What to Watch with Two Broken Arms

I've been feeling so guilty about not posting but I have a really good reason. Errr... I had an accident. I was hit by a van while walking Gilly and broke both arms. But don't worry, Gilly was fine!

Anyway, rather than talk about the accident-y stuff I thought I'd share what shows are good to watch while you feel like a bruised potato. Cooking shows are the best. My personal favorite is The Great British Baking Show, which has come to Netflix from across the pond and it's so chill.  Everyone is pleasant, they help each other, and there's beautiful shots of an English estate. Plus

if you fall asleep in Biscuit Week and wake up in Bread Week, it's okay because you just have to see who's still in the tent. And just like that you're all caught up!

If you're not so sleepy, then Korean soap operas are the best. Traditional romances that are all about class, manners, and "your poor daughter will never be good enough for my rich son" energy. Jane Austen with kimchee, as I like to call them. :-)  

I'll write more soon.

Love,

Jordan

PS Did you know my book is almost as funny as my blog posts?

PSS I need a new K-drama.  If you have any recommendations please list them in the comments!

What I'm Reading

The 1959 classic gothic horror, The Haunting of Hill House. I've seen many iterations of this tale. My favorite is Mike Flanagan's series on Netflix. The bent-neck lady gave me the absolute shivers. However, the haunting in that series is caused by the abundance of ghosts. I believe 29 have been counted so far. In the book, the house itself is the menace, listening ominously while the characters insult it by day, and then attacking them at night.

I admire how Shirley Jackson creates an atmosphere of dread as well as her use of an unreliable narrator in the character of Eleanor.

What I've been playing

Growing up, my parents wouldn't let us have a console. We were only allowed to play educational PC games and King's Quest games. And while not technically educational, I would argue that King's Quest games are a masterclass in patience and out of the box thinking, especially pre-internet.

So while I really like video games, I'm not very good at them. I keep playing though, whenever I can squeeze in an hour here or there. I heard that Sleeping Dogs was really fun and picked it up cheap during the Steam Summer Sale.

Sleeping Dogs is a GTA clone set in Hong Kong. It was a lot of fun! I found the story engaging, if a little ridiculous, and even did a bunch of the open world stuff just to enjoy it. I liked the side missions, the karaoke, and all the outfits.

Since I was playing with a mouse/keyboard, the fighting pretty much came to clicking the mouse buttons furiously. But even with button mashing, I still made it through the whole game.

The driving controls were super janky. Between that and driving on the wrong side of the road, I ran over many innocent people. This was even more embarrassing in the police quests where I was driving an official police vehicle. I yelled "Sorry!" anytime someone bounced off my hood. That's got to count for something, right?

I thought maybe I was just as bad at driving as I was at fighting, but I looked it up online and pretty much everyone agrees the driving is janky. So not me this time!

Also, I kept getting in on the wrong side of the car and my gangster man had to keep scooting scooting over to the driver's side and it was hilarious every time it happened. If you have some free time and are looking for some good dumb fun, I recommend Sleeping Dogs.