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| Travel in your brain, and don't get on a plane. |
What a long, frustrating, set of years it's been.
I've lost family, made great friends, had to face ending toxic friendships, seen the glory of Galarian Ponyta, seen the nonsense that is Karens1 and Tankies and rising white supremacy, blocked TERFs on sight on the social media places, seen entire transphobia and dumbass shit, wrote books, read books, not written books, not read books, proceeded to gather a whole slew of Copic markers, misplaced my phone and my embroidery floss and a box of Pokémon cards, played hours of Animal Crossing, and bought a lot of tarot decks and a Bluetooth speaker so when I'm lounging in my bathtub-that-is-separate-from-my-shower with my unicorn braids pinned up, I can listen to Spotify play 90s Baby Making Jams while I ask my wonk brain to enjoy the bath bomb I tossed in there and not think about rabbits.
And through it all, I've kept up with American Girl. Not only have I bought several things--look this is a fandom where folk buy things, I buy the things--I've kept my pulse on AG releases and news. Running the AG Wiki and keeping it updated, modding my message board and other places even when it's hard and people's feelings get hurt because they have to be told "no, that's not right of you"2, hanging with my fellow dolly friends, and tried to blog here and there. And I was doing a semi-good job.
Until came the year I moved to an entire new home and that took my focus because an entire move, and then when I had to stay very close to it for an entire next year while a spiky boi was like "hello, I shall bugger the whole human body and make it ded!" and the fucking morons fucking up the government that just got yeeted this week just let that shit run rampant and thus more people have died in the US of Covid-19 than died in all of World War II in the span of not even a year. And I'm still here in my house except for when I go out and shop and yeet people from around me. Privilege has meant that I've been blessed to have the space to be locked down comfortably and that my household is, if occasionally stepping on each others toes and glaring at each other and "I don't think I like you right now"/"no talk me I'm angry", are doing all right through this--and it's a good thing we didn't have to do this whole thing in an apartment because I might have had to strap on a mask just to go out and stab someone in the eye with my snap knife. I miss my mommy and grandma and sisters and con friends and family, but we spend this time apart so when we get back together none of us are missing. (Most of us, anyways. Love you, Uncle Mac, from your Little Lady Nethie.) And I miss the little things, like taking my coffee in with me to sip on while we shop for groceries, sitting down in a bookstore, food samples at Costco--god, I miss food samples, that says a lot--and my husband calling me nightly to say he's on the way home from work.
And I thought Twenty-Gay-Teen went on forever. At least then I could graze on grapes in Fred Meyer and go to the state fair.
Still, now that I don't have to doomscroll3 Twitter for hours to see how shit is going south and have been getting sleep which means I can do things? I'm slowly swinging back up on my bullshit. I haven't sewn much--that's my next hopeful "get on my shit" task along with cleaning--but these past two days I've been feeling like, better. I've actually done art. Like, got out my watercolor sets and my brushes and done me a fooking artz. Check the IG. There's art! I have two monthly art boxes now. I have ordered new tools to help me do art at my desk more, and I've joined a PoC creative Discord.
And I just...is this serotonin? I still need to do other stuff for this body of mine and get on more meds, but is this...is this fine? Is this what it's like to feel some degree of peace?
What's a potato serotonin? Tastes very strange!
All that is to say I have eaten the plums this post now means I've done more posts here, even quickie ones to confirm my existence, than I did in both '18 and '19--and on the next one, I'll have done more than both those years combined. Again, y'all don't pay my salary, but I have wanted this even when I couldn't make it happen, and so have my readers. We're doing what we can with the tools we're given. And we finally found the tools! They were in the goon closet.
So let's talk moddie shit.
Recently, AG tends to do a "start of the year" release for moddie stuff that comes out for purchase about one to two weeks before the new year actually flips over. Likely to give the Girl of the Year her own focus, even if it all goes together in the catalog together, and also make it so the staff at the stores aren't doing an entire store turn over of both the moddie stuff and the Girl of the Year in a single night. Or something. I've mostly just blogged about it all together--or would have, but. But.
Best laid plans, mice and men, gang aft a-gley. Putting that BA in English to semi-decent use.
This most recent set was released about the 23rd, and I was able to see it on the first. And also get the queerest shoes released for AG. Look, these shoes are for the queers4 and the kids and for the queer kids. There's Travel Stuff, Gym Stuff, Shoe Stuff, and Head Stuff. And some other stuff.
