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torachan1. We had a nice time at Disneyland this morning. So much stuff to do and see (and eat) with the 70th anniversary!
2. Look at these sweet brothers!
2. Look at these sweet brothers!
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2025 Disneyland Trip #34 (5/18/25)
May. 18th, 2025 06:25 pmtorachanIt's officially Disneyland's 70th anniversary (Friday was the first day) and there is a ton of stuff going on. Thankfully there are several months to take in everything.
( 70th anniversary! )
( 70th anniversary! )
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May. 17th, 2025 09:22 pmtorachan1. We saw 43 dogs today. A new record!
2. We walked up to the farmers market this morning and I finally got a jar of the orange almond butter I love so much. The last time I bought some, they were out of the orange so I just got the honey almond butter, which is good, but not nearly as good as the orange one. But I didn't want to buy a jar of the orange until I finished the honey, which I just did yesterday.
3. Apparently there are some interactive things for the Disneyland 70th anniversary, so I found my magic band and got that charged up today so I'm ready for tomorrow's trip. I can't wait to see all the anniversary stuff.
4. Gemma hardly ever goes in these little cat apartments but she was in there yesterday.
2. We walked up to the farmers market this morning and I finally got a jar of the orange almond butter I love so much. The last time I bought some, they were out of the orange so I just got the honey almond butter, which is good, but not nearly as good as the orange one. But I didn't want to buy a jar of the orange until I finished the honey, which I just did yesterday.
3. Apparently there are some interactive things for the Disneyland 70th anniversary, so I found my magic band and got that charged up today so I'm ready for tomorrow's trip. I can't wait to see all the anniversary stuff.
4. Gemma hardly ever goes in these little cat apartments but she was in there yesterday.
Weekly Reading
May. 17th, 2025 07:39 pmtorachanCurrently Reading
How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
11%. I read a similar book by the same author a couple years ago, but this seems different enough not to be retreading the same exact stuff.
Red Hail
3%. Told in two timelines, the present day and the early 60s. A mysterious plague hits a small town in Arizona, and the MC in the present timeline has to figure out how to stop it by finding out how it was stopped the first time. I only read the first couple chapters so far, but it seems promising.
The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin
67%.
The Clockwork Ghost
No progress.
Architectural Follies in America
No progress.
Recently Finished
The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill
Well, this turned out to be a big dud. I didn't feel like the twists worked very well, and the MC was just kind of annoying. There was also some really unpleasant ablism that didn't just seem to be the MC's POV, but rather presented as fact.
Death Row
Short story from the author of the Housemaid series. A woman is on death row for killing her husband, but days before she's scheduled to be executed, she sees a man visiting the prison she's convinced is her husband. ( spoilers )
Love Languages
Cute graphic novel about a young English woman working in France who meets a woman from Hong Kong there as an au pair and they become friends and then more than friends despite the language barrier. I really like how the comic used a mix of English, French, and Cantonese (with in line translations for the latter two) to show how they struggle to communicate.
Boku ga Shinu Dake no Hyaku Monogatari vol. 1-3
Spotted this on Amazon Japan and when I clicked on it, there was a limited time read-free promo for the first three volumes. An elementary school girl sees her classmate about to climb out a window and tells him about the "hundred ghost stories" in hopes of keeping him from killing himself. After a hundred days of telling ghost stories, a real ghost will appear. The rest of the manga is the boy telling the stories, one story per chapter. Each story is pretty good for a short horror story, and there is the framing story of what's going on with the boy. There's usually a couple of pages before and after each ghost story, and things in his house get weirder and weirder as the series goes on. I'm enjoying this a lot and definitely going to read the rest.
How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
11%. I read a similar book by the same author a couple years ago, but this seems different enough not to be retreading the same exact stuff.
Red Hail
3%. Told in two timelines, the present day and the early 60s. A mysterious plague hits a small town in Arizona, and the MC in the present timeline has to figure out how to stop it by finding out how it was stopped the first time. I only read the first couple chapters so far, but it seems promising.
The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin
67%.
The Clockwork Ghost
No progress.
Architectural Follies in America
No progress.
Recently Finished
The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill
Well, this turned out to be a big dud. I didn't feel like the twists worked very well, and the MC was just kind of annoying. There was also some really unpleasant ablism that didn't just seem to be the MC's POV, but rather presented as fact.
Death Row
Short story from the author of the Housemaid series. A woman is on death row for killing her husband, but days before she's scheduled to be executed, she sees a man visiting the prison she's convinced is her husband. ( spoilers )
Love Languages
Cute graphic novel about a young English woman working in France who meets a woman from Hong Kong there as an au pair and they become friends and then more than friends despite the language barrier. I really like how the comic used a mix of English, French, and Cantonese (with in line translations for the latter two) to show how they struggle to communicate.
