Back in April, I suffered mental burnout that almost resulted in a breakdown at work. To recover, I purchased a copy of Assassin’s Creed: Origins and played it all evening. Three months and 47 hours later, I’m glad I did. Not only are the plot, characters, and gameplay enjoyable, but the game has reached into me […]
“Where the glacier meets the sky, the land ceases to be earthly, and the earth becomes one with the heavens; no sorrows live there anymore, and therefore joy is not necessary; beauty alone reigns there, beyond all demands.” –Halldór Laxness, World Light, 1937-40 SUNDAY– Keflavík In the cramped airplane, I lean into Dan for a […]
Since the first week of January this year, I have spent most of my days writing. For the unaware, my friend Brooke and I are collaborating on our first comic book project. It’s a personal project and unpaid, and we plan to release it online for free once we’re finished. In this collaboration, she is […]
I cannot remember the exact moment I learned about Dungeons & Dragons. I do remember knowing about it by the time I was in middle school, because I recall playing the game one afternoon with my sibling Kai. It didn’t matter that I didn’t know all of the rules; I was winging it, but we were […]
My great-grandmother Lourdes died two weeks ago, on the morning of November 1st. As I was falling asleep that night, my mother texted me to break the news. We briefly texted back and forth, and I agreed to send some money to help pay for the funeral; we are, in the end, a family of […]
My Midsummer celebration earlier this year was fantastic: Friends gathered, the kitchen filled with dishes for our feast, and libations of blood-wine seeped into fertile soil. I left the party feeling joyful, pleased with our rituals, and looking forward to the next holiday. But as Alfarblót approached, I felt less and less inclined to plan […]
I live on the eastern coast of the United States. It’s hilly land, rising into stunted mountains at the western edge of my state’s boundaries. But most of it slopes downward to meet the sea, and in between, there are miles and miles of trees. Here, you kind of take the trees for granted. In […]
I promised in my last post that I would write a more complete review of Mass Effect: Andromeda once I beat it, which I did over the weekend, after approximately 60 hours. But since writing my last post, I’ve realized that I can’t write the sort of review most people expect, with the numbers and the […]
I’m not a good media critic. I’m not even decent; my takeaway when I saw the Marvel movie Logan was how much my heart was breaking. I was able to pick out the movie’s flaws only after discussing them with my boyfriend. Nevertheless, I promised a few folks I would write a review of the latest BioWare video […]
One of my favorite things to do is to watch shows, documentaries, or movies about cooking (or just food, in general) while I eat. Sometimes I settle for a carton of chicken tikka masala, delivered to my door by the nearby Indian restaurant, while I watch Chopped. Other times, I will slowly savor a home-cooked […]