With little over a week left to the first official month of spring, it was time to recollect everything that happened throughout.
I started the month reading the John Langen horror piece 'The Fisherman'. Despite the slow beginning, I enjoyed it immensely as it quickly ratcheted up the horror elements and never once let them sit idle, always at the forefront of the narrative once they came into the story. Would love to see some sort of adaption as a mini series or film.
On the gaming side, the month started with my first playthrough of Final Fantasy XV since its release in 2016. I knew it had received many quality-of-life and feature updates over the years. However, I was still hesitant initially because my initial experience with the game wasn't that positive. Now, after clocking in 40 hours for the game's new and improved story? Much more positive. I enjoyed it so much, in fact, that I would place it in my top five Final Fantasy games now, though in no particular order.
Film-wise, I started rewatching the Ip Man movies this past week, which are always delightful to watch, both from the amazing choreography in the fight scenes or the emotional storylines that fuel them. Donnie Yen is incredible at what he does.
On the Godzilla/Kaiju side of things, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is just a week away as of the time of this post and I am pumped! It'll be the last Godzilla media for some time, unfortunately, with Monarch and Minus One already having had their time, so I'm going to savor every last second of the film come next Thursday.
Speaking of Godzilla stuff, I finally got my paws on a Bandai Movie Monster Series Titanosaurus after twenty years of searching. Finally pulling the trigger and grabbing one of the Godzilla Store Exclusives from a seller in Japan. In addition to Titano, my father surprised me with a figure of Shimo from the upcoming movie. A monster and design of which I am quickly growing more and more fond. Just something about that white-on-blue that looks amazing.
Work has been very profitable this past month as well, with us not only making our quarterly bonus goal but the CEO also announcing that every employee would be receiving a discretionary bonus as well. This came on top of the first of two annual raises I'd be receiving this year, bringing me up to that $ 15-an-hour goal I had been vying for years.
Creatively, I've been hard at work on LAST TAIL, a new major project that draws inspiration from Final Fantasy VII/XV and Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, along with a myriad of other things. It's sitting at a solid 10k words right now with a bunch of world and character-building done within those first twelve chapters. On top of that, I've also commissioned a good friend of mine for the art of the five main characters, which I am eagerly anticipating.
What am I currently up to right now? Gearing up for a three-day weekend that begins tonight after work. Planning on making some tacos over the weekend and watching the four Monsterverse movies, on top of more writing and playing Dust: An Elysian Tale with the goal of 100% completing it.
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