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life

[#713] New Phone!

Kitty

 

After 6 years, my beloved iPhone Mini 12 both ran out of space (yes, i’ve done a lot to take back space, 64GB still wasn’t enough.) and the battery was starting to give up the ghost.

I now have a very pretty iPhone 17 whose lavender hue actually matches my PC gaming controller, but i’ve taken to affectionately calling it Hythlophone, after one of my favorite Final Fantasy 14 NPCs, Hythlodaeus.

At first i was a bit apprehensive about the larger screen size because i got the tiny baby hands debuff, so the Mini line was PERFECT for me….and then Apple killed it. Luckily, i haven’t had much issue with typing with my thumb as normal.

The biggest plus, though? I ACTUALLY GET TO PLAY LOVE AND DEEPSPACE ON A MOBILE DEVICE AS INTENDED. fucking addicting dating sim gacha being 30+ GB….which outgrew my tablet, so I was playing it on my PC via emulator since the housing update came out.

Optimize your shit, devs. Sheeeeeeesh.

My only complaint is I find the Camera Control button absolutely bloody useless as i’m not a big picture taker.

the Action Button is neat, and a step up from the mute switch, though I wonder how long it takes before i bump it just right and unmute my phone when I don’t intend to. LOL

books · life

[#712] It’s really mind boggling

Kitty

So it’s been a month since I quit social media and boy howdy am I greater for it.

I’m still staying informed on things, which is the reason behind my blog post title today. In which, it is so absolutely mind boggling how the political sides take a story and form their own narratives about it. Like, who do you really believe in this case?!

And each one often becomes more outrageous than the other. It’s especially tragic when people lose their lives because you can’t exactly say, “okay, now tell us what REALLY happened.” This is a great time for Ned from Pushing Daisies’s powers to actually exist.

Anyway, since it’s the end of the month, here’s the January reading wrap!

 

gaming · life

[#710] New Techy Thing!

Kitty

After using a Roku TV for the longest time, I’ve “upgraded” to an Apple TV. Upgraded in quotes because this particular model hasn’t been updated since 2022. My biggest reason for upgrading was that when I would try to watch shows on HBO, the audio was SO low and I’ve tried so many fixes.

Eventually I decided enough was enough, and I had the added benefit of an Ethernet port.

 

In other news, I don’t think this is how bathtubs work….

 

 

Hahaha, I love silly game glitches.

life

11 Question Tag

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1. Favourite childhood book?

Are You My Mother?

2. Bookish world you’d want to live in?

Middle-Earth, hands down. No contest. Unless someday I meet a book world that blows Middle-Earth out of the water.

3. If you could hang out with one fictional character for one day, who would it be?

Since you didn’t say fictional character from a book, i’m going to pick my current love, Christopher Hartley from Until Dawn.

heart eyes, motherfucker.

4. Top 3 books you’re looking forward to reading?

The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

How To Make A Wish by Ashley Herring Blake

5. A book you regret reading?

The Forsaken by R.J. Craddock and The Welcome To Nightvale novel. Not liking the WTNV novel was really disappointing for me though because I REALLY LOVE the podcast and loved reading the episode transcript books.

6. If you could make one thing (magic, object, etc. but not person) from a book appear in reality, what would it be?

Tonks’ powers in general, The Invisibility Cloak or Time-Turner from Harry Potter

7. What’s your OTP?

I have a ridiculously long list. Since it’s not specifically Bookish OTP, I’ve decided to spare you from a endless blog post. I did however, mention some in the Valentine’s Day Book Tag.

8. Top 3 authors?

I’m still working this out. I don’t really play favorites with authors.

9. Favourite book adaptation?

The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings movies. I’m not even sorry. I loved them.

10. Bookish guilty pleasure?

I have no “guilty” pleasures. All reading is good reading.

11. Do you consider yourself a fast reader?

Not really? I usually aim for 50-100 pages a day, but sometimes it can be less than 50. 100 is the maximum pages I will read a day, unless the book is something I absolutely cannot put down and that I must KEEP READING OR ELSE.

Shamelessly thieved from The Paper Fury, Inc.