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I'll have lunch with friends, tomorrow. I'm a little nervous, but also excited to meet them.

I changed a bit, over the years, and surely so have they. I wonder how much, since I've last seen them.

On another note, I tried really hard on my workout today. My back and legs felt it pretty hard.

I'll try to get a good night's sleep for tomorrow. We made some particularly good cheese, too, so I'm excited for breakfast.

I wore shorts today, and will do so tomorrow as well, most likely, as the weather demands.

I love cheese so much... Truly, it might be my biggest gastronomic passion.

My dad and I made more cheese, yesterday, which I ate today for breakfast. Absolutely amazing. Thick and delicious... Holy crap.

I'm missing bread, though. We need to get on that.

My weight has been going down, a little, it seems. I weighted in at 65 kg this morning... Today I ate lots of cheese and a piece of chocolate, and some icecream. I mean, if I'm not in a calorie surplus, what the fuck. If I weight in at under 65 tomorrow, I'm just gonna start having dinner.

Additionally, I finished Grave Peril, from The Dresden Files... 2/5.

Here's what I wrote on my Bookwyrm:

I found the novel a little confusing, convoluted, and - perhaps most egregiously - self-important. I just found myself not really caring about the characters that much, including the mostly unbearable main character wallowing in his self-pity and weakness basically the whole way through. Of course, he finds some mystical way to get even stronger than before right at the end to save the day!

Please...

There were good moments, and this does hold some promise for the rest of the series, but why would I read more of this manchild's half-baked doings?

Yeah, that pretty much sums it up... I'm dropping the series, for the time being.

I'm picking up "Empire of Silence" from The Sun Eater series. Sounds interesting.

Wore shorts today, as per usual. It's very hot...

I worked out today... My arms feel so heavy. My legs too, to an extent, but they actually kind of hurt.

Well, whatever.

Other than that, relatively uneventful day. Basically just walked around a lot, listened to some music... Well, it was fun.

It's a little sad to think that this carefree life can't go on forever, but it's at least nice to have something to look forward to, professionally. Some cashflow too.

I wore shorts today again. The weather turns quick, here, but it seems the cold is dipping in popularity up in the heavens.

Finally got my employment contract sorted out, as of yesterday evening. Some people really are just the sort to let things go on and on, but I can't... I like things done in a timely manner! Well, it's done now. Nice!

I hope I can do good work, get some nice experience, and hopefully things work out from there.

I ate much less today, but it was still good. Overnight oats and an apple for breakfast, which was tasty but unremarkable. Homemade yogurt for that, but I just felt like just yogurt would've been better than the oats. Still good tho!

Lunch was mediocre, unfortunately. Hopefully tomorrow is better, in that regard.

I did take a really nice nap, today.

I hung out with my mom a lot, and that was nice too.

I really like this sort of simple living I'm doing. This is pretty much exactly what I want to do forevermore! Well, spend some more time on hobbies, hopefully, but I'm on no income right now (I start in September) and don't have my computer.

I've gotta ask my dad to teach me some stove top breadmaking, too.

There's just lots to look forward too. I feel like I'm raising some doom flags with this post, but I'm fine with the sky falling on my head.

I'll try to take my workout extra-serious today, since I feel like yesterday I didn't really give it my all.

I wore shorts today, but they were (are) a little uncomfortable, actually.

I haven't been losing weight, on purpose. I've mentioned this before, but now I'm really more focusing on building muscle.

I'm not sure I'm doing things right, but I'm working out and I'm just kind of hoping it'll work out.

That being said, my weight has been a little, questionable. I've been hovering around 65.5 kg for a while, but some days ago I actually did lose a little, and then my weight barely changed! I've been eating way more than usual, and fat-rich stuff too... Yet, it's not going up.

I'm hoping - huffing that hopium, if you will - that I'm achieving recomp. Burning fat while building muscle. My ego tells me I can do this and that's what's happening, but my reason warns me it might be that I'm not getting nearly enough protein and so I'm just burning enough calories with the workout to make up for my increased intake without actually building any muscle.

