The dishwasher stopped working on Tuesday. I tried to press the buttons to start a cycle, but the lights weren't coming on. It seemed to be totally disconnected from power. Sometimes it's a little fussy where we have to slam the door a few times to get it to work. That wasn't the case this time. Sometimes it just works itself out. It hasn't. This happened the day before my parent left for a conference in Spokane. I thought it was best to wait until she's back to have it repaired. I ended up hand washing all of the dishes that were in there (it was completely full), and have been washing the ones I've used throughout the day each day. It's a bit difficult with feeling so much pain this week (it's been worse) and my hands have been a little shaky. So far, so good with that, at least. I think hand washing gets things cleaner, but can be a hassle.
I decided I didn't like the new speaker, and set up my old speakers again. That new one was getting annoying, especially with it saying "connecting to..." or "ready to connect" so often. Not being able to control the volume was a deal-breaker for me. Couldn't actually turn it off unless it was low on battery power, either. The old speakers aren't great, but at least I can control the volume and there's no voice to them. I didn't put the floor sub-woofer back. Never really needed it. Hopefully, I can find decent speakers in the future. I probably won't get the bluetooth ones.
Rosie been sick the last couple of days. She was sick just a couple of weeks ago, too. She's throwing up frequently throughout the day. She doesn't usually do it often. Constantly cleaning it up is tiring. I'm starting to get worried about it. She's also been hiding under my bed a lot. I half-thought it might be this 'new' batch of cat food. The bag was over-packed and smelled weird. However, she didn't start throwing up until a little over a week after she started eating it. I don't think that's the cause. Plus, Tasha's been fine. She sometimes takes food from the same bowls Rosie eats from. Maybe she's gotten into plastic again somehow?
I also cleaned out some drawers in my room that were full of health documents, stuff I got from past Pride events, things from places I've visited, etc. I was searching for something, but didn't find it. It wasn't a waste, considering I got rid of a lot of things. I have more space now.
Finished reading Hell's Kitchen. Technically, they didn't have the last 3 chapters available online. However, that covers a side-story. Even the last chapter I read said it was the end. It didn't feel like an ending. It was like they were about to start a new story arc. Something that sounded like it would be really interesting. It seemed like the creator had to end it earlier than they wanted to. I had this on-hold for a few years before finally being able to continue it recently. There were only around 30 chapters up for so long. It's 50 chapters long (53 if you count that side story). I'm glad I got the opportunity to finally finish it. It's one of my fave manga.
I've technically finished Elder Scrolls: Blades. Finished all of the main quest and most of the side ones. I've even finished the special Halloween ones that came with the most recent update. The only things left now are the daily jobs and the Abyss. I can be rewarded through challenges based on either of those. I still haven't completely rebuilt the town yet. It's kind of lost its spark for me, now. I'll still play it, just not often. There's talk that they might add more to the main quest in the future, and there might be more holiday related ones. I like that they've decorated the town in Halloween decorations, turned it into night mode, and the music is different. That music is also holiday themed, of course. It seems like a giant spider threw up or exploded its webbing all over the place. There's snow, lots of jack-o-lanterns at shops, houses have candlelight glows coming from the windows, and there are thorny vines at the entrance gate. Interesting touches.
Started watching Beastars yesterday. It's better than I expected. Really dark (darker than expected) and psychological. It's set in a world of anthropomorphic animals, with the herbivores and carnivores coexisting. The main character, Legosi, is a wolf who looks menacing, but has a very gentle heart. He's a student at Cherryton Academy and a member of the drama club. Many students fear and hate him because of his looks. During the first episode, one of his classmates is murdered by a carnivore. Some of the herbivores suspect him. I'm surprised that the use of CGI didn't look awful. There have been many lately that have tried to use it, but are really difficult on the eyes. Kimetsu no Yaiba was one of the few that used it well. Gave off more of a 3D feel. It wasn't throughout the whole thing, either. This one, I think, is using it in a similar way.
Went through more of Duolingo's Dutch course. Made it through the Society unit today. Next is Business. Managed to edit more of Alliance. Finished chapter 13, and halfway through chapter 14. I've gone through 22 pages of the ebook and 32 pages of the print version this week.
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Showing posts with label Hell's Kitchen. Show all posts
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Friday, October 18, 2019
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
27th of Av
Managed to get everything on my to-do list done yesterday. That's rare, and feels good. Even if some of it was just for fun. I won't go through all of it on here, though.
Played some of Elder Scrolls: Blades yesterday. The game has only been released for the iPhone. I've been playing it for about a month. I love rpg's. I also loved Elder Scrolls: Morrowind, which I played over a decade ago. It was pretty amazing. This hasn't been on the same level, but really awesome for an app. Maybe they'll expand on it in the future? My character is already up to level 33.
You also get to build/customize your own town. The higher the level of the town, the more higher leveled things (weapons, armor, potions, ingredients, etc.) will be available. Mine's up to level 7. That's been much slower to level up. Decorations help, but building houses, smithies, workshops, etc. get more prestige which is basically exp used for leveling it up. All that costs both in coins and materials. So, I'm constantly saving stuff for it as well as for weapons and armor. I like how complex it can be.
The quests are ranked by skulls. The more skulls next to it, the more difficult. There are also daily challenges. I think they have it set up where you can't play it all day, making it less addicting which is good. I don't particularly like that opening chests takes time. It's ok with wooden ones taking only 5 seconds, but gold ones, for instance, take 6 hours to open. If you want it opened sooner, you have to pay with gems. Until recently people couldn't get many of those in a day without paying real money for them. Now, they've opened up many ways to get them for free. Like, quests that have gems as a reward every few hours. Gaining a lot of them when leveling up, too. Some enemies drop them when they're defeated. They're really handy.
There's also an abyss. It's set up with different levels to a dungeon that's made up of caves and castles. Each level is harder, there is no food which replenishes health, there are no chests unless you earn them through exp, you earn other things that way there too, and still can earn coins from enemies. Each time you enter another level, you earn a lot more coins and exp. I think the furthest I've gone is to level 25. It'll be interesting to play a different game every day.
Finished the Future and Recreation units in Duolingo's Dutch course. Only had 2 wrong answers for the questions/sentences. Next, will be the Comparison one. Made it into the 'promotion' zone of the Gold League. It'll be interesting to get into the Sapphire (or was it Ruby?) League again. It looks like they may have added higher leagues. Don't know what those would be.
