all made up with nowhere to go

So the streams I am watching of Clair Obscur are very close to the end, but I just wanted to note that yesterday the game made me cry twice, on a bank holiday morning, before 11am (I mean, it was my choice to watch it that early).

Large spoilers, imo, beware.

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I know it's not so much commentary on the game, but I did want to note that it did in fact tear my heart from my chest and stomp all over it, and not even in a good way.

Okay, so, remember this guy? Turns out he's married. YEAH. I am hella not amused. I mean, like, at least nothing happened beyond him flirting but even so. Very not amused.

It's funny that it turned out the way it did, because I was talking to one of my work colleagues about him, and I happened to mention people being nice, but using it as front to be an absolute asshat. And HEY GUESS WHAT.

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I don't really have any else to add - there's not a whole lot going on, and what is going on is very uninteresting (because it's mainly work or cleaning, or getting mad at Kaycee's Mod).

I rewatched The Matrix: Resurrections the other day, while under the influence of a two day migraine, and I am happy to report that I still fucking love it!

I'd kept putting off rewatching it in case, for some reason, I didn't like it as much (sometimes that happens). But I am happy to report that I cackled at the funny stuff almost as much as the first time, and I did actually catch John Gaeta's cameo this time, as I was deliberately looking out for him - it's literally blink and you miss him, which is evidently what happened originally.

I spent a lot of time sympathising with how frikken anxious Neo is before the plot kicks in (I probably did last time, but also last time I was all !!! about it all). AND I got all the emotions, and cried at (almost) the end a bit, but that may have been a migraine/low mood combo getting to me.

I didn't want this film to exist, but I am glad that it does, and I can watch it as many times as I like, and still be delighted by it.

I went to the dentist this morning, and he said my teeth were looking better than the last time I saw him. Which was nice, because I'd thought they were looking cleaner/less stained, so he evidently thinks so, too.

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The rest of this post is a couple of thoughts about Mass Effect (nobody is surprised).

( and they are spoilers )

In other news, Mass Effect 3 was released TWELVE YEARS AGO TODAY, and oh boy do I feel old now.

You know what's worse than waiting for a delivery to turn up? Waiting for your neighbours to come home so you can give them a delivery for them that you took in while they were out.

I don't have any plans for this afternoon, but I do have a migraine, so really all I want to do is curl up under blankets and rewatch my New Favourite Streamer* playing through Kaycee's Mod in Inscryption.

Instead, I have to wait till my neighbours get back from shopping (usually where they are on a Weds afternoon), or the husband gets home from work (which, he may be there; I had other stuff on my mind, so I don't know when they went out and whether they went out separately or together).

But. Talking of deliveries, my cat litter is finally here! It's only a week late, no big deal. But at least it is here now, and I don't have to worry about it (until next time).

Anyway, I'm going to go and turn myself into mush, and wait for my neighbours to return sigh.

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*Come the end of this year, I will have been watching him for a year. I really should just start using his name.

u/KayTheToon asked r/movies what their reaction to The Matrix was if they watched it in cinemas in 1999, and, well, read the answers for yourselves. Or possibly not if you like The Phantom Menace because oooo boy the mentions of that are not so nice.

(I have mentioned this previously, but I didn't see it in the cinema (though I did see it in 1999), and I was not sober. I went home and was very paranoid for about a week afterwards).

(I have seen it in a cinema since, however, as detailed in a previous entry).

Since it's my birthday, please enjoy this video of Johnny Chiodini and a friend talking about (and eating) British crisps for just under an hour.

Warning: it will make you crave crisps if you are that way inclined.

HOLY FUCK, THE CO-OP.

I bought a 500g bag of plain gluten-free flour from there the other day. It cost me £2. But I resigned myself to the fact, because I knew gluten-free stuff is expensive.

I idly decide to browse what Tesco has, since I have an online shopping account with them.

Exact same flour, but in a 1kg bag. Price? £1.70.

HOLY FUCK.

I mean.

The Co-op aren't cheap, but they're also like, not super expensive, but ooof. That makes my teeth hurt.

(Luckily, the Co-op is not a place I can easily go shopping in, anyway. I only went out of curiosity because there's one near my dentist. But I'll know to avoid them in the future).

I've been really excited about making art and enjoying doing it over the past few days, and I really can't remember the last time I felt like that? It feels like a very, very long time.

But I am not complaining! This is why I like drawing so much, this is why I wanted to be an artist, because it makes me happy!

I just found the best playlist on youtube:

Best of synthwave and retro electro music mix

(I'm totally basing its goodness on how much I like the first track).

(But holy moly, it certainly proves that synth music is the way to my heart).

It was recommended to me because of listening to the Deus Ex soundtracks, which I guess tells you a thing??