Hiya! Your friendly neighborhood corgi checking in on you again! Been a while since we've had one of these. Figured with the election and all, might as well, plus I don't have any work yet today so fuck it, check on my friends!

For the new folks, welcome! I do these from time to time just to give people a space to vent and unwind, or tell us abotu anything exciting you've got going on.

For my own part, band stuff is coming along nicely! Did a gig with a friends band last Friday that went well, our second show with a 2nd guitarist. Writing and recording, new tracks should be out by the spring. Also posted a video of the show here a few days ago. Beyond that, work has been....eh. Still looking for a full time thing, its been 14 months now. AI training has me on a few new projects, but the work is coming in slow. Had to split rent into 2 payments this month and I was able to get the first sent out, but still worried about settling up the rest next week.

Beyond that, not much else going on. One year with no booze this month, so fuck yeah for that.

Hope you're well, and remember you are loved stalin-heart

  • CommunistBear [he/him]
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    9 hours ago

    Congratulations on a year sober! And congrats on your band stuff. I really should drop by one of your shows one of these days. The show you posted had some great vibes. I am listening to it as I write this comment. If nothing else I can get some wings at Reggies if you plan on playing there again.

    I ended up falling off the wagon a couple weeks ago after 6+ months and I've been half-heartedly trying to get back on it. Shit's just not great and booze does happen to be a tasty little bit of escapism for me. But I'm eating well and working out decently hard though so it's not all self-destructive.

    I'm currently planning on what to cook for my DND group tonight since we rotate who's in charge of food every week. I'm torn between chicken adobo or Japanese curry with pork tonkatsu. Both are good options but idk which one I want to eat more.

    • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]M
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      4 hours ago

      Heya, thanks for listening! We've been working on the next record this fall - no plans on local shows, but we are looking, so hopefully do another one or two this winter!

      Glad to hear youre putting in the work on sobriety, I do miss it sometimes. If you ever wanna hit me up about it, feel free! It's a process, don't beat yourself up over it.

      Whats the DND game like? Cool story and characters? You DMing it?

      • CommunistBear [he/him]
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        4 hours ago

        Dope, I'll keep an eye out.

        Thankfully I don't beat myself up about it. I know it's not the best that I drink but it is what it is. And given that it's literally tied into my current profession it's somewhat unavoidable. Trying to maintain a reasonable relationship with my drinking is the more important aspect that I'm focusing on atm.

        I am DMing. So far it's a pretty basic fantasy game. It started as 100% making shit up as I went along and a loose story of saving someone's noble family from being poisoned has emerged as the driving plot point. They've been in by far the hardest fight they've been in up until this point for the last 2 sessions. It feels good that I'm starting to get the hang of balancing encounters so they aren't too easy. As for the characters, there are some people who are taking it more seriously than others and are more fun to interact with but generally speaking it's a great table of people to play with.