Wednesday, February 28, 2024

February is dragging its sweet toes

 Maybe it is me but man is this month dragging.

The damn extra day doesn't help at all. A leap day? 29 instead of 28. Just me?

Sunday, July 9, 2023

The last part of the month has been rough.

 Finding out a classmate died is never easy.

I had known my friend Chris for a very long time. And I found out he died in March.

Shit really sucks because he was a good day.

And a couple weeks or a week or so later a co-worker of mine had died as well. This time I found out.


NOW...my best friend is in the hospital.

Thank god for his sister for contacting me via text. I did find out why.

But I still need to know and pray and send vibes for a recovery. We have known each other 25+ years. I got extremely worried when she texted me he could not talk.

I think he is out of the ICU.

Will update.


I am hoping things get better.

I am a positive person but this a lot for anyone to take on.


I have experienced a multitude of deaths in my life. Each one impacting me and hurting just the same.

It is incredibly sad. I get it that death is loss but everyone grieves different. I may be in those stages now.

I am just happy I am eating!

Stay happy ya'll!

-S

Sunday, June 25, 2023

MY life be like like like

 A new job.

A new promotion.


A new everything.


I work graveyards now and my world has changed. I am exhausted more. I sleep during the day trying to get 7-9 hours of sleep. And I have virtually no time do anything. Though, this weekend I got to experience Pride for the first time. I am an ally. And I am happy to be. Iam also a non-denom chirsitian and think everyone is entitled to live life, and not have liberities or their humanity stricken from them. People are people plain and simple! So that was pretty damn fun last night with my friend and his bf.


I am on season 3 of Demon Slayer. Okay, sure I explain no time at all; but by jove I can watch and veg on animez! Also, watching Always Sunny in Philly season 15. And I finally got to watch Dune. I thought it was too long and Paul was great. But some stuff in the book that did not happen in the movie was annoying. Overall it was still a fun watch and well acted. I liked the suits. Zendaya does Zendaya things in the film. She is a treasure and a great actress. Chalamet was something else with just raw emotion. I did get to see Dr. Strange inthe Multiverse Madness, movie was great. I saw Evil Dead Rise and had mixed feelings but  mostly was not scared. I see what they were trying to do and applauded them for it! But overall it was an okay film. Evil Dead remake was far more scary. And the ending was way more fucking bad-ass!


I am reading:

IT. I am still not finished but in the homestretch. 

The Nuggets won the NBA Finals. The rockies suck and traded away Mike Moustakas for a minor league pitcher. The Rox have injuries everywhere. I can't wait for football season. The start of this June has been magnificiently violent, weather wise. We have been under two tornado watches as many of weeks. It has rained basically since the start of June. It was like 90 yesterday. I enjoy the heat but suffered a sun burn face yesterday.

What else? If my editor can get back t o me. She has been doing her own thing. I expect this to take loads of time, she can maybe get back to me. I can start sharpening up a third draft and then publishing my very first book of so many years 7+ at this point. Also, I would like to maybe finish two short stories by summer's end, or possibly the beginning of 2024. I know if I push myself I can probably finish one. I still have a wacky goal of reading 40 books. I have maybe tackled 3.  

I would love to travel but given the new job not going to happen this year. I wanted to go to Cali but the timing got soured by this new job. I work 1 job instead of 2. And it feels better. But I do get exhausted. Finally, with working graveyards I can somewhat get up at 3 p.m. and go have a nice dinner, or go walk around in the sun. I sorely needed it.

I have not lifted in 2 months. And that is bad. Health wise I think I am doing okay. Gotta cut the sugars down from time to time. I have maybe hung out with only 1 person in a span of 2 months. Well maybe 2 lol. I want more social time. But working basically 40 hrs a week is really difficult to do that. But I love the summer because everyone is moving around and doing stuff!

With this promotion I will have real benefits for the first time in my job history. And I am overly excited to have something finally. I feel like I have worked extremely hard for this in my other jobs. 

Stay tuned--

Andres

Have a fun summer dawgs and dawgettes!

Monday, April 18, 2022

Car Problems Fucking Suck!

 I never know what to expect with cars.

Specifically, my 2006 Hyundai Elantra was falling apart at the seems.

Then it got broken into .They fucked up the ignition cylinder. The assholes. I hope they burn in hell. Or at least burn somewhere where there is not a fire extinguisher. Seriously, you fuckers don't deserve much.

Breaking into people's cars is some absolute bullshit. And I hope the long dick of the law gets you!


So on to the new /used car.

I have a new used 2016 car now. Nissan Versa by way of my cousin which is fine. And then it began.

Here I though the car troubles were done but I was so mistaken. So mistaken to the point where the serpentine belt had cuts in it on an oil change, you shitting me. The car is new used. Then you hear the brakes, and they were shot in the front. So now I go from a car that was working to two gigantic repairs.

And the worst...the car the other day just stops working. The battery and dash lights were on. What the hell? I was trying to go visit my best friend Alex, and the car just dies in a neighborhood .  So I get him on the phone and tell him I bought coolant. Maybe the coolant was low. Try to accelerate and it won't even register!

What in the fuck is the issue.


So a tow today and a nightmare begins. I am really hoping it is minor. I really pray it is minor. I had a littany of problems with the 2006 Hyundai Elantra. It was creeping to 170,000 miles. So yeah it was dying but this Nissan has been work for no reason. What did the previous owners do? What did my cousin actually do car maintenance wise or her ex wife? It has been stressful and exhausting.

Monday, March 21, 2022

I was wrong so wrong : Attack on Titan Season 4 SPOILERS AHEAD

 SPOILERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!


