I don’t know if it was a mistake or not, but I slept in today. Then again, I was up later than I expected last night. During my late breakfast, I decided to start a new anime since I recently finished Code Geass. So, I did what I should’ve done a long time ago: I started RoboTech, a classic of anime. Let me tell you, in just one episode, I found myself reveling in the ‘80s anime goodness.

This was my first week back to university after the extended spring break, and today was the first post-coronapocalypse deadline for my students’ paper drafts. From about 11am until 6pm, most of my time was spent grading papers. I had “online office hours” from 11am-1pm, which included a videoconference Skype call with one of my students. That was different. I took a lunch break at 1pm and watched UltraSeven with Jarod.

Unfortunately, I battled distractions throughout the rest of the afternoon. Friends kept messaging me. Amusing things kept happening on Twitter. I kept wondering if it would’ve been easier if I was on campus, but I’m not sure. What was happening probably wouldn’t have happened if not for the current crisis, I’m sure.

One of the downsides of being a writer is the constant “what ifs…?”

Regardless, I managed to get through all of my first class’ papers. Tomorrow I do my second class’ papers.

On a whim, I decided to try streaming Street Fighter V on my YouTube channel as practice for when I do it on my podcast’s channel tomorrow (Friday) at 7pm EST. I was joined by several friends, including Sergio (who played against me), Josh (who commented), and Mike (who was on chat for ten minutes).

Here are the videos (with apologies for my mic issues at first):

I think I might try to make this a more common occurrence.

After that, I got to work on the trailer for Kaiju Quarantine, a big watch party being organized by me and several of my fellow podcasters. (More on that later).

All the while, I never left the Fortress of Solitude. I guess that makes me a good citizen.

I will admit this lockdown has made me try new things, and I’m finding that I like them.

What’d you do today to pass the time in lockdown? What new things, if any, have you tried?