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August 2024

  • Fluorescent…

    It’s been awhile since I updated last, so it’s time for a new blog post! I don’t have anything crazy or cool to report, though. This time of year always seems to be so unpredictably busy. Even if I avoid making plans, something always seems to come up. ^^; My new job is going well. It’s been a bit of an adjustment to be away from home for so long during the day again. At my old job, I worked 10 - 12 hour shifts consistently, and I got used to that before long. I’m sure it’s just a matter of time. I guess the biggest issue with being away from home during the day is that I come home exhausted. Keep in mind that my new job is not particularly strenuous — it’s just an office job. Still, it’s hard to behave myself for that long lol. Masking is tiring, and it does take a bit of effort to keep quiet and stim in public appropriate ways. Plus, the bright lights in the office have been giving me headaches. Despite my complaining, I’m sooooo super grateful to have this job, and I won’t take it…

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June 2024

  • 3DS Hacking…

    I didn’t wait 5 months to update again. It’s a miracle lol. I’ve still been a bit reclusive lately, but I’ve been a lot less anxious. Overall feeling a lot better! Let’s hope it stays that way. 3DS Hacking Shenanigans I hacked my 3DS XL about a week ago, so I’ve been playing with that. For anyone on the fence about doing it, I highly recommend taking the plunge. The system is crazy easy & safe to modify these days, and it took me like 30 minutes total. Modding my 3DS is something that’s been on my ‘I’ll get to it’ list for years now, but now seems like as good of a time as any with online services shutting down a couple months ago. I also promised I would play Bravely Default before year's end! I’m not really one to care about sailing the seven seas either way. I wouldn't have been able to play as many games as I did growing up if my dad hadn't done that. But now that both the e-shop and online services have shut down, there is no way in all the hells I’m going to pay the…

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May 2024

  • Gemini Season

    Ham-ha! It’s been awhile since I wrote a blog post, so I decided to write about… why I haven’t written any posts lol. I actually wrote a long blog post talking about toxic positivity and my aversion to talking about negative feelings… but I don’t think that the ending of the post was very satisfying because I’m not really sure what to do about it. TL;DR I learned that toxic positivity isn’t just invalidating the feelings of others but it can also extend to invalidating oneself. I notice that I isolate myself when I experience difficult feelings because I don’t want to be a burden, and I don’t want others to see me suffer™. SUCH DRAMATIC WORDING but that’s my reality, I guess. Despite this being a personal blog, I don’t really like sharing super vulnerable thoughts publicly for all to see. I don’t even really like sharing them privately, and even admitting here that I’ve been struggling the past several months seems like a huge overshare. But the last thing I want to be on this blog is…

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Archive of 2023