Today's Random Thoughts are...
Apr. 13th, 2026 02:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
witchpoetdreamerI've been reading so much more than I've been in... well, a long time actually (you've probably noticed some of that haha). Something about life right now just brought me exactly where I've wanted to be for many years now, the perfect crossroad between writing, reading, and doing other things that I enjoy. It feels like I've regained so much more time than I used to allow myself. Yes, I will thank DW for that once more, it's been that life changing for me! I still spend a lot of time in front of a screen (due to writing and gaming mostly) but it doesn't feel like it's taking away from me anymore, it's just part of my life. I don't look up at the end of the day, feeling defeated that I spent so much of it online. I look up and don't even think about it at all, it's a fully neutral feeling. Well, the being in front of a screen part, what I do on said screen is leaving me feeling accomplished and happy at the time that I've spent there.
Lately, Wife and I have returned to Legend of Zelda and we've completed Oracles of Ages and are now almost halfway through Oracles of Seasons (if not halfway, close to that). Thanks to brother-in-law's account, we have access to Nintendo's old video games on the Switch, and while I've enjoyed playing the occasional Super Mario 64 on it, discovering the old Zeldas have been a real pleasure. Wife got me started on Ocarina of Time first, a year or so ago, then we played Majora's Mask, and dived into Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kindgom right after. There's also been Echoes of Wisdom, A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening and Wind Waker afterwards. Story-wise, Wind Waker is my favourite, but I've preferred the sandbox of BotW and TotK, and struggled through Ocarina and Majora's Mask. With Oracles though, it's the first time that I really appreciate the games' older mechanic. It's also the first Zelda game that I've been fully holding the controller (well, Seasons, Wife played more of Ages). Because of that, I've been wanting to return to Ocarina of Time and experience it myself the way Wife has enjoyed it before, because on our first playthrough, Wife was the one playing while I watched the story unfold for the most part (she held the controller more often than not, especially when facing enemies). But now that she's been the one watching, she thinks it's really funny and cute the way I would walk into a room, see all the enemies, say "nope" and immediately leave. That or panicking my way through jumps and foes and end up dying because I can't for the life of me do it properly XD. I still suck at playing video games, but I'm getting better at enjoying the parts where I suck, which is a win for me! (I might make a full post one day just about LoZ)
I ordered a few more water brushes from Amazon, as well as pencil extenders. I've been wanting extra water brushes for a while, especially as the weather is getting better and I want to experience watercolour in plein air. I've never tried before, and I'm sure I'll feel somewhat self-conscious about it at first, but I'm looking forward to try it. I'll be sure to post the results, even if they're not great, just as a snap-shot of where my skills are currently. As for the pencil extenders, I've been needing them for much longer than I care to admit. I've been saving my tiny coloured pencils in a ziplock bag until I got them. Not that the size stopped me from using them, but it certainly will be more comfortable once the pencil extenders are here. I wish I had taken a picture of the smallest pencil nub I've got, it must have been as long as my index finger's tip to first knuckle (or is it third knuckle? the one closest to the nail XD). And I got really short fingers XD. I got rid of that pencil once I couldn't sharpen it anymore due to its size almost fitting fully in the barrel of the sharpener.
Other than that, life is pretty much just chill. Well, outside anything *waves at the world*. Most of my days are spent the same way at home, with chores to do and errands to make. Nothing grandiose happening. May it stay that way. An uneventful life is a good life. I stand by that.
May your life be uneventful as well!
Lately, Wife and I have returned to Legend of Zelda and we've completed Oracles of Ages and are now almost halfway through Oracles of Seasons (if not halfway, close to that). Thanks to brother-in-law's account, we have access to Nintendo's old video games on the Switch, and while I've enjoyed playing the occasional Super Mario 64 on it, discovering the old Zeldas have been a real pleasure. Wife got me started on Ocarina of Time first, a year or so ago, then we played Majora's Mask, and dived into Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kindgom right after. There's also been Echoes of Wisdom, A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening and Wind Waker afterwards. Story-wise, Wind Waker is my favourite, but I've preferred the sandbox of BotW and TotK, and struggled through Ocarina and Majora's Mask. With Oracles though, it's the first time that I really appreciate the games' older mechanic. It's also the first Zelda game that I've been fully holding the controller (well, Seasons, Wife played more of Ages). Because of that, I've been wanting to return to Ocarina of Time and experience it myself the way Wife has enjoyed it before, because on our first playthrough, Wife was the one playing while I watched the story unfold for the most part (she held the controller more often than not, especially when facing enemies). But now that she's been the one watching, she thinks it's really funny and cute the way I would walk into a room, see all the enemies, say "nope" and immediately leave. That or panicking my way through jumps and foes and end up dying because I can't for the life of me do it properly XD. I still suck at playing video games, but I'm getting better at enjoying the parts where I suck, which is a win for me! (I might make a full post one day just about LoZ)
I ordered a few more water brushes from Amazon, as well as pencil extenders. I've been wanting extra water brushes for a while, especially as the weather is getting better and I want to experience watercolour in plein air. I've never tried before, and I'm sure I'll feel somewhat self-conscious about it at first, but I'm looking forward to try it. I'll be sure to post the results, even if they're not great, just as a snap-shot of where my skills are currently. As for the pencil extenders, I've been needing them for much longer than I care to admit. I've been saving my tiny coloured pencils in a ziplock bag until I got them. Not that the size stopped me from using them, but it certainly will be more comfortable once the pencil extenders are here. I wish I had taken a picture of the smallest pencil nub I've got, it must have been as long as my index finger's tip to first knuckle (or is it third knuckle? the one closest to the nail XD). And I got really short fingers XD. I got rid of that pencil once I couldn't sharpen it anymore due to its size almost fitting fully in the barrel of the sharpener.
Other than that, life is pretty much just chill. Well, outside anything *waves at the world*. Most of my days are spent the same way at home, with chores to do and errands to make. Nothing grandiose happening. May it stay that way. An uneventful life is a good life. I stand by that.
May your life be uneventful as well!
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Date: 2026-04-13 08:49 pm (UTC)I'm glad you're finding Dreamwidth so healing, I find it the same. I now only go on social media once a month to queue up posts for the spinners and weavers group I help promote. And for a minute or two when my partner sends me a reel. But even when I do that it feels... gross.
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Date: 2026-04-13 09:04 pm (UTC)DW is definitely the best place to be :)
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Date: 2026-04-15 03:28 am (UTC)My partner and I do the same! He finds tidbits and videos for me and we cuddle and watch them together. I much prefer this to the endless doomscroll when I had those apps on my own phone.
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Date: 2026-04-15 03:27 am (UTC)Trying to play Ocarina of Time felt almost painful to me after over 20 years since beating the game. I used to love it so much. I never did finish Majora's Mask. I play though the original NES Zelda occasionally. I never did try Wind Waker or any of the GameBoy, GBA or 3DS versions.
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