It’s been a little while since my last post, and this time it’s for good reason. The last few weeks have been pretty eventful, and while I wanted to talk about some of what I had been doing, I ended up getting pretty sick about a week ago. Some sort of bacterial infection found its way into my body, and I ended up having a pretty rough go of it for a bit there. I lost my voice for a few days, I had a horrible cough coupled with a seemingly never-ending headache, and I had practically negative energy. Thankfully I’m just getting out of it now, and I’m hoping to catch up on the various things I’ve neglected while I’d been resting. In the meantime, here’s a couple things I’ve been doing recently.

For starters, I’ll talk about what’s probably the more interesting of the two, and that’s the March Madness tournament. Before this year, I had never really cared much about college sports, let alone college basketball. For reasons I don’t fully remember, one of my good friends and I made a little wager to see who could produce the better bracket, and I ended up doing so pretty convincingly. While I’m on the topic, I’ll also say that I gained a lot of appreciation for college sports while following this tournament. There’s a soulful aspect to the games that you can’t always find in the major leagues. I’ll be watching next year’s edition. Finally, one more shoutout to Dan Hurley and UConn, they shredded everyone they played and were mesmerizing to watch as someone who loves team plays and good defense. Glad I picked them to win the championship, they were a very fun team.

Speaking of things that are fun to watch, Star Trek has always been one of my go-to shows, and I’ve been enjoying my rewatch of Deep Space Nine which, after reaching season 5, has been officially cemented as my favorite Trek by a mile. It had been around 7 years since I’d last watched the series from beginning to end, which means I’ve been sort of rediscovering the show. For example, I hadn’t remembered season 1 very well and was surprised by how dull it was at certain points. A lot of the storylines are retreads of old episodes from previous series, and they just felt dated.

Despite there being a fair amount of good episodes early on, the series doesn’t pick up until season 3, when they begin to introduce what will later become the main plot of the series in the Dominion War, which is one of the better snippets of TV you’ll find. I might do a separate post later on why I’m a big Trek fan despite my politics being at odds with some of the messages and the depiction of said messages, as they do tend to get a little too humanist for me at times.

Now, I do have more to say, but I feel that a lot of it would be better suited for separate posts, and I don’t want to make this one longer than it needs to be. I just wanted to get one out today because it has been a while since my last one, and it’s a good way for me to practice my writing, as I’ve been experimenting with short stories and working on assignments for my degree. My next one will be on the upcoming NHL playoffs and my quick thoughts on that, and then the one after that will be on manga from a Christian point of view. I’m looking forward to that one.

That’s all for now, God bless.