The thinkings/opinions of a bizarre, quiet girl: April 2023

Sunday 30 April 2023

BLOG -- Recap of April

The days are much busier for some reason. I find that I don't have enough time to do everything that I want. Hopefully my schedule can get more ironed out in May.

"Outings" / Events in April:

- I went to a concert for Radwimps. I should be blogging about that next week.

- Had a board game day with my sister, her husband, and a friend. It was a really fun time!

- I spent one day roaming about downtown. I passed by some places I hadn't seen since I was a kid. It was really fun and nostalgic.

Exposures:

- (Restaurant): Pizza Saint Tropez -- This is a Japanese pizza place. It's a small place and easy to miss but the pizza selection is different from the typical pizza menu.

- (Restaurant): Pizza Maru -- This is a Korean pizza place. The menu here is also different from the typical pizza menu. The boneless chicken is overpriced, in my opinion.

- (Restaurant): Poop Cafe -- I checked this out for fun. The food I had wasn't really good (bubble tea and a Vietnamese sub), so only check it out for the novelty.

Finished...

Watching:

- (Movie): The Girl on the Train -- Not bad.

- (Movie): Suzume -- I enjoyed it. The animation is beautiful and the music is great.

- (Movie): John Wick 4 -- There were a mix of good and not-so-good action scenes. Donny Yen's character was fun to watch.

- (Movie): Molly's Game -- I really enjoyed this movie. The acting (especially Jessica Chastain) and script was just amazing. It's also pretty amazing that much of it is based off real events. I'll have to read the book sometime.

- (Movie): The Da Vinci Code -- It was okay. A bit too long.

- (Movie): 1917 -- I was engaged for the most part.

- (Movie): Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance -- So bad that it's good.

- (Movie): Blood Diamond -- It was okay.

Playing:

- (Mobile): Alter Ego -- I had this downloaded on my phone for a long time and I finally decided to go through it. There are some interesting concepts but so grindy if you want to get to the end quickly.

- (PS4): Slay the Spire -- I'm still playing it but I did beat the game with one character so I'm counting it. This is too addictive!

Reading:

- Nothing this month.

Currently...

Playing (not all at once):

- (PS4): Dark Cloud 2

- (PS4): Skyrim
- (PS4): Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Remastered
- (PS4): Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
- (PS4): Yakuza 6: Song of Life

- (PS4): Baldur's Gate I: Enhanced Edition

- (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): 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): The Boys (Season 4)

- (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): Gurren Lagann (Episode 6)

- (Anime): Chihayafuru (Season 4?)

- (Anime): One Punch Man (Season 2)

- (YouTube): StephenVlogs (Day 1061)

Reading:

- (Manga): One Piece by Eiichiro Oda (Volume ?? -- Chapter 1057)
- (Manga): Berserk by Kentaro Miura (Volume 2)

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

My pizza order from Pizza Saint Tropez: Chicken teriyaki. It's pretty good! I especially like the potato topping.

Dalgona candy. Can I get the outline cleanly?

Oh... >_>''

The inside of the Poop Cafe.

This was a good movie.

The line-up to get into the Radwimps concert. This was maybe just a 4th or 5th of the whole line.

This is still a fun game.

A pic of my room when it was still messy (December 2022).

Some personal items are greyed out.

A pic of my room which is now cleaned.
Some personal items are greyed out.

Finally!!! I get Arjuna Alter. My saint quartz is now free to pull for any other characters I want.

"Zepla's Quick First Impression of Genshin Impact" by ZepLIVE.

When I came across this video I checked Zepla's old Twitch streams just to see the beginnings of her getting interested and trying out the game. It was very amusing.

I don't get to spend enough time on Genshin, but I still enjoy it a lot.

Thanks for reading!

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

Have fun, take care, and until next time! :)

Sunday 2 April 2023

BLOG -- Recap of March

Despite finding myself with more free time in March, things were still very busy. Usually I'd stick to a general schedule but often I found myself planning by the day or week.

Also... just to say I still have access to Netflix. >_>

"Outings" / Events in March:

- My room is more or less finally cleaned. I'll show some pics of it in my next end-of-month blog.

