So good news, yesterday we went to the hospital for a checkup, and my closest relative does not seem to have any permanent damage to their organs due to covid. As for me, my covid symptoms are getting lighter and the doctor has told me how my body is still fighting well with the virus, but they say it may take 5 days, a week or two for full recovery and to have a negative test. My relative was able to drive us to the hospital yesterday, and they are coughing much less than before, they're still coughing hard but it's a sigh of relief for me knowing there is no internal damage in their bodies. I've been taking care of their needs more than our step-relative who went out today (possibly to work, not completely sure), and we will still be quarantining ourselves for another week. It still feels miserable that you can't do a lot about your situation, but at least I get to spend more time on this site, maybe I can prepare some linework for anatomy references.

So it's been a full week of Covid for me and my family. So far I still may have a slight fever since every night I go to sleep, I wake up sweating in the morning (and in some occasions diarrhea). My nose is still congested and I got some mucus in my throat, but I don't cough as much. My closest family member has an on and off fever thanks to the ibuprofen they've been taking but they still have a coughing problem and it's been hurting their chest. I am worried for their health and just begging for their pain to ease. Our step-member seems to have light symptoms, they have some coughs and a possible fever, but they are not taking this emotionally well.

Our step-member lashed out at my relative and I told them to back off, not to get angry at them. They seem to be more stressed than the rest of us even though they have lighter symptoms. I want our situation to get better by the next week and my closest relative can be relieved of their coughing at least. It doesn't help that our AC is not acting up very well and it is scorching out there, and none of us are in any condition to fix the problem. Fortunately I have a portable AC in my room but it can only relieve my room temperature temporarily until the next morning, and I hope that my relative across the hall don't feel hot and have at least some cool air through their air vent.

It started two days ago when one of my relatives was having a fever, their throat was sore, they was very weak, and they seemed to have sore spots. We didn't think it was covid because the rest of us didn't had any symptoms similar to theirs. Today, they wasn't getting any better to the point they were taken to the hospital. I got the news from my step-relative that they was tested positive, and there is a chance that we all got it. Right now we are focusing on recovery at home and keeping a distance to ourselves as much as possible.

This was really heavy news for me to hear. This virus has killed millions of people before, and because of the incompetence of us as a society, it has become the new flu. I have also heard it can do longlasting damage to the immune system once you take even the slightest strand of DNA, I don't know if that's true, but that is enough to give me an existential dread of our future. I am currently processing this news, and am just dread that even if we are to recover from it, the thought occurs how much of our lifespan has shortened. I pray to whatever God is out there, but I feel me and my family has been forsaken.

Everything is changing, everything is different now, and it feels it just got a lot more hopeless.

Forgot to mention it here, but yeah, had some cake, have the day for myself, pretty good day.

Question to every person who draws on their computers/laptops with drawing tablets,

I'm currently using Medibang Paint for practicing on my Wacom Intuos PT S CTH-490 Comic Pen & Touch Tablet. I may have the opportunity to purchase a different drawing software or a drawing tablet with a screen so I can see what I draw on the tablet instead of my computer's monitor, I have trouble watching where my stylus draws on the screen without watching where I draw on my tablet. I also heard a lot of recommendations for Clip Studio drawing software from many people who recommend a software for digital drawing over traditional drawing, but I want to hear your opinions if they agree, differ, or give the okay for Medibang Paint. I heard there are still other software alternatives such as Krita, Paint tool SAI, MyPaint, etc., but I have heard more positive expectations on Clip Studio, so that software is the first choice I have in mind. Whoever reads this, let me know when you can, I heard today's a special sales day so I want to take this opportunity.

First off, I've been thinking about typing out short life entries of anything special that's been happening with my life, at least the ones that shows that I've made personal improvements of myself. I posted on and the response (singular), was of lack of interest, but it is mostly to remind myself that I have good traits and I'm not mostly flawed (I'm a pessimist). Users here can just scroll ahead if they're not interested in it, it's like writing a journal for myself, except that it's online, which might be more risque, so I'm still thinking if I want to do this or just write it down myself on hand, on a literal journal book. The problem on doing it by hand is that I occasionally forget things, especially writing things for my mental health treatment, or that I'm just downright too lazy to write a sentence about my day.

