#pinkberry week 2023

[theabyssgazesalsointoyou]

pinkberry week day 2 - apologies

a redraw of one of the first bmc fanart i've ever drawn... i have been a pinkberry truther for so long

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the super duper cool @theabyssgazesalsointoyou and I are going to be hosting a pinkberry fanweek from Dec. 19th to Dec. 25th! Any type of fanwork (writing, drawing, making edits or moodbaords, etc.) is welcome! The prompt list is as following.

Day 1 (Dec. 19th): sweet/holiday

Day 2 (Dec. 20th): apologies/space

Day 3 (Dec. 21st): drives/snow

Day 4 (Dec. 22nd): sleepover/weekend

Day 5 (Dec. 23rd): sun-kissed/morning

Day 6 (Dec. 24th): dancing/flowers

Day 7 (Dec. 25th): free day!

Days 1-6 have two prompts so you can choose between either or do both if you want to. Participation in every single day is not necessary, so you can choose which days you want to participate in. If you are going to participate and post your work on Tumblr, please use the tag #pinkberry week 2023

[thesquirrelqueer]

pinkberry week day 6: dancing + flowers

happy early christmas to those who celebrate, this is the only day of pinkberry week I was able to do but I hope y’all enjoy it!

[h0n3yk1tt3n]

Maybe I'll post Instagram mistletoe shenanigans from previous years here but. I SQUEEZED SOMETHING IN FOR PINKBERRY WEEK WOOOO

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Pinkberry Week- Day 1 (Sweet)

yooooo i am excited for this. this somehow ended up as lowkey a sequel for a fic i wrote

i started to lose my train of thought towards the end of it and it wasn't working how i wanted it to anymore

but anyway:

sweet-tooth

in which chloe tries baking for brooke and overthinks, so jake invites brooke over to help

Chloe couldn’t understand it.

This was the third time she had somehow messed up.

This was it. This was the end. She was done for.

“You’re overthinking again,” Jake said, trying another of Chloe’s failed cookies. “At least these are edible this time.”

“But they’re not good!” Chloe huffed, pulling off the oven mitts and throwing them down on the bench.

Her hair was a mess, there was flour everywhere, and a mountain of bowls and baking utensils and empty packaging.

“You don’t have to make it from scratch, y’know. Nothing wrong with a box mix.”

Chloe threw a pinch of flour into Jake’s face. “Brooke makes it from scratch.”

Jake: “You don’t even have to bake her anything.”

Chloe: “Then what am I supposed to do?”

Jake: “Literally anything else?”

Chloe: “Like what?”

Jake: “Buy her something. I think I had a pretty good idea to get her a p-”

Chloe: “I swear to god if you try to bring up the pizza metaphor, I will dump the entire bag of flour over your head.”

Jake held his hands up in defence. “You can’t say I’m wrong. And I could be a little more help than just being your taste tester.”

“I don’t want to have to have help with this! It’s gotta be special.”

Jake wiped the flour, or as much as he could, off his face. “Then ask Brooke to make them with you.”

“No way, I can’t do that-”

“Brooke will love it,” Jake said, cutting her off. “I reckon she’ll love baking with you. Rich and I have tried cooking together, not that either of us are great. But it’s fun just messing around in the kitchen with him.”

Chloe: “How do you know that Brooke will want to bake with me?”

Jake: “I just do. Also, she’s, like, on her way over and incredibly excited to bake with you.”

Chloe: “What- you told her!?”

Jake: “Only because you get stuck in your own head.”

Chloe: “I hate you.”

Jake: “Love you too.”

There was a very enthusiastic knock at the door and Jake grinned. “Your darling sunflower has arrived and that is my cue to leave.”

“I’m going to get you back for this,” Chloe said.

“I look forward to it!” Jake called back.

Chloe huffed and stared at the mess she had made in her kitchen. She could hear Jake and Brooke briefly talking before the door shut. She could assume that Jake had left and Brooke was making her way into the kitchen.

She was lost in thought when she felt a pair of arms around her waist. She felt Brooke kiss her shoulder.

“He always leaves you dishevelled, doesn’t he?” Brooke smiled.

“He ditches me in my moment of need. How dare he.” Chloe smiled at the kisses.

Brooke: “Jake said the latest batch was edible.”

Chloe: “But way too dry.”

“Let me try.” Brooke pressed another kiss to Chloe’s shoulder before pulling away. She grabbed a cookie from the tray.

