Today’s deck is the Tezuka Tarot.
It’s honestly better as a collector piece for Tezuka fans than a tarot deck. It’s like an artbook but instead of book you have a deck. The book actually goes into excruciating detail like “this card has this character from this manga and they represent this in the card” so if you’re a Tezuka fan that’s aware of Tarot you’re like “oh this is cool!” but as a tarot deck to use regularly… not my first choice.
Today’s reading advises that hard work is the way to push past any current impasse.
I slept like hell. Basically despite being tired to death I was in that zone where the activity still leaves you with juuuuuust enough energy to not go to bed fully drained.
So I’m groggy, with a headache, hungry, thirsty and so on. I’ve got a thing I gotta do later so I’m just treating the ailments one by one first.
Midday finally arrives and I’m out to pay taxes and get certificates because… remember last week when I said the document went too easy? YEAH…
But first!
I made a quick stop to buy this. Since I’ve been playing a bit more Pokemon Go lately I figured might as well. It’s basically an unofficial Go Plus Plus alternative but instead of a wristband that you gotta charge it’s a USB dongle.
Yeah the screen has DQ Walk, don’t worry about it.
So I get this from Yodobashi and while I’m walking and installing this, a guy sees my shirt and goes “Hey! I love Uma Musume too!” so we exchange LINE info.
I’m walking to the tax office and while I think it was a cool encounter I get flashbacks to… past encounters I’ve had and get this overwhelming sense that the guy was/is trying to pick me up.
But I’m like “hey it’s a fellow Uma Musume fan” so I follow through the message he sent greeting me with a greeting. He then replies with “I really wanna talk about Uma Musume, I’m free later today or on Sunday”.
At this point the Gaylarm (not even the Gaydar) is going off, but I’m nothing if not a skeptic even to my own skepticism so I’m thinking “50% he’s gay, 30% he’s a cultist or marketer, 20% he’s a legit fan”.
I tell him that I’m way too busy (which isn’t a lie, I’m sending the message while I wait to pay some municipal taxes early right before Japanese lesson) but that hey, we can still chat in LINE.
He replies that no problem, to just tell him when we could meet up.
Yup this bitch’s gay.
80% he’s gay, 15% he’s a cultist (or marketer), 5% he’s a fan. Those aren’t chances I’d be betting on.
Now, to be fair… bro wasn’t wrong in sensing the queer smell, he just got the variety in question wrong.
You know, there’s a point in the past where I would’ve lamented how once again I get more attention from dudes than girls but… even beyond any bragging that’s factually not true and has never been true, it just felt like that before because The Dude Gameplan is to be direct. The most direct girl is still subtler than a guy trying to be subtle.
Man I’m legit disappointed I didn’t unlock a correspondance buddy and was instead being picked up on, dang it.
Rest of the day was uneventful, not much to report when you’re paying taxes…