Is there an order you're supposed to do the corruption in? I got locked out of certain events last time and don't know why. Never got Socializing I, interest in shoes and whatever was needed to remove the first blue book, so eventually got a bad end as I ran out of corruption sinks.
E:Turns out I didn't turn on the socialization and popularity happiness generation on, that was way too easy to miss.
As for the fast forward I remembered I use DS4Windows so I just set one of the buttons to CTRL. But now that I think of it I could even set up a profile to play one handed, so I can eat at the same time.
Would be useful if the Status screen also showed the current day in addition to Corruption etc
E2: Found what I assume is a bug, when interacting with the shoe shelves I don't get any text or text box and Alicia's sprite stays displayed until I talk to someone else, reloading the save doesn't change it. I removed the sneakers from the shelf but haven't gone to the shop yet.