Ain't Nothin' But A Heartache.
Puzzling autopilot malfunction recently: sitting on the loo, I took off my socks, neatly tucked one inside the other, and tossed them into the bathroom bin.
I think in my head I was changing my sanitary towel.
I watched Your Name for a third time, started crying approximately one second in, and was a sobbing mess over the closing credits. (Fortunately, I did most of my crying at the start and end; I was a little afraid at first that I'd just be bawling non-stop for the full two hours.)
It's my favourite film; I think it always will be. Nothing else has ever hit me in quite the same way. I've never wished for a sequel, or gone looking for fanfiction; it's absolutely self-contained and absolutely perfect.
I mentioned my passion for this film to my housemates afterwards.
Ginger: I've never seen Your Name.
Riona: Did we not watch it as a household?
Ginger: I don't think so. I remember we watched... er, it's not called Mambo No. 5.
(long pause)
Riona: I really want to know what you're thinking of.
(long pause)
Ginger: Big Hero 6.
Dontnod, the developers of Life Is Strange, have put out a trailer for a new game: Tell Me Why, due out in summer 2020.
It's another game about siblings! You're spoiling me, Dontnod! In fact, it's about identical twins, one of whom is trans, which seems like an interesting dynamic. Apparently it's the first ever trans protagonist from a major videogame developer.
It's a Microsoft exclusive, unfortunately. This is very much a Sony household, and I doubt my laptop has the power to run it. But Ginger's also intrigued by the concept and has a gaming laptop, so I'll probably end up watching them play.
(I can't believe the last instalment of Life Is Strange 2 is out in eighteen days. I'll never be ready. I'm far too invested in Sean and Daniel, and I really hope I can get a good ending for these boys.)
Coming back to the opening of this entry: if you have any stories of bizarre things you've caught yourself doing while your mind was elsewhere, I'd love to hear them!
I think in my head I was changing my sanitary towel.
I watched Your Name for a third time, started crying approximately one second in, and was a sobbing mess over the closing credits. (Fortunately, I did most of my crying at the start and end; I was a little afraid at first that I'd just be bawling non-stop for the full two hours.)
It's my favourite film; I think it always will be. Nothing else has ever hit me in quite the same way. I've never wished for a sequel, or gone looking for fanfiction; it's absolutely self-contained and absolutely perfect.
I mentioned my passion for this film to my housemates afterwards.
Ginger: I've never seen Your Name.
Riona: Did we not watch it as a household?
Ginger: I don't think so. I remember we watched... er, it's not called Mambo No. 5.
(long pause)
Riona: I really want to know what you're thinking of.
(long pause)
Ginger: Big Hero 6.
Dontnod, the developers of Life Is Strange, have put out a trailer for a new game: Tell Me Why, due out in summer 2020.
It's another game about siblings! You're spoiling me, Dontnod! In fact, it's about identical twins, one of whom is trans, which seems like an interesting dynamic. Apparently it's the first ever trans protagonist from a major videogame developer.
It's a Microsoft exclusive, unfortunately. This is very much a Sony household, and I doubt my laptop has the power to run it. But Ginger's also intrigued by the concept and has a gaming laptop, so I'll probably end up watching them play.
(I can't believe the last instalment of Life Is Strange 2 is out in eighteen days. I'll never be ready. I'm far too invested in Sean and Daniel, and I really hope I can get a good ending for these boys.)
Coming back to the opening of this entry: if you have any stories of bizarre things you've caught yourself doing while your mind was elsewhere, I'd love to hear them!