Alucolor & Roksys: We Don't Know What We Are Doing

We actually streamed this morning, which is odd, because we usually don't get up and going early enough to do that on days off. Hopefully it's the start of a trend and not just a one time deal. This morning I weighed 184.1 lbs. Yesterday I ate: - A pineapple smoothie - A cup of tomato soup - Two chicken sandwiches - A handful of chips We get to go to trampoland with friends today, so our exercise is covered for the day. I enjoy exercise options that involve me not touching the ground; trampoline jumping, swimming, rock climbing, they're all good times and I wish I could do things more often. Someday I definitely want to get a membership to the rock gyms nearby. But for now I'll take it when I can get it. Take it easy!

I started playing Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links on my phone and I'm quite enjoying envisioning Seto Kaiba just wandering around the town he's built, demolishing small children and laughing maniacally while deriding their skills. Kaiba you're the richest person and you do nothing with that money but purchase children's card games and facilitate their play in absurdly opulent manners, of course you can beat Micky the 7-year-old. In any case, I've apparently found myself on a quest to play as many TCGs as possible, hopefully while also not getting too carried away with buying cards and with my phone and a hand-me-down iPad, there's never been a better time. It seems like all the most popular TCGs have free to play app versions of their games in the hopes of roping in rubes like myself who will absolutely end up spending all of their money on booster packs. I'm hoping my self-awareness in this regard will protect me somewhat, but that has yet to be seen. This morning, ...

As I'm sure nobody noticed, I didn't post anything yesterday and there's no real reason for that other than I just totally spaced it. I don't feel too bad about it, but I definitely need to post today. I'm going to try to live under a motto I learned from Nerd Fitness years ago: Never miss two in a row. I think that's a good way to be; it's almost impossible not to screw up or forget something every now and then, but it's important to catch yourself quickly in order to remain consistent overall, which is something I've never been great at. This morning, I weighed 183.9 lbs. Yesterday I ate: ~ A plate of potato/egg hash ~ A cup of sweet potato and carrot soup ~ A cup of siggi's ~ A cup of apple cinnamon oatmeal ~ A peanut butter honey sandwich ~ A grilled cheese ~ A handful of all dressed chips Tonight is swimming night and I'm feeling pretty up for that right now, but I'm hoping the day at work doesn't sap my will t...

Recently, Alu and I each purchased a deck of Pokémon cards. I've been mildly interested in them for years now and a trip to a local game shop so our roommate could get Warhammer minis resulted in us taking that plunge together. I played the game a few times when it was first introduced in the late 90's, but it didn't really stick at the time. The fact that I was a small child probably didn't help. I don't know how complex the game was at the time, but I would be willing to bet the last 20 years have made it more so. Even so, it's much easier to grasp this time with my fully formed brain. What's difficult to grasp is that I can't be spending all of my money on cards. We've had a problem with spending too much on cards before with Dice Masters, but at least this time we appear to actually be playing the game and so far we've only each bought the one deck, so hopefully we keep from going crazy this time. This morning, I weighed 185 lbs Ye...

Some updates on some goals that I have said in the past I will try and accomplish. Build my first PG Gunpla: Due 12/31/18 We have actually started on out PGs, I have all of my pieces cut out and separated into compartments based on which part of the mech they are. I already have the shield and main weapon done so all I need to do is file put together all of the pieces to the actual gundam model! Eat healthier: Ongoing This is basically the same report as last time but this time I can say we have recently ate a single ice cream and decided that is not something we are going to eat anymore. Neither of us really enjoyed it that much and we were fighting it down. Weigh in under 200: Due 12/9/18 I am moving ever closer and then further from this goal, but I have gone from floating around 220 to floating around 215 recently, so hopefully I can actually complete this goal. Stream on Monday (maybe Fridays too): Ongoing There hasn't been a Monday in which to try and strea...

I often don't feel like I have got enough sleep, even worse on Saturdays where I wake up earlier than I am used to. (As a side note I realize that I don't wake up that early I only wake up at around 9:30ish but I am only 20 years old and am used to sleeping in late. I am trying to change this about myself but it is difficult coming from a teenage hood of sleeping in and staying up late. So it is early for me personally, back to the point.) I often don't function right after waking up but on Saturdays it's a must. So I often feel sleep deprived and ready to strive. I try my best to do my job but I am just so sleepy that it is a challenge, and calls being as boring as they are makes it that much more challenging. I have never fallen asleep at work on a Saturday before though, so that is a win for me I think. Today I weighed: 215 Yesterday I ate: >Cold Scrammbled eggs > A vegetarian sandwich form Cafe Zupas > A California Cobb Salad from the same >...

