HAPPY EASTER GIIIIIRL;paretto23April 16 2017, 01:25:52 UTC
Do they celebrate Easter in Japan? IDK. BUT I DON'T CARE, HAPPY EASTER LYDIAAAAAAAAAAAAA. I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE MET YOU ON HERE AND AO3 AND THAT YOU'RE IN MY LIFE. :D <3
and chocolate, chocolate, chocolate - let's eat lots of that.
(cute comic i found on google just quickly, it made me laugh I HOPE IT MAKES YOU DO SO, TOO. lots of love!!!!!!)
RE: HAPPY EASTER GIIIIIRL;paretto23April 19 2017, 07:10:43 UTC
all is well. easter was interesting. i ate way too much chocolate but that's no different to everyday life for me to be honest. HAHA. the struggles of cravings. i hope everything's good for you too. and i'm reading the fic you recently posted on ao3 right now. it's good but i'm so slow i only just finished the first chapter. damn you it's good. i love stories that are set in the 80s and 90s before communications were otherworldly and everywhere. THE LETTERS. AHH. from the moment i read jun and aiba's meeting, i knew i would love the fic. and it doesn't feel like you wrote it seven years ago at all, LOL. lots of love. <3
RE: HAPPY EASTER GIIIIIRL;oviparousApril 28 2017, 15:40:01 UTC
hellllloooooo replying to your comment on Ao3, felt that i wanted to be in a more intimate setting, came on here to see what i missed, and ta dah, i'm here.
you know i don't associate easter with chocolate! growing up reformed and calvinist (the type of Christian i am lol), everything easter = music and nothing else. haha. i'm trying think what i associate with chocolate, and the best i can give you is PMS.
i can see your love for I hope the sun and moon make friends, lol. a.k.a 'The Inaka Fic', that's what i used to call it back in the day. i wonder if you've read the post i made on my LJ last week, but if you haven't i thought you'd like to know this:
'I hope the sun and moon make friends' is a translated bit of lyric from the ZONE song 'Secret Base'. It isn't as simple as it looks - the line preceding this in the song is 'Oh, our summer vacation is ending soon', which means 'I hope the sun and moon make friends' is the protagonist's wish for the days to be longer (since you don't see the sun without the moon, so if they 'make friends' there's technically no passing of days) so they can spend more time with their friend. BTW if you watch the PV for that song you'd realise how heavily I based the fic on it. The whole idea of letter tag and the bus/secret base came from the lyrics 'I will write letters to you/I will also call you/Don't forget me/Always, in this secret base of ours'.
hehe.
and the sequel, omg. okay it stemmed from a few things: 1) i really wanted to read aimiya, 2) i've hit a bit of a snooze with my Stranger Things fic and needed to complete something to show myself i can, 3) i trawled through Ao3's aimiya tag and found nothing that suited my tastes T_T so i was like, dammit i have to write it.
not that i didn't find fics that i liked--i was looking for a specific type of fic, the kind of stuff people write for other pairings? i swear there used to be more aiba/nino, ugh. there are so many epic sho/juns and ohmiyas out there, shoneen isn't too bad too, and they're built with sprawling universes and breathtaking romance, and aiba/nino just... gets a lot of short gen fics. or they're not the central pairing. or it's a really good but super short fic T_T i wanted a meaty, 'pauwaa of lahve', sit-down-and-read-for-an-hour kind of aimiya.
so i wrote it.
i really did slash it up, didn't i. LOL.
okay will reply you on there now. i miss you Holly, hope all is well.
i'm currently losing my shit over how perfect sho isparetto23June 2 2017, 02:41:27 UTC
good grief i am SO sorry (sees that it's been longer than a month since i should have replied to this comment ahhhhhhhhhhhhh).
i thought so! that suits you :D but in my family... religion... being religious... eh. not so much. so easter was pretty much chocolate-filled for us. my mum was too lazy to take us to church or anything :| HAHAHA @ THE PMS!!!!!! i can relate so much it physically pains me.