Boku ga Shinu Dake no Hyaku Monogatari vol. 1-3
Spotted this on Amazon Japan and when I clicked on it, there was a limited time read-free promo for the first three volumes. An elementary school girl sees her classmate about to climb out a window and tells him about the "hundred ghost stories" in hopes of keeping him from killing himself. After a hundred days of telling ghost stories, a real ghost will appear. The rest of the manga is the boy telling the stories, one story per chapter. Each story is pretty good for a short horror story, and there is the framing story of what's going on with the boy. There's usually a couple of pages before and after each ghost story, and things in his house get weirder and weirder as the series goes on. I'm enjoying this a lot and definitely going to read the rest.
They Might Be Giants @ The Orpheum Theatre 5/16/25
May. 17th, 2025 03:41 pmtorachanLast time we saw They Might Be Giants it was an outdoor venue and was raining the whole time, so while it was a great show, it was not the most pleasant experience. Thankfully this time it was indoors (and not raining).
It was at the Orpheum, which is one of the many old theaters in downtown LA. This was my first time seeing a show there and it's really nice, as well as being just a few blocks from a train station, so we were able to take the train down there and save ourselves the hassle of rush hour traffic and money on parking, too.
I had checked the venue's website the day before to see if there were any opening acts and there weren't, but instead TMBG were going to play two sets (which is what they'd done at the previous show we'd gone to as well).
Doors were at seven and I wasn't sure how long it would take us to get down there so allowed plenty of time. We got there a bit after doors opened and there was no line outside anymore. Carla wanted to get some merch, so we got in the merch line, which was pretty long at that point, but there was still like 45 minutes before the show, so what else were we doing.
After that, we got some food (a very tasty cheeseburger and very mid fries) and ate awkwardly in our seats before the show started. They actually started at about 8:15, so we ended up having plenty of time to finish our food first.
For the first set they played mostly songs from Mint Car, and I did not know any of them. I'm not as big a fan of the band as Carla is, so while I like the songs I know, I am not actually that familiar with their whole discography. But it was still very enjoyable.
They took a twenty minute break, during which Carla got some lemonade (which had mint in it and was super tasty) and a surprisingly good chocolate chip cookie, and then they came back on for another set, which also ended up being almost all songs I didn't know lol.
After the encore, we started heading out and the lights didn't immediately come on so I wasn't sure if they were just waiting for the band to get on stage or there would be a second encore. In the lobby, a woman was telling someone they should go back since it looked like the band was going to come back on, but we decided to just head out. As it happens they played two more songs, including Birdhouse in Your Soul, which we both really like, so I wish we had stayed, but oh well.
( set list )
This was them performing Dr Worm:
Despite not knowing most of the songs, I had a great time (and Carla had an even better time since she actually did know the songs). For sure would go to that venue again, too. Very nice and convenient.
It was at the Orpheum, which is one of the many old theaters in downtown LA. This was my first time seeing a show there and it's really nice, as well as being just a few blocks from a train station, so we were able to take the train down there and save ourselves the hassle of rush hour traffic and money on parking, too.
I had checked the venue's website the day before to see if there were any opening acts and there weren't, but instead TMBG were going to play two sets (which is what they'd done at the previous show we'd gone to as well).
Doors were at seven and I wasn't sure how long it would take us to get down there so allowed plenty of time. We got there a bit after doors opened and there was no line outside anymore. Carla wanted to get some merch, so we got in the merch line, which was pretty long at that point, but there was still like 45 minutes before the show, so what else were we doing.
After that, we got some food (a very tasty cheeseburger and very mid fries) and ate awkwardly in our seats before the show started. They actually started at about 8:15, so we ended up having plenty of time to finish our food first.
For the first set they played mostly songs from Mint Car, and I did not know any of them. I'm not as big a fan of the band as Carla is, so while I like the songs I know, I am not actually that familiar with their whole discography. But it was still very enjoyable.
They took a twenty minute break, during which Carla got some lemonade (which had mint in it and was super tasty) and a surprisingly good chocolate chip cookie, and then they came back on for another set, which also ended up being almost all songs I didn't know lol.
After the encore, we started heading out and the lights didn't immediately come on so I wasn't sure if they were just waiting for the band to get on stage or there would be a second encore. In the lobby, a woman was telling someone they should go back since it looked like the band was going to come back on, but we decided to just head out. As it happens they played two more songs, including Birdhouse in Your Soul, which we both really like, so I wish we had stayed, but oh well.
