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Had the best Christmas afternoon experience by opening up all the gifts I gotten. From left to right, top to bottom in each column:

• Heat Holders Oversized Luxury Throw (Teal) • Radio from LL Cool J and *REIGN IN BLOOD from Slayer CDs • KFC and Freddy's gift cards for $20 • Peter Piper Pizza gift card for $30 • Stickybutter hanging portrait • XL Woody Woodpecker tee • There seems to be no sign of intelligent life XL tee from Steven Rhodes • The Nightmare Before Christmas mini kart toy (Oogie Boogie) • Atari 50 - Expanded Edition (Nintendo Switch)

*Want to note that despite the entire jewel case being broken, the CD was actually safe. May consider getting a new, expansive CD case for more room.

And that's the last I'll be getting for Christmas. Next year, I won't be shopping; gotta focus more on my money saving challenge before I publicly let it all out. Happy Christmas, by the way!

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My 31st birthday experience

So it was the 15th of December, where my birthday took place. And just before I gear myself up to open presents in the middle of Christmas Eve which is today, I'm going over what I did on my 31st. Hit the jump to see the pics!

I woke up first thing in the morning and greeted myself with over ten birthday presents. From left to right, it's a Yeti DayTrip Lunch Bag; a DIY 2025 calendar I commissioned my relatives for $20; a pair of alien slippers (I named them Cherry and Chocolate); The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection 2 pack in DVD form; a pair of shades; Polar Bear Mini Cooler; 72 SEASONS by Metallica in CD form; co2CREA carrying case for AirPods MAX; U•four•ia the Saga 2; HORI Split Pad Compact [Light Grey/Yellow] and a Buldak serving bowl from ZEN.

Several hours later, I treated myself with dinner at Applebee's by havinng Classic Bacon Cheeseburger w/ barbecue sauce, fries and Pepsi. Notice the fork and a knife since diner burgers are becoming incredibly huge.

And soon a I almost finished my burger, the employees happily gave me an ice cream treat with chocolate fudge syrup on the bottom and two cherries on top of whipped cream. Although I do enjoy the real birthday song, I wasn't even done with my meal!

Later that night, I had a Blizzard style birthday cake. I chose pastel green since I may consider doing some sort of an origin reference. The cake in general was really tasty, though it's hard to cut since it's been in the freezer for too long...

And, yeah. That's all I did for my birthday. I won't be spending much of it in my hometown by next year. And that, of course, leads me to...

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Aside from hip-hop, I also adore heavy metal music. But not quite like this one that easily blew me out of the water!

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Looks like I'm about to have plenty of fun with all the highly requested features coming to Procreate Dreams in early 2025. Oh, and the brush search engine for the original, too! :)

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Things to do in the middle of my birthday tomorrow

Wake up and open presents in my office (Yes, I put the tree in my room. Wanna fight about it?)

Livestream a Charlie Brown Christmas for free on Apple TV+

Make Carbonara Buldak with mozzarella cheese and a side of Monty's Egg & Spam

Eat at Applebee's

Get a Blizzard birthday cake from Dairy Queen

And that's it! :)

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What's on this week's schedule?

Tuesday - Secret Level via Amazon Prime Video at 9 AM PST

Wednesday - Day of the Devs: The Game Awards edition at 10 AM PST + A new webisode of Monkey Wrench and the grand opening of the new Donkey Kong Country expansion at Nintendo World

Thursday - The Game Awards 10th Anniversary event, complete with a pizza party and peppermint sugar biscuits at 17:30 PM PST

Friday - The Amazing Digital Circus at Spudzy's

And that's all there is since my birthday's coming up. [Though, I doubt anyone would give me anything since my account is just too small.]

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It's all fun and games until someone causes a catastrophic commotion...

(NOTE: Since this is the first animated video I made in full colour upon the request of my subs from YouTube, this is still a work in progress. I plan to add in a series of reactions from customers and employers, plus a couple surprises. Keep in mind all reaction images will be integrated from Procreate to Procreate Dreams. Thank you.)