"back in the day"????? exactly how long have you had that fic lol! is it one of your oldies but goodies? :')
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh my goooooooooooooodddd. alright. as soon as i have the time - and if i am able to get my hands on it lol - i'm watching that PV. i can visualise the fic in my mind pretty well already... but an actual visual is even better! thank you! ugh the feels. i love the whole "summer is ending" theme in fics, especially during high school!
all very good reasons!!!! gah you're right, there is a hopeless lack of actually...decent aimiya on there. well i've seen a good fic once in a blue moon, i guess. they've got this...dynamic. i don't quite know how to describe it, but the typical way of putting it would be nino and aiba being so close as friends it just... whatever possible relationship that is on the cards just happens naturally anyway? and it doesn't feel wrong? it feels right, and that doesn't even startle them one bit. LOL @ myself rambling, shut up holly. aimiya is good. your sequel is gooooooooood. thank you for pushing yourself to write it HAHA. :D
the amount of sho/jun fics out there lately... jeez. i can't even be bothered giving them a once over anymore. the genres are all pretty typical too. i'm not hating on the writers or the stories really, just... the ship is being abused, haha. you're right! aimiya do get stuck with the gen/friendship theme a lot. i'm guilty of thinking like that in the past! but now i've seen the light. you gave us that! just what you described. i think, when i read your aimiya spin-off, i must've been on the verge of sleep (i should have been going to sleep, lbr) and i just laid there for under an hour reading. that was just... nice.
GIRL YOU DID. :D
/hides
[edit: I FOUND THE PV I'M WATCHING IT AND OH MY GOD THIS IS MY KIND OF MUSIC. LYDIA YOU'RE JUST-- WONDERFUL.]
Re: i'm currently losing my shit over how perfect sho isoviparousJune 2 2017, 03:31:13 UTC
Holly! I'm right in the middle of a writing storm (Nino's birthday fic) but I saw this and thought about how you have to watch the Zone PV haha. Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfufAdLmvLQ
I'll answer you when my brain has stopped whirring! I love our conversations. Really I do. You're awesome. Have an awesome day.
RE: Re: i'm currently losing my shit over how perfect sho isoviparousJune 2 2017, 03:32:48 UTC
just saw your edit LOL yayyyy!
ps. the original fic is 7 years old! hahaha. there's a version where there's no aimiya and shows how sho proposes to nino's sister, but it's not finished yet. that one's a lot of fun too~
life is currently great but i'm not sure how long it'lllastparetto23June 21 2017, 12:26:49 UTC
Lydiaaaaaaa!
Just wanted to give you a random shout-out and the hope that success and happiness has found you in the past two weeks! Or is still in the process of finding you. :D
I've had an insanely busy but really great and productive last fourteen or so days... and I'm feeling better than ever, honestly. Socialising has its perks, I find! (I know this epiphany is pretty late for me, but, better late than never!)
Lots of love! I hope you and Watermelon are doing well. I haven't had a lot of time on my hands to check personal posts but you're almost always in my thoughts!
♥
(edit: I'm not sure how much you can see of icons... but I changed mine to an actual photo of me! Just for fun. If you were ever curious about what I look like, heh. 金髪でーす〜!)
Re: life is currently great but i'm not sure how long it'lllastoviparousJune 24 2017, 00:10:47 UTC
Hollyyyyyyy!
RANDOM SHOUT-OUT IS LOOOOVE.
I think the success and happiness hasn't found me in the way I thought it would but something else happened that makes me feel inspired and awesome! I blogged about it here and will blog about it on LJ soon, in-depth just for posterity's sake lol.
I'm so happy that you are feeling great and productive! Good on you!
Wow. Really touched that I'm on your mind. Watermelon and I ARE doing well, thanks. (Same, I'm a little behind on personal posts lols)
I see the picture! YOU ARE SO CUTE, I'M NOT JUST SAYING THIS.
