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I've used both and am a regular person (not a body builder or gym rat or anything). Planet Fitness is kind of a pit of sadness in my opinion, and very hard to find parking at. I also found that going up hoosick was enough of a deterrent to stop me from going regularly.

I'm at crunch now and like it -- its roughly the same type of people who go to both. So far I haven't had any problems getting on the equipment i want. I can usually find parking and while turning left into that plaza is annoying, it's better than waiting 15 minutes to get to PF.

Notably, I've lost my wallet a few times. Planet fitness somehow was able to start charging my subscription to my new card no problem (ugh), Crunch's notifications went to spam and then i wound up paying like, $100 in late fees because the card I had on file for them was cancelled, it was so miserable.

Update: I wore shorts and brought leggings! The class was super fun, it was a 3-D coffin and much more like a lyra than a pole. I didn't do any knee hangs personally, but would have put the leggings on to do that

The address has "2-19-15" in it. It's just an address probably, but has anyone looked at the site from a device with that set as the date?

I messed with the picture a bit (saturation and contrast and shadows and things like that) and couldn't find anything, but it's a weird coincidence 

hotel with event space. i run an annual event that needs conference space, and every year space fills up faster and the prices jack up.

Hard agree. Join clubs (and actively participate), do projects for yourself in your field, have a crap job, literally anything. I have met lots of people from college who do nothing, then complain that they aren't getting a job. Many say the college isn't doing enough. I agree with that, but also... you get out what you put in.

(ya, there are other barriers, but if you aren't actively trying, then can you really blame the other barriers?)

This has happened to me a few times, it fucking blows. Stay strong!

It's really terrible out here -- I've lived in the area for years and there's not lesbian anything, even at like, cafe euphoria (which has a lot of wonderful events! Just not lesbian-specific anything). I would totally roll up to a bar on a random weeknight if it were lesbian night, I wonder how one of those gets off the ground?

Anyway, waterworks is invaded by hostile straights on weekends, rocks is primarily for gay men but still fun, haven't tried Oh Bar

The leotard under it didn't look all that good, is my guess?

IM SORRY BUT IF THEY ELIMINATE MANDY FOR THIS IM GONNA LOSE IT GIRL IS SHATTERING PORCELAIN

TOO MUCH IN THE CHALLENGE AND JUST ENOUGH FOR THE TOO MUCH LIPSYNC

THEYRE GONNA MAKE THIS BITCH LIPSYNC AS A TABLE???????

they really just taking a whiff of crystal envy's pits on national television huh

Entry level positions in game writing are very, very hard to come by these days. It's not something you're going to be able to just jump into easily (or maybe even at all) -- even despite some colleges offering narrative design majors/degrees. The way I have seen people transition into writing for games is by doing something else, and offering to pick up work, or by being a designer in a different area.

You should keep writing. This dream is awesome and you should chase it! But to start, here are some things to try:

- Make a Twine game. You don't need any art or coding experience. And, it's free! It's not the best portfolio piece, and it's not going to make the best thing ever. But it's a great place to start thinking about how to make your stories interactive.

- Write anything. Write often and every day. Maybe think about writing not-for-games, because as other commenters have mentioned, having success writing books/webcomics/literally anything published, even self-published, will make it more likely for you to get a job writing games.

- Research narrative design, because "game writer" isn't often the title, "narrative designer" is, and that will get you better info. And as jobs become more competitive, they ask more. Other things to learn are code (sadly, they may want you to be able to implement the narrative you write, so learning unity/unreal is a little inevitable, but youtube has tons of tutorials, as so unity and unreal themselves!). Something I've also seen as a nice-to-have on job descriptions is an ability to edit audio files, because game writers often end up involved in the voice acting process -- directing or editing in some cases, but in small projects, having a narrative person who can level the lines is a huge help. I learned the hard way that voice acting and theatre are really different, even if there is some overlap! (But as I said -- the audio stuff will give you an edge, it's not a core feature of every narrative design role). Anyway, some books to check out: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/game-writing (my professors had me read Slay the Dragon and The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses. These books are expensive and sometimes used as textbooks, so google around and see if you can find better deals)

- And when you have a handle on narrative design, making a paper prototype of games is a great way to practice!

It sounds like you're just starting out and learning things. I'd really recommend checking out the GDC vault videos, where industry professionals give talks. There are plenty of great narrative ones! https://www.youtube.com/@GDCFestivalofGaming

Unfortunately, if trying other disciplines is too scary to try/feels like a waste of time, then your best bet is to write novels and hope to convert over one day, but it lowers the odds a lot. Itch.io runs game jams where you can find people to work on teams who are good at other parts of making games, but I have never actually done one myself and can't vouch for how good of a team you'll get.

If everything here sounds overwhelming, then step zero is just watching youtube videos or reading articles about the game dev process and how it works.

Seconding on both accounts! My strategy is to bring a friend to talk to her while I browse

Interested!

This is a really difficult situation. Your breakdown is showing just how much thought and effort you've put into this. There's a lot of really poignant self-reflection, as well as insight to your partner's feelings. I really hope you do not feel like a break up is "giving up", because it's very clear that you've both tried very hard.

If you've been trying for a long time, I do not think it's going to get better on a timescale that will work out. I think this situation might just get much worse for you, and you will feel like shit for a really long time, and I can imagine your partner might feel like shit as well. But it sounds like you're sexually very incompatible at this point, and you've exhausted options to fix it. It's sad to hear that your partner doesn't have a way to communicate what affirming sex looks like for them -- this is something they could do that would improve the situation, and it's not clear if they've been thinking and coming up with nothing, or just avoiding the issue. I think breaking up should be on the table, but if you can press on this issue to try something new, maybe there could be a breakthrough?

THIS LOOK IS AMAZING!!

Renpy is great and not cheating. It's a tool for learning!

Also, as a fellow woman gamedev, don't call yourself dumb. Other people are going to do it no matter what you do, and you don't want to enable that. You are plenty smart if you're doing a comp sci eng degree!

I live in troy -- great food that's relatively cheap. local music scene. local events that kick ass. CHEAP RENT if you dont live downtown.