diff --git a/Source/Compat/HugsLib/StageHugsLibInit.cs b/Source/Compat/HugsLib/StageHugsLibInit.cs
index dc14ea2..bbffb45 100755
--- a/Source/Compat/HugsLib/StageHugsLibInit.cs
+++ b/Source/Compat/HugsLib/StageHugsLibInit.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public override string GetStageName()
         public override string? GetCurrentStepName()
         {
             if (!_hasEnumeratedChildren)
-                return "Waiting for HugsLib child mod list (probably vanilla being slow again)";
+                return "Waiting for HugsLib child mod list";
 
             if (_currentChildMod != null)
             {
diff --git a/Source/Stage/InitialLoad/7StageRunPostLoadPreFinalizeCallbacks.cs b/Source/Stage/InitialLoad/7StageRunPostLoadPreFinalizeCallbacks.cs
index 74bfea4..372aacc 100755
--- a/Source/Stage/InitialLoad/7StageRunPostLoadPreFinalizeCallbacks.cs
+++ b/Source/Stage/InitialLoad/7StageRunPostLoadPreFinalizeCallbacks.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public override string GetStageName()
         public override string? GetCurrentStepName()
         {
             if (_currentAction == null)
-                return "Waiting for vanilla to start processing the task list... *yawn*";
+                return "Waiting for tasks to start being processed...";
 
             return (_currentAction.Method.DeclaringType?.FullName ?? "<unknown anonymous method>") + (_currentAction.Target != null ? $" ({_currentAction.Target})" : "");
         }
diff --git a/Source/Stage/InitialLoad/8StageRunStaticCctors.cs b/Source/Stage/InitialLoad/8StageRunStaticCctors.cs
index 74cceb9..018116e 100755
--- a/Source/Stage/InitialLoad/8StageRunStaticCctors.cs
+++ b/Source/Stage/InitialLoad/8StageRunStaticCctors.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public override string GetStageName()
 
         public override string? GetCurrentStepName()
         {
-            var result = _modType?.FullName ?? "Waiting for vanilla to finish being slow...";
+            var result = _modType?.FullName ?? "Waiting...";
             if (HasError())
                 result = $"WARNING: An error has occurred previously, now processing {result}";
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public static IEnumerator StaticConstructAll()
 
             try
             {
-                Log.Message("[BetterLoading] Finished calling static constructors at " + DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString() + ". AND I didn't make the game freeze. Take that, Tynan.");
+                Log.Message("[BetterLoading] Finished calling static constructors at " + DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString() + ".");
                 var existing = LongEventHandlerMirror.ToExecuteWhenFinished;
 
                 // Log.Message($"[BetterLoading] Restoring original job queue of {_queue.Count} item/s and merging with any just added (looking at you, Fluffy) ({existing.Count} entries have been added).");
diff --git a/Source/Stage/InitialLoad/9StageRunPostFinalizeCallbacks.cs b/Source/Stage/InitialLoad/9StageRunPostFinalizeCallbacks.cs
index 9ff70cf..e4743d1 100755
--- a/Source/Stage/InitialLoad/9StageRunPostFinalizeCallbacks.cs
+++ b/Source/Stage/InitialLoad/9StageRunPostFinalizeCallbacks.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public override string GetStageName()
         public override string? GetCurrentStepName()
         {
             if (_currentAction == null)
-                return "Waiting for vanilla... again";
+                return "Waiting...";
 
             return (_currentAction.Method.DeclaringType?.FullName ?? "<unknown anonymous method>") + (_currentAction.Target != null ? $" ({_currentAction.Target})" : "");
         }