- Had a board game day with my sister, her husband, and a friend. It was a really fun time!

- I've been spending more time learning python. Hoping that I will learn much more than before.

- Had meet ups with a few other friends I haven't seen for a while.

- I spent almost 15 hours one day trying to beat a 3DS game just so I could access its DLC before Nintendo's 3DS eshop closed down. I will blog about the 3DS at some point in the future.

- I finally got my hair cut. It was getting so long that I was sitting on it at times. Now my hair is above my shoulders (so I can give it a couple years to grow long again).

- Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn achievements / news:
-My subscription has expired. I think with this, I'll be taking a longer break -- not sure when I would re-subscribe (and catch up on everything I've missed). I'll remove this section in next month's recap blog.

Exposures:

- (Board Game): Pandemic -- This is an intense and stressful co-op game.

Finished...

Watching:

- (Movie): Yes, God, Yes -- I watched this for Natalia Dyer (Nancy from Stranger Things). This movie was pretty meh for me.

- (Movie): The Karate Kid (1984) -- It was okay.

- (Movie): The Karate Kid Part II -- I had no idea that "Glory of Love" was this movie's theme song.

- (Movie): The Karate Kid Part III -- I've come to notice these similarities in the three Karate Kid movies: tournament, a new main girl character, bullying, Miyagi kicking butt, dancing.

- (Movie): The Next Karate Kid -- The main character was annoying at times. All the scenes with Miyagi are the best parts.

- (Movie): Judas and the Black Messiah -- It's horrible to think this could be based off true events.

- (Movie): Pride & Prejudice -- No offense to Matthew Macfayden (the guy who plays Mr. Darcy), but he holds no candle to Colin Firth. Between this and the BBC TV show, I prefer the TV show, though the movie was okay, too.

- (Movie): Scary Movie 2 -- Not my kind of humour.

- (Movie): Scream (2022) -- Just call it Scream 5, haha. It was a good movie, though RIP to the one who didn't make it.

- (Movie): Ip Man -- Quite nice action scenes.

- (Movie): Ip Man 2 -- Ditto here.

- (Movie): Ip Man 3 -- The stakes didn't feel as high as in the first two movies.

- (Movie): Ip Man 4 -- Kinda similar to Ip Man 3.

- (Movie): Gantz: 0 -- The script was pretty cheesy.

- (Movie): RRR -- Very fun. I'd watch it again! :)

- (Movie): The Mummy (2017) -- Does not hold a candle to the version with Brendan Fraser.

- (Movie): Godzilla (1998) -- Not that good.

- (Movie): A Walk Among the Tombstones -- Liam Neeson was great. Everything else was okay

- (Movie): Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves -- This was pretty fun! If you enjoy a fun fantasy adventure movie, check this one out. :)

- (Movie): Warcraft -- It was okay, though I didn't like the ending. I've never played World of Warcraft so I don't know how faithful the movie is to the MMO.

- (Show): The Walking Dead -- Finally I reach the end of the TV show. It was interesting to watch for characters who didn't make it or didn't exist in the graphic novels. Daryl and Carol were my favourites. I also liked Princess way more in the show compared to the graphic novels.

- (Show): Alice in Borderland -- I don't know how I feel about the ending but I'm glad I watched it. My favourites are Kuina, Ann, and Chishiya.

Playing:

- Nothing this month.

Reading:

- Nothing this month.

Currently...

Playing (not all at once):

- (PS4): Dark Cloud 2

- (PS4): Skyrim
- (PS4): Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Remastered
- (PS4): Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
- (PS4): Yakuza 6: Song of Life

- (PS4): Baldur's Gate I: Enhanced Edition

- (PS3): Borderlands 2

- (PSP): Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure

Watching:

- (TV Show): The Boys (Season 4)

- (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): Gurren Lagann (Episode 6)

- (Anime): Chihayafuru (Season 4?)

- (YouTube): StephenVlogs (Day 1061)

Reading:

- (Manga): One Piece by Eiichiro Oda (Volume ?? -- Chapter 1057)
- (Manga): Berserk by Kentaro Miura (Volume 2)

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