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Given the backlog went up last month, my bare minimum this month is to have reduced the count of that. Let’s see what happened.
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Usual apologies for the extremely late post. Otherwise, as far as the news goes, the world is even more fucked than ever. With impending doom coming ever closer,…
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Well, that wasn’t the start to the new year I wanted. But work piled on as usual. Fuck all this talk about “work/life balance” and de-stressing. As far…
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Time for the end-of-month post a bit late again. But what a fucking month it was. The invasion of Ukraine isn’t something I’ve commented on here or elsewhere…
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Aaaagh. That describes the last two months. I’m somehow simultaneously worked to hell and behind on my work. Makes me miss my government job a little bit, when…
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Reading Log: June 2021
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Reading Log: June 2023
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Reading Log: June 2020
For the month of June I continued to wage war on the backlog of light novels! Let’s find out how I did… Manga Princess Jellyfish omnibus volume 7…
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Sorry for the short break between posts and for not being very active in general lately. I’ve had a mountain of work to get through since the beginning…
Listening/reading log #24 (October 2021)
Late again. I’ve been going through shit as usual, but that’s no excuse. All the more reason for me to post. First up: music. Juice (Ryo Kawasaki, 1976)…
Listening/reading log #17 (February 2021)
Sorry for being late this month, work and all that. I’ve been doing these posts long enough now that I had to look up which number this one…
Listening/reading log #20 (May 2021)
Damn, 20 of these posts. This feels like a landmark somehow, though that should really be marked at 24 instead, shouldn’t it? I don’t have anything special planned…
Listening/reading log #19 (April 2021)
Another month gotten through somehow. And no matter how much else I have to do, I’ll keep going here on the site. For now, let’s get to the…
Listening/reading log #22 (August 2021)
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Listening/reading log #14 (November 2020)
Well look, it’s December already and cold as fuck suddenly. I like winter better than summer, but that still doesn’t mean I like below freezing temperatures. I’m not…
Listening/reading log #16 (January 2021)
Here’s the usual month-ending post. One day early because of my very inconvenient schedule coming up, but if anyone posts anything astounding today that I end up missing,…
Listening/reading log #26 (December 2021)
Sorry for the late post again; work has been drowning me, but every time this kind of rush happens it gets easier to deal with. Maybe this is…
Listening/reading log #13 (October 2020)
I’m writing this a few days before possible absolute freakout time here in the States. We’ll probably be okay though. And if we aren’t, then we aren’t. Let’s…
Listening/reading log #21 (July 2021)
Another month has passed. Two months in this case, since I skipped June. But I guess I picked a good time to return. Since many of us are…
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I’m tired. Do you ever feel like you keep walking even though you have no strength left, just because you have to? Maybe that’s the human condition. But…
Listening/reading log #25 (November 2021)
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Listening/reading log #12 (September 2020)
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Reading Log: November 2022
Almost Christmas time again aaaa. November has been a quieter month on the whole, so for once I feel like I’ve read more steadily than usual. Let’s get…
Reading Log: July 2022
Into one of the hottest months of the year and busiest times at work, but hopefully despite all that I’ve made some progress on keeping that backlog down!…
Reading Log: April 2022
I have no idea where four months of the year have gone already, although Easter did eat my life for like two weeks because of work being busy…
Reading Log: March 2022
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Reading Log: December 2022
Final reading log of 2022! This time I can add in some fun stats and charts to see how my backlog and reading have been going this year.…
Reading Log: October 2022
After a reasonably quiet September, things got a bit nuts in October between work, flu jab, covid jab and then going to SLA. But hopefully, I’ve managed to…
Reading Log: August 2022
This month has continued to be busy at work, but despite that, some silly part of me agreed to a bet with a friend where I need to…
Reading Log: February 2022
The second reading log of the year! Also the shortest month so I feel like this is where I make the least progress with getting through the backlog.…
Reading Log: January 2022
It’s the first reading log of the year and after making some sizeable purchases this month, I’m hoping I’ve managed to read away some of my January sins.…
Reading Log: September 2022
Out of the busy season and into a relatively calmer month. I feel like I read less this month than usual, perhaps because I was playing Soul Hackers…
Reading Log: May 2022
Another month goes by, my backlog only grows and it feels like little progress is being made. But let’s find out if that’s true or not! Bold =…
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Listening to Japanese Music: Monthly Recommendation Roundup (June 2022)
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Reading Log: February 2023
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Reading Log: August 2019
August has been a fairly hectic month for me. I started a new part-time job, which has eaten up a lot of my time and energy, but things…
Reading Log: October 2019
The end of the year is approaching surprisingly fast and somehow the pile of shame is still not decreasing but I’m still reading a bunch of stuff… Funny…
Reading Log: August 2021
This month has been crazy at work so I don’t feel like I’ve gotten a whole lot of reading done. Mixed with the fact I have more disposable…
Reading Log: May 2020
Time is all mashed together at this point and somehow it’s hard to believe we’re already five months through the year! Here’s what I read in the month…
Reading Log: July 2021
July went by in a flash and now I’m writing a reading log yet again. I don’t feel like I got a lot done this month but maybe…
Reading Log: November 2020
It’s almost Christmas! This hell of a year is finally winding down, hopefully leading to better things next time around. I don’t think I read quite as much…
Reading Log: December 2023
Final reading log of 2023! This one gives me an excuse to share shiny charts, charts which completely embarrass me I must say as the backlog has only…
Reading Log: September 2019
September came and went in a flash, I’m not even sure where the time went this month! I feel like I read quite a lot of good stuff…
Reading Log: November 2019
November went by in a total blur and I don’t feel like it should be almost Christmas again. I still have books from my birthday to read and…
Reading Log: March 2020
Man the world has changed a lot over the course of a month. Now we’re in lockdown because of the Coronavirus. I hope by the time we get…