The Historical Epic Tour

The mouth still feels weird, but the dentist said everything looks fine, which made me think it’d be better by now. And I suppose it is better, just very slowly… look, I’m getting tired of this. So I’ve been brushing and flossing and mouthwashing because that makes it feel a bit better.

I finished The Egyptian–which inspired this Note (although originally I had a completely different topic)--and apparently the English translation is hundreds of pages shorter than the original Finnish? Which is wild, because the book is five hundred pages. What the eff!

The Extended Editions

My mouth has been feeling weird all week, sometimes achey, and my anxiety keeps telling me that my teeth are about to all fall out. The soonest I could get a dentist appointment was Monday morning, so let’s pray that I don’t lose everything before then. It doesn’t really have any splitting pain, though, so that seems like it’s probably a good sign.

I realized that I need a place to put my letters and drafts–right now I just have several large piles of paper.

The last two seasons of Brooklyn 99 are now on Netflix, so I am watching those. Just started The Egyptian by Mika Waltari, and man, our guy Sinuhe is not making good decisions.

On Mind Control/Possession

Oof, stressful week, I have horrible headaches, but it is still the Easter season, it is the weekend, and I have some Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood to play! And I’m caught up on all the books I had been planning on, so that is a bit of a relief (now I need to find some more…).

And I got Return of the King (Extended Edition) from the library!

Darth Vader's Redemption

We are in the Easter Tridium! That means that it’s not Easter yet, but it’s darn close!

I am almost caught up on my reading list, which means… I have to pick up new books to read. The library’s got me covered, though. I should be able to finish up Assassin’s Creed II soon, and after that, we’re doing Brotherhood I think?

Allergies haven’t been as bad these last couple of days, so I think pollen levels are going down? Hopefully I haven’t spoken too soon.

I watched a lot of Star Wars last weekend so this is on my mind, and with Easter and everything, redemption’s on my mind.

The Joy of Fan Theories

Hello! I am out of town for a bit so this might not be a full Saturday Note! Or it might be! I’ll find out when I finish writing it. While I’m working on this, I am reading Persepolis, I have finished the “Bonfire of the Vanities” section on Assassin’s Creed II, and the next book is probably going to be Thieves’ Quarry, I think?

The world is rough out there, so here’s a link to cheer you up. And remember:

NO KINGS.

Genre & Criticism

Most days this past week, I have woken up with an achey, throbbing ear. This is not ideal for someone who has to listen to phone calls all day for work! So that’s fun.

I am currently reading Play of Shadows by Sebastien de Castell, and in Assassin’s Creed II I got to the Bonfire of the Vanities. Hopefully, I’ll get to writing those Sea of Monsters annotations, though having recently re-read The Patriot Witch, that book would also be a good one for annotations?

Had the strangest urge to write poetry Friday morning…

"They Used to Be Friends!"

My stomach has been weird these past few days, but I think it’s mostly settled. It’s been worse before, though, so thank goodness for that.

It is PI DAY! Eat some pie. Saint Patrick’s Day is coming up, if you go to parties for that? It’s, unsurprisingly, not as big a deal in this Puerto Rican household.

Right now I’m re-reading The Sea of Monsters and taking notes for annotations. After that is a de Castell book? I think? It might be Patriot Witch. I’m a little behind on my reading.