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This stuff is so much more complex than I could have ever imagined. I don't think any MDD explanation would have been able to effectively convey that to me.

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I treat them like my offspring

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Birthday Blues 🍰🎈🌧️

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Hey Babez 🌸🌹💐

I sang sum stuff and put it on Soundcloud .*+

Yeah, I ended up changing my artist name from Marinq as well... I just felt that Marinq didn't sound right if I'm going to do both contemporary music and opera. I just stuck with Mimi and a feminization of my family name, Hromas.

Ignore the fact that Tumblr is straight up not letting me add my Soundcloud audio stuff 💔 everyone gets these screenshots instead:

The first one is a cover I made of a Stevie Nicks song I've come to really like. Gosh, if I had a band and everything I'd go crazy with covering this song. I think the guitar solo stuff is super cool. I love Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac.

The second one, Rusalka, is completely composed and written by me. It tells the tale of the Slavic version of the Little Mermaid, basically. It's in English, Czech, and Russian. I never said it was good Czech or Russian, though 😭

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Big Phat List of Things I Learned From the Worst Year of My Life (so far)

From someone who feels like the Universe wants me to suffer, diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder, experience with a TRAGIC decade old trauma-bond friendship, toxic friends, and blatant bullying. All while living in a relatively dysfunctional household.

BUT ALSO, from someone who is the happiest and most successful she's ever been because I've worked on myself like my life depended on it (it literally did). Now I'm off my meds, graduated high school with a sexy GPA, and about to launch an art website and get some dough.

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If you help a traumatized person, you are not obligated to be their best friend forever and ever and ever.

Seems super obvious until you're the one under all that pressure to be BFFs forever when y'all should've drifted apart years ago. That's called a trauma bond. If you bicker, disagree, argue, etc. very often but ignore it, you + the other person lack self-respect and will suffer terribly.

Maturity is not what you think.

Just because you can perform adult tasks or have more knowledge on adult affairs than someone else doesn't make you more mature. A little kid can learn to file taxes, do your job, drive a car, etc. if you expose them to it enough and know how to effectively teach. It's not exclusive to adults. However, a child will likely not challenge their own thinking nor think critically about how they treat other people. That is... Unless they are mature. (Empathy takes time to develop. The more empathy you have, the more mature/developed you are.)

Maturity = level of empathy and ability to challenge your own thinking. Immaturity ≠ your hobbies, interests, clothes, favorite music, and what not.

Don't let your friend group BECOME A FUCKING CULT!!!

You know it's bad when you hear the story of a cult survivor and think to yourself, "I had a friend group a little bit like that!"

"you're only allowed to talk about your problems that involve us WITH us! You CANNOT GO TO OTHER PEOPLE FOR ADVICE IF YOU'RE UPSET WITH US, Because THAT equals talking behind our backs." No. No, no, no. They are literally unknowingly trying to brainwash you into making you believe what they want you to believe. Don't fucking fall for that shit and don't get on people's asses if they go to other people for advice on dealing with a conflict with you, either. Here's a HOW-TO guide!

How to ask someone for advice when dealing with a friendship issue + feeling like it's not a good idea to talk to your friend about it upfront.

1.) Do you even feel comfortable asking you friend about the issue at hand? You might be feeling unsafe to conversate with the friend in the first place because you don't have proof they will react well. Think about that.

2.) Are you RANTING about your friend, or are you telling the story as neutral as humanely possible in genuine hopes for advice?

3.) Are you keeping your friend anonymous, if possible?

4.) Are you making an effort to keep things as unbiased as possible?

• If you are being careful to respectfully seek advice on how to deal with an issue with a friend and your friend lashes out on you because they found out, they might be the problem. sorry.

• If your friend asked someone for advice and you found out and you lash out on them, you might be the problem. Sorry.

If they are lonely and broken, they will do whatever it takes to not lose you.

Don't promise people you'll be best friends forever and ever in elementary school and then continue to fight for your friendship despite hardly getting along with them. Worst mistake I've ever made, really. Before it's too late, drift apart naturally if they are not your people and you know that you're not their's.

Growing up throughout K-12, the most unexpected people seem to lack in emotional development.

When I was in middle school, there were kids who I felt would grow up to be so much smarter and better than me and would always excel in academics, kindness, friendships, etc.

