#i have a bit less than 500 pokemons to check out still !

[yoohyeon]

I’m taking that Pokémon teams thing too seriously gkdbxjdbjd

[leofcwler]

shania twain vc: let’s go girls!

PREFERRED NAME — bri

PRONOUNS — she/they

AGE — 21 bt i’m turning 22 on sunday baybee!

PINTEREST — bada bing bada boom

DISCORD — bri#0458

TUMBLR (PERSONAL/MUSE/RPH) — yeehaw!

MYER-BRIGGS — istp

HP HOUSE — slytherin

ASTROLOGY — gemini

DO YOU BELIEVE IN ASTROLOGY? — my only current tattoo is the gemini symbol not to sound like a total white girl but yes. yes i believe in astrology.

HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU STARTED RPING ON TUMBLR — honestly im not sure probably 13?? wipes sweat from my brow

WHAT YEAR WAS IT? — i think that makes it 07??? fcking hell

NAME A RANDOM ROLEPLAY THAT STICKS OUT IN YOUR MEMORY — i was in this harry potter next gen rp i’m not kidding all of high school like the entire 4 years it was a wild ride

WITHOUT GOOGLING IT FIRST, WHAT DO YOU THINK SIR ELTON JOHN’S NET WORTH IS? — i think like $500 million tbh Big Mans Got Money

NAME THE FIRST SONG ON YOUR DISCOVER WEEKLY ON SPOTIFY OR THE FIRST SONG THAT COMES ON APPLE MUSIC / ITUNES SHUFFLE — if only i was a poet by staffan carlen

NAME A BOOK THAT YOU READ IN SCHOOL THAT YOU SURPRISINGLY LIKED — tbh i think my fave was brave new world

NAME A BOOK YOU HATED THAT MOST PEOPLE LIKED — maybe great gatsby?? i just thought it was so dull..................

WHAT TV SHOW DID YOU RECENTLY BINGE? — im rewatching the office for the 4th time rn lawl but other than that i watched the society in like less than 24 hours

FAVOURITE QUOTE — “if you live to be a hundred, i want to live to be a hundred minus one day so i never have to live without you.” - winnie the pooh baby!

LINK TO A VINE THAT EXUDES YOUR ‘ENERGY’ — x

DO YOU WRITE OUTSIDE OF RP? WHAT DO YOU WRITE? — i used to write novels and stuff but i haven’t in a long time i should probably start again

THREE YOUTUBERS YOU STILL TRUST — tiny meat gang, kurtis conner, drew gooden/danny gonzalez (i couldn’t decide between them)

A CELEBRITY CRUSH THAT JUST WON’T QUIT — harry styles i would die for him

EVER MEET A CELEBRITY? SHARE YOUR STORY — i literally just met kurtis conner at the 1975 concert this monday that was truly wild

WHAT’S YOUR PICTURE-PERFECT NIGHT? — frankly probably drinking and doing something fun with my friends

A CONSPIRACY THEORY YOU KINDA BELIEVE IN — mandela effect is REAL!!!!!!!!!!

ARE ALIENS REAL? — yes

GHOSTS — yes ofc i’ve had so many experiences w them they are OUT THERE

BIG FOOT — honestly maybe but also? mostly doubt it

THE LOCHNESS MONSTER? — the ocean’s so big it’s impossible to imagine it’s not real and out there also some pics? quite convincing................

WHAT WAS THE GENRE OF YOUR LAST DREAM? — i honestly can’t remember the last dream that i had i’ve been on so many meds fr back issues it’s like fritzed my brain and made it impossible to dream i think

DO YOU STILL PLAY POKEMON GO? — no i kinda miss it i might start it up again tbh

WHAT’S A FILM YOU LOVED WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG AND RECENTLY WATCHED, ONLY TO FIND OUT YOU DON’T ANYMORE — i haven’t watched a lot of movies from when i was young recently i won’t lie also i’m not hard to please i would probably still love it

DO YOU COLLECT ANYTHING? — i have like 1000 lipsticks also lots of notes and memorabilia from high school?? and hearts haha xP 

WHAT’S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BUT YOU’RE TOO LAZY? — guitar tbh i took a class freshman year of high school but never got actual lessons

THREE LANGUAGES YOU DON’T SPEAK, BUT WISH YOU COULD — french, spanish, and latin

A GUILTY PLEASURE MOVIE — land of the lost it’s literally one of my fave movies even tho i kno its trash

A GUILTY PLEASURE MUSICAL ARTIST — 5sos even tho i’m not guilty........... they’re good.

TELEVISION SHOW — i watch riverdale and i do feel guilty about it it’s not good but i can’t stop.

NAME A FICTIONAL CHARACTER FROM TV/FILM/MOVIE/GAME/BOOK THAT YOU FIND YOURSELF PROJECTING ON / YOU RELATE TO — probably kelly from the office i’m not gonna fuck around

DO YOU FOLLOW ANY SPORTS? WHO DO YOU ROOT FOR? — i have and never will willingly sit through a sports game any day of my life and you can take that to my grave.

HOBBIES BESIDES WASTING AWAY HERE? — idk spending time with my friends, drinking lawl, reading, used to take vocal lessons??, rotting away on netflix

PLUG A TV SHOW / MOVIE / BOOK / VIDEO GAME / ETC… YOU WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD CHECK OUT — um?? i feel like the show dark is really underrated but it slaps Dumb Hard

WOULD YOU EAT A STRANGER’S FINGER FOR A MILLION DOLLARS? — who am i to deny myself a tasty snack for a truck load of money

TEAM EDWARD OR JACOB? honestly i was a bit of both but ig edward in the end idk team jasper if anything /:

LIVE-ACTION DISNEY MOVIES, YAY OR NAY? — ya i like them i don’t even give a hoot and holler i love disney........ there. i said it.

ON A SCALE OF 1-10, HOW MUCH DID YOU HATE FILLING THIS OUT? – like 6 i don’t even know who i am

[exotahu]

It’s here, the giant Bronycon post!

As per usual I don’t usually make this many words ever so shit might be wonky. and also it was written over the course of a few days so things might not line up in the right order. Also, fair warning I get kinda weird and sentimental at the end there. Also I have no idea if tumblr will break the formatting real bad so heres hoping it doesn’t

Thursday We left early without much incident. Only a group of 4 this time. Me, Andy, his brother Justin, and Andy's girlfriend Sam who was coming in via plane.

