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		<title>5 Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Content warning: alcohol abuse, binge drinking, discussion of risk of violation of consent and assault, underage drinking, social pressure, childhood trauma, anxiety, PTSD, coping, domestic abuse, suicide mention, self harm mention

I have been drinking since I was twelve years old. Alcohol, that is - water and I go way back. I grew up in a drinking heavy culture with easy access to alcohol and the understanding that booze makes you <em>fun</em>, in spite of my own traumatic experiences as a child showing me that drunk adults were <em>not fun</em>. Nonetheless, I jammed to that song and by the time I was legal to drink, I was seasoned, and it tipped over rapidly into a binge drinking habit that nearly ruined my life.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Very Merry Mental Illness to Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 05:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey, friends, supporters, consumers, and colleagues. this one is a little important. I hope the best came for you in major holidays for each culture and religion or lack thereof that came before this post, and the same wishes for you in the festivities (or lack thereof!) to come. Please stay safe in the continuance &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2020/12/a-very-merry/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "A Very Merry Mental Illness to Me"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Talk: A Thoughty Update&#8230;among other things</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2020 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I apologize if this is the first some of you may be hearing of my current health status, but the quarantine has made communicating really difficult. Please watch this video and feel free to reach out, but do not feel any obligation to give platitudes. Things have been rough but I&#8217;m doing my best! &#60;3]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What is the future?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2018 23:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Turn is currently doing wonderfully, just short of funding and 21 days to go! We just announced international shipping, and I&#8217;m very excited for what is yet to come in stretch goals and work I do after the game is live! But I need to talk about the future, because mine is uncertain. As many &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2018/11/what-is-the-future/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "What is the future?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, or, What to Do When You&#8217;re Living the Dream&#8230;But?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2018 20:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today, I am 30 years old, I work in my dream job teaching leadership using games, and I make $0.85/hour.* Leading with Class, in case you don&#8217;t know (most people don&#8217;t!), is my YouTube show where I teach about leadership using roleplaying games. It&#8217;s the dream job I made real for myself through a lot &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2018/09/a-dream-is-a-wish-your-heart-makes-or-what-to-do-when-youre-living-the-dream-but/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, or, What to Do When You&#8217;re Living the Dream&#8230;But?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lag</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 21:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was very hesitant to write this post but I think I should. Things have been quite rough here, and John and I are financially strapped. I also started back to grad school and a second job for the semester. We ended up, after two significant financial hits (one of which isn&#8217;t resolved), starting a &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2018/01/lag/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Lag"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Love, Joy, Empathy, and Why I I&#8217;m Not Giving Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2018 22:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last night I had the awesome experience of going to see Mikey Neumann&#8217;s Movies with Mikey Live, courtesy of my friend Anders as a 30th birthday gift. Mikey reviews films and is a video game writer, and he is one of my favorite people. It was amazing &#8211; I laughed, I cried, and it hit &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2018/01/love-joy-empathy-and-why-i-im-not-giving-up/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Love, Joy, Empathy, and Why I I&#8217;m Not Giving Up"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>On &#8220;Boys&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beau Jágr Sheldon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2017 23:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a diversion from games but related to my typical work and my current look into masculinity with Posers, and is as-of-now an unpaid post. Mike Rugnetta wrote two posts on the subject of the McElroy Brothers and the use of the term &#8220;boy.&#8221; I found it by a shared Twitter thread by&#160;@RowanGayle who &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2017/12/on-boys/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "On &#8220;Boys&#8221;"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2016 03:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Had a brief discussion just now with John about my experience playing Sagas of the Icelanders at Origins this year, and how it was about gender expression, emotional expression, and struggling with my own abilities.I played The Huscarl, which is like, Super Manly and involves a lot of behavioral cues, from my perspective. I play &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2016/11/sagas-of-gender-power-and-emotion/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Sagas of Gender, Power, and Emotion"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2016 23:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A slight diversion from our normal content, here. It&#8217;s semi-political, if my mental health is political.&#160; Content/Trigger Notice: mental health, depression, bipolar, and similar illnesses are all discussed/specific mentions of binge drinking, suicide, and self-destructive behavior.&#160; I was going to write about Are You Mental? and its Kickstarter when I got home today. I don&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2016/08/i-am-mental/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "I AM Mental"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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