I will be truly impressed if someone gets this. I do have a hint I can give as well lol

I have an obsession with handpan drum performances, but this one of Metallica's Nothing Else Matters is perfection. It shows just how much can be done with it in the hands of a skilled player, combining rhythm and lead flawlessly. The fact she can also sing while playing is icing on an already quite robust cake.

• Just About is a social media site where positivity is encouraged and negative/toxic behaviors are disallowed.

• There are Communities like books and comics, film and TV, and video games, as well as sub-spaces within, like Pokemon and Minecraft.

• You can submit to Rewards to earn money. Rewards are special challenges set by the JA staff you can enter, i.e. "Describe a Platform Feature to a Friend that's Never Heard of Us" (Reward Inception!)

• On the first of every month, if your wallet is at or above $25, you receive a payout via PayPal!

• Is some cases, usually with image and video Rewards, you need to submit via connected social media accounts to verify that you are indeed the creator/OP of your submission. Connecting socials is easily done by clicking your profile dropdown and selecting "Connected Accounts," then choosing your platform(s) of choice.

• The Just About Browser Extension helps to remind you of active Rewards, i.e. when you open up YouTube, you may see a pop-up in the corner of your browser saying there are a few active Rewards in Content Creators. Don't worry, the code is open so you can verify there aren't any Big Brothers hiding in there.

• Finally, there is a Discord bot called Just a Botwhich acts as a sort of notification pushing service for new rewards and new posts. A JA mobile app is on the roadmap, but for the time being, it is nice to see when a fresh Reward goes up live.

It hurt to do so, but I completely dismantled The Gothic Grind to make a winter haven... and then I put it right back AND with better furniture!

The video is below, but I recorded the whole process (making the haven, then upgrading The Gothic Grind) as a "fall asleep to" video. The final product of the haven is complete at 48:20 in the video.

Also included the images below. The proper guide/rationale for what makes it a haven is written below the Blue Sky post. I say all this in the video, but the written summary should save ya some time :)

When I think "Winter Haven" I don't think winter themed or winter colors, I think of a diner at 6,000 feet elevation that has been around since 1973. Hardly anything matches, the things that do match have various degrees of discoloration, and there is a clear mixing of home made and store bought peppered into the timeline.

The stuffing is poking out of some chairs, young people who have long since moved away are still remembered by the initials they carved into the surface of booth tables, all the faults you may find fade away in a truly cozy winter haven over time.

On my bottom level, there are mismatched tables and chairs serving function over fashion. The four seater table by the window has three chairs of the same color, one slightly off color to denote a different age, reupholstering or staining, and a fourth just completely different. The couch by the door is the classic "grandma" couch that is gaudy and lost its cushion's softness in the 80's. The carpet by the cash register and the door USED to be the same color, but from muddy, snowy boots, the one by the door has lost its luster.

The way I imagined it is that the upper area is the "critter party" rentable space, so it's somewhat more uniform, designed for large groups, but even still, the "wine auntie" corner (as I called it in the video) is a mix of different patterns, and one of the stools at the tables against the wall is also off color. They tried their hardest to make the furniture match, but the carpets and table cloths are still just a LITTLE different. The critter play area is made of a mix of handmade and store bought apparatuses.

Finally, on both levels, pictures. Every rural diner and cafe I've ever been to has dozens if not scores of pictures. There aren't VERY many different frame options in Critter Cafe, so I went sparingly, but ideally, every wall would be covered in frames and memorabilia of all sizes.

That's what I think of when I think winter haven. Janky, possibly even ugly, but home.

Here's a pretty incredible one.

On iPhones, if you search keywords in iMessage or Photos, images with that text will come back as results.

I will very frequently screenshot web pages or take pics of paper documents in order to read it later, then take the requisite 150 pics of my dogs/cats for the day. So instead of scrolling back and trying to find what it was I wanted to read later, I just search a keyword.

In iMessage, sometimes my parents will get mail for me and send a screenshot. Same principal applies. Even after the conversation continues, rather than scrolling through the convo again, just a quick search brings up that mail.

Super handy.

I am a horror hound through and through, so cozy games never really pinged on my radar. But there were SO many Rewards for Critter Cafe available I thought "I can definitely make back the money I spend buying it and if I don't end up liking it, no harm no foul."

Turns out, I really like it haha. I'm an animal lover and that definitely gives it an upper hand for me to like it. Also, I didn't think I'd care that much about the cafe customization, but I ended up having a GREAT time making what I call The Gothic Grind Cafe. I'm still a horror hound at heart.

I think the most pleasantly surprising thing is the puzzles. Survival horror has more than its fair share of pushing around boxes and lining up esoteric contraptions, and Critter Cafe really scratches that itch. I think the puzzles are its strongest quality. I'm glad there are so many because I'm going to be bummed when they run dry. Maaaaaybe additional critter DLC...?

Most of them present a genuine challenge and one in particular was like watching one of those "satisfying" YouTube videos of like, M&M's being poured down a slide or something lol (it's the one where you pre-line up a bunch of Wing Clip pads so you just leap frog through the whole puzzle.)

All in all, while I definitely wouldn't have got it without the Just About incentive, I'm glad I gave it a shot and I'm still enjoying myself/making videos for it even having submitted to all the Rewards I planned to. I just recorded another 90 mins tonight actually.

Also, Steam Deck verified is a BIG boon for me, so extra points!

P.S. Add a bald hair style, please. We don't all have hair like members of BTS you know XD

In the first video I did of Critter Cafe I thought this was a "news van" and laughed about it for a while lol.

I THINK it's actually an ice cream van, but its my favorite one because when it comes up I make some kind of news joke usually.

Also, three buttons and perfect score ;)

5 people, 3 critters, blue furniture, video games... horns...?

It's your party, you throw down however you like, just please use a coaster!