Love, if you use instant messaging (Google Hangouts, maybe?) or email or whatever and find that more convenient than LJ comment boxes, let me know! I'll PM you my contact details :D
Oh, darn. I was assuming things straight away, then I seen your link and proceeded to read the entire thing. Wow. You're only just discovering the world of South Korea? THAT'S COOL! No judgement at all. I'm happy that you're doing your research, haha! I only just got over my own phase. You'll see me returning once in a while for the oldies (but goodies!), however, I've completely lost the love for K-Pop. I'm so glad you're seeing the perks though. Amber really is a lovely woman. And she's made a pretty big name for herself in Korea. I remember back in 2011 (or something, damn my memory), she took a super random and long hiatus from f(x) because she "broke her ankle" (I think later on, it was revealed she was homesick for America or something). Took her a while to come back, but she missed her roots. I felt bad for her. When she returned to the scene (and Korea), she'd forgotten how to speak the language properly and had to re-learn it. But she bounced back! I think there's something to be said for that girl's resilience. I'm really hoping that things go well for you though. Reject the job offers if they don't suit you. Or if there's schedule conflicts. Just do what makes you happy. Don't become a person who does things for the sake of doing things.
Yay me! This mood fluctuates a lot, annoyingly, but I'm okay.
It's only natural! Friends are love. I'm happy you guys are well. The world's a little bit nuts at the moment. (And that's all right, lol.)
HAHAHA I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I UPLOADED IT I JUST DID AND NOW I'M KIND OF REGRETTING IT. Oh well. Well I thought, "okay, you're 20 now. just upload a photo of yourself. it's not a big deal". And I did. SINCE I KNOW WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE FROM YOUR YT VIDEOS, I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY FAIR OR SOMETHING. :)
Ah, shoot. I don't use any IM things at the oment, but email would be cool once in a while. Kind of like a... what d'you call it. Snail mail (virtual)? Or pen pals? Because, hey, Life Is Busy. I like the concept of chatting once in a while (stressing on the "once in a while" LOL). Contact away. Just in case, my main email is fuyunoowari23@gmail.com.
I've gotta admit, Holly - I was unhappy with Kpop for a long time because they took over the Japanese wave in the rest of Asia and I was just SUPER RESENTFUL lol. It was a boycott on my side.
You know what... Over the past couple of weeks my research had led me to realise I don't really care for the Kpop scene. Haha. I've spent my entire childhood obsessing over Japan; Korea seems so foreign to me. It's weird, because I'm a foreigner myself. Thing is, the stuff that comes out of Korea is so manufactured. I can't say I dislike it, but I'm definitely not welcoming it with open arms.
I actually heard of that hiatus, but I didn't know that it was because she was homesick. I'm glad she bounced back! I identify a lot with Amber; I can't help but think of her as a little sister and kind of want to protect her. Haha. Besides the stuff I wrote about on the blog, there are a lot of other superficial similarities that I share with Amber: our Chinese heritage (and on top of that her father is apparently Teochew - so is my dad!), our Christian faith, and I guess the ability to make friends with anyone? Haha.
Totally going to do what makes me happy. Working really hard at recording covers. Can't wait for you guys to see it. I finished one yesterday. Have to start working on the next one - I have quite a few lined up! I want to make at least five so that I don't have to wait too long between each video to post. I WILL GIVE IT MY ALL.
I'm glad that you're all right with the nuts that is life! And no, don't regret uploading your photo! It's wonderful. <3
I'll add you to my gmail. We could even video chat sometime, if you're up for it. ;) I'd love to 'meet' you.
Have a wonderful day, love! See you around. I'm happy that you seem happy. MWAH.
RE: Re: oh gee.paretto23June 26 2017, 10:48:19 UTC
Yeah, that! The whole dominance of it all. You couldn't appreciate Japanese music/culture at all. You'll never guess what, though? I used to hate J-Pop. Simply because K-Pop was being shoved in my face left and right. And I succumbed. I am so ashamed to admit that, LOL. BUT THREE YEARS AGO I SAW THE LIGHT, OKAY. FORGIVE ME.
That's a really good epiphany to have. Oh my god, Lydia. That's the word I've been searching for - to describe the Hallyu wave and all that. Manufactured. THIS. There's nothing unique about it (anymore). Once, there was a time where it was good. Decent, even. I swear. But...that time has passed. btw, I wish I'd had your childhood LOL. Obsessing over Japan? I was when I was younger, but for totally different reasons (wanting to travel). Sobs. But yeah, it's just bad now. Your arms - open or otherwise - aren't deserving of that stuff, heh.
