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<meta name="description" content="Doing I&rsquo;m backporting a bunch of content from my old blogs so I can finally stop maintaining WordPress blogs. Here are the posts that I&rsquo;ve moved over: <meta name="description" content="Doing I&rsquo;m backporting a bunch of content from my old blogs so I can finally stop maintaining WordPress blogs. Here are the posts that I&rsquo;ve moved over:
Revolutions (2015-03-12) Life is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis (2015-02-05) House of Leaves: Appendix II-E, The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute Letters (May 8th, 1987) (2015-01-01) Canopies and Drapes: Emmy the Great’s Twist on the Classic Breakup Song (2014-11-09) Princess Bubblegum &amp; Marceline: Still Just Almost Girlfriends (2014-08-14) Sorry for unintentional pings on my rss feed; also, be aware that a lot of these are very old (like, ten years) and don&rsquo;t necessarily reflect who I am as a person today! I&rsquo;m trying to be better about preserving and sharing my writing, so I suppose that means I must submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known. Some of these pieces, while flawed, I am still fond of — particularly the Life is Strange one. I&rsquo;m planning to do more and eventually close down the blog where they originally appeared (so I can stop maintaining a WordPress install). Revolutions (2015-03-12) Life is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis (2015-02-05) House of Leaves: Appendix II-E, The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute Letters (May 8th, 1987) (2015-01-01) Canopies and Drapes: Emmy the Great’s Twist on the Classic Breakup Song (2014-11-09) Princess Bubblegum &amp; Marceline: Still Just Almost Girlfriends (2014-08-14) Sorry for unintentional pings on my rss feed; also, be aware that a lot of these are very old (like, ten years) and don&rsquo;t necessarily reflect who I am as a person today! I&rsquo;m trying to be better about preserving and sharing my writing, so I suppose that means I must submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known. Some of these pieces, while flawed, I am still fond of — particularly the Life is Strange one. I&rsquo;m planning to do more and eventually close down the blog where they originally appeared.
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<li><a href="https://cassie.ink/canopies-and-drapes/">Canopies and Drapes: Emmy the Great’s Twist on the Classic Breakup Song</a> (2014-11-09)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/canopies-and-drapes/">Canopies and Drapes: Emmy the Great’s Twist on the Classic Breakup Song</a> (2014-11-09)</li>
<li><a href="https://cassie.ink/princess-bubblegum-marceline-still-just-almost-girlfriends/">Princess Bubblegum &amp; Marceline: Still Just Almost Girlfriends</a> (2014-08-14)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/princess-bubblegum-marceline-still-just-almost-girlfriends/">Princess Bubblegum &amp; Marceline: Still Just Almost Girlfriends</a> (2014-08-14)</li>
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<p>Sorry for unintentional pings on my rss feed; also, be aware that a lot of these are very old (like, ten years) and don&rsquo;t necessarily reflect who I am as a person today! I&rsquo;m trying to be better about preserving and sharing my writing, so I suppose that means I must submit to <a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/i-know-what-you-think-of-me/">the mortifying ordeal of being known</a>. Some of these pieces, while flawed, I am still fond of — particularly the <em>Life is Strange</em> one. I&rsquo;m planning to do more and eventually close down the blog where they originally appeared (so I can stop maintaining a WordPress install).</p> <p>Sorry for unintentional pings on my rss feed; also, be aware that a lot of these are very old (like, ten years) and don&rsquo;t necessarily reflect who I am as a person today! I&rsquo;m trying to be better about preserving and sharing my writing, so I suppose that means I must submit to <a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/i-know-what-you-think-of-me/">the mortifying ordeal of being known</a>. Some of these pieces, while flawed, I am still fond of — particularly the <em>Life is Strange</em> one. I&rsquo;m planning to do more and eventually close down the blog where they originally appeared.</p>
