Walls of text are pretty nice. Good to hear from you again!
Also, BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND SCORE THAT GED, THEM GOALS AND THAT HAT!
I've been interested in animation for longer than I can remember. I'm mostly self taught, and seem to be improving with everything I release. I hope to one day further my skills. I love making cartoons.
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Yom! How's it going? Yeah man, I'm getting them goals. Will hopefully have that GED in a few weeks. I wasn't very confident in my abilities to pass it at first, because it's been so long since I've been in school, but after taking the practice tests and shit, it seems like baby level stuff so I'm more than confident I can pass it now, but I want more than just passing, so I'll have to do a little bit of studying ;3
Also I've already finished like 3 videos this month, and that feels good after not finishing anything for months lol
XD I'm not really sure which I posted first. I was going to just bookmark the thing but then I remembered I'm trying to make my life motto to never wait, and so... maybe I waited with posting the comment response instead hmm... or the feed's all whack and all that...
Well I can relate to that. I fear slowing down too much in part because I might get back to that place again, and in part because a lack of accomplishment feeds a sense of purposelessness. It's almost like I need to gamify life to make it feel worthwhile, giving everything an additional layer of made-up importance as to make accomplishing any task give an additional boost, like how leaving a review on a movie you watch suddenly gives movie-watching a potential motive outside of pure entertainment value (which as is doesn't feel that important). Work and hobby intertwine and it all becomes self-furthering in at least some, superficial way. One way to keep the dark times at bay! With a smile of denial, a while at the quay...
Summer vacation for me is basically physical work instead of psychological though, where sense of reward follows the motion rather than the mind. Feels great. Gets rid of some of that superficialism. It's like a new start coming back from that, though bad habits and distractions come crawling come winter, even though I know the cure-all, for me at least, is: exercise. Preferably in a way that matters too, so it feels less like a misuse of time, and you can really reap the fruit of your ardor (like picking fruit - that's pretty appreciative)... anyway that downtown trip sounds like pretty fun time use. :D Nothing like a little social awkwardness to spice things up!
That is good!
Ah thanks, I'll bookmark this one for decreased feed confusion. Haven't heard of/seen either one of those, but I do know the style. Game reviews, then? Maybe I'll learn some more about Zelda... btw good knowing about that inside joke too! Little tidbits of enriching game-related wisdom attained. :)
I think it's more likely the feed's whack, it seems to group types of interactions together, so because @Yomuchan's reply was more recent than your review, I guess the feed decided to group your two responses together at the top of the feed.
Yeah, any time I do take a break that sense of not getting anything done creeps back up, and I usually feel worse, but if I take a break for long enough I'll get so tired of doing nothing that I'll just want to work again and remember how much I enjoy it. I sometimes feel the need to do something to make things more worthwhile too, like a lot of the time I can't even bring myself to do small necessary things, though I've been getting better at it. I apparently have no problem wasting time on the internet or watching videos though!!!!!!!!!! also nice poetry lol
Lemme tell ya I did a lot of physical labor over the summer. Probably too much, considering how frail I am, but I do seem to have developed a little bit of muscle after it, and I've even got a little bit of a tan!.... on my arms. It wasn't a fun time though, because I never got anything out of it, not even appreciation for doing it. The times I did get appreciation felt good though, but idk how to feel about doing physical work 'cause my mind seems to wander a lot more than normal while doing it, I guess because I don't really have to use my brain much while doing it? idk, you would think it would help my brain be occupied but apparently not!
I typically tend to feel worse come winter, for a few reasons. I hope that doesn't happen this year though 'cause I already feel pretty bad, so I can't imagine how much worse it could get but I guess we'll find out!!!!!!!!
Regularly exercising could help though. I was running around our half acre front yard every day very briefly and I did feel a little better, but it was hard to maintain because I felt like it was a waste of time. And now that I've moved, there isn't even a yard to run around in! I could start lifting weights though, or just walk around the neighborhood I guess. Certainly still some options.
