03.21.25

Music

At the beginning of the year, I moved off Spotify. I started building up a local library of my own music, including a vinyl collection and digital releases (primarily via Bandcamp).

Now, a few months in, I find that I enjoy music a lot more. I'm more intentional about when I listen and what I listen to. I'd love to see more people try this, but it takes work. I had to find a good rhythm and new places to discover things to listen to. To some extent, Spotify and other streaming services make this part pretty easy but there are plenty of places to do this, including Last.fm and Bandcamp's discover page.

Games

I've started playing Elden Ring again, and it's clicking a bit more with me this time. I'm going for a strength build and taking my time with more things, more exploration and fewer repeated fights against the more challenging enemies, and it's paying off so far.

Atelier Yumia came out today, which I'm looking forward to starting. It'll be a nice change from the dark and drear of the lands between.

Trying something new

I have a blog on my website, which I've refined to the point I think I like(?). That said, the publishing flow with static websites doesn't jive with how sporadic I feel like actually writing something.

So, I'm trying something new. Blot has added support for iCloud, so I'm setting up some of my stuff there and testing it out a bit. If it works out, I'll likely pipe new posts back into my primary website as cards, which I'm doing with a variety of other things, essentially a "now" page.

I love how easy it is to open up a doc in iA writer, jot down some thoughts, and have them appear on my blog. Hopefully, this will entice me to write a bit more.