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Hey!! Hey, hello. I know this is mostly a sticky to catalogue my atrocious backlog that is not getting any smaller but feel free to comment and introduce yourself here if you are interested in becoming friends/gaining access to my journal. All comments will be screened on this post. The only policy I have is do not share anything I post here privately on a public place, please and thank you. Otherwise, feel free to friend/unfriend at will. No drama. No questions asked. Feel free to refer to me by my username or Wolf or Stickee.

I treat this as a real journal. I post about everything. My job, my hobbies, fandom, whatever. Mostly it's day-in-the-life bits along with me sharing tidbits of my writing. I'm not really comfortable with posting my writing publicly. (I may or may not post my writing and leave it public for a certain amount of time. It depends on how I'm feeling.)

In regards to posting, I do use filters if I feel I need to. I have one for my posts on witchcraft/polytheistic religion right now. If anyone needs a filter or wants to be put on that filter (maybe I looked and thought you weren't interested) just let me know. I'm more than happy to make filters. When I post my writing I tend to post it like everyone does on tumblr. I don't have a header but I'll have it tagged appropriately. If it has anything in it that needs a content warning I will put it behind a cut and list the warnings outside of the cut. If it happens to be longer than a few hundred words (which is rare) I'll post the majority of it behind a cut as well. Anyways. Thanks for stopping by!

I've decided to make a list of video games I need to beat. I don't know if I'll make it through the entire list this year, but I think this will help keep me focused instead of me working on one game and then suddenly, "NOW I want to revisit this game for the 50th time! :'D" I'll put this list beneath a cut. It's more for me than anyone else. This is literally mostly backlog of games I own right now... haha.( Read more... )

Current Mood: determined

Man, Reddit became soul-crushing fast. I had to stop scrolling it. I have to, for my mental health. I wasn't expecting things to get better but I wasn't expecting them to go side-ways that fast. The only reason I haven't deleted that app is because I am in a few good communities that share a wealth of knowledge on the subject.

Lately I have been still planning out my writing group forum. I plan on starting that sometime this weekend. I've also been toying with the idea of starting a rather complex project. I have been thinking about making my own video game like the other single-person developers out there. I know that I won't be able to have voices or anything like realistic graphics but I'm going to start with some 2D graphics and go from there. I want to make a game similar to the GBA Zelda games and make my own turn-based RPG like Octopath traveler, basically. ^^;

I've been wanting to play more games like those but with different stories and characters, obviously. I really miss playing the Zelda game with the four seasons, I loved that one. I can't really find games like that hardly so it's time to start putting my own out there, I think. :D I know it's going to be insanely difficult but with the free time I do have, why not? And if I made a game that made me a million (haha, dreams amirite?) I want to use some of that money to fund building a console that doesn't use silica (that's scary and I just found out about the resource being critically low right now) and that I will keep under $600 dollars (probably around $400 if I'm being honest) to bring healthy competition to a market that's oversaturated and inflated by greed and monopoly.

I've been making it a point to start seeking indie stuff lately. As I said in my previous post, I'm not supporting reckless corporate greed anymore. I'm going to start doing a post every Friday where I highlight any indie games/music/books/movies... etc that I find. If I haven't found something new that week or didn't have the time then I won't make the post but I'm going to try and make one every week. Without further ado;

Indie Game & Developer Discovery: Rift riff. This was discovered on the 'gamedevelopers' (I believe) reddit. One of the game development subreddits. The developer made this game ~~by himself~~ with a small team while supporting his wife (who has long Covid) and his two-year old son. I haven't played it yet but it looks like a really fun and unique game that I actually do want to play for fun. You build towers to shoot at monsters while you run around on the map and collect loot. Here is the link to the game on Steam since I messed up on the name: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/Rift_Riff/

Indie Music Discovery: Surgeon!! This appears to be a single person making some pretty wicked beats. No label backing that I'm aware of. In order to show your support, I highly encourage you to buy their music either off a website or the CD if they produced one. I'm not sure if they have produced their own CDs but I'll update this post when I find out. If you like techno beats made by a non-mainstream artist, check out their work! They only have the one album but I'm sure they would appreciate follows/money either way. They unfortunately only have the one album available at the moment.

Indie Films Discovery: Blue Jean. A 2022 drama about a teacher who tries to hide her sexuality from everyone but the discovery by a student threatens to throw all of that out the window. I'm terrible at summaries but I'm going to watch this soon. When I do, I'll update this post with a review.

Currently Reading: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano. Okay so I don't think I'm going to do an indie category here since, well, this isn't a market oversaturated with mainstream success but I will make sure to point out if what I'm currently reading is self-published by a really small writer. I'm about halfway finished with this novel and it's actually a decent book that showcases reality in a harsher, more realistic light. It does have it's light-hearted moments but it's pretty decent so far.

And that is all for now! I know I don't have the reviews for some of these but at least I have dug some nuggets out of the trough. I do promise to update them as I watch/play/listen/read them.

And if you are feeling in the donating mood, here is a link to help a friend of friend out. Their pet was hit by a car. https://gofund.me/730e754f

I'll catch up and comment on missed entries. Sorry I haven't been here lately. Mental health has not been so great. :(

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: Soul Fire - Surgeon

Besides the political shit that only seems to be getting worse. (DeSantis stole money from Medicaid and got caught doing it. So much for cleaning the swamp out.)

I just found out that NaNoWriMo ship is sinking. Which is sad because a lot of us all used to come together in the month of November to have a community and talk about writing at least once a year. I understand why we need not support that ever again but I've been tossing the idea of making a new forum to host that type of event again and maybe more of them throughout the year. Like how I was throwing around a writing community for October Writing here on dreamwdith because I missed that challenge as well. I just wonder if enough people would be interested in it? I'd make it adult-only too, just to avoid all that garbage that went down. I have just enough know-how to make a proboards forum. ^^; I really want that community back. There used to be hundreds of us on the forums before they switched to the mess they have now. I would also make a community here for the people on dreamwidth that want that here too.

