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Preparing to go into a Career //

Hey there, I am still trying to make this a daily thing even though I'm doing this at the last minute at around 10:30 pm, and I haven't written anything other than outline notes… Oh well!

If I have been slow on my projects, that's because I'm trying to apply to go into trade school. I need to prepare to take a test around March, so I am trying to put most of my time into it. I say "try" because I am having a bit of stress trying to put my mind to it. I get anxious when a test comes my way because I feel like I will fail. High school was an immense stress in my life when it came to learning stuff and taking tests —especially when you are compared to how your grades were— but blaming it will not help me move forward. I need to find a way out of that mindset. Basic solution: Take the prep course. Easy. Done. But everything is easier said than done... Anywho, I plan to get into the trade school to get some moolah rolling in and use all the dope cash to fund my projects in the future. Maybe I can use it to start my studio too… But that's future me's worries to deal with.

I hope everything is going well with everyone. I shoveled 8 - 10 inches of snow today, and I am beat! I might stay up a little bit to either work on my P2e campaign or watch some gobbies from Goblin of Io. I just watched the part where they performed a circus in a town at Dittberg (Dickberg), and it was hilarious!

Anyways, see you next time!

- Toothpick

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Procrastination Sucks //

Yeah, I haven’t been doing anything lately. I’ve been mostly watching this playlist: Goblins of Io and killing time by watching other videos. The motivation is hard to find, and the will reservoir is dry… I am trying to figure out what works for me. Scheduling myself to do stuff is complicated. I don’t have a solid solution other than to put any effort into the things you do, as much as you can, every day. I’m going to try and make this blog a sort of daily thing and see if I can make it into a habit that I enjoy.

Right now, I am focusing on one project, which is making a D&D game for my boys, with the backburners of the editing of Two Dudes Podcast episode #4 and a short story (3-ish pages) with the temporary name of The Fog Man. I am also going to update the website here and there too.

Other than that, I will update you on most things in my life. FYI, I am a roller coaster of emotions.

- Toothpick

P.S. I caught up with my pops on Attack on Titan, and we are watching it together and being hyped every time.

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Catching up with my Dad on an Anime Show //

Ever since I was little, I have watched shows, movies, and cartoons with my family, especially with my pops. We would watch most shows that didn't cater to my mother's or sister's appetite. We made it an unspoken tradition to nerd about the next upcoming show and watched it together. However, recently there has been some betrayal of that rule, and I am not excluded. Our family is in ruins because of how much we watch without each other, and our disinterest in watching media together soon dwindled. But that ends here, today. I am binge watching an old classic anime that you may know as Attack on Titan. First off, I would like to say revisiting this anime has been great because I was like 12 when I first watched it, and now as a 21 (almost 22) year-old guy, I really enjoy it more. My old man recently purchased a subscription to Crunchy Roll (because we started watching Blue Lock together and such but that doesn't matter in this story), and has a hunger for more consumption of anime. He saw his chance to watch Attack on Titan and binge watched the show without me knowing. By the time he told me, he was already 30 episodes in. I didn't want to be left behind in the enjoyment of new experiences from both of our eyes. I want the glory days of us goofballs nerding out to some anime dude doing some cool stuff right in front of us for the first time. I want to watch this crap with somebody! So as of today and the next, I am pulling an all-nighter to catch up and watch anime with my daddy! Plus, this is definitely an excuse for not writing for today and tomorrow.

Thanks for reading my first post on my website.

See you later in the next post!

- Toothpick