Swampy

if you would like to spite the really mean people even more today, consider donating to raices con voz. they're a student-led organization in los angeles, who deliver food and essential supplies to immigrant families who can't leave their homes due to the ICE raids. More information about them here

in keeping with tradition, here is a link to unicef's fund for emergency health supplies and services for survivors of the venezuela earthquakes.

here is another link for manos in action, an organization that delivers supplies, such as food and childcare items, to latin american immigrants in central florida. I've participated in one of their local food drives; they're great. if you're not local to central florida, you can always donate money.

Yes, I was tearing through books constantly, and talking to this teacher at least weekly. Because even though I always loved reading as a kid, literature was always a very weak subject for me in terms of a teaching-to-standardized-test school setting (I just do awful on "what color were the curtains" type multiple choice questions. Those details don't stick in my memory THEY JUST DON'T). But that didn't matter for this class. I could just read my way out of any bad test score. I have always had fond memories of how I "fudged" my way through that class and "abused' the extra credit policy.

Uber is a fucking shell game of a company designed to leech investor capital and output bootleg cabs.

Nvidia posted a profit in 2023 of $4.37 billion. This is like someone stealing less than a penny from me.

And they lock this kid in a prison hospital for LIFE?

I like how it's a timeless tale of revenge, where if you go that route prepare to lose something about yourself. I like how we don't actually know where exactly everything is taking place, just that the homes get progressively better looking compared to how the twins were living. I like how they're twin sisters but they still are own person. I like how Anaia keeps learning the hard way about discernment when it comes to her grace and kindness while Racine leans into the violence cuz no one protected her so she becomes dangerous as a response.

And the women, the moms, and that lawyer who all gave excuses to the dad's vile ways. The half brothers who refused empathy to their sisters. This movie packed so much about how no one wins when you give abusers chance after chance after chance and that sometimes the answer is just to kill them. Also Janelle Monae and Erika Alexander killed it as the worst pick me women using classism and religion to diminished what the sisters went through.

it's like a midwest gothic supernatural horror mystery. think of a nasty cult and a coterie of vampires draining a decaying gary, indiana of everything it has left

dice pools are fun. the health system is interesting and provides a sense of realism. willpower is cool. i like how its systems beg the players to role play for exp and meter management.

it's just a bit clunky. the book is overly wordy and inefficient, hard to use as a quick reference while DM-ing. i don't like the combat.