i had an idea for phoneposting on here. instead of writing directly into nano over ssh in Termius like a moron, with no autocorrect, I can just write these posts out in Obsidian, or any text editor really. Though obsidian does support markup and I can actually preview what the final post will look like roughly. Reminds me, I haven’t actually setup a way send pictures to my file host from my phone. Maybe I’ll get that. Eventually.

Right now I’m watching Gundam Zeta, well, half watching. I’ve been a bit distracted. I’m at about episode 31 now. Why is there a girl name Qum (koom)?

I never thought I’d be watching Gundam, but here I am. I just finished The original Gundam series about a week ago. Soon I’ll be on ZZ.

I’ve never really been a fan of giant robots, as a kid I found the giant robot aesthetic very off putting , with the exception of The Big O for some reason. I thought that was pretty okay when I watched it on Adult Swim way back when. I’m probably due for a rewatch on that, it’s been almost 20 years since then. Man I miss those old days of watching tv on a 13” CRT. Let me stop myself right there on old tv before I start rambling for an hour.

Truth be told about Gundam, I actually watched 08th MS Team about 6 years ago, well, half watched. I would play it on my phone while I was driving to visit mother. For some reason I feel a little nostalgic about that, weird because I don’t think I feel that way about anything from the last 10 years. I’m tempted to start rambling about those visit, how I would eat buffalo chicken pizza from papa johns, play rummikub and cards with my mom and grandma, and sleep on the air conditioned porch on the couch.

Anyways, back to 08th MS Team. I don’t remember much about it, I think there’s something funny about one’s first Gundam experience being the one that doesn’t really have gundam in it. I don’t even know why I watched it back then, I guess someone told me it was good. I’m kind of looking forward to watching it again when I get to it. The plan is to watch all of the mainline Gundam anime, minus the spinoffs like build and SD. After I’m done watching all of Gundam I’m still not going to consider myself a gundam fan, it’s still not my thing. I’m mainly watching it because I feel some obligation as a weeb to watch it. In hindsight, I really should have at least watched Gundam 1979 back in 2010ish when I really obsessed with watching anime. It’s crazy how influential this show was for anime in general, and how many memes spawned from it. Plus how much it is referenced in japanese otaku and internet culture. The inspiration Hideaki Anno took from episode 1 of Gundam when making Evangelion was very clear.

Rick Dias. Rickety Ass.

Gundam really is full of weird words, some of them funny, some off they absurd, and some annoying.

I’m starting to lose my train of thought, as I often do when I try to think about something for more than a few minutes.

Today:

• Did the front brakes on the van, only took three hours and broke my lower back. Feels good to give my tools some use. I really need to buy some small engines to work on.
• got some synthetic grease in my hair. shampooed twice but it barely came out. I’m expecting a bald spot here in 20 years.
• breakfast at cracker barrel at 4pm. i had pancakes, eggs, sausage, bacon, country ham, and loaded hash down casserole. I’m surprised I remembered all that, maybe my memory isn’t as bad as I thought. I can even remember the soylent i drank for pre-breakfast. took home two mini bottles of their maple syrup, that should last another year.
• god i love breakfast
• bought some 12oz cans of soda at walgreens. crazy to me how they’re almost always buy 2, get 1/2 free. the price actually works out cheaper than walmart.
• played some multiplayer on the switch 2. I really need to practice mario kart world more and learn to gitgud at tetris, but it’s so much effort.
• Watched Wednesday Downtown. The sushi eating and plate throwing segment was great. (yes I’m really going to describe it that poorly)
• Gundam Zeta.
• my right hand is cramping so badly from typing right now in this stupid iphone
• didn’t get to watch conan movie 7 last night, might watch it tonight.
• what awaits me for sunday tomorrow, no one knows.

gelgoog. m’kuve. frau bow. whatever the acronym for “a-oog” is. what were they thinking with all the names in this series.

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