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skateurgencycosplay · 7 years ago
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I had the pleasure of meeting Paul St. Peter (English VA for Whammu) at an autograph session out of cosplay (Got my Battle Tendency and Fire Emblem Awakening books signed!) and by random chance happened to see him around the hall of Kitsune Kon while decked out in Whammu! He was super sweet and let me get this pic with him!
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leonawriter · 5 years ago
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Fox-Faced
Read it on AO3
Fandom: Bungo Stray Dogs/Mononoke
Characters: Dazai, the Medicine Seller. Others mentioned. SKK implied.
Summary: Dazai is taking the time to contemplate how much has changed in so short a time, and his bench gets a visitor.
Notes: Dazai-typical suicide references.
(Part five of the “Not All Kitsune Have Nine Tails” ‘verse. Follows “Home Territory.” Contains important context for the previous stories.)
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The brisk sea air is as familiar and as comforting as it always had been, even if it is deeper, more rich, and full of scents that Dazai had never known to be able to sort through or notice before. It isn't, at least, overwhelming - the city with its streets and cars and hundreds of people and all of its food and perfumes was harder for him to handle on that first night and the following day than this, which is, comparatively, peaceful and calming.
He can hear shouting in the distance, children playing with their parents and tourists from both further inland and far abroad talking about the sights in adequately amazed tones, because it is Yokohama after all, and no matter what else happened, it was still his city. Their city. The city that he and Chuuya and Atsushi had fought to protect, that he had protected even when he'd been in the mafia, that he was proud of.
He closes his eyes to focus on the sound of the waves and the cries of the seagulls, and he loses track of time. Perhaps he'd even started to doze off in the warmth of a bright, sunny day with clear skies. Normally, by this time Kunikida would be wondering where he was. Now that everyone at the Agency knew he was living with Chuuya, he won't have to worry about that... at least for a while yet.
Tap.
Tap, tap, tap.
A breath of air comes out of him in a sigh, and he neither move to create space, nor turns his head to watch, when he hears someone coming close to his bench. Heavy steps, wooden sandals. 
Ah, he thinks instead. You.
There are sounds as if something heavy is being shifted, and then let to drop onto the ground. Then, the rustling of clothes. Only after that, Dazai feels the weight of the bench shift, and a presence actually sat beside him.
If this had been an enemy, they would have had ample time to draw a gun or a knife, and his life would have been over as easily as that. In broad daylight, no less.
But it isn't, and instead of tensing - or relaxing - into the potential threats, he lets his arms drop from behind his head, and opens his eyes to acknowledge the not-quite-stranger.
Dressed in brightly-coloured traditional clothes from head to foot, with a bandana holding back pale hair that didn't - always - quite hide the earrings he wore, and only brought out the likewise pale colour of his face, the bold markings around his eyes, his nose... the man who had introduced himself as only a mere lowly medicine seller looked straight ahead, toward the Yokohama bay.
If the world made any sense, they both would have attracted a lot more attention than the few looks that were aimed their way - Dazai's illusion still held, suggesting to anyone looking their way who didn't know any better to see him as completely human and disregard the ears, the tail, the numerous other small details that marked him out as not human, but the medicine seller next to him simply... was what he was.
In a way, he was entirely on display. There wasn't a single thing about him that wasn't completely true, nothing that was hidden if someone wanted to look and actually see. 
In another sense... Dazai could still remember the other, and looking at him now felt odd, as if everything was still there, but dimmed, somehow.
He wondered, in some distant part of him, if that was how he had seemed to anyone who had seen through him and known.
"So." The world carries on around them, and if Dazai hadn't known that the word had been aimed at him, it could have been aimed at anything. The wind. The sea. Some invisible thing that a form and a reason and a truth, but no unnatural twist to its nature. But he heard it clearly enough, and there is a tilt to the medicine seller's lips. "How is life, Dazai-kun?"