She was a little. Her company didn't make it a big thing for some reason. Oh well. Wow she is a lot like you in those respects! I'm glad you found someone in the industry to identify with. Always good to go with something familiar. Protect Amber! SM (her company) is doing an absolute shit job of managing her right now. :(
Good, good. I'm proud of you! (If that has any weight coming from someone a decade younger HAHA). OOH! I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR. LINK ME LINK ME! When you're done. Heheh. GO LYDIA GO!
Yesssssssssss! Haha, aww. Thanks. :')
Oh boy. VIDEO CHAT. Unexplored territory for me. I'm very adverse to cameras and videos of myself (hence the whole panic/regret of uploading the PHOTO even), but... yes, possibly. In future. The very distant one, if possible. HAHA I'M SORRY. It's just me and my insecurities showing.
and chocolate, chocolate, chocolate - let's eat lots of that.
(cute comic i found on google just quickly, it made me laugh I HOPE IT MAKES YOU DO SO, TOO. lots of love!!!!!!)
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THANKS, LOVE, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT!
i'm really glad you're in my life too. truly. MWAH.
haha man those bunnies looking mighty inconvenienced... i laughed when i realised the other one's ears were chomped off, lol.
lots of love too. hope this is gonna be a good week for ya ;)
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all is well. easter was interesting. i ate way too much chocolate but that's no different to everyday life for me to be honest. HAHA. the struggles of cravings. i hope everything's good for you too. and i'm reading the fic you recently posted on ao3 right now. it's good but i'm so slow i only just finished the first chapter. damn you it's good. i love stories that are set in the 80s and 90s before communications were otherworldly and everywhere. THE LETTERS. AHH. from the moment i read jun and aiba's meeting, i knew i would love the fic. and it doesn't feel like you wrote it seven years ago at all, LOL. lots of love. <3
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you know i don't associate easter with chocolate! growing up reformed and calvinist (the type of Christian i am lol), everything easter = music and nothing else. haha. i'm trying think what i associate with chocolate, and the best i can give you is PMS.
i can see your love for I hope the sun and moon make friends, lol. a.k.a 'The Inaka Fic', that's what i used to call it back in the day. i wonder if you've read the post i made on my LJ last week, but if you haven't i thought you'd like to know this:
'I hope the sun and moon make friends' is a translated bit of lyric from the ZONE song 'Secret Base'. It isn't as simple as it looks - the line preceding this in the song is 'Oh, our summer vacation is ending soon', which means 'I hope the sun and moon make friends' is the protagonist's wish for the days to be longer (since you don't see the sun without the moon, so if they 'make friends' there's technically no passing of days) so they can spend more time with their friend. BTW if you watch the PV for that song you'd realise how heavily I based the fic on it. The whole idea of letter tag and the bus/secret base came from the lyrics 'I will write letters to you/I will also call you/Don't forget me/Always, in this secret base of ours'.
hehe.
and the sequel, omg. okay it stemmed from a few things: 1) i really wanted to read aimiya, 2) i've hit a bit of a snooze with my Stranger Things fic and needed to complete something to show myself i can, 3) i trawled through Ao3's aimiya tag and found nothing that suited my tastes T_T so i was like, dammit i have to write it.
not that i didn't find fics that i liked--i was looking for a specific type of fic, the kind of stuff people write for other pairings? i swear there used to be more aiba/nino, ugh. there are so many epic sho/juns and ohmiyas out there, shoneen isn't too bad too, and they're built with sprawling universes and breathtaking romance, and aiba/nino just... gets a lot of short gen fics. or they're not the central pairing. or it's a really good but super short fic T_T i wanted a meaty, 'pauwaa of lahve', sit-down-and-read-for-an-hour kind of aimiya.
so i wrote it.
i really did slash it up, didn't i. LOL.
okay will reply you on there now. i miss you Holly, hope all is well.
