{"id":2102,"date":"2019-08-31T23:48:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T04:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/?p=2102"},"modified":"2025-09-29T00:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T05:26:18","slug":"round19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/2019\/08\/31\/round19","title":{"rendered":"Keyblades and Dugout Dances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s once again my annual countdown to nothing, and nothing has again arrived.<\/p>\n<p><center><b><font color=\"#FF8800\" size=5>DAY<br \/>\n100<\/font><\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And I haven&#8217;t posted since Easter, despite having a lot of things in the works. What have I been busy with? Mostly running around Disney universes beating up monsters with a giant key. And watching the Nats dance. And tweeting regarding some of it. Let&#8217;s just get right to it.<\/p>\n<p>Day 1,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This IS my Final Form! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KingdomHearts2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KingdomHearts2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IUerioDTCD\">pic.twitter.com\/IUerioDTCD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katrina M (@sciville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sciville\/status\/1132121059422089216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Day 2,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I arrived an hour and a half before first pitch and they were already out of those Ryan Zimmerman Captain America bobbleheads. \ud83d\ude20<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katrina M (@sciville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sciville\/status\/1132418117915820033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Day 3,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Underworld Tournaments:<br \/>3% fighting<br \/>2% using cure spells\/items<br \/>95% playing ukulele with Stitch<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KingdomHearts2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KingdomHearts2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katrina M (@sciville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sciville\/status\/1132744858836307968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Day 4,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not everyone who sacrifices for this country wears a uniform. Not every threat to this country comes from the outside. Many sacrifice everything to fight the bigotry and injustice that threaten to rot this country from the inside. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MemorialDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MemorialDay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katrina M (@sciville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sciville\/status\/1133063977662144512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Day 6, &#8220;I need&#8230; more rage. I need&#8230; more hearts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Day 10, I don&#8217;t always spill food on myself, but when I do, it&#8217;s onto clothes that came out of the dryer two hours ago.<\/p>\n<p>Day 13, oh, did you not like my word choice nine years ago?<\/p>\n<p>Day 19, went to the store for: 1) Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far, for PlayStation 4, 2) Kingdom Hearts 3, for PlayStation 4, 3) a PlayStation 4.<\/p>\n<p>Day 20, WTF is up with this card system?<\/p>\n<p>Day 23, Obi-Sean Kenobi bobblehead<\/p>\n<p>Day 25, where the fuck is my box?!<\/p>\n<p>Day 29, what do you mean stuck in Memphis?!<\/p>\n<p>Day 30, guess I got to go get it, on a Saturday!<\/p>\n<p>Day 35,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The candidates being asked last night what they&#39;ll do about Mitch McConnell. Like, I don&#39;t know, drop this ill-fated president thing and run for Senate and make him not leader anymore? I&#39;m looking at you, Mr. Necesitamos Incluir Cada Persona!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katrina M (@sciville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sciville\/status\/1144417891980337153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Day 37, done with this card business, now for the prequel with, uh, wait, isn&#8217;t that Roxas?<\/p>\n<p>Day 39, don&#8217;t do it, Woody!<\/p>\n<p>Day 42, made chili, because I&#8217;m American, Americans make chili.<\/p>\n<p>Day 46, TV is broken, long live the new TV!<\/p>\n<p>Day 47,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Stupid Americans don&#39;t know anything about football&#8230;&quot;<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;m sorry, I can&#39;t hear you over the sound of WE JUST WON THE WORLD CUP!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USWNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USWNT<\/a> \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katrina M (@sciville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sciville\/status\/1147913321166835712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Day 50,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I like this one. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LightsforLiberty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LightsforLiberty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/by1kBbSd6o\">pic.twitter.com\/by1kBbSd6o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katrina M (@sciville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sciville\/status\/1149826264318054400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Day 60, this game just keeps going and going, doesn&#8217;t she get out of the darkness?<\/p>\n<p>Day 61, break from Sora and friends for Crash Bandicoot remake.<\/p>\n<p>Day 62, The graphics are beautiful and the music is sharper. But that log spinning bullshit in Great Gate and Native Fortress is still bullshit.<\/p>\n<p>Day 65, watched the Nats get their asses handed to them by the Dodgers and all I got was this tote bag.<\/p>\n<p>Day 67, not even the garlic festivals are safe.<\/p>\n<p>Day 68, Sora and Riku have their own Pokem- er, I mean, &#8220;spirits&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Day 82,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Do I look like the kind of person who ran around the rabbit barn to each cage saying &quot;hello, bunny!&quot; in a freakishly high pitched voice?<\/p>\n<p>Okay, that&#39;s exactly what I did and OMG YOU&#39;RE STANDING ON YOUR HIND LEGS EATING FROM YOUR BOWL!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mocofair?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mocofair<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WdJtLHiVVc\">pic.twitter.com\/WdJtLHiVVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katrina M (@sciville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sciville\/status\/1161441724226576385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Day 84,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yup. I ate this. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mocofair?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mocofair<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WI7Vrz0yx2\">pic.twitter.com\/WI7Vrz0yx2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katrina M (@sciville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sciville\/status\/1162167881473372161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Day 86,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last night of the fair. Some deep fried Oreos to have as a late night snack. Not bad! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mocofair?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mocofair<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oGJG52bzt6\">pic.twitter.com\/oGJG52bzt6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katrina M (@sciville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sciville\/status\/1162955086865342464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Day 87, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop&#8230; looking for Special Portals.<\/p>\n<p>Day 89, the other game still hasn&#8217;t ended, she&#8217;s still in the darkness.<\/p>\n<p>Day 90, and, at long last&#8230; Kingdom Hearts 3<\/p>\n<p>Day 93, John Oliver is Zazu<\/p>\n<p>Day 100, it&#8217;s a festival of dead tree sandwiches.<\/p>\n<p>As these 100 Days of Summer draw to a close, I once again ask why am I even still doing this relic of college days half my life ago? Maybe it&#8217;s for some connection to my earlier life, that even as things change, certain rituals remain. But there&#8217;s no shortage of that. Up next the baseball season will give way to the postseason. Then Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year&#8217;s and the Superbowl and Valentine&#8217;s Day and Lent and Easter and then I&#8217;ll be all &#8220;holy shit, how am I 37?!&#8221; And then once again it&#8217;ll be May 24, to do this again in 2020, for round 20, whatever form the world will be in then. Whatever indeed.<\/p>\n<p><i>This has been <b>Day 100<\/b> of the <b>100 Days of Summer, Round 19<\/b>.<\/i> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/smilies\/sun.gif\" title=\"Summertime!\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s once again my annual countdown to nothing, and nothing has again arrived. DAY 100 And I haven&#8217;t posted since Easter, despite having a lot of things in the works. What have I been busy with? Mostly running around Disney universes beating up monsters with a giant key. And watching the Nats dance. And tweeting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/2019\/08\/31\/round19\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Keyblades and Dugout Dances&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,15],"tags":[33,34],"class_list":["post-2102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idiot-box","category-sports","tag-100-days-of-summer","tag-day-100"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2102"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2109,"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102\/revisions\/2109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}