All of his years, and he still doesn't know the answer to that question. He doesn't know how a normal human being should answer something like that-
He stops that train of thought in its tracks. Laughs, and if it comes out sounding odd and a little bit harsh, then it isn't as though anyone else is paying attention to them, is it?
"I woke up to a dog drooling all over me again," he says airily. "There's fur all over the house, and I need to cat-sit again later on."
"And what of Nakajima-dono?" The way that the man says Atsushi's name makes Dazai stop and blink, because he's not used to such a level of respect to his younger protege. "And Nakahara-dono?"
Hearing Chuuya referred to in such a way is only slightly less odd. Executives took respect the way most people expected to be able to breathe, after all. He knew that from personal experience, although it had never been something he had worn with comfort, much the same as the coat he had preferred to shrug off, eventually.
"Atsushi-kun is doing well enough, I think. Sometimes I find myself myself worrying, but..." I think that by this point, he can make up for his mentor's failings. Atsushi isn't so dependant on me that he needs my example, or my praise. He'll do just fine. "Chuuya is - well. We're adjusting."
"Adjustment is only natural. One hardly expects treatment to cure ailments instantly. Just as the body has its own way of healing itself when given a little help, the spirit isn't truly all that much different."
"You think living with Chuuya is like that?" Dazai tilted his head, and made a face. "I'll have to tell him when I get back. He isn't even a dog any more. He's just a medicine that I've been prescribed. One course of Chuuya per day. See how he likes that."
"What it is or it isn't is something only you can decide for yourself, Dazai-kun. Although you do look a lot better than the last time I saw you," the medicine seller added, a certain glint of amusement in his eyes. "And I would almost like to be there when you do tell him that."
No, not just amusement -  spark of mischief. Dazai went back over his own words, and found himself blushing, hard, and looked away.
For someone who seemed to spend most of his time chasing down and exorcising mononoke looking the way he did, the man next to him was far more down to earth and crude at times than he had any right to be. Perhaps this was what most people felt when they were around him too long.
Not that Dazai was going to change, not at all.
"And there I thought you respected Chuuya," he says, letting a little bit of grumble out.
Not that he minded people making fun of Chuuya. That was Chuuya, and this was- well. If any of their sleeping together had gone further than sleeping then it might not feel as self-conscious of the unspoken potential getting brought up by someone who wasn't, well, him.
The laugh he gets in response is almost startling in its honesty, ringing barks of laughter that remind him of kon kon kon, painfully familiar.
"Too much respect is just as unhealthy as too little," the man says only moments later. There's still a smile lingering on his face.
Dazai thinks of Akutagawa, whose deep respect had never grown into anything capable of seeing his mentor as a fallible person and he's glad, knowing that he hadn't been present or involved in anything to do with either of the mononoke. The first one, or him.
He thinks of Atsushi, who he sometimes worried looked to him with those same eyes, but in the next breath the weretiger would berate him for not working, or fuss over him for not eating.
Atsushi, who had once sat in this exact spot, looking out at this exact view.
"When you look out at them... what do you feel?"
For a moment, Dazai almost feels that those must have been his own words, his own question, thoughts he had wondered about and circled around for so long yet had needed to recontextualise along with so much of his life in the past week.
"Humans..." he leaned back, and thought of his conversations with Fyodor, with Shibusawa. The things that he had lived through, remembered, forgotten. "They are truly destructive, and cruel, and thoughtless creatures. I do not think that I will ever truly understand them, either." He sighed. "And yet..." He thought of Chuuya, who despite his circumstances was so very, very human. Of Atsushi, who'd had his true nature as a tiger hidden from him for so long, and Kunikida. Of others that he had met. Odasaku, even Ango. "The same can be said for even the very best of them... searching for their reason to live, like stray dogs. It is at the same time terrifying, yet awe-inspiring, the feats that they can accomplish." He smiled, wryly. Neither bitter nor sweet. "And I live balanced in the middle. But - I think I'll be able to manage."
In the distance, a child screamed as they ran. Conversations carried on.
"Oh...? I see."
