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Close to the end of the AMA posts now with two questions left it’s from sourgreen (here’s the post if you wanna ask anything)

what is your favourite fruits? (like top 5 maybe)

There’s a saying that came to mind when I saw this today about the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

So in that sense there’s two ways of answering.

The knowledge way has peppers, tomato’s avocado and cucumber as favs, all of which I enjoy having in stuff like salads and sushi (and stuffed peppers too, but not the green ones green ones are bitter and bleh).

The wisdom ones are grapes (unironically), bananas, mangos, peaches and pineapple. Which are all nice. I do like most fruits in general (though I’m not a fan of oranges). I also like lime flavoured things but limes aren’t good things to eat alone like those things are. Also I don’t care pineapple on pizza is great!

I’m absolutely sure I’m forgetting an obvious things, as always with these things (I thought of some things for the food one after posting it for example)

Funnily I went on Microsoft rewards this morning and the poll was what’s your favourite fruit between mango and banana. I went with mango.

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The past few days I’ve felt kinda eh which has been a mix of low energy (in part, I think from my head being chaotic Sunday) but also it’s been mentally low too (culminating in yesterday when my mindset crashed). I’m not sure if it’s a general depression/anxiety thing (though it feels like anxiety) but my eyes have been achy so it might be something else too. I did feel woozy this morning too so I am wondering if it’s some sort of sickness but I’m not sure.

Bleh.

Because of the aforementioned eyes aching I did put on the last the war Doctor audio on bbc sounds The Enigma Dimension. I did relate to Leela feeling (seemingly random) sadness though I don’t thing they used her too well in these stories. (Which I don’t think was helped by her being not herself in both). It’s also a bit sad because it’s the last one John Hurt did before he passed which is a shame. It was a good enough ep but I dunno. I think an issue with the war Doctor stuff is that they’re pretty depressing but not only that there’s the daleks constantly doing all these evil insane things during the war which are only barely stopped by the Doctor and time lords… so why haven’t the post time war daleks done this stuff? (And also the war doctor doesn’t want to be called doctor but he doesn’t provide an alternate name so people just call him it anyway)

A few days ago I saw Seapeekay mention playing marvel snap and enjoying it so I decided to try it and… it is, damnit. It’s actually quite good and I’ve been on it a fair bit these past days. Damnit

Magic arena had a new update with the new set and I had luck with the first of the free packs giving me a planeswalker. Unfortunately it’s Chandra, who is red and the rest of the packs I’ve had seem to be hardly giving me red stuff (or white for the Elspeth planeswalker I got too). Maybe I’ll do another draft to attempt to get a red/white deck (I’m kinda kicking myself not getting the red praetor in the other one I did). Maybe I’ll do that later

Qsmp has been cute and wild, Quackity decided to start a school for the eggs which felt like it would be nefarious but ended up being sweet with little tallulah and eggs doing adorable art. (I think whatever grief based revenge he was planning is gonna die) And then Wilbur went live yesterday at 2am which I missed so watched the vod this morning and awww Tallulah is the cutest bundle of sunshine and her little flute and awww! And of course Quackity comes and bes both a menace and horny. And Roier being so sweet.

But damn Quackity coming up with those eggs has been just a genius idea because everyone is so so attached (perhaps to an unhealthy degree) which is so sweet. I suspect they might be kept in the server longer than planned. But I guess we’ll see because there’s definitely something strange having too.

The las Nevadas merch is also finally on the way though tracking stopped a week ago in London (why would it need to take an internal flight instead of being driven?)

Again as mentioned above yesterday my mindset went weird all day and odd which was so annoying. Though there were some good things.

The Mandalorian finale was yesterday and after all the theorising and assuming something bad/heartbreaking would happen it was actually a great episode, resolving a bunch of things and also setting out how next season will go.

I also finally started Resident Evil 4 (deciding to do it instead of waiting to finished Resident Evil 2). The villain Leon outfit is so hot (and has glowy red eyes!) and I managed over two sessions (in the afternoon and night) to get to the end of chapter one and finding Luis gagged. Also it has a photo mode which’ll be useful for getting screencaps as long as I rememebr it (which I haven’t at times Oop).. so expect a Leon or Luis icon soon.

There was alsoIndie world showing off some new upcoming indie games for the switch,most of which sound interesting. I think the one I’ll definitely get is Oxenfree 2 (I remember enjoying the first one) while other ones I want more info on. Also cult of the lamb’s new update goes leave next week! Woo! I need to get back on it. here’s the full announcement list

Today my mindset seems a little better but as mentioned I feels woozy (and my stomach feels funny) so I hope lunch will help settle it but if not? I dunno.

