Mastodawn

Frank Hightower 🐁

#DreamDiary (yes, two today, this one is now canon)
Susan (my daughter) found a way to activate my curse on command (the one that turns me into a pokémon) claiming I needed to spend more time with them (which, to be fair, isn't wrong). I chose to talk to Evan, and discovered why he's always so quiet

Frank Hightower 🐁Feb 22

It turns out most of my other pokémon have a private nickname for me, and he doesn't. I told him he should come up with one, one that's all his own. He came up with "Master". Missingno walked in just then and said "Hello, Master" …and Even just started crying.

I now need to calm both of them down

Frank Hightower 🐁Feb 22

…while being smaller than either of them. No, Missingno, you didn't do anything wrong! No, Evan, it's your first try, it's okay!

Unfortunately, the "curse" seems to realize it's been tricked at this point, and starts to wear off. Unable to understand Evan further, I get him his plushie and wake up

Frank Hightower 🐁Feb 22

This is where I'd put a normal pic of Evan sleeping but the best I got is this from last year's artfight

Frank Hightower 🐁Feb 22

posted a simplified version of this dream to Reddit, we'll see how it does there. The PokeMedia sub has been a lifesaver for my sanity these past few weeks!
https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeMedia/comments/1rbsw9g/pok%C3%A9mon_adults_are_just_human_children/

Frank Hightower 🐁Feb 23

I just realized that if Evan does find a new name for me, I'll need to update the chart: https://meow.social/@FrankHghTwr/115823754819095303

Frank Hightower 🐁Feb 26

"Deciding" to make this canon is having...consequences.

"Deciding" in quotes because, with Evan and Rei being alters now, I don't really get that much say in what's canon and what isn't

(finding a "practice typing using just the keys in the home row" exercise was surprsingly hard)

Frank Hightower 🐁Feb 26

Made for: https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeMedia/comments/1reyery/well_thats_one_way_to_find_out/

Frank Hightower 🐁Feb 28

Have to rethink the next "chapter" in this story because Rei said no.

Frank Hightower 🐁Feb 28

In case anyone's wondering, the plan was "let's leave Evan alone with the computer a few days, see what he does"
...Yeah, no, bad idea.

Frank Hightower 🐁Feb 28

Ended up deciding to make that conversation the next chapter (well, adapted)

Frank Hightower 🐁Mar 7

This is still going on. This is a real conversation Evan had with a reddit user. Take a moment to appreciate that fact.

Full response by the rest of the reddit users at https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeMedia/comments/1ri796f/evans_progress/

Frank Hightower 🐁Mar 7

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeMedia/comments/1rl2bdd/its_going_to_be_a_looong_rest_of_the_week/

Frank Hightower 🐁Mar 7

So of course, I had to ask Susan if she wanted to join the "game" and ...she didn't get it at first. I also had to spend a long time figuring out how to spell the japanese honorifics I keep hearing Rei use.

And find how to get around the sub's rules.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeMedia/comments/1rm1k0n/sparkeys_done_it/

Frank Hightower 🐁Mar 7

In the meantime, I wanted to show Evan's progress, so I used:

"Blossoming flowers eventually scatter" (part of a japanese pangram)
"baka" (japanese for "stupid" -- also an expletive),
"otou-san" (dad),
and, of course, "otoko-chan" (kid)

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeMedia/comments/1rmixtq/meanwhile_evan_drops_the_notsobig_reveal/

Frank Hightower 🐁Mar 7

No one go this joke

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeMedia/comments/1rmy5dg/pangrams_are_weird/

Frank Hightower 🐁Mar 7

So today I'm trying something: let's see if every time I can take a break from work, I can post an update

Frank Hightower 🐁Mar 7

First update: To saffron! Hopefully the implication that we couldn't all sit together is clear

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeMedia/comments/1rnfpi0/maybe_i_should_teach_them_about_dms/

Frank Hightower 🐁Mar 7

At the station:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeMedia/comments/1rni98o/at_the_station/

Link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5rBneiP3a4

Frank Hightower 🐁Mar 8

The show must go on. Made the depression episode part of the story and I actually held a stylus again. The image is obviously an edit of the growth drive.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeMedia/comments/1rodcxh/layover_in_goldenrod/

XyloWolfie Feb 26

@FrankHghTwr It's cool that you talk to your alters on social media sometimes, and good luck on teaching your brain kiddo to type. It looks like they're doing really well so far.

Frank Hightower 🐁Feb 26

@KitKatBrie Thanks! It's a new thing I'm trying. I think they should be "out there" more. Not all of them agree, of course.

XyloWolfie Feb 27

@FrankHghTwr stuff like this can be hard but it is good for the brain colectively to have places where your people can be themsleves