Stuff That Excites Me

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A journal for sharing things I'm passionate about. Stuff I like and dislike.

These are shorter, playful, more unfiltered thoughts.

Edited Friday at 12:20 AM by Sincerity

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RISK: Global Domination is such a good fucking game. You need to have 1000 IQ to win games fairly consistently.

I just got back to Risk ~4 days ago. Won around half of the longer games I played. I'm proud of these games that I did win, because I had to make some smart decisions which later paid off and made me come on top. I was satisfied thinking about these calls, and with outsmarting my opponents.

Just finished a 2+ hour long game. I was tired as fuck after work and didn't have it in me to act on anything higher. I like to sometimes engage in a "mindless" activity (even though I still had to think here) while also listening to something else, like longer YT videos. I listened to some Bashar talks and this video by Eddy Burback.

In regard to that 2+ hour game - ultimately I overcame all my 5 human opponents, who either plainly lost or gave up. But throughout the game there was a bot that grew all the more powerful, because all the players were fighting among themselves. In the end it came down to a 1v1 me vs the bot and I lost by a very small margin - the final dice rolls turned unlucky for me and that was it lol. Still, a good satisfying game. What matters is that I beat the humans. 

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I adore herons.  Such beautiful birds.

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Today, as a gift for our month-versary, my girlfriend gave me that sweet octopus from IKEA!!! 🐙

I love octopuses, and I like having reminders of animals I resonate with close to me. I have a long ass gorgeous plush snake, a cool elephant, a ceramic parrot, and more... and now that silly orange octupus. 

I'm grateful. My girl loves me.  And I love her. I gifted her an appointment with a massage therapist and a nice bouquet of flowers.

Edited Friday at 12:27 AM by Sincerity

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Hollow Knight: Silksong was great. I almost 100%'ed it. I got all the endings, but skipped some bonus things I was no longer interested in grinding for.

I REALLY appreciated the world-building. This game is so beautiful. The art is amazing. The boss fights at times were so FUCKING annoying, but I got over them with my supreme gamer skills. ( just kidding, I don't really play much games anymore)

The bosses were still very cool, though. It was mostly the 100 kilometer walkbacks that were infuriating. Or the million-phase arenas.

I like a good boss fight. I like exploring the world and discovering the story. And I love parkour. (I also played Celeste and loved it)

Overall, metroidvanias / 2D platformers are my type of games. Or, at least one of my types - Team Fortress 2 is still my favourite game of all time. But that's a topic for another post.

Edited yesterday at 04:20 PM by Sincerity

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So me and my girlfriend moved to a new place in May. And our area is SO BEAUTIFUL. I literally can't contain my happiness at times. 

One thing that I LOVE about our immediate surroundings is that we have a small (but still fairly big) wood park about 3-5 minutes from our place. I cannot express to you how much I'm fucking in love with it. When I need to unwind and regenerate myself energetically, that is my place to go. I am so grateful for it.

It also reminds me of the small wood from a Vipassana retreat center I've been to (3 times). Now I have my own Vipassana wood nearby, but 3x better. If that isn't neat, I don't know what is! 

Today while walking in the park I understood just how important it is to me to have a wood park like this in my immediate vicinity. "Small" things like that which bring you joy. Critically important.

(Image is just a representation, not my actual park)

Edited yesterday at 04:46 PM by Sincerity