Yeah, it was pretty fun, and I guess I got a little bit of life experience too. I rode a public bus for the first time, went to an art gallery and "appreciated" art, and then ate at an over priced restaurant. Good times. All the worst stuff happened in the art gallery, mainly me choking on water and nearly spitting it out. Thankfully no one was around except for my roommate though, but he was still pretty disapproving lol
Yeah, they're game "reviews" though it's mainly summarizing the game's story and talking about the mechanics when they are introduced, with dumb jokes at every possible opportunity, plus little animated segments. Each episode also ends with a gag, usually in which I end up dying by something related to the game. Also the theme song was made by @MistyEntertainment so you know it's good!
Man, I can't believe you don't know too much about Zelda lol, especially with all the parodies that get made! Ah well, it's a good game series, I would certainly recommend checking it out eventually.
Ah yes, that'd explain it! The grouping feature's been bugging me for some time. I really don't need old notifications to appear at the top of the feed over and over when new ones join them. :/
Distractions, yeah. XD The simplest things become the biggest things sometimes... I guess I don't really take breaks in the traditional sense, IOW doing nothing at all, but rather doing something different, so when I get back to doing that which I did before it's a whole new thing again. Thank ya. :)
Nice. XD Been running around without a shirt a lot this summer. Thought I'd expand my tan past those initial boundaries... but then I caught a cold instead. I usually day dream a lot when doing physical stuff though. Or listen to music. It's one of the things I like about it, in how your mind is just free to wander... it's relaxing IMO. :) Can't be fun if you don't get some reward; appreciation though!
The dark? And cold?
Yeah exactly! That's why it feels better to do some physical work, IMO, in that you feel like it serves a purpose. So some kind of combination. I feel like the stairs in our house have been a real life-saver regarding exercise. Every once in a while you have to run up and down. Small run, but it does add up.
Oh man, lmao. XD Reminds me of this one time I was taste testing (they have a panel here where you get paid to test certain new products), and it was just a glass of orange juice. You get an hourly wage regardless of the test length so this was really appreciative. Simplest one so far. So, I tasted some of the juice, and wrote my comments, and everything was great... I was one of maybe 20-30 others all sitting by computers around a room, typing away in silence, and when I was done I thought I'd just drink up the rest of the cause, cause why not, and that happened. XD Very fast and embarrassing walk out of the room that one time... but I got back there soon again. Gotta face those fearswhen they're fresh.
Oh also sounds like a fun outing otherwise!
Ah cool! :D He does have a knack for that, @MistyEntertainment !
I'm learning through the parodies. :) Did start playing some of the old games for GBC back in the day, but for some reason I never got very far. I'll recognize some of the music, though! And that biting bowling ball on a chain, and the character... that's about it.
Cyberdevil
We do care!!!!!!!!!!1 Congrats on the anniversary! And I really should watch that Zelda cartoon too. Soon... what a backstory. Man. Still in that depressing state? Hope you get out of there. All you can really do is take days one at a time;keep going. Maybe take breaks. Wind down. Get outside...
I'm getting an overall positive vibe from this post though so hmm... anyway Good Luck with them plans! AU Reviews?
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This response shows up after your review in my feed, so you saying you should watch it was a bit confusing at first lol.
I'm still in the depression, it comes and goes, mostly hits when I'm not occupying myself, so idk how much good a break would do, at least at this point, unless it's a break where my mind is still occupied doing something. And yeah, going outside more could help. Went and explored a bit of the downtown yesterday, and that was fun, though me being a socially awkward idiot did cause for a little bit of trouble, but it was mostly a positive experience.
I'm not sure if this post is entirely positive, but I would say it's hopeful. Things are looking hopeful and that's good.
And I'm not surprised you don't know what AU Reviews is, since it's been 2 years since an episode lol. You can watch the previous episodes here: https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/747a7d607060c4bb0ec5930ab7dcc67c they're pretty long though. Basically, it's a review show like AVGN or ProJared if you know any of those, except the live action bits are animated and it's not really angry, more laid back, but I do ham it up a bit here and there. I've been meaning to get back to making them because they're pretty quick to make and it's good for watchtime on youtube, but having to sift through hours of footage looking for the right clip to use sucks, and then just the whole editing process in general can be pretty boring and tedious, but it's still pretty fun to make too.