It's only been a week, so it's not like I'd expect to see growth, visually. I don't notice anything different - not that I think I'd be able to, even if there was something to notice.

I suppose I should just try my best and keep going. As long as I watch my weight, worst case scenario seems to be that I stay the same, but learn a little about working out and hopefully improve my form a little. Sounds like I can't really lose by just... Doing this. Best case scenario, I get ripped.

New Tyler album, today. Only listened to it once over, but I liked it - except for the last song. I'm at an 4 right now, but that's a preliminary rating. It's not going up to a 5, most likely, but further listening might drop it; Probably not, tho.

Wore trunks today, but didn't swim, since the weather wasn't too nice.

I feel like not much happened today...

I ate at a Chinese restaurant - it was just Ok - went shopping, and took a nap. That's pretty much it!

I'm excited for the new Tyler album tomorrow.

Quiet days are nice too.

It was actually chilly enough to wear jeans today; speaking of legs, mine - especially my hamstrings - have been hurting all day... I might've overdone it, yesterday. I'll try to go a bit softer, today.

I listened to a couple of videos today from a YT channel called Unsolicited Advice (really good channel, by the way).

I came out of them with this feeling: if you don't exist, it's not your fault. Not that I feel this, necessarily, but it seems that a lot of people - maybe even most or the average person - do feel that this is the case.

Moreover, and this is perhaps the crux, many people seem to feel the need to shrug responsibility. Hence, they seek not to exist, as individuals.

They hide behind groupthink and ideology, following dogma or leaders instead of thinking.

Well, that's just something I was thinking about, anyway. I had come to some other realization, but my legs ended up hurting a bit too much for me to remember it.

Today, I made cheese with my dad again, but this time we were incredibly successful! Hurray! The pizza we made was also amazing. Tomorrow, we have plans to get lunch at a Chinese restaurant.

I read a little today, too! I didn't enjoy it too much... I really think maybe Dresden just isn't for me...

Another amazing day, nevertheless. I wore shorts and a T.

Today, I helped my dad make some stuff, namely, fresh cheese and pizza dough. The cheese didn't turn out too great, but it's fine, it was still interesting to learn how to do it, and it was fun to do something with my dad.

I'm excited for pizza tomorrow. Hopefully the dough turns out better than the cheese.

Pretty chill day, other than that. I'll be going on a walk with my little brother soon and work out a little. I've decided to go with the r/bodyweightfitness minimal routine since it seems simple enough and doable. I think it'll be fun.

The weather was amazing all day. I went to the pier again, but this time actually swam. Just a little, sure, but that's the kind of person I am - I do things slowly and gradually. Today, I swim just a bit; tomorrow, I might swim a bit more! Regardless, it was fun. The water was really nice and warm.

I'm really living the life.

I'm on a roll, as far as good days go.

I went to take a dip in the ocean with my mom and brother, today. Then, we had lunch at the pier bar, which was a delicious falafel burger with homemade fries, capped off with a very nice vanilla icecream.

The weather has been great, so far, but it's threatening to turn. It has been great so far, though!

I'm looking forward to my daily walk, though I'm afraid my brother might not take part. He's out with friends, right now, and I'm not sure if he'll be back in time. It's fine, either way - I love that he's having fun with his friends.

Recently, I've been thinking about getting some vanilla-scented candles and buying some tea. Not sure what brought this on, frankly.

Today has been just plain gorgeous.

The sun is shining in a clear sky, the ocean looks serene, I'm surrounded by plants and trees and bugs and birdsong. Clothes drying on the line, the windchimes add to the ambiance... What could be better? Maybe nothing.

I've gotten to read a little too, though I'm not enjoying it too much. I might pick up something else to do a Dresden detox.

I've been working out a little, getting sore... It feels good to make progress towards my goals, though! I'm trying to get a little less pale, too, haha.

I feel better today. Ended up clearing things up with my parents. Ate well.

The weather isn't so good, but that's OK too.

I didn't read much, these past couple of days. I'll try to fix that.

Sometimes, there's things we want to do, things we should do, but other stuff simply takes precedence. Hanging out with family, for one, takes precedence. I think that's OK.