( set list )
This was them performing Dr Worm:
Despite not knowing most of the songs, I had a great time (and Carla had an even better time since she actually did know the songs). For sure would go to that venue again, too. Very nice and convenient.
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Daily Happiness
May. 17th, 2025 12:58 amtorachan1. We went to see They Might Be Giants tonight and it was a fun show. (I'll have a separate post tomorrow.) The venue was downtown and since Carla is in better shape now and able to walk more, I checked the other day to see if we could take the train down there instead of driving, since rush hour traffic heading downtown any night is terrible, and even worse on a Friday night. Plus we'd have to pay at least $20 for parking. Turns out the venue is just about half a mile from a train stop, and the stop by our house is about half a mile from us, so not much walking at all. And the train is only $1.75 each way.
Because of how bad traffic is, the train took less time to get down there than it would have taken driving, but took longer going home (since it was late at night and would have had no traffic), but was much more pleasant since I could just read. I wish more of the places I regularly go for concerts were easier to get to on public transport (probably all of them could be gotten to, but usually only on buses and with more transfers, rather than just one straight shot on the train), but I will definitely keep it in mind next time we go to a show downtown. (I did take the train to see a concert at the Staples Center once, which is also right near a train stop (even closer, actually), but have not been to another show downtown that was convenient to the train since then, alas.)
2. I got an email from Nintendo today about Switch 2 preorders, and from the subject line I was afraid it was going to be saying they're sold out, but it was just saying not to worry, I'm still in the queue. So that's good to know! (We do have a preorder locked in with Best Buy, but would like to get one for each of us.)
3. I thought ahead and did not make Disney reservations tomorrow since I knew we'd be out late for the concert tonight, so tomorrow we can just have a relaxing day at home. (We will be going to Disneyland on Sunday, though, and today was the first day of the 70th anniversary celebration so there's going to be tons of stuff to see/do/eat.)
4. Molly!
Because of how bad traffic is, the train took less time to get down there than it would have taken driving, but took longer going home (since it was late at night and would have had no traffic), but was much more pleasant since I could just read. I wish more of the places I regularly go for concerts were easier to get to on public transport (probably all of them could be gotten to, but usually only on buses and with more transfers, rather than just one straight shot on the train), but I will definitely keep it in mind next time we go to a show downtown. (I did take the train to see a concert at the Staples Center once, which is also right near a train stop (even closer, actually), but have not been to another show downtown that was convenient to the train since then, alas.)
2. I got an email from Nintendo today about Switch 2 preorders, and from the subject line I was afraid it was going to be saying they're sold out, but it was just saying not to worry, I'm still in the queue. So that's good to know! (We do have a preorder locked in with Best Buy, but would like to get one for each of us.)
3. I thought ahead and did not make Disney reservations tomorrow since I knew we'd be out late for the concert tonight, so tomorrow we can just have a relaxing day at home. (We will be going to Disneyland on Sunday, though, and today was the first day of the 70th anniversary celebration so there's going to be tons of stuff to see/do/eat.)
4. Molly!
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May. 15th, 2025 10:57 pmtorachan1. After seeing cimorene's post about chocolate lava cakes, it made me want to get the ones from Domino's again, so when we got pizza tonight we ordered a side of lava cakes as well. Annoyingly, they now come in a three pack instead of a two pack, so we have one random lava cake leftover. But they are very rich, so we could just split that one and it would still be satisfying.
2. We finished another puzzle today.
3. Jasper looks so kittenish in this picture for some reason.
cimorene's post about chocolate lava cakes, it made me want to get the ones from Domino's again, so when we got pizza tonight we ordered a side of lava cakes as well. Annoyingly, they now come in a three pack instead of a two pack, so we have one random lava cake leftover. But they are very rich, so we could just split that one and it would still be satisfying.2. We finished another puzzle today.
3. Jasper looks so kittenish in this picture for some reason.
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May. 14th, 2025 11:23 pmtorachan1. I had a couple meetings today but actually managed to get a bunch of stuff on my to-do list done in between them.
2. The delicious chamoy Kettle Chips we were buying from the independent neighborhood market have been sold out, but today Carla looked on the Kettle Chips website and it said that Whole Foods sells them, so we walked up there this evening and they did indeed have them! With the weather getting warmer, we've been having sandwiches a lot for lunches and dinners and these chips go perfectly with every type of sandwich we've had.
3. I was surprised to see Chloe get up on my desk yesterday. She hardly ever does now that Carla's desk with its high cupboard that allowed them to get up on the bookshelves is not in here. But she just wandered over and checked things out and then left lol.
