1:51PM CET > I am in the midst of experiencing the last full day I will ever see in this country for the near future. I leave on a flight home tomorrow. We have been cramming our tourism into this day specifically. On our walk this morning we could see a flea market in the distance, so, naturally we went to see what they had. So Many Cameras. There were so many I felt like I was dying. I ended up buying two tiny ones, I'm going to showcase them in a post when I get home. they're so beautiful.

9:59PM CET > Hi, continuation time I guess? I spent the time between yesterday and today watching more Rick and Morty. Not for this no, I am just way to obsessed with this show I don't even know why. Yay. Again, spoilers below.

Episode 6: The Curicksous Case of Bethjamin Button

I think I'm one of the only people to care more about the characters than the actual hijinks they get up to, I don't know if thats a bad thing or not honestly. This episode was really great, but I only liked it for the insight it gave us into Beth's character and the way she acted as a child. I'm sorry I don't have much to say about the other plot this episode, I just don't want to think about those big headed things more than I have to (I thought it was entertaining, but not much else).The opening used the theme song from Cheers! as a backing track, abd showed through the visuals that even though Beth and Space Beth live completely separate lives, they still feel the same disatisfaction with where they are. When the rest of the family leaves on a trip without them, they decide to become kids again, utilizing the Conveniently Placed Age Machine (which, can change your age if you couldn't tell). These two identical Beths then proceed to terrorize everyone around them because, as previously stated in the show, Beth was an insane little girl. I can assume, though that a lot of the anger that Beth had as a kid manifested from the fact that Rick Prime left her and her family only to never come back. The episode ending with the two Beths crying and hugging Rick because they finaly realize that he DIDN'T deserve their anger, he wasn't the one that left them alone all those years ago. Rick was here for them now, not as a perfect person, but here nonetheless. I loved how the writers used these child versions of Beth to voice her concerns through. This was a really sweet episode.

Episode 7: Ricker than Fiction

If I have to be honest, this was my least favorite episode this season. I was not a fan of James Gunn's inclusion and the subsequent commentary on dragged franchises. I know this is a thing that happens a lot in shows, where the writers voice their opinions openly in their work, but it didn't interest me, and it usually doesn't in general. I'm really glad that this episode wasn't as bad as the alphabet one from last season because that had to be one of the lowest lows of the entire show in my opinion (besides the ..... sperm... episode...). I liked Son of Thistle! And Samantha! Thats better than nothing.

Episode 8: Nomortland

Jerry episode! Jerry episode! Get your Jerrys here! This episode brought in a completely new concept to the show and I really enjoyed its inclusion. It asked a question I honestly had never thought about before: "What happens to the Jerrys that are abandoned?" well they go on the road! At the beginning of the episode, Jerry runs into another Jerry who seemed to be intruding on his household, found out to be a traveler passing through this dimension. We get to see the life that was left on the road for these abandoned Jerrys as they travel through not portals, but through dimensional cracks in the walls and holes in the ground. I found it to be really interesting.

Episode 9: Morty Daddy

I feel that since Justin Roiland got fired, the writers have been trying to pick up the broken pieces of the pot that he left in his wake. The past two seasons brought back characters and concepts introduced in the earler seasons and expanded on them, this episode being a prime example of that. Morty Jr, Morty's child from the season 1 episode "Raising Gazorpazorp", contacts his father once again just to gather material for his next book, a sequel to "My Terrible Father", a book about Morty. I don't have much else to say about this episode but as one last thing; I really appreciate how, in the side plot, Rick didn't show any sexual/romantic interest towards the Cogs, It's a first for him.

Episode 10: Hot Rick

This episode continued the trend of bringing back old characters, with it being a sendoff to the character Memory Rick, who was first introduced in the season 5 episode "Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort". I love Memory Rick's childish demeanour compared to Rick. The plot of this episode started when two seperate events occured, 1: Rick removes the intact last memory of Diane from his brain and 2: Memory Rick is removed from Jerry's brain, hearing about the removal of Diane just before being removed. It then becomes Memory Ricks one goal to get out of this "prison" he was put in and reunite with the memory version if his wife. Memory Rick jumps into the brain of Beth infecting her memories with false ones, grooming her into completing his goal. It's horrifying watching Beth fall deeper into insanity. Mom is trapped in a box in the subbasement. Mom is trapped in a box in the subbasement. Mom is trapped in a box in the subbasement. It becomes all she knows. Once Diane is in Beths mind too, by complete accident, Beth becomes aware of the fact that, no, what she knows to be her life with Memory Rick was a lie. It breaks her. This causes what I now know to be my favorite scene in this entire show so far; Beth, in her insanity, in her desperation, in the wall shes been figuratively cornered in, takes a gun from the holster of Space Beth and points it to her head. Space Beth just stands there, Memory Rick and Diane are moments away from being killed by the fragments of memories that all call themselves Beth. "YOU SEE WHAT YOU DID?!?" one of them screams at him, a knife, only inches from his throat. Only then do they see her real father finally there, someone who had been focusing on moving on for the entire episode, is back to realize that he wasn't the only one who had to deal with the loss of Diane. Beth did too. She had no father for the majority of her life, the current one being only a new addition, and a mother who was completely erased. And as Rick hugs his crying mess of a daughter, this man is able to see her in a clearer light. It truely meant so much to me that the show was willing to push a character this far. I've never felt more seen.