It was a really easy journey. Even stopped at the one Speedway with the good hotdogs. I decided to tie a ribbon in my hair too, I always say I should do something more with it than just tie it back. So I figured I'd try it. We got to Baltimore in what felt like no time at all. We checked in and went to our rooms and waited for Sam. I fiddled with my little electric name badge thingy I bought last year. Got it to say my name and Bronycon 2018 with some hearts and sparkles. Once Sam got settled in, we all met back up to go to pre-reg. She and I were afraid we'd weird each other out but we ended up getting along great. We all went to pre-reg and picked up our badges. Then, after dropping our stuff off at the hotel we ventured back out into the inner harbor for food and hanging out. We opted not to go to Dick's this time, opting instead to go to Tir na Nog. Got my usual pub food. The Vodka cranberry (yes even though I planned on drinking later) and the plain cheese burger. I like to eat the same thing at all the places, because I think it's neat to see the same food through the different lenses of different restaurants. Tir na Nog in Baltimore is different than O'Toole's in Albany is different from Jack Astor's in Toronto. After that we went to the big Barnes and Noble and looked at books and stuff. Then we all went to that ice cream shop thats right next door. They sell tea apparently so I got a small one. Missed the regular size straws so I had a huge straw (Like a goddamn footlong) in a tiny cup (like 3 inches). We went to the bars in Fells point after that. We only got slightly lost, but we found it. We didn't register for the actual bar trot, cause you don't really have to to enjoy drinks. We went to the Dog's Watch Tavern first cause they usually have a good shot, which in this instance was a Pinkie Pie shot. Don't know what was in it but I had several. We went to the Admiral after that. It was the best as it usually is. I think I drank like, 4 of the Trixie, there was a Sunset Shimmer drink (But it was secretly the Applejack. I liked it anyway). And I had most of a Rainbow Dash drink. I must say, I absolutely adore the atmosphere at this bar. The bartender is great and clearly loves what he does. A couple people recognized me cause I sit in the same spot more or less every time, and the goggles that I wear. That was pretty neat. Got pretty drunk, decided to go back after that to prep for the next day. We got a little bit lost on the way back too, but it brought us by the CVS so I bought a couple boxes of PopTarts. We got back to the hotel and went to bed.

Friday

Tried to get up for opening but missed most of it. Caught the tail end of it though. Sleep deprivation got me, plus the buttload of alcohol didn't really help. Hung out in the harmony plaza til the apple family panel. There was a photoshoot that happened but there wasn't a ton of people there. Saw apple family VA panel. It was pretty funny. Went to the vendor hall and walked it to get the layout, I didn't want to just chaotically walk around and not know where anything was so I strictly just walked each isle in a pattern. Actually helped me remember where booths were. I spoke to an artist about getting a comission for a friend who couldn't make it. His slots were full for the day so I figured I'd come back Saturday. I bought an original piece from him, which was actually pretty cool. I then went to the comic booth. I am trying to get at very least the A and B covers for every comic, Plus I wanted first prints of the first issue mane 6 covers. I got the first prints of the two #1 issues I needed. Then I got invited to Jonny Rockets, and due to needing to finish something in the vendor hall it took me a little bit. My friends are cool and waited for me even though I went on one hell of a journey to get there. So I got out of the vendor hall which exited by the Hilton sky bridge. Figure, shit I'll just take the sky bridge on the opposite side so I go for it. Get out there, pass the other hotel (hyatt?) and what used to be a wide open plaza. (Now it's a parking lot). Realize the goddamn thing ends there and there is no way down (unless I went back through the convention center and all the way back around), and more of the bridge is missing. Figure I don't want to walk all the way back so I go through the hotel. No idea if I was supposed to go through that door cause it looks like there were unused decorations everywhere. Nobody stopped me so I made it out to the street. Realize I still have to walk to the corner to cross, but say fuck it and randomly cross in the middle to the street island thing. Then I almost died to a puddle walking on the sidewalk behind some food trucks. Caught myself though. Finally I get there and we hang out and get a burger. On our way back I managed to drop a Pokemon on the Bronycon gym. We went back to the vendor hall. Hung out and looked at stuff. Me an Sam went shopping for pillows. We each bought one, only the case though. Had no space to store the full whole thing.  We went to the whoves line pannel after that. It was really funny, especially the bit where they acted like the friendship map was a computer that got a ton of viruses and went to a "bad dragon" website. I am surprised I've never gone to it before. We went to Jimmy Johns for dinner and then dropped our stuff off at the hotel and headed to the palooza. The performances were great, although they somehow got super off schedule. I bought a Shake-Ups CD. I stayed until the end. I enjoy the palooza immensely, but those 2AM nights are rough. My legs end up being noodles and its a guarantee I won't get to bed until atleast 330. Which is about when I went to bed.

Saturday

Had a bit of a slow start but I wanted to speak to the artist about that comission for my friend who couldn't make it. Even though I was slow, I still got there early enough. The thing he wanted would have been too complex, so I came up with something I think he'll like. Then I went to the comic booth and figured out what I needed to complete the A and B covers for the main comic series. It was cool cause they just let me into the booth to look. I believe I've done it, I just have to add everything to my app to make sure. I ran out of space in my comic storage, so I only did the main series. Next year I will buy for the side series. (There is a lot less). As of typing this out, I found the shop's location. Only a 3 hour drive. Might make a trip of it so I don't have to worry about it at next year's con. Dunno. Met back up with Andy and Sam in vendor hall. We looked around before leaving to get food and make a hotel drop. We got lunch at the JJ before heading to the script reading panel with Tabitha. Usually they're pretty strict about recording at these. Usually one of the staff says something about my camera, but nobody said anything. Or mentioned not recording it at all. I wonder if anyone uploaded it. It was about the mane 6 and a convention called "boomycon" which was about an alt. universe Derpy as a comic character who rides a meteor or something. The comic characters crossed over into the regular universe and shenanigans ensued. It was pretty funny. After that we went back to vendor hall to check on something, and I bought another of those dang pillows, and these weird flow rings, plus some other small stuff, including some super fucking adorable chibi-ball plushie things of Fluttershy and Tempest (Pretty sure I posted pictures). We made a hotel drop and got food. We tried to get into the DIY pony plush making but ultimately the wait list was too long. At this point we went to the sky terrace thing. Apparently there was a wedding, which is really fucking cool! Then we just found some chairs to just kind of chill in. Justin had a mini-pizza that came in a mini-pizza box. We're just sitting there talking and some guy came up and leaned over. We all thougt maybe he had left something. Then we notice he's signing the empty pizza box? He then just says you're welcome and leaves. It took a second then we realized... It was MA Larson. Fucking hillarious. I went back to the hotel again, meeting up with a friend on the way back. Met back up with everyone else at the palooza after that.  Brought the rings I bought and was playing with them, while doing my awkward-ass flail dancing. A couple people thought they were cool which was neat. I really enjoyed all the performances. A cover of 500 miles happened, Eurobeat was fantastic. Great show. I caught a T-Shirt that was thrown. (Which never happens ever and even though it's a small size it still fits.) Again I stayed until 2 AM, got to bed about 330.

