Rick Riordan Hot Take

They let me out of work early on Friday due to winter weather!

I am presently reading The Quiet Damage, which is about QAnon–or rather, the damage it does to families when people go down that path and become obsessed with its conspiracy theories. It’s interesting, and weirdly made me… not as depressed this week? Like, yeah, I feel a bit aimless in life, but at least I don’t find myself so lost that I think we have to depend on Donald Trump to save the world.

Anyhow! That has nothing to do with today’s Saturday Note. I had this idea a few weeks back, after watching a review and going down a (non-conspiracy) rabbit hole on Rick Riordan’s last book (Wrath of the Triple Goddess).

Stakes in Fiction

Uh, so, for a lot of this week I’ve been in something like a Pit of Despair. The whole, ‘it’s another year, I’ve done nothing with my life, I have nothing to look forward to,’ thing. Y’know. All that. 

Anyway, I just finished Star Wars: Dark Rendezvous, which was alarmingly good? Not sure what’s next. Still watching Jentry Chau, and the 10th episode is basically a season finale, but there are three more episodes? Getting confused on the last few episodes of Interior Chinatown, too. 

I am trying to finish up Dragon Age: Inquisition, before I get to trying out God of War.

Things I Would Like to See in 2025

There’s not a Christmas episode of Teen Titans, you know. Which is weird, considering that there’s a Fourth of July episode (and arguably a Halloween one?). 

Anyhow, it’s still Christmas (there are twelve days of it), it’s also Hanukkah, and the New Year is coming up fast. Let’s talk about some things we want to see in the New Year! I did this for 2024; let’s see how 2025 fares.

Father Christmas & Narnia

HA! Sneak attack! Didn’t expect a second Saturday Note, did you? Well, consider it a Christmas present, of sorts.

I expect I’ll be reading a lot in the next day or so; today I’m scheduled to start re-reading something.

Maybe I’m thinking about this because I recently read a book about Tolkien and Lewis’s friendship.

State of the Blog 2024

There’s a new (final) season of The Dragon Prince up on Netflix, but I probably won’t get to it for a while. Right now I’m going through Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld and Interior Chinatown; the latter feels like a crime procedural take on Redshirts? 

I don’t know if I’ll be able to do a Note next week, as I might be busy.

The original topic I jotted down for this week was good, but it felt like a not-so-great thing to end the year on. Will still probably do it, for some time or another…

On Deposing the King

I have had a bit of a stressful, busy week. I’m also not as far in Dragon Age: Inquisition as I’d like, either; every time I make progress, a dozen other quests pop up. 

Still! This weekend should be fun! I apologize if this goes up late and/or rushed, though.

This Note came about after reading Feet of Clay, some Codex Alera, and Hellboy: Wild Hunt.

On Fiction's Relevance

Hallo, friends! Advent is upon us, and yesterday was the Feast Day of Saint Nicholas. I had hoped to take my dad to see The Return this weekend after his birthday, but circumstances conspired to prevent that–not least of which being that no nearby theater is playing it. I just finished re-reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and am now reading Feet of Clay!

I’ll be out next week, so I'm unsure if I’ll be able to post a Saturday Note. I hope so.