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I’m Back
*Sheepishly walks back in, turns on the lights, starts taking chairs down off the tables and getting them set up* Hey all. It’s been a while since I last posted. The world’s been on fire, in one notable case extremely … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Personal, Video Games, Writing
Tagged covid-19, depression, life, mental health, video games, writing
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The Weekly Recap Re-Emerges From the Mist
Feeling moody, because I’m a trash goblin and more importantly it’s Sunday and I overslept/generally stayed in bed too long. Which is like every Sunday, and a problem because if I’m not up and at ’em with my first alarm … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Hey Ian Watcha Into, Learning, Personal, Pets, Technology, Video Games, Writing
Tagged Death Stranding, exercise, failure, goals, jabberwocky, learning, pets, scottish gaelic, video games, weekly recap
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The Future (2020, at least)
Ed note: It took a little longer than I expected to get to it, but here’s the post about looking towards the future, also known as 2020. Which is 1/12th done now, but hey, another month of existential dread wasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Infosec, Learning, Personal, Video Games, Writing
Tagged accountability, community, depression, exercise, gender, ianlearnsinfosec, jobs, learning, making games, mental health, python, queer, relationships, scottish gaelic, self care, self improvement, support network, video games
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The Last Decade (2010-2019)
*loud sobbing noises* Okay, enough of that. Sort of. But that, in and of itself, is not a post. Fun fact: 2010 – 2019 encompasses my age being 20-30, give or take. (I was 20 at the start of 2010 … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pets, Writing
Tagged bonnie, game design, gradschool, infosec, jabberwocky, jerry, jobs, melville, mental health, pets, programming, reptiles, rigatoni, school, screaming internally, shivering deeps, video games, writing
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Brian Eno, Smart Person
I just wanted to post this quote that I saw over on Mastodon, because holy shit is it on point and it’s an interesting way to think about a lot of contemporary art. (Transcript below the image.)
Posted in Art, Sharing Stuff
Tagged art, brian eno, film, music, probably writing somehow, quotes, sharing stuff, video, video games, writing
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November Start!
Hey everyone. It’s November! We’ve made it past Halloween, a very fun holiday that I do enjoy, but that seems to creep out further and further every year, like Christmas. Except unlike Christmas, it doesn’t have any major holidays to … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Personal, Writing
Tagged animal crossing, animal crossing new leaf, best laid plans of wolves and men, dark rituals, halloween, holidays, nanoplotmo, nanowrimo, riverdale, shivering deeps, thanksgiving, video games, writing
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Climate Strike (Anticapitalist Remix) Days 2345678 and Denouement
So! Last time I posted, I was talking about the Climate Strike I was engaging in, with the anti-capitalist twist that I tried to spend as little money as possible during the strike, to protest capitalism itself as well. How’d … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Learning, Personal, Politics, Video Games
Tagged anti-capitalism, capitalism, climate change, climate strike, dating, environment, food, medical, medicine, money, politics, third places, urban planning, video games
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Well Hello There
It’s been a minute, which is more and more common between posts lately, much to my frustration. Full time day jobs, depression, and exhaustion are a pain and a half. But a quick summary of what’s been going on!
Posted in Accountability, Personal, Video Games, Writing About Games
Tagged apartment stuff, clothes, dating, diet, eating, exercise, finances, food, gradschool, pokemon, school, video games, weddings
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Pokemon Going Again
Ed Note: I was getting all ready to write this post, and then my laptop battery died. But I had my alphasmart in my bag! Yay! And, uh, fell asleep at home before I could post it, so just pretend … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged exercise, pokemon, pokemon go, video games
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