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“We have had no good comic operas of late, because the real world has been more comic than any possible opera.” – Illustrated London News, Jan. 17, 1931 G. K. Chesterton

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"I am the last monarch of the old world. As Emperor, it is my duty to protect my peoples from their politicians" -Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary

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In Which we talk about Verosimilitude in Video Games

Good morning, dear friend, reader of this present post, at the divagation store! How are you? I pray you are well? How have you been? As for me, I am okay, there has been some insane times, the past 3-4 days have been the longest months of all years I lived. I tried writing before, but at the end of the day, it would not be possible to think clearly. Today, I am on a more stable plan. I am really not sure how to write what happened without turning the whole post both too long, I may mention it, but for now, I wanted to just talk of more trivial things. I did play some Victoria 3 today! They will be releasing a new dlc in November 5th, adding a series of events and special content catered towards the Russian Empire. I wonder  if it will make the game joyless for the otherwise lovely time I have developing Russia. My default match in Victoria 3 is selecting Russia, passing lasseiz-faire laws, both freedom of trade and economic descentralization, alongside all it comes wirh it, such a...

In Which we Wrap up June: the Blog Birthday month

Good morning, my friend, reader of this post! How are you today? How is the weather? I do wish you the best, and hope the month of June wrapped up for you in a good tone. Did it wrapped it up, for me, like that? I guess it did. I almost didn't sleep, but fortunately managed to throw a bit of a nap together at the last minute. I tried my luck once again in EU4, did not work too well. Such a frustrating game. One of the first things I did this month was to remove it from my favorites on Steam, so its name does not stare at me, diminishing the temptation to open this hell's box. It is a game that brings me nothing but frustration, and I ought to avoid such bad feeling, I have it enough on my routine, I do not need it on my moments of pleasure. In fact, I went as far as uninstalling it. I pray that God give me strength to not return to this game, at least anytime soon. This will be my first act of July, and a good way of wrapping up June. 


Some more roses to fill your day with kind and good feelings!
How was the month, overall, anyway? It was overall a net positive. I can’t say if it’s because of the med I’m taking, or because of just recovering from very bad moments… I still miss my dear friend, but I am glad that we can chat sometimes, through the comments, these days, specially. I haven’t drawn much this last week, I did have some moments where I wanted to, but I could not bring myself to do it. I started a new course on drawing, but I haven’t seen much of it, yet. I did finish June in a good note in the sense of finally being able to participate in a chat with the School of Apelles, and it was a great conversation about storytelling in realist paintings. I hope next week I can participate again. I am sure it will be most excellent. I am happy Winter have come into fruition entirely, not only I can wear my sweaters more comfortably, socks also become a must! Unfortunately, most of my socks get too tight around my chubby feet and legs… I hate being fat, it prevents me from getting more proper and even more creative in the clothes I wear. I am limited by my size. Most things are too uncomfortable for me. I hope with a surgical intervention I am now planning with more concrete perspectives, I can not only finally lose weight, and get my food situation also in check, but also get more joie de vivre and more years to live. Of course, the process ought to be harsh, but losing weight through more traditional methods have been a fantastic failure so far, for one reason and another reason, that becomes a snowball. What I can say is, many on my political spectrum are so harsh towards us that fail to lose weight. Many talk to the masses in an intolerable use of “just exercise, eat better” like it’s that simple. Like only willpower is what it takes to change things. How… naive, to say the least. That reminds me of Nietzsche a bit. Truth is, life is more complicated than that. It is, I know because I live it and one trauma, one indisposition, is all it takes to get the whole “exercise and eat better” mentality crumble. So, for those who care, that are on my political spectrum, the libertarian one, or the conservative one… I don’t know where I fit anymore, but that is for another post… anyway, for those who care: empathy is a must. What else is there to be said?
I believe this is a good point to wrap up today’s post, I say that because I think I summed up everything I wanted to say in a good way, more talk than that and it will be a bit too long of a post. Your time is precious, and also another reason to say Thank You, for deciding to spend some moments with me. That is such a wonderful gesture, and I hope the exchange was mutually beneficial! I shall return soon with more posts, hopefully one opening up July, the next week or so… cheers to you, and happy Weekend, also!

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