21st of Nov. 2020: *checks watch* nope still not dead!

But wow man this place sure is a shadow of its former self *whistles*

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20th of Nov. 2016: I'm not dead!

I'm doing OK, working and dealing with my mental health as well as I can. I won't be back here, though. I've started creating content for The Sims 3. As for anime, I've left it behind mostly.

If any of my old friends end up reading this - the years together have been great, and I still get nostalgic about them sometimes. Hope life is treating you well!~

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8th of Nov. 2015: For anyone wondering what's happened to me

Simply put, I grew distant from TheO. The fine folks here have nothing to do with it, you all are still amazing (and I feel awful for missing so many birthdays >_<). Tagging on Minitokyo took up a lot of my time, and I gradually found myself visiting TheO less and less, until it got to literally months between visits. Hell, I don't even think I can remember my password, thank God Firefox has the option to save them.

I'm also not that interested in anime anymore - I mean, I like the style and still add to my collection of eye candy, but I don't feel the need to keep up with new releases. I've got my gigs of old manga and am pretty much satisfied with that. Art-wise, the same: haven't felt the drive to pick up or finish a work in months, probably as a result of my passion for anime fizzling out. I'm still playing The Sims 3, and have picked up Doom too (love them custom WADs!).

Anyway, if you made it this far, thanks for the visit. Drop me a line on Minitokyo if you feel like it.
Hope all is well with you, and a huge thanks for the support. Take care.

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I gave my cat a haircut (?) yesterday

I think she still resents me for it.

Short list-type update


Taken from one of the classrooms. That's a different college, not mine.

I finally saw Twilight. Still not sure if I'll give it a proper review on MoRants, since I'm kind of pressed for time. Have already done a crossover Nostalgia Critic-style review for it anyway, I dread the upcoming editing. 2 hours of rants and cutting movie and sound clips *weeps*

Still busy with college. And this is what you get for reading almost zilch all semester, kids. I have a project due Monday, which I haven't even started and haven't even read the materials for. It's only 200 pages, I'll manage.

No "serious" PS work. Aside from the icons I posted a few days ago, I've only been using PS to scan and edit documents for my mom. I sorta got another scanner 2 days ago, which really helped (and using two scanners at the same time is badass). No time or inspiration for wallpapers or cards or anything of the like, though I am hoping to enter at least one e-card challenge in the near future c:

Can't wait for Eurovision! It's kind of a custom of mine to keep away from the songs until the final, so I can hear them all at once. Plus, I watch it with my mom, call it a way of bonding if you will c: I'm really looking forward to discovering more awesome songs and artists! I'm having doubts about Romania's entry - haven't heard the song itself but I'm not that keen on the band, and I'm more interested in other countries' entries -, but I'll be going into it with a neutral mindset anyway.

That's about it for now, I'm more or less a lurker again (see new title) but I'll be popping by from time to time to comment/fave/hug stuff c: Hoping everyone's doing fine, and good luck with exams if you're also going through this! ^_^

Open Gates Week!


Just enjoying a day in the park; I'm the one on the right, the one on the left is my good friend Raluca c:

Yes, the title does sound stupid but it's a literal translation ^^" It's basically a week (Monday-Friday) when we welcome the young 'uns who're almost out of high school, to visit and see just what the college is about. It's quite a lot of work and there's a LOT of running around to be done. Oh boy, I just had to get involved.

All in all I'm not disappointed with it, it's a pretty fun experience. I was originally on the Online Graphics team but also joined the Field Team 'cause a few groupmates ditched Raluca because they suddenly wanted to attend classes instead of, y'know, doing what they signed up to do (traitors!). As in, parading the high schools and speaking to the minds of the future about why our college rocks and they should all flock to join it.

First day was...moderate: we couldn't speak to the highschoolers because the principal hadn't announced our arrival to anyone, even though we'd contacted her 5 days before coming. OK, so at least we got to give away stickers and duct-tape posters. Fun.
For the second (and last) time, we went to one of the most prestigious highschools in the country, where we had to wait for 3 other presentations to end before we could intervene =.= As in, wait from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., just sitting around and listening because the others were obviously better organized than us.

The first presentation was about some Dutch university; 'twas nothing groundbreaking. Then came one about a Romanian-American university, which was beyond boring: they brought an old teacher (the type that would ramble incessantly about their life for hours), who ruined whatever bit of charisma the main speaker had. And the last presentation was about safety in traffic - 'twas pretty entertaining, they brought a member of a local band (whom I never cared for, personally), but he had SO much charisma that it was mindbending. Anyone who can make people laugh at traffic accidents either has sociopaths for a public or is Satan himself.

Worst part is that this week was "Different Week" (or something like that, plagued by literal translation again), a week-long program running in grade and high schools which is meant to educate kids about culture and the likes. Me and other two girls went to visit the National Museum of Art on Wednesday and there were SO MANY HIGHSCHOOLERS. LAUGHING. MAKING STUPID JOKES. STARING AT ONLY PAINTINGS OF NAKED WOMEN. Sigh. If I were a guard there, I'd go insane after one day of dealing with them >_< As a consequence, 90% of this fair city's grade- and highschoolers were out and about instead of coming to school to sit their asses down and listen to us. And who could blame them, really?

And now you know why I haven't been around since February c:

Forget about putting BL wall on phone

Be greeted by this at 2 a.m.*...

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...and then by this:

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* pictures actually taken today, right before posting this