I've been pretty quite since leaving Minecraft. After ripping my way out of the screen and back into the real world, I was able to get a new bike and I've been riding it every chance I get. I'm in pretty upsetting shape these days. In my heyday I would bike 50km every day. Now just riding the bike out of the dealership almost had me passing out. I'm getting stronger day by day though, trying to set this disastrous course right.

This was the first week I went and saw people I know face-to-face. As the summer began the bleakness of the quarantine started fading away. I was a bit apprehensive to be sure but I decided to see them anyway. Have to start living again at some point. First time since this all happened that I got a feeling that life is going to continue.

The news is as bleak as ever though, the US is ripping itself apart and who knows how things will turn out.

Just going to keep biking and doing online courses and try not to think about it too much, it's not like I can do much about all of that anyway at this point.

It's weird how just doing some physical exercise can change my mindset the way it does. While I was laying on my bed for the last 3 months I knew it was having some effect on my energy levels but being in the grips of this mental torpor prevented me from doing anything about it. It's pretty easy for me to forget that I have a body and that it actually is more than just a physical interface for my mind. It IS my mind.