Had a great time at my local Pokemon TCG event! Did 3 rounds (1 tie, 1 win, 1 lost), met some friendly folks, & got some neat prizes (various cards & an Eevee deck mat). I also bought Gardevoir card sleeves for my Mega Diancie deck.

I need it to not rain this Sunday so I can finally go to my first Pokemon TCG meetup, learn to play the card game in person, & make new friends. My sister got me a Mega Diancle Ex deck that arrived yesterday.

Went to an arcade yesterday & had a ton of fun. Got over 1,000 tickets on a Spider-Man game that was loaded onto my game card. Also got a cute purple owl beanie baby & a Naruto keychain as prizes

I had Thai boba tea for the first time today from the Vietnamese restaurant my mom and I frequent & it was so good, but I'm concerned that it might have caffeine that will affect how well I sleep tonight. Hope it doesn't b/c this is the best boba tea I've had since I moved to VA.

So I deeply wish there was an omnibus of the Yu-Gi-Oh! R spinoff manga. My local library only had vol. 3 😭

So if you need back support like me but love beanbag chair, the teardrop beanbag chair is super comfy. My older sis got me one after she noticed how lacking the plain small one was.

Been reading Black Punk Now for the past week & I've seen both my teenage Black alt. rock loving self & my adult Black alt. rock loving self in these pages

CW: pet death. Lucky was the first cat of my sister's I bonded with, a decade ago. She was the sweetest cat I've ever met & cancer took her from us this evening sooner than expected. Lucky, I hope you have fun w my sister's other departed cats Cheez It & Mittens. Thanks for being my friend.

Alike from Pariah

I stumbled on a fidget toy I liked this past weekend called Needoh! It's a rubber cube that you can squish & squeeze that won't lose its original shape. My sister had a red one & I was playing with it & she said I could get my own. Happy I found one in purple 😄

I think I'm getting the hang of the Spiritswap gameplay now @softnotweak.bsky.social

Went to a library closer to where I live specifically for the Robyn Crawford Whitney Houston book. I also got a poetry book by Amanda Gorman called Call Us What We Carry

I did everything but Dynamax 'cause I don't know what that is.

Needed a distraction and saw this on #BlackSkyGamers. Here are some of my favorite video gamessss

The other day, I ate a bowl of rice noodles, tofu, & veggies from a Vietnamese restaurant my sister took my mom and I to. It was good, but I had wanted rice instead of noodles. So I made a tofu rice bowl with tofu my sister baked & raw veggies I cut.

So my sister has a silcone popcorn popper that I have slowly been getting used to (emphasis on slowly; I burnt popcorn on two occasions). But today, I finally made my ideal classic popcorn with kernels, olive oil, ghee, and cheese seasoning. Next time, I'll give garlic seasoning a try.

Air fryer grilled cheese sandwch with grape tomatoes

So we pretty much stopped eating American fast food since we moved to VA, but my sister showed me how to make pizza from naan bread, garlic olive oil, & a few simple ingredients

Finally went to a local VA library & got Mariah Carey's memoir & a history of the revolutionary impact of Black-owned bookstores by Char Adams

This might be the first time I've ever had good timing for Mystic Artes in Tales of Beseria

Got a surprise Mystic Artes attack when playing Tales of Beseria just now

Got Tales of Beseria remastered early yesterday evening. Have only played an hour and a half of the game, but I love it so far. Velvet Crowe is awesome.

So today I helped my mom start unpacking her stuff that arrived in the moving mod. One of the things was a box of family photos that needs to be sorted through. Lucky, one of the cats, took a nap on the box

I added smoked paprika this time and it was good; appreciate the sugguestion

After half a dozen tries, I have finally beat Let's Go Pikachu! Enjoyed myself even more this time around; loved riding/flying around on my Pokemon. Also Clefable and Gyarados are the GOAT

Y Charizard form is cool too

OMG Mega Evolved Charzard X Form was awesome

Was somewhat surprised that Articuno ended up clinching my win. Only used it b/c it was a Flying Type & I taught it Facade (does double damage when affected by some status effects).

I now have a reading nook in my new room thanks to my sister & my brother-in-law

Went to the bookstore today & got Peach-Pit's Shugo Chara Joker and @keezyyoung.bsky.social's graphic novel Hello Sunshine.