I don't think I mentioned this before, but I went back to reading Hell's Kitchen roughly a month ago. There were no available updates for a few years. I'm so happy I can come close or actually finish it. I don't think the last couple of chapters are up yet. Might be by the time I get to them. It's a good manga. Plus, it's mostly centered on food, which I love. All the characters are quirky and interesting. It would be a great anime.
I drew Junko's shoulders and neck. It was a little tough to figure how wide her shoulders should be for some reason. I like how they turned out. I also planned how her arms will be positioned and where her waist will be. I'm using many diagrams and pics for reference. The old artist's anatomy book that used to be my grandma's isn't the best. It did help some in the past, though. I also am trying to find my own style for it, but still be semi-close to being anatomically correct. It's a balancing act.
Edited more of Alliance. Made it to chapter 3. Did one more page each of both the ebook and print than yesterday. 5 pages for one, and 7 pages for the other. I'm surprised I got to so much.
Played some of Elder Scrolls: Blades yesterday. The game has only been released for the iPhone. I've been playing it for about a month. I love rpg's. I also loved Elder Scrolls: Morrowind, which I played over a decade ago. It was pretty amazing. This hasn't been on the same level, but really awesome for an app. Maybe they'll expand on it in the future? My character is already up to level 33.
You also get to build/customize your own town. The higher the level of the town, the more higher leveled things (weapons, armor, potions, ingredients, etc.) will be available. Mine's up to level 7. That's been much slower to level up. Decorations help, but building houses, smithies, workshops, etc. get more prestige which is basically exp used for leveling it up. All that costs both in coins and materials. So, I'm constantly saving stuff for it as well as for weapons and armor. I like how complex it can be.
The quests are ranked by skulls. The more skulls next to it, the more difficult. There are also daily challenges. I think they have it set up where you can't play it all day, making it less addicting which is good. I don't particularly like that opening chests takes time. It's ok with wooden ones taking only 5 seconds, but gold ones, for instance, take 6 hours to open. If you want it opened sooner, you have to pay with gems. Until recently people couldn't get many of those in a day without paying real money for them. Now, they've opened up many ways to get them for free. Like, quests that have gems as a reward every few hours. Gaining a lot of them when leveling up, too. Some enemies drop them when they're defeated. They're really handy.
There's also an abyss. It's set up with different levels to a dungeon that's made up of caves and castles. Each level is harder, there is no food which replenishes health, there are no chests unless you earn them through exp, you earn other things that way there too, and still can earn coins from enemies. Each time you enter another level, you earn a lot more coins and exp. I think the furthest I've gone is to level 25. It'll be interesting to play a different game every day.
Finished the Future and Recreation units in Duolingo's Dutch course. Only had 2 wrong answers for the questions/sentences. Next, will be the Comparison one. Made it into the 'promotion' zone of the Gold League. It'll be interesting to get into the Sapphire (or was it Ruby?) League again. It looks like they may have added higher leagues. Don't know what those would be.
I don't think I mentioned this before, but I went back to reading Hell's Kitchen roughly a month ago. There were no available updates for a few years. I'm so happy I can come close or actually finish it. I don't think the last couple of chapters are up yet. Might be by the time I get to them. It's a good manga. Plus, it's mostly centered on food, which I love. All the characters are quirky and interesting. It would be a great anime.
I drew Junko's shoulders and neck. It was a little tough to figure how wide her shoulders should be for some reason. I like how they turned out. I also planned how her arms will be positioned and where her waist will be. I'm using many diagrams and pics for reference. The old artist's anatomy book that used to be my grandma's isn't the best. It did help some in the past, though. I also am trying to find my own style for it, but still be semi-close to being anatomically correct. It's a balancing act.
Edited more of Alliance. Made it to chapter 3. Did one more page each of both the ebook and print than yesterday. 5 pages for one, and 7 pages for the other. I'm surprised I got to so much.
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
World Nutella Day!
This holiday was yesterday. Yay for Nutella! I'm not as crazy about it as some people, but it is good stuff. I used to be scared of it until I finally got up the nerve to try it. I don't know why I felt that way. It's just hazelnut and chocolate. It comes from Italy, and was first introduced in 1965.
This is my wallpaper for February. It's Dogma, or the Earl of Poor Eating, and Satoru from the manga Hell's Kitchen. I think this is the 1st volume cover. I decided to have it a little differently. I like a lot of the manga I've read and am still reading, but there are hardly any wallpapers featuring them online. Most of the ones I've read don't have an anime adaptation. They're awesome and they should be adapted! I copied a lot of chapter pages from some and shared them on here in the past. Most of them are pretty old. So, I thought why not use the big ones as wallpaper, and combine small ones into them as well. So, some of them have 2 images on them. One of them looked great just adding it to a bigger white background. Not all of them are in black and white like this. I can appreciate them more this way.
By the way, they finally updated Hell's Kitchen. It's been a few years since I put it on hold, and most of the update happened a couple of weeks ago. I think they have all but the 3 last chapters up now. Maybe whenever I pick it up again, and read to that point, they'll already have the last 3 up. It's a fun one, and some of the dishes are drool worthy. Dogma is training Satoru to be the perfect chef. After his training, Satoru's soul will be eaten by Dogma, who's a demon. Akaya Akashiya Ayakashi no (Of the Red, the Light, and Ayakashi) had a massive update, too. That's been on hold for me a lot longer. They have almost all of that up now. It's a really beautiful manga. That'd be cool to get back too, as well.
The weather calendar has crawling lightning that was shot from Australia during the monsoon season. It's cool looking. Looks like fingers of lightning stretching across the clouds. The other smaller pics are of supercell clouds and tornadoes.
The month-long holidays for February are: Canned Food Month, National Cherry Month, National Hot Breakfast Month, Potato Lovers Month. Some are for important causes, some are to make you appreciate things you may take for granted, and some are just for fun. I love cherries and potatoes! My kind of month.
The Tu B'Shevat (New Year for the Trees) seder didn't actually happen. I even made a list of all the fruit and nuts we needed. I went through the seder with my mom's haggadah, somewhat to 'practice' it without the drinks and food. I noticed the wording was really odd. Even the prayers weren't written out in Hebrew, when they normally would. It's from online roughly 16 years ago. So, I looked it up. Turns out this particular version isn't online anymore. However, it was an adaptation of another one. The original uses YHWH instead of Adonai or Hashem. Also, using that acronym is usually a red flag that it's not Jewish. Usually a Christian thing. If you're going to actually use the first letters of each letter in the actual word, it'd make more since to use YHVH. It's yud hey vav hey. There is no W. We don't know what G-d's name actually is, so we use attributes, like Hashem, which means The Name. The letters written down are not actually said that way. It's like a placeholder. So, that makes me wonder...The transliterations aren't quite right either. I did find a different one that was Reform based online, and it seemed a lot better. Seemed more kosher, so to speak. Might use that if I do it next year.
