Yeah, it's been a short while I guess.  Let's see what I can remember...

I had a fairly meh week this week as far as mental health goes.  Nothing crazy or out of the ordinary, that's just sort of how it goes sometimes.  Just like a physical cold, it just means taking a bit more time for self-care, and taking time off work if it ever gets bad.

If you missed it, I ended up trying rapping/singing for my latest One Hour Compo.  It's certainly a far cry from my normal chiptune fare, but perhaps the more normal people ("normies", as it were) may find more enjoyment from this kind of stuff.  I'll have to experiment more with it in the future.

In other news, some of my music got licensed for the recent Adventure Time: Distant Lands Episode 1 film.  I don't follow Adventure Time, but it's pretty good regardless that my music was used for something like this!  Though I'm not exactly sure how it was used yet, I still need to watch the thing.

I've started watching "3 Nen A Gumi" aka "Mr. Hiirage's Homeroom", a J-Drama about a high school teacher taking his class hostage and then subsequently turning the hostage situation from what is initially perceived as a malicious threat to an exposition on society, bullying culture, but most of all "keyboard warriors" and internet herd mentality, particularly as it relates to social media and the practice of perpetuating things online with a disregard for both critical thinking as well as human empathy.  It's ok so far, I'm mostly watching this because I'm curious as to how it tackles these themes, which seem exceedingly relevant in today's world where misinformation is........well, I'm sure I don't even need to get started on misinformation....

BLM "homework" has continued, though I think I missed doing an assignment yesterday.  On a somewhat related but unrelated note, I'm hoping to begin participating in the Letters to Strangers project when I get a chance, here and there.  I've got some other writing to catch up on as well...

ALTTPR runs continue, as always.  I'm considering entering some ladder races, but we'll have to see if I actually end up carving out time for that, it's a tossup whether I will, honestly.

I booted up Master of Orion 2 again randomly; one of those classic games that is just fun to go back to every once in a good while.

Last time when I wrote about A Mortician's Tale it turns out I was literally a few clicks away from the end of the game, so I had already seen pretty much all of what the game had to offer, haha.  Overall the "overarching plot line" doesn't tread any new ground or anything, nor does it really try to, but that's not really the point of the game I don't think.  It does a good job of making you think about death, and consider it as an actual part of life, as well as to at least question what kind of attitudes you personally would like to hold with regards to funerals and the passing of others.  For example, do you think of funerals and remembrances as being for the benefit of the deceased, or for the benefit of the bereaved?  This question is never explicitly asked of course, but the situations that come up lead you to ponder these questions.  A Mortician's Tale isn't a revolutionary game and perhaps it's not necessarily going to be appreciated by a ton of people, but it doesn't overstay its welcome either.

I think Fortune-499 has been the favorite of the picks of the games that I've discovered through the itch.io charity bundle so far.  It's a mix of good writing together with clever mechanics that is really enjoyable.  There's a part that basically features Cassandra being subject to what could only be called a terrible case of mansplaining...I think that was particularly poignant for me, and really helped me buy into the character conflict of Cassandra being taken advantage of and (pardon my french) having to put up with a ton of sh*t.  Good writing...to me so far it is like an alien form of magic...

In cooking endeavors, I made sous vide pork chops for the first and second times!  They aren't half bad, it's nice to finally have pork chops that aren't just dry well-done pieces of cardboard.  In addition to that, I think I've added cacio e pepe-based pasta dishes to my repertoire now; I've been starting to make that a little more often and it's a pretty nice pasta dish!

Got some o-rings for my mechanical keyboard!  (halfway through applying them at the moment)  I have Cherry MX Brown switches on my keyboard, which have a tactile bump but no clickityclackity typewriter noise.  Adding the o-rings is a rather subtle modification, but "softens" the impact ever so slightly from hitting a key all the way as well as "dulling" the noise.  I wasn't sure whether I'd be a fan but I think I do slightly prefer the feel with the o-rings.

Have to keep on fighting, lest we begin to slip.  The closer we get to slipping, the harder we must fight.  For once you lose hold, it becomes even harder.