Be Happy For the Strappy and jump under the cut to go on a trip to the gym and Europe!
Well, not really. Pandemic.
Tourism is Dead, Long Live Tourism: The American Girl World Traveler Collection
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| Take your imagination on vacation. Because Hermes knows you're not leaving the US anytime soon, mate. |
We're starting with the American Girl World Traveler Collection: a set of five outfits and accompanying accessories that evoke tourism in five other countries. Considering I can't even get into Canada right now, we're only traveling with our imagination. I'd like to visit the moon, but I don't think I'd like to live there.5 Good news, everyone! We're not doing cultural appropriation, just outfits that evoke the feeling of the place. Bad news, everybody! We've skewed the entire balance by going to one East Asian Country--Japan--and the rest all being Europe. Please do better, AG. Tourism isn't just for one continent.6 I know, I know, Kira B. And Australia. But still. We could have at least gone to Norway, even if we like to forget it to go to Kenya where the giraffes are. And the zebra.
Anyways. Every outfit--hat, outfit, footwear--has a matching accessory set that consists of a set of three postcards that prove you were there, a country based noshable, a sheet of stickers based on passport stamps to stick in a passport--if you don't have an official one, the pamphlet included with each7 shows you how to make one--and an appropriate bag or purse to carry all that in. Souvenirs sold separately, of course. Have you never been shopping? Since every set has the passport stickers and postcards and there is literally fuck and all I can say about them other than "stickers and postcards" outside of the set I have, we're going to skip those for now in every set and, when I finally get on my review shit again, we can talk about those in detail.
Now that we're all caught up, pack your suitcase and let's get rolling.
Or not. Pandemic. Do it in your brain.
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| Bonjour, pauvre bête! I haven't taken French since the '90s. |
World Traveler in France and the French Souvenir Set: France. The land of wine and cheese, more cities than merely Paris, triumphant arches, Notre Dame,l'esprit de l'escalier,and the European country that gave English tons of the words we use in every day life and that the US bought 22.3 percent of its current size from. Hey cool, the US is about as much "French" as I am white.8
The outfit comes with a black blouse with the only French structure anyone ever talks about (the Eiffel Tower) a pink skirt, tights, black flats with hearts, and a beret because it's not France if you're not wearing a beret, mademoiselle. The souvenir set--"souvenir" being a word of French origin from the French verb se souvenir meaning "to remember" but, unlike the similar verb venir and its cousins devenir and revenir, is not part of the House of Être9--consists of a woven tote with a bow and Bonjour on the side--I know you can't see it, I couldn't rotate the display, we're not supposed to touch the dolls--and a baguette loaf in a paper sleeve.
Oh come on, first the Tower and now the bread? Stretch yourself, AG. Bread is not a treat, it's a food staple. You could have done macrons or petits fours. Grace was five years ago now. Still, the set isn't that bad and I will likely get it because I can do things with it with Panda, Grace's collection pieces I have, and the few pieces I have from the Fall 2019 Modern Mix and Match set that was here for approximately a week before it was just gone.
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| My country, tis of Queen, sweet land of noble queen, God save the sing~10 |
The English bird look is made up of a red plaid dress with a gold belt, knee socks with shimmery black boots, and a fancy cap that probably has a name but we're not digging that up right now. C'mon, I already let my brain think about French verb conjugation. If you know it, tell me. The souvenir set has a box purse with a British flag that apparently made people upset because one line wasn't correct--how very dare, where is the KwaLity--and truffles in a box. AHHH DETH. Yeet. Still, the set as a whole has grown on me, though I really wasn't sure about it when it first leaked. We'll have to think about it compared to the others. I do want France next.
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| I can't speak a word ofGaelic and I'm not going to try, so um--Irish eyes are shining, or something like that. |
World Traveler in Ireland and the Irish Souvenir Set: Ireland. The land of St. Patrick, quite a few Catholics, a lot of pagan mythos trackbacks, Blarney Stones, harps, claddaghs, coffee with whiskey in it, and English oppression--but not slaves. Every time some asshat spreads the "Irish slaves" myth a shamrock shake loses it flavor. Stop it.
For clothes we've got a white tee--with Irish stuff on it--a green cardigan, a green plaid skirt that should be worn correctly you little squealers, yellow gold tights, brown boots with a little yellow on the back for fun, and a grey-and-black tweed newsboy hat that is just so fancy you could call it Nancy. Souvenirs include three separated shortbread cookies in a metal tin and a faux-leather bag with a Celtic knot design to carry stuff in as you look over the Emerald Isle.
