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Wouldn’t want to forgo tradition so, here!

Happy Birthday!!!!!

You’ve been alive for not only another year, but also for another decade! Congrats! How does it feel?

I hope you’ve been having a fantastic day and have gotten good wishes from people around you.

Also hope you’ve been eatin’ and sleepin’ well. Very important.

Take care and see ya around!

Boo~! Happy Halloween! Spooky day is here!

... Oh wait, I'm late again, am I not? Whoops.

I'll have you know I was On Time when I started writing this but then [insert multiple excuses]. Which is why it's now past 10 pm and I'm still writing. Uh-huh.

So yeah, let's pretend it's still October 31st!

I wanted to add code and hyperlinks with halloween-ish decorations and colors in this but alas, it's late now. I'll add them sometime later, I suppose. In the meanwhile, please use your imagination to make this message thematically successful (despite no longer being the right day!!!)

I also said 'spooky day' but nothing's spookier than existential dread and that's an everyday thing amirite! ... Wait, is this too dark? Dark chocolate dark is a good dark-level but I feel I might've crossed that (sweet) line a while ago. My apologies.

Nowadays I mostly go on about time and adulting (that I mostly don't do much of) and little things I've played or watched, don't I? (And then, I also go on about how I only go on about those very same topics. Inception!)

That's how it is usually, but this time there's something New that I've been keeping under wraps (hehe, like a mummy, right?) for a while. Because even if I've been fretting about it over the past 4 months or so, I wasn't sure it was going to, uh, work? Yeah. Still not sure but it seems to be coming along, I guess? I hope? Yeah, I hope.

So, the thing is... I'm going abroad for a Master's starting next year for a program that I sloppily applied for back in June and that for the life of me I couldn't have foreseen I'd get accepted for. ... Wow, that's one long sentence. I lost my breath just writing it.

Ehem. So, yes, I applied for the program, had a couple of interviews, then sometime after I received a phone call and an email saying I was in, and in less than a month suddenly everything turned upside down. Like... A bat? The animal. Not the sports equipment. I meant the thematically appropriate, terribly punny option. C'mon, please laugh, I'm trying my best at my sit-down comedy act here.

Anyway, I can't help but wonder. Did they make a mistake during the selection process? Maybe. Did I still get in? Well, it looks like it! Maybe they liked my jokes. Doubtful, but who knows. I mean, you do, don’t you? (Please don't answer.)

In short, this means I'll be moving to an unfamiliar city, going back to school (yays but yikes) and living alone for the first time in my life… within two months or so? Uhhhh, hopefully I don't die? My corpse is only worth 28000€ after all. Certain conditions apply. Haha. help.

It also means I'll be in CET time zone for the next 2 years or so. Or perhaps more, who knows. Plus my little tropical body and I are arriving in the middle of winter So May God Help Us. I am about to be icicled. Benumbed. Frozen. But no letting go.

A nice thing is that my time has finally come to use that one meme about the S being silent. Expanding my repertoire is truly a joyous occasion. If there is something that neither time nor temperature changes can take away from me is memes and dad jokes. Y'know me. … Um, my condolences about that.

It's all honestly quite nerve-wracking and one of these days I felt so overwhelmed I decided to play Outlast for the first time in 5 years or so because no monster can scare me more than reality can! Come at me, you ugly creatures! (Or so I said, but I didn't progress very far in-game. I'll try again soon.)

So yeah, this has been my 2nd update of the year.

Hope things are going alright for you! Please stay warm and enjoy fall for me, will ya. And winter when it comes, 'cause I'm not sure how much I'll be able to enjoy it myself. Hopefully I do? I can't be too sure. Summer seems scarier though. We'll see. Or rather, I'll feel (?)

Yes, I shall feel. Such is the destiny of a human being.

Lastly, any tips or wise words of advice you may have are very welcome, I'm writing it all down! (Please help, I literally don't know what I'm doing.)

Thank you for getting this far, I hope you didn't cringe too much!

