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Iceland is an altogether unique island state which an active volcano and stunning landscapes, and a surprising temperate climate for its Northern latitude, so close to the arctic circle.
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Tomorrow, December 3, the prompt for my extended blogging challenge is going to be…

is

No, it literally is “is.” »Chuckle« Y’know, the word the adulterous president 🤥🎩 tried to redefine, that is it is, is 🤔❔

Occupy

People can take over prominent places for a peacefully protest against the growing embarrassment of riches. Similarly can a cartoon character embarrass an artist by pointing at some rather off-model mugshots, despite many hours of preparatory sketches.
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Tomorrow, December 2, the prompt for my extended blogging challenge is going to be…

occupy

Jest(est)

When I think of a comedian, Buster Keaton comes to mind. He’s supposed to be the master of physical comedy (slapstick), yet I know so little about him. I’m sure most of his work is in the public domain, so studying it should be easy enough.
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And… I’ll extend—on my own—the micro∙blog prompt-based blogging challenge based on randomwordgenerator with the word jest for December 1.

A quick test. There will be a learning curve. But hey, learning new stuff is fun.
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I’m so excited 😝 about my colored pens that have just arrived by mail! It’s like it’s Sinterklaas already 😊
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Passkeys are DOA, because websites seem to prefer to outsource them to a third party rather than doing the hard work of implementing passkeys as a first party, on the same domain as the website. This makes phishing possible, and therefore passkeys just as vulnerable as passwords.

Safety

Most security IRL is based on inconvenience rather than impenetrability. Locks can be picked. A locked door inconveniences more than an unlocked door (since a lock requires a key or knowledge and equipment to pick that lock). More locks inconvenience more, duh!
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Oooh 😯 fancy ascii art for the coding aficionados (front end developers) among Flickr users
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I always wondered why my cats are so strong…
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I didn’t compete in the very first microblogvember in 2019. It’s a self-challenge to blog every day on the timeline of micro∙blog for the month of November. This year, 2022, will be my first attempt to beat any procrastination to create that might come up during a month. I’ve done 29 of the 29 days so far, with only one day to go. I think I’ll manage the last one.

Here are 29 word prompts (and my solutions):

1. Figure (Musk buying twitter)
2. Feast (guinea pigs)
3. License (Micro∙camp)
4. Admiration (Gollum)
5. Exemption (House owners)
6. Echo (Beethoven)
7. Insight (spacecraft)
8. Consensus (superheroes)
9. Certain (Sherlock Holmes)
10. Minister (TV series)
11. Display (Adrian Black)
12. Suspicion (Hitchcock)
13. Adjust (heating)
14. Leave (of senses)
15. Aluminium (the chemical)
16. Franchise (Superman)
17. Barrel (beer vat)
18. Tire (kitten from playing)
19. Novel (fantasy)
20. Repeat (Commodore 64)
21. Ice (age)
22. Graze (box)
23. Update (Microblog News)
24. Retain (Medieval prison)
25. Ritual (Black Friday)
26. Commitment (Hunchback of Notre Dame)
27. Motivation (Willy Wonka)
28. Trend (life lesson)
29. Fish (barracuda)

Mind you, I’m not stopping when November 30 ends. I will keep going, from “November 31” up to and including “November 61” 🤣 After the last official prompt for November 2022 from the @challenges@micro.blog account, I’ll continue with randomwordgenerator on my own. Hopefully by then I’ll have colored ballpoint pens, so I can make it more interesting to look at.

So, my self-challenge ends with the year 2022. Until then, it’ll be nose to the grindstone and solve the current daily prompt with a sketch and some words. I guess I’ll evaluate how it went in the New Year.

If you’re asking yourself why I drew in a notebook with lines, it’s a self-depreciation built in, so I can’t worry about such silly thoughts. It’s already bad for drawing to begin with. I can only make it better.

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Fish

When Jacques-Yves Cousteau wanted to swim with the fishes, he had to invent self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (S.C.U.B.A.). What he saw made him want to protect it, since we humans were (and still are) destroying it with our exploitation of the sea.
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Trend

I can see my (hobbyist) art getting better with each year I practice, yet still have ebbs and flows in both quality and quantity. It’s frustrating to seemingly have crossed a threshold, only to see my enthusiasm wane because of some outside force or event.
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If microblogvember is any indication, I’m able to write about 1000 non-random words in 30 days, or 1/50th of NaNoWriMo. No wonder I never won the writing assignment; I’m a very slow thinker, hence writer. Words (and ideas) come to me like boots in molasses, even when I was young.

Motivation

The little people don’t need much to make them do what you want them to do. Refined sugar will often do it, hyperactively so.
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I’ve done some research on drawing with a ballpoint pen, and it seems it’s in the indelible nature of the medium that practice is quintessential.
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I’ve ordered some ballpoint pens on Amazon for more drawing happiness:

• Paper Mate InkJoy several colors
• Pilot Super Grip black

I’m told the Pilot Super Grip are more opaque than the Paper Mate InkJoy, and since black is rather important for ink drawing…
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Commitment

Romantic involvement often doesn’t lead to immediate engagement or even infatuation, maybe a slight tolerance of being close at best. It’s recipe for disappointment and tragedy as life put its claws into a budding relationship.
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