Happy Thanksgiving!

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Happy Thanksgiving, fellow Americans! It’s been such a rough year for all of us, and it’s sadly it’s only getting worse with this second major wave of COVID sweeping over the land, once again causing businesses to suffer. Even a holiday such as Thanksgiving isn’t saved from its grip, being told to wear masks even in your own home if you’re not
eating.
But it’s still a great time to seriously be thankful for what you have, especially in these uncertain times.

So what am I thankful for? Lots of reasons.
1. My body not giving up on me (…yet).
2. So far surviving this pandemic with noone in my immediate family getting Coronavirus. Includes my distant family too (my father’s brothers and their family).
3. Not wanting to kill my family for the lies and BS they spread about COVID and the election.
4. My computer putting up with my shit, and allowing me to do a successful case swap.
5. Jero when he had come back into my life, who gave me all the love I wanted from him.
6. My friends (and cuddle buddies) helping me to feel happy after Jero left. I don’t need a group when I already have one in the form of great friends. 😊
7. Harry and all the other anonymous sources that helped straighten my mind up.
8. …The fact 2020 is almost over. One more month to go!!

So that’s what I’m thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day. What are you thankful for, huh? Able to find work? Able to support your family? Those right there are some very, very good reasons to be thankful. Coming out of this pandemic stronger than ever is another good reason.

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When someone says “I love you” incorrectly to you

I never thought I’d be posting so much this month, but I am. Klaus was right when he said to “give it time, you’ll find someone”. Sadly that ‘someone’ has a personality that clashes with mine, but that’s not even their fault– I blame myself.

Last year (I’m not sure if it was around Christmastime or not) in VRChat, I was in a special world where you can take a seat and things would be happening infront and around you in a theme park-like ride.
And part of the intro of this, was a voice that started ranting for the longest time about people saying “I love you” in the wrongest of ways (mainly hitting VRChat relationships and how today’s generation uses them wrong). That voice has stuck with me to this day of just how powerful those three little words are. As if some wise man was specifically saying these very useful words to me.

Grey has been using these words, prematurely (and he’s within ‘today’s generation’). Been saying “I love you Benie” even though we’re just friends.. well, we were friends. He’s since blocked me because apparently I “have an issue with his personality” (which isn’t true at all). He just took it wrongly. Then again, it doesn’t bother me in the slightest. I should had never seen Grey like I did, as it made me regret doing so. Even during our ERP sessions, I regretted lying to him in ‘coming multiple times’. I’ll spare you the details as it’s definitely NSFW.
We were doing things that only Wuffer and I did (the sleep calling, as I said before). Plus him wanting me to go to bed earlier so he wouldn’t be waiting for me.
This is one thing that I’m glad it’s over, because it feels like cringe when I’m with him.
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Yesterday, I wanted to slow down with all the ERPing we’ve been doing. Try to do something else, like watching movies in one of the movie worlds. This was more of a test to see how Grey handles just chilling. …He’s not, saying “we can watch movies right here. We can watch Stargate.”
During the start of our (final) sleep call, he’s telling me all the things we’ve been doing for the past week. Then he says “I love you as a friend, that will never change”.
Nani..? How can you say that when you were calling me “your dragon” and other sweet things like this, and telling me how much you love me? So that was nothing but a fake romantic relationship. I thought he had feelings for me, just what I’ve wanted in a relationship.
But then he tells me I “should focus more on friendship”, making more friends. Those words stuck to me like glue, while he’s on “just focus on what we did, alright?” ..I don’t think so Grey, you just ruined it.

This afternoon I sent several paragraphs in the form of “telling me to change my life”. I explained why the whole ‘making more friends’ thing isn’t going to work. Well.. it isn’t going to work for me. My current friends don’t ask me how I’m doing on a daily basis and I’m happy about that, as I’m still a loner and that’s not something VRChat’s going to change.
I feel Grey is, well.. too much for me. I need someone more down to earth, more compassionate (like Novice was that one morning). But that’s not even Grey’s fault for the way he is. We all have our own personalities.. sadly mine and his clash, yet that doesn’t mean I have a problem with it. If I had a problem, I’d want him to change. I do not. I want him to be the way he is.
That’s why I felt it was best off if we had defaulted back to just being acquaintances. He took a step further and blocked me, because I never read his messages. The only thing I read was him saying “We’ll see.” and then asking me later on if I had a problem with his personality. Was I wrong for doing that? ..Maybe. Possibly. But then again I..Β  maybe I did have an issue with his personality. But, isn’t that what makes us human? How we’re all different?
It’s OK to be against someone’s personality. You could even be against my personality. Which, I’d ask.. why are you reading this blog post then? Why are you even here? Why am I even talking to you, individual person on the internet? Sure it would make me upset and I can understand Grey getting upset with my words.
But seriously, I had to get out of this mess. I’m sorry I hurt Grey in the process, but we went too far. Even I went too far, thinking he has feelings for me (and even told me before he didn’t). But when I tried to have things calm down back to what they were, he ramped them back up. Yesterday, it was him that wanted to ERP. I was hoping he wasn’t in the mood, as again I wanted to take things slow.
We were going way, way too fast, and he’s the one that ‘threw the first punch’ by ERPing with me. In other words, it was the exact opposite with Wuffer and I (but this time I would be Wuffer). But unlike Wuffer.. I didn’t ghost Grey until a time I had the ‘courage’ to tell Grey this isn’t going to work out. I wanted to get this mess done with.
Grey in ways is like Suppy, but without him being all “I love your X!! I love your Y!! I love your Z!!” as suddenly it was love at first sight for that poor lovesick shiba back then.. at the WORST possible time (when Jero and I had just gotten back together). But I digress.

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It’s a shame I lost Grey as a friend, and I wish things had gone differently. But Grey
is, well… Grey. And I am me. Asking the other to change just because you don’t like their personality is wrong. I just wish Grey could had taken it better and slowed the fuck down. But again.. that’s his personality. Mine clashed with his, and the only way to stop it is to unfortunately be blocked in order to not see the other person again. *shrug*
And yes I still blame myself for it… in ways. I mean, I know some people who are 20 and act more down to earth than he does. ERP isn’t going to win friendships with me, it’s how well you’re willing to listen. Even as a friendship, I want to feel warm with the other person and don’t mind opening up to. Novice, as I said before, has all the redeeming qualities that I’m looking for (almost an exact copy of Jero). But his busy work life is pushing me away from him and almost ‘forcing me’ to look elsewhere.
Grey almost felt like he was pushing me into a wall and trying to get me to talk about myself. He’s too strong, and made me uncomfortable at times. I tried to brush it off as much as I could, but it felt all I wanted to do was get the hell out of there. No longer do I have to worry about him asking me if I’m going to hop on VRC. No longer do I have to worry about not wanting to be there.
And no longer will I hear him ask if I want to play a game with him when he’s bored.

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I might stay off VRChat for a bit. I feel there’s no point in coming on anymore until I see more activity of friends I care for (and when Virtual Market 5 is supposed to come next month, by the 19th).
Honestly I should just go back to Destiny 2. I feel that’s where I fucked up, thinking I “don’t belong there”. Kovo and Nova need my help, and I really should do something about that.

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What’s wrong with just being single?! / Fuck the WMR boundary!

I can think of multiple titles for this post, of how I feel I’m going back on my own words of not looking for love. It’s like the longer I’m away from Jero, I can feel that void in my heart beginning to form.
But, why? What is wrong with just being single? Why do I need love? 2020 isn’t even the best year to be thinking about it (since everyone’s either struggling to work as hard as they can or unable to find work and they want to commit suicide)!
That includes a lot of ‘high epsilons’ (as I label them) who want nothing to do with me. They’re struggling to make ends meet and.. I feel they (in ways) wish could live my
life (the whole ‘getting paid sitting on my ass’ part).
Then again there are people who have a job that takes most of their time, they don’t got time to be looking. I kind of need something like this; something to take my focus away from needing cuddles and love…. something to preoccupy my mind. Yet it feels, I don’t want to. It feels I’m being pulled out of my comfort zone. Got friends that want to play games with me, yet I feel I don’t wanna.
If I’m going to play a game, I play it on my terms. Not anyone else’s.

Grey is who I’m explaining about (when it comes to the comfort zone violation). I.. well, a part of me thinks we might be getting close. Yet I don’t really feel any connection with him. There’s hardly anything about him (except the hot ERP he gives me) that I really like. But I don’t want to love him just because he’s giving me.. well, that. Understandable, right?
I feel we’re still friends. Yet we’re doing things that I’ve done with Wuffer (doing sleep calls). He even said (twice) “I love you Benie” last night. I pray it’s as a friend. Like, what do you even love about me? It’s just like Jero.
The reason I don’t really feel anything with Grey is he’s.. too ‘upper class’ for me. Has a car and seems to like talking about driving, which makes me uncomfortable. That and he seems to act like Klaus (saying “Benieeeeee! It’s a Benie!” a lot). Just, the way he talks I want to stay away from him. ..Oy.

