I look at my journal and don't know where the time went. I traveled in June, and then picked up a bug a few days later, which still has me coughing. I'm traveling again in a week - going to San Diego for ComicCon, although I wasn't able to get a pass into the events. I'll go to some of the free things, and just generally soak in the atmosphere.

Work still keeps me incredibly busy, but I'm grateful that I get to do it from home. I know how privileged that is.

Here's some stuff I've been doing:

Books

• The Lies They Told - I get that this is an incredibly relevant and important book, but I found it insulting. I'm from Appalachia and I thought it was incredibly condescending to the people there. The author could not get the dialect correct, and it was so wrong that it was grating. I DNF'd it.


• Into the Narrowdark - this is the second series by Tad Williams set in Osten Ard. I adored the first series, one of my favorites ever, and a bit underrated in my opinion. This is the 3rd book, and things finally got moving. The first two in the series seemed like someone setting up a chess board. They were incredible long with multiple storylines. It didn't help that I took over 2 years to complete the first book. But it's going now, and I already have the 4th book ready to go.

I belong to two book clubs and I haven't started either book for the next go around. I'll have time in airports and airplanes to get them done though.

TV Shows

• High Potential - I finished season 2, and can't wait for season 3, which is not coming until September. Think Sherlock Holmes if he were a single mother living in Los Angeles working as a cleaning lady because her humongous brain gets her in trouble where she can't keep a job or a relationship. And he were Kaitlin Olson of It's Always Sunny fame. And also starring Daniel Sunjata from Rescue Me as her Watson.


• How to Get to Heaven from Belfast - I saw this as a recommendation from mekare, saw also that it was from the creators of Derry Girls, and gave it a show. Highly, highly recommend. This is a genre-defying show that I can't even describe, but really loved. It has a bit of Twin Peaks vibe. I hope it gets another season.

Video Games

I started Little Kitty, Big City last week, and while I have beaten the game, I'm going back and getting some stuff that I missed. I appreciate when games let you do that instead of just ending it. *cough*Zelda*cough*

GameStop had a three for two deal on used games, so up on deck:

• Tunic - I've wanted to play this for ages, so it's probably next. For the Switch.


• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - game of the year, and everyone I know who plays it is obsessed with it. For the PS5. I may wait until the weather turns to start this one.


• Pokopia - a cute game that might be more interesting that Animal Crossing. I'll probably get to this soon because it seems like a game that I can dip into and then back out without trying to remember what I was doing.

Also, I'm thinking about starting a gaming journal. Because I don't have enough journals yet.

My house came with a TV mount that I thought I was going to use at first, but then decided against. We took it down yesterday, and now I need to paint the wall behind it. I need to do general wall touch-ups anyway.

So that's me! Maybe I'll start painting today.