It seems that I have broken my 5-month weekly writing streak. If you have no idea what I am talking about, let me explain. I wrote in a blog post about my “new year resolutions”. One of them was writing and publishing a blog post every week for the year 2021.
Well, I broke it last week. I did write a blog post but between the chaos of the last week and perfection holding my neck, I didn’t publish it. Would probably have to publish two blog posts this week, to get 52 blog posts at the end of the year. Anyway, let me tell you what I have been up to.
What has Ireoluwatomiwa been up to?
First things first, let me start by saying I have been angry. Aside from the stress of my life, the Nigerian government decided to ban Twitter. If you just said, “But that is authoritarian”. Yes, you are right but the Nigerian government did it anyway, You can read my rant here.
Binged season 4 of Castlevania
Warning! *SPOILER ALERT*
Sypha and Trevor are having a baby! This makes me very happy. Trevor Belmont fought “death” and somehow survived, which is honestly on brand. Isaac finally had his revenge. Also, I am going to admit that his character is seeming more appealing to me.
Carmilla is dead which is honestly bitter-sweet. To clarify, I do think she is a wicked witch. There is something alluring about her though. Lenore still gave a lot of MILF energy at least before she decided to step into the sun and turn into ash. Trevor is still the pictorial representation of bad decisions.
Saint Germain is weirder than I initially thought. Alucard seems to have gotten himself a “babe” and an actual community. He is still as fine as usual. Yes, I am saying an anime character is fine.
Listened to podcasts, music and watching k dramas.
I have been listening to Old church basement by Maverick city and Elevation worship. The album is good and refreshing. It feels like a warm hug from Jesus Christ. If you are looking for a Christian album to listen to, I recommend this.
Also been listening to a lot of podcasts. The first two episodes of the Make it plain podcast are so good. This podcast is about black men discussing the life of Malcolm X through a Christian and nuanced view. I also enjoyed this The argument podcast episode which was about listening to both sides of the pro-life and pro-choice debate. This season of Gangster capitalism is really great. It explores Jerry Falwell jr fall from grace.I also really liked this episode of You are wrong about which is about the cancellation of the “The chicks”. It brought to light how the right also propagates cancel culture. That episode showed “cancel culture” is a human problem, not just a left problem.
Judiciously following the k drams shows I have started. Would probably write a blog post about this later. Stay tuned!
Last but not the least, I am now fully vaccinated. Vaccine side effects are kicking my ass though. Overall, really glad I am vaccinated.
That is the end of my gist. Hopefully, we don’t have another “unfortunate hiatus”.
Pagliacci
June 12, 2021 at 7:23 am
I’ve been bingeing the Show “peaky blinders”.
I love how the characters are human, flawed, they get beat up, escape death by chance, are stupid, solid stuff.
I’ve been trying to read again, Depression kicked my ass up until march this year, finally off meds, no self harm for a month now, but my attention span took the hit, and i went from am ambitious 50 books last year, and countless movies, to just 2 books (as at yesterday) and about 30 movies.
ire
June 12, 2021 at 3:49 pm
I should probably join you in peaky blinders. Just watched different clips on the internet. Sorry about the depressive episode. Really happy you are not self harming. I know how big this is because I used to self harm a lot. Have you tried using audiobooks? that might help you fulfill your goal.