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I am posting at work and will continue to post on company time IN FRONT OF MY BOSS 
Im gonna go poop
hope you had a good poop comrade 
Still shidding :)
I'm about to set up the greatest Skyrim build known to humankind; a werewolf crossbow rune magic alchemy build that will definitely keep me entertained until I lose focus around level 25 and run out of Dwemer ruins to explore
I've been reading through Asimov's Foundation series. I found the first book quite dull and the premise kind of difficult to buy, and a little too 'great man of history'-y. The second was much better though, and actually featured a female character. How progressive!
I remember reading The Caves of Steel a long while back and I liked it a lot, so I was overall slightly disappointed here. But if the trend in quality continues in this way then the third book ought to be pretty good.
all I remember from reading the foundation series when I was 14 years old is that he uses the exact same plot twist in like three separate books
Well, books 1 and 2 were very different and didn't really contain anything that could be considered remotely similar twists IMO. But there are a ton of prequels and sequels and stuff made after the original trilogy that I'm probably not gonna read and that as far as I know Asimov kinda didn't intend to write, so it sounds entirely likely that some of those were phoned in lol
I just finished reading "What Moves The Dead" by T. Kingfisher. It was pretty good and pretty freaky, especially towards the climax.
Freaky you say? 
NOT IN THAT WAY! VOLCEL POLICE!!!
spoiler
It's more creepy as it deals with possession through disease
The VOLCEL POLICE are on the scene! PLEASE KEEP YOUR VITAL ESSENCES TO YOURSELVES AT ALL TIMES.
نحن شرطة VolCel.بناءا على تعليمات الهيئة لترويج لألعاب الفيديو و النهي عن الجنس نرجوا الإبتعاد عن أي أفكار جنسية و الحفاظ على حيواناتكم المنويَّة حتى يوم الحساب. اتقوا الله، إنك لا تراه لكنه يراك.
IM SORRY 
That reminds me, I think I'll take advantage of the downtime tonight to read Her Soul to Take by Harley Laroux. I've heard good things about it from a friend who knows my tastes.
I am obviously reading every leftist book on my bookshelf instead of just staring at them with a vague plan to eventually start and finish them.
Buying an EReader has helped me reclaim the hunger for reading I had as a child. I couldn't force myself to read physical books for some reason over time, but now I read far more regularly.
Might be worth considering!
For me audiobooks have helped.
For some reason audiobooks go in one ear and right out the other for me, haha.
they also do for everyone else, that's why people who don't like reading but think that it's a prestigious activity like them. they can not-listen to an entire book and then be like "oh yeah i read that one"
I don't think that's quite true. It may be for some, but then Podcasts wouldn't really be a thing either.
It just comes down to the fact that reading is active and listening is passive. If you're reading a book, the book proceeds at precisely the pace of your understanding. If you have to read a sentence five times to understand it, then you do, and nothing provides any pressure on you because you're the one in control. If you're listening to an audiobook and you don't understand a sentence or lose focus or whatever, it just keeps on plowing ahead. And while it is possible to rewind and listen again, it just can't possibly deliver information as effectively as reading.
its about to happennnn 
im reading about medieval afghanistan
Where will you be when Hexbear is kil?
At work filling tanks OF DISPAIR! 
Getting my labor exploited smh
ELDEN RING ELDEN RING ELDEN RING
Also forcing myself to finish reading Neuromancer, Gibson couldn't seem to write with more than 1 hand but I want to see the origin of many Cyberpunk tropes so whatever.
About to finish Quantum Break. Way better than I figured it would be. Even with Microsoft poking around Remedy kills it
I really like that game when it came out it just got dragged down with the total flunk of the xbox one. Also i think people were bored of third person games but the gameplay is actually really fun
Definitely just a weird situation it came out in. But yes the combat is surprisingly good and not like many games of the era despite cheat high walls existing. Plus the story definitely hits me good. I dig it
I'm reading Heretics of Dune, 5th of the 6 Dune books written by Frank Herbert. It's interesting to explore the Tleilaxu a bit, and see the God Emperor's golden path come to fruition, but it seems like Frank is running out of juice. Also the horniness is really coming out now lol.
I'm doing pretty great! I got put back on Zoloft this week and that has been excellent so far. I just feel a helluva lot happier, I've been slowly working on the horrible depression den that is my room. As always, I'm on the Pokemon Showdown grind. I need to get back into reading.
Riven remake just released. I've been waiting for this day for years. Literally christmas for autistic girlies.
Finished reading Conspiracy Against the Human Race the other day. It's ok. Not great. Not really a philosophical book, but more of an attempt at a fiction writer trying to write bleakly about an already bleak subject really. I was mostly digging it until the last chapter just turned into an analysis of Lovecraft's and Poe's writing styles since it was billed as a philosophical book and not a writer analysis but whatever.
Ligotti mostly just writes like "here is why sad, I won't explain it further but here's the writer's thoughts on this that I've been jerking off the entire book. Also here is a great modern philosopher who I don't even know their real name." He also does that repetition thing like you see in theory but it just never really lands.
Probably a 5/10 book for me really.
Also I started playing Axiom Verge again randomly the other day. I'm 2 bosses in and rage quit over the fast screechy zombie boys. Probably try to get back to it today.
I finished my master's class last night. I am playing Elden Ring, and I'm reading Billionaire Wilderness. I also plan on taking up Baldur's Gate 3 again, I'm on Act 3
About to start Luigi's Mansion 2 HD
I just started Cult of the Lamb yesterday. What a strange little adorable game! I'm having a great time with it so far
Elden Ring.
Currently re-reading Hwang's Anarchism in Korea in preparation for a delve into some primary sources on the KPAM I finally rediscovered.
I am suffering trying to get my stupid minecraft modpack to work
Currently reading The Saint of Bright Doors. It's written as an allegory for the ethnoreligious conflict in Sri Lanka. I'm not done yet, but currently have mixed feelings. The writing style is good but there's a long chapter in the middle that doesn't seem to have much purpose beyond describing conditions in prison camps. It doesn't impact the plot at all and has some continuity breaks (there's a weird reference to huts being UN blue despite this occurring on a magical fantasy supercontinent that has not been described as having anything resembling a United Nations).
I like low fantasy magical realism where things are intentionally left vague and there isn't a magic system with a detailed alternate physics, so I'm still reading.