Lobster is the new

but there's nothing for me to ramble about I remember I can always log into WaniKani...



...reviews will always be waiting for me, cries.

( 分かりません )

I accidentally spilled some water on the keyboard the other day, and so out of an abundance of caution, took off all the keycaps and let it sit upside down to dry for 48 hours to be safe.

It was actually hard to tell how much water could have gotten to the PCB since there was no easy way to unscrew the case without having to mess up the glue on the rubber feet I think, but it didn't look like there was much to begin with, only some small droplets near the arrow and shift keys, I could only see some water just where the the Shift Key stabilizer holes were. Funny thing was I was thinking of taking off the keycaps recently to inspect how dirty it may be between the keys, but besides one random cat hair, it was actually pretty spotless, to my delight.

I'm just really happy it seems to be working okay, since I did unplug it as soon as I realized where the water spilled. Some sources online were saying that some mechanical keyboards can even survive a full submersion under water if you spilled something like coffee or soda on it, but you'd have to use distilled water and wait a week to dry for it to be okay?? That kind of surprised me, but I suppose it makes sense that it wouldn't be harmed as long as it was completely dry afterwards and no residue left behind might cause a short circuit.

Took the time to let the keyboard rest to just take a day from the computer, hopefully I didn't miss much since I was just on a roll to replying to a bunch of people at once too, then I had to drop off the face of the earth for a day.

I was under the impression that the Steven Universe Movie would be out today and not yesterday, and now I have to spend even more time off places like Twitter to avoid spoilers. ;-;

So far looking online I haven't seen any official links for streaming the movie either, so that's been the one downside of not having cable access. It's really interesting that they actually were on top of releasing the songs and original scores for the movie simultaneously online though.

My TL yesterday was either all about SU or about Pkmn Masters and the new Blue Event; come to think of it, I guess it won't be that hard for me to avoid social media since Masters is occupying me on the phone. The temptation to post and comment with screenshots is pretty high, but since removing the apps I really have to consider how hard I want to share since I'd have to log into the mobile site--I did get him on the first solo pull so that was really nice and I had to celebrate.

Most of the games I play do have at least some kind of Stamina limiter though, so that's also been a nice way to keep off the phone for hours. Pkmn Masters is Stamina-less, but my phone will get hot or it'll crash at some point in the story modes and I take that as a sign to stop, lol.

I know I have other fandom things to scream about, at the very least the latest chapter update of The Promised Neverland I finally read yesterday--I haven't been playing anything on the Switch or 3DS since it's been really hot and most of my energy has gone elsewhere the past week.

I'll need more time to organize some thoughts, but since I have a job-related deadline to meet this afternoon, so I'll need to save those thoughts for later.

I know I haven't been on top of my kanji reviews lately, but I swear they updated 投 and 持 because I just don't. Recall the on'yomi at all for these two?? I kept reading the info section and I just. Didn't remember the mnemonics at all and I was on a streak for remembering/differentiating between them!

THEN I found someone talking about it in the wanikani forums and they did in fact update certain kanji that previously only had kun'yomi and I felt so very validated. My memory isn't garbage! But now I have to commit a new reading to memory and (sort of) unlearn the old one, boo.

Sometimes I do wonder if it's just worth it for me to reset back a few levels, but it also comes down to doing barely any grammar study at all either.

I do want to make an effort to read kanji more practically, especially since a lot is borrowed from chinese, I feel certain connections with words I've only ever heard spoken and finally having that aha moment, "aaaah, this is That word, and now I can READ it"

Wasn't expecting that to drop today until I suddenly saw my phone downloading an app I didn't remember authorizing earlier in the day.

It actually looks pretty good so far, but of course with most initial launches, lots of server errors. Doesn't help that my internet tonight seems to be pretty stressed, and since I don't have immediate work-related plans coming up, I think I may need to dedicate the next two days before the weekend to backing up and factory resetting the iMac. 

At least I'll have some games to occupy myself with? :')

this is making me consider upgrading my phone sooner than I anticipated too hhhhhh