Well.. that plan failed
I made myself a brain-note (because I had no paper to write on) that I needed to get back in the habit of posting on a regular basis, whether I have anything to say or not.....
And it's now the SIXTH.
While I sit here and freeze, on my last day of semi-relief (Dipshit No 01 comes back from Montana, tomorrow), I bring you a short list of things I want to try and accomplish in 2021:
+ PLAY MORE GAMES
-- try Minecraft
-- all the Dragon Age titles are on sale and what little gameplay I've seen - not to mention that voice cast - I might be able to figure it out. Granted, choose your own adventure books were never a thing I was good at.. so there's that...
-- I bought all the expansions for American Truck Simulator, last year, as well as an actual steering wheel controller-setup, and have yet to even touch it. Wyoming is the next expansion, and of course I'm gonna get that. So, y'know... maybe I should actually use that $600 computer I also bought, last year, and has been turned on exactly TWICE.
-- I have some other games I bought in 2020, as well, that deserve some more actual trying. Terraria, for one
-- I got
bizarra hooked on Phasmaphobia, and part of her Christmas present was a gift card, so she could buy it. But, since it's easier with more people, I need to grab it for myself, as well.
Which also means I either need to buy an proper microphone, or figure out why Discord won't recognize my fancy Razer headphones. I mean.. I had half a thought, last year, of streaming gameplay, but then realized I have no ~presence~ and no one would watch me playing games. Also I have no ability to confirm an exact streaming schedule, so...
+ LISTEN TO MORE MUSIC
-- in other words, continue the project of a few years back.
-- just give up and delete 90% of the music library because I really don't care, anymore.
-- because so many artists are getting into collaborations, I feel like I should give the other artists half a chance -- WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES ARIANA GRANDE AND JUSTIN BEIBER SO $*)$$ POPULAR??? -- even the ones I really can't stand. But, why make myself sit through all of Jason Aldean's catalog when I just don't like him as a person? The songs may be great; he may have a great voice; it's the Kobe situation all over again....
-- I still want to try the violin. I just can't shake that one. But I wager a small Casio keyboard would make less noise and I could pretend like I could learn piano? 'cause SURE. WHY NOT???
+ FOCUS ON HOBBIES
-- the quilting rabbit hole is currently taking over my bedroom. I need to practice more, though, because the "easy" project I made for my cousin ended in a semi-disaster. Mom insisted on fixing it herself, which twigged my OCD, because I had no control over her sewing. But my cousin didn't seem to care and I made her cry... which wasn't the intention.. but it was a happy cry, at least.
-- I need to get rid of more yarn. I can barely get into my closet, thanks to the Rubbermaids of yarn. ((I had intentions for about six BIG projects and then 2020 happened, etc etc)) SIDEBAR: I worked on a few crochet squares over the NYE holiday and ended up tracking 8.8 miles on the Apple Watch LMAO.
-- I want to try a temperature blanket, but the idea I had may not work with the yarn colors available to me here in Florida... Alas
-- I still have 90% of fandom life to rebuild on LJ (and then to DW), thanks to PhotoBucket. Uploads and such; folders on the computer that need to be reorganized. Let's not even talk about the tagging mess HERE. o.O
--+-- I should also actively try to start uploading to Ao3, I guess. It was going to be my quarantine project, when I had
bizarra around to check me... but then I never got to quarantine :\
-- For the love of Wyatt Cain, I want to get back into writing. Fanfic, RP stuff, OCs.. ANYTHING
-- TV stuff, which isn't technically a hobby, I know.. but so many series we started in 2020 and then just didn't finish. All will pretty much have to be started over, but top of the list is:
Golden Girls
Star Trek TNG -- this one's still fresh enough I think we can just jump right back in
Star Trek Voyager
Star Trek TOS
Babylon 5
I also have some series I want to start, but they're further down the line. If I'm going to watch Cobra Kai, I need to rewatch both movies, first, because it's been like... 30 years??
+ HEALTH
-- I spent most of 2020 in misery. Long story short, No02 is not something I've had a lot of success with since the night of my 40th birthday. Colonoscopy found nothing, so why I still have trouble is a mystery. Knowing I can't exactly clear anything out has also affected what I ate, most of 2020, which wasn't much.
