Mae Dean

Mae Dean

@maegodhavemercy.com

Creator of Real Life Comics way back in 1999, and occasionally since then. Old™ of some repute. Involuntary Delightful.🏳️‍⚧️ she/her.

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$486 / 685 - thank you so much! We’re just about where we need to be to get this paid. You’re all amazing. ❤️

Mae Dean@maegodhavemercy.com

Hey folks - I need to get our power bill paid by tomorrow, and we don’t have nearly enough to cover it. If there’s anything you can do to help, it would mean the world to me. Thank you for all of your help. PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy

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Hey folks - I need to get our power bill paid by tomorrow, and we don’t have nearly enough to cover it. If there’s anything you can do to help, it would mean the world to me. Thank you for all of your help. PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy

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Aw, fuuuuck. Godspeed, Chekov. :(

George Takei@georgetakei.bsky.social

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

*AHEM* We’re all thinking it, right? It’s not just me?

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Figured I'd share the (VERY early progress) on the TNG computer voice model. :) This is only epoch 400, and I'm probably going to go to 1000-2000, which will take until like tuesday or wednesday on my graphics card. The line delivery should improve markedly by that point.

Her pronunciation of "Beautiful" is absolutely killing me. That's one I'm going to need to put a pronunciation guideline in place for. XD

After four days of work, my computer is officially crunching the numbers on the LARGEST possible data set of Majel Barrett’s computer lines. Over 1100 lines, 55 minutes of audio in total, taken from all seasons of TNG, VOY and DS9. It’s gonna take like 4 days of training, but WORTH IT.

Mae Dean@maegodhavemercy.com

I may or may not have just finished isolating, clipping, cleaning up and equalizing nearly 500 clips of the Enterprise D computer speaking. For… reasons. :)

I had to discard about 150 lines total because it was impossible to fully isolate them from the background audio, and about 10 episodes of TNG season 1 where she hadn’t yet settled on the line delivery we’ve come to know and love. But what I kept is HUGE, and it should sound fabulous.

The annoying thing about this is that in like 1985, this would have been cool as shit. And that asshole ruined stupid angular cars. How fucking dare.

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Look at this thing

I literally haven’t used the default Bsky app in like two weeks, and at this point I think I vastly prefer my LCARS version functionally as well as visually.

Fffffuck. I’m pretty sure we’re dealing with a clear-cut instance of Oppositional Defiant Disorder in addition to the already-diagnosed ADHD. Which is just… so, so fun. At least I managed to get a family therapist scheduled for next week, ‘cause LORD do we need help.

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There are times that being a parent is one of the most special things in my life, and absolutely fills me with joy. …and then there are the times when my 7-year old is screaming that he hates me and that I’m the worst person in the world because he spiraled out of control after I interrupted him.

There are times that being a parent is one of the most special things in my life, and absolutely fills me with joy. …and then there are the times when my 7-year old is screaming that he hates me and that I’m the worst person in the world because he spiraled out of control after I interrupted him.

And I have to keep my cool and be the adult, and try to calm him down in a productive way so that I can try to help him learn how to deal with this kind of emotional dysregulation when all I want to do is scream “EAT SHIT YOU LITTLE GOBLIN”. …cause you’re not supposed to say that. Apparently.

*sigh* the last two nights are a fun reminder that our kids seem to be predisposed towards dye sensitivity. Guess Parker is going dye-free. It’s for health reasons, since if he eats something with Red 40 I am far more likely to want to STRANGLE HIM. Stars and stones, but this kid is a lot. 🤬

I watched all of this in rapt attention, because it’s STUNNINGLY good - but I, alone at home, loudly cheered when I saw the card art with Mariner and Boimler on it. This is going to be the kind of set I will eventually seek out every single card of. Just FLAWLESS.

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I’m like 80% pleased with the results of this, but I think if I don’t wind up clipping and using EVERY SINGLE clip of her from both TNG and Voyager, I’m going to feel like it’s not complete. I’m well aware that this is idiotic. But hey, it’s me, so…

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I may or may not have just finished isolating, clipping, cleaning up and equalizing nearly 500 clips of the Enterprise D computer speaking. For… reasons. :)

What the fuck even is this account? Can’t tell if it’s some kind of weird lefty bot account or legitimately just someone with no life.

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So Liz is in a staged reading that one of our local friends is doing of “Sleepaway Camp”, and she had me watch the movie because she was worried it might come off as transphobic, and while I can kind of see how a certain person could make that connection, I think its kind of the opposite?

But also HOLY SHIT that movie is wild, absolute trash, and the version they’re doing lampoons it HEAVILY, so it’s going to be a great time. :D

Achievement unlocked - went to sleep in my makeup and woke up still looking like 90% put together. I will accept your due praise now.

It’s somewhat tempered by the fact that I tried to curl my hair while it still had the slightest dampness, so it IMMEDIATELY fell out, but I think on balance, I win.

I just read that as a way of combatting the time it takes to transport fresh food by ship, cattle ranchers are looking into methods of high-altitude freight using the jet streams, in the hopes of being able to ship beef overseas without freezing it. The steaks could not be higher.

I may or may not have just finished isolating, clipping, cleaning up and equalizing nearly 500 clips of the Enterprise D computer speaking. For… reasons. :)

It seems the water sensor on the dishwasher going out was just a prelude to shit. The whole thing is essentially useless now. It “runs” for two hours, and then pops open with a load of still-unwashed dishes. Yaaaay for Samsung appliances.

The good news at least: a dishwasher going out is essentially just an “escalator is temporarily stairs” situation. Maybe I’ll make Harper my new dishwasher. 😈

Y'all, I'm floored. I woke up this morning, and had EXACTLY $500, and was able to send it over to the landlord right away. I really can't express just how much your support means to me. I love you all, I really do.

Mae Dean@maegodhavemercy.com

Hey everyone - I need to get $500 sent to my landlord today, and I’ve only got about $100 on hand at the moment. If there’s anything you can do to help, it would mean the world to us. ❤️ PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy

I love how Apple made the timer button in the quick access panel completely useless. “Hey, I wonder how much time is left on my timer? Nope, guess I need to set a new timer. This is great UI design!”

Goal for this week: figure out the shitty billing issue with quest diagnostics and finally try to get the fuck back on estrogen. I've been without it for like four months. One star, cannot recommend.

After already having read the entirety of Mistborn, I decided “fuck it, I’m just gonnna read the whole Cosmere.” Elantris was… okay, but I dug it overall. But I just started the Stormlight Archive at the Way of Kings, and holy hell is this fantasy DENSE. Woof.

I should say that I have no plans to actually move to Canada at this point. Problems and all, I absolutely LOVE California, and Liz has an absolutely fantastic job. But holy fuck would having a back-up plan be a good thing, especially now. And I fuckin’ LOVE Vancouver, so there’s that.

Mae Dean@maegodhavemercy.com

Y’all. Y’ALL. My dad just dropped some news on me: his great-grandfather (my second great grandfather) and beyond, going back, were Canadian. I have unbroken records from myself to them. Under bill C-3, I QUALIFY FOR CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP. My dad plans on applying too. :D