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@totalanimefan: Sure, let's do that. ^^ So I was kinda trying to learn Jpn for a while back in HS. But it's a lot of effort for something I probably wouldn't use much except for within my own hobbies. I do know bits and pieces still and can follow little kid manga and easy songs at least lol. I've kept my iTunes library in Japanese, rather than romanji, since like 2004 so it forces me to remember how to read katakana and hiragana at least. I would love to visit Japan one day but I think I'll be okay without being fluent. I mostly wanted to learn because I was very into the music and wanted to read articles with artists I like, or understand video interviews and lyrics. But these days I don't follow many bands or singers, even though I still love all the music I listened to back then.

I also was teaching myself Spanish for a while. I took it in school for a few years and then was the teacher's assistant, so practiced more by grading papers. Then about a decade ago when I lived in CA I started learning it again because my area had a high Hispanic population. It's way way easier to go from English to Spanish than to Japanese! Haha. Especially since the alphabet is the same, it's phonetic, and a lot of the words are very similar to the English word. Unfortunately I've forgotten a lot since moving back, but I did retain a lot too. I can do pretty okay when it comes to reading, but I don't remember enough to be able to speak much. Maybe I'll take it back up again one day, though. My ex was Hispanic and showed me a lot of cool Spanish music that I still listen to, and teaching myself the translations of songs I like helps.

I wish I had grown up bilingual. Whenever I can read something not in English and understand it, I feel like I'm unlocking a secret code or something lol.

might put other stuff here later, but for now here's a meme that made me lol

A little about me

I’m a girl in her 30s who’s socially awkward and not great at socializing but is trying to do more of that this year. I love anime, cartoons, music (mostly rock, jpop and K-pop but ofc I like other stuff too), animals, plushies, kawaii things, food, and pastel goth fashion. I used to go on Gaia a lot in HS but I haven’t been active on any avatar sites lately so you probably don’t know me from anywhere else. Things I have too much of irl include t shirts, plushies, CDs and manga. I have two cats currently. In the past I’ve had 6 rats, a parakeet, a turtle and 2 other cats. I used to draw a lot but I don’t much these days. I like looking at cute animals and 90s nostalgia stuff, so feel free to post those kinds of things here, haha.]

Thought it’d be fun to make a hangout of my own. Especially since I’m still pretty new and shy. Figured if I’m bored and rambley I have a place to ramble on now lol

How’s everyone doing today? I’ve been cleaning my house lately and kinda going on a nostalgia trip. I organized all my old anime mags from the early-mid 00s and kinda flipped through them and remembered all the stuff I used to watch back in middle and high school. Also I’ve been enjoying the Tokyo Mew Mew reboot. I reread the manga recently, and it’s definitely childish but it was the first manga series I bought so it’s special to me.

@aisukohi: That’s understandable, though one of the reasons I want to be up front on the rail is so I have something to hold on to if things get wild! Haha. I love heavy music but I try to avoid mosh pits. I don’t wanna get shoved around and risk my glasses or other belongings getting destroyed, plus it’s just not my thing. At the festival I mentioned before the headlining bands on day 3 were Arctic Monkeys and Foo Fighters, and everyone shoved forward and security was pulling people out from the front who were trying to escape.

Thanks, I’m definitely looking forward to the show. ^_^ That show sounds awesome. I’m unfamiliar with Mothe but I know some songs by girlhouse and The Wrecks that I like.

I feel you on that. I’m glad dressing rooms are open again because I’ve recently lost a lot of weight, and between that and vanity sizing I have to try on everything in person and am worried when I order stuff online that it’ll be too big. I should really learn how to alter stuff too. Most of my clothes look like tents now, but I have a lot of concert Ts that I can’t just replace, so I just tuck my tent shirt into my skinny jeans and rock the mom look. XD The one good thing about shoes is usually the sizes are consistent, unlike clothing.

Also I decided to make a hangout thread if either if you wanna chat with me there :3 if not it’s all good too, lol, feeling kinda bored and chatty this morning g. https://www.voltra.us/forum/view_topic/13542

@totalanimefan: That makes sense. Just sucks when you're exhausted and your brain refuses to shut off. I'm jealous of people who can just lie down and fall asleep in like 10 min cause even at home it takes me like 40min-2hrs on average.

Ugh, yeah those long and overnight flights all sound miserable to me, especially when I know I'd never be able to fall asleep on a plane.

@totalanimefan: I can't even sleep the first night at a hotel or a new place. I need to be lying down, with either complete silence or white noise. I'm an unfortunately light sleeper. >.> I usually just listen to music on the plane. I used to play my DS/3DS on the plane and that helped the time go by faster too. I've never gone on a flight longer than ~2.5 hours, but I think if I ever finally get to travel internationally I will feel the effects for sure. There are places I'd like to travel, but I'm too anxious to visit a new place by myself. Maybe one day though! I'd really like to travel outside the US, if I can save up enough money and find someone to travel with.

@totalanimefan: Yeah, I get that. My butt always falls asleep like halfway through the flight and I feel worn out from toting around my luggage. I like it to an extent, but by the end of the week I'm missing my cats and sleeping in my own bed.

@totalanimefan: The last time I flew anywhere was to L.A. back in 2017. So definitely been a while. But when I lived in Cali I flew back and forth between there and here in CO two times a year and I've done enough flying for a while lol. Traveling is fun sometimes, but I hate the whole process of spending hours at the airport, then hours on the plane, then trying to find my way out of another airport.

50. Three persons you would like to thank:
My cat, my other cat and the squirrel on the tree outside my window

49. Do you sort and organize your clothes in some kind of way?
Yep

48. Who's your free pass?
What does this even mean?

47. How often do you wash your hair?
Every other day

46. Is there anyone that many people think is hot, but you don't?
Pretty much any celeb. I'm not into muscular guys or pretty boys