20 April 2026

Hello and welcome back to any reading this blog. Not much new has happened to me since last I updated this blog, and yet I still find myself with a wealth of things to discuss. It is difficult, however, for me to properly formulate my thoughts in any coherent manner. I will make an honest attempt, for I enjoy this process and all it entails.

It has been a week since the passing of my friend. At times I seem as if numb to it, and yet I still am occasionally awash with emotion, set upon a turbulent sea with no means of navigation or control. I feel as though I am fundamentally incapable of processing its passing. I hope with this blog and this writing I might do some justice to it, and this feeling that it left in its wake. It was a wonder to all who had the pleasure of its presence.

All other concerns feel entirely minor to the point of farce. All I suppose I can do is try to move forward, keep myself going for its sake. I will, and I hope for the strength to carry others through this too, along with the strength of character to let the people who care about me carry me through this, as the case may be.

Here is another memorial site, which I would ask any reading this to visit if they have not already done so.

I was lucky enough to start seeing a therapist a few months before this. I have been talking about it with her, and she identified both writing and picture taking as ways of coping with not only with the loss of my friend, but more generally with the issues and emotions I find myself mired in. I will be dedicating this blog to Lyra Nem, and continuing it in its memory.

I will also start sharing pictures I take on this website. All pictures, unless otherwise stated, have been taken on a Nintendo 3DS. It has been a hobby of mine for some time, though one I have only ever indulged while traveling far from home. I intend not only to share the fruits of my prior ventures, but to take more pictures as I go through my life, to share them with you here. Below are some photos I took outside of my therapist’s office, shared with permission.

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Thank you, as always, for reading. I hope you have a good day, and are well when next we meet.