Downpour {2025 Week #21}

You ever get a weird omen-like feeling just before something you really like comes to bite you in the ass? Well... I love rain, I love storms, I love all that water shit. It was storming like crazy on Monday. I mean, horizontal rain. It was brewing and bursting, pouring all over the place. It's been rainy a few days earlier so I didn't mind it. In fact, I reveled in it. I sat on my mattress that's right next to the balcony door and enjoyed the total shit show that was happening outside. Until I felt dripping on my head. Woah, the whole 4D experience! Not! Our goddamn roof leaked so bad that it leaked through the floor and into our bedroom which is on the second floor. I mean serious dripping. The ceiling which me and mum worked on super hard is totally screwed!

Next thing I know is me and Mo are running up and down to and from the attic putting down every container like object we own in a very stupid game of whack-a-mole until at last the dripping was contained. Still, the plaster was already a goner and I had to sit near a bunch of pots and wait out the leak. And I did. Finny 1, nature 0. Try harder!

I also got a special letter today that came with a CD and I have been enjoying it a lot (when I wasn't saving the CD player from that goddamn leak!). I watched All or Nothing. I'm continuing to try and see everything Mike Leigh because he's just an amazing director. Ever since I saw Happy Go Lucky I have been wow'ed. Amazed, caught totally off-guard. I also organized my closet finally, that place has been a mess.

I ended up skipping Tuesday's class because the entire train line was closed. That's right, the rain fucked up the train. Nature 1, train 0. Try harder, damn you! Noel came by with Monique and another guy who would look at our house and see what can be fixed with some of those sweet, sweet government grants. France, like any European country, can be a capitalist nightmare. But it also has some amazing programs, such as the one we're trying to get on. If we're lucky they can help us install new windows and change the insulation of the top floor for free or for very little money. We just can't pay for it ourselves unless we save for a while and we really can't survive another rain storm with holes in our roof.  

While the guy was busy measuring everything, Mo, me and Marta hung out and played Uno. Then she played PUBG on her phone and I played some Style Savvy and I have no idea what Mo was doing. Watching something probably. I also made everyone vote in the Sanrio character poll thing. I picked Adorozatorumary because she's just so cute. I love Chococat and Charmmy Kitty a lot too. 

What a queen.

Wednesday was spent at home, I was still really deep in the quiz book mania of last week. I managed to find one that I bought on Scholastic ages ago. On Thursday I had an appointment early in the morning and as I was about to head to class I found out that the trains were still down and I couldn't find where the replacement buses were so I stayed home. I really enjoyed Marcika's video on MP3 players, I have been wanting one for ages but I can't find one that would be good for my massive library and is also affordable. Wasted a bunch of time finding those clue things on Letterboxd for the new Wes Anderson movie. I have not been feeling his stuff ever since Isle of Dogs so I wasn't even excited for this one. I probably won't even go see it in the cinema, but maybe I will. Otherwise I watched Sunshine Cleaning on my own and in the evening we all sat down to finish the Raimi Spiderman trilogy and watched Spiderman 3. 

On Friday I was working on a fanlisting of my favourite cartoon of all time, Motorcity. In the evening me, Mo, and Marta watched the Andrew Garfield Spiderman. After, we had a lot of fun after the movie, fucking around with filters. Here are some horrific things we have created:

 

Not the police!!

    Um???

Bee Movie.

 

Chads.

We sent this to my mum.

Saturday, I was really thinking about the summer and it made me want to make a bucket list and maybe use my Dreamwidth blog to log all that. We watched Last Action Hero with Mo and I finally posted my fanlisting. I also wanted to check out some early films that Callum Keith Rennie was in. I usually do that with actors and actresses I really like. Honestly, his first two films, Purple Toast and Valentine's Day don't look like they're good at all but it's pretty awful that they haven't been archived anywhere. 

Sunday was awesome because a big brocante was in town (flea market). I picked up a super cute Rip Curl bag and a notebook with Tinkerbell. There was a pretty cute top one lady was selling but I wasn't happy with the price so I just let it go. I really don't like spending more than 5 euro on an item unless it's really nice and still in a good state or if it's something bigger like furniture. 

Quiz! Quiz! Quiz!

I have another quiz for you. Tell me if you've got mostly As, Bs, Cs, or Ds by commenting on this post and I'll tell you what decade you belong in (at least according to CosmoGirl)!

This week I've been obsessed with the entire 翅膀 album by 破碎. There are so many good tracks but my highlight is 瞬间. Give it a listen.