Published on: Sat Jan 24
Insanely cold this week, to the point that my city was colder then antarctica ;-;. It is a somewhat fun challenge layering myself up for it so that was pleasant. My car’s breaks had to get repaired and one day I decided to bus home instead of taking a ride. Weirdly fun walking in the cold!!
Lot of the week was spent cozying up and getting my bearings after last week. Got back in routine despite the cold and been feeling great again!
Got a haircut that was also a social media shoot! Was really fun and super in love with my new haircut!!
Went to a Virgo Rising concert! Turns out I didn’t actually remember what the band looked like and had confused them for another band, Sour Widows, who to be fair were also really good! I remember last time I went to a Virgo Rising I was by myself and recognizing people can be hard. Also had a really good bit going that made my friend go crazy during the show >:3
I can’t lie it’s still a lot of Vylet Pony, Love and Ponystep might be one of my favourite albums ever
But I did find a Etrian Odyssey concert!! Insane how well Yuzo Koshiro’s music translates, though at this point I’m not surprised
Okay turns out the basement floors in EO2U actually do get better! Had a really fun time with the fake wall FOE puzzles in B3F. Teams getting really strong with all the double attack grimoires on members. Double ecstasy procs on my Dark Hunter are sooo satisfying
Finally tried Imperium: Horizons with trade routes. Kind of hurt my head setting the board game up but I really liked it once I got how trade routes worked! Adds a whole new layer to an already complex game.
Saw No Other Choice by Park Chan-wook. Easily my favourite I’ve seen in a while. I tend to really like commentary’s on capitalism when they leave room for interpretation. Seeing this slow decline to violence, because nothing else seems to work. To leave what you’ve build a whole life on, even if it’s something that seems trivial to others, is a hard hard thing to do. It’s hard to feel like a human being while you lose everything valuable to you, for no reason other then the system you live. The film was gorgeous and a good chunk of the shots in it were entirely new to me! Also absolutely great absurdist comedy, which fits with the absurdity of the reality of the situations. Having seen this and finishing Reapers Gale so recently has me so pumped up about anti-capitalism messaging. It’s been on my mind a lot.
Saw The Disaster Artist and The Room! First time watching both these movies and I can’t help but agree with what everyone said about the Room. I saw it at a local theater with an introduction by Greg Sestero, who was absolutely sweet, but he was not sweet on the movie. I’m glad he was so honest about how bad it was and really tempered my expectations. Overall a good time though! Crowd kept on throwing spoons and yelling things during the movie. Very good community event.
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