Feeling Good

I tried the Ruffles All Dressed that's 100% Canadian, and now I'm addicted. It tates like a combination of honey barbecue and salt and vinegar with a bit of spicy aftertaste. Canada may make good chips but their PSAs are creepy as hell.

The last three episodes of this season of MLP were pretty good, but the finale could've been different. For one thing, if the mane six never got the elements of harmony, all of the villains would be running amok, not just one per alternate universe (unless they all fought and one ended up being victorious in each different iteration). Starlight was bent on vengeance, but not once did she try to mess with her own timeline, even when she brought Twilight and Spike back to it. She could have tried "fixing" her past to set things right in her mind - that's the first thing any time traveler would do. They could have at least looked up her former best friend when they got back to the present, but they didn't. Applebloom lost Twist and she didn't turn into a fascist; Moondancer lost Twilight and she only became more secluded. I'm not sure I like Starlight becoming the new Sunset Shimmer either (plus their names are too similar).

I'm looking forward to a soundtrack release of RWBY volume 3 since it would probably have full versions of "When It Falls" and "Mirror Mirror." It probably wouldn't happen, but if they put Vic on the soundtrack too that might be cool.

Digimon Tri

Was I supposed to like that? I thought it was going to be like Revenge of Diaboromon, but instead all I got was bad fan fiction. Meiko couldn't be more of a self-insert character if she tried, though there's probably some plot element there because her Digimon's name is also Meiko. They also went the Tamers route with a secret organization monitoring everything. At first I thought the scene where it's implied that Alphamon defeated or killed the other four from season two was just for drama, but the main eight Digidestined don't even mention their absence or acknowledge that they existed at all (which is weird since in Revenge of Diaboromon, Yolei was wearing the same uniform as Kari). The best part was seeing the Digimon back in action (Kuwagamon must REALLY hate Tai because it looked like he had it out for him). And from there it gets worse. This was probably only a fraction of the damage that Myotismon and his forces did, but everyone's acting like it's the worst thing since Highton View Terrace. Because of that, Tai has a Heroic BSOD, which causes Matt to fight with him until he snaps out of it (Matt and Tai fighting is the equivalent of Raph and Leo fighting, only Matt's the one in the right this time). The Digimon also have to go into hiding in a pocket dimension Izzy created because the media and the public hate all Digimon (much like today's political climate). Back to the bad fan fic aspect, whoever wrote this ships Izzy and Mimi together while TK has a girlfriend who isn't Kari (but he still claims he loves Matt the most, and Matt appropriately calls him an idiot for it). Sora is still trapped between Tai and Matt, and I wonder if they're actually going to let her do anything for a change since all she'd been doing is waiting. Joe has to study all the time, which keeps him out of the action, but he always gets D's so why is he letting himself be miserable? He claims to have a girlfriend because he's the oldest but nobody believed him (although it got Izzy to shut up - everyone else just started having this whole conversation without him). Also, this was billed as a movie but it's just four episodes aired together. Make up your mind, Toei! The more I think about it, the angrier I get. I have no answers.

Everything I love gets demolished. So many places I went to regularly as a child have been torn down, and nothing can replace them in my heart.

Thanks for Giving

The manager above the manager who banned me from doing carts ordered me to do them again. While I'm glad to be unbanned, I am very upset that I get yelled at no matter what I do.

It's great that Ashley was able to Skype in and play, given her busy schedule and the time difference. I hope she can keep doing it because she really is needed, as proven by her blowing everyone else out of the water. The fan art of Grog saying he hates eagles made me laugh so hard. Travis misses Romo. For his sake, I'm sorry the Cowboys have a losing streak going on.

I really enjoyed the 8-part Adventure Time special "Stakes!" especially Marceline's version of the theme song. I can also appreciate the Teen Titans Go Black Friday episode, even if it was sending the wrong message and Starfire had it right from the beginning. I know they were probably only playing the devil's advocate, but it was still a fun version of A Christmas Carol. She had the best line of the entire show about "Uncle Scrooge McDucking" them by saying "Bah Junebug." Their last Thanksgiving episode was pretty good too, but Regular Show had the best one.

Two episodes into East Meets West and I'm already in over my head. I've begun to question what counts as a sin and if picking everything apart is being too mean. On the other hand, I'm also questioning whether or not I'm qualified to do a sins video. No two are the same, so it all relies on the perspective of the person making it, but I can't help feeling that better minds than mine can find more things wrong with it than I can.

Working Hard or Hardly Working?

I asked not to be scheduled five days in a row, since that's probably how I came to be so run-down that I needed to go to the hospital. However, they have banned me from going outside and moving carts instead. As usual, they fixed the wrong problem. I feel like I'm being punished, even though I know it's for my own good.

Only one more story to go before my current series is over. I'd like to have it finished by Christmas, but the end of the year is the official deadline. It's going to be really hard, as the previous one didn't end the way I'd originally intended, and everything has sort of collapsed into this final volume. Pulling it together will be a challenge, as there are scenes or visuals I wanted to include earlier but couldn't. I may have to add an epilogue to the end to balance it out.

