Update: Climbing From A Descent As An Empire Falls (Part V)

This past week had been quite a ride. A week and some hours before I made this post, I had an impromptu interview in-person as a finalist for a position in central California and adjacent to the Bay area. At the given time, this position did not rank number one on positions I want to live. California’s cost of living is no small renown (or notoriety) for the reputation of the state. I still am sure I could never find a house in the place if I had the position.

Arriving in the area, everyone was serendipitously nice.

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Allyship in the Gaming Community: A Work in Progress (Part I)

Content Warning: racial stereotypes, colonial propaganda against natives

I had an experience that frustrated me enough to almost ragequit playing at a gaming server I spent fourteen years inside, with a few hiatuses in between. People I have known for fourteen years, people I had confided in a lot about some of the struggles these past few years with the amplified visibility of racism that has been in this country for years but now more are more emboldened to act on, gave an interaction to me that left me feeling hurt. It was not on purpose, and I am not calling them terrible people or avowed racists. I want that clear for anyone who might know who I speak about.

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Tangent Alert: Questioning Decisions in Playing Multiplayers

I have hesitated writing about this because some who pay attention to my blog while also knowing where I play games might know what I am talking about. This is not a post of me betraying confidence and friends, so I will keep names and some identifying details out, still, even with that. Nonetheless, I am starting to question if I should have come back.

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