2023 Week XVI: "Work"

 Hello Internet,

I had made big plans to work on something more substansive this weekend, but those plans fell through when reality came crashing in.  As always, I am pitted up against my own burdens and found wanting.  Regardless, I think I will keep on kicking until I make it out at the end.  I am playing Persona 3 Portable right now, and that makes me feel good, and I have work this week without any doctor's visits.  So, there is that.  Until next time, take care and thanks for reading.

Sincerely,

RWS

P.S.

-Short Rest-

Schedule

1. Fullmetal Alchemist/Persona 3 Portable/Critical Role: Campaign 3 Part I

2. One-Punch Man/Fable: Anniversary Evil/Outlaw Star

3. My Hero Academia/DnD5e/Fullmetal Alchemist & The Legend of Vox Machina

4. The Emperor and I/Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix HD Remix+/Seven Deadly Sins Season 1

5. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes/Mass Effect 2 Jean Shepard Replay/Gargoyles

6. Boruto: The Next Generation/Movie/Young Justice

7. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat/Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth/Dimension 20: Tiny Heist

Books

Tower: My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

0. One Piece 100% New Chapters Every…

1. Sun: Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 5, Ch. 18: “The Value of Sincerity”—21 20% (2—5)

2. Mon: One-Punch Man Vol. 16, Punch 84: “Hideout”—84 83% (6—6)

3. Tue: My Hero Academia Vol. 14, No. 125: “Overhaul”—128 60% (7—10)

4. Wed: The Emperor and I Vol. 2, Ch. 17: “Feather’s and Appearances”—18 75% (13—16)

5. Thu: 7th Garden Root 2: “The Gardner and the Demon”A—4 25% (2—4)

6. Fri: Boruto: The Next Generation Vol.9, No. 34: “Training!!”—35 50% (3—4)

7. Sat: Books

-Fiction: Pyramids by Terry Pratchett

-Library: Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender by Stef M. Shuster

-YA: The Giver by Lois Lowry

-Fan Fiction: Final Fantasy: Fated to Ch. 50 by tinygaia Ch. 50—50, 100% 

-Nonfiction: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat 12% (54—440)

View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman 26% (130—502)

-DnD5e: Player’s Handbook by Wizards of the Coast 0% (?—??)

-Reread

Games

Tower: Dragon Age: Origins Kallian Tabris 100%

0. Stardew Valley

1. Backlog/Persona 3 Portable 59% (41/83hrs)

2. Multiples/Fable: Anniversary Evil 0% (0/21hrs)

3. Read.

4. Replay/Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix+ 0% (0/16 Trophies)

5. DnD/Mass Effect 2 Jean Shepard Replay 42% (22/52hrs)

6. Movie

7. Free/Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth 0% (0/68hrs)

Shows

Tower: Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1

1. Critical Role: Campaign 3 Part I Ep. 2 “Trial by Firelight”—11 (Level Up to 5) 9% (2—11)

2. Anime: Outlaw Star 19% (6—26)

3. Online/Owned: The Legend of Vox Machina Season 1 25% (4—12)

Fullmetal Alchemist 50% (14—26)

4. Netflix: Seven Deadly Sins Season 1 83% (21—24)

5. Disney+: Gargoyles Season 1 39% (6—13)

6. HBO: Young Justice Season 1 42% (12—26)

7. Dimension 20: A Crown of Candy 1: “Fantasy High Live at RTX”—19 11% (3—19)

8. Movies: 0% (1—14)

Firefly 29% Disc 2 (5—14)

MCU Series/Ms. Marvel 1—6

Disney/Bambi

HBOMax/My Neighbor Totoro

Star Wars/Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Owned/Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Marvel/X2: X-Men United

Anime/.hack//LIMINALITY: “The Case of Yuki Aihara”

DCAU/Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

2023 Week XV: "Easter"

 Hello Internet,

Happy Easter, if you celebrate.  I am not a religious person.  I am married to a Christian woman, and my children are about as Christian as a seven-year-old and a nine-year-old can be, in that they have communicated to me their existing belief in God but have a lot of questions about God.  Meanwhile, I am a nontheist, and that is mostly ancillary to today's post.

