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Appare-Ranman! is picking up and getting more interesting now. I'm glad it's back. Jing

Leafs fans were losing their shit last night down 3-0 late, I think there were less than 4 minutes left in the game when they finally scored their first goal. Pretty impressive comeback for them (or a pretty impressive collapse for the Blue Jackets - I wasn't watching so I don't really know how it all went down). Game 5 is tomorrow night and I trust the Leafs will find a way to break their fans hearts yet again Based on what they've done this season, they really don't seem like a very good team. They've got some talented players for sure, but that ain't enough. Seems like they don't really care enough / try hard enough.

I ain't playin' nuffin. The NISA sale came and went on the eShop, so I didn't buy The Alliance Alive HD Remaster. Wasn't going to play it any time soon, so no big deal. It will go on sale again in another 3-6 months. Maybe next time it's discounted, I will actually have time for it. Now Ys 8 is on sale so that is my latest temptation Probably not gonna pull the trigger on that either. I'm trying to stash some extra money away for music gear.

The PS Vita

I wonder if they will try to finish the season with fewer teams if COVID issues persist with e.g. The Marlins. Can't help but feel like it's all going to fall apart soon though.

Happy birthday, Eizan!

Basketball is back, and it's in a bubble! (Here's hoping the bubble doesn't pop) I watched most of both games last night. Parts were hard to watch, especially the Clippers/Lakers game. Too many whistles. The game didn't flow. But I'm happy that hoops are back as long as the bubble keeps working and nobody is testing positive. I feel a lot better watching NBA given their plan than I do watching the stupid MLB

The Jays' weekend series with the Phillies is cancelled. The Marlins of course still aren't playing. Just saw an article about the Cards on The Athletic: Another team down Apparently they're planning to play the games Saturday/Sunday as long as the rest of the Cards test negative. A negative test isn't really worth much though. Players could still start exhibiting symptoms and test positive just a few days later. A negative test today is don't mean much when they've recently been in contact with teammates who had the virus. The league ought to know better than this. It's getting harder and harder to imagine this shortened season actually getting finished.

I've been having a lot of fun the last couple days with the bassline from "Sledgehammer" : I'm also still playing along with a lot of Cream. I love Jack Bruce's playing.

My daughter decided she doesn't like Let's Go Pikachu! as much as Sword/Shield, and it's due back at the library tomorrow, so we're not going to put it on hold again. I didn't keep playing past the second badge because I've been too preoccupied with music. Oh well. In a fit of boredom over the weekend, the kiddo started looking at other games I have downloaded on the Switch. "What's SUPERBEAT: XONiC? Can I try it?" she asks. It's only, like, one of the best rhythm games ever - YES let me show you how to play it! The Alliance Alive is on sale right now, and I'm very tempted to buy it. I loved The Legend of Legacy on 3DS. But I don't really have time for it now. Might just pull the trigger on it anyway and find time for it eventually.

The amount of time they might to quarantine before that though... That's a lot of double headers! It would be like old school baseball. Too bad the players union and league couldn't agree on playing in a bubble without travel. I'm sure they could have gotten something together in Florida or Arizona with all the club's spring training facilities.

This Marlins thing isn't good. Two games postponed today. I'm not sure how the Marlins can go back to playing games any time soon... I wonder if they will have to start forfeiting games? I guess the Phillies are on hold until tests come back for all their players and staff as well. I assume they will require double negative tests.

The Jays should have gone 2-1 over the weekend, maybe even 3-0, but the bullpen let them down Giles looks like he's going to be out for a while, which kinda sucks. I'm not a huge fan of Giles, but when he's pitching well he does get pretty good results. Who knows, maybe none of it matters. The Marlins have 8 players and 2 coaches (according to the report I read) that have tested positive and have had to cancel their home opener. Is this the beginning of the end already..?

So is a sub a sandwich?

And the Jays are 1-0!

Mets gonna Mets, that's just how it goes. The Jays are up 6-3 late in the game now, but their 8th inning guy has pitched himself into a bit of a jam. This team has talent but wins are not going to come easy. They could be "scrappy and surprising" good, but they're not going to be "we're obviously better than you" good. (Or they could just turn out to be bad )

Yay! I've been wondering if/when it would be back. I'll jump back on that bandwagon for sure.

I'm, uh, not a fan

Seattle... Kraken?

Yes

I think I'm going to drop the few new shows I picked up this season in favour of catching up on stuff I was sad to miss out on in recent seasons because I didn't have a Funi subscription. The things I will keep current with are Major 2nd, Digimon, and Fruits Basket. Major 2nd and Digimon are our Saturday and Sunday morning cartoons

I watched Kakushigoto over the last week, what a great show. I don't know why I didn't give it a chance in the first place The last episodes felt a bit rushed, all that story jam packed in there, but at least it had a good ending.

Fruits Basket continues to be fantastic. I'm gonna be really bummed out when it ends God of High School is losing me. I am not a big fan of the aesthetics / character designs to begin with - the show just isn't that nice to look at for me - and I don't think I like the Persona-like thing that just happened.

And there you have it! Easy peasy. You can get a victory over Shinryu easily with this party too. Omega would probably require a gimmick (Quickleak) but I'm not sure if that trick/bug even works on the PSX port. Then sign up for a second run

Got the Boulder Badge in Let's Go Pikachu today. Poor Brock couldn't handle my dumb Oddish Hopefully I can squeeze in some more play time tomorrow and get through to the next badge.