And then, there’s Novice. I feel, he’s more ‘Jero-like’.. the good side of Jero, that loved me. I actually feel a connection with him, of the way he talks. He seems very compassionate and a great listener, and for how long I’ve known him.. he’s gotten me through some very tough times in my virtual life; all redeeming qualities of what I would be looking for (if I was looking).
He doesn’t feel sex is the answer to happiness, but companionship. And I greatly appreciate that. He’s calm and collective, and sounds like a real sweetheart. So he, if I was looking, would be the closest to an actual relationship.
However, what keeps me from going further (and even himself) is his very busy work schedule. That’s another reason why I say “he’s more ‘Jero-like”. He wants to peruse a relationship, but he can’t. He feels he’s “unable to commit”. Again, like Jero (the bad side though).
I don’t wanna be ‘stuck’ with Grey. I’ve got to open my horizon and look for people that aren’t on my friends list– start mingling in public instances. …But then I’d be looking for love. Ugh. Yet I feel as time goes on, I might not have a choice. Love isn’t coming to me as I’d hoped.. I might have to be the one that spearheads it. But I pray I don’t have to.
I don’t want to go back on my word. πŸ˜”

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Fuck the WMR boundary!
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Yeah I said it, fuck the boundary with WindowsMR! I dunno what the hell is going on or if this is the fault with Windows (or a sign my headset’s dying), but every now and then my boundary starts to drift around. I’ll just be relaxing in my chair giving cuddles to
someone, when I can slightly feel my FOV slightly moving around.
One time I was trying to hang with Novice, and I noticed my entire view slanted to the right. It was giving me motion sickness without even moving.
Now I had discovered SteamVR has a reset viewpoint button, however it works 25% of the time in WMR. The only way to ‘reset’ is literally closing out Mixed Reality Portal and restarting. But in this case, restarting didn’t fix the issue (it was also happening inside the portal)… and the only way to fix it now is to completely clear out and redraw my boundary.

So I decided “you know what? Fuck setting this damn boundary!” It’s not fun to set up. I do not have the fucking ROOM to set this up. My chair gets in the way when tracing behind me. It’s just.. not worth it when I’m having all of these issues. The way my room
is, I’m always in two corners of my boundary. I mean sure it’s drifted before, but it was never this severe to force me to re-draw my boundary several times in less than a
week.
One thing that slightly worries me is when I ever am able to afford the equipment for full body, if I absolutely have to have a boundary in order for the Vive base stations to draw the secondary (for full body). I hope that’s not necessary.

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Nearly lost my shit / I have a new son

Wish I had more to add to the title, but nothing really major has happened apart from these two. Well, there is another, but it’s not something I really wish to talk about.
Has nothing to do with me personally. But anyway, let’s start.

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Nearly lost my shit
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Just a normal day, coming back from dinner and was getting ready to play some
more Half-Life Alyx. Happen to glance at who’s on in the call of the server.
…I see Jero in there. Immediately I’m getting pissed off and wanting answers why he’s in there, but noone’s giving me much. I even talked to Harry about this, who didn’t even know what was going on. They were surprised, but told me “honestly Benie, why is this bothering you? Maybe he’s just chilling. Maybe he’s moved on. What happened to yourself saying you have, huh?”
I swore up and down Jero was up to something, still trying to find out Harry’s actual name. But Harry didn’t seem bothered by this, feeling confident Jero’s given up on the search.

I went to Kovo in Telegram, asking him if he knew what Jero’s saying. He didn’t answer until much later, only saying Jero asked if they “still play VRChat”. I wanted to grab Jero by the neck and throw him into a wall when I saw that message. ..How DARE you say
that, with how long I’ve been waiting to see YOU. Then suddenly doubts started flooding my mind thinking once again Jero might’ve been telling the truth about ‘being too busy with work’.
Went to Harry for advice, they told me to chill. “Let him do what he wants and forget what happened. Put your priorities on other things worth more than this” they added.
mmmMMMMMmM!!! Why is he even here anyway?! Just to torment me?? You’d think he would had left our server a long time ago. Just thinking about him makes me want to show him the fury of a raging dragon inside me! He should not be allowed to breath for what he did to me!!
I blocked him.. so why did I fucking SEE HIM in that call?!?! If this was my server, his ass would be kicked to the curb.
But… why am I so aggressive all the sudden? He didn’t humiliate me infront of my friends. He didn’t cause my life to be ruined. No. It’s nothing like that. So.. why do I even care what happens to him? Kovo told me he was just chilling.
*deeply sighs*.. Harry’s right, I shouldn’t be caring about what Jero does. I need to just be living my life, and it seems Jero is as well. Mmm. Yeah. Plus, if I’m in the call and Jero joins, I won’t hear him (because he’s blocked). So, why should I give a fuck he has zero remorse for what he did?
He’s not gonna change.
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I have a new semi-unwanted son
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Was on VRChat last night, first time I got on since the VRChat+ announcement that put a really bad taste in my mouth. Just Kovo and Nova there infront of the mirror. They’re trying to get me to go back into Destiny 2 (since the new DLC launched). And they’re not the only ones. I got a friend who’s also trying to get me back into the game.
Like, can I just.. say, I don’t care for Destiny 2 anymore (as I feel I’m not good at any game that uses a weapon/armor build system) and not feel I’m being harassed by my decision? Sparky understands, why can’t them?
Anyway, someone joins the world that I haven’t seen in awhile, someone that I didn’t think actually cared about me as I’ve been ignoring them: Shootandstuff. About two weeks
ago, he told me his RP mother (Garruk.. yes, that Garruk who unfriended me all because I wasn’t spending enough time with him), has disappeared from VRChat and all other forms of social media. Just, *poof*.
I comforted him while Kovo and Nova wanted to see if they could help him out. All we got out of him is this happened around two months ago. No word if anyone pissed Garruk off to the point he vanished (if he may’ve.. you know) or decided to change his life around and stopped going online. Yet, you don’t do that to your son (RP or not)… you let them
know.
Nova was quick to say this, as she too is an RP mom and has a RP daughter.
It seems Garruk pulled ‘a Jero’ on Shoot, and I really do feel bad for him. But, this is the same Shoot I remembered before, and the reasons why I wanted to ignore him. He just, his voice bugs me. It’s so deep, sounds like he’s in his 30’s (like Yellowjack).Β  But just like Yellow, he’s probably much younger than he sounds (at least the way he acts).

He starts messaging me in Discord, but I’m not really paying attention until a bit later after the second message. I freeze when I see him say “can you be my RP dad?”
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I wanted to say “I’m sorry, but I can’t” after what I went through with Fluffy. But I knew it would break his heart and cause him even more depression if I refused. I.. *sigh* against my gut to say no, I said “sure”. Because he has noone. At least.. that’s what I thought ’till later on, where this one guy in this weird shark avatar with a covered buldge comes up to Shoot and is all “this is my master!”
The person is confused what to call me, then thinks to also call me his father. ..What is happening here?! The fuck did I sign up for?! Plus the shark guy’s saying “you should ask your dad if it’s OK if we ERP here”. ..WTF..
All I wanted to do was help a guy who had no RP family, and now this is happening! The insanity!
But thankfully this got ‘sorted out’ when the two left for a private instance.

I dunno how long this ‘Shoot being my RP son’ thing is going to last. I pray he moves on and finds someone else to cling on to, but I dunno. …I am not a father figure. I am old
yes (old enough to be the father of most people), but I don’t want kids (RP and IRL).
Kids are annoying, and then suddenly turn to want ‘more than a friend’ relationship. Oh wait that was just Fluffy back then. I dunno if Shoot would go the same route (I pray not).

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Technology is Strange / Why do I keep giving him chances? / 2020 recap post near New Years Day

So, this might be the last time I post so often (unless something else major happens that’s worth blogging about).
Yesterday was ‘fun’ of dealing with that incompetent tech person. Today, was a complete 180. However it wasn’t exactly perfect. I had to ask here and there on the status (if they found the culprit. Was hoping they would just tell me without having to ask).
Turns out, the original installer (the old guy who wanted us to move furniture for Spectrum TV and Phone service), what happened with the slow download internet
speed… it wasn’t his fault afterall. I also learned something else, but I’ll leave it for the end of this segment.
He checked the lines on the pole, everything’s good; no problems. He checked the box the line connects to the house, he didn’t find the problem but he did find what was left from the tech guy who replaced the main line to the house (when I was dealing with those disconnect issues).
So all there was left, was something in the house. He went in, did his tests on the cable going into the modem.. no problems. What the hell?? So it’s not a problem with the line at all. It wasn’t good, and made zero sense.