Now that the kids are getting older, we decided to make Rice Crispy treats with them using a few cups of off-brand Fruity Pebbles to add color, and we dyed eggs for later consumption.  They have stickers on them.  I will work on that later.  Next year, the kids can help us hide eggs for Kangaroo.

I am having trouble writing.  It is the spring Camp NaNoWriMo session, and I have told myself to put 25,000 words in.  The last few weeks, I have pulled about 5,000 to 9,000 words a day.  As a result, I have been taking Saturdays off, but I am having trouble finding the energy to keep going.  I am also drinking soda again, so...there's that, I guess.

I am 328 words in today.  I will not reach 5,000, let alone 9,000, but I will try and get my necessary 800 to stay on track.  We'll see.  For now, I just keep keyboarding, and hopefully the words will find me.

Thanks for reading.

Sincerely,

RWS

P.S.

-Short Rest-

Schedule

1. Fullmetal Alchemist/Dragon Age 2/Critical Role: Campaign 3 Part I

2. One-Punch Man/.hack//OUTBREAK/Outlaw Star

3. My Hero Academia/DnD5e (Dragon Age: Origins)/Fullmetal Alchemist & The Legend of Vox Machina

4. The Emperor and I/Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition+/Seven Deadly Sins Season 1

5. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes/Persona 3 Portable/Gargoyles

6. Boruto: The Next Generation/Movie List/Young Justice

7. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat/Kingdom Hearts+/Dimension 20: Tiny Heist

Books

Tower: My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

0. One Piece 100% New Chapters Every…

1. Sun: Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 5, Ch. 18: “The Value of Sincerity”—21 20% (2—5)

2. Mon: One-Punch Man Vol. 16, Punch 84: “Hideout”—84 83% (6—6)

3. Tue: My Hero Academia Vol. 14, No. 125: “Overhaul”—128 60% (7—10)

4. Wed: The Emperor and I Vol. 2, Ch. 14.5: “Feather’s and Appearances”—18 56% (10—16)

5. Thu: My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Vol. 13, Ep. 113: “Ultimate Villain”—126 89%

6. Fri: Boruto: The Next Generation Vol.9, No. 33: “Exceeding the Limits!!”—35 25% (2—4)

7. Sat: Books

-Fiction: Pyramids by Terry Pratchett

-Library: Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender by Stef M. Shuster

-YA: The Giver by Lois Lowry

-Fan Fiction: Final Fantasy: Fated to Ch. 50 by tinygaia Ch. 50—50, 100% 

-Nonfiction: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat 12% (54—440)

View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman 26% (130—502)

-DnD5e: Player’s Handbook by Wizards of the Coast 0% (?—??)

-Reread

Games

Tower: Dragon Age: Origins Kallian Tabris 100%

0. Stardew Valley

1. Backlog/Persona 3 Portable 49% (41/83hrs)

2. Multiples/Fable: Anniversary Evil 0% (0/21hrs)

3. DnD5e/Book

4. Replay/Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition+ 12% (7/59 Trophies)

Kingdom Hearts+ 0% (0—16 Trophies)

5. DnD5e Prep/Mass Effect 2 Jean Shepard Replay 42% (22/52hrs)

Shows

Tower: Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1

1. Critical Role: Campaign 3 Part I Ep. 2 “Trial by Firelight”—11 (Level Up to 5) 9% (2—11)

2. Anime: Outlaw Star 15% (5—26)

3. Online/Owned: The Legend of Vox Machina Season 1 25% (4—12)

Fullmetal Alchemist 35% (10—26)

4. Netflix: Seven Deadly Sins Season 1 83% (21—24)

5. Disney+: Gargoyles Season 1 39% (6—13)

6. HBO: Young Justice Season 1 42% (12—26)

7. Dimension 20: A Crown of Candy 1: “Fantasy High Live at RTX”—19 0% (1—19)

8. Movies: 0% (1—14)

Firefly 29% Disc 2 (5—14)

MCU Series/Ms. Marvel 1—6

Disney/Bambi

HBOMax/My Neighbor Totoro

Star Wars/Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Owned/Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Marvel/X2: X-Men United

Anime/.hack//LIMINALITY: “The Case of Yuki Aihara”

DCAU/Batman: Mask of the Phantasm