I went to have some sushi, today. It was nice, but less nice than usual. Quite frankly, I wasn’t that engaged with the meal, if that makes sense. I liked it, don’t get me wrong, but I just felt like something was missing, maybe. Well, one aspect of it is almost certainly how obnoxiously hot it is - I’m freaking boiling out here… And it’s really dry, as well, so I’m really thirsty as well. Another thing, though, is that I missed some variety. I ate my fill - a bit more than my fill, quite frankly - but I wish I could’ve tried more kinds of sushi! What I ate was delicious, but I wanted to eat other stuff too. There are a few other sushi places that we occasionally go to, so maybe next time we should go there. Next time will be with my parents, anyway, and they prefer to go to those other places, so I guess that’s probably a solved issue, for now - or for then, I suppose.

My little cousin had his birthday today. It was nice to see him since I hadn’t in a long while. I also got to speak with my aunt and my other cousin, which was nice as well. Overall, I’m happy!

Also, managed to fix my internet! It had gotten “fixed” already, but it was slow and janky, but a couple of resets and whatnots set it straight.

I wonder what counts as a city. I’ve never lived in a city center, but I’ve certainly lived in cities - I live in a city right now! However, when I look at what a city looks like online or in the movies or shows, they don’t look like what I see looking out of my window. I see the tall buildings, the highway, the cables and the thousands of cars… But I also see trees, so many trees, and I see sheep and cows too. Really, looking outside I see a sea of green sprinkled with concrete scars. The city center is much closer to my idea of a city with the buildings upon buildings, crowded streets, and eternal construction projects; sure, but where do I live, then? I guess I don’t live in a city, then. But then, is a city just like… What, a few streets? Maybe. Maybe cities are just different, here. I guess that could be the case, or not.

Regardless, I like what I see when I look outside my window. I miss the ocean, a little, but I go down to the beach every day for my daily walks, so it’s fine.

Actually, today I thought about cardinal directions. Oftentimes in Shadow Slave, the MC references cardinal directions - that’s just how he ends up orienting himself. I do that too, actually. I always know where North is, I keep it in mind. Well, I keep West in mind and go from there, I suppose, lol. Of course, I know that many places are referred to as the “North side” and such, so surely many people do this, but it’s one of those things that I feel like is not often talked about, for some reason. I remember hearing something about how some tribe somewhere or something always had a perfect idea of where North is on the island, something like that. I mean, living on an island, I also always knew where North was… I just looked around and had points of reference that told me where the directions were! So… That’s not really that special, is it? I don’t know, maybe they just don’t need to think about it at all, they just know it? I guess.

Whatever!