Well, I am not sure yet if I’m sick or not. However, Tuesday just sucked. Chest tightness – check. 2 puffs of my inhaler – check. Tiredness – check. KO’d for about 4 hours in the afternoon – check. The fact that the 4-hour afternoon snoozefest was not enough to curb the fatigue is saying a lot.

Anyway, my partner and I watched some Ghosts and Twisted Metal over the weekend. We also watched a couple of anime that could be the next anime to watch after Tomodachi Game. We are enjoying Ghosts a lot. It’s funny for sure. It’s for sure a series and has some continuity in it. But I really love the fact that each episode has specific conflicts that get resolved by the end. Again, my hun loves Thorfinn. And I really enjoyed the DND episode.

We are almost done with the first season of Twisted Metal. This show is just a trip. I love Stu who I consider a teddy bear. He is just a softy. Sweet Tooth is just enjoyable to watch. There were some fun times in the ball pit. And Quiet is not so annoying in the episodes that we watched. I love the cameo of her brother trying to kick some sense into her. And I like the fact that she at least is willing to let go of some of the burden that she is carrying.

How about the two anime that we checked out? I really don’t want to put anything in here about Hell’s Paradise and Mashle: Magic and Muscles. I just feel like it’s not fair. My hun and I are both not in the mood for anime right now so it’s a bit difficult to be into any anime right now. So we decided to put anime on the side for a bit. We will revisit this in the future.

My reading has been good. I am still reading the novels that I am working on (Heaven Official’s Blessing Vol 4 and Alpha Enchanted). But I also decided to read some manhwa, well at least catch up on some of the ones that I was reading. Some of my webtoons took a backseat with my reading some novels. But at least I am able to catch up on those series. I even finished a couple of them so I consider that as a win.

We recently just finished Tomodachi Game. Like I said to my partner, I swear, I should not have watched the last episode. It was needed. The only thing that solidified for me was my dislike for Kokorogi. I cannot with that character. Why was she even in this anime? Why was she created? Why? We felt like if she was not there, the storyline would not change. And I would stand by that. I honestly don’t care that this opinion is based on 12 episodes. And honestly, that was enough for me to not like this girl. I have no urge to continue with the story. Not committing to reading the manga right now regardless of how much I enjoyed the psychological aspects of the story.

RANT INCOMING!!!

So, I live in a pet-friendly apartment building, which is one of the reasons why I chose this place. Anyway, for the last few days, I have heard dog cries starting around lunchtime, then in the afternoons, and then at night. Of course, every single time that Paco hears it, he also becomes a bit agitated. So yesterday, I decided to be nosey. I really wanted to find out where the heck those cries were coming from. And I did! And I immediately got annoyed. Because it was a German shepherd puppy in a kennel. Out on the balcony. Now, our area is not the hottest place but it’s far from being chilly the past few days. And even yesterday, it was raining and the puppy was just outside! Honestly, if you’re freaking crate training, do it inside the fucking apartment. Don’t leave the puppy outside exposed to natural elements. Especially when the temperature here changes so often. I feel so bad for the puppy!

As of this time (10:02 PM Saturday 09.23), the puppy is still outside in a kennel. It has been raining all day. Swear, I cannot with some dog owners.

RANT DONE.

I managed to finish two books this weekend. Alpha’s Gamble, which is book 7 of the Haven City series. It was okay. I found that I was having issues connecting to the characters of this book. Like book 6, I really think I just preferred the Black Wolves arc characters and conflicts. Heist was a main thing for that arc too so that could be it. I am continuing on with book 8. I want to finish this series soon.

Heaven Official’s Blessing Vol 3 was a trip. I really enjoyed it. I mean, not surprised because why wouldn’t it? There were parts that made me cry, there were parts that were difficult to read, there were parts that I was annoyed with, there were parts that made me giggle, and there were parts that made me laugh out loud. Of course, I was doing happy dances when Hua Cheng and Xie Lian’s first kiss happened. All I could think of was “AHHH!! Oh my god!!! Finally!!!” It was so good, and Xie Lian’s nervousness after that was adorable. It was so good! SOOOO GOOD. I was way too happy and excited to even put the book down after that. And yes, I started Heaven Official’s Blessing Vol 4 already because I cannot stop. I was too invested to stop!

I swear. I am so tired of being tired. Of being exhausted all of the goddamn time. I have no excuse why I feel this way. But the struggle to stay awake on a daily basis is getting more and more difficult. Despite drinking coffee – sometimes a few times a day. Despite having some decent sleep the night before. I often find myself wanting to just sleep all day. Not that I do though. I fight the urge to do it every single time. It just gets tiring.

I was able to hang out with my man recently. It was nice. It has been a good while since we were able to actually sit in front of the computer, video call, and actually watch some shows together. I mean, it was my fault really. I was having some mental health issues for a bit and I still am, but at least now, I have the motivation to do some things aside from isolating myself.

Twisted Metal. I guess this was based on a video game of the same name. I mean, I am not familiar with the game, I am not a gamer, whatsoever. Which is good. I have nothing to compare this to. Not that I compare adaptations to their original source material anyway. Anyway, so far so good. Enjoying it. There were some good laughs for sure. Anthony Mackie as John Doe was funny and engaging in the few episodes that we watched. Sweet Tooth was an instant favorite. Agent Stone was also doing a good job of being the main villain. I mean, I was definitely annoyed by him so he is doing his job. And my partner and I think that Quiet’s inclusion in this story is debatable. We both think that she is not needed. But I don’t know, maybe the character would be redeemed in the later episodes? Who knows.

Ghosts. This show has been on my watchlist for a bit so it was nice to finally watch it. So far, the show is funny. It’s a trip. We are enjoying it for sure. Love the ghosts, Thor or Thorfinn being the instant favorite. All in all, the show is fun and we will continue on. It would be nice to see the progression of how things go with the couple in this mansion living with ghosts as they renovate the place to be a bed and breakfast.

Tomodachi Game. Not going to lie, I was a bit hesitant to start a new anime since we are still working on three of them. Granted that we haven’t watched anything in weeks, I feel like I need a palate cleanser from the three anime (Naruto, Bungo Stray Dogs, Parasyte). A break if you will. And it seems like my hun really wants me to watch this anime. So we checked out a couple of episodes last night. It’s interesting for sure. I like the intrigue and I like an anime where the protagonist is thrown into something or somewhere and to figure out how to survive. Well, this is not a survival game but it does have the premise of beating the game to clear out something (in this case, debt). In the first two episodes, we see the friend group already questioning their friendship and it seems like it’s up to Yuichi to find out who the traitor is. I like the intrigue of the anime. I am enjoying the power of deduction and finding the culprit premise. We will continue on.

No big plans today. Just having a girls’ night in with Chris. And possibly read a bit. I was not able to read a lot yesterday – remember, I was fighting off sleep all of the time? So I kind of want to make a dent in Heaven Official’s Blessing Volume 3.