At Least 2022 Had Elden Ring

It’s only the middle of November, but I’m going to call it: 2022 sucked. Content warning for serious life talk.

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This is all very negative, but I think it’s worth acknowledging that this is where my life is right now. Hopefully next year will be better. I mean, it has to be. Something has to change, and I need to figure out how to make that happen.

ETA: This post comes off as way more depressed than I actually feel, so let me add something good to balance it out: It's quite nice to live in a world where laptop hard drives just keep getting bigger every year, which means that I will never have to delete any of the Final Fantasy VI fan art I downloaded from DeviantArt in 2006. Personal relationships may come and go, but those jpegs are forever.

2022 Writing Log 39

- I formatted the zine for my “Japanese Ghost Stories” zine and sent it to the printer. This zine ended up becoming an actual perfect-bound book. I’m really proud of the work the students did, and I’m proud of the work I did as well.

I know this is just one item on a weekly list, but I put a ton of love and care into the project. So here’s more celebration: Heck yes! I made an actual book! A beautiful book that I’m going to be able to hold in my hands and share with people! And I did everything in a week! That’s amazing!! Also…

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