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Today, I had lunch with my granny. She made roasted potatoes and octopus. I freaking love octopus and roasted potatoes! The food was tasty, and I very much enjoyed dessert: cherries and chocolate cake.

I had sushi with my grandma, my brother, and his friend, today. It was good. Very good, even!

Today, I finally finished rereading A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers.

My youngest cousin is gonna have his first communion this coming August, and I'm likely to attend.

I have spotted a blue tree, out there in the wild.

A few days ago, I spoke with my brother about persistent-world games. Now, I'm not much of a gamer, myself - I play mostly single-player strategy games and turn-based multiplayer strategy games - but he does play some more MMO and RPG experiences. He plays LoL and BG3, as well as a few other games. As such, while I don't trust his judgement more than I would trust the judgement of a piece of rubble - he is my younger brother, after all - I do believe that he has more insight into this issue than I do.

Conceptually, I think that's really cool.

The morning air - suffused with the warm light of dawn - promised peace and grace upon these lands. I breathed it in, blissfully unaware of the dreadful fate that had already woven itself into existence. Perhaps, as I opened my eyes for the first time and let the cold air fill my lungs, there was time, still, but I was blinded by hope.

Before I talk about the egg that has taken over my YT, I'd just like to point out that, indeed, there now is a character in Shadow Slave that wears casual clothes. It's not shorts and a t-shirt - it's a dress - but close enough, I'll say.

I think names are really cool.

Today, I watched The LEGO Batman Movie. It was lots of fun, 4/5.

That's I'm talking about! This is what animation is supposed to be (among other things)!

I watched Mulan, today.

Dang it! It hurts to speak...

My parents arrived today. I'm very happy :D I love my parents.

I wonder if I'm good at dealing with change. I feel that I'm not, frankly, but at the same time I feel that I am.

Shadow Slave plot twist omggggg!!!!

i was at house eating dorito when phone ring

I wonder how many job postings are just data harvesting tools. My guess? Quite a lot. I assume quite a lot are also just fake or at least handled pretty incompetently, which is a little sad.

Today felt very thin. Uneventful and unremarkable. Nothing ever happens, as they say. Only wore shorts, today, as I didn't go outside (yet).

I got to wear jeans again, today. It was a little colder than it has been, so I put on some warmer pants. Oh boy how I've missed them... They're so freaking good, jeans. I love them! This day has really put into perspective all the other jean-less days that I've lived.

I went to have some sushi, today. It was nice, but less nice than usual. Quite frankly, I wasn't that engaged with the meal, if that makes sense. I liked it, don't get me wrong, but I just felt like something was missing, maybe. Well, one aspect of it is almost certainly how obnoxiously hot it is - I'm freaking boiling out here... And it's really dry, as well, so I'm really thirsty as well. Another thing, though, is that I missed some variety. I ate my fill - a bit more than my fill, quite frankly - but I wish I could've tried more kinds of sushi! What I ate was delicious, but I wanted to eat other stuff too. There are a few other sushi places that we occasionally go to, so maybe next time we should go there. Next time will be with my parents, anyway, and they prefer to go to those other places, so I guess that's probably a solved issue, for now - or for then, I suppose.

I managed to get the bluetooth on my mouse to work with my laptop! Ever since I switched to Linux, it wasn't working, for some reason. I could still use it with the little USB attachment it also came with, but I had been used to the bluetooth, plus bluetooth is just way more convenient than having to plug one of your ports. Not sure what changed, not sure what I did differently this time, but I just felt like trying to get the bluetooth working again, and it did! Nice.

My little brother is sick.

I've been listening to a lot of music, these days.

No wifi since yesterday... Painful! Have plenty of data, but still...

Ate some soup, today. It was freaking delish!!! Lots of veggies, and beans. I love beans, lots.

I love salad. Ate some today with lettuce and white onion. It's just really nice. It's one of those really simple things that really isn't special in any particular way, but just feels so nice. It's fresh and crunchy! Also had some fish and rice and sweet potatoes - I also love sweet potatoes.

No hot water for me... Our boiler broke or something. Pain in the ass, that is. I shall take a cold water shower tonight. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Oh well, that's life.

