#self plugging

(Since everyone’s in promo season in the first day of a new decade, might as well do it now.)

Hello, this is Mari, a 26 year old Chinese Filipino at the other side of the globe (aka the Philippines) with too much time spent in staring at Pinterest pins, YouTube watching, and thinking of new ideas for stuff. Also, I’m interested in fashion, beauty, books, pop culture, travel, history, tea, and the House of Romanov (if you see a Romanov post getting reblogged into your dash, that would be me).

I’ve been fully self-shipping for a year and 2 months right now. I have 6 main F/Os (and way too many now and in the future) and only one (Hamilton the musical’s Philip Hamilton) is a romantic f/o; everyone else is either a platonic or familial f/o, including the other mains: Harry Potter (older adopted brother), Isabelle Miravelez(-Potter, bestie in law), Kairi (younger adopted sister), Kirby (best friend), and Toei’s Marina (the former mermaid princess, really close friend).

I mostly do writing and reblogging stuff, but I also will do moodboards, playlists, and other miscellaneous as well. I’m too incompetent in drawing to save my life though. Just be aware that I have Asperger Syndrome since toddlerhood, and if I did sound like a jerk without no intention of being one, just let me know right away, my brain can go faster than either my mouth or hands can do. And let’s start 2020 in the right note and be excellent with each other.

My last day at my seafood job will be on the 20th, and after that I will only have my weekend job and commission based work to fall back on until I find something else.

While my original plan was to wait until I found something else, I’m still glad I’m leaving now, because I’ve felt a sense of relief since I put in my two weeks notice. The job itself wasn’t the issue, nor was it the customers. It was always the management and the way the store handled hours and training new people. I’ve gotten used to handling high pace work environments, but if the people in charge are not putting in their own weight, it just effects everyone. Hell, I found out other other guy in my department is also planning on leaving. That would make well over a dozen people just quitting within the last few months.

Y’ello! I haven’t made one of these in yoinks, so I might as well do this since a lot of people are doing it too and there are new followers and people on board. Name’s Mari, your resident socially awkward 26 year Filipina Aspie dork and aspiring writer, she/her pronouns. I had just started self shipping for real last November 2018, so I’m looking forward to make more connections in Tumblr-land.

Currently, I got six main F/Os: Philip Hamilton from Hamilton: An American Musical (only romantic), Harry Potter from the Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts series (adopted big brother), Isabelle Miravelez(-Potter) from Ikaw Lamang (best friend in law), Kairi from the Kingdom Hearts series (adopted little sister), Kirby from the Kirby series (best friend), and Marina from Toei’s The Little Mermaid (really close friend). But I got many other friends and relatives in this crazy fam bunch party.

I mostly write and reblog shit, though don’t be surprised if I make moodboards, outfit boards, playlists, and doll maker stuff any time soon. Also, I do have Asperger Syndrome, if I do make some stupid shit that makes me look like a jerk, please let me know, I tend to be oblivious with my actions at times.

Please note I’m more than happy to share F/Os with you, though we can arrange some adjustments if you have some issues in sharing f/os in the past; your mental health is at the highest priority, and I don’t want to inadvertently hurt anyone’s feelings down the road.

I’ve still got a long way to go before I really start promoting it, but I also want to see what sort of things people would like to see for sale, other then stickers.

I’ve thought about designs for tee-shirts (original stuff, because Redbubble will only allow a select number of licensed designs and characters, so I would rather focus on my own stuff).

You guys heard it right: F/O Takeover season is back again, courtesy of @myrainydayloves; sign up list is in here. And the first first time ever, I’m having all my f/os (and my newish auntie F/O) to take over my blog for the weekend, taking turns throughout the event. And with Harry and Issa’s wedding looming in less than a month, it’s a good time to ask any questions regarding that to any one of them. The list of who’s who’s outside of said auntie is linked here.

Also, @husband-of-lucoa’s adopted daughter/my f/o mermaid buddy Marina is going to show up in here as well, along with my new auntie F/O, you’ll find out who’s that this coming weekend. Just remember that no NSFW questions (keep them at least PG-13/15 rated) and, if you don’t specify who gets to answer what question, I’ll have any one of the F/Os answer that automatically at random.

And because I live half a world away, it will actually start for me on Thursday, but it’s also the day I’ll have a wisdom tooth extraction as well, so it will be slightly delayed a bit. Plus, there’s a 9th day post-burying of my uncle’s urn mass on Friday, so I won’t be around for the late afternoon and early night during this day.