Here's a story from a few years back that still bothers me: 18-year-old Kidd and her two friends were taking a walk. Because it was a bad neighborhood, Kidd was carrying a pistol in her pocket for protection. (All three were black. Kidd was a convicted felon and, obviously, did not have a gun lice...
I have so much walking built into a normal, non-quarantine workday. I wake up at 6:45 (well, not always, but that's the ideal) and spend half an hour walking in place while I do my Alchemist Code dailies. Then I catch the 7:30 train downtown, which gives me time for a 40-minute walk before work. I g...
Time is sliding sideways. May's already over! Only a month until Artfight! Get hyped! ringing in the new month by getting back to drawing. sup bunnyboys making a new batch of navajo flatbread, v satisfying ART, what a bro thanks to my roommate for putting my lunch in the oven while I napped before r...
newbie's computer woes continued throughout the week. On Tuesday, he developed an action plan: he was going to buy a new case and hope it fixed the problem. In the meantime, he said, "Priority number one here is, I shit you not, going to be getting aim trainer working on my old-ass laptop." This guy...
It's open season on octopodes!! 250 free raid coins for helping bonk someone else's Giant Octopus, so everyone is rushing to help as many people as possible. Often it's a race to get into the lobby before it fills up or before the octopus flops. I've decided to stick with The Alchemist Code for no...
Memorial Day begins like any other day. Sleep in until 8:50 am; wake refreshed, with my room a golden bowl of sunlight; head to the kitchen to make my morning mocha, then head to my computer. Luxury life is the new normal. Also part of the new normal: Today is grocery delivery day from Wal-Mart. E...
Looks like numbers is okay (for now)—his test from last Sunday came back negative. Best of luck dude. I was hoping Memorial Day weekend would mean MORE RAID, due to quarantine and all, but apparently it means NO RAID. Here's how it went: Early Friday morning, numbers put out the roll call. Pretty ...
May 16 – me, putting a pizza in the oven: *redistributes pepperoni evenly* roommate, putting a pizza in the oven: DIBS ON THE SIDE WITH MORE PEPPERONI DIBS DIBS DIBS === May 17 – Might be quitting The Alchemist Code soon. It's double hard shard week AND there's vision quest pro and I can s...
Laundry day means it's my first chance to wear this sweet wolf mask that Mom made for me. Mom used to sew most of my clothes herself, and I thought it was just a normal mom thing to do. In retrospect, it was probably because we were poor, and making clothes was cheaper than buying them. But at the...
I was walking downtown, playing Pokemon Go, and it felt so good to be strolling around outside and catching pokemon. I was west of the river, in an area where I don't normally walk, and that felt good too. I wasn't just walking for fun, though; I was on a mission. Soon I arrived at the library and...
Last Monday night, newbie was looking for friends to do Orbonne Monastery with him. HGR and I both got on. newbie asked, "Kan, you up for orb?" "Gimme a lil bit," said Kan. "Selling an E8S run." (Kan sells E8S runs?? People buy E8S runs???) "ETA?" asked newbie, but Kan had already disappeared....
Most of our group plays Apex Legends, but at varying degrees of seriousness. HGR doesn't care for FPS games, but he'll play because it's a team activity. On the other end of the spectrum is newbie, who has an FPS training program and a detailed training regimen. It's a very newbie thing to do. The...