Is there anything better than that in life, I wonder? Good eats, good reads.

Today, I had soup for lunch. The soup was great, of course, but that was the last of it. Tomorrow and the day after I'm gonna have to figure out something else to eat. I say that like it's gonna be hard - it's not - but I moreso mean that it'll be a shame that I won't be able to eat more soup! It was really tasty. This time I hit the spice amount just right, too... Dang it.

I haven't eaten fried rice in a long while. I used to, all the time, because my grandma would send me back every Sunday with lots of rice. However, since moving away, I never got that treatment... Until last Sunday! It wasn't much rice, to be fair, but it was enough, and she also gave me some fried salmon.

I've been watching lots of cooking content on YT. It's fun!

I love apples.

This weekend was a feasting bonanza. Not really, I suppose, but it was really nice, especially considering to what I've been eating.

I started reading MGX. It's OK... It turned out to be much less interesting than I hoped. Maybe it gets better later on, but I'm about to go into a plot arc that I suspect will include NTR, which is something I'm thoroughly uninterested in.

Some songs are called «earworms» because of how memorable and catchy they are. I think that's really nice imagery.

Today, I spent some quality time with my little brother again. I love spending time with him :D

I feel like I get a little obsessed with things sometimes - THERE!! I said it!!

I forgot to post, yesterday... Oops!

I took a much longer walk, today.

I got a message from my friend... She won't be available for sushi, tomorrow.

I slept pretty poorly, last night. Woke up at around 4 in the morning and didn't manage to fall back asleep. Was pretty tired the whole day.

I've been eating very light, these past few days.

Went on a longer walk today. I plan to go on a different, though about equally as long walk tomorrow. It was very enjoyable.

My legs hurt like I've been run over by a truck! That's hyperbole, of course - I imagine being run over would be much more painful. Additionally, I've never been run over by a truck myself, so I wouldn't know what it feels like.

I've finally decided to pick this back up.

I've been craving fresh veggies...

Went on a walk today, by myself, since my brother isn't here.

My brother and grandma went back home today. I stayed back...

I was with my grandma a lot, today. It was fun! I love my grandma.

Today was a quiet day.

I've been watching loads of fashion content on YouTube, lately.

Got my Kuru Toga and DelGuard today. Used them extensively. Love love loooove the Kuru Toga, and love, though less so, the DelGuard.

Orpheu is a famous magazine from the early 20th century in Portugal that brought on Modernism to the cultural forefront of the nation. Read the linked Wikipedia article for further information on this.

My brother is struggling a little with his school. He's almost certainly gonna quit his degree and go for something else.

I took a long, hot shower. It's so hot. Not in the sexy way, either; it's genuinely just uncomfortably high in temperature.

HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH

Today, I had one of the days of all time.

I've finally decided to pull the trigger on buying a new mechanical pencil.

I have ventured forth into the darkness once more.

Today, I had a nice talk with my dad. I say "talk," but really it was just him talking... I mostly listened. He talks a lot (and very loudly) about things he's passionate about. I don't think this is a bad thing, by the way, nor do I think our talk was a bad experience --- on the contrary, in fact --- but I did want to pose the question: do teachers speak loudly, in general? Both my parents are teachers, so it's a bit hard for me to tell. I know there's cultures that generally speak louder, I know my dad speaks louder than most, in general, but I can't say if my parents, being teachers, speak even louder so. Most of their friends are teachers, so lots of my friends have been teachers' kids. I've been in academia most of my life. I just don't really have points of comparison, here.

It's raining lots, today.

Honestly, I wish I was a stone.

Today, I watched a great video by Shar, on YouTube.

Met up with my parents and brother today.

Slowly, things get better.

I haven't been sleeping all too well... As a consequence, I've been terribly tired...

Sometimes I wonder if I should be meaner.

I've been writing some Go (golang) for fun; and it is fun!

Faced with finding a job, I ask myself what I care about. What would I like to do?

Things are so complicated, sometimes. It's weird to think that everything is just people; things could get fixed if people just did them, if people acted together and swiftly, coordinated.