it’s time for another travel post!! this time i traveled around california (mostly anaheim and la). first, i went to disneyland
i grew up going to disney world, so it was interesting to see the differences between the two. my favorite dark ride ever is the haunted mansion, but of course it was closed for refurbishment...
i brought my notorious riddle itabag w me, because i couldn’t not lol. if you haven’t seen my social media posts, i dressed riddle up in disney park clothes. i wore a disney jersey and ears too, so we were matching lol
i also went to california adventure! loved all the pixar stuff that was there, we went during pixar fest.
i departed for hollywood soon after! i went on a tour around paramount studios. i didnt think i knew a lot of paramount stuff, but then i learned some hitchcock movies were from there! cool stuff.
that evening, i visited the Chinese theater. i saw lots of cool handprints from lots of cool people such as quentin taratino, keanu reeves, all of the avengers, and surprisingly, yoshiki? (i've never listened to x japan i just thought it was random lol) i visited a souvenir shop nearby which was an experience in itself. darude sandstorm played on the speakers and a woman sang “everything is 5 dollars!” to the beat of the music. i bought what i thought was some diy sanrio thing…
but it was not diy. it was just a sad smelly keychain (it literally smells) :( guess that’s on me for buying a bootleg lookin thing for 5 bucks... i decided to be a little more careful w my spending habits from then on (until i went shopping the following day that is)
why are cinamoroll’s ears so small...
the next day i visited little tokyo! i bought so much stuff you guys... daiso especially changed my life, i wish i had one near my house. here’s my little haul
i’m so happy i got luna sea cds, i’m madly obsessed w them if you weren’t aware.
i bought the single for desire bc it’s one of my favorite songs, but...
it didn’t have the right disc inside it! but i love kuroyume a lot too so it’s ok!!
that evening i visited the grove! i felt so out of place with my hoodie and makeup-less face. but i fell in love with the three story barnes and noble... i was very tempted to buy some books but i had already spent so much at little tokyo
afterwards, i went to universal hollywood! i went on the mario kart ride three times (yay for single rider lines). nintendo world was so cool! i also met a bunch of cool characters
i heard you could meet dracula but i thought it was just during universal’s halloween events. but then i saw him walking down the street!! i’ve never ran for a character until that moment lol. i haven’t even seen the movie, the book is just one of my favorites haha
my neck’s been hurting a little since then...
on the last day of california i visited malibu’s beaches!! it was too cold for me to swim but man it was a pretty sight. here are some photos i got of the views
overall, great vacation! ummm i really don’t know how to end a blog post even after all this time
☆january 16☆
ahaha.... sorry for the lack of posting here.... guess i should give an update?
i moved into an apartment last fall! it's very nice. here's my desk as of recently!
for my studies last semester, i learned about 3d modeling! i've been working on and off on my own 3d model since then. check her out!
as to what i'm going to do with her... i'm not sure yet. i think it'd be cool to put her into vrchat or something like that, but the rigging process for that sounds way too difficult for my little pea brain....
i've also been listening to a lot of j-rock lately! i got back into luna sea, a band i really liked in my high school days. i translated a couple of their songs out of curiosity last week, but i'm not all that confident in the quality of my work.... i need to start studying kanji again...
well, またね!
ahaha.... sorry for the lack of posting here.... guess i should give an update?
i moved into an apartment last fall! it's very nice. here's my desk as of recently!
for my studies last semester, i learned about 3d modeling! i've been working on and off on my own 3d model since then. check her out!
as to what i'm going to do with her... i'm not sure yet. i think it'd be cool to put her into vrchat or something like that, but the rigging process for that sounds way too difficult for my little pea brain....
i've also been listening to a lot of j-rock lately! i got back into luna sea, a band i really liked in my high school days. i translated a couple of their songs out of curiosity last week, but i'm not all that confident in the quality of my work.... i need to start studying kanji again...
well, またね!
