- highlights:
- 10-01-21 celebrated shane's bday early. it was fun talking to dad and everyone. we ate 'the greene turtle' for dinner (i got fish and chips, didn't finish my food); we shared strawberry shortcake afterward. cris bought beer and shared with mom, keish, shane. shane didn't like how beer tastes. says he'll stick to truly. keish was taking pictures with her tripod. i wore a crop top and high-waisted jeans. we were caught on the eufy front door cam when we were messing around outside. also, shane didn't have room for the money tree i bought him, so mom kept it.
- 10-08-21: cris bought me a huge thing of la colombe for my birthday and a new coop pillow ;o; he's so generous. i can't thank him enough.
- 10-17-21: facetimed with keish, mom and also with shane to help prep for his interviews. he's been interviewing a lot and i'm proud of him!
- goals:
- lose ~2 more pounds
- started drinking margaritas/vodka this month. in a plateau at the moment.
- finish caroline girvan, epic I challenge
- cris hurt his back so we're in sort of a lull at the moment.
- 10-15: cris is working out with me! he's so cute ;o;
- 10-18: i'm taking more protein after strength training, and allowing myself some grace when i'm not 'lighter' yet. i just have to keep working out.
- continue studying rtk
- 10-15: keeping up my reviews (at 15 new cards a day, ... it's hard but i haven't stopped yet)
- 10-18: i'm proud of myself for keeping up with my studies 自分磨きが継続できてて嬉しい
- go on 12-3-30 treadmill 1x a week, at least
- 10-02: done!
- 10-14: done!
- 10-15: done!
- ~8,000 steps a day
- 10-10: i'm doing my best to do so every day.
- eat more fruit, veggies
- 10-10: i'm eating apples, but veggie intake could use some help.
- 10-15: slightly better!
- manga
- aono-kun ni sawaritai kara shinitai ★★★★★!
- it's been a long time since a manga has made me feel this way! first of all, it's so funny. the gap between how funny it is at times, and how dark and that feeling of dread the artist can create from her simple character designs is ... *chef's kiss*.
- later on, too, the main character, yuuri, becomes more beautiful (especially the scene when she comes out of the waterfall). even though she seemed kind of plain before. and even though she's largely flawed by her love for aono-kun (i don't condone her being so in love with her ghost bf), you can't help but watch how compelling they are. it's tragic, and you do see the glimpses of him struggling with it. but the author is letting you know, all the way, that he's not as perfect as he seemed (to yuuri, at least).
- another aspect i really love is how well-thought out the mythical lore of the ghosts and the explanations given by the awesome 'brainy' character, horie. she's their support to understand all that's going on, and is able to explain the dire nature of the ghost situations they get into. she's so smart, lol.
- tv/media
- evil ★★★☆☆
- such a funny show. one you can half-watch. the designs of the demons look pretty cool, though.
- the foundation ★★★★☆
- it's cool how expansive (and expensive) it is. they try to create a depth to the characters, but since you don't follow them for the whole of the journey, you don't really care for them (at least not yet).
- it's like expanse but more removed because of how much time passes in the overall story.
- ted lasso ssn 2 ★★★★★
- fire nate already. oh ok, they set him up to be the bad guy.
- midnight mass ★★★☆☆
- THEY NEVER SAID VAMPIRE.
- cris and i agreed it was really crazy watching the mental gymnastics these religiously crazed people go through to justify their actions or whatever.
- we finished it. it was as depressing as we thought. we were so done with all the biblical references and monologues.
- the amber ruffin show ★★★★★
- ssn 2 just started and the first episode was really, really good. the whole bit about removing rap verses from the pop radio played version was really funny :'D
- life is strange (game)
- the owl house ★★★★☆
- a really cute cartoon that gives me that great heartwarming feeling i got from gravity falls. i like that it subverts a lot of those magical/fantasy tropes, too.
- blue period (anime) ★★★★☆
- made me emotional from the first episode. that age-old question, whether to go for your dream / passion or 'grow up' and give up what you enjoy.
- y the last man (hulu fx) ★★★★☆
- pretty interesting so far! i really like the 'bodyguard' cr355!
- the green knight ★★★★☆
- i really liked it! very a24 though, haha.
- 不滅のあなたへ (hbomax) ★★★★☆
- very interesting premise, it's really great so far. the prison island arc is where it kind of jumped the shark to me. it wasn't good and you keep seeing good characters die ... for what!
- dune (hbomax) ★★★★☆
- it was interesting. slow and why was it ... part one!
- succession ssn 3 (hbomax)
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