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Hello Children/Followers!
Unfortunately, this blog is being decommissioned for other Biola Blogs and what not (sadddd), but I can still kinda send posts to your dashboard every now and then! Another part of that is that I’m not going to be nearly that involved with this blog anymore due to me not working for the Ambassadors this year (also sadddd), but I do have two blogs you can follow me around on!!
My first one is primarily dedicated to my “art”, and it is: DINOIR. It is awesome, and it is only recommended for people who are awesome and like drawings and having things drawn for them!
My other blog is a tad more personal and about my life as told through Pokémon, and it is: 649 PROBLEMS. There are now 649 Pokémon that are out there to catch and I’m raring to catch them all, all the while my girlfriend is studying abroad in Europe for 9 months and I’m finishing up my time here at Biola. I’m also going to be drawing each one of the Pokémon I catch, so by the end I’ll have 649 unique pictures on the blog! That’s my hope, at least. Join me in distracting me by my sorrows!
Join me in trying to understand the hard things of life and expressing them through ~ART~ and ~POKÉMON~.
I love you all, my many followers, and I can’t wait to see you on the other side of this blog.
“Checkerboard Memories - Toby Fox”
Hey dudes and dudettes! I know I said I’d post more on here before the account was forever TERMINATED, but that ended up withering and dying. I’m sorry about that, and things like that that may be similar failures I’ve been to you (i.e. not posting more videos of my face, my dancing skills being less than impressive, not hanging out with you in real life, buying you expensive gifts, coming to your birthday, etc.), but I wanted to drop one more post on you. It is an audio post, yes. I usually do those I guess!
Whatever the case is, this is the reimagining of an old post I made on a tumblr account that never exceeded its fetal stage. If you guys are into weepy stories/nostalgic reminisces/feelings/more video game talk (YESSSS), then go ahead and read it! If not, it was great being able to post with you guys, and as I drift out into that hazy indigo sunset remember, always remember… to wash behind your ears BYE
Stumbling across an old chiptunes track on my computer, I reminisce about Tuesdays and Thursdays from old Summers.
Both my parents worked a ton when I was younger, and during the Summer needed frequent babysitting for my sister and I on Tuesdays and Thursdays. These would soon become my favourite days of the week as I got to hang out with my best friend and get introduced to many things, like the sting of belly-flops in community pools, video gaming, putting potato chips in my peanut butter sandwiches, and watching the same VHS on dinosaurs (aptly titled Dinosaurs Dinosaurs Dinosaurs!) for 2 consecutive Summers, every Thursday.
On Tuesdays we would hang out at the house and play Nintendo 64 games, specifically Super Smash Bros and… well, that was all we really played. On the way to the pool, we would play Donkey Kong Land on our Gameboy Colors til the batteries, which we couldn’t afford, would die out, leaving us sad children for many days. The smell of sunscreen, pinch of sunburns, and scented breezes have made a mark that I won’t be quick to forget.
Thursdays were another thing completely. Gearing ourselves up for the latest McDonald’s toys or elaborate scheme to win the McDonald’s Monopoly contests, we would venture over for lunch and devour our happy meals, greasing up the Nintendo 64’s controller as Kirby 64 sucked up hours of our lives. We’d follow up with 7/11 Slurpees.
This track reminds me of the last few times I had spent the night at his house in my youth, playing Starfox 64 as the sun set and the indigo lights began to illuminate the horizon. Josh and I may be on the opposite sides of the country right now, but whenever I pick up that awkward triangular controller or hear an old chiptune, my mind wanders back to when things were as simple as flying through all the golden rings.
Something Greater Than I
Alas, time waxes anon, and my time as a Biola Blogger is coming to a close. For those of you who have been with me since the beginning of last year, it’s been AWESOME! But other things have come up, and now I am no longer able to hang out with you guys. But rather than have this be something depressing (you’ve probably seen posts like this from the Biola Bloggers all week), it should be something cool.
What do I mean? Well I don’t know, and that’s the cool part about it. I have no idea what God has in store for me right now but the cool part is that he does, and he’ll be showing me whatever opportunities those are in the coming months/years/decades/centuries.
Do not weep for me, Biolans, mom, or Tumblr followers, for I am not leaving the world. I am merely descending from this platform to another, different blog… thingy. I will still blog, you have my word, just not here. In the following weeks I will post the blog that I regularly blog on for those dedicated to me to follow.
All that being said, love where you are right now—it is an experience that you can’t get anywhere else that cannot be experienced the same why by anyone other than you. That is so cool. Experiences come and go, memories are all we have to account for them. Make those memories count! Make those experiences cool!
I have a playlist that I listen to when I don’t know where I am going with my life. It’s called “Accordion Goodness”. In these vivacious moments with Astor Piazzolla I am closer to understanding that I am not in control of my life, and that there is something else guiding me, something that knows better, understands more, perfectly plans out everything; something greater than I.
It is God.
I know you guys probs don’t have 15 minutes to sit and watch influential things, but if you have 15 minutes to sit and watch influential things this will INFLUENCE YOU!!
ktor:
My boyfriend talking about poetry.
This is what I talk like with my girlfriend on a regular basis.
“But shakin’ it’s all I know!”
I’m sure some of you thought you knew how to shake it too. Here’s 25 minutes of video-evidence that proves otherwise. My family asked me what I want for my birthday (the 28th!!), and I told them to give me everything that had anything to do with Adventure Time. It is something I want and I want it badly.
Dearly Beloved - Yoko Shimomura
If you’re like me, then you’re stressed out and school is either at it’s crescendo or decrescendo—it’s either winding up or down, and either way that usually means that there’s no time to think, breathe, think, breathe, and think. So with this blog post on tumblr, which you shouldn’t be on in the first place since you have a gigantic exam tomorrow, take a minute to listen to this nice piano piece and calm down.
Take this time to think, breathe, think, breathe, and think, because you probably won’t get another break like this until you’re done.
This is a great song my girlfriend linked me to when she was trying to win my heart back in High School (adorbz <3), and it’s forever been etched in my soul as a great encouragement.
It’s called “Take Courage”
HAHAHA GET IT I GET ENCOURAGed..
anyway listen
My teachers played this song in my VIsion Voice and Practice class the other day (we play a song at the beginning of every class), and this one was just too good not to share.
Listen to the lyrics, they’re easy to hear/understand. This is a good song to drive in a car to on a sunny day when you’re wondering where the heck your life is going.
Katamari on the Rock ~ Yu Miyake, Masayuki Tanaka
Sometimes, when life gives me lemons, I roll them up in a ball and BLOW THEM UP INTO THE SKY!
Not really, but poetically I do. Sorta. One other thing I do when I’m down in the dumps is listen to this song. It is my universal pep talk song—”DON’T WORRY—DO YO BEST!”
The song is littered with beauty. It’s great lyrics will move you—”MOONLIGHT SOMETHING MIDNIGHT YEAH!” “I LOVE YOU I WILL SMILE FOR YOU!” “COMPRESSIONNNNN COMPRESSSIOOONN!!!!” “OH YEEEYAH!” “OH GO GO GO!” “SAY GOO-BYE—BYE BYE!”
Whenever you have the feels, as many people do, listen to this song. It is a song for those of you “on the rocks”, who need to be lifted up in the moonlight—midnight, yeeeah.
I hope none of you are feeling feels, but if you are I hope you are profoundly moved by this moving profound bit.
It’s from my favourite game Katamari Damacy—a brilliant game that I am currently writing an essay about perseverance on. It is one that has gotten me through hard times, and I hope right now just a bit of it can help you too, random (but still, beloved) Tumblr follower!