☆july 10☆
sorry i haven't written in a while... i'll probably have more to talk about in the fall when i go back to college. but recently i went on a big summer vacation with my family! let me tell you about it!
our first day was mostly spent at disney springs in florida! it's one of my favorite places on disney property. mostly for uniqlo, ghiradeli, and disneyquest (i miss her everyday). upon entering the big disney store i was met w lots of oswald merch which was cool bc he's always been one of my favorite disney characters. there was lots of cute merch but in the end i settled for a oswald nuimo because it's not like i have enough plushies or anything.
we also ate at earl of sandwich and gideons, both of which i highly recommend. they're so delicious!
we soon headed down to port canaveral to board the disney fantasy. very big and beautiful ship!
the first two days were sea days! there were a lot of events like trivia and crafts that we enjoyed. my sister is the biggest disney fan in our family so we teamed up and won a couple of trivia games! so now we have a small collection of minnie mouse medals. aren't we so cool
after being off land for 2 days, we made our way to tortola where we went on a big forest hike through one of the tallest hills! the scenery was beautiful! but it was very windy and i felt like i was gonna blow away...
here are some of the little creatures we spotted:
that night was pirates night! basically you dress up as a pirate and all the characters are also dressed up as pirates. and there's a little fireworks show. and there used to be a dessert buffet many years ago but it's not around anymore and i am in despair argggghhhhh
the next day we went on ANOTHER forest hike, this time in st. thomas!
i was NOT used to the heat and the hike was really rough for me. but seeing this cute little hermit crab made everything better. sometimes it's the little things that count
the excursion description said we were supposed to go to honeymoon beach, but the tour guide took us to solomon beach. ah well. here are some more creatures i spotted in st. thomas:
that night, back on the ship, we went to animators palate for dinner. there's this fun little thing where you draw a character and it's scanned and added into the dinner show. it was so cute!!
our next destination was disney's fancy private island, castaway cay. the beach was nice, and there were lots of cool fish that i didn't get any pictures of.... also there were tons of seagulls. they had no fear of men and kept trying to steal food from the seats in front of us. it was crazy...
that night was the last one on the cruise. one of my servers (two of them serve you every night of the cruise) gave my sisters and i friendship bracelets!! my servers were so nice
overall it was a really great cruise!! i give it a 11/10
sorry i haven't written in a while... i'll probably have more to talk about in the fall when i go back to college. but recently i went on a big summer vacation with my family! let me tell you about it!
our first day was mostly spent at disney springs in florida! it's one of my favorite places on disney property. mostly for uniqlo, ghiradeli, and disneyquest (i miss her everyday). upon entering the big disney store i was met w lots of oswald merch which was cool bc he's always been one of my favorite disney characters. there was lots of cute merch but in the end i settled for a oswald nuimo because it's not like i have enough plushies or anything.
we also ate at earl of sandwich and gideons, both of which i highly recommend. they're so delicious!
we soon headed down to port canaveral to board the disney fantasy. very big and beautiful ship!
the first two days were sea days! there were a lot of events like trivia and crafts that we enjoyed. my sister is the biggest disney fan in our family so we teamed up and won a couple of trivia games! so now we have a small collection of minnie mouse medals. aren't we so cool
after being off land for 2 days, we made our way to tortola where we went on a big forest hike through one of the tallest hills! the scenery was beautiful! but it was very windy and i felt like i was gonna blow away...
here are some of the little creatures we spotted:
that night was pirates night! basically you dress up as a pirate and all the characters are also dressed up as pirates. and there's a little fireworks show. and there used to be a dessert buffet many years ago but it's not around anymore and i am in despair argggghhhhh
the next day we went on ANOTHER forest hike, this time in st. thomas!
i was NOT used to the heat and the hike was really rough for me. but seeing this cute little hermit crab made everything better. sometimes it's the little things that count
the excursion description said we were supposed to go to honeymoon beach, but the tour guide took us to solomon beach. ah well. here are some more creatures i spotted in st. thomas:
that night, back on the ship, we went to animators palate for dinner. there's this fun little thing where you draw a character and it's scanned and added into the dinner show. it was so cute!!
our next destination was disney's fancy private island, castaway cay. the beach was nice, and there were lots of cool fish that i didn't get any pictures of.... also there were tons of seagulls. they had no fear of men and kept trying to steal food from the seats in front of us. it was crazy...
that night was the last one on the cruise. one of my servers (two of them serve you every night of the cruise) gave my sisters and i friendship bracelets!! my servers were so nice
overall it was a really great cruise!! i give it a 11/10
☆april 5☆
not much has happened lately, so i'll tell you some random fun facts about me instead!