A fog horn blared out at sea, coming into port. A couple not far away shared food over by the railing, with guitars on their backs. A teenager passes them by wearing headphones, and Dazai's newly sensitive ears pick up on the beats of the music.
Human, youkai, hanyou... no matter what any of them were, it was still Yokohama. It was still his city.
"It... truly is a beautiful city. More than anything else... that's what I feel." He closed his eyes, and leaned forward into the breeze coming in from the sea. "Does that answer your questions?"
"You're the one who thought that was what I must have been saying. Do you feel better for having said it?"
I hate them - I hate them, and more than that, I want - I don't understand - why wasn't I-  wasn't I... worth...
Those feelings. He remembered them, and they had been his. 
First, destroy everything that comes close, before it can touch me. Then... destroy me, for having done so.
He had felt the culmination of twenty-two years' worth of an inability to understand, which had its source in something that he had not been able to affect.
You have a choice, Dazai-kun. 
If you wish to die, then it is only a simple matter of choosing to stay. The Mononoke will be slain, and so will you. But-
But, if for any reason you should wish to hold on to even one thing...
It is impossible to both slay the monster and to take it with you.
(Kitsune, Chuuya had said, accepting him even as he stared in shock. Come, love, sleep, Chuuya had said, and his heart had wavered. They had called, and he had answered, because there was too much- he had too much- that he couldn't let go of.)
"I suppose... I simply find it hard to find the words to..."
He feels his heart beat. And another. He breathes in the salty air, and it still feels terrifyingly new. 
And yet, the idea of not being here to experience it, the idea of having vanished without a trace somewhat over a week ago - no trace of fur in Chuuya's house, not having the honour of knowing Ranpo's own secret, or of having felt how relaxing it was to have his own fur stroked as he curled up on the sofa whether he was at home or at the office...
He thinks, perhaps, it might have been a beautiful death.
But at the same time... there is only one thing he can think of, the words catching every time he tries to put them on his tongue, for what he feels about still being alive.
"Me?" He hears and feels more than sees the fact that the man next to him is shaking his head. "There is nothing to thank me for. As a mere medicine seller, there was honestly very little I could do. At the end, I was powerless. You were the one who did all of the work. All I did was give you the ability, and the means." He stood, and Dazai could see the slight smile on his face even before he turned. "If anything," he added, bowing at the waist, "I should be the one owing a debt of gratitude to you. From the moment I understood your Katachi..." The medicine seller turned his face up, eyes closed into the upturned slits of a true smile. "Come now. Kits who are blessed with so many who care for them shouldn't need to make those sorts of faces."
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AN: There's a stealth crossover (crossover-ception? triple crossover?) near the end. I'm just gonna hope someone catches on to what and where the reference is, haha...
If by the end of reading this it isn't clear - in order for Dazai to still be alive in these stories, he had to make the active choice to live and stay alive in the moments before the Medicine Seller's sword cut. This was inspired by several of the endings of the actual Mononoke storylines, although there are elements that appeared in none of those stories that I had to work out for myself.
What this means for Dazai is not that his suicidal ideation is 'magically cured', but that he is less likely to actively seek out death. It also isn't 'knowing his past' that enables him to move on, but understanding *what* he is, and that his feelings of 'not fitting in as a human being' don't just come from nowhere. In short - he was validated.Does anyone know that one poster with the owls on it, about "I just need a stick"? That's what the Medicine Seller's getting at there.
And do I mean to imply that I see the Medicine Seller himself as a kitsune...? Well if you read it with that in mind, just... imagine being him coming to that moment of realisation of just 'what' he's up against. As said and implied in the previous fics, due to the nature and longevity of kitsune, Dazai's still considered a child at twenty-two by other youkai, more than just being seen as "barely out of his teens", so... have that for a bit of adult fear, and why the Medicine Seller is saying what he does here.
All that said, this [was] my first time writing the Medicine Seller, and I'm still nervous over whether I've got his voice down properly or not. (And given how important he is to it, you see why the previous events aren't written yet.)