Today, I ate great food.

My breakfast was a little underwhelming because I tried my mom's almond/date drink. Mind you, it was good; It was just worse than my traditional chocolate milk. I also ate an apple, of course, but it too was a little underwhelming - I prefer red-colored apples, but I had a yellow one for breakfast. Again, it was still very good, it was just less so than I had hoped.

Lunch, however, was divine. Tuna steak with potatoes and onion. Sounds simple, right? Well, it is, but holy crap. Actually delicious. So so good!! I tried some of what my family ordered as well - we ate at a restaurant - and theirs was awesome too. Then, I ate a chocolate cookie homemade mousse, as dessert. Yeah, amazing. The bread was pretty good too - my dad thinks the bread is homemade too, but I couldn't verify that.

Regardless, really good. The price was just a smidge too high, and some other people complained about the salt, so I'll only award the establishement with a 4-star rating - a strong 4-star, but a 4-star nevertheless.

I wore 2 different shorts today, and will wear yet a different one soon. Weird.

Overall, a much better day, though it feels like my little brother hates me, for some reason. I think he might just be a little stressed... There's lots happening for him, right now.

Well, I don't feel so good. I feel just really overwhelmed, I guess.

I travelled today, which was fine, but it was all too much. Also, I'm starting to get the feeling my parents don't actually intend to pay half the rent on the apartment I've already fucking rented. That really sucks, but I'm not sure how to bring it up.

If they're not paying, frankly, I'm getting out of there ASAP. I am NOT gonna pay all that.

I'm a little scared about that... So much money and time and energy wasted on this.

Anyway, food was OK today, and I expect it to be better tomorrow. I definitely over-ate sweets today, but it's fine to do that once in a while, I'm sure.

My walk with my brother was different today and not very successful. I'm so weak, I realize... I really need to get stronger. I'm working on it, so that's nice, but the road ahead looks like shit frankly... Sigh...

Just, not a good day.

I had sushi today, and it was so so good... Holy crap dude!! It was so good!! Mostly, I just take salmon and white fish nigiri, also salmon hosomaki, and some pieces of shrimp tempura. Those are my favs. Still, that simplicity is just divine.

It felt oddly fresh today. Maybe I was just really hungry and excited, which isn't unlikely, but it made most other sushi days pale by comparison. It's not that other times haven't felt fresh, but this time was just especially so, somehow.

I also had some uramakis with some spicy seaweed on top. Oh boy!!! OH BOY!!! Those are always great, but this time the spice was particularly spicy, which I love, and the seaweed was so crunchy. Yummers!

Also got to spend some time with my grandma which is always a pleasure.

That being said, tomorrow is travel day, and by tomorrow I mean in about 7 hours at the time of writing - sorry if you couldn't make the connection, there. I'll try to get some shut-eye, but it's always a pain in the ass to wake up so early... Well, things are set up and prepared, at least. Some stuff we'll wait until just before we need to go, but it's all at hand so we can hurry it up when it's time.

I've got my clothes laid out too. I feel like a kid, but I'm my own parent. Is that whimsical or depressing, I wonder.

Tomorrow, I'll be having sushi. I'm super excited!

On Sunday I'll be traveling, which is a bit of a pain, but I'm excited to arrive, at least!

Today, however, was a bit of a failure. I was supposed to have gone to a different city to sign a work contract, but it got called off. Not the work, just the signing part for today, for unrelated reasons. I'll get a revised contract on Monday - just some small things changed - and I'll have to sign it digitally. The last few contracts I've signed have been signed digitally, anyway, but it's still a little frustrating, especially considering I woke up at 5 AM today only to be met by a late text by my soon-to-be-boss telling me he won't be able to make it... Gosh!

Well, it's fine, I guess. We move, we move...

Looking on the bright side is a must, in these situations, and so I'm looking ahead, and I'm excited for tomorrow.

My walk today will be alone, though, which is a bit of a shame. Well, it's fine, I love going alone too, but still. My brother is gonna be with his friends tonight.

Also, I started watching Buffy. The first episode was just OK.

