Here we are. November 30th, 2021. The last day of NaNoWriMo for the year. For those who might not know what NaNoWriMo is, it stands for National Novel Writing Month. This happens every November (with smaller events happening in April and July). The gist of the November event is to attempt to write 50,000 words in 30 days. This boils down to 1,667 words a day. Which doesn’t sound that daunting when you say it like that, but add in work and family and holidays and 1,667 words a day can suddenly turn into being 10,000 words behind with one day left in the month. (Not that I’m speaking from experience or anything. Looking at you NaNo 2011.) A few years ago, I decided I wanted to write a Bloodborne inspired novel. Not necessarily a fanfic. Just a thread of inspiration that came to mind while I was playing my favorite game of all time: Bloodborne. Well, I tried in NaNo 2018. Deviated course in 2019 (with no luck), and tried again in NaNo 2020. I managed to write about 16,000 words between th...
I'm sorry that I am just getting around to updating this four days after the fact, but I had a wonderful, busy weekend that prevented me from writing this blog earlier. On Thursday, I cooked my HelloFresh dish #2 for the week. This was Figgy Balsamic Pork! It was a second HelloFresh WIN! In my opinion, it was not as good as the Pecan-Crusted Trout, but it came extremely close. I would 10/10 order this again or attempt to make it on my own. The pork came with potatoes and green beans for roasting and topped off at a whopping 550 calories, which was about 500 less than the trout. This is a bit surprising to me because you think of fish as being low calorie (usually), but I assume the panko/pecan/butter crust for the trout ran the calorie count up. I can tell you, that for a less than 600 calorie meal, this dish was extremely filling. This meal required less utensils than the trout, needing only 2 baking sheets and a pan. Again, I had to provide salt, pepper, oil, and butter. ...