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icefireeclipse · 6 years ago
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Ice’s Annual Post for 2018
So here is my annual post of everything that I did over the course of 2018. Now one major change in this post from last year and the year before is that, I only updated this post at the end of the month instead of gradually as these events occurred. Which means that some events that may have happened at the end of the month are among the first on the list, so basically it’s all scrambled.
 Now I know with certainty that each of these events happened in the corresponding month, as I otherwise didn’t even post it so I believe for next year (if I’m still on Tumblr) I won’t do that again and go back to updating these in chronological order.
Without further ado, here’s the list! 
January:
Purchased a few games on Steam for the Winter Sale
Played through Season 8 of Overwatch
Signed up for a Payment plan for my college
Watched Moana for the 1st time
Ordered a tax return transcript with my dad’s help
Played Go fish with Uno Cards for the 1st time
Tried homemade coleslaw for the 1st time
Started University at a 4 year college for the 1st time
Got my Certificate from my tech college in the mail
My sister got a new car: A 2006 Volkswagen Beetle/bug? idk
I renewed my driver’s license
I now have a regular license instead of a probationary one
Got my liquor licence for my job 
Got a car wash for the 1st time this year
I got a new purse and knee length boots as an early birthday present
February
Had really bad insomnia on the morning of my birthday
Officially end my teenage years
Got a fuck ton of gift cards on my birthday!
Joined my 1st club at campus
Played What do you Meme for the 1st time
Found out that I’m suffering from chronic stress
Went to IT on campus and finally got access to the computers there
Had my history class cancel twice in two weeks
FINALLY WENT TO THE DOCTOR FOR MY HANDS THANK GOD!
Got diagnosed with eczema and got cream for it
Watched some of the Winter Olympics
Hands are finally improving after 11 months of dry bleeding hands
Started watching Yugioh for the 1st time
Downloaded Yugioh Duel Links on my phone
Began sinking into Yugioh hell
Played Scribblenauts for the 1st time (check name later)
Went to a Study Abroad fair on Campus
Went to Olive Garden for a late birthday dinner
Tried Calamari for the 1st time
Discovered that I may be able to drop out of my math class
Wrote a poem for the 1st time in a long time
Changed my phone homescreen
Made some homemade essential oils for the 1st time
March
Watched the live action Fullmetal Alchemist movie
Found out my dad got a Sheltie puppy for his birthday
Dropped out of remedial math after passing the placement exam
Met with my advisor for Fall Semester classes
Got free pizza from some business at work kinda randomly
Played and beat Life is Strange Before the Storm
Stressed about Midterms
Watched Black Panther in theaters 
Took the midterms for the 1st time since AP Bio in high school
Spent most of my Spring Break working
Bought a Sudoku book for myself just because
Used my job’s carwash for the 1st time
Got an Ultimate Car wash for the 1st time
Played Brigitte on Overwatch for the 1st time
Played The Moon Sliver for the 1st time
April
Got some candy for Easter/April Fool’s Day
Played through Season 9 of Overwatch Comp
Watched Spiderman: Homecoming
Bought a faux leather body con dress for the 1st time
Bought makeup for the 1st time
Finally got to go to prom: Queer Prom! 
Finally got the chance to wear my prom dress
Attempted to play Rise of the Tomb Raider...my computer can’t run it without horrible frame drops....
Started playing Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition
Got Yugioh Duel Links on Steam
Got the okay to to buy a Playstation 4 after the semester is over
Worked with two minors in a row at my job
Had to go to work and prom in a fucking blizzard in the middle of April...
