I’ve been on a cozy game kick for the last few weeks. I’m just done with hard games. It’s taken me quite a while to realize that I don’t really like ‘hard’ games for a variety of reasons. I play FromSoft games for the exploration, the exquisite level design, and for the lore. I suffer… Continue Reading
I have played several demos this year, and I’ve really enjoyed it. I have played a few meaty games, too–well, at least one–and by the time I was done with it,I was exhausted. There have been several soulslikes this year, and I have been very reluctant to play them. Not only because I don’t actually… Continue Reading
I have been taking a break from long, grueling, HARD games beacuse I’m just done with them right now. Instead, I’m playing a bunch of casual games and a few indie games to cleanse my palate. One thing I have always appreciated about casual games (and now indie games) is that they always/usually (respectively) have… Continue Reading
I have been doing my Taiji/Bagua routine every morning (well, early afternoon because I don’t get up in the morning), and I have slowly been adding to it in the last decade. It’s amusing to me that I couldn’t force myself to do five minutes of practice when I first started studying Taiji. For whatever… Continue Reading
I’ve been talking in the past several posts about my family, and here is something I rarely admit out loud. One of the reasons I get so frustrated when my mother goes down the negativity route is becuase it echoes the monkey chatter in my brain as well. I can ‘what if’ until the cows… Continue Reading
I’m back with one more post about family. Here is yesterday’s post in which I talked about how sad my father’s life is now. I feel a little bad for him, but at the same time, it’s the logical consequence of his previous behavior/attitude. It’s something I contemplate from time to time because my parents… Continue Reading
This is my last post on finding common ground within my family. Probably. Here is yesterday’s post explaining some of my family history. It’s necessary to at least know the basics before I dive into the latest chapter. My mother is having a really hard time dealing with my father’s dementia. This is not a… Continue Reading
In my third post about finding common ground within difficult relationships, I want to talk a bit more about why at this point, I’ll take whatever I can get. In the last post, I mused about it, but wasn’t really explicit about the reasons for my conclusion. Let’s start with a little backstory. Yes, I’ve… Continue Reading
In yesterday’s post, I was talking about a Taiwanese pop song that I really liked, but could not find online. It came up when I was on Zoom with my parents after my father sang several songs, one after the other. I did not want to interrupt him because he has so little that gives… Continue Reading
The last time I talked to my parents (before tonight), it was on Zoom the night before yesterday. It was mostly my mother and I talking because my father is not all there these days. His dementia is getting worse by the day, and it’s really sad to see. Side note: No matter how bad… Continue Reading