-20/1/2026
Geez what a weekend. I think I'll start with the bad news and work up from there so I can at least leave you all on a high note.
To start with, my home state is now under martial law, which essentially means that the federal government is in charge through the power of the military, and it puts the state/local government out of operation/power. While for me personally it doesnt mean a lot changes (yet), I know MANY people who are effected by this, including a number of my co-workers and some of my family members. I learned from a video posted by someone with a position in the state government that ICE raids are actually a lot more racially motivated than I was hoping. I knew from the start that it wasnt entirely legaly motivated, but its worse than I was hoping it would be. Essentially ICE doesnt even look for specific people or addresses, they just sit and racially profile people and wait for people that they could "legaly" detain/deport which REALLY sucks.
Alright on to some less depressing news; I got a new VR headset! Unfortunately I cant use it yet. I run linux mint on my PC and vr isnt built for linux (yet) so I have to make some modifications and stuff. The biggest step for it all is patching a custom kernel to get it all working properly. I have already tried once to get it working properly and half did, but not quite useable. Essentially SteamVR was able to detect the headset, but nothing would ever display on the screens. I have been running out of space on my root drive for a while now as i only had a 500 GB SSD so I bought a 1 TB M2 card for better performance, and so now im starting from scratch. Essentially the hope is that without all the extra steps and software that i took on my previous install I can get it working easier and have less external things effecting it. The only downside is that all my games and other files are sitting on other drives that are disconnected for now for simplicity's sake, so right now im forced to actually work on it until I can get VR working, then I'll re-mount my other drives and have all my stuff back.
On a seperate note I finally brought my car into the shop for repairs because it was being odd (noises on deceleration and unable to take a charge (I drive hybrid EV)). When they did an initial scan on it they got 12 error codes back :'(. On the bright side though I know 5 of them (if not more) aren't actually of any concern, as one was for driver window calibration (the window still works fine and can roll down) and four others were just for low battery in the tire pressure sensors (minor inconvenience). The official look at it will be today in the afternoon so hopefully I can get a quite on repair costs by the end of the day.
On a VERY happy note; HYTALE! Hytale is out now! Early Access! It has been so fun playing it and learning the new systems, build styles, and all the other fun stuff. Been playing on a server with some friends and it has been so much fun.
Aside from that I think thats all I have for this miniblog post, so I hope you all stay safe and have a good one! Until next time! ;)

-16/1/2026
It has been a while! Not only that, but it's a new year now! Happy 2026!
Now obviously not much has really changed since last year, but despite all the worry in politics and such I find it important to keep a positive outlook on the future. I know its hard and painful and everything sucks, but if we stay focused on the negatives then nothing will change, but if we even just have hope for better, it can still make a change. Many studies have proven that faking an emotion does actually sway chemical activity in the brain towards that emotion, and while that doesnt directly apply, I think the same can be said of actions. If we even just have a positive outlook, it will influence our actions and and ideas to make small changes for the better. Obviously its not all sunshine and rainbows, heck even just trying to image a better outcome is difficult, but hoping for the abstract idea of better instead of a specific outcome can help a lot. Anyways it was a rough end of the year for me and some of my friends too. Lots of temptation and anxiety, honestly just kinda felt dead y'know? im doing better now but I hope whoever may be reading this had a better December. Lately I have been playing a lot of Hytale and i must admit it is growing on me. I wouldn't say its a Minecraft killer, but it is DEFINETLY some much needed pressure on Minecraft to improve. Not only that but it also adds some professional level competition and a new and cleaner playground for modders and builders alike.
Aside from all that, I recently received a brand new VR headset in the mail this week!back in october/november or something I ordered myself a Bigscreen Beyond 2e and it finally made it's way here. I do actually have past experience with vr, specifically I used to own a Vive Cosmos Elite, but when I moved from windows to linux I was no longer able to ue it :(
While the BB2e is technically linux compatible, theres a number of steps to take to get it actually functional. The scariest of which being that I need to patch a modification into my kernel (which is what the operating system is built on). Im not so much worried about the outcome so much as the process. It feels very daunting. But yeah this weekend I'll be diving into that, wish me luck! Have a good one everyone and merry new year!