I'm tossing it around in my head but I just don't want to be struggling to find the people to at least start a small group up and go from there. It's easier to start with a small group and grow instead of trying to advertise and grow big all by my lonesome self, I think it looks weird lol.

I figured proboards could handle the traffic if it got that big and you can have different areas of the forums, like the old NaNoWriMo site used to have. I'd also have a Discord to go with it besides the dreamwidth community and I'd like to have a book club of some sort running alongside it too because my irl friend was interested in making more book nerd friends. We need something positive. Out of all the nastiness in the world to exist, I want to look forward to coming together with other writers. I'm really sad NaNoWriMo can't be that option anymore.

And apparently NaNoWriMo is under a TM so uh... I'd have to call it something different but it'd still have that main challenge in it for fun too. I thought it was a fun idea to try and write a novel in under a month for the hell of it. But besides that we'd have other challenges throughout the year as well and just be supportive for writers in general.

Barnes & Noble w/Nook. The only gimmick with them is you have to buy the books on their store in order to synch it with the app. From what I just read you can't buy straight from the app. I could be wrong. I'm unsure. The pros of supporting them is you don't support Google or Amazon and still have just as many books to choose from as either one. If I buy a book reader in the future it will be Nook.

Bookshop.org This company is a very good company to support from my understanding. Their mission is to help indie bookstores thrive in our current multi-billionaire overlord era. This is where you can buy from self-publishing writers and compete with Amazon. Only THESE GUYS give their money to help fund the failing bookstore industry. Their profits are donated to them and the bookstores that partner with these guys get full sale value from my understanding. If you are looking for books from lesser-known authors or to support that niche, I highly suggest giving them a look before going to Amazon for this reason alone. ~~All you need to do is download an eBook reader like "calibre" of which I will link to the bottom of this.~~ Oops. It has an app. I'll still leave the link up for if you download books from Google or other places that don't have an app.

Library Apps like Libby, etc Need I say more? The library and its apps are still a decent source for good reading material. This should be self-explanatory. It works with a library card and its free to borrow books from.

Amazon Kindle Alternatives: https://alternativeto.net/software/kindle/

Honestly that's a great link for me to bookmark anyways because I'm pretty regularly looking for alternatives to software programs. Especially in today's world.

If anyone else has any other suggestions that isn't owned by an evil multi-billionaire please feel free to leave them in the comments. Thank you!

Edit: Okay, never mind about Google at all. That license is on all the books now. So I only recommend B&N and Bookshop.org. Definitely bookshop.org first. :)

It's a little too late for me to be posting this but there are very important protests going on across the country starting tomorrow to fight back fascism in this country's government. The movement is on Reddit under 50501. The main event is on Washington DC. I urge you to keep up with that community on Reddit!!! Protesting works!!!! It has been the only thing to work not only in the history of our country but other countries as well. Please consider showing up or supporting in anyway you can!! We want to try and avoid another civil war but if it came down to that I will be fighting, I'm not going to bend my knees to something I can not stand.

Also consider:

1) Deleting all social media apps belonging to the billionaires. Not just Elon Musk but FB, Amazon, and keep an eye on TikTok because Amazon guy is trying to buy it. Research what other apps they have their greedy arms in. Do not make it easy for them to make money off of you aka your data!!!! You can still use them on a PC but clean out your cookies and cache every time you do.

2) I have not found a good alternative to Instagram yet but I don't care anymore. I'm gonna make a Bluesky eventually a long with my own website. I'll use Tumblr too since they aren't infected by greed just yet. I'm still going to post here too.

3) Buy from smaller chains/businesses when you can. Try to avoid big chains and grocery stores - like Walmart, McDonald's, Coors especially - but I understand sometimes it's unavoidable. I'm not gonna hunt you down for it. But I'm just saying, be aware they are part of the problem of billionaires lobbying and controlling our government. Research all of the companies that are problematic and make your business choices from there. I'd argue to even buy from Canada instead at this point.

4) Support human talent and artists. Look up to see what businesses/companies/movie franchises/video games... Etc support AI and do not give them the time of day anymore. MONEY TALKS. I know it's hard sometimes but we can only beat greed by not buying into their bullshit. Look at Nintendo. They are making it so we can't buy their games used anymore and instead have to buy it for the full price of $80. I understand they have always been kind of slimy but once again, they don't learn anything if you throw all their money at them constantly.

Remember people, WE have the power, WE have to be the resistance. Please think about this post. Think about all the ways you can help and spread the word. The more people that boycott the rich, the harder they squirm. Don't enable them and their terrible business practices.

Thank you for reading this if you did. My country is in actual danger and we need all the help we can get.

My writing muse well has run dry and so why not practice art by drawing Ryomen Sukuna from Jujutsu Kaisen forty hundred different times? :D Something about this sketch is bothering me but I can't figure out why. I know I had a hell of a time with his mouth in this portrait and I don't know why. I also know I really want to redesign Sukuna's tattoos slightly on his face because I feel like they are poorly drawn and so they aggravate me slightly but I can't judge much when I'm not super good yet myself. Sukuna/Itadori is easily my favorite character in this show even though in this recent episode of the anime I just got caught up with Toji easily became another favorite. I know he was reincarnated or whatever but that man jumped into a domain with a smile on his face and he was smiling the whole entire time he was fighting another strong fighter. LOVE THAT.

I'm going to eventually break out my tablet and start drawing more Sukuna digitally too, just to see how it goes.