I'm kind of just writing a blog post because it's a little too early to head to bed and there's nothing else I'd really want to do for 30 minutes. So let's see what I can come up with to say. Stream of consciousness until I run out of fuel go!

I did have the feeling that I hadn't posted here in awhile and it's only actually been ten days. Got curious and saw I'm usually doing like 4-5 posts a month and honestly, that's not bad. If I could trick myself into doing these any time other than late at night on the couch I'd be posting even more regularly. I don't know if these posts are going to be as useful a window into my life the way my old LJ posts are, but I think there's some level of habit here.

I've decided I want to add comments here. Most likey I'll just slap an open form, a Discord webhook to notify me in a private channel, (or maybe personal RSS feed) and just see what level of spam it collects and go from there. I've got non-registered user support for leaving reviews on the Museum of ZZT and the spam comes and goes, and I just manually approve or delete them as it's never that overwhelming or pressing that I get to a real review the minute it's posted.

Still kind of want to do a more in depth trip report. I didn't even get through the wedding and that was like just one day of the trip. I met my niece for the first time (she turned 1 this past spring). I got to go to my grandmother's house before it's listed for sale as she is now living in an Alzheimer's care facility and cried so much and oops I can think about going into that house for what is almost certainly the last time I ever will and start tearing up on command. So I'm gonna change the subject.

I still feel like I'm struggling to keep up with basic tasks around the house and don't really have a reason why. I guess writing that immediately after the last paragraph makes it sound obvious but it's been going on for awhile really.

Oh! I started playing Party House in UFO a good amount again. I've got an 11 streak rn. I had to do a really nasty one earlier with Dinosaurs and Dragons as the stars and no good money sources.

Related, I finally tried Campanella 3, the only game I never launched. I liked the first one enough that when we were first going through the games, I opened the 2nd and was like "No, lemme beat the first first" so I actually haven't played it either. (But I've seen it a good amount, enough to not want to jump in the other night). So I said fuck it and launched 3 which I was under the impression was "not super great" and what the fuck, it's in fact: super great.

Also playing a bit more Nubby thanks to Steam family sharing. I really kind of dismissed it when Geight first got it, but find myself really enjoying it now.

This Doom WAD speedrun is playing Tubelectric. So I'm jammin over here.

My birthday is at the end of the month and the one thing about getting older that is bugging me is I feel like my eyes are gettting measurably worse. A lot more leaning in towards the Steam Deck on the TV at normal sized web browsing resolutions. I often zoom in on computers these days since it's so easy, but it's gonna be the damned TV that has me eventually buying some magnifying glasses I bet. Owning those feels like too strong a symbol of getting old.

Currently full of cake thanks to a glut of extra discounted baked goods at the grocery store. Geight was right to suggest the smaller quarter cake and splitting that up into two desserts. I figured for the prices we should go for the large one and split that into two desserts.

Man wait this Doom speedrun is 17 minutes of one map? That's actually too much Tubelectric. It doesn't match the vibe of this map at all either.

Went over our buddy's house last week and played some more of that Innovation board game. I got like an actual engine going and became unstoppable which was nice :)

Been thinking about learning to draw again. In my teen years I just kind assumed it was something I could never do and took solace that I had other skills and could express myself creatively via programming games, a skill that most folks don't have. Later had the more healthy read of "I could do this is if I put in the time and effort" but never wanted to do that. Like any furry, I get that itch sometimes. I think right now it's a combination of having gone from 0 to learning how to make a Doom map over the course of a month last year and seeing some pals picking it up again. Definitely wish I started in like 2008 instead whoops. Learning a new skill or no, I think I gotta get a better grasp on video game time and do more varied things.

Ok. I think that's all I got.