BLOG -- Recap of September

September was a bit eventful. A couple good times and one unpleasant incident. On the bright side, I start October with a one-week vacation. Yayyy! I really need the rest, hahaha.

"Outings" / Events in September:

- I met up with a friend. We had lunch and watched Everything Everywhere All At Once. This is like my 5th time watching the movie, hahaha. XD

- I met up with another friend. We wandered about downtown for a bit, then went to this supermarket called Nations Fresh Foods to eat an early dinner. Then we went somewhere else to watch an anime movie. Overall it was pretty fun, though my feet were so tired afterwards.

- During one of those outings in the morning, I was almost attacked. I just finished doing some shopping at Shoppers Drug Mart close to the Yonge / Bloor subway station. After making my purchases and leaving the store, I stopped just outside the store, knelt down, and started putting my purchases in my knapsack. Then I noticed a guy standing over me, waving his hand at me. I looked up. He asked if I had a dollar. I said no. Then he asked if I could buy him a lighter. I took a few seconds to think, and then said no. Then the guy slowly held out his right hand toward me, saying there was a spider on my head. I slowly backed away. Then I noticed that his left leg was lifted and he made motions to kick me (remember that I am kneeled down and he was standing over me). I quickly lifted one of my hands to cover my face. He ended up not kicking me and walked away, telling a passerby there was a spider on my head. I kinda stayed in my position for what felt like several minutes, just breathing and taking in what happened. If my body wasn't feeling so crappy already that day, I think I would have made more efforts to put more distance between me and that guy. I think the crowd of people exiting the subway saved me.

- Had a voice chat with my LINE friends. It was really fun as usual :)

- Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn achievements / news: 
-I was fully intending to take a long break after my subscription expired in mid-September. Little did I know that I forgot to remove my payment info so I automatically re-subscribed for another 6 months! Well -- let's see if I can get a bit farther in the next 6 months. ^^;

Exposures:

- Nothing this month. 

Finished...

Watching:

- (Movie): Jerry Maguire -- It was okay. Not very grabbing for me.

- (Movie): Heat (1995) -- It was interesting, but I kept getting some of the characters mixed up.

- (Movie): Oblivion -- It was okay.

- (Movie): Escape Plan -- I was entertained.

- (Movie): The Rhythm Section -- I didn't like the main character much.

- (Movie): Mommy -- I would have liked more character development / background. Also I don't think its setting was necessary for the story it was trying to tell.

- (Movie): The Medallion -- Cheesy.

- (Series): The Ingenuity of the Househusband -- This was short and sweet. Much more educational and funnier than I had expected.

- (Anime - Movie): The House of the Lost on the Cape -- It had potential with some nice moments but was just okay in the end.

- (Anime): 86 -- There is so much to love about this series <3. I've already re-watched season 1 and the last 2 episodes for season 2 too many times. If you haven't watched it yet, I highly recommend. :) I'll review it eventually.

- (Anime): Way of the Househusband -- I took my sweet time finishing this. I was waiting for times when I really needed a pick-me-up. I could learn a lot from Tatsu. :)

- (Anime): Kakegurui Twin -- I prefer Yumeko as the main character, but this was still entertaining.

Playing:

- (PS4): Lego Marvel Super Heroes -- I barely paid attention to the story but it was fun playing this with co-op. I'll still be playing to collect more things in the game. My favourite character to use was Iron Man (Mark 42).

Reading:

- Nothing this month.

Currently... 

Playing (not all at once):

- (PS4): Dark Cloud 2

- (PS4): Skyrim
- (PS4): Yakuza 5 Remastered
- (PS4): Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Remastered
- (PS4): Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
- (PS3): Borderlands 2
- (PSP): Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure

- (3DS): Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies
- (GBA): The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition   
- (Wii): Fortune Street 
- (PC): UnEpic  
- (PC): Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (When They Cry)

Watching:

- (TV Show): The Walking Dead (Season 9 - Episode 6)
- (TV Show): Criminal Minds (Season 15)
- (TV Show): The Strain (Season 3)
- (TV Show): The Goldbergs (Season 5)
- (TV Show): Huff (Season 1 - Episode 10)
- (TV Show): Stranger Things (Season 5)

- (TV Show): Alice in Borderland (Season 2)

- (Anime): Log Horizon (Season 4)
- (Anime): Attack on Titan (Season 4)
- (Anime): Pyscho-Pass (Season 4?)
- (Anime): Kakegurui (Season 3?)
- (Anime): Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls (Episode 2)

- (Anime): Gintama (Episode 13)

- (Anime): Tokyo Revengers (Season 2)

- (Anime): Chihayafuru (Season 1 - Episode 3)

- (YouTube): StephenVlogs (Day 1058)

Reading:

- (Manga): One Piece by Eiichiro Oda (Volume ?? -- Chapter 1036)
- (Manga): Berserk by Kentaro Miura (Volume 2)

- (Manga): 86 by Asato Asato [art by Motoki Yoshihara] (Volume 2)


That's it for September. Here are a few pics / screenshots I took this month plus a YouTube video.

The light novels and manga for 86. Sadly, I'm missing volumes 2, 3, 6, 7 of the light novels. If I get desperate I'll buy them digitally. 

My early dinner at Nations Fresh Foods. There was a buffet area that charged 11.99 / lb, so I got some random stuffs. There is a waffle somewhere in there! XD

I finally use my crystals on a banner for Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage. Up until that point, I had over 100,000 crystals (over 300 pulls). I've only spent less than $2 on the game so far. I could not resist the theme (Full Metal Gacha), and Kaito's snazzy outfit XD Sadly I didn't get him after 200 pulls so I pitied him after doing another 100 pulls.

A count of all the duplicate characters. So from my 300 pulls, only 21 were unique characters, hahaha.

"low HP in video games" by ProZD.

This really takes me back to some old games. According to some comments on the video, the low HP music for Pokemon Black and White takes it to another level. 

Thanks for reading!

As usual, if you have any questions / comments about anything, feel free.

Take care, stay safe, and until next time! :)