📰 weekly reporter 06.01-06.07

📰 weekly reporter

vol 22 week of 06/01-06/07

⮡   reflecting — enjoying — playing — obsessing — recommending — treating — encountering — restoring — stats report — editors recap

— reflecting

let's see... I'd been good up until tonight and last night about going to bed before 10 but it's the weekend! (although I do have work tomorrow.) this week was good but busy. I had a lot going on with work, then classes were a little hectic.. so I felt pretty exhausted energy wise but it wasn't too bad. the power went out on thursday so I got some extra studying in too
today at the gym, I was so engrossed in a movie on tv (man on fire, 2004) that I didn't have any music playing for my hour long elliptical session. remembered an old tweet I had seen mentioning how it was good to reconnect with your body like that from time to time, so I've been thinking about that all day.
I also keep finding myself repeating "how can I fit everything in?" I struggle to pick a single focus and I told myself that june would be different, but I still find myself wanting to do do do so much more.
something something writing writing writing. piggy backing off of last week, I'm loving how I've been making time for it. I want to keep writing, and I want to write more. how do you get better at writing? write more. read some, but you have to get words onto paper(screen) and then go through those words and see what you could do better. 🔝

— enjoying

I love putting stickers on things yay! I went on a coffee date with a friend yesterday and deco'd up two more toploaders for zayne and xavier. they dressed super super cute in destiny cafe the other day. I also have some new plans to deco a spread for caleb for his birthday!!
another enjoyment is that we finally opened our pool and swam today!! the weather has been soooo rainy that we haven't been able to swim at all despite decent temps. we also got the new puppies into the pool and they seemed to like it enough? not like koko who wants to swim and play ball any chance he gets. its supposed to rain some more, but I'm hoping the nice sunny weather holds up. 🔝

— playing

pulled for xaviers feverish attempts and instead got caleb exclusive aftertaste, so that ruined my pity. ranking up his card was nice, but mr birthday boy, you were supposed to wait to come home on your banner! anyway, calebs birthday banner and event are out! apparently with the english localization there's a lot they had to cut out since they had to adjust his character story for western audiences.......... which I think is why I've hesitated to get into his character too much? it feels disingenuous that they changed some aspects of his character for western audiences since we don't have a comparable trope as far as I understand. this is always a big point of contention in the fandom and I've already seen suggestions of drama. bitching and complaining site never fails to get people bitching and complaining. there's already leaks for rafayel's upcoming new myth. he's supposedly getting his mermaid form... so we will wait and see.
in other gaming news, I've seen chatter about the light and night anniversary, and maybe its time to get into light and night. the cards are gorgeous, and I follow the translators anyway... its unlikely to get a global release but with the lads fandoms constant drama, maybe its for the better *heart hands emoji*
also saw a suggested reading for mahoyaku... 2025 the year I return to mobile gaming madness? maybe I make a simutaneous gwarentz and rutileflores twitter account return... wao wao... girl who is obsessed with gacha. sigh.
also excited about danchi days demo, inkonbini demo, and new trailers for grave seasons. need to check up on that by the sea shore game too. 🔝

— obsessing

thinking about kimmyvu jewelry, that silly pen case I mentioned last week... wanting to upgrade my desk space and build a pc... getting into new hobbies..... trying to figure out how to use my planner more... buying more stickers..... also waiting on jd acceptance, so I'm constantly checking my email, waiting.... (girl u applied one week ago calm down) 🔝

— recommending

started an article about tech that I didn't finish, actually read that henrik article I mentioned last week. there was something else I was really excited to put here earlier this week but now i have no idea what it was. 🔝

— treating

went on a coffee date yesterday and got an alright matcha, and mom made a white cake with lemon frosting that I kid you not tastes like a lemon froot loop. dad made chicken parm for dinner too. lil bro brought me a thai bubble tea at work on friday and in return, I got us pizza and breadsticks! 🔝

— encountering

I am pretty frustrated with my current workout regimen. dad is my "coach" and usually plans the workouts but I think we are starting to deviate in our goals. we've been kinda plateauing for a bit... I'm not really ready to get into strict dieting and cutting/bulking phases.. I'd really like to work on some mobility and calisthenics and really emphasize training my legs. I'd also like to get my powerlifting forms into better shape, especially my squats and deadlifts. We really focused on building my upper body. Dad doesn't like doing legs, so I feel like mine have withered away T_T okay that's being melodramatic, but I don't feel as strong as I was.
I probably need to get more serious about eating too. I just don't want to hardcore meal prep and track all my calories and do all that craziness. sigh. I need to get back on protein shakes, and probably start taking creatine and tracking my steps and daily calorie burn. gotta get a fitness tracker too... sigh.... fitness is so fun until you get into the tedious stuff like all the Gainz related optimization shit. 🔝

— restoring

been better about not letting homework fall too far behind and getting enough sleep. we've been taking it easy training wise, so I don't feel nearly as sore as I have in the past. I've also been watching my water intake and don't feel so dried out. 🔝

weekly highlights 🆕 toploader decos! 🆙 productivity 💭 what can I do differently? 📚 articles (misc) 📺 man on fire (finished) 🎵 oh no! marina 🎮 lads

📊 stats report

last week

☒ 1000 words of summer
☇ homework
☑ go to bed before 11pm

— 3 goals for the upcoming week
☐ caleb birthday deco spread
☐ get ahead on homework
☐ find new training regimen

— upcoming
🖉 bitesized
🖉 24 week clay retrospective
🖉 goals doc......
🖉 coolness theory 3 parter
🖉 oc intros
🖉 greenhouse missive/intro

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📥 editors recap

I already want to update the layout to a version 2 hehe. I have an idea of trying to make a second page but no idea how to actually execute it. I think I might have to play around with some javascript buttons to get it to work or else figure out some css hacky way. I think I've going to have to use visibility or display to get it to work. and probably a button of some sort? if anyone has any knowledge on how to get it to work or any direction.... I'm all ears.
I think I need to figure out a way to track more stuff during the week to really fill out some sections on reporter. I felt pretty inspired and definitely had things I wanted to incorporate into reporter but poof... gone when I sit down to actually write plus your brain isn't that great for storing bite sized stray thoughts.
speaking of bitesized, I have unfortunately given up on 1000 words of summer. I'm just too damn busy to do it (excuses, I mentally scoff). so I'm changing it a bit to a challenge I'm calling bite sized. I want to get better at writing, and writing well means increasing my exposure to words either through reading, or writing more. so I want to write 100 words well. so we have to get into practice of writing 100 well written words. I'd like to incorporate the weekly bite size highlights into reporter when I figure out that second page. there's also a couple other things I want to try and play around with for our second page.
I was busy doing homework earlier but had a lot of inspiration for reporter so I jotted down some notes. looking over it I think I've incorporated everything I wanted to say but I'd like to track more grrr... I need to look at the newspaper for more inspiration.