The longer Brooke went without saying anything, the more it cemented the idea that Chloe was a terrible baker.

Chloe: “You hate it.”

Brooke: “I don’t!”

Chloe: “You’re just saying that.”

Brooke: “It’s not terrible! I promise.”

Chloe: “You hate it.”

Brooke laughed softly and held Chloe’s hands. She kissed her gently. “If we put some icing or something on them, they’ll be fine. Jake doesn’t know what he’s talking about.”

Chloe rests her head on Brooke’s shoulder. “You’re just being nice.”

“Come on, let’s bake something together.”

Chloe lifted her head. “Really?”

Brooke smiled. “Yeah. We’ll make something as sweet as you.”

“Nah, you’re the sweet one.” Chloe kissed Brooke’s forehead. “What do you want to make?”

“Classic chocolate chip cookies.”

“As you wish, my love.”

[mountain-dew-tickledpink]

lmao pinkberry week time

[bmc-bigbang]

What is a Big Bang?

It’s a fandom event where authors sign up to write at least 10,000 words over a 6 month period, and then get paired with artists who create something to go with their fanfic. This can be a drawing, or something like an edit or a playlist. More details (including the rules) can be found heere.

Woah, that’s epic. Where can I sign up?

Check out the schedule at this link (mobile friendly link here), and then sign up for writers here, for artists here, and to beta read here.

[lifewithoutmeds]

june 29, 2023

thursday, 7:34 p.m.

as usual, upon writing, i’m feeling minimally better today than i have probably been for at least the past 10 days.

i’ve been stuck in a cycle of getting out of bed late, watching dumb youtube videos, reading dumb facebook posts, and eyes just pretty much glued to my phone every waking hour of everyday. i’m looking at weird stuff too, outside of my normal healthy stuff. i’m watching police body cam video of people behaving badly and the police actually having a lot more patience than the average person, and i’m reading a lot of AITA and “Entitled Karen” posts on facebook which are usually just a bad, ad-ridden collection of reddit posts with poorly written commentary and unnecessary summary surrounding it. typically halfway through or so, before i get to the clickbait story i had initially seen that had drawn me in, the whole website crashes and i have to go back to facebook and scroll through until the next thing catches my eye. i watch/listen to youtube until i fall asleep, then sleep for anywhere between 8 and 13 hours, depending on what i’m required to do the next day. last friday i slept for 13 hours. last “night” i fell asleep before 6:30 p.m. 

it’s a weird sensation. there’s nothing in the day really to look forward to or that gives me much joy or hope. sleeping seems like the best course of action. i struggle to do simple things like take out the trash/recycling, wash the dishes. i’ve been only showering maybe once a week and even getting the mail seems cumbersome.

work is rough. i have no problem sitting at the dining table, but tearing my eyes away from the phone even for a few minutes is difficult. i sit, uncomfortably for hours on end, but get very little done. i respond to most emails but have difficult doing the work or research that they entail.

i’m not eating well, i’m not exercising, i don’t have a lot of plans for the future or goals that i can think of. everything seems quite wearisome. there may have been one day in the past week where i went outside for a morning walk, but otherwise it’s felt too hard to do so.

however, it seems the days in which i have the strength/motivation/wherewithal to journal, those are relatively good days and not representative of all of the days in between.

