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today is the last day of july. and tomorrow, august will start... this blog will reach its first year, how strange is that~? 

the odds of love

today's topic is a little awkward: crushes!!! (i don't have one rn, don't worry. i don't really have them over the summer, lolz.) 

bit by bit

computer still works! as does the ps4.

eh?

spent all day today playing samurai warriors!!! my playthrough with nene is going so well, yukimura sanada and masamune date are now my retainers~ two of my officers got married!!!!!! and i've been unlocking a whole bunch of new cutscenes! (esp now that i unlocked mitsunari ishida for selection in the archives, ehehe~)

um. remember how i mentioned a while ago i thought i got a virus on my old computer? well, i just remembered one of the usb's i've been using to save stuff... had files from that old computer. it just ejected itself while i was wiping stuff from it, and now i'm confused. it also couldn't delete a really old file because it was in use??? so, um. yeah. fingers crossed i didn't do anything weird o_o; *panic* but i have used it on this computer before, so i'm mostly secure? like, this was the same process for the dynasty warriors screenshots i have. it's just acting weird now. 

i'm gonna restart my computer anyway, but. agh!!!

sotd: entrusted hope from dw7

achy pressure

i dulled my senses of taste and smell today. UUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH, WHEN WILL IT ENDDDDDDDDD ㅠㅠ at least my nose isn't that stuffy anymore????? but help why am i going through it--

barely did anything today because of such, and the fact that my body was completely out of it. just... no energy at all. i tried making a little profile for omar, but that was about it. i might get to the others later tonight, but really i should just turn in early...

sotd: furikaeruto iruyo by perfume

crystal tears

before i went to bed a couple nights ago, i did a lot of writing. nearly 900 words worth. i'm still spending time at home-- my nose is so stuffy, i don't want to go outside and experience all the allergens that'll compound it lolz. officially two weeks of being sick... ugh. what even happened?!?!?!?!

i've been working more on the site, and that's pretty much it... i thought i found a copy of the discs needed for the emac, but alas. the versions are not the same. i'm beginning to lose hope. however! i have not officially made any posts or requests for help on forums and stuff like that... that is my last hope.

i've also been looking online at computers and tablets that i could possibly get for school. mom pointed out that literally everything is on my laptop, and she's right. if i were to lose this, it would be horrible. so, i must find an alternative... i'm hoping for a tablet, perhaps, especially because those are lighter. with all the notebooks and actual books i'll have, it would be better for my back and overall energy. my scoliosis is already bad enough! (well, it's subtle, but i can feel it, yk.)

in other news, i've also been thinking of revamping the css here again. getting a little stale. i suppose it's time to fire up the tester again~

sotd: goliath by the mars volta

lite

lately i've had ceramic girl by perfume on repeat, but it can no longer be my sotd since i need to have different songs every day...

penpal

lately i've been thinking a lot about the concept of penpals.

to give a bit of context, i used to love looking at letter sets. especially as i used to have a sanrio store near my home, seeing all the cute papers with the corresponding stickers and envelopes was a real highlight of my day if i ever went. but i had no one to send them to!!!! i was 6!

i still don't... but lately around the interwebs i've been seeing people send and open their penpal letters, with all these cute stickers and pressed flowers, pics, pins, what have you... and now i feel like i'm a kid again, hoping one day i can have a penpal as such.

but where to begin? how? all my friends and i are so digitally connected. maybe an interweb friend of mine? but i don't want to make them uncomfortable... or maybe one of my friends when they go off to college, that might be interesting.

sotd: butterfly wings by owl city

phlegmy

yippee!!!!!!! finally i don't wake up with an air of sickness around me. i feel better! i can fully talk! i'm still coughing up mucus occasionally, but honestly i'm just glad to get it out of my system. oh happy day~~~

didn't really do much today again... mostly browsed the interwebs and worked more on the website. i don't think i mentioned it the other day, but on the college tour i got to check out the room where the college radio station was hosted. i'm applying to be a volunteer dj and maybe get work study there??? idk, fingers crossed. i don't really have a super niche music taste, but i've always been interested in radio, so why not try to take the opportunity?