Take care, see you around!

hello!!! it’s been… (checks calendar) way too long, sorry. i don’t remember getting the “procrastination skills leveled up!” message but seems like i keep getting XP points for that, whoops.

i hope you had a nice Christmas… and New years… and Easter… and Labour Day! yay!

sounds like you’ve got a tough work schedule… hope you’re doing okay and making sure to rest on your free days. also, you better not stifle any flames except your candles, sir. unless you’re a fireman, i guess. but, um, wait, there’s a caveat here: if there’s an emergency, please do stifle any flames needed AND call the firefighters. i’m supposed to be an adult, y’know, gotta make sure i say responsible things (?).

we’re still stickin’ around ‘ere, huh. ‘s always kinda funny to see how some things haven’t changed, ain’t it?

i finished OMORI a while ago and i thought about saying something. i really did, but somehow i didn’t. man, that was a ride. it took me 9 months to get to the end; it was exhausting at times. i spent a painstaking amount of time exploring and tried my best to be thorough yet still missed some things here and there (which, honestly, kind of irks me a tiny itty bit. please don’t mind me and my slightly obsessive gaming tendencies). but, to put it short, yeah, i understand and share your love. it certainly left its mark on me.

good luck on your hikikomori route playthrough! hopefully i will do mine soon enough. well, technically i’m already on that route IRL lmao. … jkjk it’s all good.

now that you mention it… the soundtrack!!! gosh, it’s so good. there’s so much emotion and little leitmotifs… when i first entered the junkyard and Stardust Diving started playing… man, that song rules. it sounds like friendship and i will never get over it methinks. plus every boss battle song is a bop. it’s a fantastic soundtrack to be sure.

i also made Lovesick - 80,000 Lightyears my alarm since, what, January? can’t say having to wake up for work every day is the most joyous of occasions but it’s nice waking up to melodies i love. glad i’m not the type to hate alarms.

lately i’ve tried watching more films. the four i’ve watched this year so far has nearly outdone my pathetic record for last year, lol. if i’m allowed the overly sentimental comment, i loved Aftersun and can’t think about it without tearing up. i’m not sure that’s a good thing or not, but it is what it is, i suppose. sun kissed nostalgia and parental figures trying to do their best for kids are just up my alley.

so, yes. congratulations on your special day! go on and savor your coffee today! breathe in some fresh air whenever you can, too. hope you get to eat some delicious cake and meals and rejoice in the warmth and company of loved ones! hope you get some cool presents (and hey, the ones you gift yourself also count!) and that you get to enjoy tons of things—films and music and games and books and dreams and jokes and food and sleep and so many, many, many other nice things.

wish you the best today and every other day.

take care and see ya ‘round!

wow! would you look at that! a wild message appeared! gotta catch 'em all! (not that there's that many, whoops)

so yeah! hello!!!

it's been such a long while, it's a little embarrassing, hehe... but well, that's how some things are nowadays.

we all know what day it is today so here's the thing:

💓🎁🎄♥✩•̩̩͙*˚⁺‧͙⁺˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚⁺‧Merry Christmas!!!·⁺˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚⁺‧͙⁺˚*•̩̩͙✩♥🎄🎁💓

i hope you're having some very happy, cozy holidays full of delicious food, joy and warmth while surrounded by people you care about! i wish you the best!ヽ(*＾▽＾)ノ

also hope you’re taking care and staying warm! don't freeze out there, please!

rooting for you from this corner of the world. cheers~ enjoy your winter break~

see ya around!

i hope you’re well and having a fantastic day! i wish you the absolutely best (today and forever)! enjoy your birthday~ ☆*ヾ(-∀・*)*+☆

here’s a cake with too few candles! ( * ´ω｀*)ﾉ”┌iiiiiiii┐♡

please take care!!! (●o’∪`o)ノ―♪`*.+

hi! thank you for your good wishes and a very cute rainbow message! and i get you, i’ve sort of lost my touch in that area, too. my, it’s hard getting old.

worry not, sailor. ‘tis okay. it’s hard work being the captain of one’s ship, ain’t it? the seas may get rocky or the wind fail. sometimes a faulty compass leads one astray. sometimes one wishes to go below the dock, hoping someone else could take over. or wish to dock somewhere, for just a bit. and sometimes one sinks, and boy, does it suck.

perhaps we can meet on the sea floor sometime, maybe go for some underwater tea. albeit the taste will surely be sal-tea. hah. be sure to pack enough oxygen, alright?

