Summer 2022 PastebinMonday

yo waddup

it's been a hot sec since I did one of these. For those not up to speed with the Rox_ lore, back in 2019/2020 I made one of these pastebin monday's every week. Anyway, first semester of college is coming to a close, and I'll be back home at this time next week, and I want to write something to keep myself accountable this summer. So this is really for me to write down goal I want to obtain, while also giving you all a way of keeping up with me and my progress. This is more or less gonna be me rambling and writing whatever pops into my head so it might be all over the place.

GOING PLACES:
I want to go places, see things, meet people, do stuff. I'm 20 now, meaning I have the adulthood privileges of doing more or less what I want to an extent. So, this summer I will be attending the following major events:
	1. Summer Games Done Quick (June 26th - July 3rd)
	2. Super Smash Con (August 11th - 14th)
Yea it's not much, but I'm a broke college student, and it encapsulates the two online communities I'm in: Speedrunning and Smash. I do want to try to attend some local/regionals for smash, but there really isn't too much around me which is unfortunate, but I'll see what I can manage.

SPEEDRUNNING:
I've been in a small debate with myself of where I want to go with speedrunning. I have my stupid % of wr thing I do to set goals within speedgames, but I want to find a balance between being really good at stuff, but also playing a lot of stuff. Right now I'm definitely going to go for all WRs in KNIDL at some point, and finish my 10% journey in SMG2, but from there I'm not really sure what I want to do. I've been looking at a ton of other speedgames to see where I wanna go next, but I'm just gonna focus on KNIDL, SMG2, and an undisclosed game that I'll be running hopefully rather shortly, and we'll see where I go next from there.

SMASH:
Ok smash is not everybody's cup of tea but I've gotten into it within the past few months and it has sucked me in. The process of improving and getting good at it is addicting, and I want to start putting myself out there at a semi-competitive level. Obviously I'm not gonna be winning any supermajors any time soon, but it'll be cool to attend some locals or regionals and not get dead last hopefully. Like I said earlier, there really isn't too much local stuff happening near me, the closest thing I've found being 2+ hrs away which is a bit of a commute for something every week, but I definitely want to head to at least a few minor philly tourneys over the summer, maybe like one a month or so. I'll be entering weekly online tournaments probably, but that really isn't the same as in person.

ok cool thats online stuff now time for other stuff

so basically I have a bunch of irl goals I wanna achieve this summer, and some other obligations I'm doing that will keep me busy.

SCHOOL:
I'm taking a month long summer course from July-August, shouldn't be too bad, but I won't be able to travel during it, which sucks because I would have loved to make the commute to Sweden for ESA. Maybe next time. This will at least me keeping to use my brain cells when I usually would not be.

WORK:
I have a job. I'm a broke college student so obviously money is an issue, but I've been working as a waiter in a restaurant for two years now, and want to up my hours than what I was previously working because I really need money lmao, especially if I want to travel and visit friends in the future. This might be a lot of working and a lot of not much else, but that's probably best case scenario for future me if I'm being totally honest.

PODCAST:
My dad has been itching to start a podcast with me, and we're finally starting it when I get home from college. Basically, it'll be just us two listening to whole albums through in and through out, ranking every song on a 1-10 scale, and then at some point ranking albums and songs we hear in the albums. It's gonna be goofy and silly but it'll be a ton of fun, and I'll have more information on it if you people care later on.

MUSIC:
This year is the year I want to start making, writing, producing, and creating music. I want to write songs, perform them, publish them, all within the summer. I'm thinking an album might be too big of a goal to reach for with the time I have, but if I can have a small length EP type thing with a few songs I can say I'm proud of, I will be very happy. If I can release like music video things where it's just me facing a camera playing the instruments (kind of like an insaneintherain type video) for each song I write that would be cool as well. I also want to start making covers of other bangers I hear as like a test for my arranging and performing skills, so expect some full length stuff in the hopefully near future.

FITNESS:
I've kind of been really bad about my body since I've gotten to school, so this summer I want to get a trainer and push myself to get into really good shape. I wouldn't say I'm in bad shape, just not the physique I want. I'm writing this to keep myself accountable because I think if I can get addicted to going to the gym, that's a really healthy addiction to have and future me will indubitably thank me.

CONTENT:
This summer I want to learn how to do more art type things, such as editing and photoshop. This is something I've been lazy about for a very long time, and I think learning to edit will be really good for me and the content I want to produce, as I can use it for online stuff, music stuff, even helping with my dad's podcast stuff, and maybe even make money having that skill in the future. I don't know if I should use a course on skillshare or something like that, but if anybody has any suggestions for a good course in learning to edit in premiere, please share them with me. More or less the same with the graphic design part, because making a good thumbnail or poster goes a really long way in a whole bunch of different areas of my life right now, and I also want to find a skillshare type thing to learn how to do that at a proficient level.

So yea, that's my life right now, and those are my plans for the summer. If you made it this far, thanks for reading and I hope you support me on my journey to obtain these goals this summer. I don't think there's anything else to mention right now, but I can almost guarantee I'll hit the publish button and instantly think of something major that I left out.

Thanks for making it to the end, love you all.
-Rox