Hello hello! Lots to dig into (like a *lot*) so let's jump into it! ## Interesting Stuff ### [Retro Game Selector](https://go.madsoxgames.com/selector/) So you got a fancy new [[Vol 33 - What Do You Mean there are 33 of These#Retro Portable Catalog|Retro Gaming Handheld]] and now you wanna know what to play on it. This website can help! Pick your consoles and how many you wanna play and it'll randomly pull from a lot of high-quality titles. Worth a try if you're new to games from ~the olden days~. ### [I Love PDF](https://www.ilovepdf.com/) I love free PDF tools, in fact I think I've sent them before on this newsletter! So here's some more! ### [My Noise](https://mynoise.net/) Been obsessed with this site lately. Easiest $10 I've ever spent. It has an absolute boatload of sounds you can listen to, and adjust at will. Perfect for ambiance, focus, or just to relax! Rain in the City is my current favorite. ## Planted Recently God there's so much. I'll explain why at the bottom but this time I'm just gonna write a list! Feel free to check out whatever catches your eye. - [[The Joy of Hot Topic]] - [[2024 Reflections]] - [[Creative Resolutions for 2025]] - [[Gaming Resolutions for 2025]] - [[Personal Reflections for 2024]] - [[2025 Cafe Posts]] - [[2025 Games]] - [[Games I'm Looking Forward to in 2025]] - [[2025 Movies]] - [[2025 Books and Manga]] ## Media Corner ### Games Playing: - [[Arc Rise Fantasia]] - [[Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow]] - [[Final Fantasy XII]] ### TV/Film - [[Heretic]] ### Music - **DEEPER** - fox capture plan - **Thunder, Lightning, Strike** - The Go! Team - **SCIENCE FICTION TOUR 2024** - Hikaru Utada ## Status Update I'm gonna be gone for a while, probably a month at least. I'm sure you'll miss me! As for all the writing these past two weeks: I've upped my Focalin medication by 10mg, which up to a few weeks ago, is not something I knew I could do! 10mg was enough for me to be a semi-functioning human being, so 20mg is feeling pretty life-changing, based on these early results! If you struggle with focus, even for things you enjoy, I implore you to see about an ADHD diagnosis, it could change your life too! The other reason I've felt so fulfilled writing-wise is that I've changed up my system for writing in my garden and I'm pretty excited about the early results here too! Gives me even *more* room to be less formal and just get wild with it. Maybe I'll write about it if people are interested? ## Signing Off That's all from me! I hope you spend this next week to rest and relax, if you can! For me, I plan on catching up on some nanoblock sets, and maybe convering my dinky Surface laptop into a Linux machine! 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/taniyn.quest)! https://ko-fi.com/barquq