Gaming
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Autumn in Animal Crossing New Horizons
The author describes the autumn ambiance both in their neighborhood and within their Animal Crossing island, Pretty City. They enjoy decorating their island in an autumnal theme, despite its “default settings.” With 1400 hours of play, they aspire to complete various in-game achievements and prepare for Turkey Day, despite vague…
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Wedding Season in Animal Crossing New Horizons
There is an annoying couple in ANCH (a videogame I have played for over 1000 hours, wow) who continuously celebrate their love for eachother every day through June. They are a pair of alpacas and want wedding themed anniversary photos taken. Sometimes they ask to recreate their own nuptial ceremony…
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What I Did Instead of Bloguary
I only heard of Bloguary halfway through the month and never did write an entry to participate. Sorry to anyone who is disappointed by that, I have so many painful regrets myself! Maybe next year I’ll get it together. Maybe I’ll try to use the prompts throughout the year and…
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Cleanup
If I haven’t been online much it’s because I am still so very busy cleaning my apartment, from the fire that destroyed my neighbors home. The fire was contained but smoke entered every apartment and left an ash residue that coated every inch of the building. It’s been about a…
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Tragic Jock NPC in Animal Crossing
Trigger warning, I am writing about the topic body image, weight loss and fitness, also bullying. The video game Animal Crossing New Horizons that I’ve been playing for about 6 months did not come with such a warning! It’s a cute dollhouse kind of game where your neighbors in the…
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Sanrio Amiibo Cards
I didn’t quit blogging and I’m sorry for the long hiatus. I’d been doing pretty good keeping up this online journal for a while but lately my gaming hobby took over my life again. I got amiibo cards to use in Animal Crossing and invite adorable Sanrio themed creatures to…
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Video Game Advancements
I’ve heard people claim playing Animal Crossing eases their anxiety but on my island the cute villagers are making eating disorder pacts and trying to ruin my life. I am not really upset about it, I’ve struggled for almost 30 years with poor body image, restrictive eating/weight loss obsession including…
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I Survived Elbow Tendonitis
It was about 3 weeks after I got a Nintendo switch for my 41st birthday that I started having a really awful feeling in my elbow and the surrounding muscle area on my arm. It was such a reminder I am getting old! Since I also have long loved fiber…