Do I like it? C'mon, y'all. You looked at the post I made not even two days ago, right? I have this set. Both the outfit and the side accessories. I love this set. I bought this set on the first three weeks ago. I got it and put it on Nellie because my Nellie does go moddie sometimes--she's a 50% Moddie--and this set is perfect for Nellies. And I guess other dolls but here? I'm not gonna lie, it's mostly Nellie's. Not only is it a good set together, but I think it'll have mix ability into a casual wardrobe in a way the main part of England won't. And I might be the off one out but I love the shirt. Give it time. I'll find my stuff and give it a review.
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| Ciao bella. Congrats, I've completely exhausted my entire knowledge of Italian. |
World Traveler in Italy and the Italian Souvenir Set: Italy. Land of infasructures, leaning towers, some genocidal asshat that doesn't deserve a US holiday, cities with canals, a whole separate country inside it, and the Sistine Chapel. And like the Irish, the Italian people didn't get to be considered "white" for generations. There's a reason Maryellen's books actually cover why her own Karens act like little shits at her making friends with Angela, an Italian immigrant.
We've only got three peices here, unlike everyone else--a strappy ruffly sundress, sandals, and a straw fedora. The accessories--minus the usual--are also one round shoulder purse and gelato with the spoon stuck on and non-removable. Wow, AG, what did Italy do to you to deserve this flat, flavorless Manhattan? It's got less than everyone else on both sides.
I'm super middling on this set, which sucks cause initially I thought I'd like it more. My friend got this set when we went and I've had a chance to look at it semi close. I just don't really like the hat, even if they had to give everyone a hat. Also I think a nice shawl should be added. It has little potential since it's only got three pieces and I don't care for one of them. We'll see.
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| Konnichiwa, mina-san. Ningyou wo sawarimasen de kudasai.11 |
World Traveler in Japan and the Japanese Souvenir Set: Japan. Land of anime, manga, Mt. Fuji, my gansai watercolor paints, mascots for lots of things, unique fashion, Aggretsuko, Pokémon, hanafuda cards, Daiso, really really good stationary, and really really bad work-life balance. Like seriously, Japan. People should not work themseles to death for companies. This is bad. Stop that. I studied Japanese for several years and while I am not fluent enough to read and my writing is terrible, I can in a pinch pull up a few words or a moderately correct sentence. "Subject wa object wo verb conjugation" sentence structure.
AG, smartly, did not put dolly in a kimono or yukata because they knew people were going to put this set on dolls of all race appearances. I mean, it's on a Classic Mold right now. You already used those twice, AG, you should have used one of the Jess mold dolls. Instead we've got a little toe into Japanese street fashion with a souvenir style kawaii tank top, floral capri pants, sandals, and a headband with two bobbles on it which I mean....okay. The souvenirs give you a clear pink bag with a cute penguin and wagashi candy with a matching box. I prefer my Japanese snack of choise to be Kasugai yuzu gummies and ramune soda when I go to Uwajimaya markets, but at least it's not pocky--of which I can only eat one flavor most of the time--or mochi. I do not like mochi. The texture is offputting.
This is growing on me, though it feels really...mediocre. Not cheap. I don't call AG shit cheap or "OG" quality. Our Gen's out here with dolls with leg prosthetics and white canes, the clothes might be variant but the dolls be trying. I praise AG for not doing something that would be appropriative, but I feel like there could have been more. Still, AG recently did a moddy mix and match set, the Cute at Heart Set--yes I will go in on it too--and I think parts of this will work with it to make me like it more. This might come home on the next trip.
And that's it for now for world travel. In a few months--weeks?--AG will release more for this collection: a plane and some pilot and flight attendant wear. Will there be more countries, or will Neth have to design her own World Traveler in Nigeria set? I'm thinking a really cute print dress or skirt and top set, with a bit of denim, and using some of the fabric I got from Micheals.
I Work Out With Ring Fit12: The Fiercely You Mix and Match Moddie Collection
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| Yes, Neth is using the catalog pic. Yes, you'll deal with it. |
Pause for the cause. Neth started to sort through the pictures she'd moved off her phone on the fifth to blog about Kira B. because she took pics of lots of things even with a mask, an Android phone, and a paranoia about anyone but J. getting near her in the store because J.'s part of my pandemic pod. The vaccine's coming but we're not catching the 'Rona cause you keep thinking your lungs aren't attached to your nose, idiot.
