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Gaming and In the News
9 Dec 2024 14:09I have had long Civ 6 playing sessions. I have been able to gain the Culture and Science victories in the Emperor difficulty. I also got into Miitopia on Switch again! I made new Miis for my current ship (which is Sethoscara). Maybe I can share some pictures later. Bottom line, Miitopia is so much fun, how could I have forgotten!
As for MMORPGs, a friend has been making me play classic World of Warcraft. I've never actually played it before. He keeps asking how I like it; well it's exactly like any other MMORPG. I don't even have anything to say about it, if you like MMORPGs you like it and if not, you won't. And my opinion on MMORPGs is and has always been neutral, so. It's an okay game. I have not much more to say.
However, I ended up making a new character on FFXIV last night. It has more fun character making possibilities, I guess? Let's see how far I can take it.
In the News
I wish and hope, a better future for Syria. I have 0 connection to this place but have been very much following the events the past few days. If only they can have a prosperous future starting now....
Also in the news: Tuoreet luvut naimisiinmenosta julki: Koko instituution asema vaarassa (New numbers on marriage are public: The position of the whole institution is at stake). Only about half of people now get married before they turn 50, and even after that the numbers don't get much better. Most marriages now are also civil marriages (non-religious procedures).
It's very good? I often speak about wishing to marry one day, but... My view on marriage is that it is supposed to be an agreement between the participants, and is nice to celebrate with friends and family. I dislike it being seen as some kind of a... family unit that holds up whole society, or god-sent, or such. Historically, what is a marriage? It is a relationship that has been publically announced: we are together. And people have celebrated that. So much bad has been attached to it later on, patriarchal systems of wealth ownership, religious control, heteronormative anything. So in a way, I am rooting for the "destruction" of marriage; and its rebirth as something closer to what it was originally supposed to be. Even cohabitation with a promise of loyalty to each other is closer to the "original" concept of marriage as opposed to whatever "Women own no property and are baby making machines" plus "hetero family units are the blocks that hold up the Fatherland" bullshit we've had to deal with for literal millenia.
But the revolution on marriage already started decades ago, when we decided it was supposed to be about love. It wasn't even about love for a long time but financial benefits, families' power dynamics, ensuring of heirs... It's always been funny to me how some blame gay people for destroying marriage. Wasn't it straight people who decided it was about love who destroyed it already in its patriarchal-religious
sense? And the patriarchal societies that destroyed the concept of marriage that came before them.
As for MMORPGs, a friend has been making me play classic World of Warcraft. I've never actually played it before. He keeps asking how I like it; well it's exactly like any other MMORPG. I don't even have anything to say about it, if you like MMORPGs you like it and if not, you won't. And my opinion on MMORPGs is and has always been neutral, so. It's an okay game. I have not much more to say.
However, I ended up making a new character on FFXIV last night. It has more fun character making possibilities, I guess? Let's see how far I can take it.
In the News
I wish and hope, a better future for Syria. I have 0 connection to this place but have been very much following the events the past few days. If only they can have a prosperous future starting now....
Also in the news: Tuoreet luvut naimisiinmenosta julki: Koko instituution asema vaarassa (New numbers on marriage are public: The position of the whole institution is at stake). Only about half of people now get married before they turn 50, and even after that the numbers don't get much better. Most marriages now are also civil marriages (non-religious procedures).
It's very good? I often speak about wishing to marry one day, but... My view on marriage is that it is supposed to be an agreement between the participants, and is nice to celebrate with friends and family. I dislike it being seen as some kind of a... family unit that holds up whole society, or god-sent, or such. Historically, what is a marriage? It is a relationship that has been publically announced: we are together. And people have celebrated that. So much bad has been attached to it later on, patriarchal systems of wealth ownership, religious control, heteronormative anything. So in a way, I am rooting for the "destruction" of marriage; and its rebirth as something closer to what it was originally supposed to be. Even cohabitation with a promise of loyalty to each other is closer to the "original" concept of marriage as opposed to whatever "Women own no property and are baby making machines" plus "hetero family units are the blocks that hold up the Fatherland" bullshit we've had to deal with for literal millenia.
But the revolution on marriage already started decades ago, when we decided it was supposed to be about love. It wasn't even about love for a long time but financial benefits, families' power dynamics, ensuring of heirs... It's always been funny to me how some blame gay people for destroying marriage. Wasn't it straight people who decided it was about love who destroyed it already in its patriarchal-religious
sense? And the patriarchal societies that destroyed the concept of marriage that came before them.
Unplanned hiatus
26 Nov 2024 11:18Again, I accidentally went on an unplanned hiatus. I have not visited this website at all for over a month.
