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Silent Hills, french classrooms, tiny notes

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 Hi, I am back from the hole. The name of this hole is Counter Strike 2 . While I am not great at shooters I got an itch recently to pewpew things again. After giving Rainbow Six Siege 10 years of my life I refuse to give Ubisoft (Tencent) any more attention or my money. While there were other options, none of them are as appealing: I feel I am too old for Valorant COD!??? Battlefield too expensive and in this case no money to EA I guess others I have not thought about On a similar topic, M and I finished  Silent Hill 2 as well as Silent Hill 3.  Both were seriously good, although my personal favourite was 2. (3 was too Cultic(?) while 2 was a little guy having a shitty day). I'll share random screenshots which I sent my brother (SH3 is his favourite). James hanging around This week I started french classes! They are late in the day, around 18h00 until 20h00 and while really interesting its a bit tiring. Mind you they were only my first two classes this week but still. I...
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     A week gone by and we remember the passage of time saying: It is almost the middle of January already?  My personal struggle with the passage of time is my age. And while I feel young, truly happy and enjoying my life I still can not shale the feeling of I am old. And while I do not have a must do list or even doubts of  WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE  being this close to 40 was never in my mind. This is a bit related to the house buying process (from which maybe we will have good news soon), but otherwise... I just can not believe in x years I will be 40. I tell myself again, life is incredible.       Other things in mind are how grateful I am to be playing videogames with M. We have been playing Mario Party and are talking about buying Luigi's Mansion 3 (any thoughts?). They suggested we play a Wii game, Calling which first we tried in our old Wii. However either the motion bar(?) or the Wiiremote (I swore it was called wiimote?)...
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M & I are looking for a home this year.

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M & I are looking for a home this year.      M and  I are looking for a home this year. I chose the wrong word. We are looking for a house. We saved up a bit enough of money and our jobs are stable enough to get a loan so we decided to start looking for a house. We saved up all last year (some months more than other) and now the dream of buying a house is here. The market is shit, the houses in our budget are limited, we would like to stay in our current apartment, but the dream is true (also I was so sure apartment had two p's? appartment?). Life is amazing. This year will make 13 years I have known M. 3 years we live together. And now, maybe the year we buy a house. I am so lucky. We are so lucky. On a une bonne etoile , like M mother's would say. And it is not only to be lucky, we have worked for it so hard. But we are here. It makes me think of this image by Holly Warburton   which her and I said looked like a lovely home for us so many years ago. Hopefu...
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Small things for the future, Jimbo, and planning required

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Doing small things for future us.         This post I saw in Tumblr made me want to start doing little stuff for M and me. Is nothing big. But picking up stuff, cleaning, washing the dishes before going to bed, put water in the heater for the coffee tomorrow. Is small things that will help us. I have to create a habit. Habits that I will work not to lose. Is the same as the exercises we do at home. Small things that add up and keep us for a future together. For future us. I just had to clear that thought from my mind since I had it while cleaning this afternoon.      I see post from my peers and I just think I have nothing to say. Nothing to say other than have to work in this texts. Right now I work before going to bed and that is the days I am in the computer. I keep trying to keep this separated from my phone. I do not want to keep checking it all the time as I do with Tumblr already.      Still going through my Interpol listeni...
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This year is starting with so many good vibes. So far this year we have seen a deer crossing our road, a martin pecheur, and today snow in our city. As snow is not common here we were quite surprised... sorry I am supposed to write but I am listening to:   C'mere - oh what a song: Now seasoned with health Two lovers walk a lakeside mile Try pleasing with stealth, rodeo See what stands long Oh, ending fast   This summer we got tickets to see them at a festival and I am listening to all their tracks again in order to prepare myself. I am surprised as it seems nobody knows them here (FR)? Whenever I find something is not as famous as I thought it makes me think how  americanized  I have been. And not to get all political and stuff but I am tired of it. Sure this NYC band I love, but, can I get away from all this american ideas and standards? I have discovered so many other cultures in France/Europe and still there is so much I do not know.  Wow. A trainwreck o...
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