Journal Entries ✨

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Used as a way to aesthetically please my want to collect my memories, I call them my everything journals. Of course it started as a way to doodle, and jot down thoughts about my days. The boys I like, the way people made me feel, adolescent thoughts. Which then transformed into this style of remembering, mixing in scrapbooking elements and the like. Because who am I kidding, I love just writing, but I also needed a way to showcase and use all the stationery I've collected over the years! It makes flipping back through them that much more enjoyable!

Things to add to your journals
 [in addition to words]

꩜ STICKERS 
obviously one of my fav things to add
꩜ photos//prints
꩜ magazine clippings
꩜ dried plants
꩜ postcards//envelopes
꩜ food wrappings//restaurant menus
꩜ packaging//box bits
꩜ sticky notes

My favorite journaling utensils

꩜ Paint Pens
[found mine at Ross]
꩜ Highlighter Markers

꩜ Gel Pens
꩜ Fine Tip Pens
꩜ Fine Tip Sharpies

꩜ Tape + Glue + Glue Dots

꩜ Scissors

Very lowkey process of a spread I did. My partner and I got to open some of the Holiday boxes Pokemon put out, so I had to use it for entry decor. I really loved seeing it come together, even if it took over multiple pages. 

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Some of my favorite instagram journaling accounts that I follow.

@nico5505_ @janethecrazy @mitchiejournals @ed__dy.04 @yoi_o88 @milkyystudy @thxschool @aya_coffee_1126

Which reminds me, I need to do a wee recording of my January entries since we've made it to a new month! 

Thank you for reading

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I like to Eat Eat Eat + Remembering my free will ✨

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Sometimes I forget that I can do what I want. As long as I'm not hurting anyone or myself, per my own rules, then I can really do whatever I so please. I'm still an introvert with social anxiety, so I still wince at trying this at a larger scale. Food is a tasty and safe way to remind me of my free will though! 

TEA! 

I used to work at Teavana before Starbucks ate it alive, but it also helped me fall fully in love with Tea. How many things you could blend together to make something delicious, and possibly good for you! I remember my Manager telling me that I was abusing the teas by blending certain kinds and mixing/stirring/squishing to feel like I'm making sure I'm getting all my flavor.... it felt like a compliment 😂. Now, I do feel the need to pick up some loose leafs from the farmer's market to truly make my own tea blends pop, BUT doesn't stop me from getting more out of my fruit scraps with some added seasonings [ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc] and boiling water! 

Cottage Cheese?

Okay, for whatever reason, I've decided I want to like cottage cheese in my 30s 🤣. I'm a big flavor person, but also texture is very important for me. That little lid of compote was so appealing though, so retry I did. Alas...I didn't like it LOL, but since I'd bought a couple prior I think mom thought I wanted to try more and bought me more 😅 . Cannot waste, so had to find a way it would work for me. "Put it on toast"💡✨! I'm not in the world of cottage cheese, so this felt super new and diff to me, but tastes SO GOOD! With bananas, and honey added ontop of the compote of course lol. I think this will be a good go to breakfast once Im back full time at work. 

Avocados

Something else I didn't really enjoy until I was older, but now I can't get enough! Well, sometimes I need to slow down if my allergies/stress levels are running a lil rampant as the nickle inside doesn't sit well with my insides lol! Other than that, I could have it every other day and be happy. They can be used to make egg salad in place of mayonnaise [I love meat salads LOL], can be additions to meals [sammies, soups, salads], or even enjoyed on their own! Of course, mine will be drizzled with a little mixture I concocted as well as seasoned, but still enjoyed "on it's own"!

Eggs 🤤 

Eggs are possibly my absolute favorite thing to make. You can put damn near anything you so please with them. And I do! Leftovers become their bed for frying, or scrambled along with anything you cut up. I'm not an omelette maker, but if you have that skill, your combinations are endless! Some humans in my household would look at me a little funny, finding me making my combinations. All up until they taste it *smug smile*. Frying them with some spicy and potatoes makes for the perfect noodle additions everytime!

Are you an exerciser of free will through food? I suppose it's harder to make our own rules with baking, but I'm sure you flex your foodie free will more than you know!

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Why I haven't been blogging - Play Together

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"Free to play" was the beginning of the end. The productivity I thought I'd finally earned all came crashing down soon as the download completed! Okay, jk jk. Less with the dramatics, but downloading Play Together has taken a lot of my "extra" attention I used to devote to content creation. 

My social media isn't hurting as much, only due to the fact that I'd drafted a couple posts before finding out this game existed lol! I've just now noticed here that it's been a week since my last post 😅 . Might as well make a post about the reason why.

Oh have you now, Gojo Kakashi white haired sensei look-a-like?

Who is actively getting his groove on while explaining what's what.

Okay, so Play Together is a casual social networking virtual world type game, very remniscent of Gaia Online mixed with the more current Fall Guys, with a dash of cozy game animal crossing-esque-ness. Perfect mixture to keep my attention focused on gathering supplies to gain in-game money to customize my ideal character and in-game home you say? Yes, yes it is!

