Thank you to @watchgirlsplay.bsky.social for having us (+ @shanghaisix.bsky.social, @imdreamwarrior.bsky.social) at the Oregon Ren Faire! It was a long day doing so much and I had a blast. I'm happy I showed up because reconnecting is always a wonderful time, and I hope to come back next year! 🖤🤍

📍 Canard Burnside - Portland, OR Came here with a friend to use our Chase Sapphire Reserve dining credit. Ordered steak frites, friend ordered duck frites, and both were SO tender and delicious. The snap peas and cocktails were 👌 as well. Great use of our CSR credit.

📍 Lil' Funky Donuts - Portland, OR Honestly, I was just looking for something to bring to an MTG house party. It was this or Voodoo Doughnuts, and I think Voodoo has the bigger name, so I went with this! Everyone cleared the whole box! (I *almost* bought more than this but 12 was just right.)

📍 Geranium Lake Flowers - Portland, OR Tbh, I gift flowers a fair amount, but I rarely enter a floral store. This place was like a workshop! I walked in and said I was looking to get a gift, something colorful, and shared my budget. One of the team members, Joe, put this together in 20-30 minutes 👏

📍 Azar Indulgences - Portland, OR This was a cute little chocolate shop next to a hotel. The owner, Christine, was SO sweet allowing her customers to sample all sorts of chocolate. She was extremely passionate about her business and really helped walk me through how to gift some chocolate. 🤎

Escape Lounge at PDX 👌 If I didn't have free hotel breakfast already, I'd have indulged myself here too 😂

The strangers I've interacted with in Portland have been really nice and sociable. I know for some it's their JOB (waiters, store managers, etc) but I feel I have something positive to say about every place I visited and I want to make sure to give the same energy forward (more to post about later)

I lost one of my rings at Ren Faire, but I didn't notice until maybe after 2 mins tops. I was very quickly ready to take the L on it, but shout out to the kind person who picked it up AND noticed I was looking for something so I got my ring back 😭

‘Father’ and ‘dad’ are synonyms. ‘Figure’ and ‘bod’ are synonyms. But, a ‘father figure’ and a ‘dad bod’ aren’t exactly the same thing…

allergies in Oregon got hands

Husky POV: in a living room full of men playing Magic the Gathering

📍 Cheryl's on 12th - Portland, OR Green omelet and earl gray tea (unpictured). I ate a bunch of fast food yesterday so tried to have more greens today. The table next to me *I think* was my waitress's dad and his friend or family member, but overhearing them catch up about their life was cute.

Barista: Sheeeesh how do you keep your shoes so clean?! Me: Uh... when they're brand new. Barista: 😂 (gives me a fist bump)

Staying at this hotel in downtown Portland and I've seen 3 other guests holding dogs under 10 lbs LIKE HI CAN I PET THEM

airport fit

- Guacamole (avocado, red tomato, yellow onion, squeezed lime) - Ground beef w/ yellow onion - Diced potatoes - Vegetable mix (carrot, cucumber, corn, black beans) w/ a slight dressing mix of sesame oil + olive oil + ponzu + honey (was just what I have) - Egg

I'm an Eorzea Collection copier, but I finally put together some Glamour Plates I'm happy with. PLD / VPR / DoH / DoL

okay so starting next weekend I go to Portland, then I come home for 2 days, then I go to Las Vegas, then I come home for 1 day, and then I go to LA! we got this!

I JUST FINISHED SEASON 1 OF SEVERANCE AHHH

This is probably a weird ass metric, but in my years of working full-time, I never stayed at one job long enough to use up a whole notebook. It also feels weird to use the same notebook between jobs.

happy 6/9 day

Shabu shabu with my mom 🍲

Genuinely hope any of the teams who paid 500k to have their trailers play with de-synced audio are refunded or compensated in some way. Obviously I know SGF doesn't want this and is likely doing everything they can to fix it, but this moment is SO important to these teams, it's such a huge bummer.

one and the same in this economy 😔

Are you ready for Revelation? 🙏🏼 #FF7R Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the thrilling conclusion of the FFVII Remake Series, launches simultaneously on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, Epic Games Store and Steam in Spring 2027.

I have caught up on SGF so now I can scroll on social media

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I know this is the bare minimum of friendship building and social human interaction, but it's cool to ask someone to hang out and they say yes.

Yay!! Thrilled to announce I'll be hosting & co-streaming the Women-Led Games Showcase for Summer Game Fest this year! Let me tell you all about some awesome games being made by amazing women. Join the fun on my Twitch or YouTube channel this Thursday, June 4th at 4pm PT 🎉🥰 twitch.tv/TheStrangeRebel

Twice this year, I opted out of an event because "no one I know is going," only to find out very late that people I know are in fact going (via work, invitation, etc). So next year, we are stopping that behavior and going to events regardless if people I know are going or not 😤.

oh yeah, these are most of the things I got from the Nintendo Store (I'm having a niece soon 😂 )

do I have any mutuals in Portland, OR do I have any mutuals in Las Vegas, NV 👀

TIL about skin tags and it is bothering the HECK OUT OF ME

vibes

It shouldn't be a hot take but I still believe that if you can't accept apologies and attempts to do better no matter what, people will never be motivated to do better or even try.

Me: I'm at the Nintendo Store in SF! What Nintendo stuff do you like? Friend 1: oh I've already been to the one in Washington Me: I'm at the Nintendo Store in SF! What Nintendo stuff do you like? Friend 2: um I went when I was in Japan... Me: (guess I'll just go fuck myself then!)

Caltrain ride to San Francisco today.

I don't know if this is a uniquely SF Bay Area experience, but it's crazy to me how at one job I can make $70k, and do the *exact same job* at another company but make $90-100k.

my biggest advice to any freelancer who is looking to work in the games industry is to Always Apply To That Job. even if you aren’t 100% qualified, having your name and resume known to the studio you are applying to can get you work in the future.

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ordered a chicken salad from Starbird tonight, but I mistakenly picked their "plant-based chicken" instead of the crispy chicken that I love 😭

just letting the Bluesky feed know I binge watched Superman & Lois and

this was not something I ever thought about before but suddenly I feel seen by this

hungry but in a "want to go out to eat with friends" kind of way 😆 and I'm a homebody!

seek out the 👀

got my first wings a few nights ago

Today, I found out someone I onboarded at a past job passed away. I didn't work with them for very long but... what the fuck.

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