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On Eros Love in Friendship

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 I've been thinking lately about love, specifically Eros love, in friendships. Last year I read an article by Tara Isabella Burton, an author I really esteem, about this topic, and just now a few days ago I finally read through The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis. Recent talks with friends and my wife too have encouraged me to desire and think differently about the types of relationships I have with those whom I choose to love Platonically (in an original sense) and I've been more honest with myself and others in expressing that what I crave most in intimate personal relationships is physical touch. I love hugging, I love kissing, I love caressing and holding my friends' heads on my shoulders, as well as resting my head on theirs as we talk about questions or problems, or just as we watch a movie together. I love sharing my bed with friends, embarking on new projects with them, I even love (in a way) having somewhat-heated discussions about plans or ideas for solving joint prob...

Survival Horror Inspiration Playlist

I'm finally almost finished fixing the final bugs in [zu], which you can check out here by the end of March to play the finalized version. In the meantime, however, during my leisure time sitting in the bus or taking a break from work and my studies, I've been compiling an inspiration playlist of unsettling music from different genres (there's pop, electronic, progressive, metal, punk, and ambient so far). You can check that out here if you want: Mostly this is a way to toy around with an idea I have for a horror game. It's perhaps way too ambitious at this moment, but I've been diving back into making music and I've been learning 3D modeling for environments in Blender these past few months. Work has built up quite a bit in the last weeks, so I haven't gotten to do any actual new development work, and probably won't in some months if I hope to learn the ropes again on music production and environment modeling. In any case, I can always dream... And tho...