Good evening, all. It has been a bit since my last post once again, and, my apologies. University sure does keep me busy. It's nice, though, having things to work on. I'm really enjoying my dissertation project about software for visualising hyperbolic geometry, and I might have a thing or two to post about it towards the Christmas holidays.

Now then, what have I been up to since last time? The honest answer is not too much, honestly. I have a few things to mention, but it's nothing terribly exciting. Unfortunately, not even any baked goods to show, since I've not really had the baking itch that much.

I have been playing a decent amount of Guilty Gear lately and having a lot of fun. Faust's new golf club move is hilarious and I'm getting much enjoyment out of launching all my items at my opponents. I've been playing a bit with one of my housemates too which is nice. They're a big Dizzy fan so are finally picking the game up now that she's out. They're not exactly an equal opopnent yet, but, even if they've got a long way to go, they're working on it.

Also, for Halloween, I got to dust off my Faust outfit, which was nice. Behold!

My continuted Magic the Gathering ventures have gone well, too. I'm currently testing out a decklist for Gandalf the White which aims to be a sort of control value list that is stuffed with lots of lovely artifacts and legendaries. I'm not proud enough to show it off yet, but I'll put it on the card gallery page when it's ready. Additionally, when I went to visit some friends from school near London, I went to a nearby card games shop and found a new Gisa for my colleciton, which is excellent news. And, one last piece of MtG excitement: I'm going to get to draft Mystery Booster 2 next Tuesday with my university's card games society. I'm very excited, since that set's pretty damn awesome! If I get any cool cards, I'll definitely post them.

I don't think I've got too terribly much else I want to mention. I'm looking forward to Arcane Season 2 releasing on Saturday, but, beyond that, there's not too much more excitement in my life. Just trying to survive the onslaught of work. And survival is enough! So, I'll see you in the next log post.

Salutations, fair readers. I'm here for a brief post because earlier today A.B.A was announced to be coming to Guilty Gear Strive. If you know me, you'll know this has me very excited. I always thought A.B.A was an awesome caharacter that had loads of potential if they wanted to bring her back, but I didn't know if it would actually happen. Lo and behold, Daisuke has gifted us our favourite little freak, complete with a lovely new makeover.

I think she looks so cool. Her hair being the colour of oxidised copper implying that her hair in Isuka and XXAC+R was orange because it was copper that hadn't oxidised yet is brilliant. She is also teeming with Fullmetal Alchemist vibes. Being a homunculus is one thing, but Paracelsus literally opening The Gate and her clother having "HOHENHEIM" written all over them is another thing. I'm such a fan. She's so expressive as well, which makes her seem really funny. And the cherry on top is how they're really leaning in to the fact that Paracelsus is a demon. I like his goopy black mode, and I especially like his red creature form during Law Is Key, Key Is King.

Also, I'm very excited for her theme. Symphony sounds amazing, as we've come to expect from NAOKI!

That's all for today. The rest of life is going pretty alright, so I don't have much to talk about other than this. I'm so very hyped! A.B.A, less than a week away!

Beautiful Faust Art!!!

I recently commissioned Laurie to draw a Faust icon for me, and oh my goodness did they do a great job!

You can find the picture also posted to his Twitter, here.