Then he said to try a speed test, so I did. Again it showed at 80-90Mbps. He did a power cycle and told me to try it again, same thing. He swapped ethernet cables, same thing. He looked at me as the test finished, and I saw something very disturbing… my Wifi’s showing the full speed, yet my computer isn’t.
He said “at this time I haven’t a clue. Seems it might be something in your computer. What we could try is replacing the ethernet cable to your computer.” I was up for anything, and he replaced it. …This was it. This is literally all he could do.
I did the final speed test. We watched the numbers. It started at that 80-90. Then just as it was about to hit the halfway point of its test.. it suddenly jumped to 100, to 200, to 300 and kept climbing (as if my high speed connection was coming back to life). “HOLY FUCK!!” I said. The test completed, showing 323Mbps. But the tech guy did not like the upload speed’s apparent degeneration.
We did the test again: 450Mbps down, 11Mbps up. “Your router might be failing. Sadly I have no replacements in the truck” he said. He also said it might not even be on my
end, that it could be something happening over with Spectrum itself. Hmm.. possible. I dunno, all I do know is I got my download speed back to what it was! πŸ˜ƒ

But all of this fucking time… it was the ethernet cable from the router to my computer that was the culprit. Just, wow. Who knows just how long that’s been happening, and never noticing it until last Wednesday from when YouTube and all those other services were partially going belly-up from DDoS attacks.
Though, my ISP can’t go that far deep with their testing. All they can do is test the line from their offices to the pole. Any further testing requires a tech person, who repaired the problem by replacing a faulty ethernet cable.

I just did another speed test.. it feels like sex with how quickly the download speed SNAPS to 400Mbps (to where each time I’m almost hitting 500), but it also shows my upload speed is still going down. However I don’t really upload much, so that’s not a huge issue that I’ll need another tech guy out here to give me a replacement router (unless it becomes one in the future).
A good example is using my website to backup a hard drive’s contents before it fails, and it taking abnormally slow to do so. Hopefully that’ll never happen, but this is just one example of needing this taken care of. The upload speed isn’t as necessary as download. Download is 98% of what I typically do (getting into new worlds in VRChat, making sure the game knows where my position is at all times, etc). So yeah.
Dunno what else to say. Glad it’s fixed now.. still can’t believe that of all things was the issue. It even stunned him, never seeing this issue happen before.
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So, the other thing I mentioned, as the guy was setting up to check the lines of my connection, he checked his work orders and then asked me “so we’re not installing TV?”
For the unteenth time I explained about the original installer, and the furniture. I then asked the guy that if we cancelled DirecTV and then switched, would Spectrum be able to use the same lines instead of having to run new ones.
He said “it depends on the installer”… as if he could still do this for us. Hmm. As he checked my signal, I asked him more about it and he started looking around our house’s exterior for any lines DirecTV did, but couldn’t really figure it out.
After I got my speed back, he told me something else. Apparently (and thisΒ has to be a new thing), they aren’t authorized to move furniture. Reason being, is if something
breaks, they would be liable for it. So, it’s ‘simply business’. Yet before this whole COVID crap a few years ago, they did move furniture out of the way. So I say it’s half COVID and half what the person said.
I had the guy talk to my mother about this, and then the guy went over a few
alternatives; both of them involved having only one cable box instead of the three we were going to have, and then having ‘Roku’ boxes where my parents can stream TV. The other one involved not having DVR.
He said it “would save us a lot of money” of either option, but my technophobe mother turned down this with “that sounds too difficult to learn”. ..Oy. Think of the savings though.. for you! Not having to pay DirecTV $300. But nooo.., she doesn’t want to learn new things. πŸ™„ “Just leave things as they are” she says.
Well whatever. I better not hear her bitch about how DirecTV is screwing her then. I tried to help, she doesn’t want to use it.

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Why do I keep giving him chances?
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“Who’s him” you ask? It’s definitely, without question.. not Jero (as there’s nothing I can do that will change his mind, I’ve given up a long time ago). It is Fluffy. Yes, the Fluffy attempting to ruin all of his friendships for an unknown reason. But now the reason is known and hopefully he’ll be on the road to cleaning up his act.
Something happened last night when trying to be with Novice (one of my cuddle buddies). But I’ll spare you the details. Only that Fluffy was there, and I did my best to get the hell out of there before drama started.
Today I decided to unblock Fluffy in Telegram, and have him answer a ‘simple’
question; “are you AvoliJack?” and asked him to be honest with me and showing the evidence Larry shared with me. “yes…that was me… its an alt avoli was never real… I only made that account to get a second act in saying what I have to say because people are people” was his response. So now we have confirmation. Thank you for your
honesty (unlike Jero πŸ˜‘).
As to why he spewed hate and lies with this account, he said it was what Larry said about trying to snap sense into him about the lewdness. Ahh.. it makes sense now! I never even thought this was the reason he snapped (thought it happened a long time ago).

So, I had a very, very long talk with him about his behavior, staying as calm as I can. And let’s just hope this time he’ll cut back on the lewdness, and not try to give his body to anyone that will take him. He gave the reason as being a very understanding one; to relax and stuff. I feel that too, but there is a time and place, and you don’t go up to random people and say “hey, wanna have SEX?!”
He understands this, and like I said before.. let’s hope it actually sticks. To ’empower’ him to change, I made it where I’ll unblock him if he promises to change (which he has), and I don’t want to have to block him again for going back on his promise. I made this come from the heart to where he can feel the pain I’ll feel of having to permablock him.

I also mentioned the actual reason why I blocked him. He remembered, and said how the day keeps haunting him. That is good, because I do NOT wanna deal with this (or anything similar) shit again from anyone. If I see another bloody knife, I’m sending it to Kovo and Wufy instead of assuming the person actually stabbed themself.

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2020 recap post near New Years Day
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With 2020, possibly the worst year of the 21st century (mainly due to a virus), almost
over, there will be a few things to be looking forward to by the day before New Year’s Eve.
The first is a post in here (the General blog), featuring a recap of 2020 (what I’ve experienced). Yes it’ll likely be about Jero, and COVID among other things (and why it seems I’ll never truly learn from my biggest mistakes).

The second, something I didn’t do last year that I might not even do this year: the ‘top 10 games I’ve played’ of the year in the Games blog. The reason is, well, you’ve seen how inactive I’ve been with the blog posts.
And if I do decide to do it, it’ll be a mixture of VR games (aka Half-Life: Alyx, AUDICA, Vacation Simulator) and PC games (Monster Hunter: World, Destiny 2, Borderlands 3, Tower Unite, and others). So, I dunno. We’ll see.

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Stay tuned for this, and have a good week. πŸ‘‹πŸ™‚ I hope to have one.

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Worst tech rep ever

I didn’t expect to be blogging immediately after the last one, but this is something I urgently have to blog about.
Woke up at 11am as I planned, thinking once again the tech guy would arrive early. Instead they arrive 22 minutes late. The guy barely spoke English. Now I’m all for everyone to have equal rights, but not when I have someone working on my internet connection.
He came in the house. Didn’t expect him to do so as the guy I spoke to on the phone told me that the tech guy would be checking the line outside.. I bet this person didn’t even do that.
He looked at my router and said “there’s a problem”. I told him I’ve gone into the settings and disabled the blinking, yet he’s acting like I ‘did it wrong’ for not having them
blinking.
Then he sees the cable modem and says “your cable modem, it’s the problem. It only gives you 200 megabits!” Confused, I said “that cable modem’s been working fine for years and I always got 400 megabits.” He swears up and down that I’m wrong, that it is the modem and it’ll need to be replaced. …Wtf. That is NOT what I was told by the guy who helped fixed my intermittent disconnects. That guy said I “had the best they have” and I wouldn’t need to have it replaced.
…That’s not the only thing he told me. After he got off the phone with the ISP, apparently the original tech guy that was going to install the TV and Phone, when I had given the guy the boxes back… never returned them to my ISP– I was going to be charged for ‘missing equipment’. He told me to call them back “within 30 days”. But when I tried, he said not to do it now because he has an open work order.

With the new modem installed, he said I will at least see 300Mbps and then get the full 400Mbps “within an hour”. I told him that he needs to wait until I do a speed test according to the guy I talked to, and he suddenly got very aggressive with me (saying he was only supposed to be for an hour and he’d be leaving). He also says that the guy on the phone and himself are “two different branches” or something like that.
But I said I still need to do a speed test before you go. More yelling, and saying “well there’s your computer! Use it!” Dude, calm the fuck down. I am paying $94.90, and I want to make sure I get my money’s worth.
But when I did a speed test, I was still seeing the 80-90Mbps. He said to “call them again”.
WTF?! You did NOTHING to fix my issue!! My cable modem WAS WORKING FINE!! You replaced it for no fucking reason!! You didn’t even do what the order said, to check the outside line first!!! …Get the FUCK out of my house!
That’s how I felt, but I never said it. He left without saying a word, and I was forced to call them again.

