I got rained on and I'm super sore + achy, but I had tons of fun today!!!! The Mt Vernon Flower Mart is back and we were in the market for more plants (aka, more peppers, since those were what we had the most success with last year), so Pat and I planned on meeting Liz there after they got off work. Pat ended up inviting Elio, since we hadn't seen him in awhile, and by chance he'd been planning on going today, too!!!

HOWEVER. I thought I was meeting Pat and Elio at the light rail stop by Pat's work, but Pat thought I was meeting them at the flower mart...so they left without me XD It's cool, I can handle taking the train alone...it was just really silly since they just left like RIGHT before I got there.

This meant I got off the light rail just as Liz was getting off work, so we walked over together~ We got maybe 30 seconds into our walk before we were like "hey, is it drizzling?" followed up by a torrential downpour. At least the nuis were safely in a waterproof ita bag!

Eventually, the rain cleared up and we made it the last block and a half to the flower market!!! AND!!!!!!!!!!!!!


we got to see a truly stunning rainbow ♥
I managed to whip up little bows for their ears this afternoon, just in time for the festival~~~~~~~ I was honestly really excited to go this year, not just because it's a fun tradition we've fallen into, but also because it was this time last year that Liz and I had truly fallen for Kohaku & Madara in a like... "oh, oh, this is gon' be an important one" ship feels kinda way. We walked around talking about Madara's love of impulse performances at street festivals and just...idk it was really nice ;w; I love them (kohamada and Liz).

So!!!! Returning this year with my decked out kohamada nuis...very special to me ♥

After that, we got the ever-important lemon sticks - since Elio had never had one! - and walked around, picking out plants. Honestly, the rain cut some of the heat, leaving the weather basically perfect for an evening at a street festival :D

( further images from the festival!!! )

While we were eating dinner - still at the flower market, but slightly fancier street food because it's in a sorta bougie area - someone came up and complimented the dress I was wearing, and then we ended up chatting a ton. They just moved into the area from out in the suburbs and seem similarly nerdy, so hopefully we've managed to make another local friend!!!

I'm in sooooo much pain from all the walking around, but overall today was good *w* I'm also too tired to figure out how to end this properly, sooooo bye? XD

.......what did I do yesterday and today??? XD Mostly played enstars and watched shit on youtube, I think? A riveting existence, I know.

Uhhhhh I changed my firefox theme for the first time since 2021? I'd been rocking a grayscale Persona 5 one - the stripe-y looking stars as a repeating pattern - but someone in the chat was talking about using a cute cherry blossom theme and then I wanted to look at cherry blossom themes because Kohaku and now I have a cute animated theme :D

CHANGE IS BIG, OKAY. I'm a creature of habit, especially with tech.

OH I KNOW SOMETHING EXCITING FOR MEEEEE!!!! Mayoi is less than 1000 fans away from rank A!!!!!


lookit him go he's so close
I love Mayoi ;w; He was one of my faves from the beginning and he's remained that way over the past year+ I've been playing. He's also gonna be the third character to hit rank A, after Kohaku and Madara ♥

maaaaaaybe I don't have a lot to update on because I've been having a bad pain week, so I just haven't done much :T Which sucks, but like, whatcha gonna do? Hopefully I'll feel better this weekend, since Alex is coming down on Saturday and I don't wanna feel like shit the whole time.

I still feel like crap. It's kinda like.......what, I got over being sick and got one, maybe two good days before I got knocked on my ass again???? That is decidedly unfair ;w;

And I just feel so whiny!!!!!!!!!!!!

BLUHHHHHHH.

I took an accidental nap in the middle of the afternoon :T Like, all I did today was lay on the couch and watch crap on YouTube, so what did I need a nap for? I guess because I'm in so much pain I'm not getting enough sleep??? idk.

At least I did something with my evening. Liz, Pat, and I went out to dinner at a Japanese place Pat found, and...they were unexpectedly swamped. We ended up waiting more than an hour for a table on a Thursday night. What???

It was really good, though!


the boys came along - because of course they did - and helped us with the karaage chicken :D
idk what else I wanted to talk about. I think I just wanted a break from making icons because I hate everything I make right now- probably because of how crummy I feel.

bluh bluh bluh.

Lemme share some good pictures of Lumos from the other night...maybe that will give me strength...

