july was... it was a month. the weather was unbearably hot. i had to have three fans running in my room. i went out with friends a lot and tried whiskey (its disgusting). and i've kinda just felt a little disconnected from the world.

i found a shiny shinx in platinum, while i was trying to look for the legendary birds (i have all of them except articuno). for some reason i keep encountering shinies when im not even looking for them. i finished catching all the pokemon in the trophy garden, and now i'm working on the swarms. its a lot harder since you can't just soft reset until you get the ones you want each day. i just have to deal with 3 days straight of the same thing.

it was recently announced that shrek 5 will be actually coming out. honestly... why? the original films (minus the third of course) are already perfect on their own, and forever after was a proper conclusion. don't get me wrong, i loved the spinoffs with puss in boots (watch the last wish if you havent yet). and the holiday specials are fine. but really, i think shrek doesn't need any sort of continuation. it doesn't help that the current teaser feels like it's pandering to nostalgia. i really hope it doesn't end up being like that when it actually comes out.

there's a makeship campaign of reruns for past plushies, and i ended up ordering one of shrike from monkey wrench. i never even knew the series existed when the original run happened, and i didn't wanna miss my chance this time. due to differences in currency, he was a bit expensive. but it will be worth it once he arrives. i'll finally get to smooch him and make him kandi! i promise to take pictures once he arrives.

me and my sister rewatched the sam raimi spiderman trilogy. im proud to admit they're the only marvel movies ive seen in their entirety. as a kid, they were cool superhero films. but as an adult theyre a comedy. i genuinely laughed the hardest i ever have in a long time watching them. the first one is the best, the second is the most iconic, and the third is.. not too good. it was clearly rushed. if you love tacky 2000s films like i do, definitely give them a watch. even if you don't know squat about marvel.

so overall, this month went by pretty quick. and nothing insanely notable happened. aside from like.. some stuff involving politicians and the start of the summer olympics, i don't watch them but i like seeing how canada is doing. peace out!