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## Watching
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## Playing
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I played some more of *Baldur's Gate 3*. I finally decided to install some mods so that I can just finish the game. I'm using [Cheaters Spell Scroll](https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/12023) to basically pass all of my dice checks and then something to increase my carry capacity. Nothing game-breaking necessarily since I was already save-scumming every roll — instead, hopefully, I'm just saving myself *time*.
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I played some more of *Baldur's Gate 3*. I finally decided to install some mods so that I can just finish the game. I'm using [Cheaters Spell Scroll](https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/12023) to basically pass all of my dice checks and then something to increase my carry capacity. Nothing game-breaking necessarily since I was already save-scumming every roll — instead, hopefully, I'm just saving myself *time*. It took a while to figure out how to make the mods work,[^6] mostly because the developer of the (good, but esoteric and inscrutable) mod manager has no publicly accessible documentation or help; it's all in a fucking Discord server.[^7]
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Anyway, I'm focusing not so much on exploring Baldur's Gate the city naturally and rather just mainlining toward my quest markers on the map. I believe I've wrapped up Gale's quest as far as I can until much later in the game — why I chose to start with his, I'm not sure. Proximity, I guess. I did however encounter a friend of Karlach's (with Karlach in the party), who asked if Karlach and I were an item. Karlach responded with [something along the lines of "gross."](https://youtu.be/vsPvlDl5ksg?si=9sZA_GX3z5ykGiXg&t=16) Salt in the wound etc.
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## Listening
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I did a *lot* of podcast listening this week! Cleaning and organizing my classroom has been a good opportunity for it because it's mostly mindless labor. I've been digging through Into the Aether's *Kingdom Hearts* episodes ([Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep | Bonus](https://pca.st/ryz2z5wd) and [I Norted Myself](https://pca.st/m4xgagit)) plus the [Song Exploder episode on "Miasma Sky."](https://pca.st/Kj2p)
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[^4]: I believe this is called *trauma*.
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[^5]: I'd previously been listening to a shitty 192kbps MP3 someone else did.
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[^6]: for anyone reading this and encountering issues with the BG3 Mod Manager not showing a campaign, make sure you download BG3MM [straight from the creator's Github repo](https://github.com/LaughingLeader/BG3ModManager)
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[^7]: I like Discord well enough and use it a lot, but I don't want to join your shitty Discord server just to search for other people with the same problem as me.
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<h2 id="reading">Reading</h2>
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<h2 id="watching">Watching</h2>
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<h2 id="playing">Playing</h2>
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<p>I played some more of <em>Baldur’s Gate 3</em>. I finally decided to install some mods so that I can just finish the game. I’m using <a href="https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/12023">Cheaters Spell Scroll</a> to basically pass all of my dice checks and then something to increase my carry capacity. Nothing game-breaking necessarily since I was already save-scumming every roll — instead, hopefully, I’m just saving myself <em>time</em>. It took a while to figure out how to make the mods work,<sup id="fnref:3"><a href="#fn:3" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">3</a></sup> mostly because the developer of the (good, but esoteric and inscrutable) mod manager has no publicly accessible documentation or help; it’s all in a fucking Discord server.<sup id="fnref:4"><a href="#fn:4" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">4</a></sup></p>
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<p>Anyway, I’m focusing not so much on exploring Baldur’s Gate the city naturally and rather just mainlining toward my quest markers on the map. I believe I’ve wrapped up Gale’s quest as far as I can until much later in the game — why I chose to start with his, I’m not sure. Proximity, I guess. I did however encounter a friend of Karlach’s (with Karlach in the party), who asked if Karlach and I were an item. Karlach responded with <a href="https://youtu.be/vsPvlDl5ksg?si=9sZA_GX3z5ykGiXg&t=16">something along the lines of “gross.”</a> Salt in the wound etc.</p>
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<h2 id="listening">Listening</h2>
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<p>I did a <em>lot</em> of podcast listening this week! Cleaning and organizing my classroom has been a good opportunity for it because it’s mostly mindless labor. I’ve been digging through Into the Aether’s <em>Kingdom Hearts</em> episodes (<a href="https://pca.st/ryz2z5wd">Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep | Bonus</a> and <a href="https://pca.st/m4xgagit">I Norted Myself</a>) plus the <a href="https://pca.st/Kj2p">Song Exploder episode on “Miasma Sky.”</a></p>
