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27: My time in the land of mandatory tipping is drawing to a close, and I cannot help but feel somewhat regretful.

Once more I have brought with me the European plague, which swiftly spread to everyone else, and as a consequence of this contagion most of my time here has been spent inside a suburbian home in southern Illinois, which I believe you should be absolutely harrowed to hear if you are yourself an American; and harrowed still to learn that this is the third time that this has happened to me. Indeed: three times I have come to the United States, and three times I have seen but fields of corn and other agricultural plantations interspersed with fast food joints and gigantic billboard advertisments.

Woe is me, most certainly, but it wasn't all bad: I got to spend more time with my beloved and, on the few days that we were able to go outside, I got to see some pretty ridiculous things such as the ginormous ketchup bottle, a school bus labeled “SHITTZENGIGGLES” (those Germans!), Dick's, and a shop called Cope Marine, which were all worthy of a giggle, to say the least.

Indoors, I have been enjoying—among other things, of course—playing Ōkami on the PlayStation 2, watching an Armageddon VHS tape on a CRT TV, and watching a lot of Lost on a regular LCD TV; and with all of that, my yearning for a complete return to analog is indubitably ablaze.

For that very reason, I have also been looking for either a dumb- or feature-phone; however, it would seem that fucking nobody on this planet understands what the appeal of such a phone actually is; I do not, in fact, want an Android phone with a physical keyboard—Blackberries already exist, and they blow—wait... are those still a thing, actually?—no, what I want is a barebones mobile device with a physical T9 keyboard, no touchscreen, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and that supports WhatsApp and FM radio – am I asking for that much?

Well whaddayaknow, KaiOS devices tick all those boxes—and whaddayaknow, WhatsApp stopped supporting KaiOS back in 2024 because, uh, muh security or something. Seems like my only options now are the Xiaomi Qin F22, which doesn't have a camera ... or a headphone jack ... or anything for that matter; or, the Kyocera 902kc, which is rather costly, but comes with an epic weeb keyboard. I guess it'll have to be the Xiaomi, as my priority is simplicity; I can live with the lack of basic amenities – maybe I'll get a physical camera later down the line, and an actual mini radio that I can carry around.

I would also be interested to get myself an original Jolla Phone, as I was a huge fan of SailfishOS back in the day, but I'm not sure how functional they remain nowadays. The new C2 community phones that have replaced them look pretty sloppy to me, so I don't really care much for them.

Went to Target and saw kids' halloween costumes of hamburgers, hot dogs, ketchup & mustard bottles, pizzas, traffic lights, and the VLC logo. Yeehaw.

11: Finger sucked onto by fish.

9: Laceration without foreign body of right index finger without damage to nail, initial encounter. Suture removal in 7–10 days. Keep clean and dry.

6: Good afternoon, America! Had a little back-and-forth with some chap from O'Hare security, but it was all worth it for this wonderful view of the Chicago skies:

1: I am just now realizing how many things are impossible to put inside a <p>, and I think that the reasoning is rather silly.

秋の颸かぜ。紅葉もみじば散って、来たる冬。

YKK's been on my mind for a long time. I don't know anything about it other than that it's somewhat obscure and supposed to be comfy—so way up my alley. I shall be watching and reading it soon.

30: I've added a bunch of 88×31 buttons for things and people that I find interesting down below. I've also made a few new ones for the new website (apt), and scoured others' collections for any previous ones that I'd lost. (I barely even remember making the one with a slashed 'S'.) I think it must've been good ol' Kenny who made the one with the pulsating circle, but memory fails me yet again. It's a nice feeling, remembering past friendships and being proven that I've actually remained a part of those people's past, just as they have of mine.

29: Just found out that Firefox, for some reason, doesn't have support for the rch CSS unit – even though it does support ch. It also doesn't handle line-height the same way WebKit does. Wow. Sure.

28: Rest your little ears in peace, Patches. You were the silliest, funniest, gurpiest bun ever. Our little baby bunny. I hope you're hopping your heart out throughout all the greenest meadows, eating all the most delicious carrots and bananas that a bunny could ever want. We wanted to show you so many more things that you could lunge at and munch on. We love you.

27: Restoration Efforts Underway as hosma (with Intentionally Lowercase 'h') is Declared Critically Endangered

24: なんかやってきたで