move it move it

I have not been very active with a bunch things during this month. As in: I, a self-proclaimed gym-rat, haven't been working out since february 1st. That's how you know some shit's been going on.

I caught a cold, helped someone with moving their furniture out, got a back-ache, caught a cold AGAIN, spent a day moving furniture out of my current apartment, and another day cleaning it.

So despite it being the shortest month of the year, it was one of my busiest in a long while. 

I still haven't moved into my new apartment due to renovation work, so I've been staying at my parents place for the time being. At least the worst part of moving is over (packing and getting stuff to a new place). So for the fun of it I'll list up all the things that went wrong in the otherwise successful move that took two trips to finish:

* Disassembling the desktop was a royal pain in the ass. Almost every part was connected with flat hooks that were put inside holes. Which meant it was difficult to tell how pieces were connected and which should be pulled out in which order.

Desktop? More like hecktop!!!!

* The bookshelf got nearly torn apart when we tried to twist it to make it easier to get it out, because we were holding it at vulnerable spots as we rotated it.

* The apartment had two, large and fast elevators. We used only one at first, but halfway into the first loading; the button for going to the first floor suddendly stopped working. We essentially had to call for an elevator, and if it was the broken one, send it to a different floor and press the elevator button again so it would get the other one.

* The door to the actual building didn't have any obvious way to keep it open and I'm pretty sure we might have ehm messed it up........ this is not the first time it's happened to it and I don't think it's gonna be the last either.

* The left side of the truck's running board was broken and disconnected from the stable(-ish) part.

* As we were ready for the second trip I realized I had lost the keys to the new apartment. Had a bit of a panick for a few minutes but eventually found it underneath the left side of the passenger seat.

It was sure a wednesday. But it's all done so now I'm enjoying the rest for that work + the cleaning for the day after.

nose, handshake emoji, eyes, bottom text: leaking

I have been sick since thursday, which I think is a result of couple of factors: consumption of food and bevarages of questionable quality (met some friends at a local pub) and people generally catching colds around this time. I got literally no sleep during the bedtime hours between wednesday and thursday, and I developed a headache and a cold soon after.  

Literally me fr

All of these things which influenced me to do a very wise decision: Instead of resting I'm gonna play a video game. Specifically Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. Even though I told myself I would play Hollow Knight as the next game to give myself some break from the Yakuza/Like a Dragon games. 

But it has been a while since I played a game to begin with, and I've heard that this was a relatively short game so I could finish it by the weekend. 

One thing I was worried about with this game is the developers major problem with Refusing To Let Kiryu Go. Up until this point he's had, what, 4 games where the end is "This Is Kiryu's Last Story" and then follow it up again by picking his arc by straws just to have him do something, often at the expense of other characters. I groaned loudly when he made a sudden comeback in the middle of Y:LAD and stuck around for a while. And now he gets his own game as the sole protagonist. Again. Yippie. 

So with that pessimism addressed; LADG:TMWEHN is really good and has an absolutely fantastic ending. It works as a second/third/fourth attempt to do Kiryu's story right. There's a lot of rethreads but they've been repackaged to make the story better overall. Also the ending turned me into a sobbing mess. Which I haven't felt for any piece of media in Years, so that's gotta count for something.

The new gadget mechanic for the combat is a welcomed addition and it is really fun to pull gang of people with the Not Spider Man Web Shooter Metal String Watch and dashing around with the goofy jet shoes. 

 I'm so used to the games being from a different time period in terms of technology that I did a double take when I did a substory that revolves around a guy using Not ChatGPT as his dating guide, hilarity ensues. It does feel strange that the games have now reached the moderna contemporary period instnead of catching up 30 years of technological development. Rombas aren't that quirky anymore, it's AI time now, fuckers. 

Who needs an hour long youtube video about the dangers of ai chatbot when I have a japanese video game from late 2023 telling the same thing with (slightly) less insanity 

In the end the game turned out to be a really positive surprise, almost frustratingly so. Like "Oh, they still got it" kind of way. I don't know how well regarded the Majima spin-off and Infinite Wealth are (latter of which this game has a demo of, and the ending does feature Kiryu with his godawful haircut from Inifinite Wealth, ugh), but it did make me feel a bit more hopeful about playing those games. That being said my main frustration with Y:LAD was the game got really tedious to play in the last quarter, and it is in a different game genre than Name, so I'll see.

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Until then though, I played maybe 15 minutes of Hollow Knight so I will finally get around the indie darling I should have gotten around to ages ago, I finally find out why his night is hollow.

drip it like its hot (showing my cool jackets)

 If there's one thing that I'm looking forward for the spring/autumn period it is the Fashionable season (read: cool jacket season). I'm quite fond of layering in terms of clothes and jackets make the best use of that. It helps that they are generally the most detailed/attention grabbing part of any outfit.

I have a collection of jackets that I quite like and figured I wanted to show them all In One Single Beautiful Post. 

I took all of these with my digital camera and figured around... 3/4 in that I have a standing lamp right next to me to make the darker clothes a little more clearer. And could have used it from the get-go, but oh well.

Sand brown parka from Superdry

My go-to winter jacket. Warm, plenty of pockets (except no on the left chest for some reason). It's drawback is that it's pretty heavy, so I generally try to avoid wearing a heavy backpack with this. Altough the word "try" is doing a lot of heavy lifting (heho) here.

!Solid all-weather jacket

Another go-to jacket, but for the other seasons when it's getting chilly. Which, living in Sweden, happens a lot. Very easy to put on and fairly practical. I like the blocky kind of striped pattern on it. At the very least it looks more interesting than down jackets (I see them a lot in my area. I understand why they are popular but my god have I grown tired of them lol).

Down coat

Or as we call them here "the mom sausage". Got it from a guy who got made fun of for "wearing a coat only women do" (and that was before the nickname was made). I didn't care and just wanted a big heat isolating coat at the time, which it did well mostly. Hate the hood though, it collapses if the air resistance is anything higher than "walking speed".

Levi Denim jacket

I like denim jackets for their "rough" look and that you can customize them with patches and stuff. And as you can see I'm too much of a coward to actually make a use of that. I have single Oni patch that bought in summer that I haven't made use of. Maybe one day.

Majima Sukajan from Insert Coin

One of my most weebish clothes but that's okay because it's still good as hell. Based on the back tattoo of the Extremely Good Character Goro Majima from the Yakuza games. Among the jackets they had for sale I thought this was the best looking, and it fits really well.

Brown hunter jacket

The token brown jacket that looks pretty cool, but is frankly a bit lousy with the pockets and such. I think out of all my jackets this is the one I feel the most "eh" about.

Biker jacket

look it was on sale and the last sample and the arms don't go way back when i raise them in front so that makes them cool and good okay no i dont have a motorcycle or anything dont make fun of me

Double breasted navy blue wool coat

My "Fancy" coat for all of the Important Occasions. Or if I want to wear something really nice that day. 

Brown wool coat

I got really attached to the blue coat and decided to get something casual. The most recent item in my collection and real happy with it.

Japanese bomber jacket

I call it "my second hand golden treasure". The actual "cool jacket", which I was not only lucky to find but was also my size. Fell for it immediately and I'm looking forward to the spring/autumn season to wear it again.

Racer themed leather jacket

Another good one found in a second hand store (same as the bomber jacket). It's pretty volumous and I love the colors and patterns on this thing. Pretty good at keeping heat as well so it's surprisingly useful for a detailed jacket.