A plane of Joshua Trees, mountains in the background and a clear blue sky.

A silver street pole with a black and white sticker on it that says “Think of something beautiful.”

Happy new year, angels. I can’t do my usual tradition of submerging myself in the Pacific, because it’s raining 😩 but I did spend this past weekend in the desert, which is another way to wash the gunk from my brain and bones.

May 2026 be beautiful for all of us ❤️

I’m the wrong person to ask!

I was feeling down because I couldn’t go back to Australia for Christmas, but then my mum called (where it’s already Christmas Day) and I chatted with her and my family, and now I feel less alone. Loved. Happy.

If you’re alone this Christmas, I hope you find your happy too ❤️

Daddy's Coming Home with Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred - Xbox Wire It seems Lilith annoyed her father so much, he’s about to burn it all down: Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred arrives April 28, 2026, and the Paladin class is available now with pre-purchase.

Approximately once a calendar year, when the moon is full and the stars align, they let me write a blog again - against all odds.

I would once again like to reiterate that I love the Xbox Wire team for letting me clown 💙💚

Daddy’s coming home! news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/1...

Today, as I filled my car with petrol, I was struck by two things:

1) Americans call it gas when it’s liquid. Which is weird. In Australia we have petrol AND gas, y’know?

2) They make you PAY to use the AIR? The AIR?!?! It’s AIR!!! I’M SURROUNDED BY AIR WHAT DO YOU MEAN

Happy Thanksgiving, my friendos!

I was painting by my balcony door today* and I heard a crash - I looked up and a friggin’ squirrel was right in front of my face on the other side of the glass, staring at me. A HARBINGER OF DOOM?!

* I don’t do this often. I only started painting again recently, to Make Things.

I’ll be careful, I promise! 💙

I got my Californian license which meant today, for the first time ever in 8.5 years, I DROVE into Blizzard. I told anyone who would listen and was absolutely insufferable, asking if they wanted to see a photo of my car in the car park. All-caps online, yelping in person.

WHOMST GOT THEIR BLIZZCON TICKETS 💙

I’m not the right person to ask! ☺️

There’s construction going on at Blizzard atm. I was outside talking to a colleague when a dude in a truck with a tractor on the back drove past. He stopped and said “HEY, DO YOU GUYS MAKE VIDEO GAMES?”

“YEAH!” I yelled back.

“THAT’S SO COOL!” he said, then drove away.

He’s right.

It IS cool.

A picture of the facade of the Grove of Anaheim at night. The sigh at the front says “Grove of Anaheim welcomed Josh Johnson.”

The comedy is one thing, but the storytelling chops on this man? The ability to make you feel and think? Otherworldly. He’s a master weaver. I am in awe - it’s like watching someone dance or paint a masterpiece, only it’s all words, all verbal. What an honor to witness, what a gift he is.

YES

A screenshot from Final Fantasy Tactics. Two speech bubbles are on screen. Zalbaag: Where is that Ramza? He should be here at your side! Barbaneth: Though he be not the issue of the womb that bore you, my sons, still my blood courses through his veins. Watch after him.

Happy Final Fantasy Tactics day to all who celebrate! UGH IT’S SO GOOD GIMME THAT DEEP STORY ABOUT DIVISION AND INEQUALITY AND MESSED UP SOCIAL CLASS SYSTEMS RIP MY HEART OUT WHILE I MOVE CUTE LITTLE DUDES AROUND A GRID YES DIRECTLY INTO MY VEINS SQUARE ENIX YESSSSSS.

I am unwell. It’s not the Rona, but I’m miserable.

Things I’ve done to pass time:

* Tried to vibe code an app that keeps track of pro wrestling storylines - ended up hurting my laptop and having to do a system reset, lmao.
* Played Vampire Survivors for the first time. The internet was right.

I’m so sorry, my friend. Sending my love to you and Graham.

I got my California learners permit this week (I can drive in Australia, just not here…YET), and this may or may not come as a shock to you, but insurance companies are not super into insuring a car owned by a 41-year-old learner driver 😂

H A T 🫠😂❤️

A Hilltop Hoods song came on the radio and I said to a guy “oh I saw these guys live 20 years ago” and he goes “what were you, 5 years old?” and I rolled my eyes so hard that my head was akin to a roulette wheel.

The force of the eye roll is, I think, an Oil of Olay sign of aging unto itself.

Two cocktails with orange liquid, whipped cream on top, and an upside-down tiny ice cream cone. They sit on a white tablecloth.

Periodic meet-ups for dinner and fancy cocktails with @christiegolden.bsky.social has a solid place in my hierarchy of needs.

LMAO “bioluminescence” and “roots” 😁

Thanks mate!

I thought of you ☺️ you will ADORE them!

HAT 🥹 ily

Love YOU!

NOT AGAIN PUT HER BACK IN THE BOX

World of Warcraft: Midnight 101 – Everything You Need to Know About the Next Expansion - Xbox Wire From the encroaching Void that threatens all of Azeroth, to the deeply personal decision of what color to dye your dining room chairs, Midnight has it all! Here’s everything you need to know about War...

Lots of work in the lead-up to the Midnight reveal today, including a now-rare, bylined-by-me story! It’s somewhat unhinged, bookended by the screaming (?!) capybaras you find in Zul’aman. Shoutout to the Xbox Wire team who never flinch in the face of my insanity. news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...

A collage of my Street Fighter Evo pass that says Sunset, a selfie in my hotel mirror holding my fighting stick, a selfie in the venue of me wearing a mask with the crowd of people playing behind me, and two photos of me playing in my pool.

1-2!!! The win was from a DQ but we take those. It was the best I’ve ever played and I was SO excited at how much I’ve improved ☺️ really amped to keep practicing for next year!

A screenshot of a highlighted message on WhatsApp from me that says “I am forever equal parts always ready and never ready to go to Evo. A paradox.”

OOO till Tuesday. Looking forward to sinking deeply back into humanity; a personification of an exhale who doesn’t need to do anything except hang out with people I love, stay hydrated, and be embarrassingly bad at Street Fighter 6.

✌️