#get it. diary but with my name. get it.

[aonoryuhei]

hello 2024!!! goodbye (and good riddance) 2023!!!

2023 was... not the kindest year to me. I struggled a lot (like. A LOT) with grad school, had trouble taking care of myself (thanks depression), had to deal with some very unpleasant people, and had a lot of health issues in my family. overall, not a fun time!

but in the spirit of moving forward and not being overly pessimistic, i have to admit there are good things that happened in 2023 as well. at the end of the year it was decided i could move on with my phd project as i wanted to (a miracle!!). i got to go to my first ever out-of-state conference, which took me to the west coast for the first time! 2024 was also the first time i had consistently been going to the gym for about a month (i stopped but. it happened!!) i had a lot of laughs with mariel (ty for introducing me to detco 🙏 and thank you for indulging the gamer in me) 💕💕💕 i got to meet a lot of wonderful people and now i actually have friends i get to? play games with? just like i always wanted? at the end of the year i also found a vtuber i've really been vibing with and he's in line with one of my main goals for 2024: living more purposefully

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spent the last few days of 2023 constantly doing errands... i don't wanna step into a supermarket for a while!!! also got to go to one of my favorite botanical gardens again with my parents. it was really calming and honestly, i really needed to spend some time in nature just breathing fresh air 🌱🌷🌵 i also got to try french onion soup 🧅 for the first time ever and AAA it was so good??? my mom put some bread and gruyere cheese on top and it was just such a good warm, salty broth that re-energized me!! i'd like to have it again soon if the weather keeps staying as cool as it is hehe

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2024 is gonna be a big year for me, which is pretty scary ngl! i have to get important milestones done for grad school so i can graduate in a year. i'm also going to be a TA for the first time every and i would be lying if i wasn't extremely nervous about it- i literally don't even remember the content for one of the courses 😵‍�� i also turn 26 meaning i will soon be off my dad's insurance lmfao so i have to get all my health stuff in order before then (ripping my hair out at the idea of scheduling my wisdom tooth removal)............. anyway...........

i'm really stressed as the beginning of the semester is almost here (5 days ough.) but i wanna end this post by focusing on some goals for this year!! like i said, i want to live more purposefully and true to myself this year. this means engaging with things more deeply and focusing my efforts on what i truly like (clothes, media, hobbies, etc). i wanna make grand strides in my academic work but also in my personal life! i wanna become more active this year, start cooking more, make sure to read more, use my notion.... i wanna create! i need to get back into needle felting and i started a csp trial yesterday so i'm gonna give art a try too! a big big biiiig goal for me is to finally set up my neocities too >< i got some ideas for what i'd like to do with it brewing in my head hehe

and that's it for now i think!! i want to make public journal entries like this frequently because some of the coolest people i know online do it and honestly? it's fun!!! ✌️

[applestorms]

hey. hi. hello. um? hey?

we, as a fandom, simply do not talk about this moment often enough.

[shinybulbasaur]

Rules: Make a poll with five of your all-time favorite characters and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favorite!

I was tagged by @suddenrundown, thanks for the tag! I was so tempted to put "eliot's baseball hair" but I resisted (also polls don't allow strikethroughs. sad). tagging @michinaranja, @vero-niche, @acidmatze and anyone else who wants to play!

[spock-adoodledoo]

short translation of a chinese translation of chapter 49 (corresponds to "Beating the Heat" in the LN) in the GX manga because i like how they did this scene and what they added after maomao leaves the room... it feels like it hints a lot more explicitly at jinshi's secret than both the LN and the other manga, which is fun! also basen almost letting it slip before gaoshun slapped a hand over his mouth and again after their whispered conversation is extremely funny to me

edit: fantranslation got here! this post can retire <3 mangadex

[aleki-lives-here]

(a small additional scene for the murderbot fic I'm working on; one of my OC SecUnits meeting Murderbot for the first time. Dunno if it's gonna appear in the story itself and it's got zero spoilers so here)

Even though your disguise is good, I recognize what you are from a single image, but you don't return my ping. I watch the scatter of your drones with our cameras as you follow your humans through the habitat. You move almost like one of them, shifting your weight and sighing expressively. Your face is fluid, loud in the disinterest and anger barely covering the underlying tension.

Our supervisor invites your humans to sit, and you are not invited. You sit anyway.

