In Love with an Idea of a Man

❤ "You're in love with him."
🧠 "I'm in love with my brain's version of him."
💡"That's what being in love is."

Bleach: Brave Souls but Fitness-y, Like Pokémon Go

Idea: Bleach: Brave Souls crossed with elements of Pokémon Go, i.e., walking or running IRL to get to the virtual enemies you need to battle (similar to running to Pokémon in Pokémon Go). Are there games like this, other than Pokémon Go, yet? If not, I'm waiting. *taps foot*

Other than this Bleach phone game Sean and I just picked up for the first time a few days ago, I very rarely play non-fitnessy video games, so I'm unfamiliar with what exists and all the pros and cons of AR, location-based games like Pokémon Go. I wouldn't want people to get run over or anything. With demand for fitness-related video games only increasing, however, there's definitely still unrealized potential here. 

My Bemani Pockets

Have a colorful pic of some of my old Bemani Pockets and such. (I might have more somewhere..?) Almost forgot I had these! 😄 

I Was A Little Ballerina

Did I mention that I was a little ballerina when I was like 5y/o? I quit when I was ~11y/o. I wasn't proud of it, but it was good for me. My sister Elisabeth did ballet with me too. She started at a younger age than me and was the youngest student I believe our teacher ever had. It came way more naturally to her too. Our ballet teacher passed away a couple of years back now, I think it was. She was a brilliant, sweet, British lady named Una Willoughby who will always have a special place in my family's hearts. :3 💖

Fitness... Or Fittin' Dis Pizza Roll In My Mouth? O_o

My life is a constant tug-of-war between wanting to be the very best like no one ever was at everything ever and also wanting to eat all of the pizza rolls.

Quote on Progress Depending on the Agitators

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” — George Bernard Shaw

They Only Message When They Need Something

Some people only contact you when they need something because they only value you for what you can do for them. Other people only contact you when they need something, even looking for excuses to need specifically you, because they worry you'll feel they're wasting your time if they get in touch just to say hello. The latter of these types justs want to be closer to you and feels they need a bigger reason than that to request your valuable and limited attention. (Sometimes, they're right.)

I'm only fully realizing this after years of resenting people who only ever reached out with their hands out. I'm also just realizing, as I write this quick mind dump, that I've actually spent time on each side of the equation, even reaching out to busy people I don't otherwise speak to with trivial requests primarily for the sake of interacting with them — not a frequent thing for me, but I'm not innocent. For all of us who find ourselves on either end, it's worth pausing to consider such interactions and try to put ourselves in each other's shoes.