I’ve been training all Winter by cycling on a trainer in my basement
(using Zwift). Spring is nearly hear, and now that I’m riding outside it
feels like the training is paying off. I want to be in much better shape
by the Summer so that I can do well in the
triathlon relay that I do with my brother and sister. I’m also
hoping to get more than 3000mi on my bike this year, which I’ll only do
if I keep my fitness up.
Reading and video games have taken a bit of a backburner between cycling, music, and work; but I am hoping to read and play some more as the year goes on. PAX East is happening later this month, so that might get me back into a gaming mood. My brother an I were excited to try Marathon; but it turns out that it won’t work with Linux/Proton, and requires a kernel-level anti-cheat (rootkit) to run on Windows. If that ever changes, we may take a look at it.
Just like in 2024, I’m participating in WeeklyBeats again this year. I’ve kept up so far with 11 tracks, two of which I did with my brother. We’re trying to do a collaboration track every month, but if we get into a groove, maybe we’ll do more. My tracks have a little more “polish” than they did early in 2024; but I’m still not the best at mixing, and I’ve been rushing a lot of them. That being said, I still made some fun ones:
You’ll notice that I’m not doing the Esperanto theme this year. While I tried in 2024, I never picked up enough of the language, and need to start studying again. BOBENO KVAR is Esperanto, but I only used that name to continue the naming I had in 2024 for Spool (my cat) themed tracks. In 2025 I came up with a few tracks that I wanted to turn into an album, but never did. I think that after 2026 is over, or maybe part way through the year, I’m going to try to clean them up into an actual album. I may also pull some of my WB26 tracks to include as well, and get Phil to record some guitars.
While WB26 will keep me busy, I am also thinking about scheduling another international cycling trip…. we’ll see if I end up following through with that 😅.
For more information on “now” pages, check out: https://nownownow.com/about