Ani Was Writing

 Hey there! As per my custom for a little while now, I will be posting my very casual book reviews at least once a month. Probably during the later half of the month.    This year, I'm hoping to go through my small stack of reading that was signed and given to me during my Creative Writing courses at Colorado State University. I was fortunate enough to either read the books during the classes I took, or I bought them from the authors when they came for their book readings/Q&As that the university hosted once in a while.    The other thing I wish to get into is more spiritual or religious books. I know it is not everyone's cup of tea, but it is something I have been fascinated with since I was a teenager and young adult.      With that in mind, the first book I will review in February is Discovering Christian Witchcraft by Emyle D. Prata and Sara Raztresen. So far, it is a slightly dense yet wonderfully simple understanding of what this particu...

      So, I'm going to try something new this year. I feel like it will be helpful for me and the handful of people that actually are curious to what I do during the month since I'm not as online as I used to be. To put it simply, this is a post that will tell you the progress of various projects or things I'm trying to get done during the next few months up to the full year. It will usually look something like this: ~ PR #012025 Reported 19 January 2025 Project 1: Writing     Progress made to Planning: 50%     Progress made to Writing: 0%          Planned Action: Finish planning  Start writing Project 2: Weight Management     Current Weight: 233.4     Preferred Weight by 31 Dec 2025: 180.0     Planned Action: Walk 4,000 steps before 6pm Monitor Calorie Intake Project 3: Crochet     Progress on Crochet Projects: 0% up to 50%     Current Project Workload: 3 Projects   ...

  2: Addicted to Christmas  It takes a long time before I could get back into the swing of being in a community. Thanks to other old friends like Ballzz, Churro, Zaring, BT, Mosin, Wolfie, and Lost, I get back into farming for everyone. Slowly, I get a system started to help out the server. It's still going -maybe not as fast as I would like it to, but it's getting there.   Amethyst swings by Renegade and I's farm just before my communicator begins to buzz. "Hey, your friends want you to swing by the world spawn." She says.   "Really? How did you figure that out?" Renegade huffs.   Amethyst and I roll her eyes. Renegade's a bit grouchy lately, for some odd reason or another. I nod and grab my communicator to put in the earpiece and flip open the screen. "What's the occasion?"   Amethyst smirks. "A Christmas tree that Ballzz wants to show off."   "Ah, alright." I smile and put the earpiece in before I tune into the ri...

   "You know, staying slumped at your desk isn't going to help you get things done." Amethyst laughs as she takes a seat on the floor nearby. "It also doesn't help your old lady back. Come on." She kicks my leg a little.    "Are you sure slumping doesn't help? It feels nice." I groan. I barely catch my crochet hook in my lap and realize I should probably continue crocheting to stay awake.    "You look like death warmed you up for a snack."    "At 6pm? Sounds like dinner more than a snack. Unless death doesn't eat like I do."   "Still making self-deprecating fat jokes? In 2025? I thought we got past this." Amethyst sighs.   "I thought I got over the thoughts of wanting to die just to escape my life, but hey. I guess the old sayings are true about cycle repeating and all that." I retort as I try to remember what row of my crochet pattern I'm on.   "Hey, we've been through this. You were tol...