the last couple weeks in review: monday, june 19: had dinner with my mom at a very expensive but extremely mediocre sushi restaurant off of foothill in la crescenta next to a car wash. i should have known. we then went to the burbank AMC to watch Past Lives, and got some Pinkberry frozen yogurt in between. the movie wasn’t great, but also learning that my mom had gotten dangerously close to hanging herself at the sylmar house closet while living with my dad was extremely upsetting and triggering. i spent days ruminating over that as well as my dad’s behavior the past 40 years and wondering whether i should just cut ties with him completely. tuesday, june 20: amy ended up canceling for lunch, as she had meetings come up. wednesday, june 21: grabbed a drink with gyoon after work downtown at the arts district brewery before meeting esther and her sister for dinner at the nearby Taberu. dinner was ok, then we got a few drinks afterward at Propoganda. i tried to be in good spirits but was really struggling mentally to keep it together. friday, RDO: slept an unhealthy amount. 13 hours, beating my old record of 12 hours. saturday, june 24: spent the entire day cleaning and preparing for at home kbbq dinner with tracy and her wife. also taught and played a few games of monopoly deal. also briefly saw amy and her daughter on their way home from their visit to see jenny. tuesday, june 27: in office. wednesday, june 28: WFH plus psychiatrist zoom appointment in which i updated her on my medication side effects, namely: a decrease in itching/rash and sobbing, and an increase in sleepiness, irritability, random irrational pain in my foot, and rumination. she seemed pleased that the itching/rash had gone away and starting today i increased my dosage from 25 mg to 50 mg. unfortunately, the effective dose is 200 mg and i can only ramp up 50 mg at a time and side effects can onset at every dose increase so i could anticipate two more months of despair and side effects before feeling any better. looking ahead: friday: will be hosting xio and matt for kbbq dinner. will need to clean and buy groceries. will be good to see them, but i know they’ve been struggling physically (xio) and mentally (matt) so i’m a little nervous that we’re all so sad but maybe it’ll be ok. saturday: celebrating zoe’s bday at lana’s place. taco guy will start at 12:30 p.m. but i’ve been asked to come earlier, around 9am to come help. also to bring my Yeti. looking forward to seeing people and getting out of the house. sunday: church with mom. tuesday, july 4: will go hang out with Rhiannon as we both have no other friends and no other plans. friday, july 7: will hang out with stephen, who i haven’t seen in years. saturday, july 8: quasi-monthly brunch with amy (lee)

my life feels stagnant and without hope or joy, but i suppose a tiny minuscule part of me wants to live as it keeps texting people stupidly and making plans that i have trouble keeping up with at times.

  random journal prompt: what is a unique talent that you have?

so i had to scroll through like 20 prompts before i could find something that i thought i could think of a response. i think i’m good at explaining things without making people feel bad. i think i’m a fairly good teacher and i think i do it in a way that feels genuine and well-intentioned and non judgmental. i’m thinking recently of how i taught tracy how to surf fish and tracy and her wife how to play Monopoly Deal. i don’t really get frustrated with explaining and re-explaining as necessary, and it’s so important to me that they don’t struggle and have a good time, that i think i check in a lot with them, for understanding, for their feeling. i think i’m good at not pushing things onto others if i sense they’re not feeling up to it. i think i create a non-threatening environment, and i think i’ve been able to teach and share my interests with a lot of people in that way, mainly with fishing and monopoly deal. i try to make sure people have a good time. i think that’s a good thing.

[muridigital]

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Thursday Jan 26 2023

- the slump has been really settling in these days! Experiencing it at full force unfortunately, even though nothing necessarily bad is happening externally! Really in the thick of it which is a bummer but it’s ok, I want to remind myself of the glow I had the last two weeks and know that I will return to that eventually and it is still possible to achieve.

- grateful for the lovely weather these days with the warm sun and clear skies!

- grateful for Andy reminding me to get my head out of Stanford and start the END OF THE EVENING of normal life! So grateful to have a partner to ground myself in that way and remind me it is ok to detach.

- grateful to NOT STUDY today! Giving myself permission to relax and zone out. I need that balance!!!

- grateful for playing bball with him, walking to Stanford mall to return vuori, and splitting pinkberry as a spontaneous treat!! Before dinner too 😋 grateful he likes to help sample new flavors so I get to taste everything. Grateful to come home and cook together then watch The Parent Test and discuss parenting styles together. Best types of evenings!!!

- grateful for a moment of peace at the oval with Liz to touch base and validate each others misery. Just laying in the grass and discussing how difficult life is in the Stanford environment. Glad I can go through it with her

- grateful for delicious Korean food at tofu house and good company w Christina Mel and Chris! APAMSA meet ups continue lol

[theabyssgazesalsointoyou]

pinkberry week day 3 - drives

used a template for this one because i can't draw cars for shit 😔

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pinkberry week day 4 - sleepover

you know that picture of a girl doing her friend's makeup on top of her. yeah that's them

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pinkberry week day 6 - dancing

it's a wedding dance!!! (template & free background used)

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pinkberry week day 5 - morning

hc that brooke curls her hair & chloe cuts hers short and gets highlights as adults

[theabyssgazesalsointoyou]

pinkberry week day 7 - free day

this was supposed to be for the flowers prompt but you can't really tell so. say hi to sher!! (template used)

[theabyssgazesalsointoyou]

pinkberry week day 1 - holiday

it's the 19th in my timezone soooo

*all i want for christmas is you plays in the background*