Hello whoever might be out there, I have tried rewriting this intro so many times already. I am not entirely sure what I even want to talk about right now, which is ironic considering the options I considered; running on empty, burnout and apathy, nihilism and the future. But instead I am addressing the secret fourth option, distraction. I am a master at distraction, both being it and receiving it. I am a pain to study and work with because I am, admittedly, a bit of an attention whore. I don't like being left with my own thoughts without someone to immediately tell. A disgusting combination of attention seeking and narcissism. Why do we think I started a blog? Nobody wanted to hear about Lego Friends or Splatoon or any random film I just watched, yet I end up telling everyone anyway.  Because I am a distraction. To others. And that is the "journal perspective" part of this post, I am being vulnerable and self-aware, are you enjoying it? Because you are now just another r...

Hello whoever might be out there,  As of writing this, I just hit 1000 hours in Splatoon 3. And as of writing this, it is four days until the four year anniversary of the game's release, so also the four year anniversary of the Queen's death. I've been playing Splatoon since February 2021, and I remember that so vividly because I bought Splatoon 2 the same week that Splatoon 3 was announced. Worth it though; Splatoon 2 was an amazing experience for the short time I had it while it was active, including Octo Expansion. I still managed to rack up 175 hours. Then this summer, Splatoon Raiders released, so that's all I did, as anticipated. I played Splatoon Raiders for 80 hours, bearing in mind that it is a single player game with a finite amount of things to do. But it was still amazing anyway, 10/10 would recommend, changed my life forever. But the reason why I am sat here writing this right now is because of Splatoon 3. I love Splatoon, that shouldn't be a surprise b...