• 10 Oct, 2025 *

It seems to be a trend in my life that when I have work, I never post here. I’ve only noticed this because of my Listography post tracking, which is completely understandable. As a low-energy person, I either work or live/do other stuff. I can’t do much when I’m absorbed in conference work, translating or copyediting/proofing books. It is what it is, I guess.

But I’ve got some stuff I want to write about and it’s not a bummer of a post!

Creative juices flowing

I’ve been feeling a creative spark in my brain that I haven’t felt in years, maybe a decade. It’s weird. I don’t know what to do with it; I’ve been taking notes here and there but I don’t know if they will amount to anything at all. But it’s fun nonetheless. It’s probably related to my renewed obsession with the Buffyverse.

For a long while now I’ve been meaning to write about it on this place, but I just haven’t found the energy/time to do it. But yes, I’m on this old train of obsession yet again, and even though I was never particularly fond of vampire stories (don’t care for Anne Rice or Vampire: The Masquerade RPG or Dracula or whatever), my unquenchable thirst for Buffy content is making me do things I’ve never expected to do–like actively looking up vampire TV and movies and downloading ALL the Buffyverse comics.

It’s fine. This is absolutely healthy I’m sure.

And that brings me to another point: how utterly annoying it is that I just consume media when I’m obsessed with it–or not at all. This is an issue I’ve had since forever, but as an adult getting into a new hobby–namely gaming–this sucks. I want to want to play so many games... But they just don’t scratch the itch of obsession for me.

I hate my brain.

The groove of things

I feel like I’m finally getting back into my groove again. It’s been 50 days since I came back home from my winter migration to southern Brazil, almost 2 weeks since I came back from that work trip in the Amazon region, and who knew that taking my meds properly actually do help with routine and work (lmao).

I once again have the urge to flip the layout of the apartment at 10pm, and wallpaper an entire room and I think this time it’ll be cool.

Lately I’ve been playing A LOT of Outlanders 2 (iOS) and Bloomtown (Switch) and having fun with them. And I’ve just learned that Outlanders 1 is finally coming to the Switch and let me tell you, I’ve been waiting for this for YEARS. This is my moment. Also, the DLCs are cheaper on the Switch than on Steam (which is weird but ok but also I wish they were just updates but whatever), so I might purchase them.

I’m (still) reading Absolution by Vandermeer. I’m a slow reader but this is ridiculous. And I feel like I can’t read any other book until I’m done with this one, which sucks, because I was also reading Life Ceremony by Murata and Voladoras by Ojeda (both short stories collections) and they’re on pause until I’m done with Vandermeer. Dang it, brain with its arbitrary rules for reading.

One last thing

There’s a Latin American Games Showcase happening on Steam right now, where you can check out very awesome games by awesome people. From Brazil, we have Gaúcho and the Grassland on the list and you should totally check it out.

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