Last updated on 31 March 2024 from my home near Portland, Oregon.

Current(-ish) status

Seasonal focus

❄️ My seasonal focus for Winter is on rebooting my writing routine. I’ve chosen three metrics to track for improvement: hours in focused writing time, words written, and stories submitted. For a more in-depth look at my seasonal focus, read this post.

Cultivating

✍🏻 See above.

🧶 Caprino Surf is the drop-stitch scarf I’ve been lazily knitting for a while now.

🥘 Next cooking project: sheet-pan gochujang chicken and roasted vegetables.

🗣️ On a Duolingo streak, aiming for basic Spanish fluency by the end of this year.

Consuming

🖋️ I’ve been inking my pens with Diamine Autumn Oak, Oblation Portland Rain, Robert Oster Sydney Lavender, and Pilot Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku.

🎧 According to Last.fm, I’ve been listening to They Might Be Giants, Deep Forest, The Cure, Prince, New Order, Polyphia, Billie Eilish, Ibeyi, Pixies, and Adele.

🎙 So many podcasts! Lately I’ve been listening to Judge John Hodgman, Overdue: Weeding Out Oppression in Libraries, and Chasing Fifty.

🎲 The last five boardgames I’ve played are Spots, Letter Tycoon, Regicide, Qwirkle Cubes, and Shifting Stones.

🎮 Puzzmo has replaced Tiny Tower as my daily casual game. I also love Good Sudoku and Knotwords.

📺 FunkyPlaid and I are catching up with the latest season of “Black Mirror”. It’s so good, and so scary.

📚 Last but never least, I’m currently reading:

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