Spice

  Imagine... rain drops tapping lightly on your window. You glance out the window from your seat, wrapped in a blanket. It's overcast. The yard is covered in vibrant leaves; red, brown, amber. The birds are awake, but even still, it's quiet. The morning has just begun.
There's a hot mug of coffee on your right. You dressed it with nutmeg, cinnamon, brown sugar, a pat of butter and a bit of cream. There's cider simmering on the stove.
You stretch, then get up and go light an autumn scented candle. What's on tv?
fuck that. Tv sucks ass.
You ask Alexa or Google to play Galaxy News Radio, instead. It's the best shit you ever heard.
You're so comfortable. Your space smells amazing, your jammies and blankie feel yummy against you, the calm of Autumn pervades the air you breath in. Summer's bullshit is at last gone.
And then you snuggle up and read Animorphs. Or play whatever garbage game you're addicted to at the moment. Either or, respectable.


ARE YOU COMFY?
I HOPE SO.

If you aren't, I'm sorry. That's gotta be my perfect morning. If I ever woke up early enough to just enjoy a morning. Oh, and it doesn't have to be Galaxy News Radio. I know that's not everyone's thing. So, another option is just Edith Piaf.

Summer is behind us and the best season is heeeere. Look at this pillow that I wanted to buy but didn't because the lines were 8 miles long. It was disgusting. Ugh. I'm gonna regret not buying it when I had the chance.

I'm starting to like, want to buy more *specifically Halloween* stuff now. Whereas before, I only really bought stuff for year-round use, but ... yeah. There's a lot of cute stuff to just decorate with for the hell of it, and I wanna do that this year.

Damnit. I should've just waited in line. Ugh. I gotta go back for it. Probably tomorrow.

One of my favorite spots has been the 99 cent store! Truth be told, in the ... 13? 14? years I've lived in California, it wasn't until like... 2 or 3 years ago that I walked into a 99. Idk why I never bothered to go there before. Probably the outside. I judged. The outside of them usually looks pitiful. But not gonna lie, they have cute Halloween stuff this year.

I got these two. I had to. Look at them.

They also had these, which I really liked but currently I just don't have where to put them. They were really nice though.

Aaaaand look at this kitttyyyy!
It's a little ... idk. Ceramic container thingie? For knick knacks?

Bruh. Anything ceramic at Michael's or Joan's is like, well... in the double digits. And it's kinda insane. Especially with the material that's used for a lot of their stuff. Usually like plastic, with terribad molds and like stringy glue everywhere. Pls. I'll go there for the little spooky town stuff tho. Those are a must.

At a different 99, Mr. Chicken bought me these two ceramic pieces. SO cute. There were more little like, pumpkin-y woods-y mushroom-y housey pieces but I had to stop myself. I was so happy with my little bat boy and pumpkin house.

I've set out my cute little graveyard stuff and I want moooooore. Some of the pieces, I made. The little jiangshi in the back left by the anatomical model, the little ghost in front of the left gate, and the little pocong in the middle of the gate doors. The rest are all purchased. But I might make more.

The pocong is especially perfect for this! I love it so, so much!

These two came out. Got them last year, I think at Joan's? Or Michael's, idk. There was a lot of oldies, retro themed stuff and I wish that would come back. It's so gooooood

I can't say I don't like beer anymore, even though... it's complicated. I can say though, I don't like lagers. Which are the more popular commercial beers. They taste like gross, acidic, tart, bread water. However! I can enjoy and do indulge in sweeter, thicker, darker stouts and IPAs. And autumn brings out the best ones because the flavor infusions are insane. This one is SO good. Soooo smoooooth and yummy. Trader Joe's. I wanna go to a brewery soon and look for autumn drafts. They're a treasure. They really, really are.

If you have an essential oil diffuser, you'll understand how utterly at peace I am

With these here bad boys

I love candles. The look of them. The smell of them. The ambiance they bring to a dark space. But ghat dangit Bobby, these are probably the best dang purchase of the season that I've made so far.

That's a lie.

Sort of.


As we're getting ready for bed, we'll set up the diffuser, put on lo-fi and just... it's bliss. Sigh.


This month has brought a lot of yummy comforts. My life has been taken over by my studies and work. Free time is precious. Every yummy comfort is even more treasured. One of those was when we went out again for more shabu shabu.

And right after, for some boba tea next door.

This sign made me smile under my mask

And this side table(?) made me wonder

what horrors has it endured to prompt such a dismaying, pitiful sign? :(

I like how our drinks looked in the cup holders. Half and Half cups are so fat lol

Surprising no one


Henlo. It me.

I wanna start wearing suspenders more. They're so dang cute.
One day, I'll grow out of wearing clown make-up.
Probably not this lifetime, though.
We'll see.

