Hey whatsup. Check out this rice, I made rice for the first time.

It was pretty good. Im told I needed to put more pepper, which yea I can see, but I enjoyed it with scrambled eggs anyhow. Good to know for next time.

The week has been quite hectic, somewhat the same as last week. Its gotten better though. I think the first few times you do anything in regards to living alone is usually the hardest, once you cross that barrier it gets much easier. Like taking care of clothes through the machine and then drying and then steaming and then folding, at first seemed overwhelming but now its just fine. Steaming may take a while sometimes but that’s honestly it. A. few more barriers to cross though, im sure itll be fine.

Found a new 3ds and charger I can buy for 207 pounds, not the cheapest but I want it. Probably wont get it any time soon since im still looking for any cheaper options that hopefully wouldnt skimp out on quality, but thats probably what im gonna end up getting. Ive wanted to have one for years and now that I can (legally and responsibly own one) im really excited to (not tamper with it and use it the way it was intended !!!).

Ok no but seriously I finished the post and was gonna go do smthn else but I am NOT done talking about the 3ds. When I say ive wanted one for years, I MEAN IT. IVE BEEN BEGGING SINCE I WAS LIKE 8. All of the tomodachi life and all the other mii related games, with all their fun and charm, being able to include your friends and family and being dumb as hell with it. The kirby games and all their charm, the best animal crossing game(fight me), ALL THE AMAZING POKEMON GAMES ON tHE 3DS. Ive been DYING for this all my childhood till now, and FUCK emulation (im kidding emulation is great and I love it <33 but) I WANT TO PLAY IT THE WAY GOD INTENDED. I mean really, the switch doesnt have EVEN HALF, not even a quarter of aquarter OF A QUARTER of the soul the 3ds had. The Wiiu was pretty great but doesnt have nearly as many amazing options as the 3ds though, and its not like the switch was the worst thing in the world but I YEARN, YEARN for the golden age, when nintendo didnt feel anywhere near as corporate and the environments they created not just in their games but in their systems, like the wii wiiu and 3ds (most of all the 3ds), where LUSCIOUS and THRIVING WITH CREATIVITY. And im FUCKING GETTING IT EITHER NOW OR SOON. EVERY WIRE AND NEURON IN MY MIND IS SLOWLY FRYINGITSELF JUST DUE TO THE MERE FACT THAT I HAVENT BOUGHt It YET, I NEED THAT SHIT.

Also went to leeds’s art gallery, it was pretty cool. I love the sketches, some of them are gorgeous. The way the artist captured face expressions and body postures are really mesmerizing. Have some.

Little detail, lots of detail, you know? Its really fucking cool.

The museum was nice too. I liked seeing all the animals, and some of leeds’s history, but most intruiging BY FAR was the special event on the top floor, Displaying art and artifacts, retrospection and analysis on death and the way different people deal with it. Death, suicide, all the like. That, and everything about death as its represented, the way people mourn and the ways we treat ourselves after death, like burial or cremation. I wasnt listening to anything while I was there, but the entire time you smell of dead flowers and lotus were playing on loop in my head. It was very melancholic for me, but part of the appeal is it’s different for everyone.

This last picture in particular is quite sad, the context is that many babies never made it past the first year of their birth back in the day. So the parents would sketch their sons and daughters, since of course cameras didnt exist at the time. This was a baby’s last moment.

Unfortunate, but the first two drawings kill me the most. “This is how I felt. Small, alone, faceless, anonymous and isolated.” Part that really digs into me and I cant even really put it into words. Quite an experience.

That being said, id love to visit the museum and art gallery again, they were both a breath of frsh air to what im used to, and what ive wanted to do for the longest time, even since I was in jeddah. I could spend all day in both.

Plus, when I go to see the art gallery again ill be able to visit the libraries again, and I have to say LIBRARIES plural since theyre split into two all in the same building as the art gallery(theres actually quite a lot more in the building too), the music library and the art library. I borrowed a book from both last I went, and have been reading piano for dummies third edition for a while now. Its acutally really useful :D. Lots of stuff I didnt know, feel like im a bit closer to knowing what I want. Not there yet, but closer. Something inbetween practicing what I played from music lessons and all that professional jargin with the grading system and all, and being able to play in a band when im in uni would be cool, assuming I ever join one which I probably wont join a band no but id love to play with others in the university through clubs sometime either way :). I say all of this, but the main goal right now is just to be able to play my favorite pieces from media that I love, like omori, undertale and hollow knight tracks. A stage piano seems like a good idea, since it’s not like ill be playing with speakers in my house anyways so I can buy those later and use it to practice piano after piano lessons, still probably needs some more thinking through though. Still got a lot more saving to do before any of this is even plausible anyways.

O and the art library book, fucking successful drawing by ANDREW LOOMIS. ANDREW FUCKING LOOMIS HOLY SHIT. LIKE, THE ILLUSTRATOR ANDREW LOOMIS. HIS SHIT IS SO AWESOME I LOVE ITTTTTT. I cant tell you how long ive been looking around for a book of his, ive asked EVErYWHERE and havent found one, and FINALLY I GOT IT. Cant wait to open that up and practice, I love his work so im really excited to see what I can learn from it.

I wanna keep going, but I think ill keep it at here for now. Its been fun, see you guys again soon :).