Ouja Akuma's posts
Posted in Count to 1 million
Posted 4 years ago
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Posted in Mad Tea Party: Hangout and Raffle
Posted 4 years ago
So this is my first event on Volta and I gotta say, this is so fun and exciting! Def brings back some old memories on other forum sites with memorable events. I look forward to future ones.
Also whoever made the music for this is amazingly talented.
Also whoever made the music for this is amazingly talented.
Posted in into the night | a hang
Posted 4 years ago
@Deaa: Yep, history major! Currently aiming for a bachelors in Library science and eventually a master's in museum studies. Wooooo.
I just prefer fiction, more on the fantasy side. Or if I wanna read historically accurate things, I buy a book about some historical event lol.
Well part of the reason was I hated what I wrote, another is I just didn't have the drive to write as much. It took me about 2 years to finish my novella and it's only 80 pages lol. Womp.
I just prefer fiction, more on the fantasy side. Or if I wanna read historically accurate things, I buy a book about some historical event lol.
Well part of the reason was I hated what I wrote, another is I just didn't have the drive to write as much. It took me about 2 years to finish my novella and it's only 80 pages lol. Womp.
Posted in into the night | a hang
Posted 4 years ago
@Deaa: I'm a history major actually! So I love to read historical stuff. But historical fiction not so much cuz I'm always like "THAT'S NOW HOW IT HAPPENED" and lose the joy lol.
I used to write fanfics a long long time ago and have burned those stories since. I couldn't do it anymore lol.
I used to write fanfics a long long time ago and have burned those stories since. I couldn't do it anymore lol.
Posted in Eventually Moving But Mom is...?
Posted 4 years ago
@Xaphiel: Our house is actually paid off, there's no mortgage, hasn't been in years and it's been really nice. And no, there isn't anyone. My brother is absolutely useless (cant even take care of himself). We didn't even trust him to watch the house if both of us were away. And he's older than me too lol. My aunt has ongoing medical battles due to her fibro and she sometimes needs more help than my mom but my cousins help her (tbh I don't think the family really likes my mom cuz they ignored us for years).
Financially we're not bad, but mom has a fixed income from social security so there's not much left after bills to really afford to hire any help. She doesn't need help cleaning or anything, but just like grocery lifting, giving the dogs baths (groomers are so expensive), taking trash up to the street every week, some heavy lifting stuff...that's about it. So a caretaker wouldn't have much use here or even a house cleaner. I suggested she come with me but she doesn't want to leave her doctors (which is understandable, she has really good doctors).
@Kitalpha Hart: My therapist said the same thing, tbh. She just confirmed that my mom's being stubborn and wont acknowledge it until I sign those leasing papers.
Financially we're not bad, but mom has a fixed income from social security so there's not much left after bills to really afford to hire any help. She doesn't need help cleaning or anything, but just like grocery lifting, giving the dogs baths (groomers are so expensive), taking trash up to the street every week, some heavy lifting stuff...that's about it. So a caretaker wouldn't have much use here or even a house cleaner. I suggested she come with me but she doesn't want to leave her doctors (which is understandable, she has really good doctors).
@Kitalpha Hart: My therapist said the same thing, tbh. She just confirmed that my mom's being stubborn and wont acknowledge it until I sign those leasing papers.
Posted in Eventually Moving But Mom is...?
Posted 4 years ago
I got fed up with my life being mediocre and working as a cashier or in general minimum wage jobs.
I'm almost 30 as well, and it's just like "this isn't what I wanted to do with my life". But I'm also living with my mom for a variety of reasons. I'm mostly independent tho, I buy my own groceries, pay my own bills (or send my money to my mom if it's a shared bill like phone or car insurance). I also pretty much have half of the house to myself (she calls it my wing lol). I have two rooms and my own bathroom. So like...it's like my own place but mom still is A Thing.
Anyway, I have been going back to school to get my degree. I finally decided on a goal and that is a Master's in Museum Studies because I always wanted to work in a museum and found out there's an actual career for it lol. I'm going to be graduating to start my master's program around next January if I stay on track. But my first choice of a school which was local, dropped the degree over the summer. Now there's only one school remaining in the state that offers this but it's not local, so I have to move.
I am 100% okay with moving. I've wanted my own place for so long. I've already started saving for moving fees and such, putting about $100 away a paycheck if I can and if not, at least $100 a month. I've paid off a LOT of my debt considerably and I'm SO PROUD OF MYSELF for that. Debt sucks. Overall, I've fully committed to moving and got a lot of things rolling to keep me in my budget.
However, my mom is against this. She doesn't want me to pursue this degree because I have to relocate. She has always been a party pooper and is part of the reason why I kinda let my life to rot for so long. She's glad I'm in school and doing well, but when I told her I was going to a town about 2 hours away, she just...shot me down. But I'm still going, my minds made up.
Well, she's also a cancer patient and a high risk individual for covid so I worry about leaving her alone. I do some housework she cant do, but my biggest thing is tho, is that the house is way too big for her. As I said, I have a wing because she doesn't use that side of the house. She just sticks to her bedroom and living room. That's it. I've mentioned the idea of her selling the house and getting something smaller but she dismisses it because I'm not leaving in her brain.
What do I do? I mean, I'm leaving regardless but I know she cant take care of the dogs by herself (I'm already taking 2 with me), she cant take the trash out, she cant lift most groceries, has me drive her to the dr's sometimes.....There's no one else to step in but I don't want to feel guilty by leaving. :( Have you guys had any similar situations? How did you handle it?
tl;dr mom's in denial about me moving out and it's giving me anxiety.