Maybe we can invite them to our Passover seder, instead. Last year, it was just me. Hopefully, there won't be too many people that end up coming to that. Dad told me if they had gone it'd be 3 people and possibly their partners coming over. So, it'd be roughly 8 people altogether. That's more than I'm used to for ours. I guess it just means more food and people might have to share the haggadahs. Oh, and either adding the extension (I think it's called a leaf?) to the dining table or putting a card table at the end. Passover starts at the very end of March this year.
At the end of this month, I have a haircut. It's apparently been exactly year this month. Last year, I tried their over-hyped Deva cut. I thought I liked it at first, but after a couple of weeks the way it was cut seemed so...off. It started to look a bit different, too. Deva cut is apparently supposed to be the best one for curly/wavy hair. I loved the style that one of their stylists gave me after 7 years without having a haircut. (I was growing it out in between.) She actually made me fall in love with it. Others have really liked it, too. I think I had her roughly 2 1/2 years ago, and the time before that. I just wanted to see how the Deva cut was last time, and she's not trained for it. I'm glad I at least tried it out.
Another thing I've been noticing is I think either lialda or azathioprine has messed with my hair a bit. I know when I started aza., my hair started to fall out. (I'm not taking this anymore, but it can stay in the system for a while afterwards.) I'm noticing lately that I'm getting a lot of white hairs. I started getting white hairs when I was about 16, but I'd pluck them out when I saw them. They didn't show up often. Now, a lot of them seem to be suddenly sprouting up. I know both meds can mess with hair, but this is weird. Those hairs aren't even the same texture as the rest of my hair. I think it's cool that it seems I'll eventually have all white hair, but I don't want that now. I'm iffy about dying my hair, since I've always liked my hair color. If I ever do dye it, I'd probably have a pro do it and have the top layer dark green and bottom layer dark purple. Green, since it's in both the aro and agender flags. Purple, since it's in the ace flag. That might have an interesting effect. I doubt I'd do this anytime soon.
The 18th through the 25th will be Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week. It's usually the week after Valentine's Day, which is fitting. I might put an aro filter on facebook sooner, though. Maybe I'll bring up what aro means again on there. There might be articles I can share, and/or I could do some sort of art thing for it. It's not just for the aromantics, but also the 'grey' area or aromantic spectrum between that and alloromantics. Alloromantics are those who do experience romantic attraction. Sometimes we use allo for short. (Same thing with aces calling others allosexual, they'll use allo.) That community online seems newer than the ace one. There have always been aros, though. They're trying to separate themselves from the ace community, since it's a different thing. Also, most aros are actually allosexual. It's odd when you're both. I might go into more again on here during that week.
I've been feeling sick for the last few weeks. It doesn't seem as bad as the flu, but like a mild cold. I've also had a lot of pain on my side that eases every other day and then comes back with more intensity. Another reason why I think I'm flaring again. On top of that, I've had a somewhat different type of extremely sharp pain all over my abdomen. It'll suddenly happen, and I have a hard time walking or doing anything while it's happening. That's happened at the grocery store a couple of times. I end up trying to walk around slowly, hunched over a bit, and clutching my gut. It feels like my gut's super heavy when it happens. Luckily, this type of pain doesn't last too long. However, I've noticed it has been happening more often. The first couple of times I thought maybe it was just really awful gas. Then, I didn't pass much of that later and it's gone before that usually. It doesn't seem like it's really related. This and that side pain are starting to scare me a bit. I don't want to go to the hospital (or even Urgent Care), because it feels like they won't believe me. Also, I don't have a fever and I'm not throwing up. I don't know...I suppose if it got much worse I might go.
Last week, the local trans group had a potluck and movie meeting. We brought chicken strips and potato wedges. It was basically the only thing I could fill up on there. There was a 7-layer dip with tortilla chips (both of which I don't eat); a cheese, olives, and meat platter with crackers (couldn't have the meat); and I think one other thing. There was soda, and even though I don't usually drink it, I had some. The movie was the Gender Revolution National Geograhic documentary with Katie Couric. I swear we've had it for group movie night before. I was watching it a little differently now, and didn't have my 'blinders' on. I didn't realize I was agender when we saw it last. Anyways, there were a lot problematic things in it. It was a lot better done than most, but still needed a lot of improvement. The main focus was on binary trans people. Which, ok, it's good to have some focus on them, but what about enbies?
Also, they briefly showed and mentioned 'gender non-binary'. This is really irritating to the community, as I found out through bringing it up a while before in the enby fb group I'm in (I didn't exactly know why it irritated me so much so I asked them), and seeing articles on it. Would people say gender transgender? How about gender woman or gender man? That's how weird and awkward it is for us. Now, people definitely can say non-binary gender(s). That makes sense. Agender is a non-binary gender, genderfluid is a non-binary gender, etc.
They didn't bring up genderqueer either. There's some misunderstanding with this even in that enby group. Genderqueer was the original name of the community. Some people had issues with using the word 'queer' (totally understandable), so they came up with non-binary. They mean the exact same thing besides that. The creator of the name genderqueer (they also created the flag for it), said this too. Some people like both, like me, and others go with one or the other. I just say/write enby more, because it's seems more fun. The shortened form of genderqueer is GQ. Not as cutesy, and it sounds like something else. I think there's a magazine called GQ?
Katie also interviewed 2 trans women. One that was in her 70s and the other in her 20s. The older one was really stuck on the binary. Painfully so. The other one was a lot more 'loose' about the binary. She brought up that gender is really a spectrum, and some people aren't just a man or a woman. That was good to see. The worst part was when the older one said life wouldn't have meaning if there wasn't a binary system...She'd rather die. As an enby this was disturbing. Luckily the younger one was appalled by it. Apparently, she blew both Katie's and the older one's mind. Why does it have to be so out there for people?
I also thought it was odd when Katie kept saying that it was all a lot to get her head around. It's so confusing, apparently. This was mainly with the binary trans and intersex people. Why is it confusing? I think people are actually more scared than confused, but they don't want to admit it. I kind of get being a little confused by the concept of being non-binary. They only touched on enbies once really. Still...It seemed rude at times.
Oh, one of their 'experts' saying the 'opposite gender' was lovely. I don't know if it was to dumb it down or something, but it wasn't cool. There is no 'opposite'. It's a very binary and somewhat harmful view.