Rok and I have decided to switch off who makes dinner and lunches. For a long while there Rok was just preparing all of our meals for us. But recently he has expressed that he would like me to help. So now he still makes breakfast everyday, for now at least. But we are going to start switching off who makes lunch and who makes dinner. So if I am making lunch he will make dinner. And we have found that it is enjoyable for us to both be in the kitchen and working on making things with each other. We both enjoy cooking so this is a good opportunity for me to remember how since it’s been so long I have pretty much forgotten how. Today I weighed: 215.8 lbs Yesterday I ate: > A pineapple smoothie > A 2 cup salad with ranch > A cut up apple > About 1/2 cup of almonds > A bowl of veggie enchilada chili Yesterday I drank: 90 oz of water We may or may not switch up who cooks breakfast, we’re not sure yet. Stay cool.

On Thursday after work Rok and I try, more recently fail, to work on our campaigns that we are going to run or think would be neat to run. Adding to list of reasons we don't work on our campaigns is that lately we have been going swimming on Thursdays because we didn't on Wednesday. So we end up not working on our campaigns because we are tired and wet and just want to hang out and play video games. I will try to make it a goal to not only actually work on campaigns Thursday but actually go swimming on Wednesdays, which we did this week actually! I haven't had much drive to work on my campaign though because despite having been playing it with two groups we hadn't gotten past the third (planned) session. And now we aren't playing it with any groups. But hopefully tomorrow we get a different group together with just the roommates we live with and be able to play with them every Saturday. Today I weighed: 214.1 lbs Yesterday I ate: > A small "hint of c...

Rok and I have a routine that we try, and usually fail, to stick to. Sunday: The week starts out with us weighing ourselves and doing yoga something we do everyday besides Saturday. We don't Saturday for time reasons. But then Rok and I go to work for 8 and a half hours. Once we finally get to come home we have alone time for an unspecified amount of time then followed by some Wii Fit, and then the rest of the night where we do whatever, usually watch something or play video games. Monday: We don't work so it is a bit more freeform of a day. We don't so much have a schedule, except going running at the gym with my Aunt after she gets off work, but we do have chores. On Monday's we clean our room and do laundry. We stream around 7-8 but before and after we don't usually do anything else besides play other video games. We have been better about getting out and doing things though. Tuesdays: The basic weighing, yoga, work, then when we get home that is board gam...

Rok and I try to stream video games on twitch on Monday's with varying degrees of success. We know the market is over saturated but we think it would be neat if anyone besides my mom watched our streams regularly. But that would require us to stream regularly. We are easily distracted and often forget/willingly don't stream, I want to make it a goal to stream more often. I don't know if that will actually happen, but I will make more of an effort to push us to play games for anyone who cares to watch us. Today I weighed: 214.5 Yesterday I ate: > A small bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal > Four small pancakes > A cut up apple > A small plate of pasta > A side "salad" with ranch Yesterday I drank: 90 oz of water We were planning to stream Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn yesterday night, but that didn't happen for a more legitimate reason this time, Rok's computer was on the process of doing stuff all day and mine doesn't have the...

WE FINISHED UC! It's done and over with, we finished all of the current UC timeline that we can feasibly watch! Let me explain, UC is the biggest timeline with the most series in the Gundam Franchise. Gundam has many different universes, or time lines, UC is where it all began. Standing for Universal Century the very first series took place in this universe, Mobile Suit Gundam taking place in UC 0079. The title of this blog also would have worked better if we had finished with Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, the last series in the universe taking place in UC 0153. We technically did finish with Victory. Several of the series have 25ish minute episodes or several movies adapted from those episode. We started this journey of UC with the latter version of Mobile Suit Gundam and we finished the universe with the episodes of the same. So the last really new thing we saw was Victory Gundam. But it has been an experience and almost a year in the making, we started in October last year. And ...

