I've been planning to do this for a few weeks now, which is having weekly rotating topics about entertainment that we're consuming.
Having a weekly cadence is too much for a specific topic (i.e.games like Half-KIA has tried), but I imagine we can rotate stuff like anime, manga and games plus any other hobby since we're nerds of varying extent and it's fun to discuss these things.
This week: what movies, animes, or other videos have you watched recently or watching?
Trying to rewatch Gundam Wing but I’ve been working like a dog and don’t really have time. Book wise I just finished up Babylon by Joan Oates, which was sporadically interesting. Also in the last week finished up The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem. Not one of his better books but he's a great scifi author and I'd like to clear his bibliography. I'm aaalmost done with Vol 2 of Cerebus, High Society, getting ready to start Church and State Pt 1 next week. Amazing comic. The author famously went nuts and started hating women and blaming them for the downfall of society. So I can't wait to get to that part.
Just started reading Mercenaries and Their Masters, a history of warfare in medieval Italy. Pretty fascinating so far. I’m about halfway through Christianity, the First Three Thousand Years which is a long, long slog but I’m hoping to complete it by June. And another on my long slog stack is Capitol in the 21st Century, which is an interesting look at the economic mechanisms that drive wealthy inequality, though I disagree with the author’s policy views. I'm halfway through that and have stalled out, but hopefully when work slows down I'll pick it back up and muscle through the end. And I just ordered The White People which is a 19th century horror short story. Should be able to clear that one off my desk quickly.