./july 2024

we finished our respective new lasagnas
let out an uncomfortable laugh when the waiter came up to us and said "DOING A LITTLE BUFFET, AREN'T WE FAMILY?? HEHEHE..."
we decided to swap
watched silvia get full after eating half of hers
ordered a bolognese lasagna and got full after eating half
after my successful doctoral qualification, went to an ""expensive"" ""Italian"" restaurant to celebrate

watched silvia get sick after eating an equally infected cashew candy
ate a piece of couscous that had probably been touched more by flies than by humans
saw a coati (less than 1km above sea level)
saw a newborn (1km above sea level)
was pleasantly surprised to realize I was the fittest person among the 4 present, an unprecedented event that I fear will never happen again
climbed to the 2nd highest point in the city of Rio de Janeiro for the second time in my life, this time without incurring psychological damage from facing a dangerously vertical staircase
met up with a couple of friends

started thinking about what an Inside Out TTRPG would be like, where each player would control a different emotion and try to pull things their way, until I remembered that there's a Dimension 20 season that is literally that
despite -- or because of -- my low expectations for the movie, I actually had fun (side out)
watched Inside Out 2 in theaters with my parents

ate a piece of couscous that hadn't been touched by flies, but that also wasn't very tasty, and reflected on this fact for longer than I should have -- maybe the flies know what they're doing
was reminded of the inexorable passage of time when I realized that a friend's brother, whom I met when he was a pre-teen, is now not only a full young adult, but also identical to Roberto Carlos v1960
didn't have tea or see pans
attended a "bridal shower"

in general, I was just very happy to be able to do something I've wanted to do for so long
rejoiced in jubilation when applying lessons learned and realizing there was a clear improvement trend
against all odds, GM'd a third session
made mistakes again, and listed again the learnings that could be extracted from the experience
GM'd a second RPG session
made mistakes and reflected to extract lessons from them
said the expression "meters of rat" at least 10 times
fulfilled my dream of properly GM'ing an RPG session

took a supposedly "reckless" action and turned down an irrefusable offer from my boss

watched the SU&SD video about Arcs and felt like playing Arcs
listened to a podcast with Quinns about his pivot to TTRPG journalism and started wondering what, if any, would be my pivot after 10 years in computing
started subscribing to the Quinn's Quest patreon solely because of a tweet from Quinns with a Mausritter box

watched the first week of the Olympics, and by "watch", I mean I existed in a house where the TV was on all day on CazéTV, showing Brazilians losing and Japanese winning

started watching A Very Important People, also on Dropout, and was surprised to realize that it's not that these people are 100% of the time funny, it's just that Game Changer is really good
watched all available seasons of Game Changer on Dropout (except the remote one), and was flooded with the great feeling of being entertained by a game show where you know almost all the participants
watched "Big Trouble in Little China" and found it fun

consolidated my thoughts in a review for posterity
with the (inadvertent) help of a pen pal, I was able to understand what attracts me so much to this beautiful trilogy
warmed my heart by revisiting all these characters I love and admire
watched silvia complete Mass Effect 3, and consequently, the Mass Effect trilogy

wrote a not very positive review about Alan Wake Remastered
played and finished Alan Wake Remastered
in a tit-for-tat scheme, was put to play Alan Wake -- a game important to silvia

played 10 minutes of Mosa Lina, from Stuffed Wombat, and didn't feel like playing more
played 2h of Overboard, from Inkle Studios, and felt like playing more

inspired by an app can be a home-cooked meal, shared the bot with my close friends
happily realized that this digital stenographer was being useful in my day-to-day life
made a Telegram bot that receives voice messages, transcribes them using Whisper, and summarizes them using GPT-4o

we're back on track and the project will be out Soon(TM)
aborted mission, went through at least three cycles of "this is impossible... we won't make it..." -> "hm... what if...?"
in the moments before the rocket launch, realized that the landing module was broken, and that it would arrive at the destination perfectly but everyone would die in the process
made all the necessary preparations to launch the translation tool for Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You