November 12th, 2025

I've returned to Soulsilver. Part of the reason I didn't touch it for a bit was just sprout tower getting Ghastly during the night and not wanting to deal with that while grinding but I forgot I was at the end anyway. I really don't like the time-of-day based encounters and I'm glad they only exist in gens 2/4 because it feels like the game punishing you for not playing at a specific time of day. Anyway I have the first gym done and I caught another Bellsprout just to do the Onyx trade so I could have it for Bugsy. I did not realize until now just how fucking awful 45 attack truly is but considering I'm only gonna be using it for one gym I don't really care, taking the trade over catching a Geodude is probably better because it levels faster.

In a bit of like, actually yapping about my life, the little metal thingy that our freezer uses to detect how full the ice tray is has snapped off. The actual thingy is intact but something holding it in place broke. And so instead of getting someone to come and fix it (which mom thinks might cost a few hundred dollars), we're instead apparently gonna commit to just dumping out a bunch of ice each day if no one can get it back into place.