-- I need to have a regular old ~exam~ as well, but I hate those with every fiber of my being, because I've never had one person listen to me and my problems. The gal I found for last year's issues, though, seems promising. But I still have to make the actual appointment. I'd rather just have the $&*@)%$) hysterectomy I begged for at 15, but my life was never in danger and "of course you'll want to have kids". News flash: I didn't. And 25 years of constant pain has been just a $(@ JOY.
--+-- the migraines are getting SO. MUCH. WORSE. And they're clearly timed to once a month. Which.. honestly, I'd rather have the regular cramping back. Double, in fact.
-- Since I can't just ~go~ to Disney and wander, I'm in a bit of a walking pickle. Even more because I signed up for a 500-mile virtual race. Mom finally admitted that she hasn't used her treadmill in a few years, and isn't going to -- I tried to get it from her before they moved, but she insisted she used it -- so I need to make some space in the dining room-area and they're going to bring it down. That should help, because I can turn on some music and just walk five miles every couple days and generally just feel like I'm doing something toward my health
--
bizarra decided she wants to start eating healthier, which is cool... but I should probably have a regular eating schedule, to start; not to mention actively trying to help her out with this task. But that's just a bit too much to think about, right now. LOL
-- I need to get a new desk chair, at home, which technically also relates to both gaming and crafting.. so I should really move that to the TOP of my list and not spend a couple gift cards on games and Warcraft books...... even if the one is a COOKBOOK.
And, on that note, now I just really want a taco instead of my salad and that seems like a good place to stop because I've spent over an hour on this and not actually working.
OH! I did also invest in A PLANNER (two, actually), which has never done me well in the past, but I really need some organization in the cluster that is clearly my mid-life crisis breakdown, and I figure if it's judging me, I may just make some progress XD
Anyway.. longer story short: HAPPY NEW YEAR
I wish you all the best for 2021 and far less stress and turmoil that 2020 brought you. ♥
PS: FLORIDA. Didn't you celebrate winter last week? WTF???
EDIT: OMG I forgot to book-reading bullet list. I also have A LOT of books to read and want to read more than the two of 2020 the last two I read were both in 2018
(crossposted from DW ; comment here or there, as I'm here far more than there :) )
And it's now the SIXTH.
While I sit here and freeze, on my last day of semi-relief (Dipshit No 01 comes back from Montana, tomorrow), I bring you a short list of things I want to try and accomplish in 2021:
+ PLAY MORE GAMES
-- try Minecraft
-- all the Dragon Age titles are on sale and what little gameplay I've seen - not to mention that voice cast - I might be able to figure it out. Granted, choose your own adventure books were never a thing I was good at.. so there's that...
-- I bought all the expansions for American Truck Simulator, last year, as well as an actual steering wheel controller-setup, and have yet to even touch it. Wyoming is the next expansion, and of course I'm gonna get that. So, y'know... maybe I should actually use that $600 computer I also bought, last year, and has been turned on exactly TWICE.
-- I have some other games I bought in 2020, as well, that deserve some more actual trying. Terraria, for one
-- I got
bizarra hooked on Phasmaphobia, and part of her Christmas present was a gift card, so she could buy it. But, since it's easier with more people, I need to grab it for myself, as well.
Which also means I either need to buy an proper microphone, or figure out why Discord won't recognize my fancy Razer headphones. I mean.. I had half a thought, last year, of streaming gameplay, but then realized I have no ~presence~ and no one would watch me playing games. Also I have no ability to confirm an exact streaming schedule, so...
+ LISTEN TO MORE MUSIC
-- in other words, continue the project of a few years back.
-- just give up and delete 90% of the music library because I really don't care, anymore.
-- because so many artists are getting into collaborations, I feel like I should give the other artists half a chance -- WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES ARIANA GRANDE AND JUSTIN BEIBER SO $*)$$ POPULAR??? -- even the ones I really can't stand. But, why make myself sit through all of Jason Aldean's catalog when I just don't like him as a person? The songs may be great; he may have a great voice; it's the Kobe situation all over again....
-- I still want to try the violin. I just can't shake that one. But I wager a small Casio keyboard would make less noise and I could pretend like I could learn piano? 'cause SURE. WHY NOT???
