Hello, friends!
January seemed to last all year, and then it was February 4th before I realized it! Funny how that works.
Two main agenda items to begin: Fuck ICE and fuck ice. If you need further elaboration on the first one, then I’m a bit confused how I haven’t scared you off before this, but a gang of masked men going around and snatching people out of their homes and schools and workplaces and churches without giving them due process, which is already bad enough without going into them shooting innocent people in the head… if that doesn’t rile up your deepest moral fibers to say that there is no language sufficient to express your contempt for that kind of behavior, but you’ll try your fucking hardest to find the words… then I just don’t know what to say.
For the second item, the main event I was looking forward to in January (other than the Steelers’ inevitable first-game exit from the playoffs) was a showing of the Lord of the Rings trilogy on the big screen, Friday through Sunday, one movie a day. I bought the tickets for the second weekend because the first one had worse seats, and just as the promised Friday came around, so did the ice storm that made the streets outside slicker than spit on a salamander. Fortunately, the power stayed on for us throughout (unlike what happened five years ago), but I wanted to go see movie! We watched it at home instead, which was good in its own way, but just not the same, y’know?
Artistically, I’ve made some decent game-making progress this month, but it’s still slow. The holiday season did a proper number on me and I remain in recovery mode in a lot of ways, and Job is still bad more often than not despite getting through the rush. I hope to find Different Job in the not-too-distant future! The economy doesn’t support that hope, but still, I hope it. Cross your fingers for me, pals!
Love,
Josh
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