march & april gratitude

forgot to post this last month, so here's a double entry!

1. peanut udon mmm
2. I slew the spire!! (with copious advice from hgr)
3. WHOA I bumped my food bundle seven minutes before rollover (i.e., seven minutes before it was gonna rot) and it got bought BY XYLAX THE ADMIN
4. Akinori looks SO good with the lunar background and the cnitharian pups. also I officially made him pack loremaster so he's one of my featured wolves
5. hi donu and deca! love that donut sway
6. yay sat down and wrote a proper journal entry instead of just doing wolvden log entries and miscellaneous white stones
7. hoisin udon. so easy, so good
8. yesss beat Slay the Spire as the Silent. special thanks to: all my poison cards, my Catalyst+ duo, the merchant who sold me the duplication potion, and Runic Pyramid
9. Raubritter has a realgar grandson o.o
10. beat my first run as Defect wooo
11. actual prog! we're getting the hang of the add phase and making serious inroads on the second half of the fight
12. productive work morning, and I bought a mojave pup, and the groceries came and I'm kicking back with a chocolate ice cream cone. living the life
13. the mojave pup deserves her own entry: 423 stats, minimal markings, 50 gc. great buy. my first T3 woop
14. a bird of prey, wheeling high in the deep blue sky. also it's 60 degrees out!
15. being in discord while HGR watches chess streams. he's so boisterous. "what?! WHAT?!" "oh my GOD what a gambit"
16. a wild windy spring day. are those red blossoms on the parking lot tree?
17. one of Raubritter's sons is now a stud (a russet named David). go get em boi
18. nice quiet day. no calls, no emails, no back-and-forth discussions. finished a good part of my project
19. and I beat the Heart on Ironclad 1. necronomicon + heavy blade, son
20. freshly baked m&m cookies
21. Sundaze Solitaire won the Second Egg Gladiator Games! 1% survival she knew EXACTLY how much she needed
22. oh god that silent victory. I was very close to having literally all the egg on my face, but I made it. special thanks to the Wraith Form+ trio, my fairy in a bottle, and my lizard tail. NO thanks to the 5000 defend cards in my deck lmao
23. Harrow the Ninth is so good. been a long time since I've read a book this good
24. woo the sleet on the balcony melted. time for a long walk
25. watching HGR play Slay the Spire. now that I've played it myself, I actually know what's going on!
26. "Marrow."
27. burger night! got the onions perfectly caramelized, so good
28. hanging out with HGR and numbers, watching HGR stream the Slay the Spire daily climb and then "Poker Quest"
29. selene dilution HYPE. all the selene markings are amazing; can't wait to put them on Taro's pup(s). also, hi raccoons!
30. fixed the bedroom blinds!
31. mom & dad came up with groceries. thanks! yay char siew bao and mochi which I can't get locally
32. philly steak on pasta: simple and delicious
33. just hanging out with HGR, shitposting about completely random subjects (Hercules Mulligan, pot roast, Eli Whitney and the cotton gin)
34. so glad that hgr/newbie introduced me to slay the spire, I'm having a great time. getting the hang of watcher!
35. productive morning! played Slay the Spire and got a good chunk of progress on my project
36. yay event over. got 3 selene marking apps and still have 250 LT socked away for the next event.
37. also Rubicon reached level 20
38. speaking of Rubicon: THE KING IS DEAD LONG LIVE THE KING hell yeah Levi
39. level-up day for The Reckoning! Jackfruit Cider hit 300 strength (7th strongest honeydew in the game). got her a shiny mace as a present
40. raid! we didn't make much forward prog, but we're definitely getting the hang of the add phase and wyrm's lament. on our best run we got Shiva to 44%
41. and I'm starting to enjoy the add phase now that I've got a better handle on it (note to self: that's often how it goes! don't write things off too quickly)
42. burger night!
43. big carp!! "just like me. I feel represented"
44. finally beat defect 2!
45. yay Pictionary with team
46. got my pfizer first dose today. let the Great Return commence (like a month from now)
47. also, yay walking! yay pigeons!
48. WHEW finally finished my work project ooooooof
49. ate an apple yum
50. now trending: #healthypotatoblob. just add broccoli for a healthy meal!
51. now that I've slightly fixed my sleep schedule (waking up at ~8:30 instead of 9:30), it feels like there's so much morning. it's great
52. and conversely I don't miss the additional late-night time. I wasn't doing anything interesting that late anyway
53. raid! good times good prog
54. and, as always, I'm glad to have hgr explain things to me afterwards
55. watching numbers' La Mulana stream
56. "I don't know but I've been told / big blob has a network node"
57. nutella bun, best afternoon snack
58. a nice cool evening balcony walk
59. HGR's streaming La Mulana 2!
60. yay merle chaser puppy! son of snickerdoodle x rigel foxchaser. ducat merle, obsidian, 116 spd / 101 agi. born to run
61. hanging out with friends
62. raid day, good day. got to icelit dragonsong!
63. TAX FILING EXTENSION LMAOOO
64. oh my god this plat of survey completely changes everything. I was fundamentally misunderstanding EVERYTHING lmao. this is a MAJOR breakthrough and I'm glad to clear it up now rather than later
65. grocery day! decided to switch it up and go with oreo ice cream bars. great life decision
66. watching hgr play la mulana 2, hanging out while he's playing apex with numbers and newbie. every day is a good day.
67. woo late night powerwalk to end the day. got 1951 steps on that last update
68. OMG luna base looks great especially with selene marks
69. flashback to me a few months ago, looking skeptically at the cool t3s: "wish we had more blue bases" THANKS DEVS YOU'RE THE BEST
70. watching HGR beat La Mulana 2
71. finished copying nearly a month of temp journal files (gratitude journal + log entries + real entries) into my proper journal. feels great to be caught up
72. good raid, good prog, good oreo ice cream bar
73. serious taiga hunter club chat with spontaneite and embers
74. roommate got a vaccine appointment for friday! woop
75. o_o a fox pup AND a mojave pup. Sovereign of Red Sky 10/10 stud, would stud to again
76. yay got my second covid shot. changing my username to safeblob5000
77. playing the tacos game with team
78. good reading session: the silvered serpents. sev, quit being an emo douchebag
79. t-shirt weather finally. had a nice 20-minute balcony walk
80. mmm smoked salmon best snack
81. playing the tacos game with team. wait I just said this. well, we played again
82. good guy tiro, agreeing to sub for raid on literally zero notice because silver overslept. yay raid
83. roommate DIDN'T have a heart attack. good news!!
84. uber is fantastic btw. need a way home from a random location at 2:30 am? yeah nbd your ride will be there in 10 min
85. a nice peaceful day at home. I <3 chilling at home
86. and roommate's doing fine!
87. watching re: zero with newbie and hgr
88. such a nice afternoon
89. a chill evening hanging out with team. dante and newbie streamed titanfall 2, then hgr streamed tactical nexus