August 2, 2020 7:56 AM
Rakuen
Earlier this year, one of my friends showed me a game called Rakuen, which tells the story of a boy and his mom going on adventures while in a hospital. It's an interactive novel with cute pixel art graphics, so I was immediately sold. You know, once the game went on sale in Steam.
, .~. /\ .~. /\ /{ \ /\ ,.-~'*/*'~-., <,.-~'*`*'~-.,> (| @ @ o) : .___, ,' `-._.-' This is my drawing (typing?) of the main character in the story.
My sister and I thoroughly enjoyed playing it. It gets super emotional, in a good way. I am very slow at video games and I think I spent 9 hours total on this game, so it's quick. 5/5 stars.
July 6, 2020 7:36 PM
15 years in the making
When I was about 12 years old (okay, I don't really remember how old I was since it was so long ago) I received a cross stitch kit from my aunt (at least I think that's who gave it to me) for my birthday (once again, maybe it wasn't my birthday. maybe it was Christmas, who knows). But anyway, it was a long time ago, and I had never done cross stitch before. Turns out 12 year old self did not have the attention capacity to do a cross stitch. This was also a kind of complicated cross stitch. Definitely not a my-first-cross-stitch cross stitch. It said WELCOME with a bunch of flowers around it. I think I got the WELCOME part done at 12 years old.
X X X XXX X XX XX X X XXX X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X XXX X X X X X X X XXX X X X X X X X X X X X X X X XXX XXX XX XX X X X XXX A very very simplistic picture of what I was able to do at 12 years old. The actual cross stitch has more crosses than this.
At some point, I got bored, and the cross stitch kit sat in storage. Years later I would take it out and add more cross stitches to it. But I still didn't get very far. I did this again years later. And again. I probably had 4 or 5 attempts to actually finish the dumb thing. But I always got bored. So bored. My eyes would glaze over the crosses and I couldn't focus...
Until now! Because staying at home this much means I now have time to finish all the things that I've started years ago. And this cross stitch is the oldest of those things, so I was determined to get this done. And somehow, I've finally been able to get into the right mindset. And it's done. I FINALLY FINISHED MY CROSS STITCH.
15 years in the making.
Next up, cleaning it, ironing it, mounting it, framing it, and putting it on a nice spot on my wall.
July 5, 2020 9:39 AM
Vacation
I'm on vacation! I've been super super busy at work lately, so I'm taking a much needed break before work gets even busier than before. It's fourth of July weekend, which means seafood is on sale. I had lobster two days ago and crab legs yesterday, so I am all shellfished out.
--------------------- ----------------------------------. |` . ` . ` . ` . ` . `|----------------------------------' |` . ` . ` . ` . ` . `|----------------------------------' |` . ` . ` . ` . ` . `|----------------------------------' |` . ` . ` . ` . ` . `|----------------------------------' |` . ` . ` . ` . ` . `|----------------------------------' |` ` ` ` ` `|----------------------------------' '--------------------------------------------------------' '--------------------------------------------------------' '--------------------------------------------------------' '--------------------------------------------------------' '--------------------------------------------------------' '--------------------------------------------------------' `--------------------------------------------------------' I made an ascii art flag! The dimensions might be off, but I have the right number of stars and stripes! Also, this was a pain in the butt to color.
During this vacation, I'm just trying to relax and work on some fun little projects. I'm very close to finishing a cross stitch I started over 15 years ago (!!) and I've even gone back to editing some code for my Teochew website. So hey, you might be seeing an update sometime soon.
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