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The 8pm start time and length of game pretty much guarantees that I won't watch the whole game. Might make it until the 6th/7th depending on how much run scoring is going and how slow the pitchers are working.

I thought Final Fantasy was on the NES thing that comes with Nintendo Online... turns out it isn't Maybe it was on the NES Classic? (Which I don't have anyways) Time to get an NES emulator!

The guy who runs the Four Job Fiesta is running a fall challenge play for the OG Final Fantasy I'm in The event runs until Jan. 1st, so there's lots of time to work with. I got Fighter / Fighter / Black Mage / Black Mage

Hatsune Mike Project DIVA: Mega Mix Working on getting Excellent scores on all songs on Hard difficulty, which is proving to be more of a challenge than it ever was on the Vita's Project DIVA games. Extreme is going to be a headache, and I don't know if I will go on to torture myself with Extra Extreme

The Dodgers are only one game away now No game tonight so both bullpens will get a bit of rest. The Rays are gonna throw the kitchen sink at the Dodgers on Tuesday night to try to force a game 7. According to MLB.com, the probably starters for Tuesday are Snell and Gonsolin, so I think that definitely favours the Rays.

I didn't get to see the game last night, but it sounds like it was pretty exciting. Over four hours long though - oof. Some of the games I've watched this postseason have been awful in terms of pace of play. Slow pitchers really turn me off from a game.

re: Jujutsu Kaisen: I fell asleep during episode #2 It got better though in the third and fourth episode and I am looking forward to #5 next weekend.

I can't say I'm a big fan of K-pop. I heard more than my fair share of it during my last few years living in Vietnam when all-things-Korean were skyrocketing in popularity. It didn't do much for me and much of K-pop is a pretty big departure from the noise I usually put in my ears. But I got turned on to this artist So!YoON! this week via a a collaboration with a really cool Thai singer/songwriter that I follow, and here we are -- I can't stop listening to this album. [Here's the link to the album on Spotify if you do Spotify] There's a lot going on on this album. The open / title track starts like an atmospheric electronic song, but when the guitars come in it gets kinda psych-rock-ish. Track #2, "zZ'City" starts with a really nice vocal over some very nice and subtle synth. I think the best way I can describe this is bedroom / dream pop with more hifi production quality. Whatever you wanna call it, I think it's the stand-out track on the album and a great song. Track #4, "Holiday", is a very funky number. I like the horns and the very subtle (almost too buried in the mix) guitar track. It's my second favourite song on the album. The rest of the album keeps the variety coming. "Fntsy" has some rapping going on, which isn't totally my thing but it's got a decent groove. "A/DC=" is a very electronic tune with a bit of a psychedelic feel. And then you've got a couple alt-rock sort of tracks like "Forever Dumb" and "Athena". Did I mention that this gal can play a pretty mean guitar? It's a shame she didn't take a solo during the interlude, she's clearly got the chops for it. I don't think there are any solos on this album for any instrument - that seems like a bit of an oversight, but oh well. In short, this album is rad and you should check it out

The tests aren't 100% accurate after all. My mind sometimes wanders and I think, what if I do/did actually have it..? But I think the odds of all four of us getting false negative results are quite slim, so I will try not to let my imagination run wild and just assume that the tests were right. It was just some other kind of cold virus. (I think )

Only two City Hunter movies left for me to watch and them I'm done I guess the next thing to do is find the Angel Heart anime somewhere...

That's good to know

I thought about trying this one too

I actually just went to the HS site to check their schedule, didn't even need to download anything. I'm sure somebody will pop up (if they haven't already) ripping shows off of Funi, CR, etc. and listing the torrents on Nyaa.

HorribleSubs shutdown at the start of the fall season

Kershaw 6.0 IP, 8 K, only 1 run allowd; Betts and Bellinger both HR'ed; and the bullpen didn't cough it up. Sounds like a pretty good recipe for a Dodgers win to me! I think the Dodgers are starting Gonsolin tonight. He hasn't been very good, so maybe the Rays even it up tonight.

Problem is I wanted to watch it as a bedtime show in the evening = I would need to turn the volume up louder to hear what they're saying in English (there we no subs during the English speaking parts). All Japanese is better because I can keep it low volume and just read the subs.

Yeah, no YYH vibes coming from Jujutsu Kaisen. Very different. But it's interesting enough to keep following along with.

Still on my 80s kick

I'm in an 80s mood today

Betts wasn't great at the plate in the NLCS, but yeah his defensive impact was definitely felt. I think he only had one extra-base hit (a double) in the whole series; no HRs, one 2B, and a handful of singles. I'm sure they're hoping he looks a bit more MVP-like in the World Series. His career batting numbers vs. Tampa Bay from his Boston years are quite good, so maybe that familiarity will be a good thing facing the Rays in the WS.

Rays vs. Dodgers starts tomorrow night in Texas!

Good job Rays for beating the Astros. Also, fuck the Rays. World Series starts on Tuesday. I'm still hoping for a Rays / Dodgers matchup. But I don't know who the Dodgers have available to pitch tonight. Might need their lineup to score a lot of runs to make it through tonight.

So what do you find best for speedrunning? ( Tell me it's a PS Vita )

Buehler was reeeaaallllly good. Should have run him back out there for another inning. They're lucky Treinen only allowed one run there.