12:25AM CET > Good night my friends.

9:16PM CET > The finale for Rick and Morty season 8 released today? Yesterday? I don't know I just woke up to it being out this morning, whatever this is superficial information. I really, really, liked this entire season. The ending wrapped it up perfectly. I'm going to get into spoilery stuff now so Stop Reading I Guess if you care about Rick and Morty spoilers out of all things. I think I'm going to go episode by episode, I'm going to remember less from the earlier episodes though since they came out ages ago.

Episode 1: Summer of All Fears

I thought this episode was some of the funniest shit ever, the fact that the entirety of the conflict stemmed from the simple act of a charger being stolen?!?!?!? I loved the decision on the writers part to start this episode in the midst of the "matrix-like" world that was built to punish Morty and Summer because that allowed the episode to focus on the aftermath of being caged in a simulation. I was a huge fan of how Morty's role in this simulation was a direct opposite of that of Summers. One was traumatized from fighting in the charger war and another was the direct cause and commander of it, living in relative peace compared to the other. Other than the premise and the ending of the episode I don't have much else to say about it, though. I wasn't a huge fan of the "sophisticated" Summer plot, it didn't amuse me enough to be remembered more than its after scene (which was funny as hell, the way Summer said "just send a text" and completely dismissed the message she got became a vocal stim for me.). The fact that the entirety of the episode just got mind-blowed for Summer and Morty at the end though? It made the whole episode feel sort of pointless. I understand it was most likely a tough decision on the writers part though because there was no way they could have kept a shell-shocked Morty and a sophisticated Summer for the rest of the series.

Episode 2: Valkyric

1: oh god this entire review is going to be so long.

2: I did not really care about this episode. Talking about it here is going to be no better than the synopsis of the episode itself because, with a gun to my head, I could not tell anything about this episode that is not, "A Classic Rick And Space Beth Adventure!" and "They say 'I'm living in your head rent free' and some other slang word that I Could Not Be Bothered To Remember but has no place in Rick and Morty of all things".

Episode 3: The Rick, The Mort & The Ugly

This episode was a sort of finale to the character that was The Citadel. I did enjoy how it explored the lawlessness of the Ricks and Mortys displaced after the destruction of said Citadel. I found this sendoff to be hopeful in a way, with the bartender Morty alowing all the other Mortys to find a new home for themselves in the wake of homesteader Ricks sacrifice. I really, really, enjoyed it. I'm going to miss the Citadel episodes so much.

Episode 4: The Last Temptation of Jerry

If I had to describe this episode in a singular sentence it would go like this: "The Santa Clause but its about easter and body horror." Jerry kills the Easter Bunny and is then involuntary transformed into this horrifying easter bunny monster who wants to make the whole world breed to death. I don't hate the episode but it wasn't exactly great either. The plot called for a Classic Rick and Morty Adventure, which is always welcome, although I don't have any thoughts on it that aren't completely neutral so I won't touch on it more than this sentence. I found the transformation of Jerry to be genuinely terrifying, the inbetween phase where his lip was bloody and split open made me incredibly squemish I loved it.

Episode 5: Cryo Mort a Rickver

Lovely Pennies, Copper Pennies // Little Window Shopper Pennises // Lincoln-Headed Pennies, Touch Them When I'm All Alone // Eat My Pennies, Kiss My Pennies // Give A Little Miss My Pennies // If you Have A Penny Then I'll Have You For My Own (---(this is supposed to be an arrow, shut up idk how to write one without messing up my code) DO you UNDERSTAND the Grip this song had on me for WEEKS? I FUCKING LOVED THIS EPISODE. I can't talk about it enough. UM the opening of this episode was uploaded last year as a sort of teaser for the entire season and I honestly didn't expect to love this specific episode So Much. I love how they utilize the premise, which was "oh shoot we just woke up an entire ship lets act like we are a part of them now", to its fullest. This episode was very fast paced and failed to waste any runtime. I loved when Rick had to act like a little boy and was given a stupidly large lollipop to lick(that rhymed). I loved the second act where the entire population of the ship scrambled to find the stolen money. And I especially loved that Damn Pennies Song that played during said chase scene, it took over my brain. You don't understand me.