Zelda is in three weeks now and I’ve not done anything to any of the three things I wanna do before it comes out: finish reading Lesser Known Monsters, do more/finish Pokémon Biolet (which I’ve not been back on in so long Oop) and finish fic (which even looked at in a few days annoyingly). I wanna get all three done by then but hopefully I can do at least one before Zelda takes over my focus.

So today’s AMA is, again, from turps. I had marked it down as being for the second but as I was tired (and it was for any day) I moved it here instead. So the question is this

Do you have an all time favourite film you could watch over and over?

I’m sure people will probably expect me to say the Star Wars films and, while I do love them they’re not ones I regularly watch (in fact I’ve not done a full 11 film watch in quite awhile and probably should sometime this year). However the Star Wars films do give me feels, I still remember seeing the special editions with mum and one of my lasting memories of my grandad is him yelling when we saw The Phantom Menace. (And of course Revenge Of The Sith being the films I’ve seen most at the cinema and others being my first midnight showing films). I’m still having trouble deciding which of the newer films is my fav (i have favs from the OT a and PT and I think they’re obvious)

Probably my fav film to watch is Mamma Mia. It’s just so fun and the songs get stuck in my head for days after (and it inspired one of the fav fics I’ve ever done). I just think it’s such a fun good time and it makes me smile. The sequel is a bit less so for me, because yeah it’s still fun but there’s some contradictions with the first one that bug me a bit, but I still enjoy it. I’ll have to watch them again soon.

Another fav is the Guardians Of The Galaxy films which are my favourite of the MCU ones. They’re just so fun and combine my love of sci-fi stuff with some great music and so much fun. We’re gonna be doing a watch of them before the new one comes out (I probably won’t add in infinity war/endgame and I’m still kinda sad we don’t get a full film of the guardians with Thor)

Of Disney films I think my fav one has become Moana, which is so bright and pretty, thoughI also like Frozen (I’m less so about 2, because like with the Mamma Mia sequel isn’t feels like there’s contradictions). Apparently they’re working on a live action Moana which feels strange, especially when the animated one is so fun.

Lastly there’s Trick R Treat, which is a film that I watch every Halloween. It’s the perfect Halloween film and the best example of an anthology film I’ve ever seen. This is because each of the stories happens on the same night in the same places and if you watch closely you can see things that show how they weave together, which make it feel more cohesive then other anthologies tend to be.

I could probably think of a few others if I put my mind to it, I’m definitely sure I’m missing something but I’ll leave it there for now.

Anyone commenting, what’s your fav films?

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Yesterday ended up being ok, my stomach did settle though I ended up being tired from the food shop coming late. And also there’s something mum said that lingered with me (I might go into that in a locked post later) and it definitely rattled me,

I did, however manage to finish Contrast last night so yay that’s a game done! It is the sort of game that I do like, the puzzles were pretty clever (the central mechanic is that you can shift into illuminated surfaces as a shadow), although some parts did feel a tad overlong. However it is pretty short and it did give me feels, so I enjoyed it.

I went up to bed after finishing it (and tucking Midna in) so I dozed off after that and missed Foolish’s qsmp stream, though I did watch clips this morning and he was cute.

Annoyingly this morning the net has flickered again (at least three times in the space of an hour). Talktalk are looking into it but, who knows what they’ll find,

At least it stayed active for The Mandalorian, which was actually pretty fun. The whole ep did feel like a side quest but it was entertaining and I loved the investigation part of it. And also it has both Jack Black and Christopher Lloyd as guest stars, which I had to do a double take for.

Now I’m gonna watch the Xbox uk stream in a bit and maybe fic some (since I did some more this morning)

Last night I did watch some of the Who ray special features. There was a making of the special edition but it didn’t really shed light on exactly why day of the daleks got so much attention. It felt like it was a pet project of the guy that was making special features for the game and it seems even he was surprised he got some of what he did.

There was also a nice convention thing with the Brigadier and Yates too. I hope to finish the last few special features tonight after the qsmp stream though we’ll see.

My mind went a bit all over the place last night, so I didn’t sleep until quite late. Oop

Today I went to pick up mums dress thing and I also got a cheap Star Wars book (cause creatures) and some Lego in the sale, which included the Easter bunny set (and one I was gonna get mum for her birthday). There was also the new Lego Minecraft magazine and yay for next time having an axolotl.

I got tired on the way back so I am a bit worn out,

However I watched the mandalorian while having noms and ahh!

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Now I’m gonna rest with Midna, I might build up the Lego bunnies if I don’t get tired and then tonight there’s the qsmp.

