At 9PM the night before, I got a text from Marina asking if I wanted to join her for a morning hike. Lately I’ve been wanting to go camping and hiking again, so I jumped at the opportunity. I’ve been staying up late playing video games until 6AM, but thankfully I woke up on time. […]
A couple months ago I backed Etchr Lab’s Etchr Art Satchel and Field Case crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Between my work laptop bag, my everyday backpack, and my camera bag, I was thinking it was time to invest in an artist travel bag (preferably a backpack). It would be great if I could have a […]
Last year I made these really delicious dark chocolate orange slice & bake cookies, and because I am a creature of habit, I made them again. They’ve become my favorite recipe for cookies. You can eat them plain as well. I wanted to try something new and use white chocolate, since they were on sale. […]
Aesthetics on a budget, basically. 2 years ago I got my PS4 in preparation for The Last Guardian’s release. Amazon had a really good lightning deal during Black Friday ($250USD for Uncharted 4, Skyrim, and Fallout 4!), so I picked one up. Then two months later, Sony released a Glacier White variant for EU and […]
Today I decided to dress up and try on a wig that I bought for Yamato Rinko from Ore Monogatarii!! — one of my absolute favorite shoujo series. I’ve been hesitant to do a makeup test with this wig because of how unnatural the fibers look in artificial/day light. Oh well! At least it photographs […]
Today marks the start of our three week trip to Australia and New Zealand. We’ve been planning this trip for months, so it was exciting and exhilarating for it to finally be happening. And exciting it was — right off the bat! Due to a delayed gate at LAX, we almost missed our connection because […]
Tucked away in Granite Falls, the Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America is the first Shinto shrine built on American soil after World War II. Tsubaki America Shrine was established in 1986 in Stockton, CA by Rev. Dr. Yukitaka Yamamoto the 96th High Priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine in Mie, Japan. Tsubaki America was the 1st […]
On our way over to Tsubaki Shrine, we passed by a park entrance and decided to turn around and check it out! It was my first time actually seeing the backroads of Arlington, so I was really amazed how peaceful and secluded everything felt. The rain was still coming down, so we decided to keep […]
My love and appreciation for My Hero Academia was almost instantaneous. I started with the anime, and 1 episode in I was already sobbing hard. And then with episode 2 I cried more. And episode 3 even more. Then I picked up the manga and caught up in… maybe a day or two. Still lots […]
This year I told myself I would be better at organizing my living and creative space (which happen to both be my bedroom). Something I really enjoy is home improvement (I’m one of those types that actually enjoy watching HGTV while waiting at the Verizon store) and lately downsizing the clutter I end up accumulating […]