I've been adding a lot of books to my TBR... This is getting a little frustrating, actually.

I just feel like there's so much stuff to read! How am I supposed to get to everything?!

I've been strongly considering getting into The Sun Eater. It looks really cool, and I think I'll really enjoy a space opera like that.

I ate a little more than usual today, but that's fine. I dressed as usual today, also fine.

Other than that, not much to report. I'll have to sleep early, tonight, since I'll wake up at 5... The tickets are already purchased. Sigh... Hopefully everything goes good.

I started reading Book 3 of The Dresden Files. It's good, so far. Dresden's weird chauvinism continues - will he get a grip, eventually, I wonder.

I ate a slice of cake, today! Chocolate cake that my grandma made. It was good. I usually don't eat sweets at all, but today I ate what was left of the rice I had fried yesterday, except it didn't fill the bowl. I could've done something else to make the quota, but I decided to indulge my sweet-tooth instead. I weighted in at 65.65 kg, this morning, so I don't think it's gonna derail my progress or anything. Tomorrow is probably the last day I'll eat lunch here for a while, too, since Friday I'll probably eat out in some other city, Saturday is sushi, and Sunday I'll be home with my parents for 3 weeks.

I wore a t-shirt and shorts, today. I feel like I've been wearing a t-shirt and shorts for... Years, now. Will I ever put on anything else? What a monstrous question, that is.

In other news, I saw a post promoting a yuri list! I like yuri as much as the next guy, so why not check it out? Well, I saw a rec for a novel that looked pretty cool, got the files, and put them on my kindle. I'm looking forward to reading it, later. It's called: "There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless..." It's not very adult, I don't think, but that's fine.

The publisher is called "Seven Seas," I think. I wonder if they endorse piracy.

I finished reading Fool Moon, book 2 of The Dresden Files.

Frankly, not even mediocre.

While Storm Front is a complex mystery weaved from interesting characters related in believable ways, Fool Moon feels more like a fast fashion t-shirt put together with thin threads of polyester people.

It's by no means the worst thing I've ever read - there were interesting characters and cool world-building elements in this - but the way things are introduced (barely, sometimes), and the way the mystery is built-up and connected feels sprinkled-over, instead of carefully planned into the world.

The weird thing with Dresden and women continues - for some reason... - and it's, frankly, nearly impossible to ignore.

That being said, I will most definitely be reading book 3.

In other news, my meals today were the usual, but a little unsatisfying, again. Maybe I'm missing something? Well, vegetables, of course, but still! Tomorrow, I need to eat something more filling, I think.

I wore the same clothes today as yesterday - just some shorts and a t-shirt. I didn't leave the house - just read all day, pretty much, and listened to some music. What a life.

I'll be traveling on Sunday and will have to wake up at fucking 3 in the morning or something... What a pain in the ass, especially considering I'll have to wake up at 5 on Friday. Well, whatever... Speaking of Friday, I might be meeting a future coworker - a woman - and I happened to mention this to my parents. My mom immediately says that I should ask if she has a boyfriend. I got a little upset, and she tried to twist her own words to sound less pushy. Well, I guess I appreciate that last part, at least, but it really bothers me when she does this - which isn't often at all, in her defence.

I've been craving some passion-fruit soda, and I hope to have some on Sunday. Yippee!

Recently, I made a post on [email protected]. Frankly, the details of it are irrelevant, IMO, but the gist of it was that I was asking a question that I didn't know how to ask very well. So, I decided to pose a hypothetical!

HOW SMART OF ME TO DO THAT, RIGHT?!

Right! I mean, hypotheticals allow us to look at the problem from an outside perspective, without being clouded by our own personal feelings on the subjects of the questions, instead, looking at it more objectively. How gleeful am I, to live in a world in which we can use our imagination to imagine different worlds!

In truth, the hypothetical wasn't very good. Fine, I admit it! As I said, I didn't know how to ask the question, and so it was asked poorly.

However, I can't help but think that, truly, people just don't read. Or maybe they can't parse text. Or maybe they refuse to do so, on principle; based, perhaps, on some misplaced desire to curb my peering into their souls (asking what they think).