Sunday Sundays are usually always the chill day where not much happens. Woke up around the usual time and headed over to the vendor hall. I wandered and bought some last minute things (Pillow #3...). I met back with everyone else around noon. We spent most of day in vendor hall just hanging out. One thing I did, was get a comission of my pony OC. I've been wanting to for years, just to say I had so I finally did it. I'm looking forward to it. Also saw a little digital badges that you could store pictures in. After that we went to the fountains to hang out before lining up for closing ceremonies. They opened with a nifty performance by Step2Harmony. Some of the guests said their farewells before the con chairs started talking about the numbers, a little more than 5000 people. (I don't remmeber the exact number, might have been closer to 5600?). After that was a skit involving the mascots. Blank Canvas got accepted into an art school and Hoof Beatz was going on tour, and the date they were leaving was the end of August next year. They run off stage and Mane Event just stood there like "What about us... : (" Scene end. Sure enough, the con chairs came back out and annouced that next year is going to be a 4 day event instead of a 3 day event. They also anounced that next year is going to be the last Bronycon and that they are ending the event in 2019. You could feel the moment where everybody's hearts broke. There were a lot of people crying. I was pretty choked up too, and I'm honestly not sure how I kept myself together. We walked back to the hotel. While we were waiting for the elevators, you could tell the mood was pretty sombre. Dropped off my bag and went back down to the lobby to wait for Andy and Sam. We all headed down to the inner harbor to go to Bubba Gumps. We had a hour and a half wait, that we spent hanging out in the harbor and the pavillion. One of them seemed to be closed this year. They seem to get smaller and smaller each year. Bubba Gumps as always was fantastic. I got the usual Shrimper's Heaven. Even got to eat the shrimp that Sam didn't eat. Bonus shrimp! Spent 60$ on my check and regret nothing. We went back to the hotel with the intent of playing some Shipfic in the one banquet room the hotel usually has open, which we did! Another group played the pony movie which was neat. We also saw an Insomnia Cookies down in Fells Point so we decided to order some. It took a little more than an hour. But I got the call and they showed up to the hotel and handed me a very warm box. The cookies were fantastic. Every bit worth the wait. I think I have one somewhere relatively close to my home but I'm nowhere near the delivery radius. Probably a good thing because I would go broke buying cookies. They're pretty awesome. Some guy had also had a baby skunk! No idea how he pulled that off or how the hotel was cool with it but it was really cute. Once the movie ended most of the people left. After that we went back to our rooms. Me and Sam got a group picture of all the pillows we bought. I packed most of my stuff after that and went to bed.

Monday.

Woke up, got the car all packed and cleared the rooms pretty quick. We had thought to do some other stuff, but we really didn't have time. Instead we went to Tir na nog and just hung out until we had to leave. Any day you can be mildly drunk before noon and have it not be a problem is a good day. We dropped Sam off at the airport after saying our goodbyes. We hit the road after that and started our journey home. Which was honestly fairly uneventful. No one's windsheild broke. No one's catalytic converter got stolen. We made a couple of stops but nothing really interesting. Got home way earlier than I'm used to. Like 5:30-6PM. And then I realized, Bed, Bath and Beyond was still open. So I drove out there to get the actual pillows for the pillow cases. Found the exact ones the guy at the booth I bought them from. They were on sale, so they were only 20$. Then I had the fun time of fitting 3 hugeass pillows in my really tiny car. Got back home and finished unpacking.  

Conclude:

I had a really good time this year. It was very a relaxing trip and I enjoyed spending time with everybody. It never quite feels long enough. I didn't make any real attempt at cosplaying this year. Just didn't really feel into it. I did wear my Sylveon ears that were given to me by a friend though. And I had my goggles, which are just kind of a thing now I guess. I tied a blue ribbon in my hair too. I never do anything with it and I guess I decided now was the time. I think I'm going to do that more often from now on. Next, I am beyond incredibly sad that next year is the last one. Bronycon has been one of the big things I look forward to doing each year. It's easily been one of the best cons I've ever been to. The atmosphere was great, the staff was great. The con ending will also mark the end of a 12 year tradition for me of going down to Baltimore for a con. The only year I wasn't able to go to was 2010 because there was just no way I was going to be able to swing it. Aside from that, I went to Otakon from 2006 until 2012. I had honestly kinda burned out on that though and wasn't sure if I was gonna go back, but it would be shortly after returning from the 2012 Otakon, Bronycon announced that they were gonna move to the Baltimore Convention Center in 2013. Some other friends were interested in going, and since I knew the area so well, we decided to go for it. I went every year after that. Hell, it's how I ended up meeting Andy (which is a pretty funny story all on it's own), it's also how I ended up recconecting with another friend of mine from way back in the day as well as others. There were good times and adventures to be had outside the Con as well. Bubba Gumps, the bar trot in Fells Point(that goddamn Trixie drink, looked like something I'd never have been able to drink, but it is easily my favorite alcoholic drink that has ever existed. I really hope I can get the recipe next year), the bigass barnes and noble, the aquarium, the pavillion. It seems like every year it gets better and I've never felt bored of it or burned out. I am going to miss this immensely, I suppose I'll have to find another con to go to, or atleast other adventures to have but one thing is for sure, I'm never going to forget any of this. All the good times that we've had, or this big thing I've been a part of or this place that has brought me so much joy over the years.

(Once next year ends and I walk out of that convention center for the last time, I am going to be a complete goddamn mess. It's going to be a terrible day for rain...)

Also, though I don't know if you'll ever read it, as I don't think we've spoken in several years now, to the person who convinced me to go to that first Otakon back in '06, Thank you. For introducing me to this place, and setting off a real wacky series of adventures. I don't know if any of this would have happened if you hadn't convinced me to come down here all those years ago. Once again, thank you, and I hope you're doing well.

tl;dr Good fuckin' con, but Pete fuckin' sad.

[hunter-the-sad-skeleton]

Ace and Gordie headcanons?

Ah! Time for Chad!(Discord server in-joke)

Ace and Gordie friendship headcanons

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Okay, right off the bat, their friendship is...questionable.

At first, Gordie full-on HATES Ace because he feels like Allister is the only “kid” Gym Leader needed.

The only reason Gordie spent more than five seconds with Ace was because he was forced to.

This was before Ace become less selectively mute, so Gordie just sat down somewhere, waiting for the time to be up.

Ace constantly thought of walking over to talk to him, but he felt it would be rude to start up a conversation with no real reason.

Gordie let his Shuckle out at one point to give it a bit of loving time and Ace beamed widely, exclaiming “Shuckle!” in excitement.

Gordie turned to him, raising an eyebrow in disapproval, asking “Yeah, what about it?”

Ace started infodumping about Shuckle, both impressing Gordie...and annoying him.

He kept checking the clock to check how long he had left, eventually returning Shuckle, getting Ace to stop infodumping. 

At this time, Ace was about, like, 10-ish. 

So uh, Gordie felt that this was a waste of his time.

Ace eventually went back to his far corner in the locker room, looking like he was about to black out.

Gordie shrugged it off, chalking it up to him being a kid.

He was oh-so-wrong.

A few minutes later, he was jolted out of concentration from scrolling through Gravlr by the sound of something falling against one of the lockers in the far corner.

He looked over, noticing Ace fell over and was out like a light against one of the lockers.

He shrugged it off, moving over to check out what was going on on Twitter.

After a few minutes, he was jolted out of his concentration by Shuckle escaping its pokeball on its own. 

Gordie was confused, asking what was going on.

Shuckle stole a berry from Gordie’s bag, rushing over to Ace.

Gordie was frozen in place, still processing everything.

Shuckle called Gordie over, Gordie snapping out of it and hurrying over, asking what happened.

Shuckle pointed at the berry, then at Ace, then at his face, making an eating motion.

It took Gordie a few minutes, but eventually, he understood, trying to shake Ace awake.

Nothing happened.

He tried again.

still nothing.

Gordie ordered Shuckle to keep trying to feed Ace while he called for help.

The paramedics eventually arrived, explaining that Ace hadn’t eaten a full meal in a few days, so he had a low blood sugar crash and blacked out because of it.

Gordie was frustrated.

Why didn’t he tell him?!

Why didn’t he just SAY something?!?

Then, he froze his fit of frustration as realization took over.

he never once talked with Ace and shut down any attempts of communication.

it was all his fault.

Once Ace was awake and feeling better, he apologized to Gordie for the inconvenience and promised it’d never happen again.

Falsehood.

Ace has a low blood sugar crash around Milo: Milo takes care of it.

Ace has a low blood sugar crash around Kabu: Taken care of.

