Joy

Been playing this game and enjoying myself so far. Will likely spring for the DLC once I get through my first playthrough.

Everything is insane, though. The world is horrible, but I also want to protect everyone. Especially Lyall. Precious boy.

Honestly I kind of want to protect Ashram too. Dude doesn't deserve anything that happened to him so far.

I'm interested to learn more of Thane's thing and I enjoy Quill a lot too. I like that we've crashed this sort of friend group with their own dynamic and like seeing the fallout of everything that's happening.

I'm reading the Manwha for this but I know the spoilers for the web novel and it's really interesting as a commentary on a particular type of fiction. But I also like what it does with the bio family vs the family who raised you and the cold and neglectful/abusive father trope.


( slight spoilers )

Some fannish goals for 2024 that I have:

1. Continue working on writing 200 words minimum a day. If I miss a day, it's easy enough to make up and more often than not I'll go a little over it. I've been using the word tracker from here

2. Actually post some fanfics again! I still love Twisted Wonderland a lot and want to keep writing even though I mostly write rare pairings. But I hope that people will still enjoy what I put out.

3. Complete my reading challenge on good reads! I fell a little short last year but I want to be consistent. I'm reading about fifteen minutes before bed, which helps a lot. I'm starting this year with The Lies of Locke Lamora, which is intimidating, but I'm almost at the 75% mark, so I feel like my consistency is rewarding me.

4. Tying in with that, I also want to read through part one of Trash of the Count's Family. Which… might take a while and I'm not including it in my bedtime reading routine because hooboy. But I'm excited.

5. I want to try to post at least once a week or more on here and Tumblr. I'm active on plurk, twitter, and bluesky, but miss regular blogging. Maybe I'll even interact with people one day!

6. Last of all, just being a bit more consistent when it comes to rp. I'm still wavering on whether or not I should app into a game, but I do like the short little threads I have right now.


On the real life end:

1. Keep up with working out! I've been doing it for about… five months straight. I'm doing lighter workouts this month since my back hates me but I've been really consistent and I love it.

2. Slow steps on healthy eating. Reasonable portion control for now and once I get that locked down, I'll decide on what to add in next.

3. Some budgeting. I've been trying out a low key version of the kakeibo method. I've realized I need to be a little more responsible. Especially when it comes to eating out/buying convenience store food. Which should help with my other goals.

4. Also I'm making a few little household/life organizing efforts like trying to be more prompt with emptying the dishwasher and folding my laundry. The latter will be hard though.

5. And maybe depending on what happens with my work situation in the next few days look for a new job (cries internally).

But that's all for now!

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