My gas station closed the north station for the first time since I worked there due to said blizzard
Watched the 636th episode of The Simpsons
Wore lipstick in public for the 1st time
Played through the first few minutes of Realmyst: Masterpiece Edition
Started hearing wedding plans for my dad and stepmom
My dad got surgery for his hernia, was successful
May
Went to see Infinity War in Theaters
Was elected into council for the LGBT+ club I’m in on campus
Saw the new Steven Universe episodes
Bought Tongue in Cheek, I suppose is my 1st NSFW purchase ever
Also bought pasties for the first time
Worried about finals and took my finals 
Passed all of my finals (A, A- and a B+ to be exact)
Started my Interim course about Modern American history
Got straight A’s in the 2 exams for that class that were in May
Purchased a Playstation 4 Slim and 4 PS4 games
Car battery died on campus so I was stranded there for 2 hours
Got my haircut at a salon for the 1st time in a long while
Bought a funeral dress and attended a funeral for my mom’s boyfriend’s mother
Someone left an old box TV at the car wash at work. That was interesting
My sister fainted at a baseball stadium while singing the national anthem and had to be hospitalized for dehydration, she later was released a few hours later 
Went to that same sister’s high school’s graduation a few days later
Went to see Deadpool 2 in Theaters
Returned the 1st set of my textbooks that I rented 
Found out what role I’m going to have in my father’s wedding
June
Kinda forgot about June oh shit
Took my last exam of my spring semester
Passed with straight A’s in my Interim class
Rewarded myself by hooking up my brand new Playstation 4
Finally got to play Until Dawn, ended up killing Emily and Sam 
Started playing Rise of the Tomb Raider on PS4
Played Overwatch on PS4 for the 1st time
Got invited and later attended grad party for friend from high school
Spent most of June either playing PS4 or going to work
Started working on weekdays again for the 1st time since January
Introduced Steven Universe to my step-siblings, currently watching Season 1
Made dinner for my step-family for the 1st time, a chicken alfredo recipe from Tasty
Bought fireworks for the 1st time by myself
My mom’s boyfriend got a new puppy, Bella, without telling anyone
Played Gone Home on PC for the 1st time
Bought about 70 dollars worth of games during Steam’s Summer sale
Also bought a few games on PS4 during E3 sale
Watched Below her Mouth for the 1st time
Saw Deadpool 2 again, this time with my mom who wanted to see it
May or may not have started writing fanfiction again during this month
July
Ordered my textbooks
Started reading the Umineko no Naku Koro ni Question Arcs
Finished the 1st Question Arc and started the 2nd one
My dad’s dog got fixed in late July, went perfectly
Dentist appointment at end of the month
9 minutes late to work due to traffic
Went up north for a weekend
WENT TUBING FOR THE 1ST TIME IN 6 YEARS THIS IS A BIG DEAL! (am afraid of tubing on the water due to childhood trauma so this was huge for me)
Got to see my dog go swimming, she’s so good on the boat!
Watched the Steven Universe Heart of the Crystal Gems Bomb OMG
Saw White Diamond’s reveal
Commuted to Kitsune Kon 2018
Bought a whole bunch of posters
Finally bought a copy of Death Note Mafia after 5+ years
Went to the Ramen eating contest there
Bought a whole bunch of food for my step-siblings
August
Not much happened in August tbh
Finished the Umineko 2nd Question Arc
Went to work....uh yeah
My cat had a bladder infection and I thought he was going to die...scariest 4 days of the year
He recovered thank goodness
Went school supply shopping
Got a new backpack for the 1st time since junior year of high school
Received my new textbooks for the semester
Tried Chocolate Molten Lava and Pumpkin Spice lattes from Starbucks for the 1st time
Met with the council members of the LGBT+ club I’m in for the 1st time
Played through Undertale’s Neutral and True Pacifist Routes
Got an account on Chess.com for some reason
Went to see The Meg in theatres, loved it!
September
Went back to college/classes
Tried aligot for the first time
Also tried artichoke hearts for the 1st time
Got a tattoo appointment
Got my very first tattoo (to cover up a scar wound)
Had to wear a bandage on my left hand for 5 days due to said tattoo
Visited my campus’s LGBT Resource center for the 1st time
Started browsing for next semester’s classes
Started learning Japanese in an actual classroom for a change
I went from knowing zero hiragana/katakana to memorizing all hiragana and some katakana in one month!
Taking math hopefully for the last time
Got back into playing Rise of the Tomb Raider since July
October
Midterms in October....
