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Hello! I am making a rebrand so this will be my main account now :'3

I'll keep my previous account as an archive tho, it just won't be active anymore

Hello! I am making a rebrand so this will be my main account now :'3

I'll keep my previous account as an archive tho, it just won't be active anymore

A lil rainbow room for your viewing pleasure ~

It all started with the geometric rug - I wanted to play around with overlapping shapes & colour, and once that came to fruition, I decided to make a tiny room scene to match.

This is by far the most colourful mini setup that I have ever made, and while I’m not afraid of colour, I don’t usually throw them altogether like this ^_^’ 

they/them i made a chestplate yesterday, sourced from an old metal bucket i found in the woods :)

so let me tell you, in case you haven't heard this ever, that in my experience, being an adult is 100x better than being a kid or teenager. being able to more or less control my living space and who i spend time with, being able to prioritize my health and wellbeing, being able to be who i truly am and pursue my interests and hobbies... all of that is worth the other dumb stuff, and none of it was possible when i was a minor. honestly, I've just gotten happier and happier the older I've gotten.

1) Set a schedule that works for me. I work second shift specifically so I can stay up late and get up late. Can’t do that with school.

2) Collect whatever cool, weird shit I want. Buttons? Sure. Anime merch? You got it. Many many skeins of weirdly-colored yarn I may never use? I have four whole tubs of it.

3) Control my own wardrobe.

4) My periods got shorter and way less sucky in terms of cramps, accidentally turning my bed into a murder zone, etc. I have been the miserable ball of pain with ten days of nausea and heavy bleeding and cramping, and now I’m that asshole you all hate who has the three-day periods that are mostly spotting. A lot of people who menstruate report this kind of shift happening.

5) I still get acne from time to time (especially in a mask), but it’s not nearly as bad as my late teens/early 20s, and I know better now how to minimize it and make it go away faster. (A good facial cleanser. A good facial cleanser. Don’t waste your time with that Clean n Clear crap. Invest in something like Clinique or Oil of Olay and make sure you use moisturizer. I use Arbonne. It will change your life.)

6) I haven’t yet done this because I want to plan it perfectly first, but: go to a hotel with a spa, by myself, get a mani/pedi/facial/massage, chill in the hot tub, go up to my room, and laze around all evening in a very posh bathrobe and I don’t have to tell anyone where I am. “I’m going to be unavailable for the night” is a completely legitimate thing you can do.

7) As you develop life experience, you develop perspective. That is why when I skinned my knee at age six I screamed and cried and was inconsolable for an hour, long after the pain had faded, but this past March I cut my thumb so badly I needed four stitches and my response was to swear (because ow), look at it, and go “huh. That’s not good. I should probably see if my roommate can take me to the ER” and then I went and did that with no tears shed and no screaming. It’s true of physical pain and it’s true of emotional pain, too. You become able to just kind of take a step back and say “how bad is this really?” and realize that quite often, it isn’t actually that bad.

8) I get to pick what’s on TV and I get to pick what flavor of ice cream to buy to eat while watching it.

9) No fucking homework.

10) I was in my mid-20s before I found my tribe. The “weird anime kids” at cons are now all my children and neither I nor they make the rules, that’s just how it is. As you get older, you find other people who love the things you love, and you connect, and those friendships are wonderful.

12. You can start all those hobbies you couldn't afford or weren't allowed to. Your free time is your own.

13. You can do the dishes or make your bed or take out the trash later if you don't want to right now. You will have to. But you only need to explain to yourself that you're tired or want to do something else right now.

14. ADULT FUN is not just like sex and alcohol. You can get in a hot air balloon. You can bungee jump. Go on all roller-coasters you want, no age rules or lack of permission. You can decide to go on a plane tomorrow if you can arrange it.

15. NO. DAMN. HOMEWORK. I didn't fully realise how fucked up the concept of homework was and how stressed it made me until it was over. Adults who call you whiny are dumbasses. Going to work is at least better than school and homework.

16. No one can tell you not to cut or dye your hair! You can get tattoos! Your body is your own, basically.

17. Your space is also your own. Even if you rent, you'll feel freer than in a room people can barge in.

18. You can eat when and what you want.

19. You don't have to see any relatives you don't like anymore. If you go to family functions, you can leave whenever you want.

23) If you’re the anime con type, you can go for all 3-4 days without a parent’s permission now. (Or go for just one if that’s your jam. It’s up to you.) And you don’t have to skip the first half of Friday!

27) If you’re in a hostile school, there’s not much you can do. If you’re in a hostile workplace, you can go job hunting and get the fuck out of there.

28) If you’re in any kind of fundamentalist home, you’re no longer bound by your parents’ religion or politics.

29) Even if your car is a hoopty that was new sometime before you were in middle school, there is A LOT of freedom in being able to play your music and go where you want without having to ask.