Oh wow, this actually made me think. I was the same way and always skipped filler because people said it was trash. But when I rewatched Bleach last year I watched the Bount arc for the first time and it was way better than I expected, it gave some side characters way more screen time. You're right about the week to week thing too, waiting for filler when you just want the story to move is the worst.

Waited way too long to clean mine because I figured nobody notices ceiling fans anyway. Then my sister walked in and asked if we had a fire recently, and I realized the blades were basically gray sweaters. Now I keep a duster on the shelf and hit them every other week, and the room actually feels lighter.

A bulb blower is great for loose dust but it does nothing for the stuff that's actually stuck to the sensor, and that is where the swabs and a good wet clean come in. You got lucky this time because whatever was on there was still sitting loose. Give it a month of lens changes in a dusty field and that bulb will just push the stuck particles around. A compressor is overkill for most people though, so no argument there, a rocket blower plus a couple of swabs covers 95 percent of real world cases.