Ace has a low blood sugar crash around Nessa: dealt with.

Ace has a low blood sugar crash around Bea: Managed.

Ace has a low blood sugar crash around Allister: Gengar helps out.

Ace has a low blood sugar crash around Opal: Sugar cubes ain’t just for tea.

Ace has a low blood sugar crash around Melony: Have some Ice cream!

Ace has a low blood sugar crash around Piers: Have some oreos.

Ace has a low blood sugar crash around Raihan: Have some chocolate chips.

Ace has a low blood sugar crash around Leon: Take a break, get some water, get some food, take care of in a snap!

Ace has a low blood sugar crash around Gordie: Ace never once says anything as he’s about to have one. He doesn’t want to upset him. He doesn’t want to inconvenience him. He doesn’t want to make Gordie feel burdened.

Ace doesn’t say when he’s overstimulated or irritable when with Gordie.

He’s too scared to.

But the INSTANT Ace and Gordie battle and Gordie sends out his Aggron, Ace doesn’t stay quiet, he doesn’t quietly squeak, he doesn’t whimper silently.

HE. SCREAMS.

He screams as loud as he can, as long as he can, before hiding his face or hiding behind whatever Pokemon is out at that moment.

He screams as loud as he can and he is absolutely SHAKING.

Gordie is confused and asks “what’s the problem this time?!”

Ace whimpers, cowering slightly.

Gordie rants frustratedly, freezing in his tracks as he hears whimpering and sniffling from Ace.

He tells Aggron to stay put, running over to Ace to check up on him.

Ace backs away on impulse at first before realizing it was just Gordie.

Ace apologizes, rubbing the tears away with his hoodie sleeve, saying that “it’s nothing, it’s something stupid...”

Gordie’s concern before that sentence: 35%.

Gordie’s concern AFTER that sentence: 500%.

Gordie thinks back to when he was a kid and remembers what Melony did when he got scared.

He grimaced as he remembered.

He didn’t want to. It would be EMBARRASSING.

But...It was for a fellow Gym Leader.

Gordie took a deep breath, gently pulling Ace into a hug, and starting to sing a lullaby from his mom to calm Ace down.

Ace calms down eventually, apologizing again for the inconvenience.

Gordie stops Ace, saying “I’m sorry I was so exclusionary of you. It was not the way a Gym Leader should act. It was immature and it was cold. I should have acted nicer.”

Ace forgives him, saying “I’m used to it by now...”

Gordie winces.

After the battle, Ace walks out, silent as ever and returns to the Buddew Drop Inn room he was staying in.

Flash forward about ten years or so, Ace and Gordie still have a...Passive aggressive friendship.

Don’t get me wrong; Gordie HAS gotten better about how he treats Ace!...

WHEN he interacts with Ace.

Gordie still sees Ace as a kid, despite him being in his early twenties.

Ace tends to take his insults/harsh words like nothing, despite it eating away at him on the inside.

Ace wishes he could tell him the truth, but...

In his opinion...

it’s...

Better if he doesn’t know the truth.

[onemanreviews]

Top 5 Things From Your Childhood That Are Worth More Than You Will Believe

There are some things from your childhood that are nostalgic and cause you to long for a simpler time. Then there are things from your childhood that make you nostalgic and that could have made you rich if you had only held onto them. In this list I plan to break down five things worth more than you will believe. 

#5 Black Diamond Disney VHS Tapes: These VHS Tapes may be harder to watch now because how many of us actually have VHS Players anymore, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t make you feel that sweet sweet nostalgia. One of the more notable tapes is The Little Mermaid with a now banned cover art. These tapes are sometimes listed on Ebay for upwards of $500 when in great shape. The less notable tapes are worth considerably less but they are really cool things to collect.

#4 Beanie Babies: Beanie Babies were a huge hit among children and a favorite collector item. Possibly the most notable among these is the Princess Diana Beanie Baby which I found on Ebay for an astonishing price of $30,000. Now that price tag is incredibly overblown as you can find this particular Beanie Baby for around $10 if you look around, but that doesn’t mean its not worth collecting if you enjoy them.

#3 Yugio Cards: Yugioh was a card game that came out a few years after the much more popular Pokemon, but was still a huge success in its own right. Currently a 1st Edition Legend of the Blue Eyes White Dragon booster box (which consists of 36 booster packs) routinely sells for well over $10,000. Unlike the first two on the list this product actually does sell for this much among hard core collectors. To put this into more perspective, The SDK Blue Eyes White Dragon card that came in the Kaiba Starter Deck sells in mint condition for over $2,000 alone, that one card came in a box that sold for $9.99 when they were new. 

#2 Star Wars Action Figures: Star Wars was a ground breaking movie franchise that Disney has “revived” (personal feelings aside). Whether you’re a fan or not the action figures have always been where the money is for Star Wars. If you are lucky enough to still own any retro figures from the 80′s then you may be sitting on a gold mine. The most lucrative figure in this collection would be the 1979 Boba Fett Action Figure, this figure sells for upwards of $15,000 on Ebay if its sealed and in good condition. If you can’t afford this however, Disney has partnered with Hasbro to re release the original retro figures in their Retro Collection so you can still have a slice of history at an affordable price.

#1 Pokemon Cards: I’m sure you could have guessed this was coming, how many of us didn’t collect Pokemon as kids? Pokemon has seen a bit of resurgence with the release of Pokemon Go although i’m not really sure it ever went anywhere, more likely we just forgot about it. Vintage Pokemon cards produced by Wizards of the Coast (who no longer make Pokemon cards) have skyrocketed in price over the past several years. The most expensive Pokemon products you can buy are of course the 1st Edition Base Set Booster Box that sells on Ebay for the astronomical price of $80,000. If that seems insane, most of that value can be attributed to one card. That one card is of course the 1st Edition Base Set Charizard which in gem mint condition sells alone for upwards of $55,000. I don’t know about you but I wish I had a time machine so I could go back and slap myself for not holding onto these little pieces of cardboard. 

I hope this has brought you a feeling of nostalgia and maybe inspired you to not only start collecting but check those old storage boxes, maybe you have a few hidden gems worth more than you thought. 

Thanks for stopping by and checking out the blog, leave me a message if there are any topics you would like me to cover.

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today mom woke me up before 6 by talking loudly to my brother. then eve and wiley woke me up with an argument before 7. then mom woke me up a full 45 minutes (8:45) before she had said i was supposed to get up (9:30) to ask if i was ready yet or not. 

i was pretty pissed. but i showered and went to work. despite the, maybe, 7 hours of sleep.

the guy i was working for, the boss’ son, chad, was super... irritating. he had me using a broken ass web site to write descriptions that conveniently omitted any mention of damage or wear on the items he was trying to sell. despite the fact that the web site gives a clear criteria you’re supposed to mark for any sign of wear. 

i mean, the worst that’s gonna happen for the customer is they see the jewelry is damaged and send it back to chad and probably don’t buy anything else from him. it’s a waste of his time and money, not anyone else’s. so i didn’t argue.

most of my day consisted of waiting for the web site to load literally every time i tried to do anything. i did end up having to stop and take deep breaths before i lost my patience.

after i finished the work (he had like 12 items for me to list and besides the waiting it took maybe 5 minutes to write everything needed to list the item) mom suggested i go down into the mall and check out the nintendo switch at the gamestop. mom’s office sits on top of scottsdale fashion square. the one the celebrities go to. i’ve never seen anyone famous there, but i don’t spend really any time there at all. i don’t like being in the mall by myself, but i would never go with mom.

