{March 2026 End}

Hey everyone. Doing something new starting this month. I'll be slowly phasing out my media blog on the account of I realized it's not really the way I want to do media analysis and reviews. I'd rather have dedicated pages on my site for really in-depth stuff in the future and I don't really need a blog for the short stuff cuz I can just drop it here and on the media log. As such, there's gonna be the usual rundown of my monthly goals, accomplished and not, and the best stuff I watched/read/played/listened to during the month. Without further ado...

Goals 

 1. Nanoreno project

Well, it was going very well until my tablet pen decided to die and the Parblo shop decided to make ordering a replacement borderline impossible. I'm still trying to get that damn pen. 

2. Job search continued

Worked for 5 days at the end of the farm planting kiwi fruit. Also went to the job fair and gave my CV to three job-search groups. They always have a laugh about the fact that I'm an illustrator in the Lot-et-Garonne region. That's like saying you came to Ohio to pursue your dream of becoming a movie star. Maybe it's possible? 

3. Apply for titre de voyage

Actually totally forgot to do this... need to get on that. 

4. Portfolio website

Done. Not happy with it but it's done. 

5. A-Z blogging prep

Sorta. 

6. Prepare for driving test 

Put that away for now as I've had some work to do. But I did learn to drive a tractor!

Best Of: March

 

 Movies

Terrible month for movies, I barely watched anything. But I did enjoy something very late into the month and that was One False Move. Bill Paxton is always a pleasure, don't think there's ever been a performance of his I wasn't totally riveted by. But everyone else didn't lag far behind, I was especially taken with Cynda Williams who plays a girl who both permits and commits horrific acts but you can't help but understand, she's dealt a shit hand like no other. It's a crime thriller with a horror-movie opening scene and before you know it it's become an exploration of some really dark shit at the interpersonal, class, and race level between two characters. Billy Bob Thornton's hairstyle is intriguing and evil at the same time.

TV Shows

Another re-watch but damn if it isn't one of the best TV shows to ever exist. You may say... is vulgarity really so funny? First of all, yes. But that's not what this is about. It's another excellent work on the failure of the justice system that starts all the way back in school. I love this show both from Peter's relentless need to find the truth, even when it ends in him in flailing between moderate but sudden fame and alienating nearly everyone he knows and Dylan's jumping from wanting to be better and giving up at every turn, because of himself but also because of how the world treats him. This shit is so serious. I wasn't Dylan-level of burnout in school but I 100% had a sign high above my head placed there by teachers and students alike: anger issues, stupid, a level below everyone else.

Games

Everything comes to your life at the right time. Probably. My brother has been shilling GTA anything at me for a while now and as a kid I liked San Andreas and the PSP games well enough but something always held me back from playing V. We literally had it on our old 360, I even remember trying the North Yankton prologue and just not caring... it seemed so low-brow to 14 year old me, who somehow had such high standards? I'm joking, I thought Assassin's Creed was like deep as fuck and I still love the pre-Origins games but I will absolutely not stay on that hill that it has superior 'substance' to GTA or something. I was a real snob as a pre-teen. Whatever, it was a dumb boy game. Probably good that I only played it now because with a whole lotta more crime-movie trivia under my belt, this was a fucking ride! I love shitty scheming dudes, they are the best. Yeah, this game is still totally stuck on my mind.

Books

Started the Westing Game but have not gotten far. It's not been a great book month for me, I barely read anything. Not even some recent leftie nonfiction. Things are dire. Had a chat with Alice and she gave me some good advice that when you're in a slump, go with a highly rated classic cuz it's probably gonna be good. Gotta agree, and if it's not you can lord it over other people that you read it anyway and everyone's opinions are wrong. 

Music

Listened to a lot of indie bullshit from the GTAV radio. However, from albums, I really loved Helmet's Aftertaste and Number One Gun's Promises for the Imperfect. Not similar at all but both pretty excellent albums. Here's two great tracks:

 

Animation 

Finished my season 2 re-watch of Venture Bros. I remember getting super into the characters and story much later, maybe sometime in Season 4 but it's taken me much faster this time. Weird what time does to the brain! I shouldn't be surprised but I didn't know Chris Prynoski had a hand in this too. Makes sense, he makes no mistakes. Should probably list some of my fave episodes of the season: Assassinanny 911, Fallen Arches, Victor. Echo. November., and I Know Why the Caged Bird Kills. 

Full Log: March 2026