Daily update 2020-03-21
Saturday, 21 March 2020 20:07![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iguanaA while ago I went through and tagged my old entries with the monthly and travel tags so I would be able to write ad hoc updates without ruining my beautiful journal layout. A few friends write daily updates and now seems like a reasonable time to start.
Despite having only technically ticked off one item from my todo list today, I feel like I've had a fairly productive day, helped by the fact that I actually slept through the night in the first time in I-can't-remember-how-long. I've had the Big Life Thing coming up, then being indefinitely postponed, then being rescheduled, which has been on my mind as much as the Big Obvious Thing That Everyone Is Dealing With Right Now, though I decided to reduce what I've seen described as "doomsurfing" and I haven't visited any news site today.
I bought and have been playing a lot of Sonic Mania, as I recently finished Sonic 3 & Knuckles (again, fully three times over) and I've found that 2D Sonic games are the right level of engagement for me to essentially be meditation. It's pretty good but I think the level design is slightly iffy, especially for the "new" zones.
I've just had a whirlijig while watching a with a Sonic-based channel Youtuber play through Sonic CD; I am amused that the universal Sonic fan experience playing most Sonic games is "aaaaarrgh I hate this". We do it to ourselves.
Did some more make-up practice too; there must be some secret to doing eyes while being Level 7 short sighted but I haven't figured it out.
The actual todo list item I cleared was weeding my vegetable plot in the garden and planting some broad beans. I've been meaning to do that all month and it only took an hour in the end. Next month I can plant some more things, too.
Despite having only technically ticked off one item from my todo list today, I feel like I've had a fairly productive day, helped by the fact that I actually slept through the night in the first time in I-can't-remember-how-long. I've had the Big Life Thing coming up, then being indefinitely postponed, then being rescheduled, which has been on my mind as much as the Big Obvious Thing That Everyone Is Dealing With Right Now, though I decided to reduce what I've seen described as "doomsurfing" and I haven't visited any news site today.
I bought and have been playing a lot of Sonic Mania, as I recently finished Sonic 3 & Knuckles (again, fully three times over) and I've found that 2D Sonic games are the right level of engagement for me to essentially be meditation. It's pretty good but I think the level design is slightly iffy, especially for the "new" zones.
I've just had a whirlijig while watching a with a Sonic-based channel Youtuber play through Sonic CD; I am amused that the universal Sonic fan experience playing most Sonic games is "aaaaarrgh I hate this". We do it to ourselves.
Did some more make-up practice too; there must be some secret to doing eyes while being Level 7 short sighted but I haven't figured it out.
The actual todo list item I cleared was weeding my vegetable plot in the garden and planting some broad beans. I've been meaning to do that all month and it only took an hour in the end. Next month I can plant some more things, too.
