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2025-09-24: After spending an awfully long time on a singular project, I am kind of in a spot mentally where I am unsure what I want to do next with this site. I won't force it. This thing's for fun.
I'm sure something else will come around that I'm ready to talk about. Maybe it's time to start exploring other people's sites instead.
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2025-09-21: It's done! The way-too-long Umamusume: Pretty Derby review is done! This franchise is a puzzle box of nonsense and I am glad to finally get some of my thoughts organized and out there. I have been staring at my computer screen for way too long, so I am past the point of reliably catching my errors. I've sent links to a couple friends, and if I haven't already driven them mad with this IP already, they'll probably catch anything egregious. If you see something weird or off-kilter, let me know!
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2025-09-20: Horsey anime/game review is in full swing.
It's split into five separate pages. I got thoughts, and opinions, and you're gonna hear (err, read) 'em!
I sent an excerpt of the conclusion to a friend for review, but also prefaced that this was part of a larger section: "There's gonna be more concluding notes about the show/game/community too lol. not just a non-sequitir about a horse dying and me having weird dreams."
So yeah, this is gonna get a little weird.
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2025-09-18: I got that Microsoft Flight Sim review up a few days ago! It was far-and-away the easiest to finish up and put out there. I have been really fatigued this week though, so I have not tried tackling anything else.
One review coming soon is a revisit of Umamusume: Pretty Derby. Last time I wrote about it, I approached it from the angle of a bewildered bystander. Since then, I have engaged with other media in the franchise as well as its online fan communities, and I have a great more to say about it. I plan on taking my old review down, incorporating those first impressions into a larger review, and providing a bit of context for why the series takes the form that it does. There are also characters that I have to talk about or I'll collapse into dust and particles.
Since that review will be covering a lot of bases, I am thinking of splitting it into 2 or 3 pages. One for my first impressions and background/contextual info, one specifically talking about the mobile game, and one about the anime I've watch thus far, comprising three seasons and a movie. There are 2(?) other movies and a spinoff anime series as well, but I have too much to yap about as it is. I think it'd be a kindness to anyone reading it if it's not presented as an enormous wall of information.
I am also crossing the hyperfixation event horizon with this franchise, where I am starting to kind of get tired of it and want to move on. Or at least relegate it to a thing that I check in on from time to time. Hopefully, an exhaustive review will get my last bits of obsession out of my system, and I can pivot to something else!
So, my objectives this weekend are to 1) get some quality rest and recovery time, and 2) Get all my weird, complicated feelings about The Silly Horse Girl Game out of my head and into a review.
2025-09-14: Howdy folks! I just realized I haven't actually updated the site meaningfully in a long while. I have three different reviews coming soon. One is more or less ready and just needs some pictures. The other two need some structure and content additions. I'll hopefully have one ready tonight!
I've been totally out of energy this last week, so website stuff had to get kicked down to the bottom of my priority list. Here's hoping things get a little easier soon.
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2025-09-07: No major site updates at the moment. I spent most of the weekend cleaning and unpacking and unwinding after a weird, truncated week.
I happened to get on to capture this: The views are. . .
Apparently, I managed to find the single crustiest, artifacted low-res gif of this that DuckDuckGo has to offer. Oh well, it's cool. It's fine.
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2025-09-02: Howdy! I just got back from little vacation! It went really well, and I am feeling a lot more relaxed and ready to tackle whatever comes next.
Between the train rides and down-time at a coffee shop, I managed to write over 10,000 words split between three different reviews and reflections. Those are at various stage of completion, needing either accompanying images, added content, or a couple proof-reading passes. But, I have been getting thoughts out of my brain and onto paper. I look forward to getting those out soon!