The person on the phone claims what the tech guy said is untrue about the boxes were never sent back; they were, and I will not be charged. So, that’s the only good thing that came out of this. He also updated the records where the next time I call my ISP, I won’t hear the automated voice say about a “self install kit” (that was supposed to be canceled on the 9th).
As for my internet speed, he feels waiting that hour should get everything back up to normal. But if not, then another tech guy would be sent out (and hopefully they’ll give me the cable modem that worked fine, back.. or a similar model). And they’ll be
American, and not treat me like I don’t know what the fuck I’m talking about..
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That tech guy was spewing bullshit left and right. He didn’t want to be there, because he knew he wasn’t going to be getting paid the big money. …I dunno, but that was, just.. bad. Really bad. He should be fired (or reassigned).
…..He makes me want to choke a puppy, and punch a wall with that puppy. That is how utterly horrible it was. But.. *sigh*. See, my ISP is Spectrum, and a few of my friends have said it’s really bad. Though I never really had an issue with them.. until now. That guy was possibly one of the ‘bad apples’ that give Spectrum a bad rep.

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Fluffy’s friendship suicide / Internet downtime & Slow download / Cuddly friends are awesome / A new BF? / My ex, my (apparent) stalker

Quite a lot’s been happening this month with me, let’s talk about it.

Fluffy’s friendship suicide
Interesting topic, huh? It’s been a long time since I brought him up, and it’s true of what he’s been doing to friends of a certain friend of mine (and now some of my own friends).
For security reasons, I’ll call my friend: ‘Larry’.
Fluffy’s reason for ruining his own friendship with his friends remains unclear.. only that something’s probably going on in his life (or in his mind).
Though this aforementioned ‘friendship suicide’ isn’t what caused me to block him; only what I felt my friends were making fun of me of the way I was reacting to something that happened over a year ago (with Fluffy).

How this started was Larry wanting to speak up to Fluffy against wanting to be a slut and attempt to force-lewd all of his friends. This wasn’t a case of “being there for your
friends’; this was Fluffy selling his body for anyone who’d be interested, not caring of
age. So you can see now why this is a problem, so Larry took it upon himself to talk sense into Fluffy.
Though I’ve already tried (and failed) when one day Kovo told me that Fluffy tried to be lewd with him.. I doubt he’d do any better. But for at least three days, it seemed Larry had succeeded in his task with Fluffy changing his Discord status saying he “won’t be lewd anymore”.
Then one day, Fluffy messaged me. I thought he was going to keep his promise with how he acted…. until showing an NSFW image of a girl with a ‘flesh tail’ and what looked like
a.. for children reading this blog post, I’ll say it was “the no-no spot” for girls.
He wanted my opinion of the first thing I thought of when I saw it. And honestly the first thing I could think of was..

What happened to your promise of not being lewd, Fluffy? That includes NOT sending me images I never asked for (of this nature). 😐
I immediately sent it to Larry as I promised I would (if I see Fluffy being lewd with anyone again). I expected him to pound Fluffy into the ground, but he was all “ehh, I’m just gonna block him. There’s no point.” He added “do what you want with him”.
Hmm. What I ‘want’ is for Fluffy to be more mature, so I tried to talk sense into him saying the image was NSFW. He kept making false claims saying it wasn’t and it’s not lewd. But after awhile he finally changed his tune and deleted the image.
So it was assumed, that was it– Fluffy just can’t change. The only way to stop him is to block him.
About a half an hour later, Larry got back to me of someone named ‘AvoliJack’ starts messaging him out of nowhere, acting like they know him and talking trash. I remember this person joining a server I’m a part of some time ago, and they said nothing for the longest time.
Larry was so confused why all the sudden this person is saying all of this, when he never met them.. ever. He had one theory, that this person might be an alt of Fluffy and showed possible proof to me. Yet he also doubted himself from time to time.

Another interesting thing is I was in the call with Kovo and some friends of another friend’s Discord server, and Fluffy joins. He’s wanting almost constant cuddles from everyone, almost to the point he was demanding them. Then Larry joins, and Fluffy freaks the fuck out by leaving. Larry is an admin of this server and tried keeping him there, but Fluffy refused. He then tried to be more active around me (for some odd reason), as if he’s trying to ignore Larry’s presence.
Time went on, Fluffy almost constantly wanting to talk to me. I’m also messaging Larry as he continues to find out the origin of this ‘AvoliJack’ person. I’m not sure if I even should be interacting with Fluffy over what Larry said. Eventually Fluffy gets bored and leaves
us.
The owner of the server who was present in the call asks what’s going on, and Larry didn’t really want to disclose this info. The owner didn’t care, they just wanted answers. So Larry revealed what’s going on. Due to the owner’s similar nature of Kovo (not banning unless they cause drama to the server), no bans were placed on Fluffy or this AvoliJack.
I gave my own evidence of Fluffy’s wrongdoing (being an attention whore), which was my mistake for doing so. I mentioned back in July 17th 2019 when Fluffy tried to commit suicide while on vacation in the UK, and showed a bloody knife (which turned out to be fake).
Larry read this, and felt like started laughing at me, saying “how could you not know that was fake blood?! Come ON!! That is so fucking FAKE!!” I tried explaining myself of the way I felt when I saw it. “Benie, seriously.. Fluffy wouldn’t be able to hold the phone if he actually stabbed himself!” Larry said.
And Kovo who was there seemed he was taking Larry’s side, by saying “next time ask one of us”.
That.. hurt. Deeply. I thought you two were my friends. I… I didn’t know what to say. I wanted to leave. I looked at Fluffy’s Discord account, remembering the pain he caused me back then, and blocked him. Then I left, feeling I ‘just needed to calm down’ by playing some VRChat. …It didn’t help. A friend joined me, and I felt nearly hostile to their presence. Felt I couldn’t go to anyone for help over… not knowing. I blamed myself for not knowing that was fake blood.
One time I had enough and took my frustration out on Kovo in Telegram; wanting him to feel what I’m going through. After some time, I eventually did calm down when Kovo explained it took Larry two years to know what real blood looks like, and that he didn’t know I never saw real blood, and how fortunate I am to not see an actual suicide.
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With that over (and all of us moving on from that), Larry told me that both Fluffy and AvoliJack left the server. Huh.. I wonder if it was me that cause this. And this likely seems true. Larry theorized Fluffy was only using me for attention, instead of seeing me as a friend. More of a good reason that I blocked him then.. not to mention Fluffy showing zero remorse when I told him that Jero and I had broken up.

A day after all of this happened, Chris contacts me asking me how I’m doing. Odd, we haven’t spoken in quite a long time. But I told him I’m doing fine and ask him how he’s doing. He said “Well, was good, until” and sends me a pic in the form of a conversation on his phone.. of him and Fluffy. And Fluffy starts calling him “a piece of shit”, treating Chris like shit, and saying “consequences are real”.
Uhh.. what?? Fluffy’s changed, most definitely. But.. again.. WHY?! Why is he doing this to his friends?!
I wasn’t even sure if I should send this to Larry; if he would even care knowing both myself and him have blocked Fluffy, so that would be case closed. But, I did… still confused why Fluffy is even doing this (and questioning myself why I should even care at this point). But the main reason I sent it to Larry was the tone of how he told Chris… it was similar to what AvoliJack said to Larry.
At this point it was pretty much confirmed AvoliJack is Fluffy’s alt. We still do not know why, nor why we should even care about him. And that (as for right now), is all I know about this.
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Internet downtime & Slow download
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An ongoing issue I’m still dealing with, but tomorrow I’m expecting a tech guy out here to hopefully get my speed back up to what it should be.
Was a typical Wednesday afternoon, I’m chilling and watching YouTube videos (mainly from this one Youtuber named ‘SEA’ who does these awesome astronomy documentaries about stars and the universe).
I’m getting ready to watch this one video about his explanation how the Earth
formed, when the video was taking forever to load up. This was happening all over YouTube, possible a DDoS attack. But I also thought it could be my internet connection. I did a speed test just to make sure.. I was very disturbed of the results. 88Mbps down, 23Mbps up. Uhhh… what happened to my 400+Mbps down?!
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Tried to call my ISP: “current told time is 23 minutes to 39 minutes from now.” Also warning me of “issues connecting to YouTube”. Looks like I’m not the only one. Yet it bothered me if my slow speed might be linked to this overall shitshow currently going on.
My friends told me to hang up, that it’ll likely clear up with time. ..I didn’t want to believe them. I’m paying $94.90 for 400Mbps down. I WANT my 400Mbps down damnit!!
“Don’t worry about your download speed! You should focus on YouTube being down!” they told me. But I did hang up and tried at a later time, taking off my headphones and no longer listening to them.
Much shorter wait time I got, and the person did a few tests. They didn’t see anything wrong with the line as the ping was pretty good, and mentioned “your upload speed is really good. It’s more than what you should have.” The problem is the download
speed.
The person was about to set up an appointment for a technician to come out here, but
said “we just noticed an outage affecting you”.. uhh, how?? I haven’t completely lost connection for it to be an ‘outage’. The person never explained this, only saying for me to wait ’till tomorrow and “the problem should clear itself up”.. aka what my friends said. UGH! Alright fine, I’ll wait. She said to reset my cable modem in the morning (power cycle it) and try another speed test.