i saw that the gamestop was pretty crowded to i stepped into the pet store on the other side of the walkway. there was a single blind great dane puppy hanging out behind the glass. i saw he was from a breeder and cost like 500 dollars and i got kinda mad. not at the store, really, but at the fact that there are breeders who sell puppies with, like, common and maybe severe genetic defects. purebred dogs are generally not healthy. and they don’t have any control over that and don’t understand what’s happening, and that’s just cruel.

so i walked farther into the store to see if there were any other animals and if it was still visiting hours since it was like 3. turns out that was the last dog in the store and the four cats had come from a rescue organization. one of the cats had had kittens, and all of them got adopted. the cats were being taken somewhere for the evening i guess. maybe back to the shelter. i listened to the employee talk very proudly about what breeds the cats were, and how their lives were going. she asked if i wanted one and i said definitely but my mom doesn’t like cats so we don’t have one. she said she understood.

i poked around a little longer and found some stuff i can put in the dogs’ water that will help with dental hygiene and also apparently ease joint pain and is also odorless. since diogi has pretty bad arthritis and also has poop breath i bought a bottle. i asked the cashier a bunch of questions about it and she gave me a discount when i finally picked something out. 

i know there are ethical concerns when it comes to, like, choosing which offspring to have due to genetic preferences. but why bring someone into the world if they’re going to be sick their whole life? wouldn’t you want to give your kids the best possible chance to have a life they like? hampering their progress right out of the gate doesn’t seem... i dunno, i can see why some people would choose to have a kid based on what kind of condition they would be in at birth. but i’m not a good person to ask about that, because i am miserable and have trouble imagining how people can be happy and fulfilled in the first place.

and i know looking at your kid’s genes and deciding whether or not to have that kid can lead to some pretty nasty eugenics stuff. i’m not trying to say all deviation from some genetic “norm” is bad. god, it’s complicated and it’s easy for that control to get out of hand. there ain’t no good answer.

just because i often wish i hadn’t been born doesn’t mean other people should also feel that way.

i got sidetracked. what happened next is that i snuck into the gamestop and hid behind a rack of amiibo paraphernalia. i ended up behind one of the cashiers and when he saw me he motioned me over. so i asked some stuff about the switch, like if it had backwards compatibility or if your purchases from the eshop carried over. i was so nervous i came off like an idiot fake gamer girl. even though those don’t exist? i don’t know if he thought they did or not though, and he gave me a kind of dubious look when i couldn’t immediately recall the gamer lingo i last used maybe six years ago. and i didn’t know some pretty basic facts about the switch, like the fact that it uses cartridges instead of disks. and he compared a new game to f-zero and i said i hadn’t played that one yet, but was looking for it at bookmans. that got me sniffed at by three different dudes at the counter!

he asked if i wanted to know anything else and i totally blanked so i stammered through telling him i’d come back if i could think of any more questions and awkwardly walked over to the switch display boxes.

maybe it would be good to get one for christmas, when there are more games out for it and i can see if i would like more than two of them.

anyway after that i piddled around miserably with putting together some battle box teams on my pokemon game. then mom and i went to dinner with my sister. i ate half my meal before i started feeling kinda sick again, but my sister got a dessert so i had some of that too.

when i got home i refilled the dogs’ water and hung out with eve and the doog. when eve started having what seemed to be a violent dream i called her to wake her up and then immediately felt bad for waking her up. she didn’t seem to mind. she just laid there with her eyes open for a little bit before going back to sleep. when i checked on her again later she wagged her tail and it was really cute.

wiley, of course, wanted to go for a walk, but it was already past 7 when we got home. i will try to get up before 10 tomorrow so i can take him out in the morning instead of after dinner when everyone else is out and about and also the rabbits are everywhere. 

oh yeah, on the way to work mom asked if i had done a bunch of other stuff i haven’t gotten around to yet. like, after i had told her what i managed to get done yesterday. i felt kinda put out, like even though i put in all that effort, or at least, felt like i’d put in a lot of effort, it didn’t matter because some other thing didn’t also get done.

and the therapy place is booked through april so i’ll have to call my other option tomorrow. and take care of graduation stuff like getting my diploma mailed home, and find out what’s going on with my tuition. 

and that’s what i did today!!! i also realized that the way i’d built one of my pokemon i didn’t actually need to get it to level 100 to change its ivs, because its ivs were fine. so that felt like a waste of time. at least it was just one of them out of the ~40. when i finish getting all of these guys leveled up i’ll have to look through their stats and prioritize. i do like having a project, even a really nerdy one like pokemon. 

the competition in april is going to be doubles battles. i’ve found that i really prefer the speed micromanaging and overall faster pace of doubles battles to singles, especially when there are four players involved. since it’s a doubles battle i will feel more comfortable doing some setup. i’m going to see how a trick room team will do.

in competitions, for singles battles you can only choose three pokemon, so it’s kind of not worth it to spend time setting up a gimmick. you don’t have as many options to work with if your opponent can counter your first guy. but in doubles, you pick four pokemon, and you send out two guys at once, which means you can attack and set up on the same turn and don’t have to waste valuable turns switching your pokemon. setup stuff like weather and trick room only lasts a set amount of turns, so if you have to spend a turn switching your pokemon, that leaves that much less time that you can operate effectively in. 

in retrospect, that explanation wasn’t really for anyone’s benefit. i already know what i’m talking about, people who read this and know pokemon won’t need the explanation, and people who read this and don’t know pokemon will probably still have a hard time following. but i’d feel bad if i didn’t at least try to explain the jargon.

basically i like doubles battles more because i am much better at them.

that took ten minutes, and now it is after 1. so i’m going to get ready for bed and maybe continue rambling tomorrow if i find i have something more to say. take care of yourselves.

[skiasurveys]

1. When did you both get together? we started to flirt/hang out around april 2016, we officially started dating in may 2016 though.

2. Who made the first move?  he did

3. How long have you been a couple? its been 2 years and 2 months

4. How did you first meet?  online dating app

5. Were you already close friends before going out as a couple?  not rly, we tried to date before and that lasted for a week..didnt talk for a while. when we got back into contact around end of the march of 2016 we kinda were “friends” but not rly.

6. Are you/Were you ever in the same class at school?  no

7. Are you long-distance?  nope

8. Are you in an open, regular or committed relationship? committed

9. Do you live together?  we did for a bit. not anymore. were planning on finding our own place soon though now that we both have jobs

10. Are you engaged? If yes, describe your proposal. If no, what ring would you like?  yeah we got engaged in feb. basically connor wanted this TV he found on kijiji and we went to go get it. it was in a town that was 40 mins away, anyways on the way back we pulls over on the side of the road and im like wtf and then he got down on his knee and asked me to marry him. it took me by surprised, bc i wasnt expecting it obvs and i didnt think he would ever ask me tbh bc he said he didnt like the idea of marriage.

