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Updates: Miscellaneous
Hey everyone, it’s been a minute! Life continues to proceed at a pace of about one second per second, with the usual margin of error accounting for the variability of reality. So, without any regard to order, life updates from … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pets, Technology, Video Games
Tagged books, cell phones, lizards, technology, video games, writing
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Wonka (2022)
There’s a tweet joke that has stayed bouncing around in my brain for months now, about a gritty re-imagining of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: laughing imaging a gritty Wonka movie just called “Willy” and the trailer is Ryan … Continue reading
Broken Buttons
Today I managed to break one of the company trucks by bracing my foot wrong as we went through an intersection. Turns out a certain vintage of Ford Rangers has a device in the passenger footwell that detects if you … Continue reading
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Tagged construction, creativity, jobs, personal, work, writing
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Thanksgiving 2018
It’s Thanksgiving in the US! Which is heeeeeella loaded, given that it’s founded on a myth that covers up historical atrocities. But I do like the parts of the holiday that encourage reflection and being thankful for what we have. … Continue reading
Shambling Mound of News
The blog, it sings to me from the darkness. It craves manifestation. It craves…AN UPDATE. But seriously, it’s been a hot minute and I want to get back on the damn wagon. Life’s been nuts lately, but that’s always true. … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Personal, Pets, Writing
Tagged exercise, jabberwocky, pets, shivering deeps, writing
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Patch Notes: October
It’s fall, a time of changes and really trite observations about the nature of the season. Things have felt like they’re changing Like Whoa in my life, too, so I guess the leaves and I have something in common besides … Continue reading
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Tagged exercise, pets, relationships, video games, weightlifting, writing
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Week Wrap-up: 20 August 2018 – 02 September 2018
Hey, another two-week wrap-up post because shit’s been crazy, y’all. The Good Got to do some volunteer work at WTBBL that involved writing book recommendations and such. Really satisfying to get a chance to do more in-depth librarian-oriented work. Continuing … Continue reading
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Tagged construction, food, freelancing, gradschool, jobs, sleep, video games, writing
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Writing RAM
In the great debate of pantsing versus plotting, I’ve always considered myself a pantser. I like to come up witht he basics of a character, world, or situation, throw it down on paper, and see where it goes. Except that … Continue reading
Lost
Apologies if this post is a little ramble-y. It’s here pretty much as it came out of my brain. I’ve officially been unemployed for too long. The days have started blurring together. I have volunteering, so I’m not completely without … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, jobhunt, learning, life, mental_health, technology, writing
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Week Wrap-up: 09 July 2018 – 15 July 2018
The Good The Dungeon World game I’m playing in continues to kick ass. Playing a fighter is fun, y’all. (And that’s something you don’t normally get to say in a tabletop RPG…) My buddy passed along a copy of Scum … Continue reading
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