Wish I had my good camera with me when I stepped out from work and saw this sky

The emergency brake on this train says "FINE FOR MISUSE" so I guess it's okay if you want to mess with it

Got scans back from my second roll of film. Did much better than the first, realizing just how much light ISO100 film needs. Camera is showing its age but I was blown away by the colors the Ektar100 produced.

Been seeing amazing clouds while driving home from work lately around sunset, so today I took a detour to Little Squalicum Park. A beach with a long pier. Made for some great pictures.

Finally got the pictures back from my first roll of film in decades. Most of them were not usable because... I have not used film in forever, and the camera did not have a light meter. Still, these turned out nice. Samoca 35 V using Fujifilm Acros 100.

Clouds were pretty tonight.

Candy report from tonight. Started with 11 pounds. Told each kid that came by to take a handful. This is the most we have given out since moving here

Quebecois Miku

Not sure if this is a hot take, but reading some of these convinces me that people who have not personally raised children tend to overestimate how much control parents have and how predictable children are.

Took my camera out today. Got some shots before heading to work and then a few more during my lunch break. And when I got home.

You can now sign up if you would like to be notified when the kits drop on my site: nataliethenerd.com/products/bri... Note: its my policy that I don't send any bs marketing emails, so you will ONLY ever get a stock email.

@amabel.bsky.social introduced a friend to Eyelet. Had a very energetic third player force his way into the game. Also had probably the quickest game ever. (Ended round four or five I think)

I did the meme thing.

Ramlethal Valentine

please mask up for frosty.

Finally got my pictures off of my camera from Just Block (not Push Block, despite what my brain keeps trying to make it). I only went on day 1 so these are only from that day. Had lots of fun and saw lots of good games. www.flickr.com/photos/20168...

Physical Media Collector Pumped For Downfall Of Humanity https://theonion.com/physical-media-collector-pumped-for-downfall-of-humanity/

Signed up for Xrd and +R... now to decide if I want to go for p4 or something else or relax a little more.

yeah instead of subscribing to game pass ultimate go buy yourself a Tekken 3 PCB and a supergun

=ONLY MIDS= Xrd Intermediate Bracket reg is up!! as always, beginners welcome, wired connections only w connection test for new folks outside of the NA west coast region, 64 player cap. (sorry no art yet, got other work obligations first) start.gg/only-mids

Went to day one of Push Block yesterday as all three games I was interested in were that day. I will compile the rest of the pictures and post them later, but for now, a few fun highlights:

Recently used @ohpoorpup.bsky.social's services to recap this second hand TEAC CX-350 I bought a few years ago, figuring it probably could use it. I was able to pick it up from her yesterday and it has been fun listening to various tapes throughout today. Sounds cleaner... definitely worth it.

Put together my non-UMAD Montreal picks. An assortment of apartments, metro stations, plants, and sights along the canal. www.flickr.com/photos/20168...

Took a lot of fun pictures in Montreal, but I do love these two from the Charlevoix metro station. The contrast of beautiful, colored glass along the escalator going down with the dark, gated off stairway at the platform to what I assume is a no longer used entrance.

One of the fun things I discovered about buying the soundtrack of a game that was in early access: soundtrack patches.

Probably one of my fastest turnarounds yet... my photos from UMAD 2025. Still learning and improving, but quite happy with a number of these. Lots of focus on Xrd and +R because personal bias. www.flickr.com/photos/20168...

Home from Montreal/UMAD. Will have more pictures to share as I go through them. Right now, happy to be with my cats again and they appear to have not completely forgotten me.

Last night I wanted to go to La Banquise for poutine after the tournament. But even at 1030pm it was packed with a line of thirty out the door. Got piri piri chicken poutine next door instead. Today I went to get beers with a friend and got traditional poutine.

Did a fair amount of walking around today. Checked in at UMAD, played some games with arcfieri before having to go to NDG for dinner and board games with friends. Tomorrow is the big day of P4AU and Xrd so that will be really fun.

It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack

It has been great being back in Montreal. Walking a bit, resting a lot... enjoying good food. Had duck tartare for the first time last night (my first tartare ever) and it was divine. Today for lunch I had a char siu bang mi that was great.

I love the unique ways Montreal encourages people to be pedestrians.

Je suis en Montréal. (Pardon my French)

Why am I up this early? Why does this time exist? The joys of 7 am international flights

unmasked scooby-doo villain: AND I'VE WOULD'VE GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT TOO!! IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY OWN LACK OF FORESIGHT AND PLANNING FOR VARIOUS CONTINGENCIES! fred: wow unmasked scooby-doo villain: what? fred: nothing, we've just never had someone take accountability like that

Excited to head out to Montreal tomorrow for UMAD for Xrd, +R, and P4AU. Then next weekend heading down to Seattle for Just Block to play the same three games. And seeing some of the same people at both tournaments will be fun.

Feels surreal that in 48 hours I will be on a plane, in the air, on my way to Montreal. Feels more ridiculous that I am expected to be productive at work for two days before that.

Delving back into film photography, slowly. Local film shop had this posted on their ebay page, and I figured what better way to get back into a medium with a 70 year old camera that is manual everything and for focus I have to guess how many feet I am from the subject, set it, and hope it is good.

I firmly believe that Plato had a cat. I have not done nor will I do further research to verify this claim.

12 matches in tournaments tonight going 7-5. 3-2 in Dustbowl to get 4th (out of 12) and 4-3 in A-Rank Ladder Rev2sday to get 8th (out of 19). Had fun and felt some passive improvement of things.

yeah, for sure everyone wants to wear the device that judges your parenting 24/7

Went to visit my parents, so I went to the beach near their house that I went to a lot growing up.

Went on another hike this weekend. This one was a bit more challenging and did not make it the whole way. Still a good workout and got some nice pictures.

Very interesting article on the damage a rogue localizer can do to a game as Silksong's Chinese release sits at 52% positive - the translator not only shared a bunch of info pre-release, breaking NDA, the localization itself was highschool-flowery. A wild read. www.loekalization.com/blog/blog/20...

You know how gun nuts say gun control is like the Nazis disarming Jews to prevent them from fighting back vs genocide, well, this is actually that. This is the Trumpists trying to prevent self-defense by a tiny minority group while explicitly seeking that group's destruction. This is ACTUALLY that

A few recent pictures of my cats with the new lens

Got a new lens for my camera. Decided to take it out to a local park to try it out. I have primarily used a 35mm prime lens so having a decent zoom was a nice treat (15-55mm).