🎂 Week Notes 089
🗓️ // Sep 6, 2026 - Sep 12, 2026
Busy week of birthdays at our house with my 53rd on the 8th and then Houston's 20th on the 9th. We opted to celebrate mine a day early on Labor Day for logistics reasons and then Houston at his normal time on Wednesday. It was great to have my sister, Kristen, and her husband, Paul, in town for both. They usually come up for an extended visit during the summer and it just worked out that they stayed longer this year.
⚽️ First game of the season for our youngest and her team. It made for a really fun dad and daughter road trip to Moscow, ID. We listened to a bunch of Japanese music from the Someone Hertz compilation playlist on Spotify (every song ever mentioned in the manga's radio show is in it) as well as a playlist of a bunch of songs from various anime series that I like. The team had a great start and went into halftime with a 2-1lead, but ended up in a 2-2 draw. Both of our goals were impressive strikes from outside the box., and J even three shots on goal while playing as a forward.
🚙 I was driving the Forester home today and it was running fine until just past Spangle when the dashboard lit up with 4 different lights that I had never encountered before. The biggest one being a blinking AT oil temp message. I pulled over to figure out what was up, but didn't find anything super conclusive. After idling for quite a while decided to try to drive to my mom's house since it was closest. That went fine, the car drove basically normally to her house. I let it sit to do research for a while, the first time I fired it up there were no errors, but then they returned after about 5 seconds and have remained since. Internet research was inconclusive, but basically indicated this is a state that can be caused by some pretty random stuff that may not even involve the transmission. My cheap engine code checker found no errors once I got home. Time for further research.
🎣 Nathan got to go on an awesome guided fly fishing trip on the Spokane river with Paul today. Neither had any significant experience but they managed to catch 15 fish between the two of them during the outing which was absolutely perfect conditions for the occasion. Sounds like it was a really fun and memorable time.
Playing
- 🧙♂ Completely uneventful week of Daily Quests and Midweek Magic with a little progress on the Ranked Constructed front thanks to Mono White Auras. Also they announced Alchemy is ending as an Arena format- unsurprising given the number of regular sets a year now.
Reading
📚 Koigakubo-kun Stole My First Time Ch. 1-8 👍👍 The translated title sounds way sketchier than the actual storyline in which the young and handsome Koigakubo-kun gives many different kinds of romantic first times to his work and gaming focused senior work colleague, Eiko Kagehara, as part of fully consensual romantic lessons. They quickly fall for each other, but Eiko's massive romance inferiority complex remains an obstacle. Really refreshing to read an adult-focused romance where the male love interest is kind and suave, while the woman is attractive, but inexperienced and full of self-doubt.
📚 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro Ch. 1-16 👍👍 Wild dynamic where awkward artistic high school second year art and manga enthusiast, Naoto Hachioujii, gets absolutely bullied by his incredibly cute and sassy first year classmate, Nagatoro-san. It's painful early, but it starts to become clear pretty quickly that she actually likes him just as much as she likes teasing him.
Watching
📺 Silo S4E6-7 👍👍 This season is really picking up steam both in the present and the past storylines. I had significant doubts about the amnesia plot line, but I'm very pleased with how quickly they moved past that and the shifting loyalty landscape of all the players.
📺 Insomniacs After School 👍👍 Great 12 episode series. Loved the premise and execution. The sleepless central couple were adorable, and the astronomy club as a vehicle to drive everything forward and make the night sky a compelling supporting character in its own right was genius.
Listening
- 🎶 The Someone Hertz playlist I found on Spotify that contains every track ever referenced on the midnight radio show they listen to was a big hit with J on today's drive to Moscow. She'd already heard most of them while hanging out in my office, but it was cool to be able to share them again and make the long car ride go by faster. Particularly since she's just as big of a Someone Hertz fan as I am these days.