Summer ‘22, Day 68

I’m victorious today. I submitted an absolute bop of a paper and I feel amazing. I don’t care what grade it gets; I know it’s good.

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Summer ‘22, Day 67

I can’t believe I’ve never posted about M83’s album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. It’s a masterpiece; literally so good.

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Summer ’22, Day 66

Step By
Devastation. Loss. Grief.
Every day I walk past them in the sunlit hallway
Every day their eyes trace my path as I pass by

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Summer ‘22, Day 65

I’m rewatching “Your Lie in April” and all the music is so fire. It really vibes, especially the second time around. Also, this time I understand the humor from the get-go and I already know the characters. PS: I also played Mario Party with some friends today and I had a great time 😄 Edit…

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Summer ’22, Day 64

Continued from yesterday: I think I know the source of my emptiness. I’ve been programming and making games off and on for about 10 years. In that time, I’ve known no one with similar interests. I have friends (you all are the best!), but I still feel alone. All I know is doing things by…

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Summer ’22, Day 63

You know what’s weird? This is déjà vu. I’ve sat here before, typed this out and decided to post something else. Only this time I’m not going to post something else. Here it is: I’ve recently noticed that winning doesn’t feel good, it just feels like a relief. Is that bad? Like getting good grades,…

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Summer ’22, Day 62

Today I discovered that I have access to the Adobe Substance apps with my student account! I’ve been wanting to try them since forever and now I finally can! I’ve seen so much cool stuff with Substance Designer; it’s like Blender’s procedural materials, but more advanced.

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Summer ’22, Day 61

So I’m playing around in Godot and building 3D scenes is magical! I can make whatever I want in Blender and then import it into Godot. I’ve never really made a 3D game before, at least not like this, and it’s so cool to be able to just add stuff to the game.

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Summer ’22, Day 60

Some random things I keep thinking about: Before Your Eyes: I haven’t played it yet, but a year ago I watched a playthrough and I’ve been thinking about it off and on ever since. I need to play it. How to 3D model a Lego minifigure leg: it’s deceptively difficult using just quads. The incomplete…

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Summer ‘22, Day 59

Ugh, I’ve been so busy the last week. I haven’t made games in so long, but I’m getting some great ideas for a new game.

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Summer ’22, Day 58

Today I found this really cool article about virtual theatre in VRChat: uploadvr.com/vrchat-acting-vr-theatre. I would so totally make things for VR, but I don’t have a headset. I’m especially interested in making tools to create worlds inside VR, not just for VR, kind of like how some multi-user dungeons (MUDs) allow you to build within…

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Summer ’22, Day 57

I feel like Hamilton doing all this writing for class. I’ve written 750 words since yesterday and the forecast is looking the same for the next month or so.

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Summer ’22, Day 56

So I recently got a 003 Micron pen and I absolutely love it. It’s the thinnest version available and the line it produces is gloriously thin. I’m using it to take notes and I can finally get perfectly tiny a’s and o’s without them turning into little blobs. I was previously using a 01 Micron…

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Summer ‘22, Day 55

Words are cool, right? They’re like little sculptures and combining them results in a unique shape. English words are very rigid, small, and sharp. Toki Pona words tend to be more round and nebulous. The shapes of words are the space surrounding the scene they paint. I feel like a lot of English poetry revolves…

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Summer ‘22, Day 54

I’m reading Sleep Revolution by Arianna Huffington and it’s fascinating. I periodically go on sleep research crusades instead of actually getting more sleep, but now I’m absolutely determined to not board the college sleep deprivation train.

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Summer ’22, Day 53

Term 2 is starting! I’m going to write lots of papers and it’s going to be so much fun! PS: Hmm, the apostrophes in the titles of these posts are inconsistent.

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Summer ‘22, Day 52

So I was playing Wordle and I found another cool word: elding. It’s from Old Norse, meaning fuel or firewood. It sounds so cool and I love how it still counts as a word in Wordle (technically “eldin”).

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Summer ‘22, Day 51

Today I started watching Death Note. It has such a vibe going, even in the first few minutes. I also like how the story takes off with no time wasted.

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