Lost and found bottle, Easter vacation!

Happy Easter to all of you! The week has come and gone in a flash, and a lot of things happened this time around, thanks to the few days off I got. Here’s a quick rundown through some important events and things of note!

✈️ My siblings came here! There were a lot of things I did that I mention here, which happened with them around. It was a fun time, but I also quickly remembered that being the older brother comes with its caveats… let’s say my wallet feels very light right now, but it was fun!
🥤I went to the gym on Monday! after I left, I realized I forgot my water bottle… I was already on the bus back home so, I had to wait until tomorrow. I called a coworker who was still there, but he couldn’t find it. The next morning, the first thing I did was ask at the reception—my bottle was nowhere to be found. The next day, my siblings went to the gym with me, and even though I had already given up, they still asked, and wouldn’t you know, the bottle was right there! So, yay!
🚗 The first day of my Easter vacation was spent on… goint to a small town to get new plates for the family car, for like 6 hours. There was a store nearby and we got some snacks, I took a couple pictures in the main plaza downtown, so that was fun. I also played a lot of Resident Evil.
🍔 Once we got out of that place, we went back to civilization and ate some burgers! The usual chain here is Burguer King, and we enjoyed them very much.
🧱 I created a new background pattern for my website! You can see it on any page as long as it’s on desktop, currently unavailable on mobile due to screen size. Hope you like it! I plan to make it better later
🍿 Invited my family to watch a movie to the cinemas, which were pretty close (we were at a mall), and ended up watching Project Hail Mary. It was very fun because the place was packed full of people because of the release of the Super Mario Galaxy movie… we’ll watch that one later. We went with my grandma and kinda didn’t realize there was no ramp for her wheelchair. However, she sat on the first row along my parents, and nobody had reserved those seats, so there was no problem!
🃏 We acquired and played a new card game! Coup, a bluffing game where you eliminate all of your opponents until someone takes over and controls the whole political landscape!
🎂 We had a surprise party for a friend and spent sometime decorating their place before they got there. We also had pizza!
✝️ My church organized a hospital visit, we made food and gave water bottles for the people who were waiting outside, we prayed for them and the patients in need as well.

Watching

Project Hail Mary - This was a fantastic movie in my opinion. It rushed through a lot of the details of the book, but it was fun and I loved it for what it is. The visuals were stunning and I also have to give props to the soundtrack which felt rather different in many occasions, to what a “Sci-Fi” movie usually sounds like, from time to time. I had a good time!

Reading

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers - A novella I suddenly started, about a group of astronauts sending a message back to Earth, or something like that. I actually don’t know much yet, haven’t made a lot of progress.
Clarkesworld #211 by Neil Clarke - I completed the second story of the book! It was much longer than the first one, but I actually really, really enjoyed it, it got to the heart strings for a bit, what a nice short story. The next entry is a novella, so I’ll need to focus on it some more.
Fly Me To The Moon - Up to chapter 229. I continued with this slice of life rom-com! It keeps being fun and adorable! While building up and answering some mysteries little by little. Good stuff!
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou - Up to chapter 70. I made the decision to read 4 or so chapters of this masterpiece, and they were absolutely lovely. Alpha continues on her journey through Japan, and stumbles upon an airport, where she gets to see a plane up close for the first time, and even more surprises. Absolutely lovely.
Kingdom - Up to chapter 867. Still making progress on the war at large, with a side-character stepping up to the role of getting some allies out of trouble, I’m looking forward to know how thigs will fare.

Gaming

Completed

Resident Evil - The gateway into the World of Survival Horror. This classic held up extremely well for its age. IT lacks quite a bit of quality of life features that the sequel contained, but even then, all the basics are there. And not only that but there are some things that are genuinely awesome about it. The Mansion setting is truly great, and some of the puzzles were incredible. I enjoyed it from start to finish, even if it ended up funneling from Metroidvania-style gameplay to linearity, just like the sequel, I didn’t mind at all, I enjoyed the journey a lot. I only played as Jill Valentine though!

Ongoing

Balatro - I simply continued to go through a few playthroughs of this game on my phone, I am yet to win still. I’m truly terrible at it, I guess.

Around the Web

Blog posts

Do You Have the Time? - A post and ramble about how buying simple things that were available in physical stores before has been ruined by Amazon, instant shipping and the like.
I Miss My Hometown - A trip down RL Dane’s memory lane, and a wonderful conclusion.
Early Efforts in Sticker Making - A fun project that makes me want to buy one of those sticker cutting machines.
That’s Home. That’s us. - I had not seen Hello, World until today, it made me feel something I didn’t know I could sense. What a photo, what a post.

YouTube

Can Ocarina of Time be the Future of Zelda? - Brandon’s video about the latest rumour of Ocarino of Time getting a full remake for the Switch 2, I am incredibly hyped about this, this is what will get me to buy the Switch 2, finally.
The ORIGINAL Resident Evil Games - Some guy who played the original trilogy and did a pretty good comparison and shared some thoughts that I found pretty good. I just love these type of videos.
Setting up a retro gaming corner in my room - I really enjoy this channel and now I kind of want a CRT TV and some old consoles that I never got to own as a kid… oh well.
The Missions Bringing Us Back To The Moon - Neil

This is day 46 of #100DaysToOffload