i did eat cake! twice! scrumptious chocolate cake. good stuff. plus i got kind words and received a good stock of supplies for life adventures. all in all, it was a nice birthday.

cheers from the other side of the world (still)! please take care!

hello!!! how are you?

it’s been a while, hasn’t it? what, more than half a year? oh gosh, that’s on me. time has gone by very quickly these past months and i’ve lost track of so many things. most things, really. but i digress.

perhaps it’s a little early (or not?) but! merry christmas!!!! i hope you’re doing well and taking care, and also that you’ve had a nice year despite the entire pandemic situation. hope things are okay there.

as for me, i wish i had enjoyed things a bit more this year but oh well, it happens. i guess it’s been tough for everyone.

in any case, i wish you a wonderful, happy and healthy holiday filled with tons of nice things! please stay warm and be safe!!! take care!!!

(also happy new year!!! hope you have a fantastic year, full of things you appreciate and enjoy.)

(oh, right. if you’re wondering, yes, this wasn’t there by the 24th. this message comes from the future, what a novelty! the year is 2022 and i still edit comments and add stuff afterwards. some things never change, do they?)

i’m very much late but i hope you’re having a nice day!!!

congratulations on another successful trip around the sun!!! please take care!!! stay healthy!!!

my present for you is exclamation marks!!! Here you go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i persevered.

and prevailed.

The Thing is finally done.

i am Free.

hi! coming back from hiatus (?) to say happy anniversary. you must know by now i like corny traditions. also, it’s aluminum or tin this time! very metal. also very fitting since my plans have been foiled.

it’s getting warmer now. hope you’re doing well!

happy new year～★!!!! ヽ(*´∀｀)ノ hope it will treat us well. please take care!!!

hi, merry christmas!!!! hope your holidays are very nice!!!!

hi again! i let the time blow by again and it’s december now. a bit colder. no eye drops here either.

as always, your advice is sound and wise and i’m terribly ashamed to say i’ve done EXACTLY the opposite thing… literally all year. the months have passed in a sort of blur of gnawing worry and i flung away most of the things that i enjoy in order to partake instead in some daily ritual of punishment into productivity. which, surprise! doesn’t work. should’ve known after the first months i guess. so yeah i haven’t watched movies or really played games or watched anime or read manga or… even listened to music? wow, that sounds bad. like. in the head.

of course, i retained some things for moments of respite like watching game playthroughs and reading some stuff and getting into two mobile games (without following the story!!!! because you cannot enjoy things!!!!) and yes, i know, this all sounds really, really dumb and that’s because IT IS.

in truth, it feels like i’m talking through a fever right now. like i used to at some point. before. it’s strange. now that i think about it, i haven’t written in months even for myself either so maybe today the clock just struck 12 and something snapped. i don’t know. i turned into a pumpkin? pumpkins do not worry, that’s nice. that’d be nice. the idea of being carved is damn scary though.

well i actually do know. it’s perhaps because i Finally made progress on the Thing due to managing to achieve the right mood. the result is Not Good At All and i’m waiting for a big scolding in return (whether this is my imagination overplaying it or if it’s a genuine possibility—i can’t say for sure anymore. i’d like if it was just my brain being bad. like usual.) but i still feel somehow lighter. it’s a little progress but progress nonetheless.
a tiny light in what? a year and two weeks? something of the sort. hopefully things work out and the light doesn’t go out. i know i haven’t (either of those things)

the air feels a little different. maybe because it’s december, maybe because of that. a little easier to breathe. just a teeny tiny itty bitty little bit. but it’s nice. still have work to do but. it’s nice. i’ll take it.

uhhh, pardon my deranged rant. getting old and re-engaging in old habits, huh. funny.

anyway i’m glad your year has been nice (and that you’re being nice to yourself unlike SOMEONE!!!!). i hope you continue to disconnect and enjoy things and discover new ones because it’s always nice to find happiness in little places all around. please take care and stay warm.

Your top 5 fills me with euphoria.

the passage of time is a strange thing nowadays.
like it’s somehow frozen but at the same time it’s clearly not.

productivity is hard.
a lot of time but so little done.
lingering fear.

and it’s been a while. so. yeah. hi!
hope you’re doing well. please take care.