<p>I&rsquo;ve continued my desk journey from last week, by which I mean I abandoned the Ergotron arm and ordered a Pixio PS1D instead. The Pixio arm feels cheaper in places, but the clamp is of reasonable size, and on the whole, it was <em>leagues</em> easier to set up than the Ergotron arm. The Ergotron comes pre-assembled, it&rsquo;s heavy, and you have to affix the monitors directly to the arms. The Pixio went together in pieces (with decent directions), which made it entirely feasible to do on one&rsquo;s own. You don&rsquo;t have to climb under your desk to clamp it down! There are detachable VESA plates so you can just slide your monitors right on! The clamp is a reasonable size! I&rsquo;m still figuring out final positioning for the monitors themselves, but I&rsquo;m really happy with how much it&rsquo;s cleaned up my desk setup.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve continued my desk journey from last week, by which I mean I abandoned the Ergotron arm and ordered a Pixio PS1D instead. The Pixio arm feels cheaper in places, but the clamp is of reasonable size, and on the whole, it was <em>leagues</em> easier to set up than the Ergotron arm. The Ergotron comes pre-assembled, it&rsquo;s heavy, and you have to affix the monitors directly to the arms. The Pixio went together in pieces (with decent directions), which made it entirely feasible to do on one&rsquo;s own. You don&rsquo;t have to climb under your desk to clamp it down! There are detachable VESA plates so you can just slide your monitors right on! The clamp is a reasonable size! I&rsquo;m still figuring out final positioning for the monitors themselves, but I&rsquo;m really happy with how much it&rsquo;s cleaned up my desk setup.</p>
<p><img src="https://cdn.cassie.ink/images/2025/08/desk.jpg" alt="Image showing a desk with monitors on an arm. It is very clean and cute."></p> <p><img src="https://cdn.cassie.ink/images/2025/08/desk.jpg" alt="Image showing a desk with monitors on an arm. It is very clean and cute."></p>
<p>This whole process was stressful, but the Pixio enabled me to use the steel plates I&rsquo;d ordered, so I no longer have fears of my monitors crashing down on me one day. All&rsquo;s well that ends, I suppose.<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p> <p>This whole process was stressful, but the Pixio enabled me to use the steel plates I&rsquo;d ordered, so I no longer have fears of my monitors crashing down on me one day. All&rsquo;s well that ends, I suppose.<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p>
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<h2 id="playing">Playing</h2> <h2 id="playing">Playing</h2>
<p>I&rsquo;m still playing <em>Fields of Mistria</em>, although I have had a few mid-day game crashes this week. The game is in early access, so I can&rsquo;t complain too much, but it&rsquo;s the first time it&rsquo;s happened to me. It&rsquo;s frustrating to lose progress, but I suppose I should get into the habit of saving a few times throughout the day.<sup id="fnref:5"><a href="#fn:5" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">5</a></sup> I looked around the game&rsquo;s subreddit and it seems to be an issue for a lot of folks after the latest update, so maybe I just need to wait until they roll out a patch.</p> <p>I&rsquo;m still playing <em>Fields of Mistria</em>, although I have had a few mid-day game crashes this week. The game is in early access, so I can&rsquo;t complain too much, but it&rsquo;s the first time it&rsquo;s happened to me. It&rsquo;s frustrating to lose progress, but I suppose I should get into the habit of saving a few times throughout the day.<sup id="fnref:5"><a href="#fn:5" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">5</a></sup> I looked around the game&rsquo;s subreddit and it seems to be an issue for a lot of folks after the latest update, so maybe I just need to wait until they roll out a patch.</p>
<p>I also played a little bit more of <em>Baldur&rsquo;s Gate 3</em>. I&rsquo;m still very frustrated with it and kind of want to just be done. It&rsquo;s a bummer because I was really in love with the game in Act I and parts of Act II. I was excited for Act III because actually reaching Baldur&rsquo;s Gate the place seemed thrilling — there are many story threads intersecting there! But practically, this means I&rsquo;m walking ten feet into the city to trigger a scene for one companion&rsquo;s quest then switching in another companion for their scene. I&rsquo;m still save-scumming constantly, which means I&rsquo;m spending a hell of a lot of time staring at loading screens.</p> <p>I also played a little bit more of <em>Baldur&rsquo;s Gate 3</em>. I&rsquo;m still very frustrated with it and kind of want to just be done. It&rsquo;s a bummer because I was really in love with the game in Act I and parts of Act II. I was excited for Act III because actually reaching Baldur&rsquo;s Gate the place seemed thrilling — there are many story threads intersecting there! But practically, this means I&rsquo;m walking ten feet into the city to trigger a scene for one companion&rsquo;s quest then switching in another companion for their scene. I&rsquo;m still save-scumming constantly, which means I&rsquo;m spending a hell of a lot of time staring at loading screens.</p>
