December 2025 Summary

December 31, 2025

Tags: Monthly Summaries

This month was mostly a rest month as I geared up for the holidays. But I did do a few fun things!

Like I mentioned in my previous post, I went to Midwest Furfest at the start of the month! I already talked at-length about it, but the short version is that I had a lot of fun there and loved getting to see my friends :D While at Midwest I also bought some books, one of which I started to read. Didn't get to finish it, hence it not being in the "read" list, but I have been greatly enjoying it so far.

While at Midwest I also bought a beginner's crochet kit. With it I put together my first two projects. They're both very scuffed but I'm still super proud of them. I've sense gotten some more yarn! Just need to decide what I want to make...

I started work on my fanfic again, and the next chapter is almost done... so close... I could probably finish it today if I locked in, as I just need to draw the pictures and maybe edit.. and then post... I also also started to play Pokemon X again AND caught my very first shiny ever >:3 so yeah this month has just been about getting back into old hobbies huh?

And lastly Was Christmas of course. Haven't celebrated New Years' yet as this is going up on the last day of the month as all these posts are INTENDED to, but I can talk about Chris Kringle. Went to Grandpa's as we do every year and ate too much food as I do every year. 10/10 experience. Most of my family doesn't know what to get me so they just gave me money lol, only one who got me gifts was dad. He gave me some candy, a shower set, a Godzilla plushie, and a copy of Stray.

All around, a good month.

As for new years resolutions? Hmmm... finally get a job, in the face of this stupid ass job market, and also keep getting better at coding B)

Read

Why Learning to Code is So Damn Hard - There are so many beginner resources, a fair bit of advanced resources, but not much in between. Compound this with a lack of knowledge of how to look stuff up (common and expected w/ beginners and mid-level) among a few other things and you get a recipe for a phase of learning that is hell. A very good read, especially if you're just getting started. Or if you're at the phase where you feel like slamming your head into a wall. Like me.

Are Steam prices dropping - and should you care? - Watched some videos on YouTube that cited this, but I felt they were re-phrasing it in a way that'd get them clicks lol. Basically, on Steam, indie game prices seem to be lowering. This data is based on the most purchased games. A fascinating dichotomy to AAA's insistence to slowly raise the prices more, especially on console.

Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder - Some video game artists were interviewed about their process and AI. Turns out AI makes it harder, even when the output is "just" a reference. Both because it takes away from some key parts of their process and because they feel the need to provide their team with better, more specific references that take extra time to reverse-engineer from the generated image.

You Can't Make Something Accessible to Everybody - I will always argue that it is far easier to add accessibility features to your website than people claim. That being said, making it accessible to every person across all possible scenarios is just impossible. As the post says: add accessibility features, understand them, and be transparent about what features you have included.

Watched

A Story of Trauma, Paradoxes, and a Toilet; A Majora's Mask Analysis - I love me a good literature analysis of a video game. Majora's Mask has been done to death by this point, but I quite like this one a lot. Talks about the trauma of growing up and the symbolism of the games contradictions (though I will say right now that the toilet thing is mostly just a hook/algorithm thing; not egregious enough to be click bait but ultimately is just used to introduce the core ideas).

The Spinda Rabbithole Goes Deeper Than You Think - 4 billion(ish) Spinda on Earth... Isn't it beautiful?

Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam and Exposing Honey's Evil Business Model and The Honey Files Expose Major Fraud! - Story I have been following for a while regarding a big company stealing money from smaller companies and YouTubers + other internet artists. Goes over exactly what they did and how they got away for it for so long, including by going into the code (which is fascinating in a sort of morbid way...)

Who Wrote Caramelldansen? - 45 minute history lesson on a meme. That's all.