February media log
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halfcactusLife stuff: Now that I'm done with the frenzy of decluttering and year-end journaling, I'm back to floating aimlessly through life. All my energy in February was reserved for showing up to (and I guess mobilizing) get-togethers for joyful and sad circumstances, crossing a superficial but necessary medical procedure off my list of mental loads, and despairing about work (as one does).
I have a lot of identity baggage for a combination of reasons, but I think attending a wake (of a friend's parent) was kind of affirming since everyone else was equally unsure and confused about the practices... There was some (friendly) kerfuffle on how to take our leave because I was raised to leave without saying goodbye to the host, while my friends thought it was rude to not say goodbye... We all assumed this was a Chinese thing, but well, I Googled it afterwards, and it's apparently a Filipino thing!? That my friends (maybe because they're city people) just didn't grow up with!?!? Anyway I think in the year 2024 it's easier to communicate about these things... and no one ever said you couldn't send text messages. XD
Re: surgery - it was a huge relief to be billed only the amount I "set aside" for it—the amount I had in my debit card at that time; the gross amount nearly gave me a heart attack. I would have paid even less if my brother (my surgeon lol) didn't insist on the biopsy even though he'd said it was benign. I guess it's a small price to pay for an otherwise stress-free experience (if I had to pick a place to grow a cyst and have it excised, that might be the least awkward or inconvenient spot for it, 10/10), and finally getting some use out of my Philhealth premiums.
Caroline B. Cooney, "Goddess of Yesterday"
Nagata Kabi, "My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness” (also known on the internet as A Report on How I was So Lonely I Went to A Lesbian Brothel)
Xi Zixu, "My Five Elements Lack You"
She Loves to Cook, She Loves to Eat (S1)
Hunger (2023) (or, as lessonsinescapology translated, "Hungry Person, Game of Thirst" XD)
Cat Day art:虎の威を借る by ![[twitter.com profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/e0caa790ec10/-/twitter.com/favicon.ico)
YuzuKato2
Cat Day art: The Kiss / The Embrace (Gustav Klimt parody) by naruco70 (a personal favorite)
Comic (LNY): Dragon Whiskers by Jean Wei/cannedcabbage
Comic: Wrapped in Time by kulasjalea
Comic: I Went to a Mixer and a Handsome Girl Showed Up by SkyeKurisu
1993 Philippine Stamps: The "Thinking of You" dog stamps (below) went viral on Twitter some months ago. So cute!
And here's a new Nissin (of course) Donbei Udon ad featuring Sephiroth and Cloud, with English subs byaitaikimochi. In this reprised FF7R sequence, Sephiroth has fox ears and praises Cloud for being a good boy.
Somewhat related: I didn't know this was a thing before, butlassarina is hosting Kiss Battle 2024, an annual Final Fantasy fandom event (which is not all about kissing, I'm discovering).
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I have a lot of identity baggage for a combination of reasons, but I think attending a wake (of a friend's parent) was kind of affirming since everyone else was equally unsure and confused about the practices... There was some (friendly) kerfuffle on how to take our leave because I was raised to leave without saying goodbye to the host, while my friends thought it was rude to not say goodbye... We all assumed this was a Chinese thing, but well, I Googled it afterwards, and it's apparently a Filipino thing!? That my friends (maybe because they're city people) just didn't grow up with!?!? Anyway I think in the year 2024 it's easier to communicate about these things... and no one ever said you couldn't send text messages. XD
Re: surgery - it was a huge relief to be billed only the amount I "set aside" for it—the amount I had in my debit card at that time; the gross amount nearly gave me a heart attack. I would have paid even less if my brother (my surgeon lol) didn't insist on the biopsy even though he'd said it was benign. I guess it's a small price to pay for an otherwise stress-free experience (if I had to pick a place to grow a cyst and have it excised, that might be the least awkward or inconvenient spot for it, 10/10), and finally getting some use out of my Philhealth premiums.
Books
TV
Movies
lessonsinescapology translated, "Hungry Person, Game of Thirst" XD)Art recs (found on Twitter)
And here's a new Nissin (of course) Donbei Udon ad featuring Sephiroth and Cloud, with English subs by
Somewhat related: I didn't know this was a thing before, but
lassarina is hosting Kiss Battle 2024, an annual Final Fantasy fandom event (which is not all about kissing, I'm discovering).
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Date: 2024-03-01 01:03 pm (UTC)