I haven't been keeping up on my goals that well this week I don't think, but let's find out. 　 Keep the kitchen clean I actually did this one pretty well. Most of the dishes are clean and I've been wiping down the counter. Good times. Cook more This one I have not been doing. Our recent realization that not all cheese is vegetarian is scaring us away from restaurants so that should help a bit. 　 Meditate every night Again, I haven't done this one at all. I'm not sure how to make myself do this, but I'll hopefully figure something out. 　 Record an audiobook I haven't done this one either, but I at least registered with a site that records public domain text, so I at least got a step into it. 　 Weigh in under 185 lbs. Failed, I haven't lost any weight since the last Goal Reflection day. Ech. 　 This morning, I weighed 189.6 lbs. 　 Yesterday, I ate: 　 ~ Two egg sandwiches ~ Peanut butter and honey sandwich ~ Stuffe...

I don't enjoy being told to do things. Even if someone tells me to do something I already want to do, it makes me want to do it less for some reason. This mentality is strange to me and it seems to be a common trait among people. Really, if I already want to do a thing anyway, someone telling me to do it should have no effect, but, I guess just because humanity is a rebellious bunch, it has a negative effect instead. This is obnoxious for a few reasons. Firstly, I don't particularly enjoy feeling that rebellious impulse in the first place, it feels very close to pure irritation. In addition, I definitely don't want to associate that feeling with something I would otherwise find pleasant or something that is necessary. I feel this will ultimately end up discouraging me from doing that thing in the future because now it's associated with that irritation. I don't really know what to do about this other than seclude myself so nobody can tell me to do anything, but that ...

We went to the zoo. I like the zoo, but the one we have here always feels like it should be bigger than it is, so we end up feeling like we haven't seen everything, even though we always do. It is a pretty decent sized zoo and they do a lot to try to make the animals feel at home, which is good, but they also apparently do a good job of making the area seem vast when it's really only a couple acres. Anyway, it was a good time, if a bit hot, and we got plenty of walking around, which we've been trying to do anyway and I got a few eggs hatched in Pokémon Go before my phone overheated, but with the addition of seals and red pandas and stuff. Good times indeed. This morning, I weighed 187.5 lbs Yesterday, I ate: ~ A pineapple smoothie ~ A peanut butter and jelly sandwich ~ Some "chicken" noodle soup ~ Probably some other stuff since I must have eaten something else, but I can't remember anything We've spent the last little bit of the day trying des...

As a result of multiple dentist appointments over the last month compiling with my job which involves constant talking, I believe I've come down with a case of (hopefully temporary) TMJ disorder, which in my case likely just amounts to overstraining my jaw. So I'm home today, which has given me a chance to clean some things up a bit. However, it is highlighting how unusual it is for me to be by myself for an extended period of time, since Alu live and work in the same places at the same times. I used to be alone the vast majority of the time, but this has changed pretty dramatically over the last couple of years, and now Alu and I are together about 99% of the time. This isn't a bad thing, since it means I never get lonely, but it can still be a bit jarring on occasion, since I spent so long being by myself. That said, there's nobody I'd rather be with all the time. I love Alu a lot and I think she's really good for me, pushing me to be a more productive person...

A few days ago, I had a neat little idea for a puzzle game, so I've been drawing up rooms that might be used in such a game. I've never learned to program, but I have a few friends who have been doing it since we were in elementary school just because they thought it was neat. I'm often envious of that fascination with a field that's so widely needed, but I've also found it interesting that they have trouble thinking of things to build with that knowledge. I have one friend in particular with whom I used to talk all the time about what kind of game we could make, with me generally providing a general idea for a game and some overarching design ideas, and him considering how that could be built. Along with another friend who is interested in a game's story and lore above all else, one who has a penchant for art in almost any visual medium and his brother who has a love for music, we could have formed a good basis for a game development company, if not for our un...

Preface: This was meant for Tuesday, 8/14, but apparently I hit the wrong button and it just saved as a draft instead. I enjoy Dragon Ball. Like a lot of people my age, I grew up catching bits and pieces of it on Toonami when I was able to get home from school in time and, along with shows like Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh!, it set in motion a lifelong fascination with Japanese media and culture (although not as large a fascination as many have). That said, I used to be far more obsessed with Dragon Ball in almost any medium, to the point where the words "dragon ball" used to dominate any and every one of my active thought processes, regardless of their relevance and unfortunately, this has remained the case somewhat. Often, when I'm trying to remember something or come to some conclusion, I haven't been thinking for more than a few seconds when the word "dragon" comes to mind, despite almost never being at all relevant. I've been thinking about this a bit ...

