various tea things
favorite green tea variety: gyokuro probably? i haven't had it in quite a long time though. tried a really neat tea that was called "early spring silver strands" and liked it a lot.
red (black) tea: jin jun mei my beloved... i tried some that had more of cocoa-like notes and some that are more honey or floral, and enjoyed both tremendously, it's a very flavorful tea.
but i also must say i really like darjeeling. it's so floral i love it
other tea type favorites? good rocky oolong is incredible actually?? i tried some different ones before and haven't enjoyed them that much but then came across an actually nice one and wow this is great. it's a very unique flavor and i don't really know what to compare it to... of course lighter oolongs are also quite a favourite of mine. tie guan yin <3
music i've been listening to
tried to select one album from each artist in no particular order. this is relatively disorganised for now
here's the few i have been listening to the most.
- willy rodriguez - wetdream
- squee - LP2
- drug bug - a season's end.
- glass beach - the first glass beach album
- FEMTANYL - MAN BITES DOG
- Jhariah - TRUST CEREMONY
these are also very high on my list but i don't listen to them as often, for various reasons (usually because the mind demands i instead loop the same two or three albums lol).
- Toir - SHATTERED MOMENTO
- gvrlstink - gvrlrot
- rwtmp - flame lullaby
- Sophiaaaahjkl;8901 - Breakcore Burnout
- corn wave - elephant entertainment
- Dead Butterflies - the heat death of the universe
- j - it's okay to dream
- Midwestern Roadkill - Ellie's mixtape Vol 1
- Studio Thumpy Puppy - In Stars and Time OST
- Will Wood and the Tapeworms - SELF-iSH
- Geese - Getting Killed
- My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
- Flavor Foley - Human
- Keygen Church - Nel Nome Del Codice
- Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing-Along Songs For the Damned and Delirious
- Lemon Demon - View-Monster
- Talkshow Boy - Testosterone!
some games
this is not an exhaustive list because that would take way too long and too much space so i chose some that are "notable" to me.
games i finished
(or in the case of endless ones, where i feel i've experienced "enough" to go "yeah, i'm familiar with this quite well")
- In Stars and Time (can't recommend it enough. forever will stay in my mind)
- ZENO remake (very interesting and emotional game that inspired me to work on my own games)
- BLANKSWORD Demo (very fun very looking forward to the full game. also very much a recommendation from me!!!)
- Omori (holds a special place in my heart as my entry into this genre of RPG Maker games)
- Oneshot
- You Will (Not) Remain
- I Just Want to be Single!! (caught up as of the time of writing)
- Vampire Survivors (very fun to play with a friend imo. a lot of flashing though)
- Hollow Knight (almost finished i am having trouble with some end-game stuff)
- Balatro
- Peggle
- Hades (finished... ish. there are some things i wanted to check out still)
- Disco Elysium (actually did miss some things but i doubt i'll go for another playthrough anytime soon despite enjoying the game. therefore placed here)
- Webfishing
- Minecraft
- Terraria
games i'm playing through
- Ultrakill (started it and am having fun despite being terrible at shooters. need to get back to it sometime)
- Opus Magnum (scratches my brain in a very good way)
- Hollow Knight: Silksong (started despite having trouble on the first game. i am not good at it but i'm still having fun. maybe i like torturing myself. actually i think the amount of emotionally grueling fiction i like may be a better indicator of this desparately avoiding spoilers)
- Dwarf Fortress was debating whether to place it here or in the "finished" section because i did spend a lot of time in it but i have no idea what i'm doing
- Stardew Valley
- Rain World (only played a little bit. have been meaning to get more into it)
- Final Fantasy XIV Online (i play on Phantom. hoped to start to socialise more through it but instead i've been postponing clearing the first mandatory trial to avoid talking to people. old habits die hard i guess)
- 100% Orange Juice
- Rail Route (fun and a time-sink but requires so much concentration from me that i rarely play it lol)
- Celeste (on chapter 3. i'm slow at this so my hands don't explode)
- Cult of the Lamb (stuck at a specific boss. want to return to it sometime)
- Unpacking (in progress. playing it whenever the mood hits)
- Baba Is You
- GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- (very much a beginner)
- Fields of Mistria
also some i've been meaning to get to
- Deltarune (i finished one playthrough of the first two chapters and seem to have missed... quite a lot)