But then once they turn 18, they think they the shit.

When my senior year of high school came to an end, I discovered that some people never stopped being middle schoolers. You might think, "well duh. Some people never grow up.". But it's not just kids that unironically think dank memes are still the shit-- it's deep down within you, me, and all of us under the age of 25. We are all not fully developed yet— but we have to recognize this and get off of our fuckass high horse and say "I'm so mature and grown up compared to all of them! I have a job, drive a car, and don't bully my friends every 2 minutes like I used to in middle school!" The less self aware you are, the less mature.

Recognize when people are obsessed with you.

They tell you that you're so cool and popular, you have so many friends, you're so talented, you're so pretty/handsome, etc. But ... They never comment on your personality. Maybe you give a lot more than you take or you're super kind to people and you had no idea until classmates began to notice and tell you.

However, your obsessive friend wishes they were you so badly because you seem to have it all-- friends, talent, blah blah blah. Not because you care about others or something like that. Have you ever noticed that? They like the concept of you, not you.

I no longer fw people who act all "overprotective" and "caring"

Yeah, I brainwashed myself I to thinking it was sweet and a sign of genuine care for my well-being when it comes to friends. It crossed the fucking line when:

• My privacy was breached and I had to stand there and laugh awkwardly, helplessly.

• They'd ask about my FUCKING VIRGINITY and judge my boyfriend who they bever eve took the time to get to know because they never wanted to.

• They tell you that you make friends with the wrong people just because they cant imagine hanging out with anyone that's different from them.

• They try to embarrass you in front of you friends & boyfriend because they think it'd be funny to play a mean sibling 💀💀💀

Fuck that bro, I don't ever wanna be friends with no house playin' mfers no more. They called themselves my overprotective orders sisters and me the baby sister just cuz their asses were older than me.

Find your damn crowd

• People who don't feel the need to "fix you" or criticize you all the time, especially on things that can't change instantly.

• People that like you because of your personality - not your clothes, your face, blah blah blah.

• People who won't undermine your problems no matter how big their's are— whether your dad yelled at you, your ice cream fell, or you can't seem to get along with their friend no matter how hard you try. A good freaking person is someone who could have lost everything, but doesn't use it as a FUCKING EXCUSE to be terrible to you. I know people like this exist— I've met them. Look out for them & learn from them. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!

• People who are actually curious about you, not obsessive and wish for you to be who you are in their heads.

Know when people are crossing the fucking line!

• They wish harm upon you when you finally break them off.

• They curse at you, but then they apologize BUT it's still your fault and "you still should have done X, Y, Z".

• They get extremely distressed when you don't message them for a certain amount of time and they make you feel super guilty. Then you promise to message them as frequently as possible despite knowing you can't.

• They criticize you for who you're friends with.

• They subtly push their religious beliefs on you. Example- they care about your virginity to a weird amount that makes you uncomfortable, but you ignore it because you don't want to feel close-minded.

• Your problems don't matter as much as their's because your parent(s) isn't/aren't dead/dying, you've never been r4ped, etc.

"not to invalidate your feelings, but you have it better."

• They desperately want YOU to be able to do all sorts of things for them when they're depressed & you're eager to help, but you're not a licensed therapist and don't know wtf you're doing. Then, they get mad at you because you don't know what you're doing.

• They get upset with you over things out of your control.

• Invalidating your emotions. Example, they tell you that you should know better than to feel hurt when a grieving person snaps at you and says stuff they shouldn't say.

• Breaching your privacy because "I care so much!"

(angry vent) for example, they steal your phone and scroll through your messages while they lock themselves in a bathroom and find messages they didn't want to see and then weep over it because what they discover on your phone is actually you venting about their behavior to your boyfriend + keeping them anonymous, then they apologize a little for stealing your phone and looking through embarrassing and private messages because they thought it would be funny, but the BIGGER problem to then is "talking behind their back" (you venting a little where they can't see so that their feelings won't be hurt). Yeah. And then they tell you "I sometimes think you might be autistic" because in some way, they see you as dysfunctional.

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Doll Parts

She's so raggedy and I'd like to profit off of these rag dolls, but I'm afraid of them being destroyed so easily. Maybe it could be some form of art, though.

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I'll always have my girls with me when times are tough.

