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Horrible Things I Do - Could this be a revival?!

By sparklykiss April 27, 2014 4 Comments

Whoa, does anyone remember this banner? Anyways, I figured I'd get back into the business of writing. And should probably change my avatar back to kawaii apples? I dunno.

For those who are curious, a few years ago I had a blog that focused on the games I was playing, the embarrassing things I would do to myself, and the good/cool things that had been happening in my life. It was a weird little blog of mine and it had segments and structure and that is just something that I hardly ever do. Definitely out of character for me! So I figured I'd bring it back and give it a tagline like an end-of-episode anime title preview. Isn't that thrilling?!

Dating Sims for iOS

Oh gosh. So... about a month or two ago I download every single free app from the iOS store that could be labeled as a dating sim. I was mucking around with titles like "[Office Lover] dating sim for girls" and "Love Academy - Target:HAKU". And they were totally awful! I think I had only tried to play 24 of the god-knows-how-many titles I had downloaded.

It was pretty darn annoying even opening these games because the app would always redirect to a website and then it would struggle to find your information so that you could even get to the main menu. They all had that super bullshit free-to-play format where I had to earn energy to have the potential romance options even talk to me. The games usually all featured 3 prominent men with a path for you to select and the more popular characters had side quests and story arcs that you could buy. There was also the doll making aspect (which had some inferior art) where you had to put on a particular outfit to have your crush give you *very slightly altered* conversation topics and responses. It'd be something along the lines of taking a slightly suggestive line of text to being a slightly suggestive line of text but this time he winks or flicks his hair back and, ugh, were those just terrible.

Even more alarming was that I had selected all of the guys who were introduced as the kind-hearted and gentle softies with a heart of gold and they had the most direct/forward dialog that was so insanely creepy. It was like simulating a conversation with a dude from the many Nice Guys of OK Cupid blogs that have popped up in recent years. I have never aborted a little side project so quickly.

I guess it was also pretty awful that one of these starts out with you being sold as a servant/slave at an auction. I should not be allowed to have this smart phone anymore.

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Actual Depression and Other Real-Life Related Anxieties

If you'd rather not read me go on about things that are bothering me personally, I would recommend skipping this part. Sometimes a person just needs to vent a bit, y'know?

Right after an incredibly awesome week of road tripping/PAX East, my first day back at work ended with me being terminated. Not sure if you knew this, but traveling is kind of expensive and it really took the wind from my sails to get back to such terribly shitty news. Up until about now, I was totally okay with the fact that I had lost my job because I had such a great time and didn't let anything bring me down. But now that 2 weeks have passed, the realization has sunken in and it's made my focus on school supremely difficult. I only have 5 total class sessions left but I'd rather throw in the towel at this point. It's frustrating because I have a lot of grand plans that I've prepped for and this setback was not something I had even stopped to consider. It's gross!

I'm not in a really good head space and it's something that has been going on for me for much longer than the time frame I mentioned above. I can't exactly pinpoint when I started feeling this way, but I feel like it's been pretty obvious in the way I carry myself lately. I'm pretty darn appreciative of the good days I've had, but being unemployed again has given me a lot of free time that I don't know how to use in a positive way. I keep thinking back to all of the things I should have done so that maybe I wouldn't be in this position where I so desperately need another shitty minimum wage job to make ends meet and give me something to do so that I'm not by myself so often. It sucks and I wish I knew how to articulate all of these frustrations I've been having, but I can't. :/

Hm, hopefully this isn't awkward as we zip on over to...

Now that I've got the time for it, I've... Not really played very many games to be perfectly honest! I've mostly been playing:

Animal Crossing: New Leaf

I mean, c'mon, look at this handsome fella.

My mayor and her town flag.

This is the only game I've really played with any regularity. I haven't had much, I dunno, drive(?) to commit to anything else or want to play something new. I don't know where I'd be without the ability to time travel and spend time with Keaton. He's a smug villager who wants to go to dance clubs that play anime tunes. I find this to be incredibly endearing and he always sends the kindest letters right when I need them. ...I am getting far too sentimental about this eagle. It's eerie, it's like the game knows when I've had a rough day because I'll get these in-game letters of encouragement and it's always surprisingly uplifting.

Sometimes, though, it's kinda tough to play ACNL because I've had this as my town flag since day one. I made it a habit to actively avoid town hall and the train station for a little bit there.

But now I find it really comforting and a lot of super good memories are triggered by just hanging out with Isabelle. Something about this game is just therapeutic for me and it's been really good at distracting me from the nonsense I've been going through lately. It's pretty rad!

Just as long as Keaton never moves away.

Man, these banners are hitting me with waves of nostalgia. At least nostalgia isn't sticky like Dr. Pepper is.

Summer Break

It's not here just yet, but that doesn't stop me from being excited for what should be a pretty good summer. It's cool to see that Indianapolis (guess I should mention that's where I reside. Southside represent?) is growing and that growth includes lots of really nifty gaming and comic conventions. I like this popularity growth in nerd/geek culture and I take a lot of pride in knowing that my city hosts such things like GenCon, Indy PopCon, and the like. There are going to be a lot of events during this summer that I'm looking forward to and lucky for me, I've already paid for about 85% of what I need to, unemployment be damned!

Having a break, and the slight anticipation for it, is always a bit refreshing. Here's to hoping everything is super awesome and that I continue to post these with more frequency than every 3 years!

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