2025 Logs
Created: January 2, 2025
Last edit: July 17, 2025
January
sukiyaki and gyoza for New Year's // Animate! Raleigh (Saturday only) // finally finished KH20th chibis!! // bought new laptop
Media | Name | Status |
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Video Game | Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch | continuing |
Song | "Water the Roses" by FLAVOR FOLEY↗ | looping |
Manga | My Father is a Unicorn by Monoka Suzuki | so silly |
Manga | Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen 4 by Hiromi Sato | :) |
Manga | Witch Hat Atelier 13 by Kamome Shirahama | :))) |
TV Show | Agatha All Along (2024) | binged w/parents |
Song | "The Ballad of the Witches' Road" from Agatha All Along↗ | stuck in my head |
Novel | Space Oddity by Catherynne M. Valente | finished, good fun |
Film | The Guilty (2021) dir. Antoine Fuqua | meh |
Novel | Abarat: Absolute Midnight by Clive Barker | finished, reread |
TV Show | Taskmaster (many episodes via YouTube↗) | mealtime entertainment |
February
Super Bowl w/family // Andrew Wyeth exhibit // Oddities and Curiosities Expo // picked at several illustrations, finished none // also watching a lot of ACNH videos
Media | Name | Status |
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Video Game | Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch | continuing |
TV Show | Taskmaster (many episodes via YouTube↗) | mealtime entertainment |
Film | Free Samples (2012) dir. Jay Gammill | I liked it |
Short Stories | Haunted Nights ed. Ellen Datlow and Lisa Morton | finished, excellent |
Manga | Gokurakugai 2 by Yuto Sano | love the art style |
Theatre | MJ the Musical | here for the Thriller scene |
Manga | Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart by Syundei | reread |
Novel | Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell | finished, fun and gory romance |
Manga | Wild Roses and Pretenders 1 by Kamoburger | like the art style, confused by the fashion & pacing |
Short Stories | The Book of Witches ed. Jonathan Strahan | finished, good variety |
March
still watching a lot of ACNH videos // finally had friend xmas
Media | Name | Status |
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Video Game | Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch | continuing |
TV Show | Taskmaster (many episodes via YouTube↗) | mealtime entertainment |
Video Game | Pokémon X for Nintendo 3DS | replaying, weekends only |
Novel | Dovey Coe by Frances O'Roark Dowell | finished, reread |
Theatre | A Beautiful Noise | boy howdy "America" sure is. something to hear in 2025 |
Manga | Gokurakugai 3 by Yuto Sano | i want to eat it |
Video Games | The Stanley Parable, Slay the Princess, Super Smash Bros., and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Nintendo Switch | bits of each during friends gathering |
Video Games | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Nintendo Switch | finally opened personal copy |
Anime | DanDaDan (2024) | watched w/roomies |
TV Show | The Great North (2021 - ) | handful of episodes my roommate put on |
Novel | Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant | finished, excellent mermaid horror |
Anime | Toilet-bound Hanako-kun 2 (2025) | almost finished final episode but the chromecast died |
April
once again fighting the invasive plants in my yard // EXPO 2025 starts this month!! (I have been watching so many videos) // Fire on the Mountain
Media | Name | Status |
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Video Game | Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch | continuing |
TV Show | Taskmaster (many episodes via YouTube↗) | mealtime entertainment |
Video Game | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Nintendo Switch | when I don't feel like doing anything else |
Film | Ghost Ship (2002) dir. Steve Beck | rewatch, still a good time |
Film | Moana 2 (2024) dir. David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, and Dana Ledoux Miller | knowing it was originally conceived as a miniseries made me more forgiving |
Song | "WALTZ" by RYUGUJO↗ | looping |
Short Stories | English Country House Murders ed. Thomas Godfrey | finished, a good collection |
TV Show | The Great North (2021 - ) | handful of episodes my roommate put on |
Film | Sleeping Beauty (1959) sup. dir. Clyde Geronimi | 50th anniversary edition for the full glory of the backgrounds |
Manga | Why Don't You Eat Me, My Dear Wolf? by Ao Koishikawa | pretty cute |
Theatre | Jesus Christ Superstar 2014 Swedish Arena Tour | happy easterrrrr |
TV Show | The Gaslight District: Pilot | HELL YEAH |
Manga | Correspondence from the End of the Universe 1 by Menota | rather like the style, plus aliens that are Alien! |
Theatre | Cinderella's Castle | my roommate is obsessed and it is Solid. puppets!! |
TV Show | Shoresy (2022 - ) | first three eps. with roomies |
Book | Blood, Sweat & Chrome by Kyle Buchanan | finished, fascinating making-of for Fury Road |
May
playing a lot of Twisted-Wonderland and Pokémon Go // Cheerwine Festival
Media | Name | Status |
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Video Game | Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch | continuing |
TV Show | Taskmaster (many episodes via YouTube↗) | mealtime entertainment |
Manga | Twisted-Wonderland Anthology 1 by Various Artists | I'm having a great time |
Film | See How They Run (2022) dir. Tom George | been wanting to see for a while, glad I finally could |
Album | Mayhem by Lady Gaga | also finally purchased a copy of Born This Way. one plays at home, the other in my car |
Theatre | Back to the Future | the DeLorean is the best part, but I wonder how the show reads to someone who hasn't seen the film |
Film | Sinners (2025) dir. Ryan Coolger | I've also been listening to the soundtrack, which is fantastic |
Manga | Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san 4 by Honda | this is a great little series and I feel the retail pain |
Film | Rango (2011) dir. Gore Verbinski | rewatch, holds up and still so visually delightful |
Novel | Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis | finished, interesting approach to a post-Dr. Moreau-like project |
Novel | Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio | finished, good quick read |
Film | Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) dir. George Miller | finally got a chance to watch this |
June
JAPAN TRIP // WORLD EXPO 2025
Media | Name | Status |
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Video Game | Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch | continuing, sporatic |
Video Game | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles for Nintendo Switch | began playing, sporatic |
Film | Wicked (2024) dir. Jon M. Chu | during flight, watched for the production design and choreography and was not disappointed |
Film | Flow (2024) dir. Gints Zilbalodis | during flight, been meaning to see for a while, especially after seeing a nod to it in the Baltic Pavilion |
Film | Lilo & Stitch (2022) dir. Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois | rewatched during flight, of course it's good |
TV Show | THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS episode 5↗ | aw this one was nice |
Theatre | Some Like It Hot | fantastic adaptation and I'd go again in a heartbeat |
Anime | Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc (2025) | begin w/roommate |
July
pool and burgers/brats for 4th
Media | Name | Status |
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Video Game | Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch | continuing |
Anime | Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc (2024) | mealtime entertainment |
Film | KPop Demon Hunters (2025) dir. Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans | I had a GREAT time |
Anime | Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc (2025) | finished |
Film | Misery (1990) dir. Rob Reiner | rewatched, Kathy Bates is fantastic |
Short Stories | Inferno ed. Ellen Datlow | finished, good variety |
Anime | Dororo (2019) | mealtime entertainment |
Song | "THE MERRY-GO-ROUND" by The Stupendium↗ | what a FUN SURPRISE |
Anime | Detectives These Days Are Crazy! (2025) | tried out a couple episodes with roommate |
Anime | I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I'll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time (2025) | caught a bit while roommate was watching |
Film | Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018) dir. Sam Liu | sold as soon as I read World's Fair |
Book | The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City by Margaret Creighton | finished, now I have a museum I must attend one day |
Anime | Penguindrum (2011) | rewatching for first time since airing |