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Recently I discovered that there is a group of people that run MTG events local to me! It's very important because I don't really have an LGS... The closest one is like a 40 minute drive, which is such despair... But, it was my first time going to one of their events today and I had so much fun! I met lots of nice people and played some very good games. I also got some good testing data for my Chromium decklist which I now need to update. I even came 3rd place overall, and in my victory pack I opened Rise of the Dark Realms, so I am royally chuffed!

Ever since exam season of this year I sort of lost my baking mojo... I lost the time and energy to really do any. And, ever since then, I've not really had enough of a motivation to really get back to it. But, finally, I have something that's kicked me back into gear.

I have some friends at home I meet with whenever possible to play Monopoly and watch a movie. It's a very old ritual called Monopoly Monday, despite rarely being on a Monday. We haven't managed to do it since April, but now we're all back together and going again. For our return to form, the duty to bring baked goods befell my shoulders, and so I'm finally back in action!

Hopefully I'll have more baked goods to share soon!

I went to a friend's house and they had a perfectly sized frying pan for a mega pancake. It's really improved by the edges being cooked properly by the pancake being fit to the pan!

Hi all. It's been a hot minute since I've posted a proper update of how I'm doing. The answer is that I am very well! But, what have I been up to?

Well, my internship has been going pretty well. It's good experience and I am enjoying learning R. My CV is looking more ravishing than ever! I have the day off tomorrow and I'm very much looking forward to just getting some time to myself, though.

Outside of that it has mostly just been the usual. I have started a new D&D game with my friends from home which has been going great. I've been playing a tiefling warlock which has been very fun because it's been ages since I last played warlock. I love customisability and that comes in spades here!

In other tabletop game news, I'm working on an artifacts decklist for MTG right now which is fun. I had the epiphany that I sort of only really play creature strategies most of the time (reanimator, flicker, control with a beater as a win-con, etc.) so it's awesome getting to change things up. Also, on Saturday, I went to London with my friends which was great fun. I got lots of tabletop gaming loot that I'm really excited to use!

Today was the Kirby Air Riders Direct also, and now I'm super duper hyped for that game. I'm such a huge fan of the original and I am pleased by every change and new thing! I really wasn't expecting a main theme with vocals but it's so very good! I have ripped the mini-soundtrack they put on Nintendo Music and put it on my iPod and am thoroughly enjoying listening to it. I can't wait to hear more about the game! And I also am really excited for Pokemon Legends ZA... So many cool things coming out! Now I just need Fire Emblem news... T-T

So yes, everything's going pretty well, really! The grind isn't bad, and I've still got lots of time to chill, so I'm doing just great. If I get up to anything more cool over summer, I'll be sure to post again. Until then!

I found a way to filter my music on MPD to make it sound like it's coming out of an old radio. This is one of the features I really loved on the 3DS sound application that made me actually sometimes use it to listen to music. It's DIY lo-fi! Very glad to have this working.

Salutations, all. It has been a bit so I thought I might nip in with a small update. Life has been going pretty alright. I've moved home from university for the summer and it's nice to be back. I've also started my internship for the summer! ...Sort of. The IT department is being really slow to install the necessary software onto my laptop, so I've not actually been able to do my job yet, really. So, I've been paid to do not very much for a week. Huzzah to that, I say!

Using my pay from work I'm currently intending to invest in a Nintendo Switch 2. I want to play Mario Kart World so badly, it looks so fun! Though, really, the thing that I'm most excited for is Kirby Air Riders. I might've mentioned this in the post after it was announced, but Kirby Air Ride is one of my favourite games because I think it's just so well designed, so I am so happy to be getting not a remake but a full sequel! Speaking of more details though, how has there not been a Nintendo Direct yet? Surely they'll have one at some point before Donkey Kong Banaza releases, since beyond that there's not that many titles in store. Maybe they'll finally announce the Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War remake... (This is coppium.)

I have been very much enjoying the spoiler season for the new MTG expansion, Edge of Eternities. I currently have a commander deck centred around Ragost, Deft Gastronaut brewing in my mind. I've wanted to build a food deck for ages so I'm quite excited. I'll likely end up doing some shenanigans by reanimating baubles using Salvaging Station. I'm also considering making all my permanents have activated abilities so I can run Zirda, the Dawnwaker as a companion (that's the Boros one that makes all your activated abilities cheaper) since that will make eating a food every turn cheaper and easier.

I've also been playing a lot of MTG Arena lately (shoutouts to Plaao, Boggy and Slurp) and it has got me really enjoying Standard in particular. The metagame reshaping after the gutting of Esper self-bounce in the recent B&R announcement has been itneresting. I myself have been running a sort of variant of that list but only in Dimir and with various skeletons. It has been quite fun playing MTG in a different environment from commander.

Last, but not least: my latest bake is a batch of delicious cheese scones. I fell out of my baking mojo after being traumatised by exam season, but I'm trying to get back into it. I partook in a whimsical picnic with my university friends before I left, which was the perfect excuse to make a batch of scones. As always, you can find the recipe on the recipe book page.

That's all for now at least. I'll try my best to check in more over the summer while I have the time. So, see you soon.