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<p>I’ve been listening to a lot of <a href="https://thebugclub.bandcamp.com/album/pure-particles"><em>Pure Particles</em> by The Bug Club</a>. It has some of my favorite songs of theirs (“If My Mother Thinks I’m Happy,” “Pure Particles,” and “A Love Song,” primarily). I haven’t been quite as enthused with their more recent releases — <em>Very Human Features</em> was good, and I didn’t really care about <em>On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System</em><sup id="fnref:3"><a href="#fn:3" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">3</a></sup> — but <em>Pure Particles</em> through <em>Rare Birds</em> is such an incredible run of quality.</p>
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<p>I’ve been listening to a lot of <a href="https://thebugclub.bandcamp.com/album/pure-particles"><em>Pure Particles</em> by The Bug Club</a>. It has some of my favorite songs of theirs (“If My Mother Thinks I’m Happy,” “Pure Particles,” and “A Love Song,” primarily). I haven’t been quite as enthused with their more recent releases — <em>Very Human Features</em> was good, and I didn’t really care about <em>On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System</em><sup id="fnref:5"><a href="#fn:5" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">5</a></sup> — but <em>Pure Particles</em> through <em>Rare Birds</em> is such an incredible run of quality.</p>
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<p>As part of my mission to upgrade the low quality MP3s I have on my music server, I ordered and ripped a few CDs this week: Johnny Flynn’s <em>A Larum</em>, Mirah’s <em>C’mon Miracle</em>, and Freelance Whales’s <em>Weathervanes</em>. I was really only looking for <em>A Larum</em> specifically, but the seller on discogs had a shipping minimum. The others were on my list and the seller happened to have them available. It’s a little funny — I was listening to these albums all at a specific point in my life (specifically <em>C’mon Miracle</em> and <em>Weathervanes</em> when I was horrifically depressed in my late teens; Johnny Flynn was a bit earlier).</p>
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<p>That nostalgia (if you can call it that — is there a nostalgia that’s for <em>bad</em> memories?<sup id="fnref:4"><a href="#fn:4" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">4</a></sup>) brought me back to <a href="https://aveytare.bandcamp.com/album/pullhair-rubeye"><em>Pullhair Rubeye</em> by Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan</a>, an odd album that was released in reverse. The reversed version (so the normal one) of “Lay Lay Off, Faselam” is an all-timer for me; I was listening to it a lot in 2012. Releasing the album in reverse was, apparently, a controversial move, but I like it both ways — and I finally took the time to actually reverse it myself.<sup id="fnref:5"><a href="#fn:5" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">5</a></sup></p>
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<p>That nostalgia (if you can call it that — is there a nostalgia that’s for <em>bad</em> memories?<sup id="fnref:6"><a href="#fn:6" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">6</a></sup>) brought me back to <a href="https://aveytare.bandcamp.com/album/pullhair-rubeye"><em>Pullhair Rubeye</em> by Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan</a>, an odd album that was released in reverse. The reversed version (so the normal one) of “Lay Lay Off, Faselam” is an all-timer for me; I was listening to it a lot in 2012. Releasing the album in reverse was, apparently, a controversial move, but I like it both ways — and I finally took the time to actually reverse it myself.<sup id="fnref:7"><a href="#fn:7" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">7</a></sup></p>
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<p>Then I listened to <a href="https://trustfund.bandcamp.com/album/dont-let-them-begin-ep"><em>Don’t Let Them Begin</em> by Trust Fund</a> because I had “We’ll Both Apologize” stuck in my head (🎶 <em>I’m alone in the house and I’m freaking myself out again, I’m clapping my hands and spinning my arms around</em> 🎶). It’s good.</p>
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<p>This gag entertains me and I will continue it all semester. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p>
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<p>The exception is “Have U Ever Been 2 Wales,” which is an all-timer. I wish they had gone more in that direction for their album releases. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p>
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<p>for anyone reading this and encountering issues with the BG3 Mod Manager not showing a campaign, make sure you download BG3MM <a href="https://github.com/LaughingLeader/BG3ModManager">straight from the creator’s Github repo</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p>
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<p>I believe this is called <em>trauma</em>. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p>
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<p>I like Discord well enough and use it a lot, but I don’t want to join your shitty Discord server just to search for other people with the same problem as me. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p>
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<p>I’d previously been listening to a shitty 192kbps MP3 someone else did. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p>
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<p>The exception is “Have U Ever Been 2 Wales,” which is an all-timer. I wish they had gone more in that direction for their album releases. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p>
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<p>I believe this is called <em>trauma</em>. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p>
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<p>I’d previously been listening to a shitty 192kbps MP3 someone else did. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p>
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