Edmund Schweppe

May it be better than last year.

I don't really do New Year's resolutions, but I have the intention of updating here more often.

I forgot to say anything about my teeth situation. The earliest my wonderful dentist could fit me in for a big complicated filling replacement was Dec 16, yes that's six weeks since the emergency filling he put in. Then it turned out that I needed a crown instead. Whee. But the great thing is that it didn't hurt AT ALL, not during the process, not even after the numbness wore off.

My friends Ashmead and Spouse and Kiddo have been here for a week, leaving tomorrow. They used to be local, now they're not, but A's parents are still in town. I took Kiddo to the library while Parents were off doing eldercare things. She picked out half a dozen graphic novels and finished them that evening. We're not related but our souls are! We did hotpot last night and we'll have leftovers tonight. And then I'll eat like a queen for another two weeks or so.

A is my cdrama zoom-watching buddy of choice, and it's a lot more fun and easier on my poor fragile brain to watch in person. We got hooked on Vendetta of An, featuring Cheng Yi at his most quietly unhinged, and we also watched some vertical dramas. Tiny budgets and narrative conventions that remind me of 1980s Harlequins, make of that what you will, but they're fun and require very little in the way of thought. The one I liked best was Take Away Love With A Knife (https://mydramalist.com/796770-take-away-love-with-a-knife), with Schemer4Schemer. Then we watched two more with the ML, Liang Si Wei, who does wifeguys better than anybody I've seen lately. I don't foresee any rewatches, but the next time I'm bored and brainmelty, I'll keep this guy in mind.

(healthwise, nothing new, so boring)