PurpleHello98

Yesterday seemed to span the whole emotional range for me. When I first woke up, I was really nervous because I went over to Grey's apartment for the first time! He lives with his brother and sister-in-law, and I was terrified to meet his family for the first time! But they were both really nice, and according to Grey had good first impressions of me. Phew!

After that, I was just happy. I love spending time with Grey, and I'm basically addicted at this point. He has a calming presence, and he says I do, too. We watched some TV in his living room (Supernanny and Dance Moms, as expected from my highly sophisticated palate) and then we snuggled up under some blankets in his room and watched Wendigoon until we had lunch---which my highly skilled boyfriend made! I swear, he knows how to do everything. He can also play instruments, and draw, and edit videos and animate and probably like twenty other things!! Anyways, he made us some yummy fettucine alfredo and then we played some Minecraft for a few short minutes until we worked on a project for my creative writing class that he's helping with---we have to do something artistic that's outside the realm of creative writing, so I got him with his artistic multi-hyphenated-ness to help me! We worked on that for a while and then I had to go home. :( But I get to see him again tomorrow! :)

Then I kind of did nothing for a few hours---it was very relaxing. In the evening, however, I went out with my parents to their traditional Tuesday night dinner, and that's where it got more stressful. Firstly, my highly sensitive dad (/s) misgendered me and honestly, it feels like he isn't even trying to accept me as trans. It feels like a little thing to be so upset about but it was the cherry on top of my annoyances. My mum was asking what all stuff I had left to do for my study abroad semester and she meant well by it, but it stressed me out because there's a lot of stuff to do and I don't fully understand a lot of it. And I'm tired because I haven't been able to get to sleep at a decent/early time since coming back for Thanksgiving---not that I was getting enough sleep beforehand, but it's worse. So all this amounted to me being crabby. Thankfully, I had driven separately from my parents, so I left early (they're friends with one of the owners of their favourite restaurant and their chats tend to go till very late) and drove around town with my iPod on the car stereo to blow off some steam before going home.

And then I rewatched some clips of Crash Landing On You, one of my favourite K-dramas, and sobbed.

So yeah, yesterday took me through probably each one of the major emotions. Today I actually got a lot of stuff done for once, so I've been pretty happy today, and I think I'm going to have a good day tomorrow! As long as my Mean Aunt doesn't start anything at Thanksgiving---although it would be a shame not to be able to use the speech I developed in my head in case that happens, as I'm kind of proud at some of the stuff in there. If it went well, that is, and didn't end in me being disowned by the entire family. But in any case, I get to hang out with Grey tomorrow morning! So I'll at least have a highlight of my day. Toodles!

So yesterday, my mother and I were at a strip mall to get me some new school clothes (ugh, less than three weeks), and whilst we were there, we stopped at a dollar store. And me being me, what should've been a $5 trip turned into a $20 trip. I got two tubes of lip gloss (I LOVE LIP GLOSS), one a bright pink and one a subtler lip colour. I also got a little blending sponge thingamajig, some gum, some cookies n creme chapstick that I could not resist, and an apple cinnamon candle.

I've also been on the hunt for some nice concealer recently and at said dollar store shopping stree, I thought I had found the perfect product. Or at least the best one that I had seen in any dollar store. It was the lightest shade they had available (or should I say lighter? They only had two shades.) and in the bad dollar store lighting, I thought it was a pretty great match for my skin tone. But let's see what happens when we contrast my pale, could-probably-pass-for-a-vampire-because-I-rarely-go-outside skin and this tan, pretty-much-the-colour-of-khaki-dress-pants concealer. So yeah, that's two tubes of concealer I probably won't use. But on the upside, maybe if I scuff my wooden desk I can use it to cover it up.

Also, for some reason I've been obsessed with Gordon Ramsay clips on YouTube recently. Like I've spent maybe 1/3 of my YouTube-watching time over the past few days watching Hell's Kitchen, Hotel Hell, and like all of his shows. I've also watched some more Murder, She Wrote, and I think I love that programme more and more with each episode!

Also, I woke up this morning to rain. Thank God! And I can see the forecast through Thursday, and none of the days have a high above twenty-nine degrees! YES! The heat index recently was above forty degrees, so this is a WELCOME change.

Also, in quickfire news, the other day I was making some Kraft Dinner for lunch, and I meant to cook half a box of pasta. I put in the corresponding amount of water to half of a box of Kraft Dinner, but only after I accidentally added a whole box of pasta. I'm just glad my "not thinking whilst cooking" incident was when I was making Kraft Dinner, not something that can explode or something. (I'd hope Kraft Dinner isn't explosive).