( black cats are so good )

Now, back to waiting for the enstars scout box to start...at 2 am...... :T

MY BIG BOY IS HERE!!!!!!


he's sooooo soft and squishy- very good for hugging ♥
I ended up picking a layout for killiansicons - I'm using a simple-ish one from made by tessisamess - but I have no idea what I actually wanna do with it...I was originally gonna try to do something besides enstars, but that's what I'm making the most icons of these days so???? idk. I was maybe thinking Kingdom Hearts?????? But also maybe Mayoi :T

tbh it's kind of a moot point right now because I'm still in paaaaaaain so like. I can't focus on anything ;w;

We did go grocery shopping last night at least, so I got more chocolate + easy meals and then almost threw up in the Lidl because I was in so much pain. This period is hitting a lot harder than usual D: I just wanna curl up in a ball and die until it's over...

ughgghhh

I also got some cute charms with the big Madara plush, but I forgot to take a proper pic of them...maybe I'll try redoing the kohamada ita bag later and include them...

LIZ AND I ARE SO FUCKING PUMPED WE KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE GOOD WE JUST KNEW IT AND AHHHHHHHHHHHHH IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


it's like edgy dark shotas the shuffle, how can I not like it????
Shinobu is the event 5*, thank fuck, however.....boyyyyyyy Tsukasa is the other 5* and I'm sooooooo mad about it!! I don't even like Tsukasa but now I'm about to throw all my dia into the gacha because 1) I want everyone from this fucking shuffle and 2) I have so many good cards of Tsukasa's so I see him constantly in jp...I'm always trying to get more outfits for him.

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, okay, okay, I'm chill, I'm cool, I'm totally normal about this...

JK I'M NOT I LOVE SHUFFLES AND I LOVE DUMB EDGY SHIT THIS IS LIKE!!!! SO MANY THINGS I LOVE!!!!!! I'm also fucking stoked to see Yume in the shuffle, because this means the new kiddos will in fact be in future shuffles! SO GLAD THEY'RE GONNA BE INCLUDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


plz experience this full body group shot featuring: everyone in short shorts looking like edgy choir boys + oh god I'm so, so sorry Shinobu...how does he look so short surrounded by members of two different shota units???


+

also I think their "look" is kinda like combining Branco + La Mort...plz understand my vision *w*
So that was totally worth stay up until 2 am for!! There's a bunch of other welcome fest stuff happening - including a promo Shu card! - but tbh I'm most excited about the shuffle. I still think EVIL NUM+ is my favorite shuffle of this round, but it's really hard to top that.

Also I wanna know what kinda fuckin house party Tsukasa is throwing that needs edgy shotas. Like. wtf. I'm just curious XD

( as if this was all the squeeing my body had room for )

OH AND ANOTHER FUCKING THING (not enstars related sadly): my period started today and I've been having killer cramps all day. I haven't been able to do much but lay on the couch in pain, which is really getting in the way of my fanboying!!!!!! I finally dug out the TENS unit about an hour ago, and electrocuting my back + guts into submission fiiiiinally doing something to help ;w;

When Liz and Pat get home, we're going to get groceries and I personally am gonna buy a metric fuckton of chocolate. Maybe that will fix me...

Oh! And I've started sketching out some ideas for a new layout for killiansicons, but I haven't gotten very far due to the pain :T I'm hoping I'll feel well enough later? Tomorrow???? idk.

I feel so whinyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!! D:

I'm still whining about pain, though I've tried to do light stretching the past couple of days...it's sorta helping, I guess? Also I spent most of yesterday curled up in the lovesac with my nuis, which probably helped too. It was very cozy and warm *w*


my ~work station~ aka the best spot in the house (it's on top of a heating vent)
And then todaaaaaay I went to Costco with Liz. It was a brief trip, but it got me out of the house! I'd been holed up since getting back from the con late late Saturday night. It's just been so cooooooold.

uhhh. what else.

Oh! I'm still picking away at my new tumblr layout, but I'm almost done now!!! I made some really good progress yesterday :D

Also, I got a perfect combo on Ruby Love in engstars...


honestly I'm just sad because saved auto-plays don't carry over after the event ends...so I'll miss you, saved perfect combo......
Other than that, I don't have much to say. I'm still achy and very cold, and I don't see that changing super quickly ;w; I'm gonna try to power through by working on shit in Photoshop - I took some nice pics of Liz + other cosplay friends at katsu!! - and trying to stay optimistic~

( and also sharing more pics from the past couple days~ )