- Slay the Princess
- START AGAIN: a prologue
- Serre
- ENA: Dream BBQ (a close friend gifted me the game. i have ran into mentions of ENA before but am largely unfamiliar)
- The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
- of the Devil Demo
- Hyper Light Drifter
- Crypt of the Necrodancer
- UNBEATABLE [white label]
- Detroit: Become Human
- Yumme Nikki
- Void Stranger
- Hylics
- Viewfinder
- PowerWash Simulator
- Potion Craft
- Dead Cells
books and such
finished or in progress
- Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint by singNsong (finished)
- The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir (caught up)
- The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells (finished Artificial Condition, yet to start next book)
- Lout of Count's family by Yu Ryeo-Han (was on chapter 159 of the webnovel and stopped reading it due to various life circumstances, so am meaning to restart with the printed version)
- i want to die but i want to eat tteokboki by baek sehee (picking it up time to time when i feel in the right mood)
- how to by Randall Munroe (also picking it up time to time. really enjoyed sitting outsied and reading it but the weather has been not exactly suitable for that lately)
- The Trial by Franz Kafka (another one i'm slow with because i want to be in the right state of mind for it)
- Bunny by Mona Awad (picked it up in a bookstore and after reading for a bit thought it's maybe not my thing after all. i'm considering giving it another chance since i saw someone else get the same impression at the start but ended up getting into it later into the book. idk)
- The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini (read it quite a while back and don't remember it well anymore but got gifted Murtagh by someone so have been meaning to get to reading that)
i've been meaning to start
- Discworld by Terry Pratchet (seems like something i'd really enjoy and yet the ability to read it eludes me. got started on Colour of Magic (in a translation) a long time ago but i think it wasn't right for me back then. probably going to try starting with Guards! Guards! instead)
- The Dinosaurs Rediscovered by Michael J. Benton (I'VE HAD THIS BOOK FOR 7 YEARS. I SWEAR I WANT TO READ IT.)
- House of Leaves by Mark. Z. Danielewski
- The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (technically i started it but i got less than 40 pages in and it's been some time so. yeah)
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski (kinda want to read it in a ukrainian translation. i usually read in english these days but i've been told there's a good one)
comics and similar
linked entries are webcomics' about pages or their closest equivalent. ongoing and caught up unless stated otherwise, "on ch. x" means that is the last chapter i have read..
- Lavender Clouds by Bex Ollerton (finished)
- The Case Study of Vanitas by Jun Mochizuki
- To Strip the Flesh by Oto Toda (finished)
- Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun by Nishi Osamu
- Seaside Stranger by Kii Kanna (started volume 1. also watched the anime)
- The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumoku Ren (finished volume 6)
- JoJo's Bizzare Adventure Part 7 - Steel Ball Run by Araki Hirohiko
- JoJo's Bizzare Adventure Part 8 - JoJolion by Araki Hirohiko
- Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun by AidaIro (on ch. 121)
- Trigun Maximum by Nightow Yasuhiro (finished and contemplating a reread)
- Pandora Hearts by Jun Mochizuki (finished but i barely remember it by now)
- Love Me for Who I Am by Tozaki Ei (finished)
- Bloom Into You by Nakatani Nio (finished)
- Kagerou Daze by Jin and Satou Mahiro (finished)
- Pokémon Special (on ch. 524)
- SAKAMOTO DAYS by Yuto Suzuki
- SPY x FAMILY by Tatsuya Endo
- Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto (i lost where i stopped lol. paused might pick back up again i did like it just (gestures vaguely) life you know)
- So I'm a Spider, So What? by Baba Okina and Kakashi Asahiro (stopped on ch. 60.1, pondering picking up the novel tbh)
- The Glass Scientists
- Namesake
- Colorless
- The Witch Door
- Rain (finished)
- 2 Slices (finished. don't remember it well i should reread sometime)
- Daybreak
- City of Blank
- I'm the Grim Reaper
- Paperteeth
- Nomads (finished)
- Four Leaf (finished)
watching
- Dungeon Meshi
- Severance (need to catch up on season 2)
- Twin Peaks (just started and watched one episode so far)
- Cowboy Bebop (i pick it up time to time and keep forgetting to keep watching lol)
- Bee and PuppyCat
- Nimona
- Bocchi the Rock
- JoJo's Bizzare Adventure uhhh idk there were others but i can't remember rn