I don't know. It's in my nature to not blame them. When I see people - especially a lot of people - misunderstand my intentions and goals, I decide that it is my fault. Really, it must be my fault, because the goal is communication, and I clearly didn't communicate properly. Had I, they would've understood! That's what good communication is, that's how you measure it. You speak to an audience, not to yourself - whether you think you did good is irrelevant, only the result matters. If screaming in their faces gets the point across best, then that is the best way to communicate the point. That's my take on it, at least.

So, I can't blame them. However, I can hate them.

If other people can't understand me, even when I try to hard, when I write everything that I think needs to be written and don't write anything that I think might be confusing, when I highlight words of particular importance and clearly separate sentences out to avoid them being lost in long paragraphs.. When I try so hard, and still fail to have people understand me - though it is my fault - I can't help but feel helpless and dejected. I can't help but loathe other people.

What's the point of talking to others, if I can't make myself understood?

This has become a very frustrating situation for me. It's not even like we're speaking different languages, it's like we live on different dimensions, where the world functions differently.

I like to respond to every comment I get. For one, I feel good participating in the Fediverse, but also I just value other people's time and opinions. I like when people share some of them with me, so I like to respond in kind. However, I had to just ignore the comments. My heart can't take it. I learned the meaning of heartbreak - it does hurt, in your heart, like it's breaking. It's a very literal expression, turns out! That's a positive outcome of this debacle.

"I saw a squirrel in a tree, once. Also, the sky is blue, right?"

"Trees aren't blue."

Is this my life? Am I cursed or something? What witch did I upset? FESS UP! I'll make it up to you, I swear...

In other news, food was great today! Chocolate milk and an apple for breakfast - the GOAT - and then some rice with beans and grilled tuna for lunch. Delectable, extremely so. Very, very tasty. Unfortunately, I have no more beans or grilled tuna... Tomorrow, I'll have to make do with something else. That's fine, of course, but it's a little sad that I won't be able to have the same thing two days in a row, especially considering how tasty it was. Oh well.

I picked Fool Moon (Dresden Files) back up. It's... Not very good, frankly. I'm not hating it, but it's not really gripping me at all. Not sure what about it is lacking, but it is lacking. The format isn't helping, but that's the fault of the ebook I picked up.

I wore shorts today, but I've already set aside a polo and a tank top to wear on Friday with some jeans. I'm excited to wear them.

Today, I ate the usual breakfast of chocolate milk and an apple, followed by a very nice lunch of tuna, roasted potatoes, some bread, salad, rice, and a slice of chocolate cake for dessert.

Overall, a very deliciously delectable day of eating.

Of course, it's Sunday, today, which means lunch was at my grandma's. She cooked for us! Very nice. We also got to take a bunch of food in containers back to the apartment to eat throughout the week.

By the way, this will be the last week I'll stay here until the start of August, since I'll be going back home; I'll get to see my parents and my cousins, maybe some old friends and whatnot. That could be cool, I think! I hope to drink some regional drinks and eat some regional foods... We'll see, but I'm excited, at any rate.

The weather is also bound to be a little more reasonable over there, so I might be able to put on some relatively warmer clothes - such as my jeans - a little more often. Very happy about that.

I've also decided to take the opportunity to go to a park there every day and exercise. I go on walks daily, which is good, but I've been meaning to start actually working out and building some muscle; the park has some nice workout equipment - or, at least, stuff I can use as workout equipment - and I'm pretty sure I can convince my little brother to go with me.

Unrelated, but there's this weird white stick sticking out of the canopy outside my apartment. It's really white and entirely devoid of leaves. I assume it's coming from an eucalyptus tree, since every other tree surrounding it seems to be an eucalyptus, but I can't actually see it connecting to any tree. It has a little bend. I wonder how it came to be.