At an artsy shop downtown on Sunday, the owner was really nice and talkative. Eventually, he stopped and looked at both Dad and I, and said he was assuming that both of us were ladies and asked if that were true. So, to my parent it seemed both affirming and clocking her. She said yes to it. I had a longer pause. Do I tell him the truth that I'm neither a lady nor a guy? Or, do I politely nod and say yes? I thought that I didn't really want to get into it, and did the latter. But, it felt really wrong. The other thing is do I want to cater to cis people to make them feel comfortable and not awkward? Or, do I want to be unapologetically me and possibly have to explain it? Even though he was a very nice guy, why should I have to hide it? He misgendered me this way, and I let him...It feels like a weird internal struggle. I'm actually leaning more towards using they/them, but am ok with she/her still. With everything else, like 'lady' or 'woman', I have more issues with. I want to be more out, but even if I had merch like t-shirts relating to agender (if it even had that word), people would most likely not know what it meant. If I'm more out, I could educate people more, and be happier about it too.
Also, why do people have to assume someone's a certain gender? Wouldn't it be great if everyone was treated truly equally? Before people know what pronouns someone uses or other gendered things, wouldn't it just be easier for everyone to use neutral pronouns and language? Like, using they/them for pronouns. Instead of things like: lady, woman, girl; or guy, man, boy, etc.; why not: person, human, being, pal, friend, gentlefolk, etc. So many other options! Cool if someone tells you to use she/her pronouns and they are a woman. Refer to them with those pronouns and gendered language. Same with men with he/him and other gendered language for them. It's not erasing people's gender. Breaking a binary system would actually benefit everyone. People could explore their gender more deeply, as well. It would be a beautiful thing. More people would probably realize they're enby, which I think some people would be scared of that idea. They want to live in their perfect little boxes. A world where everything is black and white, and they don't have to think much about who they really are. It's the same thing with sexual orientation. They don't want to know there are more 'options' than gay or straight. They might realize bi is a thing, but nothing more.
I brought up being misgendered and essentially being frustrated about the binary on the enby fb group. The only comment I had was someone who was obviously very angry. I don't think at me. Just someone who's perpetually angry at cis and binary people, I guess? They started off by saying they were frustrated too and agreed with me. Then, it got weird. Saying I shouldn't expect people to be accepting, the gender revolution is afoot, I have to have a hand in it, etc. It was bizarre. At first, I thought I was overreacting in thinking it was weird and uncalled for. But, the more I thought about it, the more it was unsettling. This person was older than me, and seemed to have been 'battling' for a long time. Why can't I assume people will accept me? Why do I have to do something about it? There are people who are willing to do that stuff. I'm really not. I just want to be openly me. There are also safety issues. Yet, I was told recently that even my existence is radical politically. That I'm inherently an activist just for existing. I don't know if I like that. Anyways, I decided to block the angry older person. I don't need that drama. I have been getting a lot of reactions from people. Mainly sad and love ones. I think it's up to 16 of those. The most reactions I've had on any post I've posted in that group. So, obviously I'm resonating with people.
I've been off and on with writing Alliance 3 lately. Mainly because of feeling so sick. I couldn't focus on it much. I know I'm at least close to chapter 4. It took me a while to think of a name of one of the 'villains' in the story. I didn't want it to sound 'evil'. However, I did want it to be interesting. I often go by meanings of names. Sometimes I'll translate a word (like 'song') into multiple languages, and either pick what seems more interesting or jumble them up. I have come up with some cool combos this way. I chose an actual first name that's water based. It's a rare name, though. His last name is a scientific name of a poisonous flower. Sounds cool and the flower is beautiful, but it's extremely deadly. Also, turned out to be the name of a Greek G-d, who seems to have a similar personality. So, it worked out better than I expected. Interestingly, 2 other recent characters have flower based names.
I'm almost done with the fish section of the cookbook. She had a lot that were from an unnamed grocery store. They must be from the late 70's or early 80's. Some sound really good. Some of them are microwave recipes. Those sound interesting, easier, and quick.
I've also been finding more interesting things through Pinterest. One pin was a ramen 'cheat sheet'. It seems like it's for a more traditional type of ramen. You pick different ingredients for each part, and they show you the basics of cooking it all and plating it. I tried it out. My protein was chicken. Aromatics: garlic, dried onions. Vegetables: spinach, carrots. Broth: shoyu (soy sauce) based. It was one of the options they suggested, and I based it off of recipes I saw online. It was chicken broth, dashi (fish broth), soy sauce, and rice vinegar. Seasonings: 7-spice, sweet paprika, a dash of salt, pepper, and margarine. They suggested curry powder, but I couldn't find it, so I used paprika. They suggested butter (I use margarine in place of butter usually) to make it a richer tasting broth. Garnish: chives. They also suggested different types of ramen. I just used the instant kind. Turned out amazing! It's a nifty little template. Might use different combos in the future. Definitely felt more like a meal than I would normally do. Normally, as a soup, I just use chicken broth and the ramen. I never use the flavor packets.
I also found a pin on making your own flavored salt. That was a cool idea. Another one's on making your own flavored butter. Found quite a lot with making salad dressings. Some with different marinade ideas. Figuring out the right onions or the right apples for recipes pins. Templates for making soups. With a lot of this stuff they can help you create your own dishes. That's pretty awesome! Funny and relatable colitis-based ones. There are pins that have tips on binding. As well as some on top surgery. Lots of aro, ace, and agender based stuff, too. I'm surprised with what I've found on there. I was thinking in the past about sharing some of these on fb. Not sure what stopped me. I know I posted one thing. I think it was on queerplatonic relationships. Maybe I was nervous that it was too odd to share after I did so? Maybe I'll get to that again soon.
By the way, they finally updated Hell's Kitchen. It's been a few years since I put it on hold, and most of the update happened a couple of weeks ago. I think they have all but the 3 last chapters up now. Maybe whenever I pick it up again, and read to that point, they'll already have the last 3 up. It's a fun one, and some of the dishes are drool worthy. Dogma is training Satoru to be the perfect chef. After his training, Satoru's soul will be eaten by Dogma, who's a demon. Akaya Akashiya Ayakashi no (Of the Red, the Light, and Ayakashi) had a massive update, too. That's been on hold for me a lot longer. They have almost all of that up now. It's a really beautiful manga. That'd be cool to get back too, as well.
The weather calendar has crawling lightning that was shot from Australia during the monsoon season. It's cool looking. Looks like fingers of lightning stretching across the clouds. The other smaller pics are of supercell clouds and tornadoes.
The month-long holidays for February are: Canned Food Month, National Cherry Month, National Hot Breakfast Month, Potato Lovers Month. Some are for important causes, some are to make you appreciate things you may take for granted, and some are just for fun. I love cherries and potatoes! My kind of month.
The Tu B'Shevat (New Year for the Trees) seder didn't actually happen. I even made a list of all the fruit and nuts we needed. I went through the seder with my mom's haggadah, somewhat to 'practice' it without the drinks and food. I noticed the wording was really odd. Even the prayers weren't written out in Hebrew, when they normally would. It's from online roughly 16 years ago. So, I looked it up. Turns out this particular version isn't online anymore. However, it was an adaptation of another one. The original uses YHWH instead of Adonai or Hashem. Also, using that acronym is usually a red flag that it's not Jewish. Usually a Christian thing. If you're going to actually use the first letters of each letter in the actual word, it'd make more since to use YHVH. It's yud hey vav hey. There is no W. We don't know what G-d's name actually is, so we use attributes, like Hashem, which means The Name. The letters written down are not actually said that way. It's like a placeholder. So, that makes me wonder...The transliterations aren't quite right either. I did find a different one that was Reform based online, and it seemed a lot better. Seemed more kosher, so to speak. Might use that if I do it next year.
Maybe we can invite them to our Passover seder, instead. Last year, it was just me. Hopefully, there won't be too many people that end up coming to that. Dad told me if they had gone it'd be 3 people and possibly their partners coming over. So, it'd be roughly 8 people altogether. That's more than I'm used to for ours. I guess it just means more food and people might have to share the haggadahs. Oh, and either adding the extension (I think it's called a leaf?) to the dining table or putting a card table at the end. Passover starts at the very end of March this year.
At the end of this month, I have a haircut. It's apparently been exactly year this month. Last year, I tried their over-hyped Deva cut. I thought I liked it at first, but after a couple of weeks the way it was cut seemed so...off. It started to look a bit different, too. Deva cut is apparently supposed to be the best one for curly/wavy hair. I loved the style that one of their stylists gave me after 7 years without having a haircut. (I was growing it out in between.) She actually made me fall in love with it. Others have really liked it, too. I think I had her roughly 2 1/2 years ago, and the time before that. I just wanted to see how the Deva cut was last time, and she's not trained for it. I'm glad I at least tried it out.
Another thing I've been noticing is I think either lialda or azathioprine has messed with my hair a bit. I know when I started aza., my hair started to fall out. (I'm not taking this anymore, but it can stay in the system for a while afterwards.) I'm noticing lately that I'm getting a lot of white hairs. I started getting white hairs when I was about 16, but I'd pluck them out when I saw them. They didn't show up often. Now, a lot of them seem to be suddenly sprouting up. I know both meds can mess with hair, but this is weird. Those hairs aren't even the same texture as the rest of my hair. I think it's cool that it seems I'll eventually have all white hair, but I don't want that now. I'm iffy about dying my hair, since I've always liked my hair color. If I ever do dye it, I'd probably have a pro do it and have the top layer dark green and bottom layer dark purple. Green, since it's in both the aro and agender flags. Purple, since it's in the ace flag. That might have an interesting effect. I doubt I'd do this anytime soon.
The 18th through the 25th will be Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week. It's usually the week after Valentine's Day, which is fitting. I might put an aro filter on facebook sooner, though. Maybe I'll bring up what aro means again on there. There might be articles I can share, and/or I could do some sort of art thing for it. It's not just for the aromantics, but also the 'grey' area or aromantic spectrum between that and alloromantics. Alloromantics are those who do experience romantic attraction. Sometimes we use allo for short. (Same thing with aces calling others allosexual, they'll use allo.) That community online seems newer than the ace one. There have always been aros, though. They're trying to separate themselves from the ace community, since it's a different thing. Also, most aros are actually allosexual. It's odd when you're both. I might go into more again on here during that week.
I've been feeling sick for the last few weeks. It doesn't seem as bad as the flu, but like a mild cold. I've also had a lot of pain on my side that eases every other day and then comes back with more intensity. Another reason why I think I'm flaring again. On top of that, I've had a somewhat different type of extremely sharp pain all over my abdomen. It'll suddenly happen, and I have a hard time walking or doing anything while it's happening. That's happened at the grocery store a couple of times. I end up trying to walk around slowly, hunched over a bit, and clutching my gut. It feels like my gut's super heavy when it happens. Luckily, this type of pain doesn't last too long. However, I've noticed it has been happening more often. The first couple of times I thought maybe it was just really awful gas. Then, I didn't pass much of that later and it's gone before that usually. It doesn't seem like it's really related. This and that side pain are starting to scare me a bit. I don't want to go to the hospital (or even Urgent Care), because it feels like they won't believe me. Also, I don't have a fever and I'm not throwing up. I don't know...I suppose if it got much worse I might go.
Last week, the local trans group had a potluck and movie meeting. We brought chicken strips and potato wedges. It was basically the only thing I could fill up on there. There was a 7-layer dip with tortilla chips (both of which I don't eat); a cheese, olives, and meat platter with crackers (couldn't have the meat); and I think one other thing. There was soda, and even though I don't usually drink it, I had some. The movie was the Gender Revolution National Geograhic documentary with Katie Couric. I swear we've had it for group movie night before. I was watching it a little differently now, and didn't have my 'blinders' on. I didn't realize I was agender when we saw it last. Anyways, there were a lot problematic things in it. It was a lot better done than most, but still needed a lot of improvement. The main focus was on binary trans people. Which, ok, it's good to have some focus on them, but what about enbies?
Also, they briefly showed and mentioned 'gender non-binary'. This is really irritating to the community, as I found out through bringing it up a while before in the enby fb group I'm in (I didn't exactly know why it irritated me so much so I asked them), and seeing articles on it. Would people say gender transgender? How about gender woman or gender man? That's how weird and awkward it is for us. Now, people definitely can say non-binary gender(s). That makes sense. Agender is a non-binary gender, genderfluid is a non-binary gender, etc.
They didn't bring up genderqueer either. There's some misunderstanding with this even in that enby group. Genderqueer was the original name of the community. Some people had issues with using the word 'queer' (totally understandable), so they came up with non-binary. They mean the exact same thing besides that. The creator of the name genderqueer (they also created the flag for it), said this too. Some people like both, like me, and others go with one or the other. I just say/write enby more, because it's seems more fun. The shortened form of genderqueer is GQ. Not as cutesy, and it sounds like something else. I think there's a magazine called GQ?
Katie also interviewed 2 trans women. One that was in her 70s and the other in her 20s. The older one was really stuck on the binary. Painfully so. The other one was a lot more 'loose' about the binary. She brought up that gender is really a spectrum, and some people aren't just a man or a woman. That was good to see. The worst part was when the older one said life wouldn't have meaning if there wasn't a binary system...She'd rather die. As an enby this was disturbing. Luckily the younger one was appalled by it. Apparently, she blew both Katie's and the older one's mind. Why does it have to be so out there for people?
I also thought it was odd when Katie kept saying that it was all a lot to get her head around. It's so confusing, apparently. This was mainly with the binary trans and intersex people. Why is it confusing? I think people are actually more scared than confused, but they don't want to admit it. I kind of get being a little confused by the concept of being non-binary. They only touched on enbies once really. Still...It seemed rude at times.
Oh, one of their 'experts' saying the 'opposite gender' was lovely. I don't know if it was to dumb it down or something, but it wasn't cool. There is no 'opposite'. It's a very binary and somewhat harmful view.
At an artsy shop downtown on Sunday, the owner was really nice and talkative. Eventually, he stopped and looked at both Dad and I, and said he was assuming that both of us were ladies and asked if that were true. So, to my parent it seemed both affirming and clocking her. She said yes to it. I had a longer pause. Do I tell him the truth that I'm neither a lady nor a guy? Or, do I politely nod and say yes? I thought that I didn't really want to get into it, and did the latter. But, it felt really wrong. The other thing is do I want to cater to cis people to make them feel comfortable and not awkward? Or, do I want to be unapologetically me and possibly have to explain it? Even though he was a very nice guy, why should I have to hide it? He misgendered me this way, and I let him...It feels like a weird internal struggle. I'm actually leaning more towards using they/them, but am ok with she/her still. With everything else, like 'lady' or 'woman', I have more issues with. I want to be more out, but even if I had merch like t-shirts relating to agender (if it even had that word), people would most likely not know what it meant. If I'm more out, I could educate people more, and be happier about it too.
Also, why do people have to assume someone's a certain gender? Wouldn't it be great if everyone was treated truly equally? Before people know what pronouns someone uses or other gendered things, wouldn't it just be easier for everyone to use neutral pronouns and language? Like, using they/them for pronouns. Instead of things like: lady, woman, girl; or guy, man, boy, etc.; why not: person, human, being, pal, friend, gentlefolk, etc. So many other options! Cool if someone tells you to use she/her pronouns and they are a woman. Refer to them with those pronouns and gendered language. Same with men with he/him and other gendered language for them. It's not erasing people's gender. Breaking a binary system would actually benefit everyone. People could explore their gender more deeply, as well. It would be a beautiful thing. More people would probably realize they're enby, which I think some people would be scared of that idea. They want to live in their perfect little boxes. A world where everything is black and white, and they don't have to think much about who they really are. It's the same thing with sexual orientation. They don't want to know there are more 'options' than gay or straight. They might realize bi is a thing, but nothing more.
I brought up being misgendered and essentially being frustrated about the binary on the enby fb group. The only comment I had was someone who was obviously very angry. I don't think at me. Just someone who's perpetually angry at cis and binary people, I guess? They started off by saying they were frustrated too and agreed with me. Then, it got weird. Saying I shouldn't expect people to be accepting, the gender revolution is afoot, I have to have a hand in it, etc. It was bizarre. At first, I thought I was overreacting in thinking it was weird and uncalled for. But, the more I thought about it, the more it was unsettling. This person was older than me, and seemed to have been 'battling' for a long time. Why can't I assume people will accept me? Why do I have to do something about it? There are people who are willing to do that stuff. I'm really not. I just want to be openly me. There are also safety issues. Yet, I was told recently that even my existence is radical politically. That I'm inherently an activist just for existing. I don't know if I like that. Anyways, I decided to block the angry older person. I don't need that drama. I have been getting a lot of reactions from people. Mainly sad and love ones. I think it's up to 16 of those. The most reactions I've had on any post I've posted in that group. So, obviously I'm resonating with people.
I've been off and on with writing Alliance 3 lately. Mainly because of feeling so sick. I couldn't focus on it much. I know I'm at least close to chapter 4. It took me a while to think of a name of one of the 'villains' in the story. I didn't want it to sound 'evil'. However, I did want it to be interesting. I often go by meanings of names. Sometimes I'll translate a word (like 'song') into multiple languages, and either pick what seems more interesting or jumble them up. I have come up with some cool combos this way. I chose an actual first name that's water based. It's a rare name, though. His last name is a scientific name of a poisonous flower. Sounds cool and the flower is beautiful, but it's extremely deadly. Also, turned out to be the name of a Greek G-d, who seems to have a similar personality. So, it worked out better than I expected. Interestingly, 2 other recent characters have flower based names.
I'm almost done with the fish section of the cookbook. She had a lot that were from an unnamed grocery store. They must be from the late 70's or early 80's. Some sound really good. Some of them are microwave recipes. Those sound interesting, easier, and quick.
I've also been finding more interesting things through Pinterest. One pin was a ramen 'cheat sheet'. It seems like it's for a more traditional type of ramen. You pick different ingredients for each part, and they show you the basics of cooking it all and plating it. I tried it out. My protein was chicken. Aromatics: garlic, dried onions. Vegetables: spinach, carrots. Broth: shoyu (soy sauce) based. It was one of the options they suggested, and I based it off of recipes I saw online. It was chicken broth, dashi (fish broth), soy sauce, and rice vinegar. Seasonings: 7-spice, sweet paprika, a dash of salt, pepper, and margarine. They suggested curry powder, but I couldn't find it, so I used paprika. They suggested butter (I use margarine in place of butter usually) to make it a richer tasting broth. Garnish: chives. They also suggested different types of ramen. I just used the instant kind. Turned out amazing! It's a nifty little template. Might use different combos in the future. Definitely felt more like a meal than I would normally do. Normally, as a soup, I just use chicken broth and the ramen. I never use the flavor packets.
I also found a pin on making your own flavored salt. That was a cool idea. Another one's on making your own flavored butter. Found quite a lot with making salad dressings. Some with different marinade ideas. Figuring out the right onions or the right apples for recipes pins. Templates for making soups. With a lot of this stuff they can help you create your own dishes. That's pretty awesome! Funny and relatable colitis-based ones. There are pins that have tips on binding. As well as some on top surgery. Lots of aro, ace, and agender based stuff, too. I'm surprised with what I've found on there. I was thinking in the past about sharing some of these on fb. Not sure what stopped me. I know I posted one thing. I think it was on queerplatonic relationships. Maybe I was nervous that it was too odd to share after I did so? Maybe I'll get to that again soon.
Friday, May 22, 2015
Hummus Day!
Mood:
This was yesterday, but why not keep celebrating it? I love hummus.
I used to be slightly afraid of it for some reason. I think the first time I really tried it, was when my mom made it from scratch for the first time. That was quite a way to start! Hummus is a dip made out of ground up chickpeas, tahini, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, and a little salt. You can add things to customize it, but it's amazing by itself! Some people swear by certain amounts of the ingredients, though. (Like some like more tahini, and others like more garlic.) It's used in many dishes, too. It's a Middle Eastern food. When I went to Israel a few years ago, it was everywhere. Some of the hotels had huge tubs (more like vats) of the stuff at the dining hall for breakfast and lunch.
It was used in falafel pita sandwiches. (Falafels are fried ground up chickpea patties. So, it's kind of like putting chickpeas with more chickpeas...
) By the way, with every shawarma shop, there was a falafel place across the street from it. It was kind of surreal. They had a lot of both shops. Shawarma are strips/shavings of meat (usually lamb, beef, turkey, chicken, or a mixture) that came from a hunk of that same meat that was roasted slowly over an open pit. They put it in pita sandwiches, along with a bunch of other stuff. Similar to gyros. Some also add a healthy amount of hummus to it. Both the shawarma and falafel pitas were awesome!
The hummus in general seemed to taste much better than here in the states. (At least, the packaged stuff here.) It's not bad here, but it certainly has a more 'fresh' and savory taste over there. Kind of hard to explain the difference...
Had kind of a rough week.
I ended up being painfully blocked up last weekend. It was close to how I felt about a year ago. So, I tried dulcolax in its pill form. It seemed too 'gentle' at first, so the next day I had another dose. It really hit me about that time. I think since I was so blocked up, it needed extra time to go through my system. I'm still feeling its effects.
At least I'm getting cleaned out pretty well. Still feels like I have a bit more of it left...
I threw up big time really late Sunday night (or early Monday morning, however you look at it). It was so bad, I almost choked a few times.
Seemed to be everything I ate for the last couple of days came up. It takes a lot for me to throw up, because I take omeprazole to prevent it. Had a problem in the past (they never figured out why) where I would throw up all day without warning or feeling like it was going to happen. So, it has to be an extreme urge to do so. I felt quite a bit better afterwards, so I suppose I really needed it. I still occasionally feel like I need to throw up again, but it hasn't happened since. I wonder if that means that it'll happen soon, and it's just gaining more of that urge as time goes by? I hope not.
I ordered my meds, but was worried about one of them going through. I was out of refills for it. It's extremely important for me.
I'd say it's probably a bit more important than the omeprazole. My new primary care doc emailed me, and said she filled out a new prescription for it and that she hopes to see me soon. I haven't seen her yet. I think I'm due for another physical, too. Plus, I have some other things to talk about with her. She said she knows of the importance of this one, and that she wants to help me with staying on it. Also, asked me how I was doing with it. She already sounds 100 times better than my previous one! I was so happy that she ok'd it!
I'm thinking of possibly seeing her next month...We'll see.
Oh, that med just came in the mail today. I ordered 2 months' worth, but got 3 months' worth. That's $3 more. Might not seem like much, but it's not what I was expecting.
Also, this med goes stale at the 2 month mark. It loses its potency, and won't do its job. So, it's like giving me a month's worth of bad pills and paying that extra $3 for them...Doesn't make sense.
I'm definitely going to email her back now, and take those meds to the pharmacy to get that changed. It's ridiculous. Should get what I ordered, and not more.
Another thing that was weighing on my mind was applying for a forbearance on my student loans. I sent an application form to them at the end of February. They only allow people to send it through the regular mail, or fax it. Didn't hear a thing about it since. In fact, I was still getting warnings.
So, I sent out another one a few days ago, and emailed them just before I sent it that day. The next day, I got a reply back saying they located my form from February, processed it, and approved it. Saying I should be good until next February. So, what? Was it just sitting on someone's desk collecting dust during that time? That kind of pisses me off!
Although, I'm very grateful that it went through and was approved. I kind of have mixed feelings about it. They recently merged with another company, and changed their name. So, maybe there was some confusion that way? At least, I don't have to think about it now.
I've reread and edited all but the last short story from my nightmare anthology. Kind of cool knowing I've only got one more to go through.
Then, I have to put them all together in one document, figure out its overall title, and do the cover art. Yay!
Started reading Magico on Monday. I rarely say this, but it's really cute! Although, there definitely is a serious dark side. The humor blends will the cuteness. It's not sickeningly sweet, either. There's another series by the same name, but it's about soccer...Seems a little odd. They only differentiate them by the mangaka's (manga artist/creator) name in parentheses next to the title. Emma has a special power/curse in her heart that activated when she turned 16. Apparently, it has the potential to destroy the world. She meets Shion who saves her from a king that was forcing her to marry him. A part of that special power attracts most men to her, and makes most women admire her. The guys of the town were fighting over her. Anyways, Shion saved her and took her to his home that he can transport to through a dragon. They live in a world of magic. He fell for her when they were kids. She was being held captive, and a dense thicket of thorny vines was used as a barrier that kept her from escaping. Along with a powerful guard. Shion was on the verge of starvation, and Emma had snuck out of the house to look past the thicket. She saw him, and he asked her for food. She found a loaf of bread and gave it to him through those thorns, harming herself in the process. The guard found out and may have punished her, too. She doesn't remember this, though. It's kind of sad...Anyways, Shion says the Magico ritual may end the curse, but there are many steps to it. First one is for them to get married. After she attacks him while asleep, she agrees to it. She might be falling for him too. Shion has a talking cat with him, and he sometimes banters back and forth with him. Shion's also supposed to be one of the greatest mages, too. This seems very unique and interesting.
