The credit for this week’s choice goes to my sister in law. She has extensive knowledge of hard rock and metal music, so I asked her for a song about the moon and stars. Next to a piece from Lindemann, she gave me this tip: “Song of Durin” by Clamavi …
Listen to this post: I despise the real world. I came to this realization years ago, and I’ve chosen to build my life around that conviction. It’s not like I reject reality or disregard the mundane. I buy my groceries, pay my bills and walk outside every day to help …
“Go do something worthwhile,” my mother would often say to me. As a kid, I struggled with this concept. Without cleaning up chores, what really is ‘something worthwhile’ for an eight-year-old? Often I would go read, or once I learned a booklet by heart since I didn’t know what else …
From Witch to Warrior Several times a week, I play videogames. The last ten years, I’ve been playing Lord of the Rings Online, as I also mentioned in this post. Only a couple of weeks ago, I learned something about myself because of the role I chose in this game.My …
Sometimes I see a prompt, and I’m sure that I want to join. ‘Dragons’ was such prompt. I only need to look around me here to see my fascination with them. The thing is, it’s hard for me to explain why I like them so much. It was a conscious …
A Changing World The world is changing. It always is, of course, but the past few months, the world has changed beyond recognition. I’m a sensitive person, and this affects me a lot. These changes are also why I’ve been more silent than before. My blog hasn’t been updated as …
Overthinking Do I overthink? Me? No, never. Yeah, if only that were true. I overthink and overanalyse everything. The topics range from my meals, to how I play my videogames to where I’m going in life. This originates from many things. Let’s see how this unfolds in my day-to-day life …
Book Matters – Fiction – The Lord of the Rings – Tolkien Content warning: This post deals with the death of a person by suicide. Not My Favourite ‘The Lord of the Rings’ by J.R.R. Tolkien is not my favourite book ever. Then why would you dedicate a blog post …
Casual Gamer For the #EroticJournalChallenge by Brigit theme of anxiety and fear for the month October, I decided to start with a light-hearted piece on anxiety. I love videogames, and ever since Sims 1 and Everquest, I’ve always had a game in my life. I don’t play games every day, …
The Story of My Father Trigger warning: This post deals with the death of a person by suicide and with sadness and grief. The post is a bit rambling, but that was unavoidable with this profoundly emotional subject. Deep breath Okay, so here goes. I could not write a series …
