Hello 👋🏾
Long time no post. It's because I've been busy as hell with a work trip and also ✨the depression✨. But if the horrors persist, then so do I!!! :)
So let's get to it. I have a lot to share, I hope you enjoy!
## Interesting Stuff
### This Haul from Japantown
I went for a work trip in San Francisco and hit up Japantown on my off time. It was as fun as usual and I partook in my favorite pastime: buying little doodads and knick-knacks.
![[Vol 32 - Tired But Pressing On-20241124144800909.png]]
I also had some unbelievable Szechuan Beef and Dumplings!
![[Vol 32 - Tired But Pressing On-20241124144839647.png]]
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### [Stirling PDF](https://www.stirlingpdf.com/)
Something to get you away from an Adobe product!
### [Rebecca Black's BoilerRoom DJ Set](https://www.1001tracklists.com/tracklist/1xyv0pqk/rebecca-black-boiler-room-washington-dc-2024-09-14.html)
It bangs heavy.
### [Pika Blog](https://pika.page/)
I like finding new, easy ways for people to blog. I don't like it as much as [[Digital Garden|digital gardening]] but my brain is broken, so I still search for alternatives. This is a nice, relatively cheap and simple way to blog. Blog! And then send me your blogs with the contact info at the bottom, I wanna start incorporating people's blog links like it's the late 90s again!
### [Deciphering the Fictional Language of Gravity Rush](https://medium.com/@angeldeluxe/deciphering-the-fictional-language-of-gravity-rush-2-9c4994e836d6)
Don't think I gotta explain why I'm dropping this one
## Planted Recently
### [[Random App Recomendations]]
As requested by a friend. Very, very brief, but maybe I'll build it out in the future.
### [[My Favorite Games - Top 10 - Part 1]]
Still need to do part 2, I'll get to it. But here's the first five!
### [[A Technical Review of the Nintendo Music App]]
Reviewed the Nintendo Music app as an actual app.
### [[Thoughts on Micro Blog]]
Wrote a bit about my feelings on Micro Blog, which I think is good software, but not for me.
### [[Tracking Time]]
Been doing time tracking lately, and wrote about why it's useful to me!
## Media Corner
### Games
Don't forget to check out my [Backloggery](https://backloggery.com/barquq/)! As of late, though, I'm playing:
- **Another Metroid 2 Remake**
- **Beastieball**. Holy fuck I love Beastieball.
- Final Fantasy VI. Maybe I'll finish it this time!
And I've finished:
- **Dragon Age: The Veilguard** - good!
- **Romancing SaGa 2**: Revenge of the Seven - one of the best JRPGs I've ever played in my life!
- **Metroid Zero Mission** - I didn't like it that much!
- **The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap** - It was pretty good but I didn't like the puzzle piece thing
- **Final Fantasy V** - probably the best FF game as far as mechanics goes!
- **Slitterhead** - loved it, hope Bokeh Studio sticks around!
- **Ys X** - one of the best Ys games I think, might even be better than VIII. Definitely mechanically at least.
Wow that's a lot of games actually. Dunno what got into me but I've been pretty consistent about starting a game and not playing anything else until I finish it, which is nice.
### TV/Film
Watched **Arcane** during my work trip. It was extremely good. I will not read anyone's opinions on it anymore.
### Music
Albums:
- **The Rogue Prince of Persia** - ASADI
- **Arcane League of Legends: Season 2 Soundtrack** - Various Artists
- **GNX** - Kendrick Lamar[^1]
- **Research + Development** - DV-i
## Status Update
Could be better but it's okay. :) Hoping to relax a bit this week and just let my brain wander without a schedule or need to be productive.
## Signing Off
I hope you're doing well and thank you for reading! Hit the ko-fi link below if you like and want to support this letter, and if you wanna hang out I'm on [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/barquq.bsky.social)!
https://ko-fi.com/barquq
[^1]: MUSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD