Positives

     I don't want people to think my life is just an endless hole of depression, so I'm going to list some positive things that happened this year.

-I've been going to Church more often

-I've got a new album of baseball cards and have been buying cards of my favorite players/new Mariners acquisitions off Amazon, filling it up with cards new and old of great players and personal favorites

-I recruited Byleth in Fire Emblem Warriors; Three Hopes, and can now put her with Edelgard all the time

-I saw 3 Mariners games and they won all of them, against tough teams, too (Braves, Royals, Phillies)

-I saw a Tom Petty/Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks tribute concert and a Classic Rock/Ozzy Osbourne tribute concert

-I have tickets to Experience Hendrix, where guitarists like Zakk Wylde play their favorite Jimi Hendrix songs, Judas Priest and a Halloween Hullabaloo where Halestorm and Godsmack will be appearing (I only know one song by the headliner from when people combined Heavy Metal with Godzilla film clips)

-I got The Singularity by Bear McCreary, Miley Cyrus' releases, Judas Priest and Ariana Grande's albums, a collaboration between Carrie Underwood and Papa Roach, the Artimus Pyle Band with Sammy Hagar, Lindsey Ell and Billy Ray Cyrus (whatever his political views may be, it's a darn good song) and recently got a CD of Ringo Starr's 1981 album "Stop and Smell the Roses," which had Paul, George, Ronnie Wood and Harry Nilsson contributing.  John would've contributed, as well.  There are other tracks I'm glad I got, like Slash with Paul Rodgers, Slash with Demi Lovato, Paramore's "Burning Down The House," Halestorm's Live "I Am The Fire" and BabyMetal with Electric Callboy.  I also got a recording of Van Halen in the Tokyo Dome in 1989 from Amazon.

 -I've been budgeting food better and starving less.

 -I've been finding great rock clips and kaiju clips on YouTube

-I've been relatively happy on BlueSky, posting whatever I want within reason and getting occasional feedback.

-I still check in on Tara Platt and Abby Trott on Twitter, though I don't talk to them.  Abby is going to play "Shelly the Shelf" in a game called "Date Everything" that Robbie Daymond is making.  I'm hoping there's a Switch port, it sounds insane, yet heartwarming.

-I found loads of videos of Furina from Genshin Impact, as well as Jean and Lisa from the same game.  But I can't share them out of respect to the SAG strike, which is a shame, they are enlightening, cute and uplifting.  I've been trying to fill the void on BlueSky with Three Houses, Fairy Tail and Tokyo Mirage Sessions, but it's just not the same, though I do really like Edelgard, Annette, Lysithea, Marianne, Mercedes, Erza and Kiria. 

-I've made my plans for 2025's hockey and MLB games, 1/30 Kraken vs. Sharks and 6/3 or 6/4 Mariners vs. Orioles and 9/26 Mariners vs. Dodgers.  Promotions may change it slightly.

-I hope to get The Legend of Zelda; Echoes of Wisdom and Fairy Tail 2 for the Switch before the year is out.

-I already bought Godzilla Minus One on iTunes and the DVD of Godzilla X Kong; The New Empire.