Alright, didnt end up writing it in the university (there was an extra class I forgot about, so I hung out with friends instead), but ive still found the time to write this at least .

Hi again. Hope your week’s been going alright. Mine has been okay this time, just about.

I got some assignments done, and was able to catch up on the math, my main weakness, but ive found that when im in the right headspace, I tend to do much better than I expect going into it. Something about staying off social media for a hot hour or so and just running on my brainspace really helps you put things into place.

Still got the architecture lectures to start rewatching this week but thats a far cry from catching up to math, so ill be fine there.

I suppose that other than the educational aspect of this week though, ive got to admit that the rest of it is quite hard to make out, motly cuz of all the walking. I didnt expect to get to this point in my lifetime, but I REALLY need to walk less :0.

I went on a whole field day this wednesday meeting up with people who may very well end up being my next roommates, and while that WAS worth the trip, I totally stuck around too long. It was fun, even by the end, but I left no energy for myself for the time that id be back home.

Same thing happened yesterday, but to a sort of lesser extent. I had to cut the hangout short by the afternoon since I wanted to call family, but the walk home was so long (and the whole hangout past the cafe we had breakfast at was just walking) that I was totally pooped when I got home. Again, no time for myself.

It takes me back to the idea of introversion, as silly as that sounds. For a while I ditched the label, thought that there was no such thing as an introvert or extrovert, that we’re much more complex than that. Might be shocking for people who knew me to say that, because ive labelled myself an introvert since around middle school (n_n;).

But yea, its not like that observation is WRONG per se, we are far more complex than to just boil it down to introversion and extroversion, but those two labels still mean something important when used in the right context and to refer to the right person. They were never MEANT to boil you down into just a caricature, quite the opposite, the label helped me express how i’d felt socially, and I think I lost sight of that after a while. Mostly out of insecurity.

After all, I did have quite the aversion to being called introverted in l8 high school, since I thought of my inability to socialize with everyone as a problem.

Now, im socializing more than I ever would, and while it HAS been pretty nice, it just leaves me quite tired when I open myself up for too long. I have a low battery, and have always liked to keep more to myself and more to certain people that I really think get me.

(its especially the case that it has be the right people tbh, otherwise I get tired pretty fast (_-_))

So yea, relatively introverted. Almost silly to think I ever stopped calling myself that, because thats how ive always felt. Anxious and introverted. Given that, I ought to give myself more time for myself, so ill try that from now on. Keep hangouts a bit shorter (say no a tidbit more), and spend more time on my own doing stuff that I like, like wandering off on my own night, or making a meal, or writing this post.

As for the walking bit though, I suppose have to be a bit more strategic about that, or get used to it. The walk to and from the university easily clears 10,000 steps, and plus the walking throughout the day means that can be pretty cumbersome, but its still really important if I want to save on the money that id pay for the bus, and thats something I dont want to give up just yet (even if it were just temporarily for the bad weather, itll pay off for me to hold on to walking).

So hey, nice excuse to be lazy as bones when im at the uni :0.

O, and about the cooking, I havent gotten around to making the lentils and chickpea yet. I will, but at the moment the brown rice and veggies + chilli combination for the week has been working quite well. I can have the chilli basically whenever on its own, and the rice and veggies goes with both tinned oilt fish and eggs, which are both really good for you (especially the oily fish, tons of Omega-3!)

Last week I lasted off of just those two main meals, mostly cuz I was eating at a sandwich place at the university (trying to finish the loyalty card stamps cuz im all or nothing and I DID IT). But now that ive gone back to normal spenfing, expect me to try making it this week.

The cold brew is in a similar state. Id make it, but its not ideal, especially since I bought instant coffee that I have no use for in making cold brew. So instead, im holding off on that for now, at least until I finish the instant coffee, so ill just drink that for now.

It pairs really well with my breakfast, the weetabix + chia seeds + milk + fruits (frozen berries and banana)combo (with optional honey, vanilla extract and cinnamon powder). I used to microwave the frozen berries AND the milk, but I tried just the berries today since ive been wanting colder milk for a while now, and let me tell you it was SO much better.

I left the berries in the microwave for the same amount of time that id usually leave the berries and milk, 2 minutes, so even though it was too much given it was just berries now, and a lot of it I ended up drinking before adding the rest of the ingredients, I feel that that somehow made it better. Whatever sour taste got sipped out by me before the main meal, and all that was really left was a lot of sweet goodness to contrast the black coffee.

I totally recommend it, get your hands on the ingredients and try it sometime.

Anywho, those are a couple of thoughts just about how i’ve been managing with the university food, but wanna know something really fun?

A new web game.

Ive been playing a LOT, and I mean A LOT of minesweeper recently. Minesweeper online to be specific.

Now if you dont know how to play it ill explain it really simply. There are two types of squares, ones that explode and ones that dont. Your job is to click on only the ones that dont, which will show you a number indicating how many bombs are around that spot by one space, including both the cardinal directions and diagonals. Just click all the spaces that arent bombs, and flag the spots that are to help in identifying them, and you win.

Simple concept for sure, but in practice its surprisingly fun to get stuck in, especially the expert mode. I started with the beginner mode, played through a visual novel I wrote about quite a while ago (that being The Shadow over Cyberspace) but quickly found that I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected and bookmarked it to be enjoyed beside my other web games, wordle and tetris.

Initially id just try it every once and a while in between tetris runs, but now that im using proper inductive reasoning to try and RATION OUT which bombs cant be where (took a cue from mathematical inductive reasoning funnily enough X)) I just cant stop playing. Sometimes mid lecture break, but OFTEN when im listening to music and if im not in the mood to daydream.

It scratches your brain in the funniest of way, I totally recommend it. Its totally staying on my web game rotation from now, a rotation that im still looking to try new things with. I love tetris and minesweeper to death but do feel free to suggest more, I could never get enough of these types of web games ;).

Not necessarily web games that have much in common in terms of gameplay, after all, tetris ans minesweeper are VERY different in terms of gameplay (and wordle’s sort of just there) but both share a simplicity and are quite comforting to play, both reminding me of what I wish the wider internet (including dumb social media apps like instagram) would be more like. Silly fun.

Anyways, my brain’s STILL pooped from all the extroverted ass walking, so im gonna go get some rest. This post’ll have been much shorter than the rest as of l8, but I still enjoyed writing it. Hope the wait wasnt too bad :).

Thanks for reading, see you next week <3.