There's much more from where that came from.

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JUNE 2025 PAINTINGS

black & white collection

I tried to do Grisaille. The idea was to paint on grayscale and then paint over it, so therefore, these were pretty experimental. Ended up not wanting them to be anything but grayscale, though!

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Ways to Get Real Crystals

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Shopping Online :

• You can't really guarantee if they are ethically sourced when purchasing from Amazon, TEMU, etc. or really most places online. Keep that in mind.

• The best way to guarantee they'll be real is to find where the stone is most commonly found in your country and go from there. Maybe look for eBay sellers or something.

• Are you looking for Opal or Opalite off TEMU or Amazon? You're going to get glass. Period. Don't fall for Adara Crystal, either. Glass. Only purchase if you're wanting some pretty glass!

THINGS YOU SHOULD DO :

• Purchase rock tumbler refill!!! You'll likely get Green Aventurine, Amethyst, Rose Quartz, Dalmation Stone, Red Jasper, Sodalite, and Tiger's Eye!!! That is A LOT of rocks.

• You are very much capable of getting some beautiful cheap crystals off of online stores. My advice is to just not purchase anything labeled opal, lol. I'd say, as long as you know what straight B.S. looks like on an online store, 8 or 9 out of 10 times you'll get shockingly real stones.

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Out in the Real World :

• Garage Sales, Estate Sales, etc. You might get SUPER lucky!

• Teach yourself Rockhounding & go make friends with some folks who do lapidary. If you find something, you can get your lapidary friends to cut open your rock so you can take a peek inside! That is, unless you wanna spend a pretty penny on a rock cutter and/or polisher.

• Go watch videos by people like Agate Ariel on YouTube. Consume a lot of that content because you'll get yourself FREE crystals that way.

• Never stop looking down. Again with the whole Rockhounding thing-- DOWNLOAD A ROCK IDENTIFICATION APP. I've tested them out, and they are shockingly accurate. HOWEVER, sometimes they mistaken glass for a real rock or a real rock for glass, so watch out for that.

• Go outside, pick up a whole bunch of rocks that look like a whole lot of nothing. Identify them with your app, and it's cool to see how different all those rocks actually are.

• Also, for all the crystal-healing folks-- when you pick up granite and marble, don't toss it! That stuff is powerful, even though it's not super duper pretty.

When purchasing stones from a store in-person, here are some indications of glass :

• Air bubbles

• Too perfect looking

• No inclusions (does it split on the inside?)

• Not cold enough

Some stores sell a "healing stone" called Opalite. Don't fall for it babe, that's glass.

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Things I Do & Don' t Regret Buying

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Regrets

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Sunscreen

• Expires way faster than people think, making it useless after a month or so.

• Purchasing big containers of it is a waste of money, unless your going to be putting it on like 6 people everyday before it expires.

• There are other things that cause skin cancer aside from the sun. In fact, more people are getting skin cancer despite more people purchasing sunscreen.

• If you're going to purchase sunscreen, get a small travel sized container (under 8 oz.) and it'll last you for a while before it expires.

Scented Products

• Fragrance in lotions, shampoo, etc. could mean anything on that ingredient label.

• Candles release terrible stuff into your home's air. I still love candles though, but just putting that info. out there. Inhaling smoke in general isn't good for you. Beeswax candles + essential oils, if you are someone who cares.

• Avoid products with fragrance in the ingredients label, and also look for products where water is around the top of the label.

Plastic Stuff

• You can't tell, but plastic degrades over time.

• BPA & internal skin cancer, blah blah blah.

• I lean more towards glass anyways. I like how it sounds and it just somehow makes drinks & food taste 3 billion times better when in glass.

• I WILL SAY, THOUGH-- plastic straws make more sense to me than glass and metal straws. You can reuse plastic straws. Glass straws could shatter easily I feel, and metal straws just... IDK. Glass straws might be the best option if you take care of them, though. Yeah, no, NVM, I think glass straws might be a pretty good option if you care about BPA stuff.

Meditation Apps

• I shoulda just looked them up on YouTube.

Fast Fashion

• I didn't know you could tell the quality was bad on camera until it was too late.

• I always sweat so bad in plastic-y fabric

• Terrible cheap fabric melts like plastic, too.

