Updates

I just came back from a memorial for another lost friend, which is something that tends to remind me that blogs exist. and I should type into them. But frankly, I don't want to make this an aperiodic record of the grief of my life, and frankly there's enough going on to talk about first.

I was laid off with less than a week's notice and no severance back in February. We had enough savings to last the stretch between Psyche's job and unemployment, but I'm glad I have a new position starting in June. It's going to be more full-stack web development at a healthcare startup, so the transition should be easy.

I've been playing Tears of the Kingdom since it came out. I've been moving slowly on my own game, though I've stepped in to play lots of Psyche's game. I'm really enjoying being back in this careful game design. I've played a lot of Genshin Impact since finishing Breath of the Wild, and it's easier to forget how much more subtle the design of the Zelda games are.

I started reading The Book of the New Sun on the plane while traveling to the aforementioned memorial, and I made it pretty far into The Shadow of the Torturer already. The first few chapters had a really gentle prose voice that I enjoyed. Of course, the reason I picked it up is because it's going to be the next subject of the podcast Homestuck Made This World, so I know there's going to be some . . . shenanigans; and I think they are starting to manifest more strongly. I'm hoping I stay in the groove as the novels continue.