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I'm trying to accomplish stuff, but we'll see...

It might have some inconsistencies, by the way.

Jul.

Played/Beaten: DT/CNR

Watched: Nothing new (DT/CNR)

Listened:

SO MUCH STUFF!

  1. Rey - Los Bunkers
  2. Reina de Farolas - Ramper
  3. Por las Calles Vacias - Polanski, el Ardor
  4. Amor Difícil - Daniel Melero
  5. Charlie García's album "Parte de la Religion"
  6. Entre dos Aguas - Paco de Lucía
  7. No Mires a los Ojos de la Gente - Golpes Bajos
  8. The whole GoreGore's Discography -- certified "Papa-Chibé" artist :3
  9. Daniel Johnston's album "Hi How Are You" -- JFC!!!!!!

Side note: and a whole bunch of new breakcore stuff (highlights to Kaho Matsui's work, which is really really REALLY sophisticated)... but like, there's so much more I could list. This was definitely a musical month to its edges again, thank Garfield!

Read/ing: The Laughing Vampire, by Suehiro Maruo (finished); Welcome to N.H K., by Tatsuhiko Takimoto (started); Natsume's book of friends, by Yuki Midorikawa (had to put this one on hiatus, tho); Freax: the Brief History of the Computer Demoscene, by Tamás Polgár (started). There's more I could list, but CNR (oneshots).

New Stuff (cooking, places, tools): DT/CNR/WS

Jun.

Dropped tracking my habits, it was both pride month and the quadra junina in Brazil.

I've finished reading Middlesex and dropped Game Poems, tho.

May

(the everlasting month)

Played: Didn't even touch Stardew Valley coz the real wild was calling... (‾꒳‾ ) ฅ(• •マ.ᐟ

Beaten: (‾꒳‾ ')

Watched: As Mulheres Choradeiras (2001); Mami Wata (2023); A Hora da Estrela (1985) -- (all afk).

Listened (top 3):

  1. Nostalgia - Windows 96 (」°ﾛ°)｣ habemus new album!
  2. Hands Under Hot Water - Nice Knees (artist Bell Cenower's work is extremely underrated, if you're reading this please go support right now! -- also, idk why would anyone read this but yeah lol...)
  3. There's more to life than this (the version in the toilet) - Björk (lol, I love a woman)

Side note: this month was plenty of music and new findings, way more than the other months, but I'm still processing what really stays from everything I've been trying and retrying... :)

Read/ing: Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides (started); Sick of Spotify?, by Mayfrogs; Game Poems: videogame design as lyric practice, by Jordan Magnuso (started); RPZINEmaker: an RPGmaker zine, by Ophanimkei and many others!

New stuff:

Cooking: so far figured out that it's really hard to be continuously creative in the kitchen while you're trying to track your own cooking habits... I'm thinking about making my own physical cooking journal/recipe book just to stick with this with more commitment, also coz I feel like this is improving both my mental and body health (haven't really cooked as a mindfulness practice in my whole life, I've been learning stuff beyond recipes themselves and maybe for the first time ever -- since I have always neglected both my body and my mind, tbh)

Places: nothing really new, but I guess my time outside surpassed my screentime in a month for the first time since covid's peak, I'm considering all my activities and duties (not to point the finger on people who has to be on screen, that's just what's the best for me)

Webplaces: blu/angel gallery/portfolio (ig @blvvelvet), chart's translations - toby fox's interview with kikiyama, erat.org, the storefronts jamendo and bleep, let's learn together

Tools: BinEd on tablet (dang)

Apr.

Played: Stardew Valley, Rudra no Hihou (SNES), Pen Pals (RPG Maker/EasyRPG - Software), OFF (RPG Maker/EasyRPG - Software), nostAlgic (RPG Maker/Online Custom Web Player powered by EasyRPG and maintained by the Yume Nikki fangames community), Makai Toushi Saga (WonderSwan).

Beaten: Pen Pals (I guess?), nostAlgic. Was able to restore the Community Center in Stardew Valley past 130h of gameplay coz I'm bad at fishing/combat (~vibes).

Watched: An Introduction to Using Guattari in the Philosophy Metagame (2024).