Second I've decided to make another account specially for ideas wikia, which is a wiki site filled with ideas mostly based on existing media, both good and/or bad. I know what you're thinking, "that is the most stupidest idea you had than you making a twitter account in the first place", but here's the thing: I believe I have excessive/maladaptive daydreaming and most occasions intrusive thoughts which has been a problem in my life since beginning of grade school. I remembered a long time go I had another old account where I wrote down at least two ideas, and I realized I never thought or daydream those ideas ever again (mostly because I feel they were bad idea concepts), so if it actually controls my daydreaming, who am I to not try out this? The link below should show what my username is "Sackofideas" (I don't know if there are *ssh*l*s on the internet that would hack an wikia account since they love challenges, so that's my current username for now), just to let you know my wikia user profile. There might be some good ideas, bad ideas, and straight up dumb ideas, and there might be positive, negative, nondetailed, or no responses to them, but personally I'm doing this to vent out any ideas I daydream about out of my mind system, and hopefully my mind will lose interest in them by time and I can finally focus better in my life.

You can give out your thoughts about any ideas I may vent out to that ideas wikia platform, all I ask is that you at least give a little more details on what is good/bad, how it works or not, what's right/wrong about it, and maybe some suggestions about the ideas, but just please don't make an account and then edit it yourselves (I've seen this done before, it has been bothersome when I find some changes that don't work that I have to change them myself constantly, which completely demotivates me from the idea).

Today I made a big screw up with a family member of mine. What surprised me was that they came to apologize for yelling at me. Usually they are very stubborn when it comes to apologizing, even if clearly they're at fault and they just refuse to admit it, but it feels like a good improvement from them. Of course I apologized back on behalf of my screw up, and they understand that it "happens". It may not be the best apology from them, but it's a good start for them to improve themselves, probably should have told them I was really grateful they came to apologize for a certain matter since they're very stubborn about it.

Happy Pico Day y'all.

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday @TomFulp,

Happy Birthday to you!

(For more specific details on game mechanics, opponent strategies and behaviors, check on the video game forums)

Opponents from left to right:

1st opponent: Margo (Hands Up by Joel “@JoelG” Guerra)

A lazy, narcissistic, rude space cop who decides to take a night off and into even more high stakes, taking probably some of her money, but mostly Ula’s job savings without her knowing (Assuming Ula didn’t know about Margo’s immortality until the bet, so she’d be oblivious to this as well). Margo would constantly tease the player and her opponents into believing her bluffs or taking in her betting/raising baits, and maybe some occasions flirt with the player depending on the circumstanced conditions (maybe something special when the player wins a showdown with her). I think it would be an opportunity to expand the potential lore of Hands Up with her telling her stories during her cop duties, giving her some funny conversation exchanges and responses, and maybe some little fun references or facts about Joel’s other series “ENA” (maybe having some connections with ENA). I also was thinking her to have a different attire besides her usual green or black goth outfits, maybe wearing a formal dress since she adores the attention from the other guys (there’s one dress reference of her I could only find on pinterest) or even have her wear different outfit designs based on the other shorts or from JoelG’s alternate clothing designs of her as unlockables. Her bounty is the most difficult one for me to think of, I think either her waitress outfit or the hourglass dog from the ENA series, since both series are made by JoelG.

2nd opponent: Shrike Sanchez (Monkey Wrench by Josh “@Zeurel” Palmer)

An impatient yet thrill-seeking mercenary who wants to pounce on large fat rewards whether he finds the chance, thus joining in and wagering on the poker tournament. Shrike would make a great addition to tell his past merc jobs, his time with L.A.W. Navy and subtle hints on why he quit to find his own path, and share his love of pizza with Margo, possibly having constant “besties” moments with her, even inviting her to Pizzapocalypse when he wins the tournament (or the other way around). Shrike would occasionally try to irritate the player and other opponents to play recklessly so he could have the upper hand (like Strong Bad or Claptrap), whether his or good or bad. There would be some fun moments with his bilingual of English and Spanish during the game, especially when he wins or loses a pot depending on the conditions. I’d say his bounty would be his dual space guns or his El Bandito comics collection he pulled out from the ep 2 premiere.

