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What Are You Happy About Today?

Also happy because I’ve been thinking about things lately and my mom, and decided starting today I’m going to aim for writing at least a bit in my book every day, even if it’s not much. I know I said I was going to before, but now I’m really serious about it. What got me interested in continuing it was this short blurb I wrote about myself:

“I’d like to explain my challenges so you can understand me better. Having autism changes how I think about things and the world, and also limits how well I perform at social interactions. It makes it difficult to keep up with others sometimes, especially when the topic involves some sort of social aspect.

But it can also be a great strength as well. It gives me good memorization skills, which are solidified as long as I use them, it makes me able to learn and do things at a good pace, and while it does vary by person, I’d like to believe it also helps shape the kind, hard-working, dedicated person I am.

The number one misconception about people with Aspergers/ASD is that we won’t ever be able to move through life at the same pace as others, that we won’t ever amount to anything more than them. But that is incorrect. I want to do great things in life and I believe (company) will help me get started by giving me the experience and skills I need to make an impact. Because as of today, right this very moment, I am here to tell you that I am challenging the status quo about people with disabilities. I am going to work as hard as I can my entire life and prove that even if you have a disability you can accomplish just as much as anyone else can. After all, all of life’s differences are what makes the world so beautiful. Thank you.”

The inspiration for writing that came from one of the opening cutscenes in Black Clover, specifically this one (that plays before every episode starts):

“The Clover Kingdom. In this kingdom where magic is everything, there is one boy who can’t use magic. His name is Asta. With guts and hard work, he made it into the Magic Knights, and he never gave up, despite how much he got hurt. He continues to diligently aim for the top! Even if you are a peasant, or even if you’re poor… anyone in this world can still shine! He’s working hard to prove that, and to become the Wizard King!”

:)
 
my head is finally free from long hair '-')9 the pandemic happened right before i was going to get a haircut and i decided to let it grow longer so i could donate it! i missed having short hair -- it's a lot more convenient.

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before and after doodles
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also for fun: my sister's first reaction was "you remind me of asahi (ffxiv)."
not sure how i feel about that, but i do like him.
 
Mistreil said:
my head is finally free from long hair '-')9 the pandemic happened right before i was going to get a haircut and i decided to let it grow longer so i could donate it! i missed having short hair -- it's a lot more convenient.

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before and after doodles
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also for fun: my sister's first reaction was "you remind me of asahi (ffxiv)."
not sure how i feel about that, but i do like him.
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Short hair club! I bet that transformation feels amazing and far lighter! I just got my hair cut to the same length as Kanna Makino from Tamako Market and it feels great not having hair on my neck.
 
saying that today was an absolute ****show would be an understatement, but it wasn’t all bad! i’m definitely ready for bed, though, and am hoping that tomorrow will be way less chaotic. 😅

🎨 found a video on youtube that i’ve been looking for for a while.
🧚🏻‍♀️ obtained the yellow rose collectible!! thank you so much again, @_Donut_! 💛🥺
🌿 began watching dead like me! i was shocked to find out that it first aired almost 20 years ago, but i’m really enjoying it so far and am looking forward to watching more of it!
🌈 had a yummy dinner.
🎨 managed to tidy up my room a bit.
🧚🏻‍♀️ started on, finished and submitted my flag design idea for my camp bell tree cabin! the quality is honestly atrocious, but i still had a lot of fun making it and am happy that it was accepted as well!

there’s also a few things that made me happy that happened after i posted yesterday, so i’ll include them here since i’m lowkey too lazy to go and edit my post from yesterday LOL;

🌿 obtained the stale cake collectible and now finally have all 3 cake collectibles!! i was able to buy it for a great price as well! tysm again, @BluebearL! 💖
🌈 received a compliment on my collectible lineup from @Kirbyz!! i wasn’t expecting it, but it genuinely made my entire night. she’s such a sweetheart and i appreciate her kindness so much. 🥺 <3
 
