September 1st, 2025 - Holidyl

Honestly, I like extra days off. Woooowww what a hot take Dylan Matthew! Shut up. I- it’s so hard to do the things I love, to find time for hobbies and interests, but that extra 24 hours where I feel like I have too much time, like I don’t know what to do with myself? What a golden opportunity. I finished the Pain Arc in Naruto. What a way to finish, it reminded me of the meme where Naruto and Hitler are talking and Naruto wants to change him and make him see the error of his ways. I’m getting off topic, I really liked it. I’m sure people would be mad that the climax is literally Naruto forgiving him but I really enjoyed it. Naruto hates him with everything that he is, but how do you stop hate with anything other than forgiveness?

I dunno, I just know I was bawling my eyes out.

I played a lot of Claire Obscur. I think I’m one more level away from the paintress. I find it interesting that this game wants you to get the main story out of the way first. So often with open worlds where everything is ending, and time is of the utmost importance do we just meander around and do all the side quests before then completing the main game. I am in love with games that let you continue around when everything is finished; I think that should be the standard, I get that maybe it ruins some of the gravitas, but I also think that doing everything else before the main quest breaks my immersion. In Exp33 your max dmg is 9999. If you want to be stronger you have to beat the game. I think it’s genius.

I designed James DILF shirt, I finally understand how to use IBIS paint. It’s become first nature to me now. I still miss Photoshop mix, and the learning curve for IBIS was high, but… it’s nice to have creativity at my fingertips once more.

I got some of my bills paid off. Now I only owe 2K to my bank. I just need people to pay me and then I should still have like $800.

I wrote my recap for last last weeks session. I think it’s alright, not my greatest but I was certainly in the mood to write.

I talked to Chinko and Raj. I find it interesting that they’re both after brown baddies. Good for them. Praying for me now. Lmao. I think all my friends deserve to find love. I haven’t seen Chino in a minute so I cannot speak to how he’s changed. But I like- I th- when K and Drizzy speak about how I’ve changed, matured, grown; I’ve always put it down. Though these days I know I’m better, I know I’m not who I used to be. I may regress but that isn’t who I am. Now I like to think that I can see my friends changing, see them discovering themselves, who they are, their place in the world. I think the journey is arduous, I think it’s painful, I hope they don’t have to go at it alone the way I did. I pray they have the strength to reach out. And I wish the all the best.

And you too! I wish you the greatest day ever! With love, Dyl.