• Blaugust,  Dev/Creator Appreciation Week,  Streaming

    Developer Appreciation Week: Streamers

    Lately I’ve been watching a lot of Twitch streams… even though I mostly lurk. It’s become my form of entertainment to replace TV/movie streaming, quite honestly. Except for when I’m feeling in the mood for an audio book, of course. Because I’m watching so much Twitch, and have found a home in quite a plethora of streamers’ chats, I wanted to list out some of my favorites for y’all to follow! They’re mostly variety streamers that focus on social issues, mental health, fat liberation, etc. So check them out and at least give them a follow! Streamers I’m loving the heck out of in alphabetical order. Andrealausell BeardPrincess BigMikeyOcho Blizzb3ar…

  • Offline Screen for ChestnutPlays on Twitch, no stream schedule
    Blaugust,  Streaming

    Back to Streaming This Week!

    I’m not offline for much longer (I had to push it due to life)! My goal for this month is to stream at least once a week on Saturdays, and to have a flex day of Thursday evenings when I’m up to it. I’m still working day job and creating adult content while getting back into streaming, so I’m trying to pace myself and take it slow, but also work towards consistent dates rather than picking something that may fit my schedule at the start of the week, but not work by the time the date I set comes around. Anyway, all that to say, you can find me on…

  • DBD,  Life,  Streaming

    The Past Year Went Poof

    This Panini, Man It hit me hard, I’m not going to lie. But I’m feeling a smidge better (on the worst of days), so I’m back to blogging! I spent some time during this Panera moving my blogs to different hosting, playing with new domain name setups, dealing with viruses (that was a new one for me), and watching my blog continually blow up. And now it looks like any links in my site aren’t working correctly (I haven’t seen 404 errors on WordPress in a hot minute!) now that I have an SSL certificate on my site. After a quick look while writing this post though, it looks like…

  • Life,  Bujo/Planning,  FFXIV,  Streaming

    Weekend Odds and Ends

    Ding 45! I’ve been having a lot of fun in FFXIV, which is surprising in a way based on how meh I’ve felt about the game until picking it up again. I can’t believe I’ve already hit 45! I expect that I’ll be through the majority of the base game MSQ by the time the new patch implements changes to it. Though I can’t find details on if Patch 2.1-2.55 MSQ will be affected by the newest patch. I’ve especially been enjoying the eye candy that is Cid. His voice could be deeper… but he’s still fun to look at. No Cam Streams I decided to try dabbling with a…

  • ESO,  Streaming,  Video

    Summerset Wrecked Me

    This post is (13/31) of the Blaugust 2019 event! You can find out more about Blaugust over at Belghast’s blog. I (Chestnut) created a Twitter list of all participants. UltrViolet created an OPML file of all the bloggers to import into your feed reader. Last week I finally had the opportunity to finish the Summerset Zone Story, even though I was rushing a bit to make it to WoW raid on time. I didn’t know when I first started playing ESO that Morrowind wasn’t the starting area. Once I found out, I decided that I wanted to complete the Morrowind > Clockwork City > Summerset arch before going back to…

  • Blaugust,  Stream Schedule,  Streaming

    Blaugust 2019 + Streaming Tweaks

    Blaugust 2019 It’s that time of year, again! Time for Blaugust, 2019 rendition! I first participated back in 2015, and then again in 2016. Blaugust disappeared for 2017, and was reborn as something a little bit new and different in 2018 (and of course I participated again!). Blaugust is a blogging festival/challenge for all types of bloggers, and, really, all types of serialized content creators. Be sure to check out Bel’s post for full details. If writing text-heavy blog posts isn’t your thing, or even if you just need ideas on what kind of content to create, Bel recently put together a list pulling from ideas folks have previously done.…

  • ESO,  Streaming,  WoW

    Attempting TESO Again

    Obligatory WoW Update Just a quick, obligatory, yes, I’m still playing WoW. The game hasn’t been of interest to me much outside of raiding. Which I know is a detriment for gear, but I just don’t get much enjoyment out of it right now outside of raiding with folks. We got Heroic Mekkatorque down last week, and will hopefully have the folks right before Jaina (I can’t remember their names and don’t feel like googling) down soon. I’m hoping that the story becomes more engaging again, soon. I mean, Legion wasn’t the best expansion ever, but I at least felt like I had fun logging in to do things, and…

  • Blaugust,  JRPG,  Steam Challenge,  Streaming

    Becoming a Yakuza

    This post (6/31) is part of the Blaugust Reborn event! You can find out more about the event at Belghast’s blog. I (Chestnut) created a Twitter list of all participants. Armagon created an OPML file of all the bloggers to import into your feed reader. Sunday I got into my first Yakuza game ever—Yakuza 0. I’ve been watching Sushi and Elly play various Yakuza games for a while (I can never seem to catch Ty when he’s streaming!), and they look like fun. But I’ve always postulated that fighting games (and shooters) aren’t my jam, so I’ve never really delved into them outside of one or two attempts at different…

  • Blaugust,  JRPG,  Steam Challenge,  Stream Schedule,  Streaming

    Streaming: Week of August 5

    This post (5/31) is part of the Blaugust Reborn event! You can find out more about the event at Belghast’s blog. I (Chestnut) created a Twitter list of all participants. Armagon created an OPML file of all the bloggers to import into your feed reader. As I’ve mentioned before in regards to my streaming, I’ve been dealing with a pretty rough patch of depression. But one of the goals I set for myself for the month was to stream once a week to get back into the swing of things. Even if that’s all I do until I get settled in a new apartment sometime in September. Sunday’s stream counted…

  • Life,  Stream Schedule,  Streaming

    Depression and Streaming

    When Depression Hits I’ve never shied away from talking about how I suffer from depression and anxiety. I may not always get into full-blown details, but it has never been something that I hide. It has, however, been very intense the past month or so. Which in turn has been making it difficult to do even basic things. You may have seen me talk about “spoons” on Twitter (relating back to Spoon Theory). I honestly prefer “Spell Theory”, though, if I’m explaining it to my nerdier friends. Well, on a typical weekday basis, I have a lot to do—get up for work, prep food for work, take care of the…