Delayed Update

Cooking tofu didn’t go as well as I’d hoped the first time. I did not see the results that I wanted using the soy sauce, so the second time I used olive oil. That time I got the results I wanted, but the sweet and sour sauce I opted to use was too bland. The jerk sauce made my husband’s diverticulitis act up, so that’s out, unfortunately. I also ate some of my Sakura pocky; it has a subtle flavor, and I could taste the salt on the stick more.

If nothing else, the music this season on Survivor slaps. While Natalie didn’t necessarily HAVE to win the whole thing, she definitely deserved to. I was disappointed at the old-school mentality of not voting for Natalie simply because she had been voted out first. That’s not how this twist works. It’s how Chris won last time they did this (unless his boldness at fire-making when he didn’t have to was what really won everyone over). Natalie earned her way back and then some. She made extinction her bitch. The only way Tony was losing this was if he lost at making fire, which sucks. Tony winning was whatever, but it was sad to see Ben step down for Sarah only for her to lose at making fire. I would’ve liked a different final three: Natalie, Sarah, Tony; Sarah, Tony, Ben; or Sarah, Natalie, Michele. Okay so maybe I wanted Sarah to win more than I previously thought. I would love to see a buddy cop show starring Sarah and Tony in the same vein as Castle.

The Fruits Basket dub started up again. The sub is still three episodes ahead, so I’m watching both now. I do like Tohru’s new Japanese voice actress. Laura’s voice acting during the haunted house scene was epic; if she recorded it from home, I imagine Travis had something to say about it, seeing as how she ditched him in a haunted house run by their friends as part of a fund-raising stretch goal. Speaking of Critical Role, they are four episodes into their Narrative Telephone series, and it just keeps getting funnier with each installment as they flub and forget details and make up new ones. The Digimon and Pokemon anime are also returning in Japan next week, and people are speculating that the fall lineup will mostly consist of cartoons as well considering that they have been the least impacted by the pandemic. Some people are saying this with snobbery and others are pretty excited for it.

Joel Heyman finally said something crazy enough to get himself cancelled, or maybe it was just the final straw. I know none of the details for certain, but there are more important things going on right now, and if his politics differ from that of the rest of the company, then… Well, it's been compared to them letting Vic go and the crunch scandal that saw Gray fired, but I don't think any of them are comparable. All bad situations, but all of them are different. Me, I'm just tired of everyone's bullshit at this point.