As far as I know, I'm done going to the dentist for a while. I had a bunch of broken fillings and stuff, so I've been in that chair a lot lately and even though my dentist is really friendly and good at his job, I'm not a huge fan of not being able to move half of my face. It's going back to normal, but I'm still having a bit of trouble closing my eye and my jaw is still sore from the injections. As it turns out I need more anesthetic than normal, which means I get twice the shots, and it lasts longer, which is not the best, but it's better than feeling teeth drilling. This morning I weighed 187.6 lbs Yesterday I ate - A bowl of cereal - A cup of stir fried carrots - A cup of Siggi's - A plate of nachos So now that my teeth are ostensibly fixed up, I hopefully won't have to do that anymore! Take it easy!

This has been a week, here are some goals I didn't achieve: Build my first PG Gunpla: Due 12/31/18 We at least practiced with the airbrush so we are that little step closer to having the confidence to actually build our PGs. Eat healthier: Ongoing We haven't necessary eaten healthy but I can't say that we ate as bad as we have in the past, so there is something. Weigh in under 200: Due 12/9/18 Second verse same as the first, nothing really new to report here. I found out that in about 7 months I have lost a total of about 6 pounds. More recently I have scme to realize how important dieting and exercise are but I love food so much and am very lazy, but hopefully I can dig myself out of this hole that my teenage self dug for me. Today I weighed: 217.2  Yesterday I ate: > Two cinnamon toast eggo waffles > A can of vegetable soup > A yogurt cup > A Dominic pizza with no sausage from Mod Pizza > Garlic bread made out of a hot dog bun ...

I often wonder if other people find me to be reasonable. I don't really know if they do but I have asked Rok and he says he thinks I am a reasonable person. But of course he would tell me I am. Today in particular though I am wondering if my group of reliable RPG friends think I am reasonable and to a larger extent myself. Last night I resigned as GM in a very tactless way. I grew very frustrated with the players and I tried telling them that this was giving me anxiety but nothing really changed after that. So I grew more frustrated and at a point I just got up and left. I know I could have or at least should have tried to diffuse it more before I got that upset but I already can't handle people well. I thought these people were different, but I guess I just really am not a people person. But after I left I had to go back to get my stuff to leave and I really thought I had calmed down enough. On the way up I practiced how I was going to resign in a way that would make up for ...

I  l ove dogs. Every dog, I love them. The ones that bark, the ones that bite, and even the ones that breath heavily. While I don't want to own all of these types of dogs I will love and pet them if they will allow me such the pleasure. I have so many good memories of dogs, my own family dogs. Our dog Scooby grew up with me and I love her more than any other dog. But I still loved our other dogs, Zues and Wilson. And much later my mom's dog Jaxx and the most recent her new dog Gus Gus. I have so many good memories with these dogs, excluding Gus Gus because my mom adopted him after I moved out. But there are so many great dogs that I have met and played with over the years, my grandmas dogs Mimi and Buddy. Our family friend Kenny's dog, whose name I have unfortunately forgotten, but not the fun we had together. Rok and I make it our duty that every dog we see we point out to the other, even to the point where we joke that one day we will crash because one of us sees a dog a...

A while ago I am not actually sure why Rok decided Thursdays were to be the day of pineapples. I think it was because he had two Dole Pineapple shirts that he chose for us to wear one Thursday. Quick tangent: He had two because he really liked the soft fabric and the green color so he bought two, one to wear to work and the pizza place he worked at the time, and the other to have not be disgusting from the pizza place he worked at. So anyway one Thursday he chose for us to wear the matching pineapple shirts and declared Thursdays of the pineapple. So now every Thursday we wear those shirts and we eat pineapple foods, generally smoothies. We have decided if we ever had a kid we are going to treat Thursdays as a holy day for the pineapple, mainly because it is funny to us. Today I weighed: 218 lbs Yesterday I ate: >Most of a Small Bowl of Original Life > A Chick'n Strip Sandwich > A Yogurt Cup > A handful of almonds > A Kit Kat bar, because I am weak >...

Rok and I have recently decided that we are going to try harder to be more romantic with each other. So far Rok has renamed some of my Pokemon in Pokemon go to say "Hey, you're my favorite person and I am glad I liked your goggles." Referencing the first interaction we had where I was leaving work and he was coming back from break and he commented on the steam punk goggles I was wearing as a headband. Leading me to respond that I like his plaid shirt, then we said good byes and that started this relationship. And as far as on my part I offered to make dinner, which he usually does but has recently asked me to help a bit more with, while he does some voice acting stuff. Then I ran to the store and grab some ingredients to make Fettuccine alfredo one of Rok's favorite foods, after that I picked a movie for us to watch over candle light while we enjoy the pasta out of our matching cat mugs, the movie was Mallrats. Then since it was Tuesday night and that is when ...

