- lowered goal to 600 to keep it sustainable, but i'm still hitting 650 most days.
- keep going with epic II, feels good so far.
- 11/10 been talking morning walks when i can - 3 laps if i can, while listening to the daily
- not pressuring myself to run much, just get my steps (10,000)
- get back into stretching!
- tv/movies:
- andor ★★★★★ continues to be amazing!
- finished:
- ranking of kings or 王様ランキング or aka lil' king ★★★★★
- could probably dock a 1/2 star for the way it dragged out the last 1/3 of the show
- but singin' its praises: overall it's a transcendent show that really tugged at my heart strings. it makes me love anime again, you know? and the art direction of the best episodes showed (fluid fights, thrilling perspectives, and beautiful bgs) the true feats of animation.
- one thing i want to ask gureisu about is bojji, as a character. he is kind of flawed (in the way that mob or deku or the mandalorian have flaws) ... i wonder about whether he is more of a side character in this show.
- manga: aka lots of horror manga
- 光が死んだ夏 ★★★★★
- a manga in the vein of aono-kun so it's very much my favorite kind of scary, moody manga. like aono-kun, here is also a sort of 'forbidden love' scenario and the person in question knows they should not interact with this 'bakemono' but continues to do so against better judgment. there's also a layer of 'this town has ghosts/demons in its history and surroundings (like the forest)' and another element they haven't gotten into yet is hikaru's family, their name is a clue to potentially them being 'offered up' to the demons/bakemono to keep the evil spirits at bay (which is similar to the family heritage themes in aono-kun also)
- カラダ探し ★★★★☆ 11/06-10
- reading for free right now. what i like about it: it's inventive! the main issue is these 6 high schoolers are cursed by a girl in their class to find her body parts. there is an established ghost story (kaidan banashi) at their school called the 赤い人. a small child that appears at night in the school. if you see her you can't turn around or you'll die (something like that). but the inventive aspect is, this group is trapped in a loop of reliving the same day and at night, always being teleported to the school to find these body parts. and all the while they're chased by the 赤い人 and killed over and over. so time-y whime-y and lots of established rules, and many tried and true horror tropes of creepy long hair / big horrible eyes, being jump-scared through the page by ringu-esque ways of scaring these poor kids every day.
- god of war: ragnarok ★★★★☆ watched curisu play the story! it was enjoyable to watch for sure!
- other shows/media
- the backfeed w/ case and fiona
- case blackwell on twitch. so funny
- youtube
- hautelemode fashion roasts
- nanaserie eating videos very head empty content lol
- highlights
- 11/08: keish bought a new car! a kia k5 gt line! for like $35k? she seems really happy
- 11/12: friendsgiving at andrew's!
- ben, kuo, naomi couldn't make it but gureisu was there to keep it light and fun. there were times when the convo got awkward... cris is kind of tough in the ways he's contrarian and swears a lot which i don't like.
- 11/13: keish visited the fam and we saw her new car. we ate lunch together (fajitas) and talked about different things... like nikki, vaccines / medical histories, my car's interest rate (0.9% interest)... working out, keisha's hair (she's started taking biotin), etc.
- 11/24 thanksgiving
- it was successful! i made cornbread, cookies, pies ahead of the day. then made potatoes, collard greens w bacon. my potatoes were a bit too salty... chicken that cris seasoned came out really great! super moist and kinda spicy lol. dad didn't try. keish brought seafood salad and it was a lot better than i thought it'd be! yum. i felt so bloated after all the food ;;
- 11/26 shane is flying out to koblenz germany!
- he injured his shoulder doing chest presses w/ 50lb weights and seems to be worried about maybe needing surgery of some sort
- 11/24-28 i've bought too much stuff, namely hoodies/leggings (too many...). it's mostly bad cause they weren't really planned but i took advantage of sales for everything. not going to buy athletic clothing for a while.
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