Sunday - Heatwave
=== Thoughts ===
It's been a hard week, compounded by how blisteringly hot it's been.
I'm still not really thinking about the loss of my PC. There'll be a time to sort it, and it's not now, so it's just say upstairs as a glorified desk stand. Again.
Job search is over, at the very least. I was fortunate enough to be introduced to a super interesting role with a good team, and they liked me enough to offer fairly quickly, so that's one stress sorted.
There's just the rest of it. Processing the loss of such a fixture of my life that was the previous job. Coming to terms with how invisibly precarious my situation has been for the past year. The whole thing has really messed with my perception of what 'safe' looks like, and that's crept into my personal life in some really depressing ways, that I didn't notice until I sat down and talked with my therapist.
So yeah, get a therapist. Even if you don't think you need one, you need one.
I've properly fallen off the wagon of posting here, so I'm going to try and claw my way back on. Thanks for bearing with me.
=== Project Progress ===
- June Commission #1: 25% Complete
=== Media ===
- Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
I'm a big fan of the Persona franchise, and Metaphor: ReFantazio was one of my favourite games last year, but the older games have always eluded me. I've owned DDS for decades, and I think the first time I played it I was potentially too young to understand it. Either way, I'm enjoying it now. Metaphor's combat system really helped this game stick. Plus, Shoji Meguro is on absolutely top form.
- Final Fantasy XVI
I played FFXVI when it first came out, and I remember having a good time with it. You can tell it shares a lot of its DNA with an MMO, and there are times when that really hurts it, but the combat system is snappy and deep.
That said, my qualms about the narrative haven't changed. It's still... fine, with some... less fine bits. All propped up by some excellent performances and music.
=== What's Out There ===
=== Upcoming Releases ===
- D&D Project 1 - I'm having second thoughts about putting this out there. I keep wanting to chop and change and tinker with it whenever I see something new and shiny...
- Book! - First target complete, and with it, two chapters!
- Monster Hunter: Chronicles - April's word count target was met, but there's still a little more to go before this is done, I reckon.
- ????
=== Latest Releases ===
- FREE Monster Hunter: Chronicles I - Monster Hunter fanfiction! Two hunters take on their own challenges to make their mark in history.
- Quitters - Queer, wholesome, spicy AF romance about a chance encounter going so, so right. (18+)
- Menageries & Melancholies - Post-scarcity blues lead to tentacle monsters. Naturally. (18+)
- Solomon's Prime Key - First released in the Book of Demons anthology. A pair of room-mates summon demonic tech support.
- Smoke from the Bridges - First released in the Book of the Dead anthology. Friends discuss the ghosts they leave behind.
=== Everything Else ===
- Track of Today: Through the Darkness, by Colin and Caroline
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