Ramblings of A Weeb

I've been thinking about this idea lately, mostly because of that saying "Home is where the heart is" and what that really means.

Is home a physical place? Sometimes yes, but lately my thought has been more that Home itself is less about where you physically are, but where you emotionally feel safe and comfortable, which can be a physical location, but can also be based on situations you place yourself.

Mono No Aware is this japanese "term"(?)/"concept"(?), of the appreciation of the temporal nature of things. Not everything is meant to be or should be permanent, but that very nature I think can bring a level of appreciation for things.

I don't even know if I fully understand or grasp this concept since it's something that I'm only recently starting to become aware of myself, but hopefully my rambling is coherent enough to get some of my current thoughts about it out there <3.

So this song has been an earworm for me for a couple of days at this point and it got the brain juices flowing a bit. Let's talk a little bit about it and let me know if you agree or you think I'm way off.

HEY HI HALLO HAPPY2026.

I hope your 2026 has been good so far. Sorry about no January and February episode, the beginning of this year ended up with me feeling like I needed to focus on some things, process some things, get some IRL things done.

But we are here and I'm a few weeks removed from going on a Japan trip that got me thinking about a few mental things that I hopefully didn't ramble too much through and hopefully didn't repeat myself to your boredom <3.

Hey guys, it's really been a bit since I sat down to actually record an episode. I don't really want to record unless I feel strongly about it, and that it feels personally important to me. And this one is something really feels like I can have a moment of vulnerability and talk about it.

About how I feel like I'm changing some personal mindsets and loosening some stubborn thoughts about my own decision making and allowing myself some level of feel vs think in how I choose.

I've realize a kind of recurring theme regarding some of the music I listen to. Let's ramble a bit through some thoughts on it

Hello, hi, how are ya. We're halfway through the year and I'm only now recording and releasing another podcast episode. WHOOPS. This one's my way of easing back into the grind of it all again and I hope you enjoy the episode.

Isekais are definitely a SUPER popular genre, and in this episode I'll ramble through and hopefully in a not entirely uncoherent way talk about some of my thoughts on why that seems to be the case

2024 is over, 2025 is here!!!!!

I didn't hit my goal of one episode a month but that's ok, we've learned some lessons along the way, and are gonna bring some ideas into 2025 that should set us up better for success.

If you've been part of the journey till now, thanks, let's do the 2025 well

I try not to make many episodes like this because I my primary goal for podcast episodes is to take a central theme or idea and spin off of that. This episode wasn't really made with an outlined idea or theme in mind. Well, that's not accurate. It started off as my initial intro into an actual episode. But then became a rant. That I realized would end up being an entire recording in and of itself. That I re-recorded 6x.

In episodes like this, where the topic is focused on my own insecurities, my own struggles, and my own negativity, I at least want to end up with a level of positivity, or if not that, at least....neutrality. And I think I reached something like that here, with at least some level of authenticity.

Next Episode will be more on brand. This episode was still on brand, just a little less so than usual

HEY HI HELLO. I missed the May podcast upload, but the June podcast was not skipped!!!!!!

Today's also a bit of a special one, I've got a guest/friend joining me today talking about something that has definitely had a big impact and experience on both of us, Kingdom Hearts.

Hopefully you enjoy the episode, it was definitely a ton of fun for both of us to just go back on memory lane and remember easily one of our favorite series.

Also check out his work over at https://www.youtube.com/@travilopolis