Started reading Hell's Kitchen today. Apparently, Shichifuku Mafia doesn't update too often. I've caught up with everything in that manga. Looks like it might be once every 2 months...Hell's Kitchen is interesting so far. He seems a lot more 'demonic' than Sebastian from Kuroshitsuji. (That's saying quite a bit.) Someone recommended this saying people would like it, if they liked Kuroshitsuji. Dogma is the Earl of Poor Eating, and comes from Hell. Poor eating doesn't quite fit him...He kind of seems the opposite. He wants to eat the soul of a 'true chef', and has tried but failed with the pros. None of them satisfied him. He said they all reeked of greed, arrogance, and ignorance. He eventually chooses Satoru who's a middle schooler who seems to not have any ambitions. He always tries to get average grades, is average at sports, and is limiting himself with everything he does. Dogma wants to train him to be the perfect chef, in order to prepare him as the most 'delicious' soul he's eaten. Dogma can control him like he's a puppet, and has already pushed him into some cooking competitions. Satoru does all the cooking himself, with the help of Dogma giving him directions. (No one else can see Dogma.) He works him mercilessly. If he refuses to do things, Dogma threatens him with letting his minions eat him or sending him to Hell. But, Satoru is starting to get interested in cooking. Dogma has all the knowledge and experiences of the chefs he ate the souls of, so he knows what he's doing. He accidentally got Satoru into an elite cooking school. Satoru just wanted to see if they had free cooking utensils, then he got the idea to see how one of the cooking classes is like. He thought Dogma would find a better candidate if he saw them. That backfired, and Dogma wanted to challenge them. When he won, he thought the others weren't fit enough for it. The head of the department wanted Satoru to attend the school after they won, but Dogma (through Satoru) said no. Later Satoru, after some arguing, accepted the offer. He's the youngest student there now.
Finished Haikyuu. It was pretty good. I just didn't think that one match would last most of the season. You can feel the pain of the players at the end, though. Very good at conveying the emotions. There's going to be a 2nd season soon. They say online that it'll be in the Fall of this year. I'll probably watch it to see how they improve.
Went back to watching Bleach. I might stick to it for now. It's interesting. Events around the time I watched it last time shaped the show a bit for me, and I didn't want to go back to it for a while. I think at this point in the story, it's good now.
This was yesterday, but why not keep celebrating it? I love hummus.
I used to be slightly afraid of it for some reason. I think the first time I really tried it, was when my mom made it from scratch for the first time. That was quite a way to start! Hummus is a dip made out of ground up chickpeas, tahini, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, and a little salt. You can add things to customize it, but it's amazing by itself! Some people swear by certain amounts of the ingredients, though. (Like some like more tahini, and others like more garlic.) It's used in many dishes, too. It's a Middle Eastern food. When I went to Israel a few years ago, it was everywhere. Some of the hotels had huge tubs (more like vats) of the stuff at the dining hall for breakfast and lunch.It was used in falafel pita sandwiches. (Falafels are fried ground up chickpea patties. So, it's kind of like putting chickpeas with more chickpeas...) By the way, with every shawarma shop, there was a falafel place across the street from it. It was kind of surreal. They had a lot of both shops. Shawarma are strips/shavings of meat (usually lamb, beef, turkey, chicken, or a mixture) that came from a hunk of that same meat that was roasted slowly over an open pit. They put it in pita sandwiches, along with a bunch of other stuff. Similar to gyros. Some also add a healthy amount of hummus to it. Both the shawarma and falafel pitas were awesome!The hummus in general seemed to taste much better than here in the states. (At least, the packaged stuff here.) It's not bad here, but it certainly has a more 'fresh' and savory taste over there. Kind of hard to explain the difference...Had kind of a rough week.
I ended up being painfully blocked up last weekend. It was close to how I felt about a year ago. So, I tried dulcolax in its pill form. It seemed too 'gentle' at first, so the next day I had another dose. It really hit me about that time. I think since I was so blocked up, it needed extra time to go through my system. I'm still feeling its effects.At least I'm getting cleaned out pretty well. Still feels like I have a bit more of it left...I threw up big time really late Sunday night (or early Monday morning, however you look at it). It was so bad, I almost choked a few times.
Seemed to be everything I ate for the last couple of days came up. It takes a lot for me to throw up, because I take omeprazole to prevent it. Had a problem in the past (they never figured out why) where I would throw up all day without warning or feeling like it was going to happen. So, it has to be an extreme urge to do so. I felt quite a bit better afterwards, so I suppose I really needed it. I still occasionally feel like I need to throw up again, but it hasn't happened since. I wonder if that means that it'll happen soon, and it's just gaining more of that urge as time goes by? I hope not. I ordered my meds, but was worried about one of them going through. I was out of refills for it. It's extremely important for me.
I'd say it's probably a bit more important than the omeprazole. My new primary care doc emailed me, and said she filled out a new prescription for it and that she hopes to see me soon. I haven't seen her yet. I think I'm due for another physical, too. Plus, I have some other things to talk about with her. She said she knows of the importance of this one, and that she wants to help me with staying on it. Also, asked me how I was doing with it. She already sounds 100 times better than my previous one! I was so happy that she ok'd it!I'm thinking of possibly seeing her next month...We'll see. Oh, that med just came in the mail today. I ordered 2 months' worth, but got 3 months' worth. That's $3 more. Might not seem like much, but it's not what I was expecting.
Also, this med goes stale at the 2 month mark. It loses its potency, and won't do its job. So, it's like giving me a month's worth of bad pills and paying that extra $3 for them...Doesn't make sense.I'm definitely going to email her back now, and take those meds to the pharmacy to get that changed. It's ridiculous. Should get what I ordered, and not more.Another thing that was weighing on my mind was applying for a forbearance on my student loans. I sent an application form to them at the end of February. They only allow people to send it through the regular mail, or fax it. Didn't hear a thing about it since. In fact, I was still getting warnings.
So, I sent out another one a few days ago, and emailed them just before I sent it that day. The next day, I got a reply back saying they located my form from February, processed it, and approved it. Saying I should be good until next February. So, what? Was it just sitting on someone's desk collecting dust during that time? That kind of pisses me off!Although, I'm very grateful that it went through and was approved. I kind of have mixed feelings about it. They recently merged with another company, and changed their name. So, maybe there was some confusion that way? At least, I don't have to think about it now.I've reread and edited all but the last short story from my nightmare anthology. Kind of cool knowing I've only got one more to go through.
Then, I have to put them all together in one document, figure out its overall title, and do the cover art. Yay! 
Finished Haikyuu. It was pretty good. I just didn't think that one match would last most of the season. You can feel the pain of the players at the end, though. Very good at conveying the emotions. There's going to be a 2nd season soon. They say online that it'll be in the Fall of this year. I'll probably watch it to see how they improve.
Went back to watching Bleach. I might stick to it for now. It's interesting. Events around the time I watched it last time shaped the show a bit for me, and I didn't want to go back to it for a while. I think at this point in the story, it's good now.
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