I extended my Raven and Ienzo fan fiction into Teen Titans Go a little bit. As always, I have to keep the madness going somehow.
Ienzo stopped by the Tower as often as he could to visit Raven. Once in a while he would bring flowers to give to her. One visit did not go as expected. "Hi, Raven," he said, offering the flowers.
"You can't be here right now," she whispered urgently. "My dad's come to visit."
"Oh, sorry," he whispered back.
Before he could leave, Trigon appeared behind Raven. "What's this? A suitor, Raven?"
"No! He's just a friend," Raven insisted. Ienzo shrank back nervously and tried to hide the flowers behind his back, but Trigon wasn't fooled.
"Then why does he have flowers?"
Raven quickly made up an excuse. "His family owns a flower shop."
***
Raven typically invited Ienzo over whenever the other Titans were being annoying. They either quietly read together or complained about other people. One day, Trigon reappeared, and Ienzo hid under the bed. "Your dad is one of the few people who still scare me," he explained when Trigon vanished.
"I don't expect you to stand up to him," Raven said.
Trigon had cursed Raven to be nice, even when it would be better to be cruel to be kind. "Are you sure he didn't curse your friends with stupidity as well?" Ienzo asked sardonically, only half-joking.
Eventually Trigon regretted his decision, as he ultimately still wanted his daughter to follow in his footsteps. He tried to take back the curse, but Raven tricked him, putting the curse on him instead. "There. He shouldn't bother us anymore. You can come out now," Raven stated. Ienzo came out from hiding behind a bush.
***
Raven invited Ienzo over again when Robin forced the Titans to go camping. "I hope you don't mind. Having you here helps keep me sane," she explained.
The other four Titans took turns telling scary stories, which Raven didn't enjoy. When it was her turn, she told the story of a demon who went to the surface world, covering herself in a cloak and closing all but two of her eyes. She made friends, but those friends annoyed her, so she ate them. Then she turned into the monster, scaring the Titans back to the Tower. Ienzo lay stunned on the ground. "I didn't know you were going to do that," he said. "I liked your story, though."
Raven turned back into herself and helped him up. "Let's go before they eat all the popcorn."
At another point in time, Robin tried telling stories to teach the rest of his team morals only to have them hijacked and fractured. When Raven retold Rapunzel with the moral of "Forget boys, get paid!" Ienzo left.
"If that's the way you feel, I've got somewhere else I need to be," he muttered, opening a portal.
"No, wait! I didn't mean you!" Raven called out after him.
"Incidentally, the actual Rapunzel needs my assistance." With that, he disappeared.
"What?! Ienzo!" Raven piggybacked her own portal off of his and went after him.
Ienzo used his magic to help clear the Heartless from around Rapunzel's tower. Raven cleared out any that he'd missed. "I'm sorry, okay? There's no one I'd rather fight alongside." Ienzo looked at her forgivingly.
With the Heartless gone, it was safe for Rapunzel and Flynn to leave. Ienzo and Raven watched as Rapunzel lowered herself down using a system of pulleys. "Whoa," Raven exclaimed quietly.
"Sora and the others can handle it from here," Ienzo whispered. "We can go."
"Come back with me to the Tower. Give me another chance to tell this story." Ienzo agreed, and Raven opened a portal.
When they returned to Titans Tower, Raven amended her version of Rapunzel's story. "Once upon a time, there was a girl imprisoned in a tower by her demon father. She was supplied with books and nothing sharper than a butter knife, so her hair grew and grew while she spent her days reading. One day when her hair was long enough, she built a system of pulleys to lower herself down so she could escape. Unfortunately, her hair was too thick and got stuck. A boy passing by saw her and ran over to help. As he got closer, he was attacked by her father's demon underlings. He took them all down with his enchanted daggers before cutting the girl loose from her cumbersome hair. The two of them went on many an adventure together. The end."

Shenanigans

We beat a dungeon with graffiti and gained two levels because of it. I will not explain any further except we all had a hand in it. I have also gone ahead and chosen the rest of my spells so I don't take so long when leveling up again. Hopefully I make it that far. One drawback I've come across in both games is situations in which only one person speaks an NPC's language and that person is the most reckless of your group and you can't do anything about it because your character doesn't understand. Otherwise, Orion did the same thing as Ray from Achievement Hunter and went off on his own. Looking foraward to seeing last week's and the next RWBY and since that's going to be posted later than expected too.

I started working on my Everything Wrong With video. I watched part 1 of East Meets West twice to make sure I found everything I wanted to critique, and then some. I may have to cut minor sins for time, but we'll see how long this turns out to be. It's going to be a lot of work, but I know it's going to be worth it. I've already found a very interesting screenshot. My original intention was to review the condensed "movie" version since I sin it right off the bat for that, but the only version I've found online is just the separate episodes. I'll take what I can get though, as long as I have an American edit rather than "Hero" Turtles which has its own censorship issues.

Meltdown

I didn't get the library job I interviewed for. My current job keeps me busy, but it's not exactly good for my health. I had to work five days in a row again (last time I did that is when I ended up in the hospital), but they kept me inside and didn't have me get the carts for the last three days. Next spring I will have been there for three years and should think about changing departments, but I don't know what else I could do. I don't really want to be promoted to cashier because that would just be hours of not being able to move and feeling like I want to pound my head into a wall.

Orion Acaba left Critical Role for good. I don't follow any of them on Twitter or anything because I want to respect their privacy, but when stuff like this happens I have no idea what's going on. He was my Cheesy Gordita (Bronycurious Tommy Oliver's term for least favorite but still really good), so I decided to try one on Halloween to make sure I knew what I was talking about. It was about what I expected so I'd say the comparison is accurate. Tiberius Stormwind will be missed. I liked the part where Taliesin/Percy tried to take his pet Lockheed hostage so he wouldn't leave. As for the game I played this past weekend, my character got new armor. That trade was pretty amazing (my team traded draws from the Deck of Many Things, which went spectacularly well for the shopkeep).