Got a C+ on my math class but since I suck at math that’s okay with me
Everything else got A’s on 
October kind of went in the blink of an eye
Signed up for classes next semester
Wore a leather dress for Halloween just because I wanted to wear leather
Met with a faculty advisor
Had a Japanese Midterm that I did super well on! A+
Bought Hitman 2016 and played it for the 1st time
Bought Oxenfree which I’d been meaning to do for a while
Got a new umbrella from my mom
Discovered a Steven Universe White Diamond AU Blog
November
Donated to a Patreon for the 1st time
Finished Rise of the Tomb Raider (finally)
Started and finished playing Beyond Two Souls
Started playing Bloodborne (help me)
Went to a SAFE training session (that I realized halfway through I didn’t really need but got me out of work I guess)
Saw Ralph Breaks the Internet in theaters
Also saw Bohemian Rhapsody in theaters
Didn’t have to work at all on Thanksgiving break
Ate ham for the 1st time on Thanksgiving 
Went to a buffet restaurant for Thanksgiving for the 1st time
Had my 1st Japanese Oral examination (passed 96.75%)
My dad and stepmom got a cat, Shadow and then gave him away in less than 2 weeks (still bitter about it)
Had a thanksgiving dinner the Saturday after with my stepmom’s family for the 1st time
Saw She-Ra on Netflix for the 1st time
December
Got a pay raise at work
Went through the hell that was finals 
Passed all my classes thankfully (Two B’s, A- and an A) 
Finished taking my final math test
Now officially done with math in school!!! (passed with a B)
Got Guess Who and Connect Four for my step-siblings for Christmas
I got my sister a Webkinz retired Pegasus for Christmas, something she wanted since she was a child (really proud of that)
Got Sonic Forces/Mania, Dark Souls Remastered, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Hitman 2, Quantic Dream Collection and for Christmas
Went to see Welcome to Marwen with my grandma for the 1st time
Played Cards Against Humanity with my family for the 1st time (that was an experience)
Also finally got my family to try out Death Note Mafia for the 1st time, which had mixed results but that’s okay :)
Fuel my car with gas went down to under $2 for the 1st time 
Finished Umineko’s 3rd question arc (finally) and started the 4th and last one
Started playing Sonic Forces for the 1st time
Got new windshield wipers on my car
Introduced my step-siblings to Tomodachi Life on the 3DS
Skimmed through the raw version of Junjou Romantica Act 48
Played Super Smash Bros Ultimate for the 1st time! 
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icefireeclipse · 7 years ago
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Ice’s Annual Post for 2017
Below is a list of cool/important/interesting things that I did during 2017 in order of month. They’re mostly in order by when they happened but a few may be out of order. The list is long so I put a Read More underneath if you’re interested. Enjoy!
January
Played Home is Where One Starts on Steam
Started watching Sailor Moon Infinity Arc
Started playing Pokemon Moon
Finished Jumin’s Route on Mystic Messenger
Had to drive to work at 6am because I forgot to return a button
Finished Seven’s Route on Mystic Messenger
Started re-learning my French just in case I move to Europe
Started considering moving to Europe after I finish college
Started my 2nd semester of college
Saw Hidden Figures in theatres
Met the woman my father began dating (spoiler alert: I like her)
Helped my mom and sister with tearing out the carpeting in the living room so we can get new flooring
Got a Robin Amiibo for an early birthday present
Cooked something for the first time this year that wasn’t ramen or hot chocolate
February
Celebrated my 19th Birthday
Got locked out of my car for the 1st time, coincidentally on my birthday
Got Pokemon Sun as a birthday present as well as a water bottle and some gift cards
Ran into an old teacher of mine from elementary school
Visited the World Market for the 1st time
Tried a candy bar from Britain for the 1st time
Learned how to make coffee
Started rewatching Ben 10 Alien Force
Finished my training at my job
Went to a seminar about refugee’s for my Diversity class
Signed up for a college tour that I ended up not going to because of Mother Nature
Played Awkward Dimensions Redux for the 1st time
Finally got into the main story for Mass Effect
March
Went to see Logan in theaters