So yesterday I was up at the library, but because I came all mums friend did was drop us off instead of staying too (though she did kindly come back later to bring us back home). It ended up being fairly busy, mostly at the end cause of the kids coming in.

I did read the Who Magazine and read all of the Sarah Jane Adventures stuff in it, which makes me nostalgic. Maybe I should do a run at some point? I’ve not watched it in ages and the last eps I only saw when they were on tv (despite getting the boxset). What also shocked me was how it first came out 15 years ago which is just… where has the time gone?? It does not feel like it was that long ago at all.

For those that don’t know what Sarah Jane Adventures is, it was a show on cbbc with Sarah Jane (from Doctor Who) and each story (bar the pilot) was two parts (about 25 minutes I think). It’s probably easy to call it a younger kids version of Doctor Who but I think that does it a massive disservice cause it never talked down to kids and didn’t shy away from some issues. I really will have to watch it again soon, maybe after the next Who boxset (the last ep I watched was, ironically, on one of those box sets).

The food delivery came early in its time slot but it was still dark when it came (not helped cause one of the lightbulbs has gone) and one of my bottles had sprung a leak in one of the basket things (though thankfully didn’t damage anything).

When I disc switched The Chase I put in Sonic Frontiers, intending to go back on it after awhile. So after NCIS New Orleans I decided to put it on… only my save didn’t show up. I uninstalled and reinstalled the game, but it still didn’t show up (despite a save file being in the manage game thing). I really hope this hasn’t lost the same because I was quite far into it and I don’t really wanna do it all over again. It’s so frustrating.

While I was installing it agin I went on Hi-Fi Rush again. I did another level on that, even getting a rare achievement which is cool. It’s so funny too with the things some of the robots come out with. Plus you get to pet a robot kitty, what’s not to love?

Since I was annoyed at sonic I switched the disc out for the time meddler which I might watch tonight or Friday. I would tomorrow like usual but there’s the capcom stream and I wanna see what Resident Evil things there is (aka Resident Evil 4 stuff).

I ended up watching the Sam And Colby vid at a lighthouse before going to bed, which was pretty spooky. I dunno why Colby did a reenactment in a dress but it was appreciated (and tying Sam to a chair??).

This morning it’s been snowing. It’s coming down pretty heavy now but doesn’t seem to be sticking just yet (though that could be causa the wet floor from recent light rain). I had to go up to the co-op to pick something for mums friend so did that quick cause I felt it’d get worse. Which it has so we’ve not walked Naryu and probably won’t today.

Last thing for the post (before I go on magic arena or Fortnite) is The Mandalorian.

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Edit: I had a reply from someone on Xbox support and I got my save back! Hooray!

So last post I mentioned the Mandalorian finale and, oh boy. If you like Star Wars any amount and have not seen it yet, you absolutely should, and if you have, just ahhh!

The weekend were pretty lazy days. I’m glad Bill won on Strictly and I watched Muppet Christmas Carol on Disney+. I’m still puzzled/disappointed that it misses out a song (Love Is Gone) when Scrooge is in the past. Yeah it’s a really sad song but it provides a nice counterpoint to the final song. Even so, it’s still a film I watch every year. I watched it Saturday cause there’s a few things on.

Sunday was the finale of His Dark Materials and... I dunno. It felt like it had been a load of build up and then it just ended like that. Of course there’s another series coming and this one was supposed to have an ep that was Asriel centric but COVID.

I did start a fic a few days ago, but I’ve not even looked at it since. We’ll see I guess.

Monday was a purposely lazy day, mostly because I knew today was gonna be annoying. However my qwertee tees came from the sale. Yay Among Us Pokemon tee and The Child tee. I didn’t even Xbox game properly last night (or Sunday) instead just being flop and zz.

Naryu was naughty though. She’s clawed open two presents (thankfully not damaged the contents) but still.

Today has been a tiring day. Before that though I went to put money on the gas card so we’d be all set... and I’ve promptly managed to lose it. I know I had it when I left the store (I even have the receipt) but it’s just... gone. I’ve just looked around and can’t find it. It seems I can get a replacement (even with the credit cause I have proof) but just... ugh.

When I got back there was a card from turps Which was shiny yay! We also had two things come from people we’ve not heard from in awhile, so mum’s been scrambling for the details for one. However they were dropped off just before we went out so couldn’t.

We had to go to Sainsbury’s today pick up a Christmas food order, as well as get a few things. Thankfully, there wasn’t a queue to get in or pick it up and there was plenty of fruit and veg, so we managed to get pretty much everything we went for (although they didn’t have the Lego I hoped for, or the Doctor Who yearbook). I’m baffled, though, at how much it was. It was more than a regular shop and I couldn’t see why that was. Maybe cause mum had meat and booze (and Krispy Kreme) but even so.