• Thrifting ain't so bad. If you ought to buy something off TEMU or SHEIN or whatever, don't get shirts, skirts, etc. unless you don't mind people knowing you shop online 💀

• Sometimes you've gotta shop online & that's just kind of how it is nowadays, whatever-- but whenever I've bought something super cool from online, I've been itching to replace it with something the same but better quality and also ethical.

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No Regrets

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Stickers

• They accumulate and you can do all sorts of stuff with them!!!!!

• Gem stickers are sooo cute with makeup

• They can get annoying to find everywhere tbh but when I DO need them, I'm SO GLAD that I saved them.

Pretty Rocks

• Me personally, I'm a rock collector. I love rocks & my family has a history of lapidary.

• You can make jewelry with them and sell them for a gazillion dollars. Someone out there will buy it!

• I luv when they accumulate 😋

• You can get them for cheap if you have a good eye

Painting Stuff

• When I get scared I'm running out, there's always a whole lot more in my storage, and that's pretty much the principle with all the stuff I don't regret buying! I can't say the same with more perishable stuff like sunscreen, make-up, lotion, etc.

Jewelry-Making

• Always good to do something when you're bored for both yourself, and maybe to sell to folks.

• Accumulates. Doesn't expire.

Stationary

• I have this weird anxiety that I'm going to run out of paper, pens, notebooks, erasers, etc. when I actually have more of those things than I could possibly use.

• Accumulates. Doesn't expire.

Shoes

• If they end up too big for me or I end up not wearing them much, great gift for someone else!

• I love my collection of high heels. They make me feel confident.

Glass Containers

• Glass doesn't degrade the way plastic does, it kind of just erodes, I guess.

• I love pretty drinks inside a pretty glass.

Fruit

• A perishable that is probably not best to accumulate too much of if you're not going to eat it all.

• Better to eat fruit than foods that will make me break out, though!

• Just eat it before it goes bad. Better yet, learn how to store different kinds of fruit for maximum shelf life!

Also, sidenote-- don't boycott ALL industries that are unethical to their workers, if you know what I mean. That's somebody's paycheck, even if the way they are treated in work is unethical. If you're going to boycott businesses, do it wisely.

Don't take away someone's unethical job out of sympathy unless you are going to give them an alternative, too.

Someone might be working in an industry that's terrible for them just to get food on their families plates.

IN MY OPINION, I do support boycotting TEMU, SHEIN, etc. because of child labour shi. Lots of those folks aren't getting paid at all.

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My Very Evil Plan

I was taking a shower and then came up with this brilliant plan to bewitch my opps by creating a Death Note, but more tame.

This invention I call: the uhhhhh-- the Black List.

There! Intimidating-sounding, but does not necessarily imply death. The Black List. You can tweak it to make it specifically for death, go ahead. Don't come to me when you done klLL somebody, tho.

So, basically what I'm thinking is:

• Assortment of Baneful Herbs. Unless you're tryna eradicate a mfer, I'd suggest leaning towards stuff that causes strife, confusion, rather than the intention of death. Well, there's still some kinks I have to work out in terms of this theory I have in mind. Here's a list of things I'd use for less lethal stuff because lethal herbs are far easier to search up :

~ Baneberry - baneful Binding &

vengeance

~ Henbane - for cursing

~ Jimsonweed - flare up mental illness

~ Moonflower Vine - baneful binding

~ Alcohol - confusion & nausea

~ Ants - poison & burning sensation

~ Apple of Peru - reverses wealth &

abundance

~ Ash - suffocation

~ Asphalt - trapping eternally

~ Belladonna Root - baneful binding

~ Belladonna other parts - curse & hex

~ Boneset - cursing

~ Sweetflag & Rue - cause discomfort

(itching, diarrhea, coughing fits,

sneezing fits, toe stubbing,

tripping, muscle cramps, heartburn

etc. when someone doesn't do what you

want them to)

• A bowl or a box, anything to keep these herbs in for a very long time. I'd suggest some kind of box rather than a bowl, and plus it's gotta be big enough to fit a diary.

• A blank journal. This is going to be your Black List.

• Quartz, most of all but also potentially some of these rocks, too ~

• Something to write a petition with (paper, bay leaves, etc.)

