There is something about me that really drives old people to initiate agonizingly oversharing conversations. Like, I'm kinda glad I could be there for the old lady in the grocery store who is still really going thru it with her mother's death just before 2020. And her declining mobility. The last old lady I chatted with at the lake was also having extremely valid big feelings about her declining mobility. And tbf, I do not have enough adults to talk to IRL so like. Maybe it works out for both of us?? Still, hard to guard my natural O_O face when I am feeling very "why are you telling me this, a complete stranger, please," when the conversation maybe should have ended with "after you!"

This woman, in particular reminded me of my grandma, who would just have really strong opinions about things and charge in with them like you had been arguing against them or maybe she could tell you intended to (whether you did or not, or even knew wtf she was talking about lol) - either way, she was already deep in the trenches 😅

My neighbour was another one, with the awful details of his cat's death. I mean. O_O He was obviously suffering, too. And also, I liked that cat a lot. He was very noisy and had much to say about us being in our his backyard.


These pics have probably far less broad appeal than northern animals, but when I was at the grocery store we were getting buzzed by planes and I was like "THERE ARE HORNETS IN MY TOWN!" and very upset I was doing the stupid shopping when I could be lookin at em. LOL. The grocery store is right beside the airport, so the planes all land and take off right over the parking lot. We don't often get fighter jets!

But!! I got outside finally (after hearing the hornets 4x and a globemaster once), and they were just doing a final lap before landing. You can see their little feetsies sticking out:

( 2 cf-18 hornets )

In unrelated news, one of my peppers started turning red ON THE VINE! I had lost hope completely and was going to bring them all inside anyway, just to see what happens. AHHH a baby 🥹



Off to go buy Pokemon Z-A with L! I did not like A-Z so I'm not going in on this with him, but he is very excited.

It's been many months since I've posted recs and I realized I had over 40 Untamed fic recs. To keep the list more manageable I cut it in half and will post the next half next weekend.

( The Untamed )
( Star Wars )
( Heaven Official's Blessing )
( Harry Potter )
( DCU )
( The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System )
( Vids )

Okay, it's been... a long time.. since I've done a media update. Oops! Haven't had much to talk about but I guess it's all added up enough to be enough by now.


Some books:

The Lower Decks book, Warp Your Own Way by Ryan North (comics novel) - read this twice, need to read a few more times :D (It's a choose your adventure book)

Doppelganger by Naomi Klein (non-fiction) - didn't get through this before the library yoinked it back (I had it largely thru my couple discord listening challenge weeks, whoops), put myself back on the list. Pretty interesting, kinda awful.

Somewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune (fiction, sequel) - reading this in bits. As much as these are "cozy fantasy," only the relationships are. The plot and background ambiance is upsetting, in general, lol.


Couple Kdramas:

Doctor Cha - do not waste your time on this one! We made it through but it fought us almost the entire time. LOL I appreciate pikron so much in these times XD oooof tease an imminent divorce in the first couple eps, spend the entire series making the husband irredeemable and then only have the divorce in the LAST EPISODE?? Ughhh we were suffering. Props to minor character Jeon Sora for being a tiny bright light. And the actor Kim Mi-kyung (who played the main character's mother), who is ALWAYS excellent.

Business Proposal - CHARMING. Do recommend! Very silly! We are only four or five episodes in, so this might change, but we are enjoying it a lot. It does a lot of stupid special effects stuff & musical things that should be obnoxious but are somehow only charming. These dorks are mfeo. It's so enjoyable we have much less to talk about than in Doctor Cha, though LOL.


Some games:

Sims4 (computer) I spent a week and a half or so playing this. It got too much time out of me. I think it actually isn't very fun? But it is incredibly absorbing. I will probably get sucked in again at some point.

Meow Tower (mobile) - they added more puzzles and a new music box thing.

Word Trails (mobile, thru Netflix) - still doing this ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3ds) - I restarted on a whim and am enjoying it. I like how the villagers are more unpredictable but I do not like when they shame me for playing too long :P


Writing & other creative things:

I have been writing, here and there! and a couple new ideas, which is fun. And crocheting! I've been working on a blanket for Kelly and speeding along with these granny squares until I got to the biggest colour chunk and now I'm like ehhhhhhhhhhhhh. Gotta do it!


That's it for me, aside from language learning stuff!

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