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Author Archives: Ian
New Year, New Goals (Goals for 2025)
Hey, it’s 2025 and it’s almost the end of January, so it’s time to set some goals. It was probably time to set them about, say, 30 days ago. However, Christmas/New Years was busy and I wanted to think things … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Administrivia, Art, Books, Personal, Writing
Tagged 2025 goals, cleaning, decluttering, fitness, goals, guiding word, jabberwocky, mental health, monthgoals, new years, project, reading, resolutions, sci fi novel project, tattoos, Year Of Finishing
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So, Trump Won…
Y’know, it sucks to have that flickering candle of hope burning in your heart and then be punched in the stomach, kneed in the face, and thrown into an open sewer. Trump winning feels like that.
Posted in Personal, Politics
Tagged 2024 election, biden, community, community building, doom and gloom, electoral college, harris, hope, optimism, pack your bags and move away, personal, philosophy, politics, self improvement, this is bullshit, trump, voting, what you can control
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Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween, nerds. I’m engaged in my tradition of watching It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, and I hope you’re getting to do whichever Halloween things make you happy. <3
Posted in Personal
Tagged charlie brown, halloween, holidays, traditions
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Everything is Going Great
Tiny Stills / Odd Robot Split by Tiny Stills Life continues to be chaos, as it is wont to be these days. At least I made it to my writing night, for the first time in a few weeks. Granted, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pets, Writing
Tagged 2024 goals, 2024 sci fi novel project, dayjob, death, exercise, frustration, goals, jabberwocky, jobhunt, mental health, weightlifting, writing
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Clawing at Dirt
This is round four of trying to write a blog post. I’d like to write about my life without feeling like I’m whining or feeling sorry for myself. That has proved difficult. I’m sure it’s just an attitude problem and … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Personal
Tagged 2024 check-ins, 2024 goals, mental health
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Sudden Burst Transmission
Okay, so I might have fallen off the once a week blog post thing. Whomp. Hopefully I can get the average back there by the end of the year. Things have been overwhelming lately in a lot of ways. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pets, Video Games, Writing
Tagged 2024 goals, 2024 sci fi novel project, bike, fathers day, finances, job, jobhunt, medical, money, music, streaming, technology, twitch, writing
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It’s the First of May!
It’s the first of May, and thus I am obligated to remind you all this lovely (and silly) song exists. That’s it for today! Enjoy. 🙂
Posted in Sharing Stuff
Tagged jonathan coulton, music, scandalous, silly
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Rattling Off Bullets
At the moment, the last week feels like it was very long indeed. Late-day energy crashes are fun. As such, quick bullet points:
Posted in Accountability, Hey Ian Watcha Into, Personal, Tabletop RPGs, Video Games, Writing About Games
Tagged bodybuilding, castles & crusades, castles and crusades, exercise, fallout, fallout TV, friends, jobhunt, podcast, primary attribute, tabletop rpg design, tabletop rpgs, weightlifting, XCOM
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Job Searching and C&C Noodling
I missed last week, it’s true! Terrible.
Posted in Game Development, Personal, Tabletop RPGs, Writing
Tagged castles & crusades, castles and crusades, game design, jobhunt, primary attribute, tabletop rpg design, tabletop rpgs
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Photo Pile
Just some photos taken over the last couple weeks while I’ve been out and about. Life plans are percolating, but not enough time to write about ’em just now.
Posted in Art, Personal
Tagged art, flowers, friends' art, photos, seattle, spring, street art
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