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september 4, 2024


i've been listening to POST HUMAN: NeX GEn religiously for a few weeks now, consider giving it a listen while you read!

we are a week and a half into the semester, and it has been going decently. i am taking more of an interest in astronomy than i thought i would, and my audio and programming classes have been going fine. last semester i was on campus for half a day mon-thurs, but now i am only on campus for a few hours on average now! it seems that my friend and i are going to start regularly driving to my place to watch tv after my class is over. we watched the first two episodes of Smiling Friends and its always a joy to rewatch that show. adult animation is the best!! i do think that i have some anxiety issues with being on campus. last wednesday i had to cancel my drum lesson as i just fell down an insane anxiety spiral and had a breakdown when i got in our car. it wasn't fun! it pretty much just felt like i was crying to cry, and not for any actual particular reason. it is entirely possible my HRT contributed to this also, although i haven't felt any other emotional changes as a result of the medication. if it happens again, ill look into getting some anti-anxiety meds. i have family members who also suffer from bad anxiety so its probably just in the family i guess. no matter how much of a cool exterior i try and put up, you can't fake it on the inside.

still been playing a lot of Doom, although yesterday i actually didnt play any which caused the several week streak to end. finished master levels, evilution, and now onto plutonia on UV. i have a big ol list of Doom-related things i want to play eventually, so the Doom grind will never end! and i dont really want it to. Doom fucking rocks.

my Miyoo Mini Plus arrived! i have quickly fallen in love with it, installing a YoRHa theme and filling it up with a good amount of roms. playing Super Mario World and Mario's Picross right now. this thing might be a perfect picross machine, and honestly i still would have paid what i paid for this even if all it did was play picross games. picross is worth it. also been doing a few lowkey game sessions that i am not gonna add to backloggd yet, like Wario Blast. ive played a bit of Bomberman GB 2 for Trans Game Boy, and i far prefer GB 2 compared to Wario Blast/GB 1. why is it presented as a round best two out of three system? bizarre. might start a Kirby's Dream Land 2 or Wario Land 3 playthrough soon though, both are sequels i desperately need to play. some Arcade and PSX games don't work unfortunately, like Vib Ribbon just refuses to get into gameplay. i am not heartbroken by this thankfully, i mainly just put it on my miyoo to try and see if it worked. which it kinda does!

its September! we get UFO 50 AND a new zelda game this month!!! as long as i get my homework for classes done, i plan on dumping an irresponsible amount of time in these games. i do return to Flashpoint a day after UFO 50 comes out, and honestly i am not sure if i want to return. i have been enjoying this break so much. playing games, reading books and articles, watching anime with the bestie, not a single hint of archival project related stress to be seen. i think after i return i will try and be in the server not as much as i was before. no matter what happens, as previously mentioned, i cannot leave this scene yet. but maybe i just need to rethink my place in it.

been tinkering with my Linux desktop and i am really happy with how it currently looks!

my linux wallpaper. the background is a YoRHa background, based on Nier Automata, with a few black desktop icons at the top, including the Flashpoint logo and the Homestuck gate logo.

had to resize my linux partiton yesterday and give it 500 more gb, i somehow ran out without noticing! i could have sworn i still had 20 gb to spare, but i guess not. very, very soon i plan on fully cleaning out my windows installation and just putting my Mint installation on the SSD, as it currently resides on my newer HDD. i have no issues with performance speed, but of course it is still preferable if its taking advantage of the SSD.

gif of girl from tokimeki memorial standing

anyways, see you next time!