2. The delicious chamoy Kettle Chips we were buying from the independent neighborhood market have been sold out, but today Carla looked on the Kettle Chips website and it said that Whole Foods sells them, so we walked up there this evening and they did indeed have them! With the weather getting warmer, we've been having sandwiches a lot for lunches and dinners and these chips go perfectly with every type of sandwich we've had.
3. I was surprised to see Chloe get up on my desk yesterday. She hardly ever does now that Carla's desk with its high cupboard that allowed them to get up on the bookshelves is not in here. But she just wandered over and checked things out and then left lol.
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May. 13th, 2025 10:18 pmtorachan1. It was Gemma's turn to go to the vet today. After the whole thing with Molly's claw, we want to make sure that doesn't happen again to anyone, and Gemma is so suspicious and spicy that we have never been able to trim her claws. (We did get Chloe's done the other day, though, and that was almost as easy as doing the boys, so shouldn't be an issue going forward.) So since Gemma was overdue for some shots, I went ahead and made an appointment to get those done and have them trim her claws while we were there. It was very stressful for her and she had an accident in the carrier (both poop and pee) but she got her shots and her claws trimmed and doesn't need to go to the vet for a while now.
We really do need to find a solution to trim her nails at home. Does anyone have tips for highly suspicious/spicy cats who do not like to be held? The biggest problem is catching her, and I don't want that to be super stressful, but she is so suspicious of us that sometimes even just taking her picture or even looking at her make her run away.
2. Someone left a puzzle in our little library and it looks like an interesting one, so I added it to the collection. The one we're working on right now is fine, but not one I think I'd want to do again, so I was already planning on putting it out there when we're finished. So maybe the person who left that puzzle will find ours.
3. Love that coy look.
We really do need to find a solution to trim her nails at home. Does anyone have tips for highly suspicious/spicy cats who do not like to be held? The biggest problem is catching her, and I don't want that to be super stressful, but she is so suspicious of us that sometimes even just taking her picture or even looking at her make her run away.
2. Someone left a puzzle in our little library and it looks like an interesting one, so I added it to the collection. The one we're working on right now is fine, but not one I think I'd want to do again, so I was already planning on putting it out there when we're finished. So maybe the person who left that puzzle will find ours.
3. Love that coy look.
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May. 12th, 2025 11:16 pmtorachan1. Had another work from home day. Loads of things on my work to-do list and all of them were just stuff to do at the computer, which I can do more comfortably from home and save myself a commute, so that's just what I did. Tomorrow will be mostly WFH as well, since I still have a ton more similar tasks on my to-do list and no meetings scheduled.
2. The heat spell is over and the temps are back down in the 60s (50s at night). We had all the windows open over the weekend but I closed the ones in my bedroom this morning and by the evening we closed them all, as it was not only quite chilly but really windy as well.
3. On Saturday when it was really warm, I looked out the window by my bed and found Tuxie napping in the weeds. This area is just a narrow space (like two feet) between the house and the neighbors' fence, and there's a large bush that kind of blocks it from the front, so the gardeners never get in and trim the weeds, so they're really overgrown and make a nice bed for napping. I checked on him several times after that and he was there for ages, just changing his position every once in a while to get more sun or more shade.
2. The heat spell is over and the temps are back down in the 60s (50s at night). We had all the windows open over the weekend but I closed the ones in my bedroom this morning and by the evening we closed them all, as it was not only quite chilly but really windy as well.
3. On Saturday when it was really warm, I looked out the window by my bed and found Tuxie napping in the weeds. This area is just a narrow space (like two feet) between the house and the neighbors' fence, and there's a large bush that kind of blocks it from the front, so the gardeners never get in and trim the weeds, so they're really overgrown and make a nice bed for napping. I checked on him several times after that and he was there for ages, just changing his position every once in a while to get more sun or more shade.
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May. 11th, 2025 09:44 pmtorachan1. It was definitely still warm today (really didn't appreciate it while vacuuming!) but was nicer than yesterday, and aside from a walk to the store in the morning and another around the neighborhood in the evening (by which time it had cooled off a lot), we mostly spent it indoors and the house was very pleasant.
2. I totally forgot to mention this in yesterday's post but we ordered dinner from Shake Shack last night and the order was two burgers and a shake. The order arrived later than expected, and whatever, I'm not going to complain about that or the food being cooler than I prefer, because that's just always a possibility with delivery. But although the shake was in a cupholder, someone had put it in sideways, rather than upright, so the whole thing leaked out and not only was my shake ruined but the burgers as well. I can't imagine someone at the restaurant packing the shake like that, so I can only imagine the delivery driver repacked it that way for some reason??? Anyway, thankfully the restaurant is not actually that far away, so I just took the bag with everything back and had them remake it. Annoying to have to do that in the first place, but at least I wasn't left with no dinner (I'm sure I could have gotten a refund over the phone, but I wanted the actual food, especially the seasonal banana shake, which I'd been excited about and was indeed delicious).