Okay, so here's the plan:

I'm thinking we enchant a journal so that whoever's name you wrote in it, they experience misfortune and what not. You can write what you want to happen to them and stuff and do a little bit of scrapbooking with DNA, photographs, a cut out of their handwriting, etc.

1.) Put herbs in box. No need to cleanse anything because you want that nasty stuff. Mix them around with your bare fingers, focus your magical stuff through your fingertips and infusing your herbs with intention.

2.) Throw in some quartz to amplify everything and also whatever other crystals you want to use.

Here are some good crystals to use :

~ Agate - turn enemies against

themselves to cause confusion

~ Amber - freeze progress

~ Amethyst - cause sensitivity &

self-destruction

~ Antimony - literally destroy

someone's finances, goals, intuition,

and peace of mind

~ Aventurine - ruin decision-making

~ Barite - give up on dreams

~ Blue Lace Agate - cause confession

of actions

~ Carnelian - pain or injuries

~ Cinnabar - destroys your life

~ Chrysocolla - truth spells &

embarassment

~ Flint - causes conflict

~ Meteorite - catalyst in baneful

magick

~ Opal - bad luck & greed

~ Onyx - nightmares, mental torment,

breaks up relationships

~ Pearls - bad luck

~ Tourmaline - remove protections,

block positive thoughts, spiritual

famine

~ Turquoise - corruption & decay

3.) Write your petition. Be super duper specific-- I'd say something like, "Make it so whoever's name and information I write into my journal will experience the misfortune I desire upon them without causing harm to me or those I love, or anyone I did not intend for this spell to hit."

4.) You can burn it and mix the ashes in, roll it up and tie it with a pretty bow, do whatever you want with your petition as long as it helps infuse everything with your exact intentions. It's your road map.

5.) You can use sigils and stuff to write everywhere, put on petitions, and it's best you put it on the journal. Do whatever feels right.

6.) Keep your journal in there to marinate in that malevolent energy for a long while. I have a feeling that if you wrote someone's information down before letting the journal marinate, it will probably still work. It's like a petition book for jinxing. It's not going to be as effective as a curse jar I don't think, but I'd say this is moreso for jinxing than full on cursing. Well, that's at least my intent. You can probably tweak this enchantment to annihilate a bloke somewhere.

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Things I like to do Sometimes

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Life is a prick, but I manage to pull through.

I like to bring a Portable CD player to school

• Owning physical copies of music feels super meaningful and personal

• You can decorate it with bling and stickers

• Music in class with less risk of teachers freaking out about phone policies + they'll prolly be more flexible and maybe even amused that you brought a CD player

• I think some of us may agree that sometimes it feels good to not use your phone and find alternatives for entertainment

I Bring a Personal Journal to School Sometimes

• This is probably common practice for many, but sometimes I just don't have to time to journal or don't have the room in my bag

• When I DO bring my journal, I feel good about myself and feel like I have a safe space to record my feelings or anything of that sort

I like to Draw Sigils on Stuff

• Makes things feel a lot more personalized and "me" because the sigils I draw on things are ones that I tend to create myself. It's just nice to see them because they remind you of your wishes and what you want most. To me, they are sort of like a slightly more discreet signature.

• Easy & practical way to imbue wish-making magic into schtuff. It's such an easy way to move you forward in granting your own wishes and making your desires come into fruition. You can incorporate sigils into just about anything-- you've just got to get creative.

Doll Collecting

• Keeps those damn burglars away, I bet.

• Unnerving at first, but it just took a bit of changing my mindset to fully eradicate my fear of dolls (especially at night). I began collecting porcelain dolls at 8 or 9, despite my slight fear of them. I was curious about them and also was hoping to make a ghost friend, haha.

• They're rather cheap and easy to find at second-hand stores! Same with tea cups & tea pots. Porcelain stuff reigns superior.

• They make people uncomfortable. This gives you a degree of power, LOL. Even I, a doll obsessed individual, used to experience discomfort in the presence of an old doll. I wonder if maybe this is evolutionary or something. Uncanny valley, most likely. If you're getting bullied at school or sumthin, I highly recommend getting yourself an army of dolls.

• Good company!

Rock & Plant Collecting

• I'm infatuated with gemstones. I love shiny objects.

• Download some identification apps! If you are curious about the world, you will NOT regret it. You'll get the hang of that stuff sooner than you know and you will impress tf outta people. Very useful 4 witches.