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i thought so! that suits you :D but in my family... religion... being religious... eh. not so much. so easter was pretty much chocolate-filled for us. my mum was too lazy to take us to church or anything :| HAHAHA @ THE PMS!!!!!! i can relate so much it physically pains me.
"back in the day"????? exactly how long have you had that fic lol! is it one of your oldies but goodies? :')
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh my goooooooooooooodddd. alright. as soon as i have the time - and if i am able to get my hands on it lol - i'm watching that PV. i can visualise the fic in my mind pretty well already... but an actual visual is even better! thank you! ugh the feels. i love the whole "summer is ending" theme in fics, especially during high school!
all very good reasons!!!! gah you're right, there is a hopeless lack of actually...decent aimiya on there. well i've seen a good fic once in a blue moon, i guess. they've got this...dynamic. i don't quite know how to describe it, but the typical way of putting it would be nino and aiba being so close as friends it just... whatever possible relationship that is on the cards just happens naturally anyway? and it doesn't feel wrong? it feels right, and that doesn't even startle them one bit. LOL @ myself rambling, shut up holly. aimiya is good. your sequel is gooooooooood. thank you for pushing yourself to write it HAHA. :D
the amount of sho/jun fics out there lately... jeez. i can't even be bothered giving them a once over anymore. the genres are all pretty typical too. i'm not hating on the writers or the stories really, just... the ship is being abused, haha. you're right! aimiya do get stuck with the gen/friendship theme a lot. i'm guilty of thinking like that in the past! but now i've seen the light. you gave us that! just what you described. i think, when i read your aimiya spin-off, i must've been on the verge of sleep (i should have been going to sleep, lbr) and i just laid there for under an hour reading. that was just... nice.
GIRL YOU DID. :D
/hides
[edit: I FOUND THE PV I'M WATCHING IT AND OH MY GOD THIS IS MY KIND OF MUSIC. LYDIA YOU'RE JUST-- WONDERFUL.]
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I'll answer you when my brain has stopped whirring! I love our conversations. Really I do. You're awesome. Have an awesome day.
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ps. the original fic is 7 years old! hahaha. there's a version where there's no aimiya and shows how sho proposes to nino's sister, but it's not finished yet. that one's a lot of fun too~
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Just wanted to give you a random shout-out and the hope that success and happiness has found you in the past two weeks! Or is still in the process of finding you. :D
I've had an insanely busy but really great and productive last fourteen or so days... and I'm feeling better than ever, honestly. Socialising has its perks, I find! (I know this epiphany is pretty late for me, but, better late than never!)
Lots of love! I hope you and Watermelon are doing well. I haven't had a lot of time on my hands to check personal posts but you're almost always in my thoughts!
♥
(edit: I'm not sure how much you can see of icons... but I changed mine to an actual photo of me! Just for fun. If you were ever curious about what I look like, heh. 金髪でーす〜!)
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RANDOM SHOUT-OUT IS LOOOOVE.
I think the success and happiness hasn't found me in the way I thought it would but something else happened that makes me feel inspired and awesome! I blogged about it here and will blog about it on LJ soon, in-depth just for posterity's sake lol.
I'm so happy that you are feeling great and productive! Good on you!
Wow. Really touched that I'm on your mind. Watermelon and I ARE doing well, thanks. (Same, I'm a little behind on personal posts lols)
I see the picture! YOU ARE SO CUTE, I'M NOT JUST SAYING THIS.
Love, if you use instant messaging (Google Hangouts, maybe?) or email or whatever and find that more convenient than LJ comment boxes, let me know! I'll PM you my contact details :D
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Oh, darn. I was assuming things straight away, then I seen your link and proceeded to read the entire thing. Wow. You're only just discovering the world of South Korea? THAT'S COOL! No judgement at all. I'm happy that you're doing your research, haha! I only just got over my own phase. You'll see me returning once in a while for the oldies (but goodies!), however, I've completely lost the love for K-Pop. I'm so glad you're seeing the perks though. Amber really is a lovely woman. And she's made a pretty big name for herself in Korea. I remember back in 2011 (or something, damn my memory), she took a super random and long hiatus from f(x) because she "broke her ankle" (I think later on, it was revealed she was homesick for America or something). Took her a while to come back, but she missed her roots. I felt bad for her. When she returned to the scene (and Korea), she'd forgotten how to speak the language properly and had to re-learn it. But she bounced back! I think there's something to be said for that girl's resilience. I'm really hoping that things go well for you though. Reject the job offers if they don't suit you. Or if there's schedule conflicts. Just do what makes you happy. Don't become a person who does things for the sake of doing things.
