Reya's Writings - BlogMy personal blog posts.2023-04-05T05:25:20Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/Reya C.webmistress.reya@reya.zonePostmortem: May 2022 emotional outage2023-04-05T05:25:20Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2023/04/05/postmortem-may-2022-emotional-outage/
<p>(Never-finished) Evaluating the contributing factors both positive and negative, direct and indirect, that culminated in a depressive episode in late May 2022.</p>
Dreamin'2023-04-05T05:20:31Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2023/04/05/dreamin/
<p>(Unfinished NYE post) It's time for a New Year's summation sequence! Let's see what - and who - 2021 had to bring...</p>
Happy 2023!2023-01-01T02:10:01Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2022/12/31/happy-2023/
<p>Thoughts on this year and friendship and romance and progress.</p>
Reading 2022 #4: The Ancient Magus' Bride Vol. 1 by Kore Yamazaki2022-03-01T04:17:44Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2022/02/28/reading-2022-4-the-ancient-magus-bride-vol-1-by-kore-yamazaki/
<p>Another manga, this time volume 1 of The Ancient Magus' Bride at Ssubby's recommendation!</p>
Reading 2022 #3: How Do We Relationship? Vol. 1 by Tamifull2022-02-19T19:54:45Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2022/02/19/reading-2022-3-how-do-we-relationship-vol-1-by-tamifull/
<p>The first non-kink book of the year, and also the first manga of the year! A cute (but drama-heavy) lesbian romance!</p>
Reading 2022 #2: Popular Girls by Miss Kaneda2022-02-06T16:36:06Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2022/02/06/reading-2022-2-popular-girls-by-miss-kaneda/
<p>That's right, keeping it going! This one's another size kink book, probably a steppy one if I know Miss Kaneda. Let's get into it!</p>
Reading 2022 #1: Skeleton Town by Taedis2022-02-06T05:14:44Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2022/02/06/reading-2022-1-skeleton-town-by-taedis/
<p>Book #1 for 2022. Let's see if I can keep this up, shall we? This one's a size fetish book.</p>
Let me soothe my wounds2020-12-21T14:39:17Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2020/12/21/let-me-soothe-my-wounds/
<p>TW: suicide, abuse, stalking mentions<br>
It's time to take a break.</p>
To be loved, to be loved2020-09-03T04:56:24Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2020/09/03/to-be-loved-to-be-loved/
<p>What more could you ask for? (I still love About a Girl by The Academy Is...)</p>
No free lunched2020-08-06T06:01:46Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2020/08/06/no-free-lunched/
<p>Reflections on submission(/dominance) and its relationship with codependency.</p>
Triple Goddess Tarot - Major Arcana, intuitively2020-07-13T22:52:02Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2020/07/13/triple-goddess-tarot-major-arcana-intuitively/
<p>My first impression of the Major Arcana of the Triple Goddess Tarot.</p>
"Concentrate..."2020-04-18T18:19:12Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2020/04/18/concentrate/
<p>Thoughts about focusing on tasks, and escaping the magnetic pull of distraction by keeping track of the thoughts that would otherwise be left behind.</p>
Daily HelloTalk Blog Day 32020-03-30T02:00:00Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2020/03/29/daily-hellotalk-blog-day-3/
<p>My third regular Japanese blog on HelloTalk. Talking about contests on Leetcode and similar things.</p>
Daily HelloTalk Blog Day 22020-03-29T04:15:00Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2020/03/29/daily-hellotalk-blog-day-2/
<p>My second regular Japanese blog on HelloTalk. Talking about how to learn Japanese and what to do about Flashcards.</p>
Daily HelloTalk Blog Day 12020-03-28T01:00:00Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2020/03/27/daily-hellotalk-blog-day-1/
<p>My first regular Japanese blog on HelloTalk. Talking about interviewing and resume stuff.</p>
Tokyo Day 2: January 1, 2020 - New Year's Day2020-01-02T19:49:27Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2020/01/03/tokyo-day-2-january-1-2020-new-years-day/