11. Are you married? If yes, describe your wedding. If no, would you consider marriage?  ^ yeah

12. Which one of you is older? What is the age difference?  he is by 6.5 yrs

13. Which one of you is taller? What is the height difference?  he is by a foot 

14. Do you share any of the same hobbies/interests/passions? yeah we like the same movies, tv shows, video games

15. What fictional couples would you compare yourselves to? idk lol

16. Sum up your relationship in 6 words or less.  were comfortable and happy

17. Doodle a little picture of you both as a couple.  no

18. Describe your relationship using only emoticons.  :3

19. Share a cute photo of you both together.  check my instagram @ wolfkhid

ATTRACTION

20. Top 5 fav things about your partner. he is funny, handsome, tall, he understands me,hes smart

21. Your partner’s top 5 fav things about you. ask him

22. What physical traits do you find most attractive about your partner? his face and his arms/hands. mmm

23. What physical traits does your partner find most attractive about you? he likes that im small, he likes my body shape (short stacked)

24. What personality traits do you find most attractive about your partner? he is funny,  he tells me the truth, hes honest

25. What personality traits does your partner find most attractive about you?  he likes that im caring and that im funny

26. Do you hold hands in public? Any other public displays of affection?  we do sometimes. he doesnt like pda too much. he’ll smack my ass tho lol

27. List your top 3 turn-ons about your partner. he is tall, his domiance, and hes funny 

28. List your partner’s top 3 turn-ons about you.  im small, my ass and im submissive 

29. How would you seduce your partner? How would they seduce you? food obviously.

30. Innocently or not, where do you like your partner to touch you?  my thighs or sides

31. Describe your partner’s eyes. Amber brown and round. theyre really nice. im not poetic  32. Describe your partner’s hair. dark brown, short and messy lol 

33. Describe your partner’s smile. happiness

34. What is your partner’s voice like? deep and nice 

35. What is your partner’s scent like? idk how to explain it

36. How does your partner impress you? How do you impress them? harfcore eating skills

37. What outfit would you like to see your partner in? What would they like to see you wear?  he likes me in short skirts and thigh high socks. i honestly dont care what he wears as long as its nice. he looks good in skinnyish jeans

38. Show your fav picture of your partner that they’ve posted online. not sure if he would be okay with that LOL

ROMANCE 39. Do you have cute pet names for each other? yeah

40. What’s one of your favourite memories as a couple?  theres so many

41. Describe your favourite date so far? when we played super smash bros at the college

42. What’s the sweetest thing that your partner’s ever done for you? paid off my credit card bill. made me a really nice  salad, etc

43. Do either of you get jealous? i do lol cus im insecure. he doesnt unless he does and i just dont know  

44. Is one of you protective of the other? we both are

45. How do you both like to kiss? passionate 

46. How do you both like to cuddle? all tangled up

47. What’s a gift that you’ve given to your partner? And one they’ve given to you? i got him some nice cologne and he gave me some money to pay off my card, and also he got me a nice ring

48. Are you an openly mushy couple or a reserved couple? reserved honestly

49. Does one of you like to cook for the other? we both do

50. Do you have unique ringtones/images for each other on your phones?  not unique 

51. Have you ever had your initials written on a tree or in the sand? haha no

52. What’s “your song”? i cant help falling in love with you

53. Do you own any items that are a special symbol of your relationship? sure

54. What did you both do for Valentine’s Day? he proposed to me :D

55. Do you express your love lavishly or discreetly?  both?

56. What’s the funniest thing you can remember your partner doing? theres a lot..lol he pretended to be a snake

57. Does thinking about your partner still give you butterflies?  kinda

58. What’s the weirdest part of your relationship? everything hahah

BEING TOGETHER 59. Fav things to do together on a rainy day? playing WoW together, or watching movies, or going to get Thai food!

60. Fav things to do together on a sunny day? Same thing, go for walks maybe bike ride.

61. Got any plans together for next week? not really. hes going biking with his friends and im working lol but ill prob spend the night on Saturday

62. What’s your favourite thing to share together? Food

63. What did you do for your partner’s latest birthday? What did they do for yours? nothing for him, he doesnt like birthday parties so we didnt do anything, but i bought him a present. He gave me some money, and we hung out, except he worked that night so we couldnt do much.

64. Where would you like to go on holiday together? maybe Disneyland

65. You have a whole weekend to yourselves and 500 in cash- what do you do? maybe we go to Banff and have a nice stay there

66. How would you comfort your partner on a bad day? How would they comfort you? I would make him a nice meal maybe or rub his back. I would tell him everything is OK. It depends on whats bothering him. For me he would hold me and watch movies with me and kiss me.

67. Where would you both get takeout together? thai place downtown i forget the name

68. What’s the longest time you’ve been apart?  About 1 month and 1 week, he went to Prince George to see his Dad and some family. 

69. What things remind you of your partner? What things remind them of you? Pokemon honestly lol and idk honestly. maybe nuggets

70. Has your relationship changed at all since it first started? well yeah! we are more closer, i feel like i can be myself. 

71. Have you ever worked on a project together?  kinda. not rly.

72. Have you both influenced each other in any way? sure

73. Have either of you made sacrifices for this relationship? yes. Connor literally slept behind a couch for like 7 months because he wanted to stay in RD and didnt want to leave me, and he didnt have a place. (he couldnt stay with me b/c my family is really conservative and we couldnt afford a place together). He honestly is so wonderful. He now has a place

74. Has you discovered anything surprising about your partner? yes. 

75. How have you both made a positive impact on each other’s lives?  i would hope so.

76. What do you both mutually agree is the most important part of your relationship? honesty, conversation/communication, loyalty. 

EVERYDAY LIFE 77. What are the everyday things you both do to show you care about each other? being there for each other, talking, etc.

78. Do you follow each other’s blogs/twitter/instagram? yes but he doesnt have IG or Twitter, but i follow him on other stuff

79. Is there a favourite place that you both frequently go to together? not really.

80. What TV shows do you like to watch together? theres too many to name honestly.

81. How do you relax together? chilling and netflix

82. What sleep positions do you tend to sleep together in? spooning usually, or tangled up. depends on how hot it is though

83. Do you borrow each other’s clothes or other items? not so much clothes but items yes

84. Do you ever share the bathroom together? yeah 

85. How do you both keep in touch when you’re away from each other? texting

86. Do you share secrets between each other?  yes

87. Do you rotate house chores or do you each have assigned chore duties? well we dont live together but i help him clean his place if he needs help. But if we were to live together we would rotate it.

88. Do you remember how your partner takes their coffee/tea/bar drinks?  he doesnt like coffee or tea and doesnt drink so much

89. What does your partner think of your Tumblr? nothing?? i guess?? he doesnt rly care he doesnt check on it

90. What characters do you play as together when playing multiplayer games? we do a lot of rpg games

COMPATABILITY 91. Are you both introverted/extroverted or opposites?  hes more intro than me, but im like a mix/

92. Who is the more dominant/submissive one? hes the dom for sure

93. What are some major differences between you both? he is more messy, and chill/care free than me.

94. When are you both “in your element” together? what

95. Who would win in an arm-wrestling contest? him obvs

96. What are each of your zodiac signs and how do they compare? he is a Taurus and im  Sagittarius . and idk b/c i dont read up on that shit

97. What are each of your MBTI types and how do they compare? omg idk what his is! im an isfj

98. What are each of your Hogwarts houses and how do they compare? n/a

99. If you were both in a dating sim, what character tropes would each of you be? idk

100. If you were both animals what would you be? Would you be the same animal?  he would be a cat, id be a raccoon obvs

101. How does your partner’s wardrobe differ from yours?  he is more laid back, just jeans and tshirts, or sweat pants. I wear a lot of nice shirts, skinny jeans/ leggings and buisness casual if i have too

102. Have you ever both said something at the exact same time? yea

103. Rate your relationship on a scale of basic vanilla (1) to extremely kinky (10)  um like maybe a 7

104. Mix your fav colour with your partner’s fav colour- what is the result? Magenta

105. If you were both ingredients, what would each of you be and what would be the resulting recipe? (e.g. PB & jelly sandwich) ummm lol idk

106. Which of you would win in a Pokemon battle? Assign yourself and your partner a fitting Pokemon type (e.g. water, grass, poison etc). Are either of you super effective against the other? he obvs cus he knows more about POkemon lol

CONFLICT 107. What happens when you argue with each other? How do you both make up? we stay silent for a bit or we talk it out. 

