Day in the Life of an Idiot

 
Image: manga cover

On Monday, Shawn had a Friends of the Ramsey County Library board meeting, and, so, as resident chauffeur, I tagged along. When she was at her meeting, I browsed the manga shelves, as one might expect.

I ended up picking up and mostly reading all of the above title: Turns Our My Online Friend is My Real-Life Boss by Nmura. The back cover copy pitches it to fans of Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard? (link to my review), which I can understand because it has a similar humorous office romance + fantasy element + slightly clueless hero vibe.  In fact, I think the thing that I'm enjoying about it so far is how our hero, Hashimoto, manages to have not one but two guys hitting on him both in Real Life and the game and... completely misinterprets every pass. To be fair, both of Hashimoto's suitors seem to misunderstand the other's motivations for a lot time as well. I mean, I, too, am a nerd? I also should probably carry a sign that reads: "If you are flirting with me, please just tell me. I have no idea." But, Hashimoto is almost mind-bogglingly clueless--to humorous effect, so it works? I mean, at least so far. I'm not quite finished with volume 1.  

Anyway, I am not sure I would have picked up this book if I were not marooned at the library for two and a half hours, however. Like, it's fine and cute and everything, but I am rarely fond of gaming-related stories. I don't know why. They're a very popular subgenre and I play TTRPGs, but I dunno. Something for me never quite translates--like the game parts don't grab me and hold my attention like they should? At least in this one they don't play the game so much as just hang out in game spaces as their avatars. 

I dunno.

That's what I've been reading at any rate. Nothing, as they say, to write home about. 

In other news, Shawn continues to do well post-knee surgery. She rarely uses her cane and can do much of what she used to. However, apparently one of her co-workers, who has also been through knee replacement, asked her if she had gotten to the point where she feels like the surgery was worth doing, and she does NOT. She's still got a fair amount of lingering nerve pain, which is not typical, but also, obviously, not fun. 

For myself, I went to cat cafe today with naomikritzer which was a great deal of fun. If I get my act together, I will post some pictures of it tomorrow.