But the weirdest thing about all of that is that somehow I managed to eat an ENTIRE BOX of Kraft Dinner. It was just a box's worth of microwaved macaroni and cheese, but by the way I acted, you'd think I'd just singlehandedly devoured an entire Christmas dinner meant for a family of ten.

But yeah, anyways, that's all that I have to talk about tonight, so I'll talk to you all later. Bye!

So yesterday and today, I've been trying to come up with a little tune to serve as the intro for my video diaries. I've made the channel icon and banner 80s-themed/vapourwave, in addition to my website's new logo, which is 80s-inspired, so I wanted it to sound 80s-esque. However, so far, though I've watched videos and dug through Garageband, I can't seem to find anything that sounds how I want it to. I've come up with a short draft, but even that seems a bit too simple, and the only 80s-style bits about it are that the drum loop I used was labelled "80s" and I used synthesizers for it that some guy on YouTube recommended. But alas, I had to resort to royalty-free music, though I think it's pretty cool royalty-free music.

I've also been watching some Sarah Millican clips on YouTube recently. She's a British comedian who has posted a lot of her clips as well as three of her standup shows to YouTube and they're hilarious! If I'm just having a so-so day, then I can pop one of her shows on and be laughing a ton and it'll just brighten my day!

Also, today, I (begrudgingly) went out for dinner for the first time since COVID, with my parents there as well. I had myself some toasted ravioli and french fries, which were both amazing, and my parents chatted with the owner for a bit before we made our way home. I also, of course, watched more Facts of Life this morning, which (other than two taped episodes I watched yesterday) were the first Facts of Life that I've watched this week, as yesterday, when Facts of Life normally airs, there was a marathon of Married with Children on. I don't know how long it was on for before I checked, but I looked at the TV guide feature thing on the TV at about 11 AM, and it was on until ELEVEN PM! How can you watch one show for so long?

Anyways, that's pretty much all that I have to talk about, so I'll talk to you all later. Bye!

Hey, I'm back! So quite a few things have happened recently. First off, I've been watching more Facts of Life, and apparently it's on weekdays from 11 AM to around 4 PM, so that's around 10 episodes a day! Anyways, I really love the show and I love laying on the couch and watching it. Also, because of The Facts of Life, I've started to love 80s/90s design, and I kinda like the vapourwave aesthetic. I may well redesign the site around that in the future, but I'd have to do a lot of experimenting first, so I don't eff it up. But I did manage to make an 80s-inspired logo for this site, however, which you might find around the site soon.

Also, I've been considering being a Vtuber after one of my favourite YouTubers, Wolfychu, made a livetreaming Vtuber channel where she makes gaming videos, and I kinda wanna do the same. If you don't know what a Vtuber is, it's a YouTuber or Twitch streamer who, instead of using their face, use 2D or 3D characters, which are normally anime-inspired.

Other than that, my grandparents stopped by today as my grandpa had a doctor's appointment in the city I live in, and we watched some Facts of Life, and my grandma gave me $20. It was the first time that I'd seen them in quite a while, so it was pretty fun!

But yeah, that's pretty much all, and I'm gonna go now. Bye!

So spring break is over! :( Honestly, last week was a super great week. I think being able to sleep in until 8:30 instead of the 7:30 that I normally wake up at definitely helped! I've been writing some more on my new WIP, and it's coming along really nicely! One of the best parts of the writing process is when you're processing your story's plot in your mind and you come up with a super great addition/plot point to add!

Recently, I've also watched The Lizzie Bennet Diaries on YouTube, which, if you don't know, is basically the story of Pride and Prejudice retold in a modern view through the medium of vlogging, and it's super entertaining! I watched all 100 episodes in about 2 days! You should all go watch it (after you've finished checking out my site, of course!)

So, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries got me thinking: what if I made my own video diaries? I'm still unsure about it, but if I decide to make video diaries, you all here will be the first to know!

In quickfire "other news",

1. I want to find out how to make a gallery feature for the Verivery page on my site, so if anyone knows how to do that, then please comment on my guestbook!
2. I've been reading a lot of books by Sarah Dessen, and they're great! You all should go read her books.
3. At some point, I had a flashback to Glove and Boots, a YouTube channel that I absolutely loved back in around 2016 and 2017! It seems they stopped making content back in 2019/2020, though which is super sad, but after checking one of their Twitter accounts, it seems that they've just been held up by COVID.

Happy almost Valentine's day! I want a boyfriend :( So this morning you might've noticed that I added pages to the blog, which I did so I don't end up with like 53 posts on one page. I've also been watching a lot of unsolved mysteries/internet mysteries on YouTube, because they've been super interesting to me recently. It's a bit odd that I like them so much, since I've never been one for horror/creepy things, but they're just so... interesting??? Anyways I'm gonna go watch some more and do some writing, so ttyl!