Getting Back Into the Things I Love in My Mid-30s
After realizing how disconnected I’d become from the things I loved, I made the decision to start getting back into them. Simple enough in theory, right? Picked up a book. Grab some manga. Start watching anime again. This all sounds like it should’ve been easy. Like riding a bike. Well, it’s not. I’ve spent so […]
June Manga Wrap-Up: BL Galore
I’ve always been an avid reader, but for the past few months I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump. Every novel I start seems to annoy me almost immediately. I have, however, had a manga resurgence. I cannot stop reading them. As a result, I’ve read quite a few this month and wanted […]
Learning Japanese…For The Third Time
I’m going into this hoping third time’s the charm because really how many times can I try before giving up fully? I was 20 when I first attempted Japanese. There wasn’t much meaning behind it. It just made sense because I was deep in the trenches of Japanese pop culture and didn’t want to seem […]
Why I Started The Nocturnal Fangirl
My disdain with social media. That is the crux of it. I’m someone that has lots of interests and lots of things I would like to be interested in. However, I’ve found lately that anytime you try to go on any social media- be it X/Twitter, TikTok, Threads, Instagram etc, it doesn’t take long before […]