The reason is that I have been very tired. Physically tired due to iron deficiency anemia, not helped by anxiety and depression. Last week, I had a week long sick leave due to this tiredness. I have dropped a lot of stuff for x amount of time because I am too tired. I have not read anything here because I am too tired.
Good news is, after this week, my life should become better. I will get rid of my a-hole coworker, and I also got a stable position here so I will have stable income in the future. I can start planning for the future for real this time. The local queer advocacy group also started organizing coffee nights, which is something I've definitely needed.
I have played a lot of video games recently, mainly Civ 6 (I got addicted AGAIN) and Valheim.
The reason is that I have been very tired. Physically tired due to iron deficiency anemia, not helped by anxiety and depression. Last week, I had a week long sick leave due to this tiredness. I have dropped a lot of stuff for x amount of time because I am too tired. I have not read anything here because I am too tired.
Good news is, after this week, my life should become better. I will get rid of my a-hole coworker, and I also got a stable position here so I will have stable income in the future. I can start planning for the future for real this time. The local queer advocacy group also started organizing coffee nights, which is something I've definitely needed.
I have played a lot of video games recently, mainly Civ 6 (I got addicted AGAIN) and Valheim.
I don't know what to say because my thoughts are all over the place.
Was Saturday busy? Yeah... I went to knitting group and flea market and a friend came over and we went to the store and made dinner also. Took the whole day everything, basically. On Sunday, I played a nice 5-hour Civ 6 session with the girlfriend ^_^ I often feel this feeling like I'm so full of love I'm gonna explooooode.
And yeah I fell for the Steam sale and got the Anthology pack for Civ 6 so now I have all the addons. It's nice but truly I just got the idea like... I wanna play on the Switch. Something chill like Animal Crossing. Spring is slowly arriving. The sun is shining on some days. The apartment looks happy to be in. And I have so many new friends now, I always have something to do out there if I want to.
It's my last Monday at work for now but like that's fine. I have a friend visiting in town and next month I can take the train and go to other cities for shopping and stuff and hopefully have chill fun. My sister got me the rainbow suspenders from her city which I wanted but couldn't go buy myself. Then I can have a proper Pokémon Misty look next summer: short shirt, suspenders and shorts.
Suddenly I feel like I can do a fandom thing. Maybe draw a bit or write something. Something small only, but still.
My only enemy is the laundry, which I have a fuckton of. Wish me luck...
Was Saturday busy? Yeah... I went to knitting group and flea market and a friend came over and we went to the store and made dinner also. Took the whole day everything, basically. On Sunday, I played a nice 5-hour Civ 6 session with the girlfriend ^_^ I often feel this feeling like I'm so full of love I'm gonna explooooode.
And yeah I fell for the Steam sale and got the Anthology pack for Civ 6 so now I have all the addons. It's nice but truly I just got the idea like... I wanna play on the Switch. Something chill like Animal Crossing. Spring is slowly arriving. The sun is shining on some days. The apartment looks happy to be in. And I have so many new friends now, I always have something to do out there if I want to.
It's my last Monday at work for now but like that's fine. I have a friend visiting in town and next month I can take the train and go to other cities for shopping and stuff and hopefully have chill fun. My sister got me the rainbow suspenders from her city which I wanted but couldn't go buy myself. Then I can have a proper Pokémon Misty look next summer: short shirt, suspenders and shorts.
Suddenly I feel like I can do a fandom thing. Maybe draw a bit or write something. Something small only, but still.
My only enemy is the laundry, which I have a fuckton of. Wish me luck...
playing video games
16 Jan 2024 10:38I've been playing Civ6 with my gf a few times now and it's so much fun! And a great way to spend time when we can't be in the same room. I have a big problem with that game because I get hooked and then I can't stop playing... I think, "one more turn, one more turn". But my gf has better self control and forces me to stop before it's midnight :D
I also managed to pull Raiden Shogun in Genshin. I never tried before because I didn't really care much about her, but I understand Electro characters are useful for example in the Abyss. So as a sub-DPS... Yeah, in the past I only used Fischl but recently had to build Kuki too for Abyss. Oh and, I also got all Dendroculi in Sumeru! Unpopular opinion but I actually really like exploring the desert, even more than the rainforest.
Work this morning has been very busy. With the power of coffee, I go on!
I also managed to pull Raiden Shogun in Genshin. I never tried before because I didn't really care much about her, but I understand Electro characters are useful for example in the Abyss. So as a sub-DPS... Yeah, in the past I only used Fischl but recently had to build Kuki too for Abyss. Oh and, I also got all Dendroculi in Sumeru! Unpopular opinion but I actually really like exploring the desert, even more than the rainforest.
Work this morning has been very busy. With the power of coffee, I go on!