Tomorrow came (Thursday). I did just that– unplugging my cable modem then my
router, waiting a minute, then plugging my cable modem back in and then my router when all lights on the cable modem are solid green. My computer got the signal as expected, and I did a speed test.
Same. fucking. results. Called up again, earlier than before and got right in to someone. But the first time I explained what happened, the person stopped talking (as if my call was disconnected or he hit the wrong button and muted me). Had to call back and talked to someone else.
This person did the same tests, then almost immediately started setting up the appointment realizing the issue. I told him what happened back on the 9th, of the installer unplugging my internet connection and re-plugging it when the whole TV/Phone bundle just can’t work with how he would have to add new cables and my parents would have to move a lot of furniture out of the way.. the person more than likely didn’t do it right, and it took until now when I realized the issue. I never once thought of doing a speed test right then and there. If I had, this topic would had been different.
I began to realize something was amiss when I was downloading the new Destiny 2 DLC early Wednesday morning, seeing the speed averaging around 82-88Mbps (even on the closest server to me). I assumed it was Steam being bogged down due to how many people were downloading it, not so much as to something had happened to my download
speed.

The person told me I should get my speed back to what I’m paying by tomorrow, and that he made notes of what I said (to check for a possible coaxial cable failure before anything else). He also told me to MAKE SURE I do a speed test before the person leaves (to undo my fuckup on the 9th).
He also mentioned that something odd may be going on with my router, mentioning
a “low signal” when connecting to my phone via WiFi (even though I was literally infront of my computer when I made the call (where my cable modem/router is), with phone in hand).
The last thing I need to do is tell them to remove this apparent self install order they did for another cable modem line (that they screwed up when they were setting up the TV/phone bundle).
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Cuddly friends are awesome
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There’s really not anything to talk about here, all that I can say is in place of he shall not be named, is a category in VRChat called ‘Snuggle Buddies’; people I can go to for a good snuggle, that help the days when I feel really lonely.
One in particular (a former ‘boyfriend’) has been going a step further. Talking about CybermutT. Yes, him.. or should I say “her” now. She’s still in the relationship she was when we were ‘dating’, and surprisingly she actually managed to break me out of a shell that continues to hilariously confuse my friends. That shell is talking dirty in public (to other like minded people) and not getting embarrassed by it.
One time, Cyber was asking Kovo in our server to yiff with her. I posted “I’ll yiff with you Cyber”. Almost immediately Wufy and Sparky freak the fuck out in the form of “WHO ARE YOU and what have you done with Benie?!” 🀣🀣🀣 Oh lord, Wufy’s reaction was gold! Hahaha… ahh. Too funny.
However, one shell that’s still going to take a LONG time to break out of (unless I have someone willing to push me and not give up), is doing it in public and not feeling I’m being judged (aka not having morals for this).

Plus, playing VRChat more is allowing me to be with friends I haven’t for awhile (due to constantly playing Destiny 2 with Kovo and Nova).
There’s another, half energetic and half.. “kind of making me uncomfortable” friend who’s also been kind of going beyond being cuddly, that one time it seemed as if he has feelings for me (which is the topic for the final segment).
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A new BF, or a new pain in the ass?
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This person is someone for awhile now I assumed was just like the others; having a job, a car, very mature and smart, having a deep voice, having good teeth etc etc for being in full body (so I mainly stayed away from these ‘upper class’ people). But after learning about their life, they’re only slightly upper class (like he shall not be named).
His name is ‘GreyTheWolf’ (or just ‘Grey’ for short, not to be confused with the Youtube channel ‘GrayStillPlays’). On the outside, he seems quite sweet and loves to hug me (like Suppy did), though he also has this personality that makes me question if it’s worth hanging with him. “Yes and No” is the only thing I can think of, being perfectly honest here.
See, I’m looking for a simple cuddle buddy where I can feel warm to be around.. not a relationship (unless they offer one and accept who I am). That’s all I really want anymore.
Grey, yes he’s a cuddle buddy, but a few times it feels like he’s starting to get attracted to me (hence the title of this segment). Yet I’m not feeling any true connection towards
him (and if I do, it’s very short).

Plus, this scares me for good reasons. And the reasons is how he tries to find out more about me. He doesn’t ask subtle questions (aka “what music are you into?”)… his questions are much more direct, more personal; as if he’s judging me on my answers. And I do NOT like those kind of questions. Though, one typical direct (and a very smart) question would be to ask “how old are you?” He never asked this. He found out when he friended me on Steam, and seemed to not stop talking about “you’re old enough to be my dad”. All I do is nervously laugh, instead of provide direct answers (not caring if it hurts him).
And the way he responds to certain direct answers, is an “okay..” Like, did I say something wrong? Did I suddenly uninterest you with the way I live my life?
Then he cuddles me and gets in my face to lick and kiss me. It’s like, he has two personalities– a serious side and an energetic side, and I often do not know which he’s
on (or know when he’s going to switch back) as he seems to change on a dime. It disturbs me, and makes me wish someone invited me.. so I can get the fuck out of there.
Sometimes it’s not even a question, but a statement (aka the “you’re old enough to be my dad” and “you’re 25 years older than me”. I do not feel comfortable around him, at
all, when he talks like that.
I’m not sure if his mind is just, blown he’s never met anyone in VRChat my age, or is actually judging my every move for being this old. I mean.. what the hell can I say
to “you’re old enough to be my dad”?? Huh? What could I possibly say that I won’t sound like a fucking retard!?

The only good thing going for him, is he isn’t judging me for not having a job/car/life. But who’s to say he won’t eventually start doing so? Well if he does, that’s when I leave. That’s when I’ve had enough with the life judging from him.
Mmm… it’s just how I feel when around him. Could just be joking, messing around with me. That’s possible, but if he was.. it would be nice for him to say “I’m just messing with you.” Nope, nothing of that.

Though last night, he wanted to lewd (and I was alright with it, yet he still brought up that damn age gap and I wasn’t sure if I even should). We also did something I haven’t done since I dated Wuffer; sleep calling on our phones (something I wanted to do with he who shall not be named, but his family wouldn’t allow that).
It went quite good, hell.. I’d say better than all the times I did sleep calls with Wuffer. Though one time he asked a very direct question: “do you love me?” I said “I don’t really know you that well to really say that”. He said the same thing, said he wanted to get that out of the way, and I thought in the morning when he left the call: “well, I won’t need to write this then in the blog. That’s good!”
But as you can see, I did it anyway. Though he did tell me a bit about himself, saying he’s been quite lonely (and an artist). Said he comes on in his homeworld for two
hours, waiting for someone to join him and then leaves. Also said that he has cried a few times.
Mmmm… if you weren’t asking the direct questions that bother me, I’d actually care about this and try to be with you more. I even said this (the “I’ll try to be there with you more then”, and his response was “okay…” I thought when he said that “well, if you don’t want me being there, then that’s fine.”
The way he asks direct questions, and the way he responds with the “okay…”, bugs me very much about him.

Update: I decided to smack him right back with my own direct statements of him, aaannd I regret doing so. πŸ˜‘ Turns out the ‘judgement’ I felt, was literally.. all jokes. He was never being serious. 😞 ..OY. Why, will I never.. it’s because of how so fucking pessimistic I am.
Mmm. I can’t fully blame myself. Again, he never told me he was joking and… should had known the way I was acting that I seriously never thought he was joking.
But look, it’s both our faults: my fault for still treating everything someone says as a
joke, and his for not telling me he’s joking.
I just hope this isn’t going to mark the end of our friendship. But if it does, then.. I dunno what to say. I really do not. Am I seriously going to learn from this to treat what someone says as joking?? …Probably not. πŸ˜– It’s “just the way I am”, just as Grey’s nature of joking around and feeling the person knows it.
Mmm….
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My ex, my (apparent) stalker
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This is a late entry that I wasn’t even planning for something down here, but something reared its ugly head last night when I was with Grey, that I now have to be extra careful who I talk to (and what is said to me). All of this is what Kovo has told me (that I relayed to Harry).
Kovo was in the call all by himself, and someone showed him. Someone he couldn’t see as he was playing Destiny 2 with Nova, but he recognized.. that voice; the voice I once, fell inlove with. It was ‘he who shall not be named’; Jero, who was on a mission. A mission to do what I will not give him.. the name of Harry, trying to use Kovo to spill the beans about Harry.
Jero asked him a series of questions. Very direct questions, as if he was tracking.. my movements. He mentioned three games, that I’ve played: Destiny 2, No Man’s Sky, and VRChat. Surprisingly, he never once thought I’ve played Phasmophobia. First he asked if he still plays No Man’s Sky, Kovo says no but says “a friend” has been playing the
game.
Jero kept asking him more and more questions, then someone joined the call. This person became neutral to the conversation, and managed to steer it towards Destiny 2. I cannot thank this person enough, for he had saved Harry’s hide.

