Page 34 - Exotic | June 2025

June is presumably the beginning of the unbearable season of hellish warmth bor- dering on killing heat...summer. I don’t end up having many hobbies during this season, which can make me a rather dull person at times. Ask me to go to the river, go on, do it. Chances are, if it’s anywhere about 85 degrees outside, I won’t do it and will prefer the comfort of my hard- working AC unit. That isn’t to say I hate being outside. I really love adventuring outdoors, but that blasted heat causes me to wilt, not unlike a delicate flower.
That’s right. This is the only time of year I’ll fess up to weakness of that magnitude. It’s also the only time of year I get a cold. As these soon-to-be hot summer days turn into months, I’ve found that I need to have some sort of hobby to entertain myself with. Otherwise, I’m just a recluse, sitting in a dark room watching anime or murder shows with my dogs, probably sneezing. Becoming an adult made me realize a lot of interests I somehow left be- hind along the way (when do people start becoming boring?!), and at this moment in time, I’ve started to pick back up on a few of them. I thought I might share what I’m up to now, what I’m currently obsess- ing over, and pretending this has never had anything to do with ADHD but is of my own volition and interest.
Drawing – Art in general. I mean, I’m do- ing tiny dabbles at clay right now, but the one flower I made looked like a peach-col- ored dildo, and one of the dogs ran away with it and shoved it under the couch. So, I’ve been sticking mainly to drawing. I used to love drawing and painting. Truth be told, I used to enter competitions at fairs; it was fun. Realizing I left that alone for so long was kind of depressing since art really is so relaxing and not physically taxing at all. Especially when it’s hot out- side, you can always pick up a piece of pa- per and a pen and just draw a snowman to make you feel cold again.
Japanese – Aight. So I’ve been watching anime and reading manga since it wasn’t considered cool, and I’ve recently started picking it back up.* In my way back time machine, I used to want to move to Japan because of the way the houses looked and the trees. I’ve been brushing back up on my Japanese, including their pictorial alphabet (kanji), and I’m doing pretty de- cent at it. Just in case, you know, I don’t wanna work in America anymore...I can move my skills elsewhere to a Japanese company and live somewhere in an old country house I can purchase for $10K. Don’t look into it. It’s my dream. Influenc- ers, stay tf away.
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*I purchased a children’s book that’s en- tirely in Japanese because it looked cute, with a fox on the front. And now, I’m real- izing it’s looking more like an extremely sad life lesson about death. Obviously, I saw this coming somehow.
Hair-Dos – I used to wear my hair up a lot. When I was younger, my mom used to take me to beauty school, where she and her friend were attending, and they’d use me as a model. It wasn’t as much fun for me as it was for them taking pictures of me. But being an adult and being able to make my own decisions, I’ve realized it’s fun to venture into trying new hair out. It almost made me want to purchase some- thing from the early 2000s called the Conair Quick Twist. Until I fondly remem- bered one of my friends getting her hair
Flowy Pants – I’m really into this will-o- the-wisp-wispy look going on. Not the MC Hammer pants; I do not want to look like I’m going to a yoga retreat or to a bankruptcy lawyer. Those flowy pants that look like paper might be something I’d consider wearing during the summer if I was forced to go outside...but that’d be it. Wispy pants and a bra. I wanna look like a pasty-white ephemeral being that looks like they came out of a grave somewhere and then promptly withers away some- where in a cave.
Things My Friend Linda Tells Me to Buy – This is not a good one. This is not a good