<p>I enjoyed the combat in the game at one point, but I did the fight with Lorroakan this week and tried to cast Silence on him to stop Elemental Retort. For no explicable reason, that doesn&rsquo;t work — despite it being a spell that he says <em>out loud</em>. Maybe it&rsquo;s a bug or an oversight, but I never feel like the abilities and spells that negate or create conditions every work for me. It seems like most fights can be won by just brute-forcing. I don&rsquo;t <em>want</em> to do that, but when I try to be tactical and clever, it so rarely works out.</p> <p>I enjoyed the combat in the game at one point, but I did the fight with Lorroakan this week and tried to cast Silence on him to stop Elemental Retort. For no explicable reason, that doesn&rsquo;t work — despite it being a spell that he says <em>out loud</em>. Maybe it&rsquo;s a bug or an oversight, but I never feel like the abilities and spells that negate or create conditions ever work for me. It seems like most fights can be won by just brute-forcing. I don&rsquo;t <em>want</em> to do that, but when I try to be tactical and clever, it so rarely works out.</p>
<p>I know I should probably just take a break from the game and come back to it one day, but I know I&rsquo;ll forget what&rsquo;s happening in the story if I leave it for too long. I think I just need to finish it, but I&rsquo;m not having fun while playing it.</p> <p>I know I should probably just take a break from the game and come back to it one day, but I know I&rsquo;ll forget what&rsquo;s happening in the story if I leave it for too long. I think I just need to finish it, but I&rsquo;m not having fun while playing it.</p>
<h2 id="listening">Listening</h2> <h2 id="listening">Listening</h2>
<p>I listened to <a href="hutchharris.bandcamp.com/album/suck-up-all-the-oxygen"><em>SUCK UP ALL THE OXYGEN</em> by Hutch Harris</a> because I saw the cover on Bandcamp and thought it was funny. The album was fine but not for me. There was a time in my life when I probably would have been really into this, but it&rsquo;s not now.</p> <p>I listened to <a href="hutchharris.bandcamp.com/album/suck-up-all-the-oxygen"><em>SUCK UP ALL THE OXYGEN</em> by Hutch Harris</a> because I saw the cover on Bandcamp and thought it was funny. The album was fine but not for me. There was a time in my life when I probably would have been really into this, but it&rsquo;s not now.</p>
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<li>Oh Star - another forgettable one for me; I don&rsquo;t really like slow songs in general I think and especially not when Paramore does them.</li> <li>Oh Star - another forgettable one for me; I don&rsquo;t really like slow songs in general I think and especially not when Paramore does them.</li>
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<p>I went back to <a href="https://underscores.bandcamp.com/album/fishmonger"><em>fishmonger</em> by underscores</a>. I really love this album (still). I love just about every song on it, but &ldquo;Del mar county fair (2008)&rdquo; is hitting for me in particular lately.</p> <p>I went back to <a href="https://underscores.bandcamp.com/album/fishmonger"><em>fishmonger</em> by underscores</a>. I really love this album (still). I love just about every song on it, but &ldquo;Del mar county fair (2008)&rdquo; is hitting for me in particular lately.</p>
<p>Podcast-wise, I listened to the first episode of <a href="https://leavingtheparty.blog/2025/08/15/podcast-lovely-lady-rpg-2024/">Leaving the Party</a>, mostly while mowing my law. I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;d ever come across <em>Lovely Lady RPG</em> in my normal travels — visual novels have never held appeal for me — so it&rsquo;s cool to have a show introduce me to games and a perspective that are not ordinarily in my milieu. I also really enjoyed <a href="https://wavelengths.online/posts/aj-fillari-on-podcasting-media-crit-and-the-last-of-us-online">this week&rsquo;s episode of Wavelengths</a>, where Brendon Bigley and AJ Fillari talked about, well, talking. It was a great listen and, again, made me really want to go back to podcasting.</p> <p>Podcast-wise, I listened to the first episode of <a href="https://leavingtheparty.blog/2025/08/15/podcast-lovely-lady-rpg-2024/">Leaving the Party</a>, mostly while mowing my lawn. I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;d ever come across <em>Lovely Lady RPG</em> in my normal travels — visual novels have never held appeal for me — so it&rsquo;s cool to have a show introduce me to games and a perspective that are not ordinarily in my milieu. I also really enjoyed <a href="https://wavelengths.online/posts/aj-fillari-on-podcasting-media-crit-and-the-last-of-us-online">this week&rsquo;s episode of Wavelengths</a>, where Brendon Bigley and AJ Fillari talked about, well, talking. It was a great listen and, again, made me really want to go back to podcasting.</p>
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