Saw Finding Dory and Sausage Party for the 1st time
Got my dad a jar of herring for his birthday
Finally made a playlist on Youtube just for music
Started playing Penumbra Overture
Got my first $2 bill this year, and frankly first one in Many years
Continued to play Mass Effect
Bought a hot chocolate at a gas station for the 1st time
Purchased Mass Effect 3 off of Origin
Got a Origin account just to get this game
Spent the 1st day of spring getting a car wash
Rediscovered my love for Halestorm
Started listening to more music by Set it Off (instead of just 1 song)
Pre-registered for KitsuneKon 2017
Went to a Transgender rally for the 1st time
Went to a rally of any kind for the 1st time
Wacked a pinata for the 1st time in a few years
Played field hockey in a college room
Attended a girl choir concert for the 1st as a member of the audience
April
Finished Penumbra Overture
Started watching Season 2 of Shingeki no Kyojin
Came out as Queer to my Diversity Class (1st time I came out in public not to friends or family)
Decided to minor in Political Science along with my History Major
Joined Reddit
Downloaded  We Were Here and Medusa’s Labyrinth on Steam
Finished Mass Effect for the 1st time
Played through Mass Effect a 2nd time as a Renegade Sentinel
Attempted to use my debit card for the 1st time
Finally visited my great grandma’s grave after 7 years
Started watching Clannad
Got a gift card for Easter
Got free food at work because of Employee Appreciation Day
Started a test draft for The Fire Underground
May
Finally finished Huniepop
Started playing Serena but didn’t like it
For the 1st time, I have a friend of mine who works at the same job as me :)
Finished my (technically) 1st year of college
Played Super Smash Bros in order from 64 to Wii U for the 1st time this year
Redid the floors and got the kitchen walls painted at my mom’s house
Started working on painting and adding new floors in the living room too
Purchased Alan Wake on Steam during it’s Sunset Sale
Watched Tom Holland’s Lip Sync Battle (Yes that’s important)
Stepped into a Spencer’s for the 1st time (though it was only at the very front of the store to look at posters)
Started planning for my new Yarny cosplay for Kitsune Kon
Watched Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 twice in theatres
Bought a bikini for the 1st time (I usually only wear a tankini while swimming so wearing a bikini is huge for me)
Watched Steven Universe: Wanted and fell in love with Lars all over again
Worked during Memorial Day, but got paid more because holiday :D
Got my 2nd smartphone ever, a Samsung Galaxy S7
Ate a sandwich with a square bun for the 1st time
Updated my blog theme for the 1st time this year
June
Witnessed a felony traffic stop with arrests and everything for the 1st time
Celebrated my cat’s birthdays by giving them catnip
My parent’s divorce was finalized, same day as my cat’s birthday
Played Emily is Away for the 1st time
Returned to Mirai Nikki, an anime I never finished
Only just figured out Patrick Swayze died via a documentary (oops)
Attended my friend’s graduation party
Finished my 2nd and 3rd simultaneous playthroughs of Mass Effect
Started playing Mass Effect 2 and Life is Strange
Finished Episodes 1 and 2 of Life is Strange
Found out what the Grapefruit Technique is for some reason
Donated to Markiplier’s Charity Live Stream for Ablegamers
Kathryn mentioned my name (Icefire), my comment and thanked me for donating! :D
Purchased over $59 worth of games during Steam’s summer sale including Bioshock, Mirror’s Edge & Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition
Finished Life is Strange Episodes 3, 4 and 5 in the span of a few days
July
Played Blade Ballet for the 1st time
Played Monopoly and hung out at irl friend’s house for 3rd of July
Purchased Gone in November on Steam
Started watching Big Brother with my sister
Made a Yarny doll for the 1st time
Used an ATM for the 1st time
Attended Kitsune Kon for the 7th year
Almost didn’t make it to the con because I had stomach issues the morning of the con
Bought a lot of buttons, posters and dvd’s, etc from the con
Debuted my Yarny cosplay at the con
Went swimming for the 1st time this year
Continued unpacking things from my dad’s apartment before he moves
Toured the college I’m attending in January for the 1st time
Had to redo my financial aid application
Learned how to transfer funds from savings account to debit card. Horray for adulting!