Rok and I often match things when we can. Such as our water bottles, we have the same type and style of water bottle, but the colors are different. We also have mason jar cups from Aladdin Mine has a blue lid and Rok's has a purple lid but we switched straws so I have the purple straw and he has the blue. We also have matching purple and blue bento boxes. But I think that is enough boring examples. We have bought all of these things after knowing each other, we figured since we need to buy them why not match them too? I already liked the aesthetic of matching things like that and Rok likes that we match just as much as I do. Something that was a bit of a surprise but made me really happy. So now we try to have matching lives, and most of the time we do, even extending to our actions. Today I weighed: 217.6 Yesterday I ate: >A yogurt cup >Half a bad target pretzel >A California protein cob from Café Zupas >Wisconsin cauliflower from the same >Two chocolate...

Rok and I live in a townhouse with two other roommates, well we live in a townhouse with another roommate and we have a fourth paying rent with us, we renewed our lease this month and the missing roommate moved more of his stuff in and plans to spend nights there. But that brings up a particular conundrum for me, all of the money things for this townhouse are handled by me. When we moved in we decided one person would handle all the money, rent and utilities, and I immediately took up that mantle as probably the best at handling money. That was completely by choice because honestly I trust myself far more with money than the other roommates, especially Rok I love the man but he is terrible with money. But anyway back to the point, with our missing roommate only staying weekends I’m not quite sure how to divvy up rent. Before, the three of us who live there split utilities equally, but I’m not exactly sure what to do with a roommate that is only there a small portion of the time, charg...

We haven't had internet service in our appartment for a couple of days. We switched ISPs so we get a good deal on fiber internet through our apartment complex. It's also nice because we can make use of the new holes the internet guys knocked in our wall a few months ago. Unfortunately we haven't figured out the router situation, so we haven't actually been able to use it and we've just been hooking things up through our phones. We'll have to see what we can do when we get home. 　 This morning, I didn't weigh myself because we woke up ten minutes before we were supposed to clock into work. I'll try to edit this later with my weigh in, but it might not be the most accurate because of the time of day. :T 　 Yesterday I ate: ~ Not quite two breakfast burritos ~ Half of a cheese croissant ~ 11 small cups of various root beers ~ 5 small cups of various orange sodas 　 Not the most organized few days, I'm afraid. Yesterday was es...

We drank too much soda today. On occasion, we taste test things with friends. Today was root beer and orange soda. It was a good time, but now we are full of soda. Today will be short. This morning I weighed 188.4 lbs. Yesterday I ate: - A pineapple smoothie - A can of tomato soup - Half a can of pineapple - A package of peanut butter crackers - A cheesy bean and rice burrito - A potato griller - An order of nacho fries Also rock climbing made us pretty tired. Take it easy!

I don't particularly feel like writing anything today, but I guess I should. I wonder sometimes about how much effort needs to be put into something that's obviously a formality. I also think sometimes about commissioned pieces. Some of the greatest works of art in the world were created with no love because somebody else paid for them. On the other hand, something like this is neither art, nor is it being paid for, so take that for what you will, I suppose. 　 This morning, I weighed 187.4 lbs 　 Yesterday, I ate ~ A plate of potato and egg ~ Leftover potato from Vertical Diner the other day ~ Some leftover penne with butter ~ A bowl of cinnamon spice oatmeal 　 I didn't realize I ate so much potato yesterday. I'm not sure how I feel about that, since potato is pretty much just starch. Well, as long as I keep it from becoming a pattern, it should be fine. 　 Take it easy!

I have a tendency to start a lot of projects and then leave them halfway through. I often have ideas that I think will work well, but I have a hard time focusing on one idea for long enough to see it through. Alu has been trying to break me of that, but it's pretty deep-seated so it'll take a lot of work I imagine. That's also part of the reason I started this blog and of course she's the one who makes sure I actually write every day. I appreciate it in the long term, but at the time, it can get frustrating since I'm usually focused on starting something new. I'm glad she can put up with my being that way and vice versa, because I think ultimately if we can get me to see things through to the end more often, I'll actually be able to finish things and that will definitely be for the best. 　 This morning, I weighed 187.8 lbs. 　 Yesterday, I ate: ~ A bowl of cereal ~ A black bean enchilada ~ A handful of barbecue Lay's ~ A rice krisp...