10-Minute Warning CLVIII

All right. What can I share under 20 minutes of the penultimate day of 2024?

Today I didn’t want to go out because of this incredibly awful dream. The entire dream felt so real because I had this feeling it would truly happen in real life, and it affected my mood for almost the whole day. But even if I had a bad dream, I had to join my brothers and cousins in their shopping before the New Year’s Eve festivities. I needed to buy a gift for Secret Santa, among other things.

Before I ran errands, I had an affogato at my favorite cafe Satchmi to feel better and to keep going. After that, I bought the things I needed to buy (including the Secret Santa gift) and went home with my brothers and cousins. Thank you for bringing us to the mall and back home, Younger Brother.

Crap. I’m almost out of time, and I almost forgot to mention that I had a chicken burrito at Mexicali before going home. Their burritos are wonderful. Seriously. I should have not forgotten that.

Happy holidays, everyone.

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Song of the Moment LX: Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday”

This post is a part of 14 Days of The Deranged Writer (2024).


Because it’s my birthday today, I wanted to wake up at 8am and write a lengthy birthday post. But I woke up at 9:30am and I got lazy writing. But what the hell… I should cut myself some slack because it’s my special day.

As for my other plans for the rest of the day, I will drop by my favorite cafe Satchmi and then look for available restaurants for my birthday dinner. I just hope I can do the latter before nighttime. Fingers crossed, man.

Speaking of birthdays, let me share my Song of the Moment: Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday”. I will definitely listen to this on repeat before I move on to my favorite bands’ classics like Coheed and Cambria’s “Welcome Home” and Foo Fighters’ “Walk”. (I might cry listening to the latter.)

Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday”.

Happiest birthday to me, The Deranged Writer!

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Header image: Taryn Elliott of Pexels. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2024.

10-Minute Warning CXLVIII

OK. What can I share here in under 10 minutes?

I have 2 reasons to celebrate tonight with a glass of ice-cold Jack and Coke Zero. Firstly, it’s finally the weekend, and if you have been following The Diary, you know that this is how I kick off my break from the work week.

And what’s the 2nd reason? Remember my post about the 1st Deadpool & Wolverine teaser – the post where I mentioned I wanted a Deadpool half-shell mask for so long? After finding a local supplier, ordering the mask from the supplier, and almost 2 months of waiting, I finally got the mask! Well… almost. I got the package this afternoon and I have not opened the box yet. Why? As much as I want to open the box right away, I want to blog about my unboxing and review of the Deadpool half-shell mask, and I must carefully plan and document the whole process. Wish me luck on that!

And that’s all I can share for now. Happy weekend, everyone!

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