I'll start with the second part of the title: today, I didn't enjoy what I ate. I ate some soup, as was pretty much necessary, since my brother and I wanted to eat the remaining soup of the week, so our grandma could give us some more for next week. I ended up eating most of what was left - exactly a bowl's worth, which is what I always eat for lunch - but it was very unsatisfying. Not only was the soup quite thin, it wasn't even particularly tasty... Well, we can't expect it to be the best thing ever, every time, but still. Especially considering I ate fast food yesterday - Wok to Walk veggie rec - today was just violently underwhelming. Breakfast was delish, as usual - 250 ml of chocolate milk and an apple - but the day as a whole felt pretty bad, food-wise, on account of lunch.

Now, for decisions. I invest thru XTB, which is fine. I don't have anything against XTB - it does everything I need it to, in the way I want it to, the app is good, the web interface is good - but it does have one glaring issue: there's a maintenance fee once the account reaches 250k€. Mind you, not only is that a lot of money that will take me several years to accumulate, but the fees are very minor. In total, it would cost me something like 3€ a month to have 1M€ (!!) on there. That's really not a big deal. Additionally, time changes everything; by the time I get to having that much money (which I do hope to, one day), their policy might change!

Here's the thing: there's Trading 212. They do something similar to XTB, but they seem not to have this additional fee.

However, to switch from XTB to Trading 212, I'll need to spend 25€. A shame, yes, I should've looked better, yes, and I should've gone with Trading 212 from the start... Whatever. What's done is done. Now, I can choose to switch now, or to hold on and switch only when I'm about to reach the point at which I'll be having to pay fees. Thing is, just as the fees may change, so may the price of the change! Maybe lower, sure, but also maybe higher. Also, Trading 212 could change their mind and start charging too, so if I switch now, I could pay 25€ to just get fucked in 10 years anyway.

Decisions...

I think I'll just hold on to XTB for now, and change when it seems more appropriate. For all I know, an even better option may show up in the next few years. I feel like that's a pretty good bet, actually.

I'm actually quite hungry, right now... I may just eat another apple.

I bought some shirts today, and pants! A couple polos, a couple dress shirts, some tank tops, and a pair of pants. All 100% cotton, interestingly... I always try to avoid synthetics, but I was just kind of buying what felt good/looked good and turned out to be all 100% cotton. Nice! I convinced my lil' bro to go with me to the store and I tried the stuff on.

We also ate lunch together. He ate at KFC and I ate at Wok to Walk. Not bad, frankly, though not spicy enough. I asked for "high spice" but it wasn't that spicy. It was barely spicy. I think they didn't believe me when I asked for lots of spice. Whatever. It was still very tasty.

Then, we went to visit my grandma. Really, by coincidence, my brother remembered that we were meant to buy some stuff for my dad, and since we were already on an out-day, we decided to get at it. On the way, we passed by our grandma's house, so I decided to call her and check in. It was really nice! We did buy everything we wanted, and we got to spend some time with her and help her out with a couple things she needed and that she's not really savvy enough to do on her own.

I'm feeling pretty good about this whole day.

I'm a little afraid that I might've gotten too many calories in at Wok to Walk... I had a lemonade for drink, and that stuff was SWEET, as in SWEET SWEET. Loaded with sugar, no doubt. I'll check out the website to try and gauge how much I consumed, but it's fine. A day over my line every now and then isn't gonna undo me. I weighted in at 66.5 kg this morning, by the way, and all the clothes I bought were M size. M! Can you believe this?! Me, the XL guy? I'm now an M, and not a barely-squeezing-into-an-M M, but a real, actual, it's-just-my-size M! Nice, nice indeed.

I'm tired, though. I mean, it's really hot. It's been really hot for a while, but it's been particularly hot these past few days, and today was no exception. I'm staying hydrated, but it's still tough. I'll still go on my walk with my brother, but I foresee it being a rough one for me.

I finished reading Storm Front, by Jim Butcher, the first entry into The Dresden Files series. Frankly, I liked it quite a bit - it's a solid 4/5.

I don't like Harry Dresden, as a character, and I don't think his penchant for somewhat misogynist and self-important ideas of gender are anything less than a little disturbing and rather off-putting. However, I can also recognize that the plot is really good, the characters are interesting - some -, and the mystery aspect of the novel does work really well.

