aka delete old blog posts to help speed up the overall time users take to search for a specific blog post, which I cannot do as there’s a lot of history. I can’t just delete that. Unless I make two special archive blogs to move old posts from 2008 all the way to 2018– ten years of blogging, which blows my mind.
Anyway, my WordPress overlords are happy now (somewhat). But I’m glad the screenshot database now has security, which hopefully should mean no unauthorized access to the screenshots folder.
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Odd computer freezes
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So I’ve been binge watching every episode of the 2005 reboot of Doctor Who in LS Media. I’m now up to Season 11, soon to be Season 12. And the reason I’m talking about this is twice (in the span in less than a month), I’ve had my computer completely lock up and display black screens on the monitors, while also my speakers playing an ear-piercing sound when it happens.
What’s bad is I dunno what could be causing it. It’s hard to reproduce it due to its unpredictable nature, but I do have three suspects;
1. Bad video card drivers (even though I did a clean install).
2. My C drive being full. [I’ve since have taken care of this]
3. I haven’t updated the BIOS in awhile.
But like I said, it’s hard to pinpoint the source. All three ‘suspects’ could very well be innocent as it isn’t happening more frequently. What the hell triggers it?! It’s so frustrating and anxiety filled to not know if I have it fixed it not, mainly because of how I need to have the volume up there as they talk quietly. And when that sound plays, it scares the shit out of me as it just happens without warning!! One moment, just be happily focused on the plot of the episode, and the next.. “BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
This issue, whatever it is.. is trying to give me a fucking heart attack! And I wish it would stop.
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Finally watched Dreamworks’ Furry Bait
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I saw Dreamworks’ attempt at successful Furry Bait with Jero today, aka Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.
But before I go there, the movie as a whole.. felt lacking to me. It felt way too short for a full length movie (like 45 minutes instead of your typical nearly 2 hour movie). The pacing felt rushed, and there were a few scenes I felt were overdone. It just felt they ran out of good ideas halfway and salvaged the ones they could.
The characters in the movie however, were really good. I really liked the little dog who always did his best to think positive, and just wanted to be loved. The art style was also really good.
And then finally, there’s the Furry Bait: ‘Death Wolf’. Dreamworks, clearly knew how to make a bottom cream themself. I can see why a lot of furries are making really cool art work of him.. even NSFW, and saying things on the lines of “OHH REAP ME, DADDY!!” He uh, he’s definitely an interesting character. For he shows no fear, only ‘dom energy’, to make most subs quiver in fear.. and lust. *cough*
Let’s just say, Hell’s about to get a lot more full with horny subs wanting Death Wolf to dominate them. But what makes him such a great character is just his style, and the fight scene near the end. He’s just so badass. So it’s no wonder why most furries love him to where they want to make him their ‘husbando’.
Furries are weird, bro. And this comes from a furry who’s also dating one in VRChat. But to me, Death Wolf (and the cute dog) carried the movie. Dreamworks was aiming for more than one character to be a fan of, and they did it with me. They could had easily made the dog an annoying little shit, and Death Wolf ends up actually killing Puss to finally hit the harsh reality of morality home with its audience.
But they didn’t, and in a way it’s good how they did it. They also could had gone the route that most animation movies did in the past: having long drawn out ‘the main protagonist is sad’ moments. But they didn’t. They just kept hammering the audience with more and more.
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But like I said, I don’t really like it. It’s good, but I just.. I don’t like it. One of the reasons is because of the moral of the story. It isn’t a ‘rags to riches’, ‘not letting anyone stop you from achieving your dream’, ‘boy eventually gets girl’, ‘a bad guy can become good’, and ‘learning to cope with your differences’ story that’s been used.
No. This movie hits me on a more personal level, just like most of Doctor Who hits (but I end up ignoring it as I’m more for the SciFi cool shit of time traveling).
Actually, there’s multiple morals to this movie:
1. Not feeling you’re immortal and can “laugh in the face of death”, for death will show you.. you’re not immortal.
2. Death always comes for you, nomatter how fast you run away.
But the main moral they’re trying to hit, shows up at the end of the movie when Puss finally realizes he only needs one life, that he can live well. It’s supposed to tell you
to ‘live your life to the fullest’.. plus to look back at why you need to stay alive, for the ones that love you. That’s literally it, in a nutshell.
…I don’t like movies that are aiming to teach which hit me on a personal level. 😛
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Spoon goes all out for his birthday next month
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I’ve never seen anyone going all out for their birthday, unless they’re a kid and its their parents doing so with clowns and stuff.
But Spoon is. Apparently the guy has a disposable income, even though he currently doesn’t have a job. Or maybe his BF is raking in the money with his job. Though that’s none of my business of how they’re getting their money.
All I know is his 29th birthday (February 4th) is going to be HUGE. Live DJs, giveaways such as Steam keys for certain games, and finally asking for donations to a charity that helps with downs syndrome. He especially wants you to think about his little brother who also has it.
If you want more info about his birthday bash (and you’re an 18+ furry), then join Spoon’s discord server here as it’s the only link I’m allowed to give out. Personally, what he’s doing is really awesome. Always awesome to donate to a good cause.
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“Doooo you have the time, to llISTen to me whine?” -Grey
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This was something I didn’t really feel like discussing, but I have to talk about the elephant in the room which is Grey (now currently Jero’s only real friend). Most of the time when Jero is on orange status, he’s with Grey. And that’s because Grey constantly feels hurt that he isn’t the center of Jero’s attention. ..Basically, it’s like a mirror of the old me, that wanted to be attached to Jero, but even worse. Where he gets bothered when Jero hangs out with other people (which is why Jero has to be on Orange status).
Now you can say he’s toxic, but there’s a reason why he’s the way that he is (if it’s to be believed, that is). And that is, his family. But to respect his privacy, I will not be discussing it in here. All I can say, is it’s pretty ugly and I can understand why he’s the way he is. I do feel for him. I’m sorry what’s going on is happening to him.. but there’s nothing I can really do.
He’s like me, that never grew up to understand whining to friends about my life isn’t going to fix anything, that only I can change it. Sure, I still whine about things I can’t control. But I rarely talk about my life anymore, unless I have to in order to explain something to someone. For the most part, I keep it to myself.
Even Jero understands this about Grey. But, he has a lot more patience than I do, which I’m thankful for (as he’s patient with me).
Anyway, a few days ago I noticed Jero was world hopping. I wanted to investigate, and I found out he was with Grey. Jero, really wanted Grey to bury the hatchet and us to be friends again (to where he was begging). I was cool with it, but Grey wasn’t.
And you know what’s funny? Grey claimed I was “being desperate” to be friends with him. Seriously? I’m not the one begging here, Jero is. But I didn’t want to throw my BF under the bus like that, so I said “no I’m not being desperate. I really don’t know what you have against me”.
And that’s when he told me it’s something I said in Discord, which.. again, I don’t remember. But since it’s something I said, I would assume (when it comes to Grey), that I said to “grow the fuck up and stop whining about things you can’t control”.
That I could understand why he would dislike me, even though it’s true. But come
on, Grey. It’s been a long time. Bury the damn hatchet already, dude.. so Jero doesn’t have to go out of his way to have you be happy.
But.. I honestly don’t care either if he ‘hates’ me until the end of time. I’m not going to stoop to his level. I don’t need your toxicity in my life. I got my own issues. Everyone does.