1- i hold my pencil/pen/etc strangely. when i was in elementary school, my teachers would always try to get me to hold my pencil the right way, but i was a stubborn little child. nowadays, sometimes i'm flustered at the attention it gives me with my classmates and coworkers, but when it comes down to it, it's interesting that i can still draw this way. i get a lot of comments from people saying "i could never hold my pencil like that!!" well i don't know how i can either but here we are lol. somedays i think, it'd be nice if i could hold my pencil normally, because i wonder if drawing with a grip like this affects my line strokes, but at the same time i rarely get wrist/hand injuries this way (not yet at least).
2- i own an artbook collection! i've been collecting since i was 14. the artbooks i'm happiest to own are maya takamura's puzzle artbook and the twisted wonderland's magical archives, as well as the two tsukihime artbooks (one's a normal artbook, the other is a doujin one). i'm gonna have an art piece published in someone's artbook soon!! when i get it, it'll be up there on my most prized artbooks too. i'll make a dedicated diary entry about my artbook collection someday
3- i have a twin sibling who is also an artist! heck, we're even in the same majors at college (digital media/graphic design). one way you can tell us apart is that she draws cartoony stuff while i draw anime stuff. you can find her neocities site here!
that's it on this edition of gab-b fun facts! see you next time
not much has happened lately, so i'll tell you some random fun facts about me instead!
1- i hold my pencil/pen/etc strangely. when i was in elementary school, my teachers would always try to get me to hold my pencil the right way, but i was a stubborn little child. nowadays, sometimes i'm flustered at the attention it gives me with my classmates and coworkers, but when it comes down to it, it's interesting that i can still draw this way. i get a lot of comments from people saying "i could never hold my pencil like that!!" well i don't know how i can either but here we are lol. somedays i think, it'd be nice if i could hold my pencil normally, because i wonder if drawing with a grip like this affects my line strokes, but at the same time i rarely get wrist/hand injuries this way (not yet at least).
2- i own an artbook collection! i've been collecting since i was 14. the artbooks i'm happiest to own are maya takamura's puzzle artbook and the twisted wonderland's magical archives, as well as the two tsukihime artbooks (one's a normal artbook, the other is a doujin one). i'm gonna have an art piece published in someone's artbook soon!! when i get it, it'll be up there on my most prized artbooks too. i'll make a dedicated diary entry about my artbook collection someday
3- i have a twin sibling who is also an artist! heck, we're even in the same majors at college (digital media/graphic design). one way you can tell us apart is that she draws cartoony stuff while i draw anime stuff. you can find her neocities site here!
that's it on this edition of gab-b fun facts! see you next time
☆march 18☆
first diary post!! i write to you in a tough spot... i was supposed to go to my grandparents' house for a week, i called off work for the whole week and everything... and then i got really sick and now i can't go!! TTvTT i thought i'd work on my site to decompress a little. it's good to have other hobbies besides drawing
in better news, i got to go to a muse concert last week! i was really into their music when i was in high school, and seeing them live has been on my bucket list for a while. so when they went on tour to promote their new album, i jumped at the chance!! (their new album is great btw. i love the rock elements) surprisingly, they went on tour with evanescence (and yes, they did play bring me to life). evanescence was actually pretty good, does this mean i'm emo now...?
here's some photos i got of muse's performance! the theatrics were amazing, my pics didn't do them justice
matt said that they hadn't been to my state in 10 years until that point. i can't wait to see them again when i'm 32
first diary post!! i write to you in a tough spot... i was supposed to go to my grandparents' house for a week, i called off work for the whole week and everything... and then i got really sick and now i can't go!! TTvTT i thought i'd work on my site to decompress a little. it's good to have other hobbies besides drawing
in better news, i got to go to a muse concert last week! i was really into their music when i was in high school, and seeing them live has been on my bucket list for a while. so when they went on tour to promote their new album, i jumped at the chance!! (their new album is great btw. i love the rock elements) surprisingly, they went on tour with evanescence (and yes, they did play bring me to life). evanescence was actually pretty good, does this mean i'm emo now...?
here's some photos i got of muse's performance! the theatrics were amazing, my pics didn't do them justice
matt said that they hadn't been to my state in 10 years until that point. i can't wait to see them again when i'm 32