June is presumably the beginning of the unbearable season of hellish warmth bordering 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 hardworking 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 behind 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 obsessing over, and pretending this has never had anything to do with ADHD but is of my own volition and interest.
Art in general. I mean, I’m doing tiny dabbles at clay right now, but the one flower I made looked like a peach-colored 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 outside, you can always pick up a piece of paper 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 decent 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. Influencers, stay tf away.
*I purchased a children's book that's entirely in Japanese because it looked cute, with a fox on the front. And now, I'm realizing it's looking more like an extremely sad life lesson about death. Obviously, I saw this coming somehow.
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 something from the early 2000s called the Conair Quick Twist. Until I fondly remembered one of my friends getting her hair caught in it so badly that they had to cut that chunk off with scissors.
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 somewhere in a cave.
This is not a good one. This is not a good thing to be into at all. In fact, I try to stay away from these things. However, it's been hard lately. Linda has a habit of getting us both excited about something so ridiculous we both question why we're about to hit "Buy now." We bought Kendamas. Are we good at them? No. Did we almost buy the most expensive one there is because it’s cute? Yes. Yes, we almost did...until I stopped us. I must be Confucious-like, remain calm and vigilant, and prepare for Linda's onslaught of attacks of impulsive purchases. We also bought some off-brand Labubu something (hell if I know, I have no idea what I just bought, and it's upsetting me). Again, this isn't a good hobby to have. But it can keep you entertained and makes for a good exercise for our common sense.
They're great. I love floofy things. I like floofy pillows and blankets, and all I want is to be in a floofy room filled with soft things and a huge stuffed animal tanuki, or a dragon roll that's actually the shape of a dragon…but as sushi. That's all I want. Total immersion in clouds. Give it to me! I wanna feel like ET when he pretended he was a creepy doll in the sea of toys. Except not really, because all those toys were terrifying, and so was he. IDK; maybe that was a bad analogy. We'll just go with clouds.
Lighting – I've always enjoyed ambiance of some sort. I'm not sure what the general feel or aesthetic of my home or apartments have ever been, but they've pretty much stayed the same. Strings of multi-colored and purple Christmas lights on my windows or in my bedroom, an Edison bulb somewhere, and a lamp with a red lampshade that makes me feel like I'm in an Edgar Allen Poe story. I like to keep these lights on and turn off all the others during the summer. It feels kind of like a dark, dreamy forest to me. But I think one of my friends told me my house was kind of creepy one time, so I really have no sense of how people feel about me or my taste in décor or definition of ambiance.
So that's that. Just a few things I'm a bit more into lately, and I'm content with it for now. If anyone would like to join me on a quest for soft things or fun lighting, let me know. So long as it's not over 85 degrees, I'll be willing and able. And if it's above 85 degrees, so long as I've found a pair of those wispy pants, I might also be up to it. Stay cool and interesting, sexy people.
–HOC
