#i picked up terraria again. oops

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terraria player jumpscare

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Time to post about what I did the past couple of days

2020/06/25 | 31/100 Days of Productivity

I continued with reading the academic papers for my project that will start at the end of August. We still have to decide on the exact topic and then inform the university, so I’m quite nervous of how this will all turn out but at the same time I’m very excited. I’ll be in the lab in three months time.

2020/06/26 | 32/100 Days of Productivity

Spent the day reading some books and browsing the web. Do not that much happened. Did visit some friends that night and had fun playing Mario Kart and going on a short road trip to get a fan from a different house. The road trip failed a little, though, because we didn’t have the right key on us, oops.

2020/06/27 | 33/100 Days of Productivity

I legit had to think for a bit. “What did I do on Saturday?”. That’s what happens when you forget to update your studyblr. Yes, I’m shaming myself. I finished reading the papers which means that I now have to gather my thoughts on the subjects covered within them. Actually thinking of making a post in the future about it when I have had contact with ‘my’ lab about the research.

2020/06/28 | 34/100 Days of Productivity

Today was a bit more laid back. Still gathering my thoughts but I am definitely leaning towards one research subject over the other. Today was also the first day ever in my life that I have played Minecraft. It’s definitely something different from Terraria. Will have to play it more to get used to all the controls and such, but I’m liking Terraria more, for sure. Of course I wasn’t done with online entertainment, so I spent my night watching BookTube videos.

2020/06/29 | 35/100 Days of Productivity

Had to pick my dad up from the hospital. He lost a small part, haha, but is doing okay again. Basically, I have spent my day being tired.

During this week of absence I have also tried to educate myself more on some things that are happening in the world right now. I’ve had some fruitful conversations with friends on the topic of racism n the Netherlands, but we all have a long way to go. We try our best with limited (re)sources on specific cases of racism in the Netherlands. Yes, we are aware that certain institutions have been using ethnic profiling, and these institutions have admitted to doing so. We are looking, however, to more personal cases of racism in general. We are looking for those cases as the sources that reference Zwarte Piet are readily available and we can all agree that the tradition around Zwarte Piet has to be changed. So if you know anything about personal stories affected by racism in the Netherlands, please let me know.

[outoforderaro]

oh hey, decade list anon, i didnt really forget about you, i just slept through most of tuesday and now thought about it. let’s do some listing. 

Music: A tough category bc finding what applies is tricky.

Shape Shift with Me - Against Me! (2016)

The album is just wholly good, of just wanting to belt along with everything. “Dead Rats” is my pick for fave, tho tbh it’s whichever im listening to atm. Ive changed this like 5 times ngl

Hozier - Hozier (2014)

hozier hozier hozier. everyone knows this blues-y guy. fave track: “It Will Come Back” (i took take me to church out of the running on purpose) 

Brought to Rot - Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers (2018)

i got ljg across my one per band rule, shh. “Apocalypse Now (& Later)”

Come of Age - The Vaccines (2011)

Wetsuit is the fave

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys - My Chemical Romance (2010)

Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)

CLPPNG - clipping. (2014)

Body & Blood. ty jacob for getting me into them, i wouldntve found them by the daveed diggs from hamilton connection

Death of a Bachelor - Panic! at the Disco (2016)

Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time. a P!atD almost had to make it

Racine Carrée (2013) - Stromae

tous les mêmes. ty frankie!

The Human Condition - Jon Bellion (2016)

Morning in America   

Racine Carrée - Stromae (2013)

tous les mêmes

1) my keyboard started acting up again in the middle of this >:c but just for a bit, and 2) there’s really not a lot to say about music. Music good! Honorable mentions to Mother Mother’s O My Heart, which came out earlier but i discovered recently and loved, Pierce the Veil’s Collide with the Sky where listening to stuff like A Match Into Water has been less relevant (good thing!) and Moses Sumney’s Aromanticism which isn’t top fave music, but which i obvsly love and support

Video Games:

Stardew Valley (2016)

Such a charming farming game, and a great one to play if you just need to have a nice time watering crops, giving gifts, or fish. Also a good one to play while listening to podcasts, though the music and sound effects are nice. When i first got it I got sucked in and played all night, oops! I’ve got 422 hrs in this. Lots of mods out there, including a good gender neutrality one, and also just got a big update, and part of it was giving a platonic roommate option so im a v happy queer 

FTL: Faster Than Light (2012)

A spaceship roguelite, with real time with pause, where you must fight through sectors of space because you have the necessary knowledge to take down the rebel flagship. I’ve heard it described as like “surprisingly, a star trek simulator”, as you acquire alien crew and react to emergencies. A lot of fun, difficult at first, and i really want to get their second game, Into the Breach.

Pokémon Sun (2016)

Aside: Pokemon HeartGold was released in 2009? so my first game was almost in. Pokemon Sun is a lot of fun, and makes tons of quality life choices in particular. Like no HMs! and there was much rejoicing. First game I filled my pokedex in (helps that it was just the regional it tracked tho. And i filled my dex in heartgold but with an actionreplay helping out to make anything available). SOS battles are a great way to shiny hunt tho i wish there was a way to stop them (ik there’s status but it can wear off or not stick). I have like 400 hrs in? sometimes i leave it on, but im sure it’s all the breeding or slow battle tree while doing other stuff.

Undertale (2015)

This was under consideration for music too. The characters are really great and why it’s so high. I’ve never and could not mentally, emotionally, physically do an evil run. how dare you even suggest

Fallout: New Vegas (2010)

surprised this fits in. A long time fave, love exploring the irradiated Mojave, listening to oldies and HOLD UP turns out i Do know who tf wayne newton is (after justin was like this is where Duck’s name is from) bc he’s in this game? not as Mr Las Vegas, but Mr New Vegas, the DJ of the radio station. ok weird wiki times lol.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (2011)

remakes count, right? LoZ is really good and this is a good one! Nm to say?

Transistor (2014)

This game is really gorgeous, and the music is great. It’s a cool cyber future with a mute singer and a talking sword, fighting robots, and playing with a robot dog, what’s not to like? 

Terraria (2011)

A sandbox world that you can rearrange and craft stuff in, same genre as Minecraft, but with NPCs, much more boxes, probably more crafting and gear, and one less dimension. I’ve put 208hrs into this

Kerbal Space Program (2011, 2013, 2015)

So it got a beta release, then onto Steam Early Access, then out of beta in those years respectively. It’s a physics simulator of starting a space program and often failing in fun ways! Getting to space is hard! Landing somewhere from space is also very hard. Turns out it *is* rocket science. 176 hours and my best accomplishments are satellites all over the place and landing on kerbal’s /second/ moon. I landed a probe onto the mars equivalent too. V moddable game

Universal Paperclips (2017)

Browser game that looks like a very basically designed clicker game, where you play a productivity-maximized AI in a paperclip making machine, so you make all the paperclips you can. All Of Them. It’s a fun one