Casual Conversation

I'm currently on season 3 of Silicon Valley, and the first season of Initial D.

I'm loving Silicon Valley but boy Richard sure is incompetent sometimes huh? It's so frustrating sometimes but man does Mike Judge know how to satirize that entire industry and culture.

Initial D is also really good. A friend got me to watch it. I'm not even a car guy but it's making me want to play driving games.

In tried to watch Twisters (2024), but turned it off after 40 mins. That movie was not good and I don't know why it got the attention it did this year.

Started watching beserk greed of gluttony

Anime! The ~~winter~~ summer season just ended, and alongside it a few series that I was following:

• Nier: Automata 1.1 - surprisingly good for something based on a game.
• QA in Another World - it feels unfinished because it is. The manga goes further. I enjoyed the overall cheekiness, specially in comparison with Log Horizon (another good game isekai, but a bit too serious).
• Dungeon no Naka no Hito - I picked this series on a whim. It's... okay I guess?
• TenSura s3 - hey, s4 was already announced! It was good, but s1 was better.
• Failure Frame skill - another series that feels unfinished because the manga goes on. I hope that it gets a sequel.
• No Longer Allowed in Another World - ditto. Except that this one NEEDS ~~more Calmotin pills~~ to get a sequel.
• Shinmai Ossan Boukensha - eh. It was crap but I still watched it.
• Ookami to Koushinryou: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf - it's a remake/update of a great series, so I already knew the story. It was still 100% worth watching it.

I also picked Mayonaka Punch to binge watch. I skipped this series because "meh, it talks about youtubers", but I was bored and I wanted to watch something and the above ended and... wait, it's actually fun? Main character is a piece of shit, but she's a rather entertaining one!

I started watching A Discovery of Witches on Netflix - it’s pretty good.

I also immediately started binging Gyeonsong Creature 2 on Netflix because I really loved the first season. I am loving this one too even though they surprised me with the era.

If anyone is interested in Cdrama, I just wrapped up the “Princess Royal” series. I really liked that one because the episodes were never boring due to pacing or lame side stories.

Chronologically LOST.

Watching season 2 of The Old Man. Not as much of a fan so far as I was of season 1 but I'll judge it once the season's over.

Finished the Spice and Wolf (remake) and Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan this week.

On season 5 of Grimm. We've been pretty dedicated, trying to watch two episodes per day, and I'm kinda ready for it to be done.

I watched a documentary about swapped twins in Colombia The Accidental Twins.

2 sets of identical twins born in 1988, one pair in rural La Paz and one pair in Bogota. One of the La Paz babies wasn't well and was sent to a hospital in the capital, where the mistake happened.

They grow up as fraternal twins, because they are not very much alike. 20+ years later they somehow run into each other through friends.
Imagine someone tells you "Hey, I met this guy who looks exactly like you" and you check out this guys social media and there are pictures of the guy, looking like you with another guy that looks exactly like your twin brother.

Seriously, such a wild story. Super interesting and heartbreaking at times.

Watched Challengers. Not sure if it went under the radar for mainstream audiences, but it was very good. Great soundtrack and cinematography.

My wife and I have been watching movies neither of us have seen. This week it has been:

• Moonstruck
• The Birdcage
• Call me by Your Name
• I Saw the TV Glow

My wife and I have been trying to watch Rings of Power after the kids go to sleep. But we haven’t gotten too far yet.