It’s been a hot
minute since I’ve written anything of real substance on either of
the blogs, and I’ve an itch to write more as of recent. Yet, as my
free time becomes smaller and smaller and yet my interest in writing
more increases, I had to form somewhere a compromise. This is where
Monday Chats come in.
The format of Monday
Chats are similar to my political posts of late 2014 + 2015, but
shorter, across a variety of topics, and once a week. While the tone
of these are much more conversational (a tone that I’m terrible
with) I will be able to save the real good stuff for more short
stories while still retaining a lot of my skill by writing regularly
about important topics. It will also help in wrapping my mind around
certain things.
So here is the
structure: I’ll start off with the discussion of the “topic of
the week”, going in depth into what I feel and hopefully making it
fun enough to read on your end. I’ll also end it (because I know
people like knowing this and I know it helps me stay on track) with
what I’ve been doing recently, ie what I’ve been listening to,
playing, watching, reading, etc. etc. Something you can expect from a
person who actually keeps a log of every movie/book/game they’ve
ever consumed (which apparently is not popular at all? What?
Potential Monday chat topic??).
So, let’s run a
practice round. This post’s topic will be the old conversational
pieces I used to do on Astuka’s Blog. What do I think of them now?
How have my thoughts changed?
Easily what I’ve
written about the most (and subsequently what I’ve been known for
the most) is my series of blogs on Gamergate (the hilariously stupid
named video game scandal) and the later national debate that came out
of that which dealt with radical feminism. Well, the Gamergate crew –
which I left pretty early on due to both my own changing focuses and
also the incredible stupidity among its ranks – ended up taking new
people under its wing, including religious conservatives and white
supremacists. As it got bigger it left a huge snail trail of
outraged media and unfunny memes, eventually being renamed by the
media “The Alt-Right” and following under the footsteps of their
new political mastermind, Donald Trump. Then, Trump got elected. So I
guess in a really roundabout way I was somewhat deeply responsible
for getting Trump into office. Whoops! Won’t happen next time – I
promise.
Still, have any of
my opinions changed in terms of how I defined equality and feminism?
Looking back at old posts (though I admit some of the older ones are
pretty cringy to read), not much has changed. I still believe there
is a clear distinction between radical feminism (which really is a
dangerous ideology) and “actual” (???) feminism. And I still
believe that there needs to be better attempts to differentiate
between the too – I mean, it’s gotten so bad that we accidentally
got a retard elected because of it. I don’t really need to explain
this part anymore, do I?
Still, I suppose
there is definitely still room for political talk on Monday Chat. I
think one of the main pros to blogging like this – at least to me –
is that you can make an impact on the world however small based on
what’s currently happening right now. Instead of being a spectator
to current events, you get to be apart of them – and that’s
pretty cool.
Anyway, that’s
about all for this first post. Hopefully this does become its own
regular thing. I’ll try to keep each entry fairly brief so they’re
both easy to read and easy to write. Anyway, let’s end this off
with what I’ve been doing:
Currently
playing: A lot of stuff. My second attempt to limit the amount of
games I have playing at once to one has failed again. Just today I
reinstalled Rome Total War for the first time in forever, hoping to
go through the games in chronological order til Napoleon (the last
one I own). I’m also halfway to completing Shadow of Mordor, and
given how easy that game is I’ll probably go for beating it. Guild
Wars 2 is also back on the menu, surprisingly – though my concerns
involving why I stopped playing in the first place are still there,
there’s also plenty of new cool stuff (WvW reward tracks!!!) that
have lead me to giving it a second chance. Finally, seeing that the
game is shutting down only after a year, I decided to pick up The
Tomorrow Children… only to drop it. Yeah, I can see why it’s
shutting down. It is kind of sad though – the concept of being a
worker in a collective commune all trying to build a town together
isn’t bad, it just doesn’t hold attention for long. I’m also
not even sure how this game made money in the first place.
Currently
reading: Also a lot of stuff. I’m up to the weird part of House
of Leaves now, and my feelings for it still are pretty mixed. On one
had the writing isn’t bad, and the concept is still interesting…
but on the other hand, its filled with a whole lot of nothing. Weird,
postmodernist, intentional nothing. I’ve also gotten back into
being interested with military history (as evident by me playing
Total War again) so I’ve been reading up on some old battles as
well – though the book is written in such a way that I’m not sure
if it’s made for kids or not? But who makes a kids book about
famous military battles? I don’t know, it’s probably just me.
Finally, I’ve been reading my textbook for English next year since
it has a couple of pretty interesting excerpts in it. Except now I
feel kind of scammed since the entire book is filled with these
excerpts and I’m pretty sure all of them are free. Shit.
Currently
watching: I’ve gotten a bit farther into Black Mirror – now
onto Season 2 episode 3. While I still don’t really find myself
enjoying it, I’ve found the episodes in this season are much easier
to watch in one sitting. Their plots are still pretty uninteresting,
but as I’ve begun to appreciate the cinematography and actual
storytelling methods more and more I’ve used that to deal with the
story itself. I’m hoping that by the time I’m finished I’ll at
least be able to say I enjoyed at least some of the episodes. As for
currently going TV, Twin Peaks is still kino and Game of Thrones is
still a snoozefest (and, based on those leaked episode summaries, it
appears that Game of Thrones will continue to be a
snoozefest). And in the film department, I’m hoping to see Baby
Driver in theaters relatively soon, though I’ve been too busy to
find a chance and do it.
Currently
listening: XXL freshman cyphers. Because I enjoy suffering and do
not long to be in this world.
Well, that’s all
for now. Remember to follow Codex of Aegis on Twitter and Facebook
for more updates.
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