108. What’s something that your partner does that annoys you? How do you annoy them? he doesnt text back all the time -_- and i probably annoy him with my constant questions or reassurance

109. What are some imperfections that you love about your partner? he is a derp

110. What are some imperfections that your partner loves about you? 

111. Has your partner ever accidentally hurt you? Have you accidentally hurt them? i have scratched him by accident, and he has bruised me while wrestling lol

112. Is there anything about you that your partner just doesn’t understand? yeah my mental illnes

113. Is there anything about your partner that you just don’t understand? why does every little thing make him mad lol

114. When was the last time you cried about your relationship and why? idk 

115. What is something you love that your partner hates? im not sure honestly.

116. What is something you hate that your partner loves? anime

117. When was the last time you had to apologise to your partner and why? when i got mad at him and was being a smart ass

118. Do either of you get too clingy? both of us but me abit more

119. Do you have any insecurities about your relationship? yep.

120. When was a time that your relationship was put to the test? never?

121. What would your partner have to do to make you end the relationship?  cheat on me honestly, or just start changing completely.

RELATIONS 122. Does your family approve of your relationship? yes

123. What do your friends think of your relationship?  they like him

124. How do you both act together around others as opposed to when you’re alone together? when we are around others we can tease eachother and just be together but when were alone were more open, flirt more, etc

125. How did you first reveal to people that you were going out?  told them..and also facebook

126. Do you think you and your partner look similar to each other? lol not really..i mean we both have dark eyes and hair, but i dont think we look anything a like. He has some turkish in him too so theres that lol im just a white bitch

127. How does your partner treat you special compared to everyone else in their life? he opens up to me, tells me his deep secrets, teases me, etc

128. Do you both have a mutual friend group, or only separate friendship groups?  both, but his friends dont rly see my friends that much haha

129. What’s a common misconception about your relationship? earlier it was that he was too old for me. idk what ppl think anymore

130. Has your relationship affected any of your relations with others? i dont think so.

131. Has anyone tried to sabotage your relationship? yep

132. Quote something somebody has said about your relationship. “you guys are so cute together!! couple goals”

133. Quote something somebody has said about your partner. “he’s glad your dad is dead” - some cunt LOL

FUTURE 134. What do you hope for the future of your relationship? that we can live in a nice home and be happy lol

135. If you both got married, what would you want your wedding to be like? intimate and small.

136. Can you imagine what your ideal home would look like? something simple.

137. Do you have kids/want to have kids? What would they be like?  we both dont want kids. 

138. If you could do anything for your partner what would you do? make him happy

139. Do you think you’ll still be together when you’re old and wrinkly? i hope so, i believe so

140. Got any relationship advice?  just the basic , dont be with someone all b/c youre lonely. 

[ohzoya-blog1]

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[opepin]

february: week two

06: lol i was so stuffed up the entire day, but the office was pretty full! i got to meet david cowing and noelle came back! she gave me purell and clorox wipes to keep everything disinfected. i felt pretty dead but i could still work. the day went by pretty fast and frank ended up coming in as well. i learned about patriot’s day in april and also the parade tomorrow. i asked phil if i could work from home due to my illness and coincidentally, the parade was happening so there was no way any of us were going to commute to the office to work lol. charles kept me company today and he recommended the ribeye sandwich from foumami. mmmm. i had kimbap for lunch and the receptionist informed me that there were multiple ways of getting hot water~ she’s my savior <3 i made it to the end of the day and got everything i wanted to get done, done!

i left work right at 5 pm so the train wasn’t super crowded. i made shiitake gohan and then i worked out while kevin was out climbing. i got to shower before he came back and then we ate dinner~ we had leftover oyakodon. we also ate the pomelo, which was oddly sour?! the ones i pick are usually sweet ): we watched supernatural and i ko’d on the couch while kevin did the dishes. zzz. i woke up disgruntled and bloated (i also snacked on frango chocolate and the snyder honey mustard and onion pretzels) so i did a bit more cardio, brushed my teeth, and got into bed at around 1 am? i waited for kevin to finish gaming to sleep. i spent time on youtube and facebook. we went to sleep pretty late? but i took a 1 hour nap earlier so it didn’t feel late for me.

07: i stayed in bed until 9:30 am and then got ready for the day. i had one mission today for work and it seemed pretty achievable until i realized that my work laptop works only with usb-c’s and i had a mouse receiver that was usb and a monitor that was hdmi connected. ugh. so i emailed beth and friends to see if i misplaced it? i don’t remember getting any of these adapters T_T so i worked with two laptops out and my monitor. i used my personal laptop to do actual work and my work laptop to reference material and search things if i needed to. kevin worked from home today as well :3 he steamed pork buns for us in the morning and we made shiitake gohan again for lunch. we mainly got on calls and just worked next to each other. kevin took a lot of breaks LOL. i worked until 6 pm because of my late start and i left some work for tomorrow morning until i could connect with phil. i feel a lot better, but still sniffly.

i worked on some daily tasks and then walked around the apartment with a fleece blanket on LOL. i eventually walked to bed and fell asleep?! i woke up and helped kevin make the noodles for our chicken khao soi and then we ate dinner while watching supernatural. i had a skype date with jeanne at 9 pm but we pushed it back to 9:30 pm so me and kevin could finish watching an episode. i caught up with this girl and talked to her for about an hour and thirty minutes before i went to exercise and she went to edit and upload pictures LOL. i did the 45 minute 500 calorie burning popsugar workout and then i showered and washed the dishes. i stayed up later than i expected and went to sleep at like 2 am or something...

