#oneaday Day 247: Bits and Pieces

I normally like to come into these posts with a vague idea of something specific to talk about, but today my mind just has a few bits and pieces floating around in it, so you'll hopefully excuse the somewhat stream-of-consciousness format. As if that's anything different to usual.

First up, for those interested, the gym's been going well. I've only overslept one morning and had to miss my session, and other days I've been there by 7am and able to get in a 45-60 minute workout before I head off to work. I've been mostly concentrating on weight training rather than cardio as I enjoy it more, though I do do a short exercise bike session to begin each day as a warmup.

I'm starting to develop a feel for what I'm capable of, and even already feeling a bit stronger in some cases. I find leg exercises somewhat easier than upper body exercises, so I think I enjoy a number of the leg exercises a bit more, but I'm also getting a feel for using free weights (mostly dumbbells at the moment) for certain upper body exercises rather than relying on machines, and I'm quite liking that, too.

I feel like I'm too weedy to bench even just the bar in the scary downstairs bit of the gym at the moment, so I've been getting a feel for the exercise with dumbbells. I know it's not quite the same thing, but I feel like doing this will help me gradually build up my strength and endurance. I can already feel a difference, and that's encouraging — not that I really had anywhere to go but up from my starting fitness level!

So that's all good. What else did I want to talk about? New Nintendo NES games? They look pretty cool, especially that Vice: Project Doom one, but as always the complainers are out in force in Nintendo's comments section because it's not the games they want. Close tab.

Oh, and an update for MoeGamer probably wouldn't go amiss, either; I haven't had a chance to really get stuck into the Senran Kagura games I want to cover for the next Cover Game feature as yet, but that is absolutely still coming soon, likely beginning next week with an introduction and recap of what we've seen so far, and continuing on with in-depth looks at Peach Beach Splash, Burst Re;Newal, Bon Appetit and Peach Ball. Not necessarily in that order.

I don't know how long this will take, but as you'll recall after attempting (and failing) to squeeze five Project Zero games into a month last year, my Cover Game format is now a bit more flexible rather than adhering to a strict monthly schedule! So it'll start "when it's ready" and continue "as long as it needs to". But the former will be "very soon" and the latter will hopefully be around the month-long mark.

Also before I get back into full Senran Kagura mode (it's been way too long!) I want to finish Neko Works' LOVE³, because it's adorable and hot and it deserves some attention. I'll try and polish that one off over the weekend and have some thoughts on that next week.

Anyway. It's nearly the weekend and having had a fairly busy week at the day job, I'm currently in a position where the projects I'm working on are in the hands of other people. There's still two and a half hours to go until hometime, but it's also that sort of downhill, Friday afternoon cruise now where all you really have to do is wait for the clock to hit 5.30 so you can go and have dinner and play video games. I'm sure I'll find a way to fill the time somehow!

Once again, thanks as always for your continued support of my various projects (and welcome to the couple of new Patrons who have showed up recently!). It's really appreciated.