Sweet as pop soda

It feels like the world has tried to be very… much again. Between the tories being (again) asses and the incident a few days ago that very nearly could have triggered a war… (and, of course, Musk being a complete and utter cunt to the twitter workers). Everything feels exhausting.

I’ve managed, largely, to avoid thinking about it but ugh… can’t things be calm for once? I’d like not to leave through historic events thanks.

I ended up submitting the uni assessment Monday even though a decent chunk I couldn’t figure out. I know the results there but I’ve not checked it yet. Mostly I’ve tried to have a few days of just being.. off (other than uni reading, which is pretty interesting)

I had been semi watching I’m a celebrity, if only to see Matt get tortured in the trials, but ugh, it became a bit patronising. Mostly because he’s acting like he’s on this to be humanised, which no. You’re doing it for the money. Don’t pretend like you care for your constituents when you’re being paid thousands to be in a jungle instead of at your post.

There’s been a few deliveries recently which is nice. There was surprise purple sparkly socks from turlough, a Christmas Qwertee hoodie (mostly cause the cat looked like GNF), the hoodie sourgreen ordered for me (which looks pretty and I’m gonna wear it today), Pokémon Violet (more on that later) and the R2 tamagotchi (which I got half off from Black Friday).

I missed James’ stream the other day (and I should probably start qualifying it’s James Marriott since two of you have hubbies called James) and apparently there was a mention of a tour? So now I’m wondering if it’ll include a date in Birmingham which would be so awesome! I just hope it’s not a sudden announcement of dates/goes insanely quick (though I don’t think he’s as big as Lovejoy but…)

I managed to finish Once Upon A Jester on Thursday which was cute and funny and fun. I’m gonna have the songs stuck in my head for so long (Wendy The Wendigo is stuck in my head a lot lately) and it was so cool seeing the boys in the credits. I think I’ll get the Jan tee at some point. (The developers are wise to do merch for Jan and the ice creams) I’d definitely say it’s one of my indie games of the year (just behind cult of the lamb)

Yesterday Pokémon Violet came, yay! There was a bit of annoyance because of the switch’s cap limit (it’s so dumb and it doesn’t tell you it’s full until it’s too late) so I had to copy stuff to the laptop yesterday, which of course needed an update. Ugh. But anyway I spent a decent chunk of time on Pokémon yesterday and I chose Quaxly, because he’s Quackity coded (though all the starters are so cute).

Thoughts so far? The early routes are pretty cracked on the variety of Pokémon and types that there are. My team now is all new Pokémon (apart from Paldean Wooper but that counts) and, although I’ve been on it for… however long, I’ve still not got to a gym yet which feels like a record. The region is very obviously Spanish themed, which is pretty cool. (And, like always with Pokémon games, the appearance of meat in food is… questionable). And the school part feels kinda… unnecessary? But there are pretty guys and cute Pokémon so yay!

Last night I decided to watch Ghostwatch. I think it was pretty good and you can definitely tell how people watching it at the time would have bought it as being real. It’s held up pretty well, though obviously you can tell it’s from the early 90’s (by the tech and the style of the doctor lady). The studio section had a very much vibe of Most Haunted live and there’s so many found footage type tropes, which is pretty impressive for the time. It makes me wonder how many people that watched it thought it was real (apparently it did cause some people to have trauma and a suicide, hence why it’s never been repeated or anything) and if the number on the screen led anywhere. (I do wanna read the included short story soon).

One thing that did take me out a bit though was the use of term glory hole for a cupboard under the stairs which… obviously hasn’t aged well. Apparently it was a slang term for them at the time, but… well.

I might check out some of the special features, maybe tonight. (I had meant to watch the event horizon stuff recently but the big one is as long as the film! Or maybe longer!)

This weekend I dunno what my plans are other than Pokémon (and watching Brokenwood today). I might fic some and I do wanna try and get back on Destiny 2 (even though I won the edition with season passes when I’ve been on it it felt like it wasn’t levelling the pass up) and I still need levels for the fortnite bonus battle pass (and rocket league event).

But for now I think we’re gonna walk the pup soon.

(Also is anyone near a smiths or something? I completely forgot to look for the palaye Kerr any when I was last out and likely won’t again)