Listened: Made a now private playlist called "animism" with some of the stuff I've been digging through the past 4 or 3 months and it was basically that...

Read/ing: Updated my manga readings (DT/CNR all).

New stuff:

Cooking: sunomono♡, some other br food recipes based on rice (arroz carreteiro, baião de dois) and some new candies based on native fruits, water and sugar only. Mostly simplified adaptations of stuff I've already cooked.

Places: DT/CNR

Webplaces: backloggd and some new boards I've been lurking for a while.

Tools: EasyRPG, KDE Kolour Paint (~vibes), Multimedia Dictionaries for Indigenous Languages, PrivateBin, Proboards, Termux.

Mar.

Played: Stardew Valley, Crucis Mortem (demo on Itch), Hamtaro Ham-Hams Unite (GBC), Hamtaro Ham-Ham Heartbreak (GBA), Shantae (GBC), Sirene (Arduboy), Incantation (SNES), Mitsume Ga Tooru (NES), Kyatto Ninden Teyandee (NES), Cho Makai Taisen! Dorabocchan (SNES), Jet Set Radio (GBA), Lunar Legend (GBA).

Beaten: Crucis Mortem, Hamtaros (GBA + GBC).

Watched: XXY (2007); Dancer In The Dark (2000); A Whole Night (1982); Je Tu Il Elle (1974); News From Home (1976); The Captive (2000); Super Mario Movie (2005); Naptime (2002); Super Mario Clouds (2002), I Shot Andy Warhol (2004); Tetris: The Movie (2002).

Listened (a lot, not a playlist):

  1. Parque Industrial - Tropicália feat. Os Mutantes
  2. The Anchor Song - Björk
  3. The Look - Metronomy
  4. Samba Makossa - Acústico MTV Charlie Brown Jr feat. Marcelo D2 (original de Chico Science)
  5. Não Uso Sapato - Acústico MTV Charlie Brown Jr
  6. O Salto - O Rappa (versão de estúdio)
  7. Bitterusso Champagne/Rodo Cotidiano - O Rappa (acústico Oficina Francisco Brennand)
  8. Jóga - Björk
  9. Tudo Foi Feito Pelo Sol - Os Mutantes
  10. One Day - Björk

Read/ing: Reverse Design: Super Mario World, by P. Holleman (done).

New stuff:

Cooking: DT/CNR

Places: -

Webplaces: bbs.permacomputing.net; yume.wiki; little thunder gallery/portfolio (ig @littlethunder)

Tools: back to moshidon!

Feb.

Played: Stardew Valley

Beaten: none

Watched: Problem Solvers (2008); Monster (2023, rewatched); Remixofagia: alegorias de uma revolução (2011); O Chamado do Cacique (2023).

Listened (top 3):

  1. Abracadabra - Lady Gaga
  2. Jungle - Chanpan
  3. I Hope You Are Well - Lionmilk (whole album)

Read/ing: Metagaming, by S. Boluk and P. LeMieux (done rereading); Reverse Design: Super Mario World, by P. Holleman.

New stuff:

Cooking: DT/CNR

Places: "As Cores da Lova Lova" (local art exhibition @ Casarão Fotoativa)

Webplaces: DT/CNR

Tools: switched logseq to obsidian; pinafore (tz fork)

Jan.

Played: Bahamut Lagoon (Tomato translation/SNES); Alien Hominid (GBA); PICO-8 Tangram; Stardew Valley (PC/GOG).

Beaten: none

Watched: Ainda Estou Aqui (2024); Peixe Vermelho (2009); Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973); Blue Velvet (1986, rewatched); Dune (1984, rewatched); O Menino e o Mundo (2013, rewatched); Always Amber (2020), Trilogia Cripta (2021).

Listened (top 3):

  1. Jungle - Chanpan
  2. Gods Garden - Dusqk
  3. Angel - Xen Garden

Read/ing: Metagaming, by S. Boluk and P. LeMieux (2017, rereading); Reverse Design: Super Mario World, by P. Holleman (2019, started).

New stuff:

Cooking: -

Places: -

Webplaces: talkhaus; starmen.net; cd-ROM journal; museum of screens; mobygames.com; mother4ever.net

Tools: kate editor (KDE ♡); pad.riseup.net; ImHex

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