That's actually something that I struggle with quite a bit. It really bothers me when I figure out the plot before the characters, especially if the characters are supposed to be some sort of detective or smarty-pants individual of any kind. I did figure it out before Harry, but it was really satisfying when I managed to put the pieces together - so much so that it didn't even bother me that he didn't. Moreover, I think it's believable that, considering everything that was happening at the time, he might've just not been able to figure it out, realistically; I, as a reader, have the benefit of laying on my couch chilling, while Dresden is underfed, overworked, stressed out of his mind, and sleep-deprived to a subhumanly torturous degree. So, it was fine; or rather, it was great.

I definitely recommend this novel, with the caveat that the main character is not likeable to any meaningful extent. I really don't like the dude, though I guess I respect his drive. On the upside, I do dislike some other characters even more! Which is good, of course, because it's awesome when you get to experience strong emotions while reading; writing is art, and art is emotion.

Now, I'm stuck in a limbo: what to read next?

Some strong contenders include volume 16 of Re:ZERO, Fool Moon (#2 of The Dresden Files), and The Starving Saints. There's a few others I'm considering, but I think that's gonna be it. I might read a couple of Shadow Slave chapters, too, in the meantime.

I wore shorts today, and ate the same thing I've been eating for the past 4 days: beans and rice and tuna. It's very good, admittedly, if a little bland over time. Tomorrow, I'll go eat at the mall with my little brother.

By the way, I joined Bookwyrm.

Today, me and my little brother were meaning to go some places. He wanted to go renew his transit card, and I took the opportunity to convince him to come with me to the mall so I could shop for some clothes I've been meaning to buy - possibly including some summer-appropriate pants.

However, the trains were extremely late. We learned that this was likely due to someone getting hit by a train somewhere up the line. The buses were also extremely late, and just completely off-schedule, frankly. As such, we ended up giving up. Very disappointing...

I've kept on reading the Dresden Files (slowly) and... Well, it's not so bad. I don't like the tone though; I'm finding this book to be pretty upsetting, somehow. Thankfully, it's pretty short - I'm just over a third of the way in and I feel like not much has really happened. Which, now that I think about it, might be part of the reason I'm not liking it very much.

In the evenings, I usually spend some time telling my little brother everything I read the day during the day. I feel like I'll have very little to tell him, reading these books...

I went to the dentist today; As a matter of fact, I just got back from the dentist.

Overall, it was a fine-enough experience. The dentist herself was fine, the assistant was nice too. It was very hot, and it's a generally uncomfortably experience even in the best-case scenario, but taking all that into account, it was fine. My mouth feels foreign, my teeth seem misplaced, but I know that everything is OK.

I actually wore jeans to the appointment, which probably contributed to the excessive warmth I felt, but whatever. I have to take every opportunity I can get to reasonably put on my pants; otherwise, I just won't put them on at all.

I watched some good videos today, and decided to definitely drop Danmachi. The first episode of the second season is so fucking terrible I genuinely can't force myself to keep going. The animation seemed to have taken a gigantic leap forward, but it's not enough to save it.

Perhaps unrelated, but I'm starting to understand why people have some knick-knacks around their homes. I might just be a knick-knacker, deep down. However, I don't want to just have random shit I can find in any common store... I want to have something with a bit more meaning. Sure, maybe a few fridge magnets for my travels, but other than that, I want... Other kinds of things, I guess.

Also, I want to buy some perfumes. Or colognes? Frankly, I'm unfamiliar with the difference. Are colognes just perfumes for men? I have absolutely no clue whatsoever. However, I like this YTber called bewareofpity and she fux with perfumes. I like smelling nice... I often think about one time, about 8 years ago, when I was near a friend of mine and she smelled like vanilla and I thought that was just delightful. I'm not sure I've mentioned this here before, but I think my BO kinda smells like vanilla too - no clue why, and I don't think other people think that I smell like vanilla ever, but I swear dude sometimes I really do! It's a little disconcerting, frankly, but not wholly unpleasant.

I'll go hang out with my little brother a little, tomorrow. He has stuff to do outside of the apartment, so I'll take the opportunity to go out and buy some stuff I've been meaning to.