I don't have a pic of my first character from the front. I didn't have many hair choices in the beginning, so l chose reddish pigtails from the options. I quickly figured out where the hair salon was hiding. 

I do enjoy the small amount of ethnic hair options they have, but eventually settled on this mini fro bantu knot betty boop looking hair.

From the mini games, to mini missions and daily tasks, there are endless things for you to do 🥹. You even have the options of having pets, minimes [which are little aliens?], and have a whole farm.

The only thing thats a little alarming is the ability to have in-game relationships. Like have a ring and all, like there aren't children in this game 😑!

I want this Yotsuba&! hair so bad!

I've been having too much fun trying to see what kind of selfies I can get with the camera.

"Going to school" Playing mini games to make money to spend on customizating LOL.

So many random things to do. No getting bored!

Now you can understand lol! It's alright, I'm sure I'll find the healthy balance soon 😅✌🏽

Thank you for reading

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Comic Artist Appreciation: Peach Momoko

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Peach Momoko is a Japanese comic book artist, who immediately caught my eye when I first got truly into reading/collecting comic books. I had a rule where I wasn't allowed to buy any unless I was 100% sure I was going to read them. Quickly broken soon as I came across Peach's watercolors. I think I've truly only read two out of my whole collection 😅, but I don't intend not to read the rest ever! She's even done album art for the band Tool ✨ 

Reading I Hate Fairyland when I first got into comics probably wasn't the best idea. I was highly distraught that the inner art didn't match the cover, and probably made me a little biased against the storyline. On the other hand, Zawa was an adorable delight to read. I generally skew more spooky, demented, horror when looking for readable media to consume. 

Oop, just remebered I did also read Hello Darkness, so that's a whole THREE comics form my Peach collection that have been read. Nice 👍🏼✨ I adore how she mixes cuteness with nightmarish themes from time to time.

I will never get over how preciously her women of color come out. I was already smitten by how good she is with watercolors, but when I saw the Moon Girl for the first time [the first one I bought] I was in awe. The way she's able to show a beautiful assortment of complexions and different hair types ᵒ̴̶̷̥́ ·̫ ᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀

Listen, she draws Magik so adorable for one. It was a MegaCon exclusive for two. Her last two or so variant exclusives sold out AND my close friend was selling it. So $65 doesn't truly feel like too much ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و ♡.

So far from my must read rule at this point TT_TT. I see now that I have also wrongfully left the title of Magik #1 where Gone #1 should be 😅...I know I still have the time to change it, but I've already typed out the explanation so let's move right along [LOL].

Some of the works I found where she did all the storyline and interior artwork for! She's got her own Momoko-verse where she tells the stories of Marvel characters through Japanese folklore, horror, and the like. Though I have not moved these over to the "read" stack, I do at least know that about these bad boys.

Don't you just wanna hug the Venom! Maybe not as much Miles, but he still looks damn cool.

Do you collect comic books, or anything solely for the purpose of the joy of looking at it?

Thank you for reading

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Out with the old, in with the new⋆.˚˖࿔ ࣪

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Just a couple of the "rewards" for the recent collectible sales.

Wise words one mustn't forget! The first photo is actually of cards we were able to sell at our local card shop. The AOT booster box is a xmas present from BB, but i think it still fits the set quite nicely. 

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Jan Mercari Sales + "Helping" with my Collectible Consumption

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Fully blaming my child-of-the-90s membership for my love of collecting things. I've even allowed myself to be titled a Collector of Collections, since my favorited bits range from "so many" categories. With that comes the need to refresh whats in my from time to time, making sure I'm only keeping things that I absolutely love from each respected fandom. It helps my brain believe that I'm not hoarding, but materialistically appreciating lol. This is where Mercari shines for me. They have their pros and cons, but they've been the most user friendly of the resell platforms. Every purchase helps make room for my chases, and gets each goodie to their rightful home.

mercari shop

✨ All the goodies rehomed for Jan so far ✨ 

Yay collectibles~! 

If you've ever wanted to sell/resell your bits online [or snag some hard to find gems], 

I highly recommend Mercari. 

Thank you for reading

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National Sticker Day 2026 °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

✨  Hello lovely beings ✨ 

Happy National Sticker Day

 

 

You heard correct, National Sticker Day. Time to bust out the hoarded sticker sheets, sticker flakes, and washi tape AND slap a page. Well, that's one way to celebrate. You could also find some new stickers to add to your collection, or even make some of your own!

"The first stickers began as tax and postage stamps in the 1800s, but they have come a long way since then and there are a variety of uses and styles today. There are political stickers, band stickers, and bumper stickers. There are funny, cute, congratulatory, and animal stickers."

National Today

Yay stickers! Whimsey achieved ✨ 
Not the blog cameo in the background

I'm most likely filling the rest of the page with some ramblings from the day, and maybe a wee bit of the history of this "holiday." Why not? lol.

 

Thank you for reading!

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