Discovered the joys of Etsy
Toured my dad’s new house for the 1st time
Attempted to expand my storage on my Mac as I’m starting to run outd
August
Discovered StoreEnvy
Finished Mass Effect 2 for the 1st time
Began my application for transferring to a 4 year college
Finally put my posters up in my room at my dad’s house
Went Up North with my mom’s family for a weekend
Wore a bikini in public for the 1st time
Purchased VIP tickets to the Evanescence Concert
Bought VIP tickets for the 1st time
Found out my dad got engaged
Found and caught my 1st ever Shiny Pokemon (Shiny Haunter in Moon)
Tried VR for the 1st time
Went camping with my dad, his girlfriend and her family for a weekend
Started my 3rd and last semester at the technical college I’m at
Purchased Layers of Fear, Bioshock 2 and Remember Me on Steam
September
Met my dad and his fiancee’s new cats Ying and Yang
Officially got Accepted into the 4 year college I applied to
Finished Mass Effect 2 for the 2nd time
Started Mass Effect 3
Downloaded Origin
Bought tickets to see Diavolo from America’s Got Talent
Suffered from allergies for most of September
October
Attended an Employee appreciation day at my job
Visited a Counselor regarding my transfer to a 4 year college
Ordered a Christmas gift from my job
Finished Mass Effect 3 for the 1st time
Pre-registered for Kitsunekon 2018
Ate a fried egg sandwich for the 1st time
Submited my AP scores to my new college
Found a spring jacket that I lost back in Spring
Found over $20 in said jacket
Got an unofficial tour of the campus I’m going to in January by friend
Went to see Diavolo on tour 
Played The Old City: Leviathan on Steam
My job got a bunch of renovations (paint, appliances, new products, etc)
Purchased Soma, realMyst, Plague Inc, Undertale and other walking simulators during Steam Halloween Sale
Attempted to play Penumbra Black Plague but dealt with screen resolution issues
Started playing Layers of Fear on Steam
Caught Primal Kyogre with just one quick ball in Pokemon Alpha Sapphire
Finally beat Pokemon Alpha Sapphire after over a year of not touching the game
November
Turned in my “final” report for my Technical Reporting class
Went back to playing Pokemon Moon
Signed up for my classes for January
Finally got to see Thor Ragnarok in theaters after 4 years of waiting!
Got my “final” report graded, 96%!
Got back into the Thor fandom
Got my mom some bubble wrap and salt water taffy for her birthday (she loved it)
Started playing Overwatch for the 1st time
Discovered You Suck at Cooking Youtube Channel
Purchased a bunch of games for Black Friday (Overwatch, Dragon Age II and Inquisition, indie games, etc)
December
Had my annual review at the Gas Station I worked at and got a raise!
Went to see Evanescence in Concert for the 1st time since 2011!
Went to Madison for the 1st time in about 4 years (last time was just a few days before I started my Tumblr account)
Tried sweet Sauerkraut for the 1st time, it tasted okay but it was kind of strange eating sweet sauerkraut
Got my best friend some bubble wrap as a gag gift for his birthday
Went to my sister’s holiday choir concert
Finished a final and got a 90% on it (Ethics Class)
Procrastinated on said final and other final project
Got introduced to Round Planet by BBC
Finished Season 7 of Overwatch Competitive with Silver Rank
Started getting invested in Yugioh (abridged and the manga) 
Got the Synthesis (Evanescence) album for Christmas
Also got Pokemon Ultra Sun AND Ultra Moon for Christmas
My dad officially got married so I now have a step-family as of this month
Didn’t get to go to their wedding (it’s a long story)
Worked in Receiving at my job for the 1st time 
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