We also had to pick up food for the pup and they had a unicorn outfit so I had to get it.

Mum had suggested we get dominos so we ended up doing that which was nice. I ate most while watching DS9 and then I had a doze.

Tomorrow is gonna be a rest day, though I’m gonna pop to the co op for the last few bits since my money goes in early and then mum wants to cut and bath Naryu which I don’t see going well. So we’ll likely end up wet or clawed.

I hope everyone has a nice Holidays/Christmas/new year. I hope everyone stays safe too especially cause this year. I’m just gonna be hunkering down and building some Lego.

I ended up finishing the assessment Thursday afternoon and, pretty much, ended up giving up with it and just submitting it. The report part was just wearing me down and I didn’t think I could do more to it. But ah well, it’s done.

Phogs! came to gamepass so I’ve been doing a level a night and it’s so cute! It’s a game we’re you control a Phogs, which is basically a dog with two heads and you use them in a variety of ways to solve levels. The whole thing is bright and colourful and so cute. For some reason it give me similar (but opposite) energy to goose game. Also the Phogs can have hats! They’re currently wearing little mushrooms from the food world. (And they can get petted by some of the people!)

Control also came to gamepass, I’m hoping to start it soon.

On Friday was the new The Mandalorian.

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On Animal Crossing I’ve got all of the diy recipes now, other than the upcoming winter ones (snowman, trees, toy day stuff) so yay!

Saturday was a pain cause it started with mum being bitchy, but the tree is now up. It’s only got soft stuff on cause I worried Naryu might knock stuff off trying to get to the windowsill (she hasn’t yet but still).

I did watch the Lego Star Wars Holiday special and it was fun, as the Lego Star Wars stuff always is. Plus there’s the scene of Hux having a very visible gay panic over seeing Kylo shirtless. And a Finn being trained as a Jedi! That’s something I wished we’d seen in the films instead of him just yelling Rey all the time.

I managed to watch some films, the first of the month. First was Body on Shudder, which was listed as ‘darkly comic’ except it really wasn’t. It was actually pretty unpleasant, getting worse as the film went on. Made worse by the main girl saying that they should tell the truth the whole time... until the end where they decide to make the horrible girl into some hero (and villianise an innocent man). All in all it was eh, but at least it was short.

Sunday I watched Mary and the witches flower on Film4, which is a gibhli esque film. It was sweet and a nice thing to watch on the weekend, although I expected Endor college to have Ewoks. I did think about watching a Peter Rabbit on 4 but got tired so dozed instead.

Lastly was The World is not Enough which was on last night. You gotta love that theme tune, and the fact that the big bad was a woman.

I’m sure there was something else I was gonna include in a post, but I’ve honestly completely forgotten. I’m sure it’ll come to mind soon after I’ve hit post.

So after spending Wednesday upstairs in bed on Thursday my stomach was mostly better although my head was achy instead. This wasn’t help by my asshole uncle deciding to come and ‘sort out’ the garage door by putting something up for it. This was problematic not just because I still wasn’t feeling 100% but also because he gave us a 10 minute warning and there’s also a washer in the garage near the door. So that was fun. Of course they made comments and it just riled me up.

Bastard.

Thankfully the remote replacement came and that works for the most part, though the volume buttons seem to not want to behave. Ah well.

The bad thing about recently, probably because of not feeling well, is that my mind’s been overthinking leading to my anxiety acting up which is... not good. I even had a very intrusive thought which I’ve not had before which... No.

Ugh.

The first Madina show was last night and it was great to see them play again. It was the full new EP plus a few bonus songs. It inspired me to do a Matthew/Nathan thing for kinktober, even though it’s day 22 so now I’m doing that out of order (but ah well).

The second show was tonight and it was fun too, though featured a surprising amount of covers. Though I definitely got Mateo/Nathan vibes (he called him babe!) so that might end up being another thing. But yeah it was good to see them perform and that they’re just as bouncy as ever.

Today I ended up watching The Mandalorian again and...

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I then watched Daleks! Which I’m not quite sold on, though the last scene has made me intrigued. We ended up watching James May’s new cookery thing too and that was pretty funny.

Other things.
*The Umbrella Academy is getting a season 3 yay! Please no Dave this time k?
*Palaye Royale’s new vid is out and... Unf vampires.
*Of course Naryu got to play with puppy Milo when I didn’t go walking with her boo
*Hyrule Warriors is next week yay!
*I got to the Hydra on Hades... and it killed me

So I watched the new episode of the Mandalorian...

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