And that's when Neth realized that--while she had taken semi-individual shots of the items in the store? She had not, in fact, taken full row pictures of the whole Fiercely You Collection13 together at the store in the spot they have now. Oooooooh my god. The struggle is real.
So I'm using the catalog picture from the PDF as a screenshot. Because to be frank, I talk about these sets as a collective--at least I did in 2018, the last time I covered a collection--since they get paired and mixed together.
The Fiercely You Collection is about working out and getting your body moving, in various shades of pinks and purples and blues and greys. Exercise with the following items:
- Fiercely You Top
- Be Strong Long Tank
- Feeling Strong Terry Sweatshirt
- Feeling Fierce Print Jacket
- Star Power Dress
- Full Strength Ruffled Skort
- Star Power Shorts
- Resilient Striped Leggings and Sweatpants
- Powerful Knit Sneakers
- Ready, Set, Sandals
- So Strong Accessories
- Packed with Power Duffel Bag and Accessories
- Fiercely You Accessories
Just not at the gym. Pandemic.
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| Also part of the collection: fitbit, towel, headbands, bag--and funk stick. Use Speedstick, it's not expensive. |
This collection is not for me. Which is fair, I bet the kids like it. And someone does around here in the fandom. But not me. Several items of the other five(!)14--currently uncovered--sets appealed to me a lot more than this one does, and I'll talk about the components that did when I cover them. Even then, there's a set that I was at best, mediocre on.
And this one is blarg for me.
I am probably not going to get much from this. Likely the leggings--I do like a good set of doll leggings--shorts, tank, one pair of shoes, a tank, and jacket. Enough to do an outfit. The AGGIRL--except Shanna and Joss--are kind of the opposite of sporty, but I think I can put them together something. If it's not gone the next time I'm there.
All These Shoes and Just Two Feet, All These Hats and Just One Head: The Rest of the Moddie Stuff
And then there's the rest of the things in this release. One other dress--just one!--a shirt, and a lot of shoes and headwear stuff.
What about Bitties?
lol, bitty baby shit. That hasn't changed, my loves.
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| Look at those flashy shoes. Literally. |
Shine On Shoes: These shoes are not for me. Not because they're 20 bucks and require batteries--small ones--and not because they're vinyl. No, it's because they do the flashy flashy. Hey, guess what bothers my photosensitivity? Flashy shoes. When they were the height of fashion for preschoolers for a while, I used to have to avert my glance when kids ran in the store. So no.
Rainbow Glitter High Tops: ...Rainbow. Glitter. High Tops.
That sound you heard on the first was me squealing my heart outas I stuffed them in the bag next to the kangaroo.
These shoes are for me, they are the shoes made for me. Okay, they're for the gang, but also for me. They're rainbow glitter high tops. These are the shoes that your ten year old wears to the pride parade with a shirt that says things like If You Think I'm Adorable You Should See My Mamas, Love is Love, and I'm Totally Pantastic.
But not in 2020. Pandemic.
They are the queerest shoes AG has ever made, and the only way AG could make more more perfectly queer shoes for me would be to release tiny Timberlands.
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| Purple shimmer with bows. |
Metallic Ballet Flats: The shoes that came with Luciana's Starry Night outfit? Are okay. These shoes? Are nicer. They also go nicely with the new meet outfit that came on Mari-Figgi. So yep, got them. They sparkle.
Lots O' Spots Sandals: That feeling when you forgot an entire pair of shoes was newly released and so didn't get a picture. Doesn't matter. Leopard print is so meh to me. It reeks of faux ideas of luxury, misusing the words exquisite and garment, and Dom Pérignon tastes on a Walmart Clear American #budgit.15 Nah.
So Many Shoes Storage Tower: This wasn't at the store to take pictures of because it technically wasn't released yet, so I'll have to get a pic when it is. It has two pairs of shoes with boxes and tissue paper, a pillow, a place to sit and stack, and those foot things you put your foot on at the shoe store to figure out your size.
Except not right now. Pandemic.
ETA: Thanks to Aimee, I now know that thing is called a Brannock device.
This costs 100 bucks. I store my dolls shoes in plastic drawers for 15 bucks. Nah.
