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I wanted something to watch while I cleaned and tidied the kitchen each evening, so I decided to watch My Hero Academia again through from the beginning. Netflix kept recommending it to me, so I thought why not. I'm surprised at how early a lot of the stuff gets introduced - I thought they spent a couple of seasons at the school just pissing about before they even introduced the main villains, but they turn up like 10 episodes in. Anyway, last night I fired it up only to find that it had gone back to S1E1. Turns out Netflix only has the first two seasons...fucks sake. You shouldn't be allowed to host something if you don't have the whole thing!

We've been trying to sort our re-mortgage out since January, with our old fixed rate coming to an end at the beginning of June. We wanted to pay off a chunk of the loan amount to try and bring the monthly payments down, but didn't know at the time how much we were going to be able to pay in. Our adviser said it was fine, we'll apply with the lower amount, and then if we wanted to pay more off, the borrowed amount would be less, so we should be ok. Eventually we decided we could afford to pay a bit more off, so we decided to put more money in and borrow less. Their (the new banks) conveyancers have been useless. I asked multiple times whether we needed a new mortgage offer because the borrowed amount on it was wrong, and they ignored my messages. I finally get a phone call a few days ago saying that the shortfall didn't match the amount required, and I would need a new mortgage offer...fucks sake. Six months of faffing about, and they finally realise a couple of weeks before the deadline. I really need to sort it out before the 1st June, because otherwise the default rate on my current mortgage would mean I have to pay an extra £650 this month. Our advisor applies for a new offer, and on Friday it arrives in the post....it's got the wrong amount on it still!! Another emergency application, and we finally get a mortgage offer with the correct amount on it today. Fingers crossed we can get everything else sorted and the money transferred before the 1st June now. Solicitors are useless.

Seen on Reddit that some people have been getting their consoles early, but can't play them because they need a mandatory update before they work 😂

Yeah, I normally would wait for 2+ years at least before considering an upgrade, but luckily this happened now - if I'd waited until June, I'd have been out of warranty and not received as much money for it.

My phone's battery started dying really quickly when it got below 25%, so I started googling around, and apparently it's a known issue with the Pixel 7a. They have a thing called the Pixel 7a Swollen Battery replacement program, where they'll replace the battery for free or, give you £300+. (Sure enough, I took the rubber casing off my phone, and it's cracked the back where the battery is bulging out - I hadn't noticed). So I opted for the free money, and have bought a Pixel 9a. In slightly worse news, my phone could explode at any moment.

That's amazing! Did you know exactly when the patch was going to be released then?

Is Fresh off the Boat good? I kind of assumed it was mainly aimed at immigrant Americans, and I may not get the humour, but I did enjoy Kim's Convenience.

Finished watching The Residence last night. It was really good! Basically a good old fashioned whodunnit set in the White House. Lots of crazy characters and silly goings on. Randall Park was hilarious (does he play FBI agents in everything?) I was surprised to find out that Andre Braugher was originally cast as A.B. Wynter, but he passed away halfway through filming. That must have been such a loss to everyone. I thought Esposito did really well, but Braugher would have been great. My only criticism was that they left a couple of loose ends (the secret service van crashing and the calligrapher) and just never explained them, which was a bit weird. It wasn't the sort of program that left things intentionally vague, so it makes me wonder if they just cut some scenes and forgot?

I don't think I'll ever get tired of Man Utd being shit. Dazzybee must be absolutely delighted. Bit sad that he and Ramar aren't still on here (plus other Arsenal fans).

I really hope the bear finally shows up in this one.

They should change the name to Snickers.

Fixed it for you.

Finished watching The Extraordinary Attorney Woo last week. It's good, but Christ is it long. Each episode is like a short film, and there are 16 of them. Started watching The Residence now. Heard good things about it, and so far it's living up to the hype. Lots of fantastic actors in it, and really loving the slowly building chaos and mystery.

If the soundtrack isn't just this song on repeat, then the game is a failure: https://youtu.be/nvGHaZtK6xg?feature=shared

My son chose to watch some animated Disney+ Star Wars thing this morning. I have no idea what it was, but it had some childlike Jedi in it - it looked like Star Wars Kids or something. I'm kind of hoping he gets hooked on Star Wars because there's loads of branded shit that you can buy (and it's a lot easier to find a 'Star Wars' cup than it is to find a 'Pupstruction' cup).

Man, I feel like they just released the first one, and now there's a new Conclave film? I don't recognise any of the actors either. Is Ralph Fiennes not in this one?

I think the last game I bought 'Day 1' was Spider-Man 2 when it released on PC, so I'm not sure if you can even call that day 1, since it was a port of a game that came out a year before. I refunded it anyway when my laptop wouldn't run it. Before that, I think I bought Animal Crossing pretty close to launch, and so paid full price. Other than that, I think I buy so few games these days, that there really is no point buying new, full price ones. I'm so far behind, I can usually wait until they're on sale on a console a couple of generations behind.

I read Wind and Truth by Brando Sando. I'm not as enamoured with the Stormlight Archives as his other series. I feel like the series is getting a bit bloated and too much faff. However, I did enjoy this latest one that supposedly rounds off the first 5 book arc of the 10 book series. It actually finished up some storylines without adding a load of additional guff. Longest book I have ever read though - 1300 pages.

I bet all those games that totally didn't move their release dates so as not to coincide with GTAVI are regretting it now.

Narrator: It was.

I played another session of A Short Hike and ended up reaching the peak and reaching the end credits. I didn't end up finishing everything in the game, and i doubt that i will bother, but i did enjoy it a lot. It's very satisfying, and there always seems to be something just on the edge of the screen that looks inviting enough to explore. The only downside that I found with it is the annoying camera. You can sort of move it a bit (but it moves the opposite way to which you think it should), but not far enough to see where you're headed. And then it forcefully switches perspective sometimes when you aren't expecting it to, which is irritating if you are trying to navigate and you suddenly get disorientated. Anywho, a lovely game, I give a thumbs up to.

I played the first 2 to death with my friend, but between 2 and 3 we both had kids, and couldn't arrange any get togethers long enough to play the 3rd for more than half an hour or so, so we dropped off and never finished it. As excited as I am about a 4th, I probably won't end up buying it, as H-o-T says, there's no point in playing it in single player.

Very careful wording on that graphic so they can put 20 stars.