+ FOCUS ON HOBBIES
-- the quilting rabbit hole is currently taking over my bedroom. I need to practice more, though, because the "easy" project I made for my cousin ended in a semi-disaster. Mom insisted on fixing it herself, which twigged my OCD, because I had no control over her sewing. But my cousin didn't seem to care and I made her cry... which wasn't the intention.. but it was a happy cry, at least.
-- I need to get rid of more yarn. I can barely get into my closet, thanks to the Rubbermaids of yarn. ((I had intentions for about six BIG projects and then 2020 happened, etc etc)) SIDEBAR: I worked on a few crochet squares over the NYE holiday and ended up tracking 8.8 miles on the Apple Watch LMAO.
-- I want to try a temperature blanket, but the idea I had may not work with the yarn colors available to me here in Florida... Alas
-- I still have 90% of fandom life to rebuild on LJ (and then to DW), thanks to PhotoBucket. Uploads and such; folders on the computer that need to be reorganized. Let's not even talk about the tagging mess HERE. o.O
--+-- I should also actively try to start uploading to Ao3, I guess. It was going to be my quarantine project, when I had
bizarra around to check me... but then I never got to quarantine :\
-- For the love of Wyatt Cain, I want to get back into writing. Fanfic, RP stuff, OCs.. ANYTHING
-- TV stuff, which isn't technically a hobby, I know.. but so many series we started in 2020 and then just didn't finish. All will pretty much have to be started over, but top of the list is:
Golden Girls
Star Trek TNG -- this one's still fresh enough I think we can just jump right back in
Star Trek Voyager
Star Trek TOS
Babylon 5
I also have some series I want to start, but they're further down the line. If I'm going to watch Cobra Kai, I need to rewatch both movies, first, because it's been like... 30 years??
+ HEALTH
-- I spent most of 2020 in misery. Long story short, No02 is not something I've had a lot of success with since the night of my 40th birthday. Colonoscopy found nothing, so why I still have trouble is a mystery. Knowing I can't exactly clear anything out has also affected what I ate, most of 2020, which wasn't much.
-- I need to have a regular old ~exam~ as well, but I hate those with every fiber of my being, because I've never had one person listen to me and my problems. The gal I found for last year's issues, though, seems promising. But I still have to make the actual appointment. I'd rather just have the $&*@)%$) hysterectomy I begged for at 15, but my life was never in danger and "of course you'll want to have kids". News flash: I didn't. And 25 years of constant pain has been just a $(@ JOY.
--+-- the migraines are getting SO. MUCH. WORSE. And they're clearly timed to once a month. Which.. honestly, I'd rather have the regular cramping back. Double, in fact.
-- Since I can't just ~go~ to Disney and wander, I'm in a bit of a walking pickle. Even more because I signed up for a 500-mile virtual race. Mom finally admitted that she hasn't used her treadmill in a few years, and isn't going to -- I tried to get it from her before they moved, but she insisted she used it -- so I need to make some space in the dining room-area and they're going to bring it down. That should help, because I can turn on some music and just walk five miles every couple days and generally just feel like I'm doing something toward my health
--
bizarra decided she wants to start eating healthier, which is cool... but I should probably have a regular eating schedule, to start; not to mention actively trying to help her out with this task. But that's just a bit too much to think about, right now. LOL
-- I need to get a new desk chair, at home, which technically also relates to both gaming and crafting.. so I should really move that to the TOP of my list and not spend a couple gift cards on games and Warcraft books...... even if the one is a COOKBOOK.
And, on that note, now I just really want a taco instead of my salad and that seems like a good place to stop because I've spent over an hour on this and not actually working.
OH! I did also invest in A PLANNER (two, actually), which has never done me well in the past, but I really need some organization in the cluster that is clearly my mid-life crisis breakdown, and I figure if it's judging me, I may just make some progress XD
Anyway.. longer story short: HAPPY NEW YEAR
I wish you all the best for 2021 and far less stress and turmoil that 2020 brought you. ♥
PS: FLORIDA. Didn't you celebrate winter last week? WTF???
EDIT: OMG I forgot to book-reading bullet list. I also have A LOT of books to read and want to read more than the two of 2020 the last two I read were both in 2018
(crossposted from DW ; comment here or there, as I'm here far more than there :) )