✨Ben Hamill✨ @benhamill@witches.town

I'm moving my account over to @benhamill. I don't wanna get into the details, but if you're really interested, I guess DM me over there. I'll import my follows momentarily. A bit sad to go because I love a lot of people on this instance.

#introductions

Uh. I like to kindpost, I guess. It's a new skill I'm learning, anyway. Also real bad joaks.

I try to learn about intersectional social justice and am trying to develop the habit of taking concrete, real world action about it more often.

I've got a linguistics degree that I don't use professionally (I'm in software), but I love to talk about words and things.

I think play and playfulness are super important. I enjoy roleplaying, board and video games.

I'm a mod on #WitchesTown. Ask me if you have questions (though I only speak English, do I'm not much help to our large population of French speakers).

My family afforded me a brief nap today. I dreamed I was playing a game a bit like Journey, but there was voice chat and more people playing together than 2. I fell in with a gang of unbearably cool French anarchist kids who all mostly knew each other IRL. We got to a part where you skate/boarded downhill in twilight and they were doing all sorts of awesome tricks while making up raps about the black block and shit in a mix of English and French. I was amazed they tolerated my presence, but they were so nice.

I'm pretty sure this was a dream about #WitchesTown.

Mornin', witches and wicks.

I feel like in the last few weeks I've noticed strong smells really sticking with me. Like, twice I had a little whiskey at a party and felt like I was smelling it off and on the whole next day. And this morning there was a person on the bus with STRONG body odor and I'm still getting whiffs even though I was sitting on the other side of the bus. I don't know if it's psychosomatic or what, but it's really weird.

Just now almost threw my spent tea bag into my backpack instead of the trash can. They're on opposite sides of my desk. I'm so good at life, y'all. So good. 😜

Good morning, witches and wicks.

I ended up sleeping like ass last night. The problem with Among Others is that it's too compelling and there's no chapters. It's written like a diary, and the entries are relatively short, so it's easy to fall into an infinite, "just one more," loop.

Oh well. I have tea and am leaving work early today so we can go to the 6yo's friend's 7th birthday party. Hopefully some other parents are cool to chat with.

And we have basically no plans for this weekend. Probably taking down holiday decorations and finding places for all the kiddos' new stuff.

I am sleepy, but also sort of... not anxious, but jittery, maybe? Not sure how to calm down so I can sleep. I have to be up in the morning. This is not convenient. Anyway, maybe being away from the screen will help. Gonna go read a bit. Night, friends.

The pre-release rules of #Dialect (a Game About #Language and How it Dies) are done and us backers got a PDF. I haven't read through it much yet, but it is a GORGEOUS book. The layout and use of color and not to mention the illustrations. I can't wait for final edits and printing, so I can get my paper copy.

IDK if the creators are on here or not (they'd probably fit right in on dice.camp), but if so, I hope they see this and someone LMK, so I can follow them.

#roleplaying #indiegames #rpg

Gutten Morgen, Hexen und Hexer. 🌇

when the Fire Nation attacked!

Oh good. It feels like 36°F out with the wind chill. Time to go to the bus stop! 🙃 ☃ 💀

Welp. My work laptop won't boot. So I'm being super productive right now. How's your morning going?

Whether you're celebrating anything today or tomorrow or not, whether you're with genetic or chosen family or not, wherever you are: I hope you have a great weekend.