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| Gold and sparkle on a band. |
Gold Glitter Crown Headband: It's a gold headband with a crown, since the youth do love their strange headbands. I have no personal appeal for this. Pass.
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| Pompoms on a band. |
Plenty of Poms Headband: It's a headband with attached pompoms, since the youth do love their strange headbands. I once again have no personal appeal for this. Pass.
Rainbow Unicorn Headband: It's a headband with a tulle knot rainbow, a horn and ears, since the youth do love their strange headbands. I didn't get a picture because it either was so popular it was sold out already or because AG Seattle didn't get their influx of them yet. Also delightfully queer. I like it and shall obtain it to go with my gay shoes and find someone to make a shirt that says Queerly Yours or Queerly Beloved to go with it.
Love to Travel Seat: It's the travel seat again! But now to match the World Collection. Put it on your suitcase, put your doll on it, and head off to Heathrow. Except no. Pandemic. Only fly if you have to. There's morons not covering their faces.
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| Dotty spotty. |
Dot to Dot Dress: This is not a dress that appeals to me, though it is 100% one of my doll buddy's style. I'm unlikely to get it. Then again I said that about another outfit in my collection but when it went on discount I got it. Tempt me with a sale, AG!
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| A shirt don't hurt. |
Star Bright Tee: The little stripes on the side are a little strange, but it's all right. I got it to pair it with jeans.
AG really should have more plain blue jeans.
*~*~*
...I did it! I caught up to AG's 2021 release! Now to lean back, prop up my ankles, and--
*looks at Joss's van, jumper, and grill*
*and everything for Blair Wilson*
*and all the Moddie stuff including eight different dolls*
*and the Wellies stuff*
*and the modern mix and matches she missed*
*and the plethora of historical stuff*
*And two years of news including the depreciation of BeForever, expensive LE dolls, bad takes on things, and an upcoming new line*
*And the entire Courtney release*
*sighs*
....and start to figure out the sectioning off and design a pretty banner for the AG Outsider Retrospectucus.
Well, it has been two years, minus the Joss post. And I can't repair two years of posts in two days, anymore than President Biden16 can do so after four years of attempted country ruination. But I can, now that there's less pressure on my chest,start to get that shit sorted out. Now that the adults are in the room and that damn horse is out of the hospital where a horse should have never been.
See you on the next post, as soon as possible. It's not like I'm going to Vancouver any time soon.
Pandemic.
Stay hydrated with ugly bigoted tears, readers.
--Neth
1 Karen is like "Becky" in that it's about white women white womening and acting racist and bigoted and entitled, hurts their feelings when they're told this, and whined about being a slur by the kind of white women who really get their roots out when they get grouped together by bad behaviors and blackfolk call them out on it. "Karen" is a slur to silence you? Damn I wish it worked, shut the fuck up.
2 Long footnote. There's paragraphs. I hope that doesn't upset you, having to read a talk longer than a tweet. *makes tea*
Being a mod anywhere--anywhere--is generally a thankless job, even when the community is cool like AGC. I know the memes about how Internet/discord mods are petty tyrants choke-holding control and ruling over small kingdoms on the net, and that can be true. Some places would rather squash any form of "tension" than face the ugly shit, and some are just people power tripping to trip. But for me it's more like a lot like running a nightclub (those things we don't go to anymore). It's not just music, drinks, and working the crowd for praise and sitting around eating cake and huffing moodboards. There's vibes, yes--but there's also fistfights in the bathroom, people accidentally spilling drinks, making sure someone's not setting the bar on fire, and employing the bouncers when someone starts punching everyone in the nose. On occasion you have to make hard choices and you still fuck up. Just a few months ago I had to announce to my community that a member of it was a blatant bigot and we'd banned them, and they had been intertwined for years until the racism and toxic jumped out. I've never been a perfect moderator.
But I do it for the communities I am part of that have put that level of trust in me to keep the party going, because even when I'm struggling and my feelings are under my feet I'm so low, I don't punish the community for it. I moderate my communities with help, not say "this is hard" and then refuse to take anyone's help because someone might not like me at the end of it. You know how many people don't like me? I can cite like a dozen in the AG community alone. I've been here since late 2005. I have, since I learned how to talk, been an intelligent, articulate, logically argumentative person who does my research and had to be both velvet and steel. This has gotten me more than a few haters. I'm certain that girl I banned from AGC thinks I ain't shit but spit even though she told me that it was fair to hate black women across the board because one scared her as a child, and that I turned her against someone who had blocked her way before I did.
