[[2026 Cafe Posts#^172725|2026 Cafe Posts]] No venting this time, just a regular ole blog post. And yes, I know there’s sometimes not a distinction between those two things, lol. Eid is next week, which will be nice. The sister unit has come into town to celebrate. We’ll be seeing **Tekkonkinreet** in the theater for the 20th anniversary (*takes ibuprofen*). I actually have no idea if this movie ever had a theatrical release back in the day, but if it did we never saw it. Pretty sure we bought its DVD at a Sam Goody or something. It’s easily in my top ten, so it’ll be cool to see it on the big screen for the first time ever. I’m not journaling as much as I used to. Part of me feels like I should change that, but I think I’m avoiding it thanks to my jobless situation currently. There’s only so many ways you can write “sat around and played [[Grim Dawn]] all day in a depressive funk,” lol. There’s likely to be some new interesting drama coming up in my life though. After chatting with my therapist I’ve decided to confront a friend about something important. Dw it’s nobody reading this I assure you lol. It’s something I’ve needed to do for a while now and I’m glad I’m finally gonna go ahead and do it. I spend a lot of time worrying about how others will feel because of things I say or do, but I gotta start putting myself first tbh. My cup is beyond empty in 2026. Perhaps I’ll talk about how it goes here next week. As I write this I have Combo Breaker up on another screen. Any time I watch a major fighting game tournament I get the itch to hop back in. I doubt I will though, at least not until the **Avatar Fighting Game** and **Marvel Tokon** come out, and even then only in a casual sense. I just never feel like I’m in a good headspace for these types of games, and God knows that hasn’t changed this year lol. Otherwise, should have some good news in a few weeks. Not gonna get into the details until I know one way or another though. Don’t wanna jinx myself. ### Media Check - Reading: **Dark Age** - [[Pierce Brown]] - Listening: **Prescription for Sleep: Ocarina of Time** - Gentle Love