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Oh, yeah, didn't do the thing...
Oct. 6th, 2024 08:53 pmI did one of my work things and completely forgot the other one. But I know what I want to do. I'll fit it in somewhere...
Played quite a bit of Night in the Woods - 66% of the way through, now. I think I've played about 7 hours...? I've got 4/32 trophies - go me! There are so many random things to pick up on, and I've probably missed lots more. I'm wondering if there are different endings, like one for spending all your time with friend A and another for B, and one for never hanging out with any of them... and then doing a bit of mix 'n' match like I'm doing? The game has taken a turn I was not expecting - but maybe I should given the time of year it's set in. When Mae runs, she kicks up piles of leaves, which is cute. The latest dream was quite different from the others, which was a relief because I got totally lost in the one before that.
I've got over the bump of not liking Mae. Rather like Squall, she's at a point in life I've never really been at myself, so I don't find either of them particularly relatable. In fact, I sympathise a lot more with Mae's long-suffering friends! I do have lots of experience of saying the wrong thing, though, so there's that. Well, I've done 1/3 of the investigations. Not sure if I'll get to play again before the weekend - we shall see.
I'm speaking at church in a couple of weeks. We're loosely taking the theme of BHM - and I want to say something about how annoyed I get with the fact that it exists. I'm not annoyed with black history - in fact, knowing my church was probably built using the profits made off the backs of enslaved Africans, I'm more ashamed than anything - but it shouldn't have a month. History is history - we should have the opportunity to learn all of it all the time. Same thing with women's history or LGBTQIA+ history. But we're not there yet...
And on the other hand, I find myself in sympathy with white, straight, working-class men, because all of the 'identities' that exist define themselves in opposition to them. Either my boys don't get to claim an identity for themselves - or they look like racist, homophobic, misogynists. I get the whole 'pride' thing - if you've been told all your life that something about yourself that you cannot change is shameful, you should stand up and take pride in it. But now the WSWCM can feel they're being shamed for something they didn't choose - but they shouldn't feel 'pride', either... The world is fucked up. I pray for the day we value one another as glorious human beings, and accept everyone for who they are.
Will we ever reach it...?
Played quite a bit of Night in the Woods - 66% of the way through, now. I think I've played about 7 hours...? I've got 4/32 trophies - go me! There are so many random things to pick up on, and I've probably missed lots more. I'm wondering if there are different endings, like one for spending all your time with friend A and another for B, and one for never hanging out with any of them... and then doing a bit of mix 'n' match like I'm doing? The game has taken a turn I was not expecting - but maybe I should given the time of year it's set in. When Mae runs, she kicks up piles of leaves, which is cute. The latest dream was quite different from the others, which was a relief because I got totally lost in the one before that.
I've got over the bump of not liking Mae. Rather like Squall, she's at a point in life I've never really been at myself, so I don't find either of them particularly relatable. In fact, I sympathise a lot more with Mae's long-suffering friends! I do have lots of experience of saying the wrong thing, though, so there's that. Well, I've done 1/3 of the investigations. Not sure if I'll get to play again before the weekend - we shall see.
I'm speaking at church in a couple of weeks. We're loosely taking the theme of BHM - and I want to say something about how annoyed I get with the fact that it exists. I'm not annoyed with black history - in fact, knowing my church was probably built using the profits made off the backs of enslaved Africans, I'm more ashamed than anything - but it shouldn't have a month. History is history - we should have the opportunity to learn all of it all the time. Same thing with women's history or LGBTQIA+ history. But we're not there yet...
And on the other hand, I find myself in sympathy with white, straight, working-class men, because all of the 'identities' that exist define themselves in opposition to them. Either my boys don't get to claim an identity for themselves - or they look like racist, homophobic, misogynists. I get the whole 'pride' thing - if you've been told all your life that something about yourself that you cannot change is shameful, you should stand up and take pride in it. But now the WSWCM can feel they're being shamed for something they didn't choose - but they shouldn't feel 'pride', either... The world is fucked up. I pray for the day we value one another as glorious human beings, and accept everyone for who they are.
Will we ever reach it...?