I still mod. Because running an online community and keeping it going isn't about crying that you might have to sometime, somewhere, tell someone "hey cut that shit out, not cool."
But then again, a person who runs a community could just whine that they're going to destroy the whole thing for everyone because to them and them alone, it's "not fun anymore" and the idea of people not snuggling up all the time around the clock hurts your heart like someone didn't do a professional face up in 24 hours with you breathing hard down your neck, and you think any conflict where people might talk to each other with several words over their mistakes and errors in this fandom or any fandom is "drama"--and then when you're barely persuaded not to leave the baby in the bathtub to drown because you just learned that it poops and cries sometimes and it's not just baby booties and Instagram onseies, proceed to hand the baby over to a still damp-toed participant who literally is younger than Isabelle Palmer's canon age. I wish the new kid--in all senses of the word--the best of luck and advice if she'll take it.
But why listen to me, after all. I ruined your fluff, and it's not like I've been doing moderator shit in some form or another on the internet since 2006 with a username I've had since a year after the Girls of Today launched. Advice from me is tainted by the fact I hurt your feelings accidentally spoiling a TV show I don't watch because I was happy to see myself represented as a black woman and after someone else had her vibe harshed a moment after she spoiled a movie for me I hadn't seen yet making an unclear connection that made me go "no, Disney is not inspired by a children's book." For some people, listening to your elders and dealing with the fact that you might have to do something modly somewhere for longer than four minutes just isn't the vibe you were going for when you chose to create a community. *sips peppermint tea from a Nintendo mug* But I'm sleep doe.
3 Now I gleefresh! And still have to cut myself off.
4 Queer, on the other hand, is not a slur. Yes, it has been used as one--and still is. So was/is gay, dyke, butch, and a lot of other terms used in the queer community. But I--and queers like me--knew that when we started reclaiming it in the 80s and 90s. Queer was and still is the preferred term for many of us because it covers everyone without having to get into microlabels, specifics, and/or details about who we are. Queer is heavily preferred by us Gen X and older Millennials specifically because it opens the doors to everyone. We weren't saying "we're here, we're LGBT+, get used to it." What do you think the Q in LGBTQ stands for?! Yes questioning but also queer.As this lovely Tumblr post states: "Queer is a slur" is a terf movement. Stop fucking supporting terfs just because you want to pretend like it isn’t. Listen to your elders--and if you're not old enough to run for the house of Representatives as of the end of 2020, you are not a venerated queer elder. We lost an entire generation of the Boomer queers to AIDS before you ever came out of your wombs, Zoomers and later half Millennials . Listen to us. We aren't saying this shit to get you hurt.
5 Though I'd like to look down at the earth from above, I would miss all the places and people I love. So although I might like it for one afternoon, I don't want to live on the moon.
6 Two continents. My statement stands.
7 AG brought back the informational pamphlets! This is a great day for America. Thanks, Joe Biden.
8 I put French in quotation marks because the American land wasn't theirs. All the land of North and South America was stolen from Indigenous American people. They were here first. The only other native people of the Americas are Black Americans like myself who are the descendants of slaves and cannot trace back to our African origins, whose cultures were formed in fires of slavery and the aftermath.
9 The House of Être is how I learned back in high school--back in the 90s, look I'm old--how to remember the seventeen French verbs that make the passé composé (compound past) with être--to be--instead of avoir--to have. I could probably pick French back up again with like, Duolingo or something. Also I go on these tangents in the footnotes because then my brain gets a little wandering off, as a treat.
10God Save the Queen and My Country, Tis of Thee have the same melody. Which apparently led to a British commentator during the inauguration being super confused that the US was playing their national anthem.
11 Japanese--romanji, roughly--for "Hello, everyone. Please don't touch the doll." I was not writing that in hiragana/kanji. I hope that's correct, it's been some time since I spoke Japanese nearly daily.
12 In theory. In practice I have been so long out of the Ring Fit game that I am probably going to have to just start over and rebuild up my energy to work out.
13 The moddie mix and match sets have names now. Have since the 2020 release, The Berry Fresh Collection. Yes, it's been that damn long. I think two others might have had unofficial names. I'm blogging and can correct this after I'm done.
14 They also come out much quicker and go away much faster now. Yes, it's been that damn long.
15 If you know, you know.
16*frisson of joy* I am willing to say the president's name again, because we have one.