<p>New Year's Day and some sightseeing in Tokyo!</p>
Tokyo Day 1: December 31, 2019 - New Year's Eve2019-12-31T14:55:47Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2019/12/31/tokyo-day-1-december-31-2019-new-years-eve/
<p>My first full day in Tokyo - and the end of a decade.</p>
Tokyo Day(s) 0: December 28-30, 20192019-12-31T09:58:01Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2019/12/31/tokyo-days-0-december-28-30-2019/
<p>A summary of the days leading up to my first night in Tokyo for my research expedition!</p>
On my father2019-12-31T06:47:55Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2019/12/31/on-my-father/
<p>A summary of my relationship with my father, to give background to those who haven't been part of this nightmarish scenario all along. CW: emotional abuse, narcissism.</p>
Reflections on family2019-12-10T23:01:53Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2019/12/10/reflections-on-family/
<p>The letter to my family, which is as much a letter to myself to understand what I'm doing and why I'm doing it as it is one to my family to inform them of what's going on and to state my boundaries.</p>
Marissa Gender FAQ2019-12-06T05:35:55Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/GenderFAQ/
<p>Frequently asked questions as given to family and friends who knew little of trans matters and wanted to know more about Mari's gender transition.</p>
Advanced jobs2019-12-05T16:59:51Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2019/12/05/advanced-jobs/
<p>On empowering the Parts of Me, and in so doing, letting them merge into one, unified, True Me.</p>
Maidabases2019-11-27T03:27:00Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2019/11/26/maidabases/
<p>A summary of the problem I faced with Anki, in vore-and-maids format.</p>
Bad Brain Time Survival Guide2019-11-12T05:35:07Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2019/11/12/bad-brain-time-survival-guide/
<p>How my brain glitches in bad situations, and how I'm working around it.</p>
On choosing the form of one's dopamine lever2019-11-11T16:43:51Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2019/11/11/on-choosing-the-form-of-ones-dopamine-lever/
<p>Let's get personal. And let's make it weird.<br>
Talking about considering SRS, and feelings on different kinds of genitals, among other things.</p>
Co-op partners2019-10-08T19:35:13Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2019/10/08/co-op-partners/
<p>Complaining about being single... player mode.</p>
私は日本語がレベルアップしました!2019-07-18T13:52:45Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2019/07/18/56eb44gv5pel5pys6kqe44gm44os44oz44or44ki44od44ox44gx44g44gx44gf77yb/
<p>("My Japanese has leveled up!")</p>
<p>Thoughts on language learning through the lens of Metroidvanias with RPG elements.</p>
Reflections on self-disgust2019-07-01T15:32:02Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2019/07/01/reflections-on-self-disgust/
<p>(cw: discussion of self-directed transphobia)<br>
A follow-up to the Affection post from earlier this year. It's long!!</p>
Android Girl Adventures: Overly Urp-timized2019-04-03T23:26:54Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2019/04/03/android-girl-adventures-overly-urp-timized/
<p>How a funky JVM optimization resulted in our Android girl belching a bunch instead of telling us what was going on, and failing her self-test accordingly.</p>
Affection2019-01-10T15:53:26Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2019/01/10/affection/
<p>Exploring my relationship to affection and love.</p>
Thoughts on Reyas2019-01-06T15:46:32Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2019/01/06/thoughts-on-reyas/
<p>Thinking about how my moods tend to cycle, and why.</p>
Cause if you're next to me, that's all I really need2018-12-31T20:27:29Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2018/12/31/cause-if-youre-next-to-me-thats-all-i-really-need/
<p>My end-of-year celebration post for 2018.</p>
The first post on my new blog!!2018-12-31T06:56:24Zhttps://blog.reya.zone/blog/2018/12/31/the-first-post-on-my-new-blog/
<p>A post encapsulating my excitement about having a new blog!</p>