I haven’t been on here nearly as much as I used to be. Hm uh– Not much as changed! But I guess an update will be cool!
I met a sweet boy, and we have been together for 10 months. We are moving in with one another in September. I’m going back to school around then, as well. I stopped going by he/him, and instead I now use ‘They’. I’m letting my hair grow out! I haven’t had it long in quite some time, so I suppose that is exciting. I’m still into anime somewhat, and my music taste hasn’t changed. In 5 months I will be 21, and it’s sort of thrilling. I still work at the same place though, but I aim to become a Mortician when I return back to school! I get to see Bruno Mars in September, too. Also hoping to see The 1975. I’m not as sad as I used to be, and it took a bit for my 2017 to sprout, but I think it will get better in due time, I actually have faith!
I learned how to long-board, and I visited a very large beach for the first time! I have experienced so much more than I ever hoped to imagine, and I know there is more to come. I’m starting to love myself again, along with new surroundings. It’s not as horrid as I had thought, I certainly feel more alive than I did last year.
my 16 yearr old son is watching over my shoulder and we’re both crying
I use this in my cheder classes at synagogue when we’re learning about Gemilut Chasidim, acts of loving kindness. It’s really important to start the message off with the point that no religion corners the market on that concept. This is an amazing and life affirming commercial of all things. Brilliant.
“Happy Birthday!
Always remember that you’re super important to me, and you make everyone’s
day brighten simply with your presence.
You’re 20 now! It’s amazing.”
That is the short Facebook version, but I figured that on tumblr that I had more leeway to elaborate.
I can still remember being 16 (almost 2 years ago now), and being lost and afraid. It was my second convention. It was huge. Compared to Anime USA, Katsucon was like a new galaxy, frightening in its complexity, size, and grandiosity. I was still looking for my friend that I may have had a crush on. I felt slightly rejected by her (I feel guilty because she was in the hospital, but I didn’t know- she’s alright now).
I am still new to anime. I have only seen a few. A few other kind souls helped a little, lost, haphazardly-thrown-together Kida Masaomi cosplayer through his first Katsucon, but none so much as you. I remember at first thinking you were Alois Trancy. I approached you for a picture until you revealed yourself as Shizuo Heiwajima, The Strongest Man in Ikebukuro. Unlike anyone else, you offered me an in, an in into your group, your friendship, and later life.
I remember seeing an Izaya cosplayer whom helped me earlier in the evening. Upon seeing me, they asked if these were the friends I was looking for. You weren’t, but for someone as shy as me at the time, it felt so natural, comfortable to talk to you. It was kind of funny, an Izaya cosplayer knowing how you, a Shizuo, and me, a Kida (or am I really Mikado), get along.
So many con friendships have fizzled through the years, but you are one of the exceptions. I tried so many times to recreate that first Katsucon experience. it has never been the same. It truly is the people who make the experience, and you are an extraordinary person.
I am honored to know you as a friend, confident, and something more (although, we never can quite place what it is- brother? son? Nobody/Somebody?) for almost 2 years, and I am even more so, with the privilege of getting to know you for many more.
@riptadashi AH I FORGOT TO ADD YOU SO THAT YOU COULD SEE THIS I’m such a klutz lol