• I have a job interview tomorrow for a cleaning job. Of all the jobs I’ve had, cleaning jobs were basically my strong point. I’d sometimes stop what I’m doing at other jobs just to clean the area, so I think cleaning jobs are what I’m meant to do. I know they’re not the most luxurious of jobs, but I can clean well.
• I think I’ve been stressed out from my previous job, but I’ve finally had the chance to rest. I had the motivation to vacuum my room today and it was long overdue. The past few days have been tough, but my motivation is coming back. A toxic workplace can really harm your mental health if you don’t get out while you can.
• I get to spend time with my chocolate lab tomorrow. He stays with my grandma because I stay in an apartment which doesn’t allow dogs.
 
  • Spent some more time doing time trial laps in Gran Turismo 5. I only drove four cars, but they did take up a lot of time since they all handled differently from each other. One went, "Nah, I don't really feel like it" when I want to turn while applying the throttle, one thinks that spinning is a good trick just as I exit a corner, while the last two thinks they're a Beyblade despite me being careful with the steering and throttle lol. Though, adapting my driving style and finding the limits feels great, especially when I get a great lap time with little to no mistakes! At the same time, my lap time consistency is showing signs of improvement as I'm really poor in that area.
FT565 Twin Turbo Audi TT (Fun fact, the tuner which is called HPA Motorsports, is a Canadian company!)
Art Morrison Corvette
Lotus Elise 111R
Race modified version of the Lotus Elise 111R

  • Cooked food once again for my family.
  • I finally got around to make a flag design for The Poliwags (my cabin team) and finished it on the same day. While it's really simple, I'm sure getting 10 extra points for the submission is a big help regardless! And it's also really nice seeing some people make a flag despite having little drawing skills. Your contributions are greatly appreciated. :)
 
  • My best friend surprised me at work near the end of my shift and gave me a milkshake, and we also hung out for a few hours after work
  • I saw quite a few of my friends around which was unexpected but nice, I hadn't seen a few of them in a while too
  • I had a REALLY good dinner (I doubt anyone else here has been to Pittsburgh or lives there so most won't even know the place I'm talking about, but Primanti Brothers really hits the spot for me)
  • I NARROWLY missed a crazy storm, it started basically as soon as I got home
  • I've been having a lot of fun playing Miitopia and overall, things have been looking up for me it seems! This is the least stressed and down I've felt in a while especially compared to how I was doing last year, I'm glad I'm going in the right direction it seems
 
Well not much happened but here goes:
-Finally got the new backdrop that I wanted yay!
-Got to draw some more today. It's going to be mario kart related, and I'm proud of it so far
-my tbt anniversary is coming up! Technically the real one is in November-ish, 2018 from when I found the site, but my account anniversary is on the 16th. I plan to give away tbt, so rip my purple bat potion and blue star fragment savings.
-Watched bébé's kids again because it's a good movie that deserves more attention
-Beat captain toad's fiery finale! It was pretty hard, and I didn't get the stamp, but at least I beat it. Also halfway through the mystery house in world crown as well.
As for champions road, well, I haven't tried it yet
-Oh and I got ohare's poolside thingy whatever it's called the one that unlocks the memory in pocket camp! I never unlocked a memory that way, so I thought I was really lucky
 
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Today was a kinda meh day but I am happy that I finished my flag design. I think some of it looked better not colored and I wasn’t sure whether to go light green or dark green for middle area, so first I went light and darkened it after seeing the color didn’t look well with the dark green i used for top and bottom, then I ended up coloring over all but a little but of that with black because I thought some of the drawing would look better on a darker color. Aside from that, I’m pretty happy how it turned out.☺️
 
I got my second shot of Biontech and found cute AC mugs 🎉

I watched a video of Robert Smith from The Cure as a guest performer at a recent Gorillas concert. He’s my favourite musician of all time and he’s quite private so it was so nice to see him again 💜 (Maybe put out the new Cure album sir, it’s been 13 years)

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