Lived in NYC

Yesterday I was playing on the PlayStation for the first time in a long time. I met someone new and heard myself say “I lived in New York City for a long time but I live in Long Island now.”  

I know long islanders would say “on” Long Island; I don’t think I will ever adopt the local colloquial patterns. However it is shocking to me to think that living in NYC is in my past!

It shouldn’t be. I moved here in May. But this was the first time I really considered life in the city to be between two bookends. 

I’m kind of happy about it honestly! 

Pokemon A - Z

I should finish up Violet so I can have my Pokémon ready for A-Z which was announced at the Pokémon direct the other day.

I'm excited for a Pokémon game that is in the modern Pokémon era but has the play style and combat innovations of Pokémon Legends: Arceus which was the best one so far in my opinion. 


The Fedoras on all the characters is a hilarious subtweet I think of the player base. But then again maybe not. I'm not sure why I like Pokémon so much but I'm definitely not one of those kinds of fans.


Super Mario Brothers 2

Watching this speedrun while working this morning really brought back some great memories. I think this is my favorite Super Mario Brothers game if not the best one. 

I think a lot of people might say Super Mario World is the best Mario game. Not really familiar with the debate around the best Mario games but I think my ranking here is a mix of nostalgia and just the relaxing, no-timer play that feels very Metroid Vania, even though technically this isn't a Metroid Vania. 

Maybe "feels like" is my standard for what video games I really love? 

February Music Report

https://www.last.fm/user/Professor_Steve/listening-report/year/2025/month/2

Big difference here between January and February but March should be larger than January. There's a lot of interesting stuff coming out to listen to but Spotify isn't very good anymore about notifying me. I have to rely on producer websites, emails, and label-spam, all of which is so easy to just ignore or delete out of your email. 

The super low week was because I wasn't alone at all - hanging out with the best person ever! But chatting and doing stuff cuts into music time, and I always forget to run shazam on my phone when driving around listening to XM radio. 


Back to a Classic Site

Posthaven is great and simple but even greater and less simple (but still simple) is News of the Day (NOTD) who really has the best model for this online posting, newsletter, writing thing. 

https://notd.io/s/NYsophist

Here's my site there, go check it out. Yes it costs some money but this keeps the servers running. Also they don't collect data or sell ads or anything like that. 

I kinda gave up on NOTD and I can't remember why but go check it out. Gonna start posting there again.