transfigured

I can’t believe it has been three four months since my last blog post. I mean, nobody really reads this, but boy does it feel good to lay it all out – the good, the bad, and the fugly. Since it’s nearing Christmas, I will give a fair warning to all, I WILL NOT BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA during “the holidays.” I’m not really big on social media anyway, but don’t expect a family Christmas photo nor expect a Merry Christmas SMS (but I do enjoy my little sister’s Christmas photos featuring her legion of dogs). I’m just not a holiday person a horrible person. Damn, just bait me with adorable dog photos/videos and I turn into the Christmas saint…if such a thing exists.

So what will I be doing during the holidays? Working my 12 hour/day job, catching up on some reading (I finished Hollywood Dead finally), hopefully draw on some cute anime guys, and PLAY SPLATOON 2! I’m not really sure why I’m in love with Splatoon 2, but there are certain aspects of the game everybody should love. It’s colorful, the character designs are refreshing, and it’s just nice, clean fun. Now EVERYONE run out, buy a Nintendo Switch (if you don’t already own one) and Splatoon 2, and let’s battle it out online 🙂

After trying to finish school with a “passing” grade and squeezing in 400+ obsessive hours of Splatoon 2 since July 2017 (not to mention the highly addictive Monster Hunter World in March of this year), I’m finally back to catch up on my list of books, anime, and games. Here’s a semi-exhaustive list. I’ll have to add onto this list or make a separate page to house my “to do list” since it’s a little difficult to concentrate while trying to type a blog post and watch Shokugeki no Soma s03e23 (I mean…who IS this Morpheus looking dude and WTF is umami?!). Perhaps I’ll post mini reviews after I finish each item.

Stuff I’ve been OBSESSED with FOR AGES

1. Splatoon 2
2. Nintendo Switch
3. Indie games
4. Fountain pens

Books

1. Hollywood Dead by Richard Kadrey
2. Temeraire books by Naomi Novak
   • Crucible of Gold
   • Blood of Tyrants
   • League of Dragons
3. Paper Magician
   • Glass Magician
   • Master Magician
   • Plastic Magician
4. Lord of the Rings – All of the damned books (it’s quite depressing)
5. The Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson
   • Neuromancer (Currently rereading due to its complexity and length of time I’ve waited to read the rest)
   • Count Zero
   • Mona Lisa Overdrive
6. The Drizzt Do’Urden books – It’s been a while since I’ve read them, but I mean, this dude is hot except on the short side. Damn.

Anime

1. Black Clover
2. Gran Blue (They said it’s pretty entertaining and funny…we’ll see.)
3. I’m not even going to bother with the 300+ episode type anime like HxH, Fairy Tale, One Piece, etc. Just feel like the yield isn’t worth the trouble. And you shall find me mauled to death by fanboys tomorrow…catch my corpse on CNN @ 9 tomorrow.

Games

1. The Witcher 1-3
2. The Order 1886
3. Fire Emblem
   • Awakening
   • Fates
   • Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
   • Warriors (I’m not sure this one even belongs on this list, but I don’t have a Samurai Warriors lists.)
4. Rayman Legends
5. Bayonetta 1 + 2
6. The Last Guardian
7. Horizon Zero Dawn
8. Uncharted Collection
9. Ni No Kuni 1 + 2
10. Skyrim

I’m not even going to list the games I have to finish.