I guess a log is in place, given that many things have happened. As someone else said: I apologize for the long update, I didn’t have time to write a short one.
In no particular order:
- Life is still hectic, although in a more positive way. I picked up a live interpretation gig for a few hours per week. Believe it or not, it’s supremely tiring, but it pays well. I’m still looking for a more permanent job, though.
- Word Enchiladas are indeed coming back, but I first need to do a few things:
- Come up with good, new prompts for people to write about,
- Rework some of the rules and (GP) rewards,
- Rework how exactly to accommodate for people’s different schedules (so that most anyone can take part)
- Incorporate the above into the official ruleset
- Write!
- For some reason (inability to focus), I haven’t been able to commit to a single book (or rather, to a single set of 2–4 books to juggle). This is one of the reasons why I’m so behind on my reading challenge. Therefore, I’ve decided that I will no longer log when I start a book, only when I finish it. Fortunately for me, some books can be left for days and weeks only to be picked back up with minimal re-reading.
- On my birthday last year, my sister gave me a book/journal thing called «The 52 Lists Project». Obviously, the first thing that came to mind was the atrocious «52 Small Changes for the Mind» that I’ve reviewed. Today, after 6 months, I can say that this is a much, much, much better approach to essentially the same goal. I’ll have to review it properly.
- Book log:
- Read so far:
- Reading right now:
- Game log (expect reviews on most of these):
- Roe v Wade. I don’t know what to think. I don’t know how I feel, except for the broad fact that I feel awful and I fear for the future. I’ll collect my thoughts at some point.
- Coffee log: I now have three coffee-making methods in this house (and two more at my mother’s house): A steel filter for percolation, a Hario V60 for percolation and a simple moka pot. Long story short: James Hoffmann’s methods are amazing, but I disagree on his coffee-to-water ratios, more on that on a later date. And yes, I still drink instant coffee because it’s what I’ve drank my whole life and just because I make «fancy» coffee doesn’t mean I will just throw out the simpler stuff. Some days I simply don’t have the mental energy to weigh and time things; on those days I just add a few spoonfuls of powdered stuff into my cup and get my fix.
- I miss you all. I haven’t been around these past weeks for life reasons, but I want to say that I’m still on the positive side of the Scales of Life. I’m taking my time messaging and replying to you all, mostly because I appreciate you taking time to make good conversation and I want to reply in kind, which means I don’t want to just quick-fire anything that comes to mind. Feel free to message me here, or through email, or Discord. I’m still here and I miss you all.
- Lots to think about during this «Not-E3» season, the Square-Enix garage sale and other nerdy stuff.
- I’m in that strange situation where I want to have seen several series (Wandavision, The Mandalorian, The Bad Batch, etc.) but whenever I have free time I still feel more attracted to video games. I realize this is a First-World problem, and very much a good problem to have. But still, I wonder how can I possibly satisfy my wanting to experience these series. My hypothesis is that I’d rather engage with something in a more active way (hence, videogames) and passively watching something is somehow «boring» to my brain. I don’t know.
- I miss you all.