This greatly disturbs me that Jero, who I once called “the one”, who I once had the most feelings for.. is stooping this low to find out Harry’s identity. He can’t get it from me, so he tries… other means. Does this means Jero’s now stalking me to uncover this name?
…Though a better question, is why in the FUCK this is bothering him?? Just move on. I have. I don’t fucking need you anymore. You can go to hell, and I won’t even care for what you did to me.
Though I feel Frost is likely calling the shots. I mean, why not? One person finding out dirt on someone, who’s to say there won’t be more, huh? It makes perfect sense when you think about it. This means, I’ve got to be on alert when people walk up to me and start talking about Harry. Instead of Jero being the one that’s getting spied on (and him thinking it’s a friend of mine).. I am (possibly. Maybe. There’s no solid conformation.)

Hopefully this is the only instance it’ll ever happen, but I will stay alert as I said before for anything out of the ordinary (such as BlueDrago or one of Jero’s friends dropping by when I’m with friends). He will get nothing from me, nor my friends. And I will laugh off their pathetic attempts at stalking me.
Feel free to record me, record my movements. You will get NOTHING from it! πŸ˜† I will continue to live my life (RL and Virtual), and you will still never find out Harry’s actual name.
However, they likely might not be going solely after me, but anyone that’s friends with Harry. This is why Harry knows about this as well, and has told me that we need to see eachother less to not raise suspicion.

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And so, that’s it from me…
Will Fluffy harass more of my friends (and myself finding out)?
Did the previous installer fuck up reconnecting my internet connection (and it’ll be an easy fix)?
Will Grey and I become friends again (and myself to stop assuming what people say is an insult)?
Will Harry be forced to reveal his true name and face Frost’s judgement {I pray this never happens}?
…find out next time I blog! Until then, have a good whatever time it is for you! πŸ‰

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We almost had a ‘good deal’ | When I thought T-Mobile refused to let me go

…at the end, they dropped me like a sack of rocks when I switched my number over. There was no warning, just.. *poof*: “you’re done with us, enjoy Spectrum fucking you in the ass now”. I can’t say this for sure, though (that if I was better off staying with T-Mobile).. it’s too early to say.
But anyway, I had a lot of ‘fun’ switching carriers on my iPhone 6s in order to save $40.50 off my cell phone bill (paying $14 for Spectrum instead of $54.50 for T-Mobile).

The reason I switched was due to a ‘bundle offer’ from Spectrum, recently we had our roof replaced and the roofers had to remove our DirecTV satellite. When they put it back, we weren’t getting anything. So my parents called someone out here to fix it… it would cost them $140. Apparently the person wasn’t allowed to touch the satellite (or even get on the roof), yet he still did it anyway and my parents got billed for it.
But hey, we got our satellite TV service back. So that’s all good, right? ..Right?

Not for my mother, who asked me about getting Spectrum TV added to my internet bill. Part of the call, the spinning salesman (trying to sweeten the pot by saying “I’ve never saved anyone so much money!! You guys are getting the BEST deal as you’re such a valued customer!”.. blah blah blah) offered Spectrum Mobile. Except I would be having to pay an additional $14 a month on top of Spectrum TV and Voice (it’s a separate service).
Due to COVID, they sent out four boxes. I had these big shipping boxes in my room for two days as we waited for the day the installer came.

We ended up staying with DirecTV when the installer came, due to the person wanting us to move a LOT of our furniture out of the way (so he can route new cables). Since the account is under my name, I was forced to make the tough but firm decision.
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Still kept Spectrum Mobile (sadly can’t get a discount on my internet bill with it). The day after I had to cancel, I got the new SIM card from Spectrum in the mail. The mailer said to contact your previous carrier to see if my phone is unlocked before I switch, so I did. They told me it was locked, and would be sending an email with an unlock code and info to do so, that would arrive “up to 72 hours from now”.
Nearly 48 hours pass (felt like 72), no email. Called them again, this time they
claimed “oh, my colleague didn’t tell you… but you have to wait two weeks for an email. It should arrive on the 20th.” He claimed the reason is they have to contact Apple.
Ugh. Fine. WHATEVER!! *facepalm*

Today, I got my email from T-Mobile (so much for having to wait two weeks), and a good kick in the head. Instead of getting an unlock code, the email stated.. “Fortunately this device is already unlocked, therefore no Mobile Device Unlock code is needed.”
I. waited. four days. to find out I could had already switched?!?! ….Wow. Just wow. Called T-Mobile to inform them I received the email, and what the fuck is this about “it’s already unlocked”. You all TOLD ME IT WAS LOCKED!! They claimed it was an engineering
error (or something related to engineering, didn’t fully understand).
My guess is they had just saw I got it a few years ago on Amazon, and it was unlocked when I got it.

Backed up my phone using iCloud, then used the provided tool to pop the SIM card holder out of my phone. Replaced the tiny T-Mobile chip with the Spectrum one. It never stated anything about turning off or restarting the phone, so I went with it.
Tried to call Spectrum after I had it in, and it wanted me to activate the line first. So using our land line, I had to get my account number from T-Mobile and then call Spectrum with this info. Everything was mostly good on his side, but my side was having issues. Kept saying it was trying to activate the device and hung there for the longest time.
Turns out something went a bit screwy with a certain code the SIM card was giving (that wasn’t matching what they had on file). After that was corrected, my phone finally
activated.
My phone number switched as well. Got an email from T-Mobile saying “plan cancelled”.
Uhh.. I’ve read earlier to not cancel your old account until you knew everything’s working. It seems T-Mobile wasn’t listening.

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I pray I don’t later regret what I’ve done that took so long to do, and feel I was better off staying with T-Mobile. But, we’ll see when the first bill comes in December.

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Has the truth about Jero finally come? …Can I finally move on?

…Why am I even still talking about him? You’d think this conversation would had been tagged and bagged by now; case closed, etc etc. But what I can say is I’m glad I have Kovo and Nova as really good supportive friends, who got me to see this from a different
angle– from my own words, of my struggles trying to maintain a healthy relationship with Jero.

So anyway, when I felt Harry was right (yet I still had SOO many questions), I saw Jero posting things in our server when I was on my phone, and tried to block him. Somehow the Discord app saw this as unfriending (even though Discord on my PC was acting as if he was blocked).
I realized the Discord app’s error when I tried to message him in hopes we can look around this and still be friends. But he…. he didn’t want to — demanding to know the name behind Harry before he would disclose anything with me (that could had proved his
innocence) — and also saying he told Frost who wants to know the name. I begged him to reconsider, to put himself in my shoes, that what Harry is doing was only “looking out for me”.
“Benie we shouldn’t be talking” is all he said. ..Jero, COME ON! I am willing to give you the benefit of a doubt! PLEASE!! Again, he refused to talk unless I gave him Harry’s actual name. He also told me that this has caused him to “hate furries” because of drama they cause. One time I told him to “calm down and think”, and he said “nope”.

I went to Harry, telling them what Jero said. They said “if you tell him I’m fucked”. No shit. We talked for awhile, and Harry was close to cracking and revealing themself to Jero in order to end these idiotic games. I actually felt “you know, maybe you should. Because what you did was for my best interests. Surely Frost would see this.” But they felt “what’s the point? This feels stupid.” It took awhile until I suddenly felt they were right about
that, and felt.. this has to be my fault, it’s got to be my fault. Why? ..Because I used the term ‘anonymous source’ instead of using what Harry said as my own words (ergo there would be no source, it would only be me and him).
This caused me to get extremely depressed for being a total jerk to Harry of not believing him before.
It was then when I felt as if my mind (common sense) and kindness (the nice Jero I remembered) were split in half, both arguing at themselves and me in the middle holding my ears and begging them to stop.

