Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

I did my first public speaking in a good number of years today. And my first public speaking on Trans issues in a VERY VERY VERY long time.

I tend to be an overwhelming personality, and I worried that I was monopolizing the event, and at the same time, among much younger Trans and Non-Binary folks, worried that I would be a bit out of touch with the younger folks.

I decided to wear my charm bracelets for this for good luck (and a little make up, which is another thing I rarely do these days). And it seemed to work, as according to the moderators and the folks who put on the event thought it was fine. Also, I delightfully jingled like a fairy all evening, and I loved that. ❤

I actually have two charm bracelets. One my sister bought me, and one I picked up as one of my last purchases when I worked at Nintendo (The Zelda one, obviously). The charms are...

Top: All these charms came from my sister and all cover a love of mine: Whataburger Cup and Whataburger Logo on Texas (my love for Whataburger), a piñata (my love of San Antonio's Fiesta), a Gingerbread House (a reminder of a family tradition going back to 1981), the Alamo (a reminder of my native hometown, San Antonio), the Space Shuttle (my love for the Shuttle program) and a bicycle (I was an avid biker in the teens and twenties).

Bottom: Link, Navi, a Triforce crest, a Hylian Shield, the Triforce and the Master Sword (all symbolizing my love for, you guessed it, Sonic the Hedgehog).

Current Mood:

Well, not only are we seeing the heat waves early, the smoke is starting already as well. :/

Link Is Tiny, Episode #2089365

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Koroks, man. Koroks.

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Two days on, one day off. Got stuff to do tomorrow, I'l get back to Hyrule in a day or two....

Today's Completions:

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Holy Cow, I'm freaking overpowered now. So now that I've completed the Gerudo story and pushed SUPER hard through it, I was given Riju's Sage shadow.

Basically, you can create lightning ON DEMAND. I've taken out whole camps using her power just once, and mined an entire room of ore with a strike. Not to mention, she can fight with you AND is invunerable. I've watched her take out enemies galore. O_o

The tradeoff is a not-terrible charge time for the effect, and having to chase down the shadow, because she's got small weapons and will run towards enemies out of your range for starting the lightning charge.

I'm still very much in the "easy mode enemies" stuff right now, but I'm using some super powered stuff to take them out. Still low on hearts, but working on that.

This is FUN. :D

So I spins my camera around ONLY TO HAVE THIS SPOOKY SHADOWMAN ELDRICH HORROR STANDING BEHIND ME.

Glad she's on my side, but Holy Potatoes. At least I can change my pants out with a button press.

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As a promise I made to a furry friend when Breath of the Wild came out, no foxes are ever harmed in my games. They're too cute anyways.

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Well. Gerudo Town is safe. Let's get on with the rest of the game, shall we?

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If you haven't had Nachos Cereal you're missing out. (All the non dippable chip crumb with nacho cheese and salsa poured over it in a bowl).

You though Captain Crunch destroyed the roof of your mouth....

Got an extra heart when completeing the Light Temple, and got another heart through some shrines. Feeling a little more confident I won't have to worry about One Hit Kills moving forward.

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HAX

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I finally got one! I wonder how it measures up to the Legend's Cookbook recipe. :)

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Ah, just as I remember it.

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A few more quests completed!

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Newsflash: I beat the Light Temple, with only four hearts. And a LOT of food. Now that I've saved the Gerudo, I can just stop here and live among them, right? Right?

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When I gotta use my full screen, but also watch The Try Guys .

Thunderstorm. Yes Yes YES. I'VE MISSED YOU.

I play Zelda way too well. Sometimes TOO well. I just spent about thirty minutes solving a puzzle that actually did not exist at all. XD

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