📰 weekly reporter 11.02-11.08

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📰 weekly reporter

vol 33 week of october 11/02-11/08

r.e.p.o.r.t.e.r — media recap — editors recap—

— reflecting

wah wah wah all I do is think think think myself in circles. I feel bad I haven't responded to any comments, I need to reach out and not just read other peoples stuff.. I need to reach out to friends more in general really.... I feel like I get stuck talking about the same thing over and over in reporter every week... How much progress can you really make in a week? what are you doing/how are you spending your time every week.. what are your expectations for yourself that you are or aren't doing?
the new year is around the corner, the weather is getting cold, the days are so short now. all I do is ask questions without answering them... what are you doing really?

— enjoying

I scrapbooked the three weeks in october where I had a lot going on and I'm super happy with how the pages turned out. I say scrapbooked, but I did them in my weeks. I made a cool jvb concert page (I did not take enough pics), a halloween parties page, and a page for the hudson westbrook concert. I also planned the page for my waterparks concert- I'd really like to do a waterfall style insert for the setlist.. I think it would be cool to have all the album covers from the songs they played.

— playing

really dropped off on gaming again. I've been doing the bare minimum in lads again. I don't like whatever wandering story feature they have for the current mini game for the little extra chats? I like the little sidescroller mini game though.
I really wanna start playing bass again. seeing iDKHOW live again and being reminded of how cool bass is makes me want to learn some of their songs and just noodle around... maybe it's time to dig it out for a bit.... maybe I just practice some scales for a while... and then attempt iDKHOW and maybe honeycomb summer again.....

— obsessing

ok so I think this actually happened last week AND it fits better in playing BUT I didn't mention it AND i've been thinking about it all week so it counts as obsessing: neko atsume apparently has a VR version, so I asked my brother if he could bring it down when he visited (last weekend) and he left with with me.. but I haven't done anything to actually get it bc well. i dont even know where time has been going lately. but i want to play neko atsume vr.

— recommending

going to concerts. spending a little more to get a nicer hotel room. checking out jhariah and iDKHOW and waterparks. buying merch. living life as much as you can :)

— treating

I've had my eye on the exept belt and I finally got it!! I also got their little keychain too.
the hotel I stayed at had waffle machines, and one of them was texas shaped. so I made a texas shaped waffle before I got back on the road. crumbl's menu had a collab with martha stewart and mom had gotten those earlier this week so I got to enjoy the cookies all week and when we ran out she made some chocolate chip cookies too. dad was also out of town so we had filipino food! I've been really craving hibachi the last couple of days.....

— encountering

got a haircut earlier this week! I cut off a couple inches and had some bangs and layers cut in. I don't think I explained what I wanted very well and ended up with some curtainy-straight across bangs that still look good with my preferred part. don't get me wrong, its a cute haircut just not what I was expecting. I like both styles, but I already know I won't put in the effort to make the straight across bangs styled right- it's just taking a little heat and adding some oomf every morning.... but gyah... maybe this will force me to get up earlier to make them look cute haha

— restoring

skipped the gym all week!!! but I ended up still staying up late every night or one reason or another. went back to the gym today and had a great chest and tri workout!! also I took an outfit pic over the weekend before my concert and WOW. my arms have gotten huge HAHA.

🎸 waterparks new song: 5 days 🚢 cruise countdown: 13 days

media recap

📚 reading: kinda skimmed some newsletters... I don't think I read very much this week. found this article in my reminders about turning obsidian into a weekly magazine tho.
📺 watching: bad monkey on apple tv; my dad watched the first episode on his flight back in, and then made us watch it and we binged a bunch of episodes yesterday after I got back from dallas! its pretty funny and the plot is a twisty turny mystery.
🎵 listening: WATERPARKS!!!!! the prowler tour setlist was great!! jhariah and iDKHOW were amazing openers too!! there's this other album I want to check out but havent had a chance yet
🎮 playing: LADS... havent played hsr... when will I get my gaming spark back......