08: i was debating whether or not to work from home or go, but i felt awake and i curled my hair so i made myself go. plus, i missed the office a lot yesterday (especially the monitor and the keyboard and mouse). i was running a bit late but i made it on to the usual train. there weren’t as many people as i expected? i got in and thought i was going to be alone in my desk area but charles came in! it was a 75% full office. i got to talk to michelle and jim about their commute and michelle commutes by boat?! whut. i also learned that there was black ice and north of boston was experiencing a ton of commuting delays and traffic accidents x__x it was a pretty chill morning. i ate lunch at 12:45 pm and then thanks to charles, i went to foumami and got myself a hot cinnamon tea and scallion pancakes. their scallion pancakes are bomb af! the tea is too sugary and a bit sour? idk how to describe it. i was hoping for a gingery taste but i got none of that. poo. i stayed at work a bit later to go over our material for our client training tomorrow. then i had to bring some work home with me because we made last minute changes.

kevin and i commuted back together and then he helped me look up hdmi to usb-c adapters so that i could use my monitor at home for wfh tomorrow. the cables he brought back from fitbit didn’t work :( so then we drove to the apple store and we found out how to check out o__o; apparently you just self-check out inside the stores with your phone! we got a representative though and he told us and checked us out with his portable credit card thingy. then we stopped by bj’s and got some challah bread to make french toast tomorrow for breakfast since it’s gonna be blizzarding. we got back, i worked more than i thought i would, made kevin wait for me (i sorry), and then we ate dinner and watched an episode of supernatural. i did lower back exercises and some cardio today. then i bummed and washed the dishes while waiting for this boy to finish using the bathroom T__T he took forever so i got hella pissed. i haven’t washed my hair in a while and i really wanted to but i couldn’t because it was too late with the time he took in there. D:< so i let kevin have it and then i showered, took out the garbage, and then slept on the sofa LOL. at 3 am or something kevin asked me to come to bed to sleep and i willingly did. it was getting cold. x__x

09: we both kinda slept in but i had a call at 10 am so i got up with enough time to edit and finish changing some things before the call with the client. it was a really long call but phil led a wonderful session and everyone was super receptive! right after the call, kevin and i made french toast for lunch and then we went back to work. kevin had calls until 3 pm and i had to catch up with phil and do a bit more work on the previous project. then i worked on a smaller new one and ended my day a bit early with that because phil had to meet with dave on something and there are things that i can still do tomorrow morning. i’ll meet with him right at 12 pm though. i spent some quality time with kevin after i finished work. this guy annoyed me though! it didn’t seem like he was doing work at all. he kept watching streams and playing pokemon showdown...hmph! i fell asleep for a bit and kevin made us oyakodon. he really likes it haha.

i woke up and watched some youtube videos and then got up to help a bit before dinner was ready! we watched two episodes of supernatural and it was only 10 pm when we were done :O we have so much time if we don’t commute to work! i do realize that i enjoy going to the office to work though. it’s nice to have a work from home day once in a while, but 2x a week is a bit much for me? i feel disconnected from the team a bit. i think maybe once every two weeks sounds nice. so that means twice a month would probably be the optimal level of work from home haha. anyway, kevin went to shower and game while i did a new popsugar dance video -- except that it was kinda dance in the beginning and then they started doing downward dogs and more toning things rather than cardio. so i switched over to another one that was definitely cardio and i loved it. it was hip hop cardio for like 20 minutes? i only did 10 minutes of it to complete my 30 minute of cardio. then chloe kicked my ass (but actually my obliques) with her video and i did two more oblique videos. it felt good. i can breathe when i workout! i showered, washed dishes, and watched kevin play some pokemon showdown, and then made note of what to do tomorrow.

10: both kevin and i worked from home again today. we’ve basically had like a 4-day weekend in a way. we woke up pretty late, but i didn’t have much to work on for the most part. i did make things for myself to do though. phil didn’t have much for me either. the server was real slow so i kind of finished up my day early as well. i got my second paycheck today and i was a bit disappointed in how much i got. i’m happy that i have started my 401k but kevin helped me calculate the amount i would get minus taxes and my contribution earlier and the amount i got was lower (not significantly but also not small). i guess i’ll put in less for student loans, but eh. haha, i forgot to attend my standup meeting yesterday and phil confirmed it because i wasn’t sure either -- i was obviously working during the standup meeting. phil said it was ok though and he knew i was working, haha. that reassured me a bit x__x;

we stopped by the deco valentine’s day fair and snacked on some brownie bites and ferrero roches. we got a free 10 minute massage and then i found the cutest but pretty expensive pouch. there was an india hicks booth and that was one of the first things we saw and i was in love. i didn’t know the price but she told me it was $68, i kind of freaked, walked around to think about, kevin encouraged me to treat myself, and i got it. i didn’t know we had to pay for shipping or else i would have gotten the one on display, but oh well. a bit bummed but i will now make definite use of this pouch! i talked with some peeps about it and they said that it was cute and reassured me about my purchase. :P we had leftovers for dinner and we finished watching season 11 of supernatural and then started watching season 12 via streaming. idk what the synopsis of this season is...it’s a bit weird. kevin went to game and i worked out my butt and did intense cardio dance. i was dripping sweat. then i showered and cuddled in bed and went on my phone until i went to sleep at 1 or 2 am.

11: we woke up just in time to make french toast and tea, change, and eat before driving out to our massage appointment at chinatown pain relief. we found a parking spot fairly easily and got there just a bit past 1 pm. the owner was super nice and we waited a bit before going into our rooms. we separated because the owner said it would be nicer than sharing an open room. the yelp reviews were way different from what we experienced. we had a regular massage experience unlike the sitting ones that were yelped about. well, my masseuse went into me and she was like ‘wtf did you do to your back? it’s so tight.’ she had me laughing at my own pain and breathing heavily and tensing up when she dug into me. omg the most painful massage i’ve ever received, but like she said, “no pain, no gain” with chinese massages. LOL. kevin apparently heard me in the next room hahaha. my back was wrecked after. we went downstairs to get chatime and it was aiight. oh my tea is still my #1. we drove back right after because we were full from the french toast and didn’t want to get dim sum as planned.

kevin went climbing while i took an unexpected nap...i was so tired from the massage that i just ko’d, woke up, and ko’d again until kevin came back. he skyped with brittany and mike. i tried waiting to eat dinner with him by playing some pokemon but i got real hungry so i just ate and then watched supernatural with kevin while he ate. he gamed for the rest of the day so i exercised and then curled my hair, showered, cleaned the bathroom, and cleaned the kitchen before heading to bed. i watched youtube videos in bed and knocked out at some time? i don’t remember anything else haha.

12: we got up at like 12 pm ahah. we had potstickers for breakfast and watched supernatural. i added in a sweet potato and it tasted bitter af in some parts so i ended up throwing some of it out T_T then we planned our meals for the week and kevin gamed while i watched the latest episode of reign while uploading facebook photos! it was snowing so i mentioned making a snowman with kevin outside and he agreed! we bundled up and then went out there in our snow gear and although kevin was doubtful that the snow wasn’t the right consistency, the weather came through! the snow was perfect for snowballs and snowmen! we had a mini snowball fight and then i rolled up my first giant snowball! AHHH it was so much fun! i went back in to get my SD card for my camera and documented some of the process while trying to help. then kevin went in to get a carrot and some clothes for our snowman. we evened him out together and then had a photo shoot before my camera got waterlogged. kevin made a snow tripod for my camera to sit on (on top of my book bag) so we could fit a good amount of us in the picture. 

we went back inside to change clothes, dry our clothes, and we were going to get hot chocolate but the deco machine was broken :( we went back, kevin talked to his dad for a bit, i snacked a bit, and then we headed to kam man. it was pretty snowy out there... we got our groceries, drove to bj’s, got snacks, and then got back to deco. some person blatantly ran a red light that didn’t just turn red. wtf! anyway, we got back, microwaved some leftovers and snacked while watching supernatural. then kevin prepped the bulgolgi for tomorrow’s lunch and dinner. we found out that there’s another snow warning so it’s probably going to be another wfh day for us. i washed some dishes, we went back to watching supernatural and eating more leftovers with freshly cooked rice. i did laundry, kevin vacuumed and swiffered the floor, and then he showered. i exercised and then i edited our pictures from today and uploaded them. hehehe i’m so happy with them. then i took out the rice cakes to defrost and called it a night.