Welcome to the first entry. Before we begin, I want to give a disclaimer: I tend to be introspective from time-to-time, if not often. The things I say sometimes may be heavy emotionally, but I will never try to be downright depressing. Anyway, today I am sick for the first time since my trip to Tokyo last spring. Both times were actually the day after drinking, so maybe that has something to do with it (lol). Yesterday, a buddy and I binged all of FLCL (pronounced "Fooly Cooly"). It was a very... how do I say... metaphorical and vibey kind of anime. I don't think you were expected to really "understand" what was going on at any point, but just kind of feel or resonate with whatever was happening on screen. Despite how absurd it was, it actually felt like a pretty realistic depiction of coming of age. There's this kid, and he's got these girls around him that all seem to be in some way stronger than him, and he develops some really complicated feelings based on his and their circumstance. He creates this kind of robot persona that the main girl is primarily interested in, the robot seeming to be a metaphor for how he envisions an older and stronger version of himself. Anyway, the show was great, the music was great, I have no idea what really happened though (lol). When the main girl says "It's the climax!" and the camera pans up to that amazing shot of the giant setpiece that's been set up over the show's short six episode runtime... I don't think I'll forget that scene. Anyway, I started this blog to practice a bit more self-expression. I'm oft at ends with myself, between wanting to say things and also feeling like I have nothing to say. By the time this site is in full bloom, I want it to show every color of myself, hence the username SevenColor. In the end, I have things I want to share: a story, my interests, my life. However, in the twenty-something years of my life I haven't developed any particular skills to do this. I want to start... but I also don't want to jinx it. First I'll try having a place, a section of the WWW that I can call my own. Then, we'll continue from there.
Things are a bit tougher right now. I've upped my shifts (maybe at the expense of some things I really ought to be doing...) in order to ensure that I'm not so close to the line of death (or should it be "line of debt"?), and have actually been enjoying it quite a bit.
My work's been nice. I get around a lot more, my town seems a bit more alive, and I even have an excuse to hit up the arcade sometimes afterwards. Playing DDR simultaneously reminds me of how much better shape I could be as well as how good that anaerobic exercise feels. I've been exercising more to that extent, but keep accidentally straining myself, which I think is hampering my progress.
That said, I'd love to blow off some steam by going to another rave. I went to my first about a month ago, and damn well felt like a tourist the whole time (lol). Next time, I want to have a flashier outfit ready. I'm planning to start with bracelets, like a lotta bracelets. I would say 2 or 3 on both sides would be good to start. I want one side to be rainbow-themed, and the other monochrome-themed. Two word bracelets that say "Monochrome" and "Rainbow" respectively, two bracelets of their respective color schemes, and then two non-bead bracelets to match the aesthetics (a spiky goth bracelet for the monochrome side, and I'm not sure what yet for the other...). I could see making these things to be quite the timesink, which is why I'm settling for only 4 I'd actually put together myself. After that, I'll hopefully have enough spare cash to go into the wonderfully, horribly complex world of fashion. Maybe it's a bit egocentric, but I've always wanted to dress a bit flashier, turn some heads, that kind of thing.