Surviving the Felon Week of 2/23/2025
I’m back with my next post in my Surviving the Felon Series. Its been another long week, but this time I made sure I was smiling in my photo. Even minor things day to day can bring some joy. How the world treats us starts with how we treat ourselves. So for this week, I looked into how I can be better to myself.
While everything seems to be doing its best to overwhelm us with negative energy, we can’t let that power win. Fascism depends on despair and silence. So the strongest way to fight against it day to day is with smiles, joy, laughter, and above all else positive noise. Enjoy your day whenever you can and with each second you will stand up to The Felon, his Nazi boss, and all the other wicked sorts out there.
The Bad
Black History Month continues this week. And Have you looked at the Gulf of Mexico on a map yet today? Whatever The Felon wants to name a body of water is inconsequential. His words are full of hot air and thus they are as empty as his future. If only we could ignore him.
What we can’t ignore unfortunately is the Nazi using all the power he has gained from The Felon to intimidate and take over our government institutions in the name of audits. If only people understood how audits work and the importance of impartiality when they are undertaken.
Russia is slowly winning over the soul of Europe. Now that The Felon has made use of being a Russian Asset, Window Shover is claiming that his war in Ukraine is just. Naturally believing Window Shover is a bad idea. And as the Ukraine War gets worse, the other front of that same war: Israel Palestine is growing worse too.
There are too many horrible things happening for me to list. And I know that there is a lot more on our collective minds. But the purpose of these posts is to highlight the bad quickly and then move on to what is good in the world. And I intend to do just that.
The Good
So here we are past all the bad and negativity of the post. Let’s focus on the good. I’m working on an exercise plan to be a happier and healthier me. My apartment complex has a gym that I am not making use of. I always feel better after a walk, run, or lifting session. So I think its time to bring that stuff back into my life.
I’m seeking out new reading material too. I’m fast approaching the end of what has been written thus far in Berserk and I’ll need something else to keep my mind off things when I’m trapped too far in the dark.
As I write this blog post, I’m making use of a system of tricking my body into producing dopamine via short bursts of play followed by short bursts of work. And its helping me write, clean, and survive in positive ways I hadn’t thought of. If only I could make use of this same system at work. Oh well, can’t have everything I want.
Video Games
I’m still on a break from Eldin Ring and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth as I play through Metaphor ReFantazio on New Game +. Though at the pace I’m clearing the game, I don’t think it will be too long before I’m all finished with it and have another Platinum Game under my belt.
I’m also getting more and more into Helldivers 2. I finished my first Super Helldive series of missions this week and on one of the most dangerous planets in the games history thus far. The Gloom is nasty and the Terminid bugs that come out of it worse than anything else I have faced in the game. And clearing such stuff on the hardest difficulty has made me feel better about how I play the game.
Genshin Impact continues to be a helpful distraction day to day, just like it was during the Covid 19 Pandemic. I am all done with the story for the time being but I won’t need to wait long before more content is added. And the next patch will be adding a new area of the map to explore.
I have a new game to play that launched recently. And that game is Civilization VII. I know a lot of my friends are waiting for the game to drop in price. And many others all over the internet are waiting for the games bugs and interface to be fixed. But I don’t mind playing during the launch. The game is fun regardless and all the random events as the game goes on actually makes the gameplay feel fresh to me.
Pokémon Go
This is going to be a big week for Pokémon Go. Unova Tour is happening right now with Kyurem Black and White being available for the first time in game. And as I expected, the two Pokémon are already warping the pvp Master League Meta around themselves. As they focus their deadly ice type attacks, that means less Landorus and this is always a good thing no matter what Pokémon Game.
Unova is my favorite region in Pokémon Go and starting tomorrow I’ll be heading to Cranes Roost Park every single day for a raid hour featuring Pokémon from the fifth generation. But the main event is this upcoming weekend. The open Unova Tour Event will begin and I’m sure next weeks post will talk heavily about it.
Its been a year now since I started taking PvP in Pokémon Go more seriously. And I feel like I have hit a wall. In all that time I have not been able to rise above Ace Rank. And while getting to Veteran is extremely difficult, I feel like its on me to make improvements. I just gotta practice and really give my teams some thought.
Anime and Shows
I’m continuing to watch Re: Zero, Solo Leveling, and Dr. Stone. Each show focuses on different ideas and are all different genre of Anime for that matter. Which is why I find watching each of them so valuable. To me watching an Anime is no different from reading a book or playing a video game.
I’m also continuing to watch One Piece. Its a massive time sink given how many episodes there are, and my progress is slow. But I’m far enough in that I am committed. Even if it takes me years to catch up to everyone else who has watched it since the very first episode, I think the journey will be worth it.
A show I have not yet started to watch is the new season of Invincible. I have plans to watch a lot of it soon. But I want to be able to set aside a ton of time and commit fully to the show. Its one of my favorite super hero shows and I want a headspace committed completely to it.
Dungeons & Dragons
I am back into running my campaign again. This past week found my players trapped in a mad scientists lab with several hungry and dangerous experiments. I already documented what happened this last week. You can check it out for yourself here.
Naturally this whole part of the story is a simple set up for the significantly more complex next act. I’m doing everything I can to prepare for when my players go to the Feywild. I usually avoid running Fae because I find it difficult to write them as characters. But I’m moving out of my comfort zone and I will make this work.
Writing and Editing
Writing and Editing continues at a slow but existing pace. I need to find some methods to improve my work speed. Perhaps all the stress of the world is the root cause. But if so that stuff isn’t going away. Instead I need to find my energy and work through it.
Its not enough to simply have great ideas. When it comes to writing, putting those ideas down is what matters. And I need to remember that at all hours of the day. Its not like I’m not thinking about my work anyway.
Wrap Up
Its been another long week in a year that is sure to be filled with them. Fascism is trying its hardest to ruin the world and make everyone not part of the elite nothing more than slaves or corpses. But we are neither slaves or corpses. We are Humans capable of thinking outside their boring and bleak boxes.
Keep creating and smiling. Find the small moments of wonder that make you laugh. Do not let the Felon, the Nazi, or the Window Shover take those things from you. They lack the power and authority to choose what makes you happy.
Instead embrace your passions. Do what you love. Do not let the hatred of boring and predictable people take away from the wonderful chaos that is you. Find something you love and focus on it even if it seems minor. Those little moments are how we survive The Felon.