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Media Roundup, Accidental Advent All-in-One Again

I really need to catch up on these...

The Zen Diary - via JFF. It wasn't immediately clear to me at the beginning if this was a drama or a documentary and while it's more like some dramatized memoir, holy shit did it evoke a lot of feelings. Mostly wanting to punch the lead. Very well acted. A very good movie. Hated it.

Have a Song on Your Lips - via JFF. A fairly uplifting 'teaching choir' story with all sorts of complications. Also well acted and enjoyable.

Come Back Anytime - via JFF. Restaurant documentary.

Mottainai Kitchen - via JFF. Documentary about eliminating food waste.

Misc JFF shorts - via JFF and also on YouTube, several about sushi, yokai, music, and art...

The Scoop - via JFF. Hilarious as fuck double-crossing delight about an underground school paper and a writing club.

LOLO Itsukou Series 7: I Can't Hibernate with Books as a Pillow - via JFF, also on Youtube. By a group that writes short modern plays for student productions. Students in the school library on xmas eve. I'd watch more by this group.

Takano Tofu - via JFF. Sort of underwhelming drama about a family that makes Tofu and their complicated lives. Doesn't stick the landing at all but otherwise well acted.

Wizard Barristers - Yep, watched this again and still enjoyed it through the fanservice and whatnot does grate a bit. It's just the right kind of over-the-top that I sometimes need. I feel like the title basically explains the plot? Bonus for Moyo. Always bonus for Moyo.

Super Dimension Century Orguss - aka the one that didn't become part of Robotech and that's incredibly okay because Orguss is... There are some very good ideas in here but a lot that fail spectacularly and also a lot of absolute What The Fuck?! Listen, I watched Orguss so you don't have to.

E's Otherwise - rewatch as well. E's has some bumpy moments but manages to pull itself together by the end. The cross-dressing scenes still hold up incredibly well.

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holidays

Another Long Weekend

I hope anyone celebrating Turkey and/or Nap Day had a lovely one. Since I was out incredibly late (for me) on Thursday and couldn't get myself together to do more than shuffle around the house for a few hours, everything I'd meant to do on Friday will get done today... I think it's just run by the pharmacy, run by the PO, and maybe another shop to get gloves for the mitten tree at the library.

I've taken advantage of a couple of gunpla shop sales... and I got my gift from the second Secret Santa and just... what a wonderful and generous community. I am humbled.

Still have some stuff on my giveaway post and I might be adding more as I clean and whatnot. I'll probably post it to

holiday_wishes by the end of the weekend.

I'm sure there's more but it's sure been a week and a weekend. I need a nap and probably some turkey...

Books & Videos (Etc.) Giveaway 2025 Edition

As usual, these are all free to a good home in the US. Alas, international shipping is beyond my budget, never mind the ridiculousness of the current everything. If you'd like something, it's yours. Please just say thank you and let me know it arrived.

* ~~One lot of BPAL perfume, including a couple of little bottles and quite a few of the tiny vials. I'll have to inquire how best to ship these but I'm guessing in bubblewrap and tupperware.~~

( Books, Videos, etc. )

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conventions

Blue Water Int'l Comic Con

Comic-con complete!

- when I went to borrow the ancient rattly hand-cart from my father, he told me I could just store it in my garage from now on, which is basically saying it's mine.
- for the first time ever, evening load-in was not delayed by having to wait for the Ghostbusters car getting itself situated.
- more than made table back before load-in had finished.
- arrived a tiny smidge early day-of and had to wait for the Ghostbusters car to get itself situated. (I feel like this set the Universe back on track or something?)
( more notes below )

At some point in the coming week I'll get a post up to give away a bunch of stuff I don't want to store/keep hauling around. Now to try to catch up on everything else...

Vacation Continues Apace

Mostly, I have stressed myself out and then gotten things more or less under control. It is a Process.

I have eight boxes packed for Saturday and two more in progress, which is basically my limit unless some stuff gets sold during set-up, which often happens. We'll see. I'm looking at shows for next year and I'll try for ~April, June/July, and maybe Autumn. There's also the Model Expo in... April but that'll be more for M than me. I have a lot more to dig through than I realized, and that's before any Accidental Advent discards.

I signed up for

fandomtrees and will post to

holiday_wishes after Saturday, since I usually use it to help re-home unsold media.

Also starting to pester people for xmas lists. I probably won't get anything else ordered/mailed before next week, because I only have so much mental bandwidth, but it's definitely time. I also have the gift for my second Secret Santa to send. It's being done solely on discord so idk if I'll get tracking in advance or if a surprise will just appear.

I Am On Vacation

I am on vacation. This means I will probably be working twice as hard at everything. (I am not going anywhere - this is just a 'burn vacation hours + catch up a bit' vacation.) So far I've done a bunch of extra work at the 'rents, dug out boxes for the nerd convention next weekend, and started deep-cleaning the kitchen. At some point I'll probably stall out, but so far so good.

While helping with some errands, I got to visit an Aldi's for the first time. Prices are good and everything I bought has been fine. The main thing they have against them is that they open at 9AM. I suppose if I calibrate lists properly, I can make a quick trip in during the week when I'm out for other reasons. (I also want to go to the fancier grocery this week! But I also want to finally get to the Lebanese restaurant in the same plaza so that will be closer to a lunch-time trip. Maybe Wednesday.)

I am in the planning discord for a new online BL convention. The project came from a conversation on reddit about how a lot of virtual conventions are centered on daytime North America and aren't as accessible for Asian/Oceanian/European fans. (I had mentioned that I'm in NA but not on NA daytime hours, so different boat same river, or something? Anyway, if anyone would like an invite to the planning discord, LMK.)

I've mostly finished up Blade King, a SNAA model kit. He was certainly an adventure and while he certainly isn't perfect, I'm pleased with how he turned out. (He's also huge, though. I don't know where he's going!) I also mostly finished up HG Blue Frame 2nd, who I started earlier in the year and stalled out on. I've misplaced her markings, however. I know they'll turn up, so she can just go on the shelf as-is for now.

So far for the nerd convention, I've dug out some Transformers and some Monster High dolls. Need to match up accessories and cards and whatnot for them if I can. I just have way too many bins of this stuff. It'll be good to downsize... (Hopefully 2026 can be the year of doing a few more shows and getting rid of a few more things?)