recap | october 2022

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• i finally finished my re-read of the locked tomb! i took a bunch of notes about stuff that i want to rotate my brain before next year, before alecto comes out, and i have more questions than ever haha. i finally read the captive prince trilogy, after hearing so much about it, but i can't say i was very much impressed with it. i loved a few scenes but for the most part it wasn't much my thing. i started reading a new trilogy about lesbians called when women were warriors that i was recced by a friend-- i didn't think i was going to like it, because it's in first person and it's not much my genre, but i'm having a great time with it. there's something extremely comforting about the style of narration, and im growing attached to the characters. i only need to finish the third book-- i'll write an update next month.
• didn't watch any movie at all beside rewatching the intern with my dad, lmao. it's always a good one, i love anne hathaway.
• i also didn't watch serials. i started gentleman jack s2 but to be honest i don't care much about the actual plot. i live for anne's looks into the camera though...
• this month i played a lot of games! a blast from the past with overwatch 2: the gameplay is more or less the same as the old one, and it's still pretty fun, but i ended up uninstalling it almost right away. i might re-install it next month bc i have friends who want to play together, though. also, i played ac: revelations: i'm gonna miss ezio a lot, i had loads of fun. i struggled a bit with getting used to Costantinople, but i ended up growing attached to the assassins recruited in the city. i was discouraged to play ac3 so i will see desmond's demise on youtube. next was hades: i never finished the main story, so i did that--and then i started with the sidequests. i finally managed to win thanatos' heart haha. i should've started dishonored but it annoyed me leaving the other game unfinished. i also rediscovered roleplay games: online, i got back to fallen london, with my old account and with a brand new one; offline, i started exploring the world of solo-rpgs, starting with in pitch we're preserved, a game about surviving after a weird apocalypse made of tar. it was a weird experience, i feel like it taught me something about religion and magical thinking and my relationship with material objects. i enjoyed it a lot.

ART+CRAFT

• manage to put together the poofy shirt! but it's not done yet, i need to backstitch all the seams, and then finish them, and then do the buttons... i hoped to finish by the end of the month but i spent most of my afternoons sleeping.
• i didn't do much drawing, but for the first time in forever i did my nails! i made one mani inspired by the sixth house and one more generally inspired to the whole trilogy. i had to cut my nails at some point, but i definitely reached a record in lenght haha.