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This past week was a good one for me. Things finally slowed down a little at work, so I'm grateful for that. My brain is tired. Not too many things to share this week, but I do have a few links:

I continue to really enjoy Gozyuger! I haven't watched this week's episode yet, but last week's episode inspired a silly fic idea that maybe I'll actually write sometime. I appreciate that the characters in this show have personalities that make it easy for me to come up with humor ideas again. I used to write silly fics all the time and I've really missed it.

Speaking of fics, I have one fic rec this week: a YGO fic about Otogi and friendship. It was really good.

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Music stuff!

Just one hsj video this week. They released the concert version of Nerd which was a lot of fun. (I am still really bitter that we never got this song as a single or with a music video, even though it was the theme to Takaki's drama last year 😠 but I'm glad we have this video at least. Takaki looks nice)

And speaking of Takaki, he got cast as a supporting character in an upcoming drama! He hasn't been in a primetime drama since 2018, so I'm very excited about it (even though it's a cop drama and I find those rather boring). Still, good for him. He's been busy this year, and he deserves some spotlight for a bit.

I hope I'll be able to get my hands on this drama and watch it as it airs. (His last drama was a late night one and just impossible to find)

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In other drama news, I'm looking forward to the premiere of Thai drama "Whale Store XOXO" this week (I'm assuming it'll be on YouTube 🤞 the preview video was, at least).

It's a GL drama starring the same ladies that were in 23.5 last year, and I enjoyed that series. They actually get to play adults in this one instead of high schoolers, so good for them 😂

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ANN recently shared two interesting interviews with guests from Animazement (the anime convention I go to every year), and I figured I'd share them here too: an interview with Hirata Hiroaki (Japanese voice of Sanji from One Piece) and interview with Maruyama Masao (founder of studios Madhouse and MAPPA)

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I shared a little gardening update here this week. Since I wrote this, I have picked one tomato, and probably will pick another today 🥰

The heat this week is going to be almost unbearable, so I'm gonna keep the garden well-watered and hope everything makes it through okay

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And lastly, offline life. Not too exciting at the moment. The most interesting thing is that I started watching Stranger Things with my brother yesterday. (He's seen it before, I haven't) We got through season 1 and a bit of season 2 yesterday, and I'm enjoying it so far. I sorta assumed it was overhyped as most popular things tend to be, but it's not bad at all. Hoping we'll get to watch more soon.

And that's it. Wishing everyone a Not Strange week ahead! 🤭