Attack on Titan season 4 has shown us some sheer brutality. Dafuq, is with all the murderin'?

It also showed war with battleships. And then I got confused.

Yes, so anyway Attack on Titan season 4 or AOT , phew that may be better to actually say it that way; has turned dark. It was already dark. But when I started watching the fucking show I was like okay this world is bleak, the world is dark, this is a void, this be a WDW. (Walking Dead World) 

And it is!

It so is.

But the story is going into some bat shit territory. Genocide? The idea of the Marleys and Eldians warring against each other for all glory. For one to survive? Nutters. We thought the Titans were the central focus. But the Japanese to me have an obsession with the Nazis. Fucking most of the goddamn character's names are German. Not to say that is bad. Eren is my favorite character. But this Eren Jaegar is something more akin to a murdering savage now. And the scout squad has seen so much fucking blood . They flat out really do not care. Mikasa cares about Eren like she did from the beginning. But she now sees this reflection of Eren that is a shadow of his former self. He is not necessarily evil, he has seen atrocities but now he has the founding titan in his hands. And also when the Titans broke from the fucking walls it was really cool to see animated.

Devastation.

Mikasa is wifu. She stays by Eren. She is compassionate. She is loved and revered. She is a survivor. Do I ship them. You bet. But that doesn't matter . I hope she survives. Anyway, I titled that Devastation because Levi dies in the most awful way. I was devastated. A new character Gabi entered the fold. And she was straight mercin' Eldians. And I wanted to know why. I found out why lol. I still do not like this little shit. She has grown on me a little bit. 

Is it so bad to want the Eldians to win? Is it so bad to want Eren to win?

No.

Even if Eren is ultimately wanting to wipe the world out. We saw him grow from the 1st to the 3rd season. Are the other titans neat? Sure. But they are not Eren. And are we even sure Eren is good or bad? 

Who knows. 

I am team Eren. :)

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Penguin Drum finale

 SPOILERS


Hard to put into words how much I love characters. From Bleach to One Piece animes can move you.

Penguin Drum was one such an anime that moved me.

I did not cry. But I was just confused by  how the show wanted to end. It blew me away Shou and Kanba basically not existing or being a memory was shattering. Their not real sister Himari basically on her death bed throughout the whole damn show, survives from sacrifiice. And also Ringo switching her fate with Shou and Kanba.

But the best scene to me was the ripped bear that Kanba and Shou stitched back up because they ruined it. Himari looks at it and starts weeping because inside the bear is a note.

You see in this world. Shou and Kanba exist but they are not brothers with Himari. Incredibly sad. But the only redemptive thing is that Ringo in this world , is good friends with Himari. This anime took me on a crazy fucking ride.

As the whole premise is Himari is going to die. And the brothers have to find a way to save her. And when the Penguindrum is revealed it is really neat. So much of the anime is tied into Fate / Punishment. It was sensational the symbolism in it.

And yes I needed to further understand by looking at how others interpreted the ending. I was confused. But once reading what they wrote it started making sense. Shou and Kanba are amazing characters. I wish even in the flashbacks we find more about Momoka. Momoka you see was Ringo's sister who died. She was killed because of Kanba and Shou's father. Where there is a syndicate element to it makes it even more intriguing. Plus Kanba killed I dunno how many goddamn people .But he dies but in a peaceful way. ANd then Shou dies switiching fates with Ringo and assuming the scorpion fire.

I also loved the Idols. Though, they could have been fleshed out more.

Goddamn it I want season 2. But I doubt we get it. Oh well, what a crazy interesting anime from start to finish. Brilliant!

_S

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Update on One Piece

 Given that if you want to watch One Piece, it feels like a life adventure.

All joking aside I have now crossed into the Wano Arc.

SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOILERRRRRRRRRRRRRS

It is extremely strong. Zou arc aside from like 20 eps was absolutely awful. I hated the vast majority of the arc. Mama is okay. The rest is ridiculous. Just dumb. And omg the pacing was so goddamn awful. Nowhere in the arc is Buggy. He is amazing. And on top of this Luffy is getting his shit tossed for a vast majority of it. Characters drag on and on. Carrot is stupid. She becomes aight towards the end . But she is dumb. Viper Cat was my favorite as I trudged on through how bad this really was.Impel Down suffered from pacing issues as well but at least I saw Buggy and some other pirates I liked. I don't give a shit what anyone thinks. Zou arc was a major headache to get to the Wano one. There's pacing issues here as well but not as horrendous. And now that Luffy prolly will got to a 5th or 6th gear that is interesting. He fights like Ichigo, for their nakama. So  when you fuck with his friends he'll tear your ass a new one. Brooks is still my favorite character. He is a bad-ass. I love Luffy but he has gotta show me something in this arc.  I am now a bigish fan of Hawkins. And ever since I saw Law I knew he'd be integral in the story. But where is Nami and Robin? There's this little girl who is adorable but unnecessary so far... Chopper is still chopper he has not grown that much. In 900 fucking episodes I have not seen that much from Chopper .You kidding me? The doctor who is part comic relief part just Chopper does not have much growth. Disappointing.


Oh and I am on 925 now. I feel burnt out of One Piece but I have to catch up. And I am not done doing so but we are talking 3 1/2 months of watching me has gotten me this far. Wait, there's Robin lol. As I watch 925 whilst typing. There's Nami! Once I catch up. I will wait for 4 episodes and then give up on the anime entirely, and start reading the manga. That's it. I will have reached the mountain top once and for all. A journey that started in 2013 will end. Finally. Oh dear god finally.


Hope you have a good day and night.

-S