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Only thing better than getting cute mail is sending it!

I had a good afternoon bopping around with friends for Chicagoland Stationery Store Day ✉️✏️ Home exhausted but happy with a small, strong haul of letter-writing materials. Cheers to Paper & Pencil and Atlas Stationers.

Thank you for the festive Dreamcast stickers, @jamestocchio.bsky.social! These and your handwritten note delighted me. Sonic and Shadow in one day!

Is he…? You know. My close personal friend Shadow the Hedgehog?

Well..............................................................

Trying for this tomorrow because I am healthy and in control of my life.

Today on Astral City Mini, I take a second bite of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and send it back to the kitchen.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: In Poor TasteIn the near-decade I've nurtured the belief that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the ugly outlier of its superlative Xeno-brethren, I've stopped a few times to wonder if I'd been overly harsh in my appraisal. A creeping fog over my long-term memory had left only vague distaste on my palate. I remember the story feeling hammy, the gameplay feeling clunky, the synthesis of it all feeling jagged and imprecise.astralcitymini.com

I love a New Bean Day. 🫘 Excited to try this Little Arrow Blend from Underwood Coffee in Duluth, MN. Raising a mug in gratitude to @tophr.org for hooking me up!

Perfect little vibe going this afternoon. Got a new stack of records to go through, starting with this lo-fi Konami beats LP.

Brilliant writing by Joshua here. Even armed with cursory Spider-Man knowledge, I was moved by this piece. It is a chest-achingly painful act of reckoning. Our relationships with stories should change. When we read, watch, and play, and our stories end, we should feel propelled. Not imprisoned.