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I made a conscious decision not to blog yesterday. That means another day of missing Blaugust, but I'm okay with it. We had a friend's birthday party to go to, and after that I spent the rest of the day playing with Ranni, getting some reading in, and focusing on things I needed to do. I allowed myself to have time away from this blog. It's difficult to post every day and to push myself to post on…
I'm feeling a bit ill today, so I'm going to cheat and bring back an old post from 2024. I had it up for a while, but I eventually unpublished it because my opinions slightly changed. I'm doing some rewrites, so this is technically a new post, just updated to fit my thoughts today. When you ask someone what their favorite song is, you might not get a clear answer. It's often one of those questions…
I'm jumping ahead a bit in the Blaugust prompts, but I saw this topic and knew I had to cover it. Today, I'm sharing my top 10 game developers, and it's quite a long post, so grab a coffee or tea and get ready to dive in! A note: I want to highlight indie devs for the most part, but there are a couple of triple-A devs on this list. While I don't particularly want to focus on larger studios because…
I missed a Blaugust post yesterday! I took off work and went with my family to Dollywood, Dolly Parton's theme park. It's close to where I live, so going there is far from a new occurrence to me. It had been a few years since my last visit, though, so one of the rollercoasters we rode was a new experience: Big Bear Mountain . I liked it quite a bit! It doesn't have any loops but instead focuses on…
I thought I'd do a little post dedicated to Ranni, as it's been a while since I've done one that's solely about her. Here she is, sleepy in her favorite spot, the futon in my office: She has grown to have a full and distinct personality, and she's headstrong and set in her ways. She loves going places, but she loves coming back home even more. She has a ton of energy and absolutely adores the dog…
There was one Blaugust prompt for this week that I definitely wanted to dedicate a post of its own to: Tell us about your absolutely favorite entertainment media. If you've read this blog at all, it should come as no surprise that my favorite entertainment media is video games. I've been playing games since I was around five years old. Some of my earliest memories are of watching my older brother…
A-ha, I have found the official Blaugust 2026 prompts ! This week's topic is "Introduce Yourself," so I'll go ahead and do just that. I'm only covering some of the questions in this post. I'm thinking about doing the others in posts of their own. Tell us ten random facts about the human behind the blog. I already halfway did this in my second Blaugust post , and you can find 38 more facts about me…
In light of Blaugust, I've been looking over some of my past posts here to get ideas, and I've realized that...I love this blog. Sometimes I get self-conscious about my writing here, like it's not very good or interesting enough for anyone to want to read. And it is largely personal, largely for myself to be able to look back on and reminisce about times gone by. And that's exactly what I've been…
I was looking at my Blaugust posts from last year, and I have one titled Hidden Gems on Bandcamp , wherein I shared some of my favorite lesser-known albums on the platform. Since there's another Bandcamp Friday coming up tomorrow, I thought it'd be a great time to revisit this idea and share some more albums with you. If you purchase any albums on Bandcamp tomorrow, 100% of the proceeds go…
We're only on the 5th day of Blaugust and I'm already struggling to think of something to write about. I went through the list of prompts and nothing is standing out there either. I think I'll just do a little freewriting (freewheeling?) today and see how it goes. Let's start with some music I've been loving lately: The album Come Closer by Tomora - a trip-hop collaboration between Aurora and Tom…