Hey look, I’m finally writing my New Years Resolutions blog post on time! Normally, I have a longer intro to my blog posts, so it looks good on the summary page, but not this time. Let’s get right into it!
(more)New Years Resolutions 2023
I guess I should have written these back in December. Or at the very least in early January. But hey, it’s Lunar New Year today, so it counts. At least it’s still January. Last year, I wrote my resolutions in March. And the year before, I wrote them in August. Not only that, in the last 3 weeks, I’ve already gotten a head start on a number of my resolutions.
I’d say 2023 is off to a good start.
(more)New Years Retrospective and Resolutions 2022
I’m 3 months late. Better than last year, not as good as I want to be. Have I always been this busy? Gym Tuesday, FF14 Raid Night Tuesday and Wednesday, Fencing Thursday, 3 out of 4 Saturdays are running 2 of my D&D campaigns, every other Sunday is playing in another D&D campaign. I used to play M:TG, but not anymore. And I still need to find time to cook foods, play the piano, and read books. Oh and I want to hang out with my friends every now and then.
Was I always this busy? Or am I just aware of being busy now that I’m using a planner to keep track of my time.
In any case, late last December, I bit off more than I can chew and my time management spiralled out of control, but now I’m taking it back. I figure now’s a good time to think back on what I accomplished last year and what I want to accomplish this year.
(more)Old Years Resolutions 2021
So 2020 was a bust, as was most of 2021.
I lost a lot of productivity, both at work and at home, both in my obligations and in my hobbies. At first I thought it was because I was running 2 Dungeons & Dragons games, but that quickly turned into 1 D&D, and I think I spent like a couple hours a week prepping for that D&D game and that was it. Then, I thought it was because I was playing a lot of Final Fantasy 14, but outside of Raid Nights, I actually don’t play that much FF14 anymore.
Then I realized the truth. Without hard schedule points, I was getting stuck in a loop of endless procrastination.
(more)DnD Night: Ravioli Dog and Cheese Caramel Popcorn
Sunday, April 26, 2020 – So I know people don’t like it when recipe writers spend too much time telling a story before they get to the recipe, but the setup is actually pretty important here.
It all started when I had my Dungeons & Dragons players play a parody of Guy’s Grocery Games. For this particular parody, they had to design a recipe using some ingredients from a table (either by rolling for it, or by playing an IRL simulation of skee-ball). This party was dealt a hand of hot dogs and canned ravioli, and then halfway through the competition, I threw in popcorn as a monkey wrench.
What did they come up with? Find out, after the cut!
New Years Retrospective and Resolutions 2020
I still write an introductory sentence for my New Years post even though the introductory sentence is arguably unnecessary.
(more)New Years Retrospective and Resolutions 2019
I’m a month and a half late, but better late than never, apparently.
New Years Retrospective and Resolutions 2018
Every year, I do a retrospective of the outgoing year and go over my resolutions for the upcoming year. More after the cut.
2017 Cooking Adventures
I realized I haven’t food-blogged in nearly a year. So let’s take a quick whirlwind tour at the things I’ve made this year.
New Years Retrospective and Resolutions 2017
2016 Retrospective
They say 2016 was a bad year. And in terms of politics and celebrities, it was.
But for me personally, 2016 was a good year. There was a Vegas trip, an amazing California road trip, and a whirlwind 2-week romance with a Canadian girl. I’ll be looking back fondly on it as we send off 2016 tonight.
More after the cut.