I’m just going to say it, this winter has been a really crappy one. February especially has been a beast. I’m in the WNY area and naturally, it's almost expected for winter to be sudden and nasty. But with the slick ice, constant snow, and endless winds, its enough to stifle anyone’s mood.

I’ll admit, I’ve been down in the dumps and been trying to stay positive. I know as soon as the weather clears, I’ll be more motivated to be productive and actually get an eBook done. This last week has felt both long and went by in a flash.

Since I’ve been on Bluesky, I keep going down the “#anime” feed rabbit hole and there are some really talented artists and cosplayers out there. Some of the art is so good that I feel like trying my hand in drawing again. And the cosplayers are just spot on, I genuinely wonder how much time and money goes into one of their outfits.

And yes, I will admit, “Stupid-sexy-cosplayers distract me from being productive”. And also I keep forgetting how NSFW material is not censored on Bluesky, at least not yet. There seems to be less and less as I go down the anime feed.

So yeah, winter and anime have been a big distraction this past week.

At least, I have been able to start a new writing project, finally. I was working on one that I was going to do for flash fiction but it ended up becoming the start of a bigger project than I intended. Flash fiction is still a new concept to me. I have to get into the mindset of someone browsing social media for a few seconds and might look at or read something for a minute or two.

Anyway, this new project is the sequel to another project I was invested in back in June last year. I have been itching to go back to it since but kept getting distracted by other things. Honestly, I needed something to legit work on. This winter has been a real drag, what with December being all about my “burnt ends”, January being a slog, and February having the most brutal conditions we’ve seen in WNY in a while.

Seriously, I cannot even remember a February being this downright relentless. Usually by February, here in WNY, we get a mix of winter and spring trading places. I remember one February that had snow then the very next day it was in the 70s. I blame climate change though WNY has always been unpredictable when it comes to the weather.

Yeah, I’m all down about winter but before you know it, summer will be here with its hellish humidity. Looking forward to that. At the very least, I’m still keeping to my step goals. Thank goodness for that otherwise I’d be a lot more stiff . . . I just laughed hard and realized what I just typed. It’s been a long week. I’m going to end this now before I type anything else goofy. “Stupid sexy cosplayer!”

Good Luck and “FREEEEEEEZE!”

— Buck

PS: It seriously does feel like Mr. Freeze has been shooting a giant ice ray lately. Hope the Dark Knight comes around and finally reverses that ice into some heat already. 🥶