the past 3 weeks of my life
it doesn't feel like it, but almost three weeks have gone by since I posted here. I've spent the past few weeks reflecting on a lot of things, and, as time goes on, I've begun to feel extremely lucky and blessed to be where I am today.
for one of my university history classes, we were paired in groups and made to present some of our own research in front of the class. I was able to make some really cool friends, and we've formed a little study group together. They're all nerdy people like me (and one of them is queer, like me!), and the prof is actually considering giving us more group projects instead of the planned solo projects, which is super exciting! we plan on working together again if we can, which is just the most baller thing ever.
last weekend, my girlfriend and I went to a friend's birthday party, and it was so nice to see everybody; we rarely get together in a group with how busy our lives are (most of us are university students with jobs). my friend has a dreamcast so we took turns talking to seaman and asking him about the state of the world (outlook not so good). sadly, seaman's knowledge of current events is built purely on conjecture given that he is forever stuck in the late 1990s; my friend remarked that would be a fate worse than death, but honestly I'm starting to wish I was stuck there too.
I've been studying really hard recently, since I had a little slump there where I was paying more attention to my books and my games than my studies, so my marks suffered a bit - luckily the assignments weren't too big, and I'll make them up later on!
But that doesn't mean I haven't played any games at all! I finally started playing Mother 3, and I've been absolutely loving it! Itoi is such a skilled story-teller, and his characters always feel so real and unique. I feel so blessed to be able to enjoy this game - my only gripe is that the cartridge is a little finicky, since it's not an official release (Mother 3 was only released in Japan, so I'm playing the fan translation). also, I might struggle to get the battle timing down, but I'm seeing my academic advisor soon, so I'll be coming into some expert advice soon enough! o7 I can't wait to finish it, but I also want to savour everything the game has to offer; once I beat this game, I'll have beaten all the Mother games, and I don't know if I'm ready for that - these games mean so much to me and when they're all done, there won't be any mystery left to them.
my city has also had some extremely beautiful weather recently - I was able to go outside with just a sweater on!! there's still a ton of snow on the ground, and it's getting cold and rainy again, but I really tried to enjoy every ounce of pretty weather this past week - I can feel the seasonal depression just melting away from me, which is exciting. Idk, I just feel like my life is going somewhere again, and I have agency!! I can be successful and smart and make friends who actually like me,! :D
anyway, I think I'm done for now - maybe my heightened spirits will lead to more blog posts in a little bit. stay empty, mr. void~