Home Acquisition in Progress

[l33tminion]

Made it through the "matchmaking on a place and a price" stage of condo buying. Now into the first of two "ungodly amounts of paperwork" stages. (Followed by handing over a giant chunk of my life savings, actual moving, and parenthood. Can't complain that my life lacks excitement.)

Also enjoyed a team-building day trip with my work colleagues (lunch on the beach in Provincetown) this week. Which along with home-buying chaos meant that the week was a bit short on work. Fortunately can expect that will be somewhat better in the coming week.

For all the stress, it's nice to get back to some simple pleasures that I've been overlooking for a long time. For me lately, that's watching anime (currently in the middle of the second season of Darker Than Black) and eating at Punjabi Dhaba (an Inman Square treasure for sure).

Comments

[mindstalk.livejournal.com]

Suou: Best Girl or Worst Girl?

(Personally I liked both her and Yin's development, but apparently lots of people hated her.)

[l33tminion]

I think Suo is a pretty interesting main character. She's much more of a perspective character than Hei was in the first season. Hei's more stoic (he's a soldier after all), and a lot more of a mystery in the narrative. Suo is a survivor (and has some training as a survivalist), but also a child who's experiencing this terrible trauma (and no small amount of Stockholm Syndrome). Her particular superpower fits into that theme well, too.

So having her as a perspective character lets the show get a lot deeper into the "superpowers as trauma" themes of the first season. I think it's well told, I like how the character is written.

(Side note: There sure is a whole lot of thematic overlap between the world of Darker Than Black and the world in Worm.)

[kihou.livejournal.com]

Grats! Once it's set in stone, I look forward to learning more about your new place!