When I whittled down this year’s list of watched shows down to smaller and smaller numbers, it turned out that almost everything on there was some kind of adaptation or reboot. What’s u…
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A Very GLORIO 2022: Aqua is extremely boring
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A Very GLORIO 2022: Finding Black★Rock Shooter
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A Very GLORIO 2022: Artemis’ Perfectly Cromulent Anime Awards
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A Very GLORIO 2023: Euri Decided to Read
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Daily Blog Post of March 22, 2022
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Random Blog Post of 4/26/2022
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Daily Blog Post of March 20, 2022
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Daily Blog Post of February 14, 2022
A change of icons and favorites, Eurobeat music, and progress on my New Years Goals are all on this blog post of February 14, 2022.


Daily Blog Post of February 12, 2022
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Daily Blog Post of February 9, 2022
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Daily Blog Post of February 10, 2022
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Daily Blog Post of February 8, 2022
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A Very GLORIO trip to Scotland Loves Animation 2024
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