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Ren the Ghost ([personal profile] quillpunk) wrote2023-05-12 05:34 pm
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alright, so it's been a minute (again)

Alright! So what has happened? Well, I've been peeking at my reading page here on DW again these last few days; haven't done that in months. I ran out of social energy in February, and just kind of opted out of even looking at conversations. I'm not very active in general, but I haven't even lurked in my usual lurking discords for months. And I am a lurker. It's what I do. If I'm not lurking... yeah, so things went a little off.

Writing wise, it has been getting better. I did very little in Feb and March (I think I ran out of more than social energy but I don't even know what to call it--an extended recharging period maybe?) but I wrote 27k in April during Camp NaNoWriMo, and I have continued to write a little bit on that project nearly every day since, so I am very proud of myself. (I have some musings on writing but that'll be it's own post.)

Like I said, I haven't been peeking in here, so I don't really know what's been happening. I am also bad at starting conversations so I'm very bad at jumping into comment sections, but in general I will respond if somebody else starts a conversation. I just don't know how to take that first step myself. :(

I have been doing some reading! I'm reading Boyfriend Material right now, I finished Cupid Calling by Viano Oniomoh a while back and absolutely adored it, it's so fucking good. Also read a book that made me feel icky, and I'm never touching anything by that author again (amazon lied to me -- all the positive reviews are stupid). My copy of Golden Terrace Vol. 1 arrived today, too, so I'm pretty pleased about that. (I got Vol. 2 back in March or something, so yeah I was a bit annoyed about that.)

I have been going to the gym diligently, sometimes twice a week, sometimes once a week. There was definitely a disruption in my gym energy when I started working 2 days/week (I only work 2 hours/day) instead of just 1 day, but I think I've pretty much adapted. I haven't actually called in sick to work that much? Like, I'm working more than I'm not working? Which is a completely different story from school which was honestly kind of a shitshow (attendance-wise), LOL.

I watched the Bridgerton Queen Charlotte show and liked it a lot, the ending scene made me cry XD. I still don't have any interest in watching the main Bridgerton show. Been watching The Vampire Dies In No Time anime, though, and I'm sad there doesn't seem to be a official English translation of the manga. The fan-translation isn't really ahead of the anime :(

Ehm, this has gotten long so I'm gonna stop here.


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