This is when Kovo started messaging me in Telegram. I was too depressed and upset at myself to really talk, but I did open up telling him everything that had happened. He told me it’s not my fault; that Jero had fucked up for not telling me before. But I wasn’t convinced.. there’s just no way you’re right Kovo. I know Jero, he wouldn’t had done this to me!! …WHY would he do this to me?! It makes NO SENSE!! This isn’t the Jero I remembered before!! What the HELL HAPPENED?! And this is what’s been driving me up the wall for quite some time.
Kovo tried explaining the reason, but I refused to accept it.. I didn’t want to accept it! This is not who Jero was! Suddenly, this happened. And it’s represented in this gif;
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Looking to the left is hearing my friends try to explain that Jero is wrong. My “Jero couldn’t had done this” side is Tom. I’m Butch. The board represents possible answers.
Preparing to pick it up.. a reality check comes over me– Jero’s pfp.
“If Jero was innocent as you feel, why didn’t he change his pfp? Huh? If you know him ‘so well’, then he would had changed his pfp to show you he feels sorry for what he did. Wouldn’t he, Benie? He would had if he cared, wouldn’t he?.. Yeah, you realize now that you should had listened to Harry and been done with this BS.
Your answers, Benie.. were inside you all of this time; in your mind. Your doubts, were your answers!! …Funny how that works, huh? Your own doubts, over the year, was what actually happened.”

*cue Jackass image for realizing Harry and Kovo were right, and I was wrong hoping I was right* I look to the left, angered at myself for believing Jero cares anymore.
When finally realizing I was wrong, what did Kovo do? He says “didn’t I just say that?” I don’t see how that’s ‘helpful’ with how emotional I am and lashed out at him for what I felt he was being inconsiderate. I had to step away from the conversation and calm down for a bit, and why I tried I felt almost suicidal.. my mind feeling “I have nothing left to live for” while he kept messaging me in Telegram being sorry for the way he is.
Eventually I did calm down and apologize to him for snapping.

We didn’t speak of this again until later on, when I was in a private call with him and Nova on Discord. He told me that Nova would know what I’m going through, so I explained everything I felt and saw (from my past to present relationship).
Nova helped me to understand that the answer of what happened has been staring at me for months, shrugging, saying “so when are you going to notice me? These things happened.. have you forgotten? Think about me, Benie. Remember the past.”
The answer was pointing at the way Jero acted around others; him struggling to say “I’m with him” when I was next to him.. as if he had second thoughts. The messing around with
others, and saying “I’m joking!” to me. …Was he cheating on me? I stayed loyal to him, I gave him so much love and caring, I put him up on a pedestal (praising him). Yet he wasn’t showing the same.
Kovo wanted me to think of the times where Jero became less active with me, that it’s highly possible he’s been messing around instead of staying loyal, making up BS with him being “so tired” from work. Kovo reminded me how Nova worked very hard yet always had time for him.
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Plus, there’s one thing that made Jero very, VERY guilty: him being online (green
status) on his laptop. Didn’t he say “I don’t have enough time to get on my laptop?” Lies. Especially how long he was on when I tried to talk to him.. an hour.
Lying sack of shit. I trusted you. I wanted to give you the benefit of a doubt. We could had made this work out as friends!! Instead you kept on being ‘paranoid’ trying to find out the name of who fucking caught your lying, cheating ass. πŸ˜’

So.. that’s it. It depresses me Jero didn’t want to tell the truth, and disturbs me he covered it up for so long with zero remorse. I could just hear Jero’s mind as he ERP’d with someone: “I don’t think I should do this.. I’m not being true to Benie. Actually you know what? Screw him, he’ll leave me on his own and find someone else eventually, and I’ll get away with this.”
Honestly I.. stopped being true as well, ERPing with Fluffy when feeling Jero just wasn’t there for me anymore. Yes, two wrongs don’t make a right… but he caused this (AGAIN). I did not choose to stop being loyal (unlike him), it was doubts.. that caused it.
…He could had saved himself if what Harry said wasn’t true, instead of being so focused trying to find Harry’s actual name. The worst part is, he could had confessed how wrong he was.. he couldn’t. even. do that. It was either find out who ratted him out, or he refused to talk. And at the end he blocked me for ‘siding’ with Harry, which I tried so fucking hard to explain that Harry only had my best interests in mind.

I just wish he was caught red-handed, then I could had ended the relationship my way.

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I have nothing left to say, except I will do my best to not let my lonely heart be taken advantage of.. ever again. That is my promise to myself.
And to save me from any more heartache, anyone that asks about Jero.. I’m only going to say “I don’t wish to talk about it” and have it end there. ..That’s it, I just don’t want to talk about this ever again. Period. End of story.

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After 9 months, it’s over between us. But I’m fine with it

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Someone I swore I “found the one”, someone I swore that we would one day actually meet eachother IRL.. has been flawed from the start. And we are both to blame, however he needs to take more of it. Problem is, someone who swore will always be there for me and would never hurt me, just wasn’t there for me in the ways he needed to be.
It’s in the form of lies; doing these things only to make me happy.. never actually loving me as I did him– always giving me doubts. Or maybe he was right all along the last time we broke up, when he said “I don’t know how relationships work”.
One thing’s for sure, he never really did this back in January of this year for us to be back together. If he did, he would be trying his damnest to keep the relationship alive. ..He didn’t.

Maybe it wasn’t even his fault, but mine– may’ve seen my true colors, and didn’t want to hurt my feelings (by lying). And honestly I feel this is the truth, but my friends would
say “no, it’s him. It’s not your fault. He should had been honest with you!”
But now, he feels betrayed of me siding with someone who apparently had my back for a long time.. however it feels there’s more questions than answers that this anonymous source can give me (because I want them straight from Jero)…
Such as simply.. “what happened, to us”. And “why lie to me?” I told him dozens of
times, to not worry if it hurts my feelings.
But at this time, I feel it’s better off just telling myself “you’ll never get them. Just move on with your life.” Hopefully if (and that is a big IF) I do meet someone like (or even better than) Jero, that they won’t cause me to doubt their love, or lie to me. ..I think finding someone that’s like Jero (and is interested in dating me) is the only way for me to truly forget about him, so I can finally move on. Yet I tried in the past, and it failed (with the group) to the point I was forced to disband it. But that’s where I fucked up, and I’m not making that mistake again.


To explain my re-relationship with Jero (that started January of this year), sure it started quite rocky with the whole spy thing (and then Suppy came and left).
But after all of that died down, it was definitely everything I ever wanted from him; saying “I love you”, him saying I’m his BF to others, him having me on his arm… and I can’t forget when me and him were cuddling in that world with the Japan skyline at night. That, was so romantic. πŸ’ž
But after May 13th (after that conversation about communication), I saw Jero less and less online to the point he’s too busy to ever play VRChat anymore. I wanted to be OK with
it, to just love the person behind the avatar. To just, talk to him in a voice chat (even though most if not all the time I wouldn’t really know what to say, unlike Kovo and Nova). Hell, whenever Jero joined the voice chat with the rest of us, “hey hun!” would be the only thing I’d say to him (and then go back to what I was doing).
In late August, one of my good friends (Timber) got married in VRChat. That’s when I started questioning myself, of how much do I love Jero.. what do I love about him
IRL?
And never meeting him outside of that video call with him helping me do the case swap, I could never truthfully answer that question (except from saying ‘his voice’). And that’s when things started to slowly get worse– him becoming more distant, not having time to come on just to say hi to me in DMs (him claiming he’s always busy with work trying to get enough money to move out and into an apartment).
All month of September, that’s what I believed in. And I prayed that one day next year when COVID goes away (hopefully it’s next year.. might be 2022 or later, I dunno), he could meet me IRL. Surely, that day would come, right?
…Right??

No. That day will never come, and how that happened, follows.

Three days ago, I’m playing Destiny 2 with Kovo. He left the game to go talk his crush Nova. That same night, the anonymous source arrives and begins speaking to me (that I will be referencing as “Harry” who has no gender), telling me something I kind of already knew; Jero’s in Frost’s discord server. But after that, it made me start to think.
“Wait a minute.. just how active has Jero been in that server?” My suspicions started to grow of thinking Jero may’ve been lying to me about “being tired” from work. Tried to get them under control and just focus on the game, and managed to do so.
Today I decided to talk to Harry about Jero (wanting to know how active he is). All Harry said is Jero’s been spending more time messaging and talking in there than our
server.
I originally thought “Well, Jero sees Frost as a brother, so that would make sense why he would be more active in there.” …But what did bother me is just how frequent he’s been in there. Since nearly mid-September, the source revealed Jero’s been active nearly every DAY in that discord server.
Huh. For someone who claims they’re working their ass off and never has time to say hi to me.. yeah, highly suspicious. ..It seems my doubts of Jero claiming he’s so tired, may’ve not been misplaced. So Jero, could I possibly hear the TRUTH.. for once?