gonna continue my sw4 and sw4e runs as well!!! honestly i take a lot of pics and vids of things that go on during them, but since i don't have a usb i can't bring them to my computer... ugh.

sotd: l'via l'viaquez by the mars volta

who's there?

went on a college tour today, also a little bit of cd hunting. picked up frances the mute from the mars volta!!! legendary cd hunting odds. 

voices from the depths

pure success! i have enrolled for the classes i wanted. i have an 8am exam tho... but it's okay!!! it will all be okay... hopefully. 

rusted chains

went out today briefly, got some fresh air which felt nice.

the pages of...

my voice is finally back! not that great, but i'm not whispering everything. i'm so glad. 

believe it or not, i put together my august layout today. lolz! but ironically enough, it's all sakura and pink... there are no more sakura this time of year, but pink moods are in abundance! so why not enjoy it~

i also finished all the base storylines for sw4! finally! now i can play all the rest of the storylines~ i'm most excited to see mitsunari ishida, ehehe. in terms of other characters i like, i also like sanada yukimura. and as for clans i like (so far), i enjoyed playing through the hojo clan's storyline the most. it was so heartwarming...

i feel like ti should return to empires soon, then. now that i have so much context~

anyway. i hope i can go out for a walk soon. the weather's been hot the past few days, but it's finally cooling down a bit, and the breeze has been really nice for my lungs. we'll see.

sotd: roulette dares (the haunt of) by the mars volta

veggie broth

i'm feeling both better and worse at the same time today.

ph indicator

back again. still sick, but feeling better than yesterday at least!!!

acidity

remember how the other day, i mentioned i thought i was coming down with something? well, something's happened. 

all for this, all for you

sigh.

okay, so, i finally cut out the stencil i made, right? and used it to paint the words on. i even painted another line in my own personal cursive. and it looks horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!! aghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! grrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!! why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm so upset with myself.

but at least that's the end of that project... so i can work on other things now. my mom got out some watercolor pencils she's had stashed away for years. i'm gonna try them tonight. that'll be something nice, i think... though i still wanna play more samurai warriors and unlock more story routes..............

tbh i also like mitsunari ishida's design, i wanna see him more (the fictional guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not the real guy). but you didn't hear that from me.

in other news, i think i'm becoming sick. i think it's only the weather / allergies, but it's been getting worse for the past few days. scratchiness in my throat and headaches and all...

sotd: 1mm by perfume

contrived

interesting day today. 

unusual worlds

boring days as of late, again. recently picked up watercolor painting, and the idea of an atd-i fansite is still poking at my brain. there's also a summer splatfest coming up, land v. sea v. air. i went with team sea because it's beautiful and peaceful, but in all honestly i don't think we're gonna win. but as long as i'm fighting for what i really love, right?

i'm feeling really low again, but i think that's just hormones acting against me again. i don't want to do anything but listen to music and lie around all day.

sotd: banquet by bloc party

soda float

missed the post yesterday, i'm sorry.

pudding revolution

i went ahead with what i mentioned previously-- turning jinpudding into a space for my layouts.

shutter

short updoodle. i went out to the same second-hand book place i have been for a while, as my mom had some things to drop off. picked up a couple of books (a vampire one and a crossword one), and a spock figurine. when i went home, i put batteries in an old family camera, and found out that it works perfectly fine? my mom said that it doesn't work anymore, but it seems to be functioning just fine... all it needs is a new memory card. and i don't have an sd card reader, so i might have to invest in one at some point...

i have yet to figure out a goal for this month, aside from going out more. like, something concrete to work on. what shall it be~?

sotd: little motel by modest mouse

let's go beach

today was a good day.

the continuation

a new month! new month, new me? lolz.

i went out today and got a couple of cool new things: some neon fabric markers for the shoes and another new game. samurai warriors 4, base game! so i can learn about the characters, as well as have to make less decisions, as these are set in historical stone.

alrighty. daily updates out of the way, onto the main topic of today's post: layouts.