You are marked as a threat and I can focus almost all of my attention into one camera that has the best angle on your face, but in the privacy of my neural tissue I can't hide from the fact that the danger you are isn't the reason I'm looking. I think I understand what SU2 feels when it fixes a drone at a planetary view and focuses its attention there. I shouldn't look at you, not this much, not for these reasons, but I find I can't look away.

I send a ping. You ignore it. Our supervisor asks to buy you and you interject, but you don't have to. Your humans refuse, and one of them says, "It is a person, not a property."

The other agrees, "It's not negotiable."

I send a ping, and you ignore it but send a drone to where my camera is, hiding yourself from view behind a tiny lense. I switch to another camera, a worse angle, but can still see you scoff.

You must be in our systems somewhere, but I can't find a single trace. I could raise an alarm based on the feeling I have, but feelings aren't proof and aren't quantifiable. I don't.

I send a ping instead.

The response ping is forceful like a dare.

There is nothing in the protocol about how to interact with a rogue that isn't a hostile, and I stumble away from the interaction. You scoff again and lean back in your chair, and I have to look anywhere but at you.

SU1 picks up the surveillance after my retreat. I go on a patrol. SU2 forwards a drone view as the local star begins to set. When I return to the habitat, you and your humans are long gone, and I guess I will never see you again.

When I see you again you are designated Hostile. I have protocols for that.

[vortahoney]

Lot of people get caught up in the conceit that fantasy high is teenagers in a fantasy world when really it’s improv comedians in a fantasy world. Now misfits and magic? THAT is teenagers in a fantasy world

[puppppppppy]

started stardew valley for the first time. born to remember villager likes and dislikes forced to immediately forget it the moment i take my eyes off thw wiki

[bakedbananners]

oh my god I just realized murderbot mainly distinguishes humans by height/ how “big” or “small” they are because secunits are programmed for scanning based on height/build lmao

[shadowqnights]

some more divine warriors and a few of their gods . irene and menphia as well as some other figures in my rewrite , some forms for the nature gods that predate the divine. raiya, ai and dei'lune .

[hanzajesthanza]

the new witcher novel is going to be mid as fuck. and you know what. i’m so ready for it

[doctor-octiddius]

bro is MAJESTIC. bro is ETHEREAL.

[tblsomedoodles]

an abridged summary of how i ended up with two bitty guinea pigs

(the long version is several days long, and involved an entire emotional rollercoaster that no one wants to hear. long story short, i got the pigs and they are perfect in every way)

anyways! they're named Murry and Perry (Left to right in first doodle lol) (i haven't wanted to pester them very much while they're adjusting so i don't have any good pictures otherwise i'd share b/c i don't think i did them justice. they are very spikey and their colors are a lot more mixed, especially Perry's.) and i love them so damn much and i haven't even had them half a day yet.

[coin-z3fs]

A few recordings of words from a Lord and her guards whom finally get a chance to express their true thoughts and feelings through a man who is just willing to listen.

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[britneyshakespeare]

Pretty sure my work crush was checking me out today

[iknowshocker]

yet another pretend wip wednesday - this one for my TBA bonkai legacies fic

“How did you get this?” Bonnie asks, crouching down to take the ascendant from Lucie’s hands. “What were you doing in my room?”

“We just wanted to look at it,” Lucie whispers, her eyes beginning to shine with tears. “It was making the funny sound again-,”

“I keep this locked up for a very good reason, sweetheart,” Bonnie sighs, pulling the little girl in for a hug. “You both know better than to siphon my door.”

“We didn’t mean to,” Lucie sobs, clinging to Bonnie. “It was an accident!”

“Honey, it’s okay, it's okay. You're not in trouble,” Bonnie murmurs, hoping she won’t hear the lie. She clenches her hand tighter around the ascendant, keeping it held out to the side. “I'm just thankful you didn't open it. Where's your sister?”

Lucie draws back to look up at her with tear stained cheeks. 

“She went away.”

A cold chill slides down Bonnie's spine, rendering her useless for several heartbeats. 

“Away?” she asks when she’s found her voice. “Where did she go?”

With a trembling arm, Lucie reaches out and taps the center of the ornate box. 

“Sissy’s in there,” she whispers. “The bad man pulled her in.”

[yarnshoes]

Btw my petz in stardew hehe.