World Cup, Sci-Fi movies, Birthday!

My weeknotes are here! World Cup, birthday week, and a lot of other cool things. From June 9 to 15, 2026.

Hey hey! Good news, this was my birthday week! And it has been pretty awesome. The World Cup started, and as much as I hate everything behind the politics and the greediness of FIFA. Us Mexicans and many other people choose to focus on the beautiful game that brings the world together, no matter what.

Alas, these are my notes from June 9 to 15, 2026, enjoy!

🚲 Went on another nice ride in the park and saw a lot of bicycles on the way. I also noticed how literally none of them were locked. Saw plenty of them on the move too, I actually struggled to keep up with them and got left behind by a bunch of senior citizens.
⚽ The World Cup is upon us, and as a Mexican, it is my duty to support my team like an absolute maniac until they mess it up badly. They started out showing promise! But backing away instead of trying for more. We’ll see how it goes!
📺 My workplace (as every decent workplace in Mexico should have done) set up all the TVs to watch the game live and also gave us free snacks and drinks. The atmosphere was pretty cool. Although the TV in our office specifically had some signal issues. All in all, three hours of not-working while at work were nice.
🌧️ The constant rains have exposed a couple of big leaks in my bed room, and I’ve been woken up midnight because of the water dripping in. I’ve used two buckets and they both were filled halfway by the morning, RIP.
✈️ My sister visited due to the vacation period so she managed to show up for my birthday and help organize it a bit this time.
🍿 My family and I went to the movies to watch Disclosure Day, we also got some cool shirts and had a blast overall.
🥳 Another birthday week happened, and I am now twenty six years young. This is weird. in four more years I’ll be thirty, by the next world cup I’ll be thirty!
🌕 Had a small birthday party where I invited some friends and the theme was space. My cake was made by my sister and it was themed after the moon! The candle was an astronaut. Of course everyone gave me Star Wars themed gifts lol (I love Star Wars so that’s not a complaint).
🃏 We played a bunch of games during the party, some of the highlights were Happy Salmon, Cheat and Snap.

Watching

The World Cup - I of course watched the opening for the World Cup and was happy to see the fans of the sport having a blast, the atmosphere seemed great, even if the 2-0 result of Mexico vs Sudafrica left me wanting more. I also watched the match between Japan and the Netherlands, and that was an absolute roller coaster. I was rooting for Japan (because of Blue Lock and how they played in 2022), and they definitely delivered. Great stuff. I screamed more than with the Mexican match, since I was shy at the office, but there were also like no stakes compared to Japan.
Disclosure Day - Steven Spielberg is back, and this movie felt like a Spielberg movie for sure. Lots of fascinating elements, many thought-provoking situations, a lot of chase sequences and gripping emotional moments. There were some clichés and some convenient moments, but I really enjoyed it, even if it felt a little long. It’s a movie that deals with the truth and how it should be handled, and I found it fascinating. While I agree with the message and concepts, the execution felt a bit mixed.
The Martian - Speaking of execution, this movie gets all of that right. One of the best sci-fi films I’ve ever seen. This is a rewatch and it continues to just be cool. Humanity against all odds will never get boring for me. A guy is left for dead and ends up stranded on Mars, and has to make contact with Earth and try to get by, using any means necessary, while NASA and the world try to figure out how to save him before time and rations run out.
Mission to Mars - This movie from the 2000s was a weird choice to watch after The Martian. A sci-fi very focused on the “fi” side of things, but in an interesting way. A team of astronauts is killed by a weird sand snake, another group ends up attacked by micrometeorites, and in the end, there is a 2001-esque sequence where the truth about humanity’s origin is revealed and some weird animation effects are used and honestly? The hole thing is a trip. The visual effects are actually stunning, the zero gravity sequences (including a whole dance) are peak. This movie looks awesome, but it has pacing issues and some cosmical things going on and it kinda works but doesn’t but I really liked it so whatever.
Max Steel: Bio Crisis - I continue watching my childhood movies and this one is just plain fun. It is much more laid back than the first ones, which can be a deterrent, but seeing Max Steel going through every obstacle making funny remarks and jokes is hilarious to me. This movie features a new character addition to the world. Cytro, a robot designed to destroy Max Steel, but ends up becoming an ally on his quest to stop an evil scientist from poisoning an island for his own gains.

Gaming

Completed

Metroid Prime Remastered - This game, this game is awesome! I ended up completing it and fighting against the last two bosses, after acquiring a bunch of the collectibles. I gave up on 100% that, as I didn’t want to go through all the regions of the game again. This is an awesome title and I will definitely write my review of it in the future. I highly recommend it already.

Started

Transistor - All of a sudden, I picked up my Nintendo Switch after beating Metroid, and decided to open up this game for once and WOW. The atmosphere of this is already immaculate. We control Red, a lady who picks up a giant sword out of a dead man, and the sword talks! But it’s all so weird and mysterious, it has this strange, I don’t know, like a Cyberpunk Neon Noir atmosphere. There are a lot of questions in my head about how this will all play it, but for now, I’ll keep going!

The combat has been really interesting, with a planning mechanic that lets you perform a sequence of attacks in slow mo, and then see how they play out. It’s like programming your movements. It has been incredible to see and I am trying to get better at it. It’s a game from the creators of Hades, and it already shows.

Survidice. This is a Mexican indie board game developed by Vadle Studios where you have to survive through hordes of zombies by using dice! Each character is a dice, the actions and steps you can move is defined by the value of your dice, each zombie is a dice and they have the same rules. It’s a cooperative game where every character has to help each other out. You can also play walls to block off some paths and make zombies take longer to get to you. There’s different types of zombies, that movie faster or tank some damage.

We played a whole game and it was really exhilarating at times when you got into it. It is divided in two phases, players move, and then do the zombies. Because of this, it has vibes similar to a Tactics RPG. The board has special spawn points for every type of zombie dice, which are always rerolled after every wave. It is such a complete package and it offers a lot of replayability, with ways to make the game much harder by adding extra zombies or altering the way movement works.

Ongoing

Hollow Knight: Silksong - Indeed, I have returned. I have returned to this title because I want to get to Act 3 for once! There are so many extra boss fights and things I’ve heard about, so I really look forward to getting there sometime soon. For now Transistor got the focus though, and I may replace it or add it to my Summer Game Challenge.

Reading

Completed

Tiamat’s Wrath (The Expanse #8) by James S.A. Corey - What a journey so far. And how many changes and things happened here… I really didn’t see a lot of this coming. Many welcome surprises, many losses were had as well. I can’t wait for the final chapter of this journey, the ninth book is coming! I am ready to start… Leviathan Falls.

Ongoing

Clarkesworld #211 by Neil Clarke - I am currently reading The Rambler a short story about a bridge that moves and causes mayhem around the city… It seems a bit absurdist and kinda funny and feel free to share your thoughts to explain it to me.
My Wife is From a Thousand Years Ago - Up to chapter 285. This rom-com manhua continues to be very fun.
Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie - Up to chapter 116. Same same, all fun but nothing super unique by now, just cute couple stuff.