So it’s my Aunts birthday today and I find it funny that the only left handed person wrote on the left and everyone who was right handed wrote on the right.
so about the ship thing . . . Have you heard of a little guy called Sailor Dee? They showed up in Revenge of Meta Knight as part of Meta Knight's crew, and I think a couple other times in minigames and merch. I imagine he'd be braver than the average dee since he works for MK, so maybe they'd be able to power through the ick reaction like Bandee
hmmm... i think you might be onto something!
might be about to give bandee a run for his money, perhaps. speaking of... here's a little bonus:
Okay I just realised this but Vasco's two moles under his eyes reminded me of this old saying that two moles directly under the eyes mean you get bad luck in relationships. Intentional or not, this detail is a nice little easter egg to his relationship with Machete and any he had beforehand!
my dads car wasn't working very well so he called the mechanics and he put it on speakerphone and i nearly had a heart attack THE GUY SOUNDED SO MUCH LIKE ETHO
interesting thing i noticed: Phil in particular has this weird thing going on with the Luzu/Arin lore and the code lore and their links.
To quickly explain what I mean: Phil was one fo the first people to see the code. Phil also got the co-ords to Luzu's computer from the code. That time Phil got attacked while he was babysitting like 4 eggs was in front of Luzu's house. Also, the code impersonated his children first and today those messages were sent when Phil was the only other person online.
Now this may be that: a) its just a coincidence; b) this is just the admins way to keep Phil involved in lore; c) theres more to this. which one is it? no idea. I just think its smth to keep in mind.
actually there's no actual canon that the drakes sent tim to boarding school at 8, it's just something we've collectively decided because. that's generally the absolute youngest age that boarding schools will take, and even that's kind of rare tbh
idk whats a better situation for lord huron existing as a band in their own universe:
being some mysterious cosmic force/spirits that both metaphorically and literally haunt the Whispering Pines studio playing all these songs as a way of capturing/reliving the stories that created them for a reason we will never fully understand
Had a really good conversation with my therapist yesterday that has left me feeling better about life & the future than I have in... months, honestly (which also has me feeling really good about her ability to help me continue sorting through things).
I was talking about my distress about the future and in particular what I'm going to do when I graduate, since grad school isn't the most stable option, and she pointed out that since I was spiraling over hypotheticals, maybe it made sense to simply make up my mind about the first step, since applying to grad school is hardly the same as committing to grad school. And she was so right. I am so good at feeling like I need to make the right, perfect decision -- especially after making mistakes with school in the past -- that I have been worrying myself into depressive spirals over what the "right" decision is here. But making up my mind to at least apply and find out what my options are is a decision, that will give me a lot more information in the long run than paralysis over if it's "okay" to apply at all.
It'll still take a lot of work, obviously, and l don't know if I'll even get in anywhere, much less actually commit to doing a PhD if I do. But it has taken such an incredible weight off my shoulders just to say "Okay, I am going to apply, what next?" Because it means I can put all that nervous energy to actual use! Instead of spiraling the next time I start thinking about my options in the future, I can go do research on different PhD programs (without feeling guilty the whole time, like I have been until now)! I can ask my favorite professors for advice! I can reach out to current grad students to ask what they think of their advisors! All of which is actually productive and will help me make the most informed choice I can if and when the time comes, instead of ruminating endlessly on what the "best" one is!
TL;DR -- my therapist is very smart and understands me and the things my brain gets stuck on in a big way, and her advice has dislodged literal months of extremely disordered thinking just like that. Because now I feel like I've made a choice and have something to work towards. And also like I can breathe.