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📥 editors recap

writing reporter tonight has been terrible because I don't even know what I did this week. work wasn't bad, class hasn't been too terrible either so idk where all the time went. on weeks like these I feel bad because reporter definitely suffers but you know we all have weeks like this. whatever, it'll get better!
so I'm maybe tempted to do a whole concert recap post now that I've speedrun my concert going for this year BAHAHA. but I saw my absolute favorite band for the third time on friday night!!! I drove down to dallas day of, got stuck in horrible traffic, made it into my hotel, got ready and then went to the show!! It was AWESOME!! played a ton of my favorite songs, teased two new ones, and I felt cute hehe. I wish I could go experience it again. there's a show in st louis I'd love to go to but GYAHHH... work.......

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on writing — current musings — stats report — cultivation, curation, creation —

🖉 on writing

I'd really like to reincorporate a morning writing habit, but idk how to make it fit into my current morning routine. I get up early to go to the gym, then eat breakfast and get ready for work... I suppose....... if I'm not too busy at work I could get some writing in..... but I'd really rather not do that.... I don't mind the evening writing, but I'm so much more likely to skip (as evidenced by current circumstances) if I wait until the evening. I guess I could try writing a little during my lunch, but lately everyone has been very chatty to me in the break room. which isn't a bad thing, but also not conducive to writing. maybe I squeeze in a little here and there as much as I can? I'll ponder on this but I think I need to get back into the habit of daily writing.

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💭 current musings: end of the year

ok before I get started on my current musing, totally unrelated, but after writing out the title I was reminded of a parx song called "end of the water (feel)" which was like the least streamed song off of intellectual property but its so good.
while I was procrastinating writing reporter this evening, I saw a little 26 before 2026 challenge on insta, sent it to a. with the caption "is there still time to do this or are we realistically too busy" and I'm torn because I so love a challenge (and it would be fun to report on it weekly) but also like. vacation in less than two weeks, then finals, plus holidays... so uhhh... should i be realistic or should I be delusional :)

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📊 stats report

— last weeks goals
☒ lads idol boys polca
☇ do laundry -_-
☒ go for a run

explanation?????

okay so clearly I need to rework my goal setting during the week because I keep skipping them or doing other stuff. completely missed the polcos, but I haven't pulled for the lads cards, but instead I did some scrapbooking in my planner and had fun! I skipped the gym pretty much every day last week too. laundry all got washed, but I haven't put any of it away, so it's all folded in baskets.

— 3 goals for the upcoming week
☐ waterparks scrapbook page
☐ advising for classes
☐ get some rest (bedtime before 10pm)

random fitness chatter

so I was taking to j. about fitness the other day and I think for the next little bit, I'm gonna make sure that SBD are all 135 and then move into a mobility/calisthenics exploration? I'd still like to grow my glutes and legs a bit though.... too many goals as usual.

curation
I think I might look up some bass scales or something to practice on for warm ups.. I guess I could start with spider walks, but I'd like to be able to have something a little meatier to work on?
started picking outfits for our vacation in a couple weeks... now that I think about it, I'll have to post reporter early AND write one on vacation.. I guess I can future/back date... hm.

creation
I'm having a lot of fun with scrapbooking in the hobonichi. I'd like to try my hand at making some stickers at home though. I have too many cutesy stickers and not enough rock concert style stickers HAHA. I'd really just like to make stickers in general.. it would be fun for j.'s and I's pen pal project too.
I've been thinking about this for a long time, and especially more recently with my newest clay/ceramics pinterest board, but I'd like to 3d scan and make gifs of the pots I've made. I've given a couple to my grandparents, so those are gone, and my dad has claimed some for trinket collecting and I have some doing some trinket collecting buuut there is still enough to scan and turn into a cool series I think. idk where to start with this project so it might just sit on the backburner for a while.

cultivation
I might have found a layout for greenhouse dispatch that I want to try and code. I peek through the magazine/newspaper subscriptions at work and try to get inspo for reporter pretty frequently. I need to rough draft it out first though.
I'm wondering if I should move this unit up into where on writing and my current musings are... still thinking about reworking this page....

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