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345 | vacation, books, anime
Wednesday, 25 February 2026 07:01 pmThis week, I have four days off from work! I worked on Monday, took Tuesday off via my accumulated overtime, and now I have vacation from Wednesday to Friday. I have… many things on my to-do list, quite possibly too many things (especially considering that one of those days is going to be taken up with celebrating my birthday), but so far I’ve mostly just been building furniture, reorganizing my apartment, and doing other housework, and feeling pretty pleased about what I’ve been accomplishing.
Though I’m also hoping to accomplish some hobby-related things as well! I’ve been playing Pokémon Brilliant Diamond recently, and it’s occurred to me that it wouldn’t be impossible to finish it before I get back to work next week, based on where I am in the game now. I’m not going to rush it or push myself, but it is something on my mind.
I would also like to get some writing done… ideally in the form of “actually post something”. I’ve recently fallen down a very unexpected rabbit hole—I read Long Live Evil not expecting much from it, thinking it’d probably end up being a three star read for me unless I get unlucky, and then I ended up adoring it? And having actual fannish feelings about it? So much so that I actually started a reread of the book the very next day after having finished it? I cannot remember the last time I’ve done something like that with a single—possibly before I was an adult, even. (I do remember the last time I did that with a series of books, however: Legend of the Sun Knight, back in January 2019.) ( more beneath the cut )
I’ve also been watching anime in the evenings! This was not originally in my plans for this break, but—I have a very long watchlist on Crunchyroll that I’ve made no progress on, and I don’t actually intend on renewing my subscription when the year ends, so I decided I should actually start making my way through that list.
I started off with Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex, which originally was a series that… mildly intrigued me, but I didn’t have high hopes for; I was actually a little bit surprised to see that I had put it on my watchlist, because my assumption was that I would drop it within the first episode. But then someone made a post talking about their impressions of the series, and something they mentioned made my interest in the series go up, so I went for it, and in the end watched the whole thing within three days, so—definitely better than my initial impression suggested! ( more beneath the cut, with potential spoilers )
Though I’m also hoping to accomplish some hobby-related things as well! I’ve been playing Pokémon Brilliant Diamond recently, and it’s occurred to me that it wouldn’t be impossible to finish it before I get back to work next week, based on where I am in the game now. I’m not going to rush it or push myself, but it is something on my mind.
I would also like to get some writing done… ideally in the form of “actually post something”. I’ve recently fallen down a very unexpected rabbit hole—I read Long Live Evil not expecting much from it, thinking it’d probably end up being a three star read for me unless I get unlucky, and then I ended up adoring it? And having actual fannish feelings about it? So much so that I actually started a reread of the book the very next day after having finished it? I cannot remember the last time I’ve done something like that with a single—possibly before I was an adult, even. (I do remember the last time I did that with a series of books, however: Legend of the Sun Knight, back in January 2019.) ( more beneath the cut )
I’ve also been watching anime in the evenings! This was not originally in my plans for this break, but—I have a very long watchlist on Crunchyroll that I’ve made no progress on, and I don’t actually intend on renewing my subscription when the year ends, so I decided I should actually start making my way through that list.
I started off with Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex, which originally was a series that… mildly intrigued me, but I didn’t have high hopes for; I was actually a little bit surprised to see that I had put it on my watchlist, because my assumption was that I would drop it within the first episode. But then someone made a post talking about their impressions of the series, and something they mentioned made my interest in the series go up, so I went for it, and in the end watched the whole thing within three days, so—definitely better than my initial impression suggested! ( more beneath the cut, with potential spoilers )