I keep bourbon in stock during cold weather, because it tastes so good in hot chocolate or coffee.
“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows, or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing
Veggie pizza or pineapple and jalapeno pizza. Depends on my mood.
My favorite? Howl's Moving Castle
The movie was sweet, but the book was wonderful.
Also favorites based on books:
The Hobbit
Harry Potter
Starship Troopers
Dune
Contact
I'm looking forward to the new movie adaptations of A Wrinkle in Time and Annihilation.
PC then PS4.
I don't play nearly as many games as I used to, but I'm a big fan of strategy games like Civilization, Stellaris, Crusader Kings 2. Also open-world RPGs (Skyrim, The Witcher 3, Horizon Zero Dawn), though I admittedly spend most of my time exploring the landscapes than actually completing the games. It's relaxing.
I am now!
It's super fun. We play some competitive games (like Overwatch or PUBG) together, but we prefer to play co-op games (Warframe, Civ6, Stellaris, Dark Souls, Bloodborne.)
He plays far more than I do though. I spend a lot of my free time reading/writing/working on hobbies. Every now and then, I get the itch to chop/shoot some guys, and he's always willing to drop what he's doing to play with me.
A conversation that makes you forget about time.
"Fuck you, you narcissistic bastard. I loved you, but you hurt me. I was so beaten down that I thought I deserved the abuse you gave me. I know I'm worth a hell of a lot more than you ever gave me now."
I did love him, but I shouldn't have. I got away, and I'm happy now.
I clean. And I mean, I clean.
I have horrific anxiety, and when it's at its worse, I can end up sitting in the center of my bed, reliving every terrible thing I've gone through or awkward conversation I've had in the last decade. Whenever I get like that, I try to force myself up and stay busy. This usually has the end result that my place is freaking spotless. Even my damn baseboards get cleaned.
By the time I'm done, I've usually come down from my anxiety attack.
If I haven't, I drink. That usually helps with whatever bad memories are left.