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Last time I was out grocery shopping, I discovered something brand new: a bao bun. But don't be fooled; it's not just an ordinary bao. It's pizza! The entire appearance feels like an actual bao while staying true to real Chinese source materials. Now of course, you're thinking, "Hey. That ain't pizza. It's just a bao bun. How can you tell if a bao bun is actually pizza?"

The answer is to take one bite off and it's the best thing no one's thought of. It's got pepperoni, marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese jammed inside with a delightful trip to a nearby pizzeria. Putting it in the microwave is just 90 seconds, though I did hear it acts as a certain potsticker. I've yet to give the latter a shot since it is highly recommended.

Oh, and as for the pizza bao? It's Baozza! Pepperoni. Find your nearest grocery stockist and enjoy it!

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If you're wondering why Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Elden Ring - Shadow of the Erdtree are not listed, I have a couple explanations:

For Square Enix - They developed a new relationship with Sweet Baby Inc. (I thought it was a name of a dessert brand or some sort); committed not only en eff tees but also ay-eye, severed ties with PlayStation exclusive consoles in pursuit of other platforms, laid off members and only focused on a complicated timeline of Final Fantasy VII games. Oh, yeah. And they never bothered porting the latter into the SEGA Saturn. RPG fans, feel free to slap me in the face. :)

For Bandai Namco - Never bothered implementing English dubs for various games, focused only on... whatever, hired random developers that aren't part of its merger, made Glutko feel like a better replacement of Pac-Man, and (coincidentally) assuming the latter no longer a big top priority anymore, unlike Atari where they somehow regained every gamer's trust and suppport. Also, laid off some staff.

There. That should keep them busy.

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And now, a nighttime announcement.

Starting tomorrow, I'll be on a 24 hour break from work to spend Thanksgiving at home by setting up the Christmas tree in my office and preparing pepperoni pizza and cherry pie as better substitutes for turkey and pumpkin. (Note: I've got nothing against pumpkin pie because it goes great with ice cream just like cherry, but I have something against eating turkey cause it feels like chewing on bubble gum nonstop.) Then, come this Friday morning, I'll get to finish that comedy skit off by adding colour, one tweak and a set of backgrounds, and I'm done!

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Have the lot of you seen this Ultimate Recap Cartoon themed after Donkey Kong Country yet? I heard it's bananas.

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Almost forgot to post this before I went to bed, so in honor of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire's worldwide release to this day, I'm bringing this 2023 art I made in where Grovyle and Sceptile honestly used to be my "huge" crushes. Okay, well, it's definitely because of their appearance and appeal.

And... yeah. There's nothing else to add other than some silly review score that let everyone knew Hoenn has too much water. Oops. I shouldn't have to tell you that, didn't you?

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A doodle dump of Tiana's "biggest" star who somehow made his debut in Bayou Adventure: Mondo. Yes, there are a few drawings that may not be suitable for you. But I draw whatever it pleases me.

Also, Kermit and Tiana make an appearance, so there's that!

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Surprise! In honor of Donkey Kong Country's 30th anniversary, I pieced together a cross between the former and Pokémon characters. This also includes Mayor Pauline, which is in response to her rising popularity from New Donk City to every Nintendo game appearance.

Coming up, a reimagining of a King K. Rool drawing I made to suit his handsome needs! ;)

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This is Oogie Boogie before, since I immediately bought him on my way to a nearby Spirit Halloween store within a big city in September...

...and this is Oogie Boogie after. Thereby motivating me to visit an arts-and-crafts store by stocking up on Christmas themed goodies while helping this adorable looking chonker of a bag of bugs dress up like jolly old Saint Nick. It wasn't easy sewing the whole thing, but at least it was worth a new experience. All that's left of him is to protect the Christmas presents under the tree from his rival Jack. Remember the last time he had the urge to kidnap Santa, then took over his holiday and immediately failed? Yeah, now you know.