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My Week Another rainy week, though it let up a bit the past few days. Google Fit says I walked 76,313 steps from last Sunday to yesterday, breaking well past my quota and making up for my shortfall the previous week. This was mostly to me doing an "errands day" in the middle of the week which involved two malls, two cities, some old haunts, and commuting through rush hour traffic in the rain like…
I've written a bit about 750 Words before, the last time in 2019 . It's a service I started using for private journalling in 2010 on and off and since 2020 I've been writing there on a daily basis. The site has this feature called badges which you earn based on your writing stats. You can see the badges I've earned on my profile page , which I only now realized is publicly accessible. (The writing…
Previously: Retro Review: Tales of Graces F (PS3!) Continuing my year of playing Tales games on the very retro console PS3 with Tales of Xillia ! Tales of Xillia is the thirteenth main title in the Tales series of JRPGs and is the the fifth one I played chronologically. It follows dual protagonists Jude Mathis and Milla Maxwell as they fight to determine the fates of humans and spirits in the…
Time flows like a river, and history repeats. Or rhymes at least. The World Alex Eala won some tennis open in DC! Kind of a big deal in a #PinoyPride kind of way. She has another tournament ongoing now, this time in Canada, and the games are happening in the mornings in our timezone, so the parents have been watching her matches. My Week Mostly stuck at home because of the rains. The rare Grab…
When thinking about what to write for these posts, I often start by looking through the past birthday posts . I wrote the first one in 2002 when I was 24, literally half a lifetime ago! At the time I was unemployed and looking for a job and spending my time playing too many video games. A new Spider-Man film had just come out. The US had started to become enbroiled in mideast conflicts again (as a…
Around this time I often see some people posting about the Blaugust blogging challenge to post every day during August. I will often see those posts and think that maybe I should participate, but I very quickly decide that it's not for me. I think blogging challenges like Blaugust and 100 Days to Offload are nice challenges to help people post on their blogs more regularly, especially if they're…
It's August! Somehow the year is already 2/3rds over. The World Gaza: Huh, Hamas has reportedly agreed to disarmement. Let's see if that goes anywhere. Iran: On again, off again, maybe there's talks, maybe more countries are getting dragged into it? PH: The president delivered his SONA last Monday, but I didn't really pay attention to it. I don't think there was anything particularly of note…
Writing this post mostly so I can refer to it again later if needed. A while back I taught my dad how to save YT videos he watches on TV to a playlist and he watches a lot of music and recently he asked me if I could export his playlist to mp3s and put them on a flash drive so he can play them in his car. (Do not suggest that I teach him how to use an app like Spotify instead, he is very tech…
The World US: Raising tariffs again on a bunch of countries apparently. Iran: Hostilities have resumed, but word is Trump is backing down a bit? PH: Oh, they finished presenting the first charge! At least they are making progress. My Week Escaping the heat by visiting the mall and watching a movie, unexpected errands, wandering around in new places, reactiviting an old subscription, following up…
The World Iran: it looks like the interim peace agreement is completely done and Iran and the US are at full hostilities again. PH: The VP's impeachment trial continues to be boring and full of technicalities. My Week Putting a lot of things off, paying some bills, reflling my meds. Trivia team attended a quiz night last Thursday . We did not do too well. On the upside, I decided to try a new…
This is my set recap for the Secrets of Strixhaven MTG set! SOS Limited Summary / Notes Strixhaven was really good to me; my Arena win rate was the highest it's been since Wilds of Eldraine way back in 2023. I had a slow start, but did well in Plat and Diamond. I did end up playing a bit less events than I usually do for a big premier set. I mostly stopped playing after the first quick draft…
The World Iran: Trump says the ceasefire is done (though negotiations are still proceeding) and Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is officially closed, so things are not looking bright. The gaming industry continues to eat its own tail after Sony's physical game stoppage. This time it was Microsoft's turn as they had to do many layoffs and released a bunch of studios from XBox to try to chart a road…
It is July! Domink Schwind recently wrote "Too Personal" , mainly in response to how a friend told him "that week notes aren’t for him as they are too personal." This got me thinking about my own writing on this blog as well. I have always stated that the blog is largely written for me so naturally it can be a bit personal, but I do admit that sometimes I write a bit too much about…
Physical gaming collectors, enthusiasts, and preservationists got a lot of bad news over the last week or so. First, it was announced that the much anticipated GTA6, probably the biggest most anticipated gaming release of this generation, will NOT have a disc in physical retail , it will just be a code in a box. Then a couple of days ago another bombshell, this time from Sony: physical disc…
These are the movies and TV shows I watched over the past couple of months. A note about ratings: I had a convo with someone recently about "ratings inflation" where people rarely rate anything 5/10 or lower. I tend to rate everything a 2.5-3 or better as long as it didn't feel like a waste of time. For me, a midpoint rating implies that something is watchable and I don't mind seeing it again but…
The World The Iran ceasefire is "holding", more or less, although both sides have accused the other of violations almost immediately and there are some strikes being exchanged over the past few days so who knows what will happen. Further negotiations are ongoing, but as usual both sides are coming out with different declarations. Locally, we had a school shooting in Tacloban early last week! WTH,…
Today is Father's Day! The World The Iran crisis has been resolved! Sort of. The US and Iran signed some kind of interim deal that kicks the question of nuclear disarmament down the road of further negotiations. It also gives Iran back control of the Strait of Hormuz AND promises them 300 billion USD of reconstruction money. This is largely seen as a capitulation by the Trump admin, though they…
It is the year of our lord 2026 and here I am writing a review for a game I played on PS3! Quick explanation: I was tinkering around with my PS3 a couple of months ago and found that because I had re-upped my PS+, I had access to my cloud saves, and I still had saves from the early 2010s!! Nice! This led to me wanting to play through a bunch of games that I enjoyed and played through back then but…
The World Iran crisis still unresolved. Trump claims they are very close to signing a deal, but he's said that something like 30 times before so I'll believe it when it happens. SpaceX had a record-breaking and very overvalued IPO last Friday, leading to Musk becoming the first trillionaire in terms of net worth. Kind of a negative milestone for humanity overall. The New York Knicks have won the…
Trying to very slowly work through my Steam backlog (an impossible task) by playing through some shorter games in addition to my favored very long RPGs. First up is Mighty Gunvolt . This 2014 game is an 8-bit shooter akin to the Megaman games featuring characters from three different indie game franchises: Azure Striker Gunvolt , Mighty no. 9 , and Gal*Gun . It was a bit weird that this game was…