oh hai

As you can tell from my day-of-the-week headers, it's actually quite easy to pretend I haven't been absent for the past two months. I've realized something in that time. I've realized that this place is the only place I can go to vent. Like a diary, minus the waste of color-tinted paper.

For cool links, pictures, videos and the like, please feel free to follow my Tumblr, because this will no longer be the place to find it.

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I've learned a lot since we've last spoken.

I've learned that people who really want to be by your side will stop at nothing to convince you of it.

I've learned that the key to success is discovering your definition of success and what kind of success you're aiming for.

I've learned that a lot of things are easier to handle when you put your own interests first.

I've learned that the mere contemplation of suicide is enough.

I've learned fictional characters can provide better counsel than real people. You just need to know how to write their dialogue IC.

I've learned 19 Chinese characters.

I've learned that my mother enjoys deluding herself with the belief she's the only one here who is suffering.

I've learned that writing what you know is an extremely important advantage, and that the passage to writing good original fiction characters is to take yourself apart and build individual monuments with the pieces.

I've learned that squid can taste sweet.

I've learned everyone wears masks, but some people have a harder time changing them than others.

I've learned that it doesn't matter whether or not you believe in God because He's always there to lend an ear, especially when no one else will.

I've learned how to perform withdrawals and deposits, how to cash and process cheques, how to get you to thank me for putting the funds in your bank account on hold, and how to help you out when you've lost your debit card.

I've learned that certain desires and motivations are only birthed from one's anger, and sadness.

I've learned that I'll probably be mastering the violin quicker than I previously suspected.

I've learned that I've never wanted to throw objects at fellow human beings in anger until my learning of the Westboro Baptist Church.

I've learned that having bad catchy pop songs on my mp3 player is totally okay if you give them all the same funny album cover and end their album title with "...'s Sick Dance Tracks".

I've learned that no, my posters aren't watching me.

I've learned that you have to be careful where you take pictures because plants can look like hairstyles sometimes.

I've learned that HDMI cables really do make all the difference.

I've learned that it's perfectly possible to know people from a further distance better than the people who are literally close to you.

I've learned that these people you may know better can feel figuratively closer to you than the people who literally are.

I've learned that it is possible to know everything about a person without them knowing a damn near thing about you. You don't even need a PhD in Psychiatry. Or to stalk, either.

I've learned that the need for physical human contact evaporates once you tolerate its absence for a while.

I've learned that I don't know a thing.