WIP Wednesday – Aug 16

Hey all, Sam and David here again today.

It’s the middle of the week again, already. Wow. This past week has felt really long, and yet even then it didn’t really feel that productive. Sam had to spend a little bit more time at work with a shifted schedule to cover a co-workers vacation…and it ended up being pretty busy, so she didn’t get downtime, which means she didn’t get any breaks. Labor laws in the US really kind of suck…did you know that employers don’t have to give lunch breaks? Actually, in the state of Iowa, the only thing they legally have to provide is bathroom breaks.

Anyway, as per usual, we are back to talk about everything we’ve been up to in the past week. Generally this means talking about reading, writing, watching, playing, crafting, and doing. We call this weekly series WIP Wednesday. We’d also love to hear what you’ve been up to lately, so let us know in the comments.

Let’s get started.

Sam

Reading: Face the Night by Lani Forbes, The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Anne Frank, Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rimes

It was a slower reading week, for sure. I didn’t get as much time as usual while at work, and when not at work, I was simply really tired and didn’t read as much. I think I’m starting to catch up on sleep a little bit, so hopefully next week’s update is a bit bigger. In fact, the only reasons I picked up Queen Charlotte were that my digital hold from the library finally came in, and because I knew it would be a quick read.

As for my current/upcoming reads, I have Her Radiant Curse by Elizabeth Lim, The City of Dusk by Tara Sim, The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston, and The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu.

The first is a NetGalley read, which I’ll be reviewing I believe next week, and then with Tara Sim’s and Wesley Chu’s books, I’ve been approved for the sequels on NetGalley…and I keep putting off reading the first books, so I need to actually focus and get reading. Finally, I can’t believe I still haven’t read the newest Ashley Poston book yet, so I need to fix that, and I think it’ll be a nice contrast to the other more epic and dark fantasy tales I’m reading.

Watching: I’m watching some cool shows and movies…but I’m still not talking about that. I’ll keep watching things as long as the WGA and SAG-AFTRA say to stream/watch them, but I’m not going to talk about them. Don’t worry. I’m keeping a list and will have a big ol’ talk about everything once the strike has been successfully resolved.

Writing: I’ve been doing some editing and re-writing…but not too much, so I can’t really dig that deep into anything really. I’ve also been immensely tired the past week, and it has made it difficult for me to really get much done.

Oh, and I can officially say, since the web site has been updated, that I am co-ML of the USA::Iowa::Elsewhere region for NaNoWriMo. I’m already starting up chats with the region on the NaNo site and on our region’s Discord, and I’m trying to figure out what sorts of events I could get scheduled for October and November. I know I’m going to have some virtual events, but I’d love to have a few in-person ones as well. We’ll see what happens.

Other: We went for a little walk/hike in a nearby nature preserve, but we’ll have to go back some other time when we’ve actually planned a hike. David was not wearing proper shoes, and we didn’t have drinks and snacks prepared. But it was still a nice little trip out into nature.

I also just started playing “Stray Gods” last night. I think I played for 30-60 minutes, so I can’t really say too much about it just yet. I’m still getting used to everything. At this point all I can say is that a lot of it has felt pretty hands off, with me mostly watching what’s going on. I’ve only had to select my interaction options perhaps a dozen times. Otherwise I’m just sitting there, holding my Switch, and watching the story/musical play out. It’s interesting, but I don’t know that I’m sold on the game just yet.

David

Watching: Doing a rewatch of Dragonball Z, so that I can start Dragonball Super. I am at the point where Goku is about to fight Captain Ginyu the first time. Bulma is my least favorite character at this point, Vegeta and Piccolo are still my favorites. Me and Sam are rewatching The Wheel of Time season 1, in preparation of season 2. I am sad they had to replace the actor for Mat but I will of course give the new guy a chance.

I cant forget to put here that we started watching the original Mighty Morphing Power Rangers. We just made it through the like 60 episode season 1 and now are on season 2 starting with Lord Zedd. Which actually is the first season I can remember watching of the Power Rangers when I was younger.

Painting: Been making some pretty good progress on my Oathsworn figures for the boardgame. I plan to finish up painting the figures for the Shadows of Brimstone Forbidden Fortress next. Of course I am painting these while I am painting the Slicing Noose Kill Team. I went and bought some Ork Boyz for Kill Team as well and I cant wait to paint them as well.

Playing: With all the painting I have been doing I have not had too much time to play my video games, but I did manage to finally start a seasonal hero on Diablo4. I decided on a Sorceror. I think that that is my favorite class so far in this Diablo game, Demon Hunter was my favorite in Diablo 3.

I also started playing a little bit of Sun Haven on my computer as well. It is a bit Stardew Valley like game, but I don’t think I am limited by a sleep schedule in this one. I think the coolest part is being able to play fantasy races. I ended up playing as a birdman. He looks so cute in his striped shirt and shorts. I already managed to get my combat abilities to level 8 but considering I just opened up the second column of the combat skilltree I think I still have a bit to go on that aspect. It is a nice little cozy game though and I enjoy it.

All right, well that is all from us today. Feel free to tell us what you’ve been up to in the comments, because we’d love to hear all about it. Thank you so much for stopping by, and we’ll be back soon with more geeky content.