He doubled down on the “being tired” claim, also saying he now has a second job. Said his UberEats job isn’t paying as much as he needs to get the fuck out of his parents
house, but is keeping it as a backup. I mean, that’s perfectly understandable.
Then I mentioned about the anonymous source and the claims Harry made against him. I was hoping and praying Jero would see the error of his ways, and everything would be great again. I mean, I don’t care if you’re not able to ever get on VRChat anymore. I just wanna chat with the love of my life.
..Instead he shifts the blame to the anonymous source, saying “so who told you this information? Was it Kandy? Was it Wufy?” ..Does that even MATTER?! Come ON Jero! Do you even remember the conversation you, me, Avaris and Wufy had with you about working on communication?! You’re not doing it! All you’re doing is hurting me right now of not making me doubt you!

I went back to Harry and told him everything. They told me that it’s clear that Jero is lying to me by shifting the blame.. by not even trying to keep this relationship alive, and I shouldn’t doubt it.
Then Jero said something that surprised me; moving away from who did it, he was
all “honestly, you should look for someone else to date. We can just be friends. I’m sorry I haven’t been there for you. It’s not fair that I haven’t been there for you. :(”
Well, no shit Sherlock. Again, you haven’t even tried to keep this relationship together by doing the #1 important thing that I (and others) have tried to hammer into your
head.. communication. Without communication, relationships fall. Friendships fall into this too. But instead of improving yourself, you feel you’re “not good enough” for me.
At that time I’m thinking I ‘fucking called it’ when Jero told me a long time ago that he doesn’t know how relationships work. Clearly, he doesn’t, and he doesn’t need to be dating anyone until he gets his priorities straight.
So at the end, I wasn’t able to close the relationship the way I wanted to (to be the one that calls it), which is quite disappointing.
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*sigh* But, whatever. Fine Jero. You wanna ‘just be friends’ because you don’t wanna try to learn how to maintain a healthy relationship? Then go ahead, leave me. πŸ˜’
Felt glad it was over. Felt glad I no longer have to be concerned of him not saying hi to me. And especially no longer do I have to be concerned of others giving me weird looks when they see the doll on my horn. And I’m sure he’s relieved as well, knowing he doesn’t have to ‘worry’ about being there for me.
When I told Harry that it’s over, they told me I “did the right thing in more than one
way”, saying they read my blogs of the struggles I had trying to find someone to replace Jero last year (and never really feeling it).. becoming obsessed of trying to get him back in my life, and saying I’m “doing what I should had done over a year ago”– letting Jero
go, and moving on.

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I did agree at that time, and felt.. done. I felt nothing; not even that empty void that wants to be filled. Have I finally moved away from looking for a relationship? Quite possible.
But, I wouldn’t really turn down the chance to get into another (if the person is like or better than Jero).
Started to feel, if Jero ever did have romantic feelings for me (even in the past), or was only saying all of those things just to make me happy.
But all I can say is, I pray that I will never, ever have another love that would make me so obsessed for months on end in trying to undo something I said (that was spoken incorrectly), to the point I’m trying to show the person and their.. unstable BF, that I am ready to move on and to wish them lots of luck (and not be called a “creepy stalker”).

EDIT: This. just. fucking hurts to see, Jero. First you break my heart, now it’s like you’re pretending we never fucking dated..

This was a picture of us from the ‘2019 dating cycle’ we did, that he cropped out to only have him. So yeah, he’s doing this, and it definitely does hurt.
But…WHY?! WHY, Jero?! You go from someone who swore you would never hurt or leave me, TO THIS!! What. the. FUCK?! And to the time I’m partially editing all of this (November 1st and 2nd), he still has this pfp.
Jero’s the only one I know, who puts his life infront of an active relationship. Nova works a lot, but still has time to be with Kovo. I wish I could feel Jero didn’t mean to do what he did. I wish I could say “COVID ruined my chance to meet him IRL”.
But Harry spoke to me (checking up on me since what happened) and showed me that Jero’s been (obviously) brushing off the breakup like nothing happened (not talking about it at all to his friends).
To say he “used me”.. yes, I can safely say that now. He used me twice. He hasn’t even spoke to me since. ..Just, wow. Some ‘friend’ you are. This claim of being active in Frost’s server was because it’s in his timezone, is BS. He’s been in our voice chat before. So not only did he distance himself from me, he distanced himself from Kovo and the others.
He always had feelings for Frost since he met him. He even told me that once.
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Couldn’t say anything more true. Not only was I a fool for thinking he had romantic feelings for me, but for becoming obsessed of winning him back by undoing a mistake.
Fluffy was right, even Jusper was right: love can never truly come from distant relationships. I’m better off with the whole ‘friends with benefits’ thing.

EDIT2: *sigh*
It should had ended with what Harry’s been telling me. It should had been enough and I should had moved on with that knowledge. …But no. Suddenly I’m no longer satisfied. Knowing that Jero is shrugging this off like nothing happened, suddenly pissed me off.
So I went behind the back of Harry (didn’t tell them until later) and sent a few paragraphs to Jero, wanting answers from him instead of someone else.
After I did, I then told Harry, who was understandably disappointed I went this route. “You have your answers” they said, but I tried explaining that I wanted answers directly from Jero.
This is when Jero responded. I was unsure if I wanted to read what he said and waited for awhile for him to finish, as I heard Discord constantly sending notification after notification. Once he was done, I sent the entire thing to Harry. Glancing over the first paragraph with Jero saying “I already know who the anonymous source is”.. thankfully it wasn’t Harry who he claimed was.
Harry wasn’t happy with what Jero said to me, and then said “well here you go, your answers: he lied claiming your relationship was ruined because of his paranoid
nature, blaming your anonymous source, instead of doing what he can to save your relationship. …He clearly never loved you as much as you loved him, and you’re better off not reading what he said, or it will hurt you.”
What, the hell, happened.. to us, Jero? Why, did you lie when you swore you’d never hurt me!? Why did you even want to restart our relationship, in January?! I bet the whole spy thing was a lie too, wasn’t it?? Was I just a fucking plaything to you?!
Harry wanted to rip Jero a new one for what he did to me, and asked me if he should. I paused, then said “no”. The simple reason is I don’t want Frost to get involved in this
BS, and Harry agreed; feeling Frost would likely be looking for a ‘spy’ and eventually reveal who Harry is.
…Jero, at least CHANGE your fucking pfp to something that doesn’t remind me of us!! That’s really all I ask.

I still wonder though; what the fuck happened between us. I assumed we were very happy together. Sure at times I had doubts, but they always got erased by him. Then he starts ghosting me for no reason, and not wanting to admit he was wrong. We could had fixed this, we could had been happy.
At times I wish I could sit down with him, and we could settle this like adults. No more blaming anyone else, just take blame for what you did. That is all I ask.
But a thought comes to me; what if Harry may’ve been misinformed all of this time, and Jero’s been telling the truth (in his own way)? I mean, think about it.
– He needs the extra money, so he could eventually move out. That would make sense to get a second job, right?
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– He claims the reason why he hasn’t been that active in our discord (and with me) is they’re not really in his timezone. “But Benie, he was able to say hi to you and Kovo before! He’s lying!” you’re probably saying, but hear me out. ..Life changes, and likely life has changed for him that he can’t do what he has done in the past. I read what he said that I sent to Harry, and he said (and I quote): “..things have began to change drastically. So much to the fact I am unable to sit on my laptop anymore because I am constantly working”. ..Does this sound like a liar? I– don’t think so.
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-I felt before, he never cared to keep our relationship alive; that he used me. But I’m starting to doubt my doubts. He told me, he “would never hurt me”. He probably had no intention of doing so. Hell, he probably did want it to work, but he likely knew in the back of his mind that this is.. probably sadly no longer possible (hence what he said above). COVID has really fucked shit up for him if that’s the honest truth, and I’m starting to believe it.
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– And finally, the pfp. …Was the change, truly intended to piss me off, or was it something he had to do quickly as he didn’t have enough time to change it (due to always having to work)? Did I simply assume he did it just to spite me? ..I say, possibly. I do not wish to think it was intended, at all.

Notice how pretty much everything I said, ties into that quote…? This is why I want to believe him. I don’t believe he’s an asshole anymore. The only true asshole that has robbed me of being truly happy, is COVID-19. ..I knew there was a kind side somewhere hidden in him, and after reading that message, I can see it.
Then again, Harry could’ve been right all along and I’m wasting my time looking for some sort of miracle, instead of moving on from him. But I’ve got to hear it from Jero’s heart before I believe anyone. That message felt it was coming from his heart.. his broken
heart, caused by my fucking doubts.
The other reason why I want to believe him, is he hasn’t blocked me on Steam. I feel he wants to tell me, but is saddened I listened to Harry instead of him.

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