I'm almost 30 as well, and it's just like "this isn't what I wanted to do with my life". But I'm also living with my mom for a variety of reasons. I'm mostly independent tho, I buy my own groceries, pay my own bills (or send my money to my mom if it's a shared bill like phone or car insurance). I also pretty much have half of the house to myself (she calls it my wing lol). I have two rooms and my own bathroom. So like...it's like my own place but mom still is A Thing.
Anyway, I have been going back to school to get my degree. I finally decided on a goal and that is a Master's in Museum Studies because I always wanted to work in a museum and found out there's an actual career for it lol. I'm going to be graduating to start my master's program around next January if I stay on track. But my first choice of a school which was local, dropped the degree over the summer. Now there's only one school remaining in the state that offers this but it's not local, so I have to move.
I am 100% okay with moving. I've wanted my own place for so long. I've already started saving for moving fees and such, putting about $100 away a paycheck if I can and if not, at least $100 a month. I've paid off a LOT of my debt considerably and I'm SO PROUD OF MYSELF for that. Debt sucks. Overall, I've fully committed to moving and got a lot of things rolling to keep me in my budget.
However, my mom is against this. She doesn't want me to pursue this degree because I have to relocate. She has always been a party pooper and is part of the reason why I kinda let my life to rot for so long. She's glad I'm in school and doing well, but when I told her I was going to a town about 2 hours away, she just...shot me down. But I'm still going, my minds made up.
Well, she's also a cancer patient and a high risk individual for covid so I worry about leaving her alone. I do some housework she cant do, but my biggest thing is tho, is that the house is way too big for her. As I said, I have a wing because she doesn't use that side of the house. She just sticks to her bedroom and living room. That's it. I've mentioned the idea of her selling the house and getting something smaller but she dismisses it because I'm not leaving in her brain.
What do I do? I mean, I'm leaving regardless but I know she cant take care of the dogs by herself (I'm already taking 2 with me), she cant take the trash out, she cant lift most groceries, has me drive her to the dr's sometimes.....There's no one else to step in but I don't want to feel guilty by leaving. :( Have you guys had any similar situations? How did you handle it?
tl;dr mom's in denial about me moving out and it's giving me anxiety.
Posted in into the night | a hang
Posted 4 years ago
@Deaa: I don't really read physical books anymore unless they're history books or texts lol. I also read from my phone while in bed to help me fall asleep which is weird for most. /shrug
I should check to see if there's more Muriel fics....I need more.
@Peptobismol: I loved fanfic.net but yeah, it's just not keeping up with the times anymore. Ao3 is much easier to read now because of their post matting and dark mode!
I love any site that has dark mode lol.
Also hi there!
I should check to see if there's more Muriel fics....I need more.
@Peptobismol: I loved fanfic.net but yeah, it's just not keeping up with the times anymore. Ao3 is much easier to read now because of their post matting and dark mode!
I love any site that has dark mode lol.
Also hi there!
Posted in into the night | a hang
Posted 4 years ago
@Deaa:
I read it all on Archive of Our Own (Ao3) because it had better quality in works compared to fanfic.net
I read nearly all the Muriel ones...I had no control
I read it all on Archive of Our Own (Ao3) because it had better quality in works compared to fanfic.net
I read nearly all the Muriel ones...I had no control
Posted in into the night | a hang
Posted 4 years ago
@Deaa: I love Muriel but for some reason I don't really want merch of him??? I just want Lucio lmao. He's my true love in this game but...Muriel is so soft.
I read so much fanfiction of him that I was drooling.
But yeah, the new stands look great and are 100% worth the investment.
I read so much fanfiction of him that I was drooling.
But yeah, the new stands look great and are 100% worth the investment.
Posted in into the night | a hang
Posted 4 years ago
@Deaa: I got the keychain in and it's GORGEOUS. The quality in this one is way better than their previous sets so I'm very pleased. And I also love how they released Lucio's new book and I'm READY FOR MY UPRIGHT ENDING YAAAS.
Posted in Menewsha Refugee!
Posted 4 years ago
@Elirona: Glad you're enjoying it so far! I hope to see the site grow and see what they throw at us.
Posted in Count backwards from 1 million
Posted 4 years ago
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Posted in Menewsha Refugee!
Posted 4 years ago
Welcome!
I also came from Mene. I was more active in 08-09 but I checked back often to see how things were going and all. It was so sad to know that the main admin disappeared without a trace or no contact. They stopped releasing CI's because their artists and coders also left the site with no contact. All the mods and volunteers slowly disappeared as well. It's sad. One admin came back recently and posted back in August to pretty much say the site is doomed and to start packing up for when the site's payment of hosting is dried out. It's so sad. :(
I like Voltra so far. It's slow moving than what I like but that allows to get better convo's out of people and it's not so overwhelming either. I love the items here and cant wait to start hoarding items. I hope you enjoy it here!
I also came from Mene. I was more active in 08-09 but I checked back often to see how things were going and all. It was so sad to know that the main admin disappeared without a trace or no contact. They stopped releasing CI's because their artists and coders also left the site with no contact. All the mods and volunteers slowly disappeared as well. It's sad. One admin came back recently and posted back in August to pretty much say the site is doomed and to start packing up for when the site's payment of hosting is dried out. It's so sad. :(
I like Voltra so far. It's slow moving than what I like but that allows to get better convo's out of people and it's not so overwhelming either. I love the items here and cant wait to start hoarding items. I hope you enjoy it here!
Posted in into the night | a hang
Posted 4 years ago
@Deaa: The cards look so beautiful!! I'm just a keychain fan so I buy all their Lucio keychains lol. I have every single one of his and I'm not stopping any time soon haha.