Wow it is going to be hard to keep finding things to talk about in these LOL. I don't do like, anything. Making this website is the first meaningful thing I have done in so long, so I don't really have much else going on right now. Both of the other things I have in the works right now are collaboritive in nature, so I am hesitant to reveal too much about either at risk of spoiling things my friends would rather be kept a surprise. Maybe I can talk about something when either project is closer to releasing, but as for right now, I don't have much to share.
I do not tend to leave my house. I stay home as often as I can, opting to avoid family gatherings, going to stores, or even just going outside. I also have an immense problem with bugs. I hate bugs more than basically anything in the world and it has been a very massive obstacle for me for most of my life. I am so thrilled that winter is basically upon me, so that maybe I will be able to go outside, even a little. I don't particularly like going outside anyway, but the fear of bugs makes it much worse to even step out my front door during most of the year. I feel so bad when friends ask me to go places, like even just visit their home, and they even offer to pick me up, and I have to say no despite really wishing I could go. People have been so kind and understanding and I just have never made any progress toward recovery. I can still have friends come over though, so all of my in person interaction relies on my friends being both free and willing to drive to my house. I also have not driven a vehicle in many years. I got my license at the normal age in high school, but ended up using it for less than a year and never got my final license at 18. I am basically a Boo Radley type individual. My mom talks about me to neighbors and stuff and we often joke that they probably don't believe I even exist and that she is just making me up LOL. I have felt the profound isolatory effects of covid-19 to a degree I expect is much more intense than most people, to the point that I have still yet to recover. I see other people that don't live in my house less than once every 3 months, if that even. Sorry if this section is oversharing, but it such a massive aspect of my life these days that it truly does not seem feasible not to mention. Hopefully I don't have to talk about it often, as the situation basically never changes.
Lighter note
On a lighter note, I have been eating gogurts again for the first time in years. They are incredibly nostalgic for me and just still good. I went to super smash con 2019 with a friend of mine and we were entered in the melee singles bracket, and she was insitent that we eat breakfast before competing, saying we would play better on a full stomach. We went to mcdonalds and I got a gogurt and a small dr pepper no ice. That was a very fun tournament, and the biggest distance I had ever travelled. It was super scary being so far away from home, but having a close friend that I trust there with me made it a lot easier. Plus I was still basically a regular person at that point, pre 2020. I have not attended a tournament of that scale since, and likely never will, but that was a great experience.
Media
Infinity Nikki just came out and it looks really good. Unfortunately, I will not be able to play it, as I do not have a platform it can run on. I have had my Samsung Galaxy s7 since high school and it is too old to run new mobile games. I am typing this on a macbook m1 air that a friend of mine was able to get me from his I.T. job, since my laptop I did all my gaming on broke over a year ago now. For a while, I was making due with a windows 8.1 desktop that does not even have a graphics card. So now I have something a great deal more powerful, but a lot of games do not support mac, like infinity nikki. The game looks absolutely gorgeous though and as a former genshin impact player, this looks absolutely lovely. If you have a device that supports it, check it out and see if the game looks like something you'd like. It is free, by the way. Other upcoming media I am excited for is Jabroni Mike (a twitch streamer)'s game show is having a new episode on Saturday. The contestants are Vinny Vinesauce, Hackerling, and Limealicious, so the episode is certainly going to be an entertaining one. The show has been rather remarkably consistent in how good the episodes have been with such varied and lively contestants. Other than that though, there is not really a lot of upcoming media I am excited for. There are not really any sick games on the horizon. Mario and Luigi Brothersip was excellent, but that was my last title I was looking forward to. I love 2D metroid games but an not a fan of the prime games, so I am not going to be playing prime 4. I have already played Xenoblade X so I will not play the remaster. Nintendo has basically nothing right now, in the awkward lull as we transition to the switch 2. Hopefully the game awards have even a single announcement that is engaging and exciting. I am not especially excited for the new monster hunter game, as I will not have a platform to play it on most likely. I hate spending money so even if it was reasonable to get a new pc or console, I really can't justify it with how competent this mac is largely.
I think that's all I have for you for today.
-Jake Spondulio
