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Our baby is five weeks old now and it's been a heck of a ride. Nothing proceeded as planned or imagined and the [death of my wife's father](/post/2023/02/coping-with-loss/) makes trying to find a rhythm that much harder. It very much feels like a fever that suddenly flares up and hits you in the face only to disappear into the background the day after as other chaos pushes itself to the foreground.
Our daughter is five weeks old now and it's been a heck of a ride. Nothing proceeded as planned or imagined and the [death of my wife's father](/post/2023/02/coping-with-loss/) makes trying to find a rhythm that much harder. It very much feels like a fever that suddenly flares up and hits you in the face only to disappear into the background the day after as other manifestation of chaos pushes itself to the foreground.
If there's one thing I learned in this ridiculously hard year so far, it's that the mantra _first seek to understand, then to be understood_ is incomplete and should get the _but most of the times you'll never understand_ suffix. When I wrote "I'm sorry for your loss" on notes at funerals, I had no idea how it felt to lose someone that close to you. When I wrote "Congratulations with your baby!" and asked them how they were doing, I had no idea what parenthood could possibly entail and what kinds of difficulties and life-changing events parents have to struggle with.
My conclusion is that you simply can't seek to understand if you've never been in exactly that situation. People hide a lot of their difficulties and misery: you only get to see a tiny sliver of their daily life, and it's very probably a portion skewed towards the positive---just scroll through social media pictures and you'll get what I mean. I wish I understood earlier. I might have come across as not caring. My apologies: I now understand at least a portion of it.
My conclusion is that you simply can't seek to understand if you've never been in exactly that situation---which you never completely will be. People hide a lot of their difficulties and misery: you only get to see (or in this case, read) a tiny sliver of their daily life, and it's very probably a portion skewed towards the positive---just scroll through social media pictures and you'll get what I mean. I wish I understood earlier. I might have come across as not caring. My apologies: I now understand at least a portion of it.
Meanwhile, I try to keep on writing to preserve my sanity!
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## Books I've read
Light reading material to take my mind off a screaming baby.
Light reading material to take my mind off a screaming baby. Thick essays are still beckoning but the mental energy is absent and I presume this won't change in the coming months.
- Barbara Stok's [The Dog, The Philosopher, and The Wedding](/post/2023/04/the-philosopher-the-dog-and-the-wedding/) comic, which was relaxing and inspiring at the same time and highly recommended---5/5
- Richard Moss's [Shareware Heroes: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet](https://sharewareheroes.com/). I loved these stories about the rise of shareware and all the games that defined my early youth. If _Apogee_ rings a bell, this is probably going to be an enjoyable nostalgic read. If not, I doubt you'll get the most out of it---4/5
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Again: light material that's finished quickly or can be put away in an instant. That's why I love handheld gaming: the Pocket's Sleep mode has been extensively used lately!
- A couple of easy Game Boy games such as _Kirby's Dream Land_ and another _Looney Tunes_ one ([Carrot Crazy](https://jefklakscodex.com/games/gameboycolor/looney-tunes-carrot-crazy/)). I still have a few _Looney_ ones to go! Most of them are average at best but they trigger a particular nineties vibe I like.
- I tried reinstalling and booting up _Pillars of Eternity_, but its complicated mechanics and world made my tired head spin. Then I installed _Plants VS Zombies_ and simply clicked away. Much better.
- Yesterday, Pierre Gilhodes released [Gobliiins 5](https://pierre-gilhodes.itch.io/gobliiins5) on `itch.io`! I grew up with Gobliins 2 and 3 so naturally this means a lot to me. The one-man project made in Adventure Game Studio is very rough around the edges but the core Gobliins quirkiness is present and I'm having fun! Here's a trailer showcasing its weird goofiness:
- I tried reinstalling and booting up _Pillars of Eternity_, but its complicated mechanics and world made my tired head spin. Then I reinstalled _Plants VS Zombies_ and simply clicked away. Much better.
- Yesterday, Pierre Gilhodes released [Gobliiins 5](https://pierre-gilhodes.itch.io/gobliiins5) on `itch.io`! I grew up with Gobliins 2 and 3 so naturally this means a lot to me. The one-man project made in Adventure Game Studio is very rough around the edges but the core Gobliins quirkiness is present and I'm having fun! Here's a trailer showcasing its weird goofiness (the release includes a wonky English translation):
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