• Tea, jewelry, pressed flowers, etc. all that natural Earth-y stuff will accumulate to the point you could probably do all sorts of stuff with it. Get creative.

Scrapbooking

• Plane tickets, Magazines, all sort of paper things that you are hesitant to get rid of-- scrapbooking is the cure.

• I for some reason love looking at beautiful messes of stuff.

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My Packing List 4 Tmrw 🎀~.°•`

Here is my packing list for my high school choir's flight to L.A. tomorrow

Any liquids must be 3.4 oz or less & pack light.

Clothes -

• Swimsuit

• School & Choir Uniform Shirt

• Denim skirt or pants (I don't own any jeans so I may have to borrow from my brothers...)

• Princess Attire for Deeznutsland (Disneyland)

• Something mayhaps equally as princess-y for day 2

• 3 changes of pajamas

• Undergarments for each outfit

• My own personal theme for this trip's casual clothes for going out: Practical Magic (movie) or Horror game protagonist girl. That's how it's feelin' this time around. OOH, or a socialite type of feeling. I haven't picked outfits yet so we'll see what I'm really feeling like wearing this vacation.

• Epic cargo jacket that never fails me, equipped with pockets that are like voids. They hold more than my purse can. These will be for the Horror Game Protag outfits (gotta have that expansive inventory)

• Jewelry

Toiletries -

• Feminine hygiene products

• Face wash & stuff that'll remove my makeup

• Moisterizer

• Chapstick/Lip smacker/Lip Balm

• Fake eyelashes

• Eyeshadow palettes

• Highlighter

• Primer

• Foundation

• Deoderant

• Setting Powder

• Eyeliner

• Eyelash curler

• Sponge & Brushes

• Lip products

• Toothbrush

• Toothpaste

• Mascara

• Hairbrush

• Hair curlers & Curling iron

• My precious scented lotion

• Shower stuff

Misc. -

• Phone & Charger

• Books

• Emotional Support Stuffed Animal

• Journal & Pen

• Money

• Headphones

• Meds

• Snacks & Stuff

• ID

For this trip I am hoping to feel like myself. I am going to unwind and spend time with people that enjoy my company. I am going to talk to some princesses and my heart will flutter when I immerse myself into a world of pirates. I will feel comfortable in living life, I will be free once more and I will love the feeling and sensation of being alive. I will rejuvenate my life and feel again.

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Diary Thingy #292938

Depression is a wild thing. It really has been screwing with me and I can't tell what is fake and what's real. I've been going to therapy as one would expect, but it's been put on pause because my family is poor. Don't tell my opps, but I'm being beat up by life constantly (not even by life necessarily, but by existence which I guess is the same, but it feels different to me). I'm so sick of going from having a great time to having a terrible time and not being able to "thug things out" like I have always been able to. I hate brain chemicals. I hate the world. I hate the concept of life.

I can't go to friends to talk about it because as much as they care, it feels like there's no use. I feel dull and trapped, but the fluoxetine I take seems to sugarcoat everything and neutralize my emotions. I am so tired, I'm so exhausted, why can't life feel like something?

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My Prom Pictures

This year's theme was the Roaring 20s and it was held at a nearby air museum 🌹

It was alright, wish they played some 1920s jazz or something to fit the theme, but it is what it is I guess. I was also excited to see some airplanes but they didn't allow us to see them unfortunately. This saddened me greatly!

I got my tiara at Walmart, I must admit. Walmart tiaras are very beautiful. I got my dress for free at a dress drive and it really feels like this dress was meant to be. It was exactly what I had in mind when searching for a flapper-esque dress.

My friends and I showed up to the dance about an hour early after getting ready together watching Hot Fuzz on our friend's living room TV. We went to Walmart on our way to the venue and made a little charcuterie board with the best Walmart bread we could find. There's a huge field at the venue with picnic tables, so we arrived and had a little picnic and took some pictures at the gazebo. We played in the grass in our fancy clothes (I have grass stains on my dress now but it's my fault, so whatever) and climbed a tree. The dance itself was... alright to say the least. All you do is mingle, take pictures, play some connect 4 and maybe eat some burnt popcorn that they served. It was fun, but I really was looking forward to some airplanes. Oh well.

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