3rd opponent: Geronimo (Geronimo & Heatstepper by Ryan “@GrillHou5e” Foley)

A freelance space deputy jackalope finding an opportunity to pay rent and play high stakes, he decides to bring some of his savings and puts his luck on the poker tournament. Geronimo seems to be the most rational, but still simple-minded of the poker group, mostly as the straight man during the conversations, like Tycho or Ash, but he’s still someone you should not mess with, constantly loud-mouthing to other players and even himself, and even gives you subtle warnings of his hand, whether you should give in to his bluffs or not and call or fold. After watching the first part of the first episode of the series, I still feel I don’t have a full grasp on Geronimo’s personality, but I imagine he’s pretty trigger-happy, likes to be risky, and would occasionally show off his marksmanship to the others (when he folds and shoots his cards, maybe shoots something, or someone, as well), especially competing with Shrike on some occasions, and talks about his past adventures and exchange his deputy stories with Margo since they’re both law enforcers who also do nothing to shut down this tournament but play along. I’m thinking that he would come along with Heatstepper who would be there just for the all-you-can-eat buffet, and would assist Geronimo in certain occasions, like Sam & Max in Poker Night 2. For his bounty maybe a pair of red nunchucks based on one of the creator’s concept arts of the series.

4th opponent: Killgar (Starbarians by Harry “@HappyHarry” Partridge)

A brutal yet greedy space barbarian who would kill for rewards, or just take first kill next. He finds out about the poker tournament through Hogstrong’s invite and decides to take his place instead without him knowing so he could keep the reward for himself, until he realizes what poker is after signing an agreement that especially involves “no killing during the tournament”, ends up learning poker from a poker coach, then beats up hence poker coach, but not enough to kill him. Killgar would try to threaten the player and his opponents to fold, or give them a false sense of security and trick them to bluff or fold. I imagine Killgar as the Heavy or Brock of the group, telling stories of his brutal adventures, his battle victories, constantly insulting Hogstrong behind his back, and having moments where he almost lets out his murderous intent whether he loses to a much high hand (a straight or above), but is constantly reminded of his agreement to not harm any of the players during the game. His bounty reward would probably his signature sword, or Hogstrong's axe-rifle combination weapon that he swiped.

Dealer: Wink (Wimp Witch by @cecameron)

Similar to Glados, Wink would be in his computer monitor form instead of having a body (it’s pretty complicated, you might have to read the webcomic series to understand his situation). He would probably give snarky remarks and insults to the player and the opponents, but solely complimenting Margo (mostly “simping” on her). Unfortunately I can’t imagine Wink having much to tell about his life or job, nor do I remember Glados engaging a conversation with the players before. Wink is the only AI computer similar to Glados I could think of, and I don’t really have any other Newgrounds Sci-Fi themed character in mind that could be a unique dealer. His bounty would probably be his personal hover-scooter like vehicle he used when he had a body.

For unlockables, I would say after playing/winning Texas Hold’em the player can unlock the Omaha game mode, and use the tokens or virtual in-game money winnings to unlock other poker games, such as Badugi, Razz, Short Deck, Pineapple, etc. The player could also use the tokens/virtual money to unlock in-game card, chip and table design themes base on the characters’ respective series or other Newgrounds series such as Henry Stickmin, Madness Combat, Alien Hominid, etc., triggering unique dialogue based on the setting. I imagine the host running the tournament would be Pod-chan and the bartender would be the bartender devil girl from the Newgrounds flash game “Bar-I-Tone” (@DOJIMADOG, @ThatRozebudGuy, @crocid, @cval, @elikapika, @J4DS), that way you can also buy drinks for the characters and discover their tell hints more easier. You can also set the amount of banter chat similar to the first poker game, such as “mom’s the word” to “the gift of gab”, in case the player needs to focus more on playing the game.

I figured doing a Newgrounds theme poker video game would help give some exposure to the content creators’ series and also having them write for their characters’ dialogues and potential stories from their series within the game, not to mention them and the characters’ respective voice actors getting a cut from the game’s purchase sales. It’s a long shot, but I hope someone who can find the game files for Poker Night at the Inventory 1 or 2 (mostly 2) can find the programming code and someday make a poker video game with fun dialogue writing inspired by the Poker Night at the Inventory games.