I also like to mention; I take inspiration from Edith Piaf for my eyebrows. Sort of. I mean, I'd been doing clown (not deliberately, but ugh) eyebrows much longer than having known of her music, but she empowers me to love em even more?
Clown eyebrows? Yes.
Also Edith Piaf eyebrows? Yes.

*bows*
:D

On campus, this squirrel heard the crinkling of the plastic my sweet bread was in.

She won. I didn't stand a chance.

Very recently, I made a trek to see Lauren again. She had something in store for me.

It was the coolest belated birthday date! She asked me what kind of foods and desserts I liked. And she brought those things come for us to enjoy. The bonus of it all was how she decorated. It was SO amazing.

The little corridor had skeletons, and all the posters and stuff on her walls gave it a cooler vibe.

This little spinning music box thingie inside a pumpkin... so cute!

Nigiri, cheese and fruit, apple pie and ice cream, and WATER! I actually really like water lol. Me no drink juices or sodas much. Too sweet. Fuck me up with water, man. I love it.


Movie: the sequel to Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies.

I admit, the title is 100% cringe, but I genuinely enjoy it. I'd never seen the full length movie. I only ever watched the song performances. So, I know what happens. But it was cool to see it all come together and play out.

Best scene/song is Beneath a Moonless Sky.
Fun fact: around the beginning of quarantine, myself and a buddy would do zoom calls on Sundays to practice singing Phantom songs and sing together. Beneath a Moonless Sky was one of those songs. It was a lot of fun, but started to become harder to schedule around because I refuse to sing when other people are present.

So, TLDR: this song is pretty spicy. The lyrics are like, dang.
Phantom shows up out of nowhere, like, 10 years later. She's infuriated, and then he's like hey we're cool right? Remember when we snuck off together at night and did the nasty......   ?

My favorite performance of it is of Sierra Boggess and Ramin Karimloo.

Makes me squeamish and scream internally, but it's so good.

I'm still like, "omfg"ing about Mr. Chicken taken us to see a Broadway production of Phantom of the Opera in San Diego for my birthday one year. Where we stayed in a hotel known for being haunted.

Ugh, I'm so predictable lol.

Bleugh. October was gonna start awesome! But, unfortunately plans got canceled cuz of the rona. Understandably. We were gonna go see the opera Madame Butterfly. I read the play M. Butterfly and watched the film. Made me wanna watch the opera, totally different. I'm bummed. It got postponed until next year, which is fine. We can go then, but damn. Woulda been perfect to start October with.

But look at this cute treat one of our embalmers gave me uwu

BECAUSE GHOSTIES

I don't like reese's peanut butter cups... but these were good. Had to eat one very, very slowly, but it was yummy. And cyoo. Hee.


Some highlights from work.

GRAVESIDE CHICKEN

Every time there are doves at a graveside service, I start squealing like a wet cat as I pass their little housing box thingie, because I wanna touch them. But I don't wanna stress them out. So that urge comes out in squeaks and frog grunts. This last time, the handler offered to take one out for me as we finished setting up. He said I could hold it. I was like, hyperventilating or something idk, but this made me extremely happy. In the end, I chose not to hold the precious baby, just to avoid mishandling or stressing it out, but did absolutely give pets and baby talked it. It was one of dozens. They get released and fly back to their home base for snacks and more pets. SO CYOO

Another happy thing is when me and one of my directors do away services together, we take feetie photos ^_^. I found out recently he's half Peruvian, and... related to Eva Ayllon! His mom has family photos with her and other cousins. Shit is wild.
On our way to do stuff, I played her songs in the car and we were vibin.

Eva Ayllon is a beloved singer in Peru, especially by Afro-Peruvian peeps. But like, everyone loves her. She's like, a goddess. I've also played her music for our friends during our drunkard get-togethers lol. I wish I could elaborate on our Afro culture more, but I can't. Or shouldn't, rather. It's too different. And don't we all know; America doesn't do nuance, lol.

Anywho. Yeah! Fun feetie photos!

Still playing Darkest Dungeon. Game is too good. Got Crimson Court DLC the other day on sale. Ugh.
I had to step away from System Shock 2 for a few days. I don't want it to end. Ever. I WANT A REMASTER.

Not a remake.

*growl* There's a difference..

See?
Animorphs.
Comfy!

Tomorrow, work's gonna do a group birthday thing. I'm gonna stop in before my class in the afternoon. It's gonna be nice.
Ahhh, what a good change of season ^_^
I also started editing the last video I filmed. Editing is awful. But it's a cute video so.... one day. I'll finish it. Maybe even upload again. WHO KNOWS

Perhaps I'll wake up early tomorrow morning. Just to experience the comfy.

I hope you, dear reader, are having a comfy evening, or morning, or poop, or whatever. I HOPE THIS BLOG POST FOUND YOU SO WELL. I'm gonna go find some snacks and wind down with some candy crush lol. Get yourself some pumpkin shit, you deserve it.