11:21PM CET > Okay It's late I've been writing this entire thing in a singular sitting, I am going to attempt to communicate the rest of my thoughts tomorrow. Check on me in the future and please cheer if I fuffiled this promise.

1:11PM CET > I really want to redo the look of this site but I'm unsure of the direction to go. The carpeted floors are rotting.

11:09PM CET > Oh My God I actually did something really productive today, I got back into working on my show. I hired HPorkle today to guest animate on what I think will be a beautiful scene. I can't wait for this shit to come out it's 11:11 I hope I that I'll finish this beautiful mess of a show.

5:02PM CET > Today I went out on a paddle board for the first time in years. When I was little I would paddle board on the lake for hours, I'd lay in bed those nights and continue to feel the rocking of the waves even as I fell asleep. I hope that when its my time to go I can be rocked to sleep.

5:51PM CET > Today has been interesting, I realized that I don't know how to occupy my time anymore. The things that would keep me busy don't hold my attention. I'm pretty much rehashing what I wrote about yesterday UH OHH. Hopefully when I'm home I'll figure out a solution to this problem.

10:39PM CET > I went on a multi-hour walk and almost ended up in the next city earlier today, it was honestly kind of fun. I took way to many photos to care about adding them to the site right now though.

1:49PM CET > I do less work everyday. despite what I want, my body refuses to focus, it refuses to sit down, it refuses to work. I hoped I'd get work done this summer but I just keep getting down on myself and forgetting about the work altogether. It's interesting though, some of my friends look up to me for the work I do and praise me for churning out so much, it doesn't feel like that for me though. I think everyone believes they can do better.

2:09PM CET > I just hope one day I can finally put time into my work, I fear that once I reach adulthood I will never have free time to do what I love, I hope that never is the case.

3:36PM CET > I honestly am insufferable to be around once you know me well enough. Just take me out already.

2:56PM CET > As I am on the train back from the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, I can't stop thinking about a singular item I saw on the 3rd floor of the science building. I had stumbled across a "display" (which is a stretch considering it was just a few framed images on a wall with a breif description) about a specific depiction of "martians" (it was a Mars exhibit that decided to go into detail about martians in pop culture) drawn by Henrique Alvin Corrêa. I found that Corrêa's art, which was from the 1906 edition of "War Of The Worlds", to be so beautifully captivating. The little googly-like eyes he'd put on these water-tower-like creatures was just so whimsical I couldn't help but love them. Below are a few images from a public domain collection of his art in "War Of The Worlds" (similar to what I saw today):

4:10PM CET > Just a little side note, I haven't read War Of The Worlds myself so I have no idea if those creatures are meant to be martians or not, they were just in the martians section is all.

1:37PM CET > Woke up this morning feeling as if my body had been frozen in an iceberg and was only now thawing. I hope I'm better by tomorrow. I dont enjoy feeling like this.

1:55PM CET > Added photos from yesterday to my pics page.

11:55AM CET > I'm in my new temporary home, I feel like I'm suffocating. I woke up this morning barely able to breathe due to the lack of ventilation in this bedroom. Opening the window was not an option, the humid air would be worse. For some reason I keep playing fortnite. I should probably start being productive.

1:34PM CET > It has come to my attention that I most likely woke up in that state because I am sick. I'm so fucked. I hope the meds kick in soon, sneezing so often is not fun.

11:36PM CET > AUght hgh i do not feel good, i took photos earlier today i will add them to website tomrorow goodnighththh h.

10:54AM CET > I made this page because I figured I should keep some sort of 'blog', maybe strangers can deduce how I act through reading these entries. In this moment I am sitting at the desk in my small hotel room, hunched over my stupidly large laptop. Its day two of my trip to Spain, I wish I could pretend to enjoy it more. I'm leaving Madrid later today to take a high-speed train to Valencia. My Spanish isn't good enough for this.

11:33AM CET > I could really go for some croquetas de jamon rn, the ones you can get at bars here are delicious. I probably should've eaten more food for breakfast this morning, I only had 2 crossiants with strawberry jam and some milk.

2:04PM CET > Sitting in the train station now, I feel overwhelmed. Through my backpack it felt like my laptop had bent in half during transit, it hadn't. My life flashed before my eyes for nothing.