Yay me! This mood fluctuates a lot, annoyingly, but I'm okay.
It's only natural! Friends are love. I'm happy you guys are well. The world's a little bit nuts at the moment. (And that's all right, lol.)
HAHAHA I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I UPLOADED IT I JUST DID AND NOW I'M KIND OF REGRETTING IT. Oh well. Well I thought, "okay, you're 20 now. just upload a photo of yourself. it's not a big deal". And I did. SINCE I KNOW WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE FROM YOUR YT VIDEOS, I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY FAIR OR SOMETHING. :)
Ah, shoot. I don't use any IM things at the oment, but email would be cool once in a while. Kind of like a... what d'you call it. Snail mail (virtual)? Or pen pals? Because, hey, Life Is Busy. I like the concept of chatting once in a while (stressing on the "once in a while" LOL). Contact away. Just in case, my main email is fuyunoowari23@gmail.com.
LOVE! ♥
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You know what... Over the past couple of weeks my research had led me to realise I don't really care for the Kpop scene. Haha. I've spent my entire childhood obsessing over Japan; Korea seems so foreign to me. It's weird, because I'm a foreigner myself. Thing is, the stuff that comes out of Korea is so manufactured. I can't say I dislike it, but I'm definitely not welcoming it with open arms.
I actually heard of that hiatus, but I didn't know that it was because she was homesick. I'm glad she bounced back! I identify a lot with Amber; I can't help but think of her as a little sister and kind of want to protect her. Haha. Besides the stuff I wrote about on the blog, there are a lot of other superficial similarities that I share with Amber: our Chinese heritage (and on top of that her father is apparently Teochew - so is my dad!), our Christian faith, and I guess the ability to make friends with anyone? Haha.
Totally going to do what makes me happy. Working really hard at recording covers. Can't wait for you guys to see it. I finished one yesterday. Have to start working on the next one - I have quite a few lined up! I want to make at least five so that I don't have to wait too long between each video to post. I WILL GIVE IT MY ALL.
I'm glad that you're all right with the nuts that is life! And no, don't regret uploading your photo! It's wonderful. <3
I'll add you to my gmail. We could even video chat sometime, if you're up for it. ;) I'd love to 'meet' you.
Have a wonderful day, love! See you around. I'm happy that you seem happy. MWAH.
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That's a really good epiphany to have. Oh my god, Lydia. That's the word I've been searching for - to describe the Hallyu wave and all that. Manufactured. THIS. There's nothing unique about it (anymore). Once, there was a time where it was good. Decent, even. I swear. But...that time has passed. btw, I wish I'd had your childhood LOL. Obsessing over Japan? I was when I was younger, but for totally different reasons (wanting to travel). Sobs. But yeah, it's just bad now. Your arms - open or otherwise - aren't deserving of that stuff, heh.
She was a little. Her company didn't make it a big thing for some reason. Oh well. Wow she is a lot like you in those respects! I'm glad you found someone in the industry to identify with. Always good to go with something familiar. Protect Amber! SM (her company) is doing an absolute shit job of managing her right now. :(
Good, good. I'm proud of you! (If that has any weight coming from someone a decade younger HAHA). OOH! I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR. LINK ME LINK ME! When you're done. Heheh. GO LYDIA GO!
Yesssssssssss! Haha, aww. Thanks. :')
Oh boy. VIDEO CHAT. Unexplored territory for me. I'm very adverse to cameras and videos of myself (hence the whole panic/regret of uploading the PHOTO even), but... yes, possibly. In future. The very distant one, if possible. HAHA I'M SORRY. It's just me and my insecurities showing.
You too! See ya. x
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