3. Gemma!
2. I totally forgot to mention this in yesterday's post but we ordered dinner from Shake Shack last night and the order was two burgers and a shake. The order arrived later than expected, and whatever, I'm not going to complain about that or the food being cooler than I prefer, because that's just always a possibility with delivery. But although the shake was in a cupholder, someone had put it in sideways, rather than upright, so the whole thing leaked out and not only was my shake ruined but the burgers as well. I can't imagine someone at the restaurant packing the shake like that, so I can only imagine the delivery driver repacked it that way for some reason??? Anyway, thankfully the restaurant is not actually that far away, so I just took the bag with everything back and had them remake it. Annoying to have to do that in the first place, but at least I wasn't left with no dinner (I'm sure I could have gotten a refund over the phone, but I wanted the actual food, especially the seasonal banana shake, which I'd been excited about and was indeed delicious).
3. Gemma!
Weekly Reading
May. 11th, 2025 04:40 pmtorachanCurrently Reading
The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin
13%. Sequel to The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies. I'm listening to this as an audiobook (as I did with the first) and so far enjoying it.
The Clockwork Ghost
No progress.
The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill
65%.
Architectural Follies in America
37%.
Recently Finished
Hidden Figures
Finally finished this! There is also a young readers version that's about half as long and I wonder if that might be the better way to go, because this was just really plodding and felt like a slog to get through.
How to Seal Your Own Fate
This was fun. I hope there will be more books in the series.
Hammers on Bone
This is not just Lovecraft-inspired but straight-up Lovecraft fanfic, and as someone who has never actually read any Lovecraft and only knows a few character names and concepts from general osmosis, I felt like I was missing a lot. If that had been more clear in the summary I wouldn't have picked it up in the first place. In addition to that, I just did not like really anything about it. The main character for some reason talks like a stereotype of a noir detective, but in a really grating way. The best thing it had going for it was that it was really short. I have another novella by this author on my to-read list, but honestly this does not make me want to read more from them.
Paranoid Gardens
I picked up this graphic novel because it's by Gerard Way but it was pretty disappointing. So much is going on. Way too much. There's superheroes and aliens and a weird cult based on a cartoon character.
Motherlover
I actually read this a while back on the author's patreon, but it's finally out for real. Super cute f/f graphic novel about a couple of neighbors falling for each other.
Hey, Mary!
Did not realize Andrew Wheeler had a new graphic novel out but this just popped up on Hoopla when I was looking for something quick to read last night. A very religious Catholic teen struggles with accepting that he's gay. I feel like this would be great for kids in a similar situation to read.
Do Da Dancin'!: Venice Competition vol. 13
The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin
13%. Sequel to The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies. I'm listening to this as an audiobook (as I did with the first) and so far enjoying it.
The Clockwork Ghost
No progress.
The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill
65%.
Architectural Follies in America
37%.
Recently Finished
Hidden Figures
Finally finished this! There is also a young readers version that's about half as long and I wonder if that might be the better way to go, because this was just really plodding and felt like a slog to get through.
How to Seal Your Own Fate
This was fun. I hope there will be more books in the series.
Hammers on Bone
This is not just Lovecraft-inspired but straight-up Lovecraft fanfic, and as someone who has never actually read any Lovecraft and only knows a few character names and concepts from general osmosis, I felt like I was missing a lot. If that had been more clear in the summary I wouldn't have picked it up in the first place. In addition to that, I just did not like really anything about it. The main character for some reason talks like a stereotype of a noir detective, but in a really grating way. The best thing it had going for it was that it was really short. I have another novella by this author on my to-read list, but honestly this does not make me want to read more from them.
Paranoid Gardens
I picked up this graphic novel because it's by Gerard Way but it was pretty disappointing. So much is going on. Way too much. There's superheroes and aliens and a weird cult based on a cartoon character.
Motherlover
I actually read this a while back on the author's patreon, but it's finally out for real. Super cute f/f graphic novel about a couple of neighbors falling for each other.
Hey, Mary!
Did not realize Andrew Wheeler had a new graphic novel out but this just popped up on Hoopla when I was looking for something quick to read last night. A very religious Catholic teen struggles with accepting that he's gay. I feel like this would be great for kids in a similar situation to read.
Do Da Dancin'!: Venice Competition vol. 13