18th March 2021, 4:14 PM
Reading all 475 of these posts gave me a newfound respect. I already loved this community, but reading this enhanced it. J is just so great. Positive, willing to support, kind. Mystery, despite the hands, co-worker, and skin, still carrying on. And the rest of the community, of the "How are you doing today" community, are just the people that help each other, amidst the trials, parenting, moving, getting jobs, schooling, and loving one another for what they are. I was deeply moved, and want to become part of this "How are you doing" community.
Today I walked outside onto my freshly painted back porch and looked around the world around me. I saw the little stream pick up a bundle of small green leaves from a birch tree from our neighbors' yard. The birds chirped around me, looking up at the hemlocks and firs of the Pacific Northwest. I looked behind me to see my SO moseying across our grand piano with two cups of hot cider in hand and passed by the grandfather clock made by their father. They opened the slider and sniffed in the woodland air. They handed me the mug and I started sipping when they suddenly started choking and fell to the ground. I looked in their face and it showed me something I'd never seen before. I was so confused - "What the Alfredo?"
'Twas but a dream.
I'm doing fine. I mean it could be better, but alas, it is not. Rona just sucks, and that is a fact. Yesterday, Wednesday, was a day off of school (I do online classes jtlyk), and it was a chill type of day. I had stayed up until 1:40 am Wednesday morning reading Jed and the Junkyard War (really recommend btw) and slept until 11:25 am, (actually pretty good considering the number of siblings I have) and for the next two hours, watched my little bro watch a playthrough of Slime Rancher or something. Then I just kinda chilled, played some piano, finished Jed and the Junkyard War, and watched some memes. There were two highlight videos that I'll find and put somewhere, sometime.
I felt a little bit depressed about how it has literally been like 60+ days since I'd been able to play Pr2 and decided to catch up on the forums instead. I mean, Pr2 is the only game I have really cared about. The people, the games, the levels, the dedication. I mean, If I were to die young, my final bragging rights would be having two levels over 1,000+ plays, maybe three. I mean, as a twelve-year-old having a level that got 800+ plays in 5 hours, I was bragging to V-man about how awesomely cool I was. Having someone post a video, about my video, was one of my favorite things. I think two people made knock-offs of it, and was so proud of myself, probably the most I had ever on a videogame.
Today, I stayed up till 12:45 am, reading... as you guessed... My Side of the Mountain (also strongly encourage reading. My second time). I woke up at 8:08 with my alarm, ate some, as you guessed, frosted flakes, and hoped in the shower to get ready for Zoom. The first two Zooms were just fine, and third period was... well... okay. The teacher had trouble connecting for the first few minutes and then we had a Kahoot! on fruits and vegetables. I got like 8/20, just barely getting 5th. I mean, how am I supposed to remember which color of fruit has isothiocyanates and phytonutrients. How am I supposed to know what fruit has anthocyanin, or something like triglyceride or something. And I swear that half of the questions had the phrase "May lead to killing cancerous cells" or something along those lines. And of course, we ended with the most cheesy dad joke - Q. Why couldn't the green pepper practice archery? A. Cause he didn't habanero.
Yes, I know. Dad joke central. Then we come to now, where I am sitting on my N22 Touch school-issued iOS Chromebook that is broken in two places typing this paragraph.
Covid, Adobe, Economy. Man, 2020 sucked. 2021 was what was still in store. I mean it still sucks, with a global pandemic still blazing across the country and the world. Thank you for sticking in for the narrative of my life, or at least the past two days. Stay safe. If not, we are here, as a forum, to help whomever, for practically whatever, practically whenever. Stick in there.
-lattum,
The twelve-year-old
that helps others carry on.
Today I walked outside onto my freshly painted back porch and looked around the world around me. I saw the little stream pick up a bundle of small green leaves from a birch tree from our neighbors' yard. The birds chirped around me, looking up at the hemlocks and firs of the Pacific Northwest. I looked behind me to see my SO moseying across our grand piano with two cups of hot cider in hand and passed by the grandfather clock made by their father. They opened the slider and sniffed in the woodland air. They handed me the mug and I started sipping when they suddenly started choking and fell to the ground. I looked in their face and it showed me something I'd never seen before. I was so confused - "What the Alfredo?"
'Twas but a dream.
I'm doing fine. I mean it could be better, but alas, it is not. Rona just sucks, and that is a fact. Yesterday, Wednesday, was a day off of school (I do online classes jtlyk), and it was a chill type of day. I had stayed up until 1:40 am Wednesday morning reading Jed and the Junkyard War (really recommend btw) and slept until 11:25 am, (actually pretty good considering the number of siblings I have) and for the next two hours, watched my little bro watch a playthrough of Slime Rancher or something. Then I just kinda chilled, played some piano, finished Jed and the Junkyard War, and watched some memes. There were two highlight videos that I'll find and put somewhere, sometime.
I felt a little bit depressed about how it has literally been like 60+ days since I'd been able to play Pr2 and decided to catch up on the forums instead. I mean, Pr2 is the only game I have really cared about. The people, the games, the levels, the dedication. I mean, If I were to die young, my final bragging rights would be having two levels over 1,000+ plays, maybe three. I mean, as a twelve-year-old having a level that got 800+ plays in 5 hours, I was bragging to V-man about how awesomely cool I was. Having someone post a video, about my video, was one of my favorite things. I think two people made knock-offs of it, and was so proud of myself, probably the most I had ever on a videogame.
Today, I stayed up till 12:45 am, reading... as you guessed... My Side of the Mountain (also strongly encourage reading. My second time). I woke up at 8:08 with my alarm, ate some, as you guessed, frosted flakes, and hoped in the shower to get ready for Zoom. The first two Zooms were just fine, and third period was... well... okay. The teacher had trouble connecting for the first few minutes and then we had a Kahoot! on fruits and vegetables. I got like 8/20, just barely getting 5th. I mean, how am I supposed to remember which color of fruit has isothiocyanates and phytonutrients. How am I supposed to know what fruit has anthocyanin, or something like triglyceride or something. And I swear that half of the questions had the phrase "May lead to killing cancerous cells" or something along those lines. And of course, we ended with the most cheesy dad joke - Q. Why couldn't the green pepper practice archery? A. Cause he didn't habanero.
Yes, I know. Dad joke central. Then we come to now, where I am sitting on my N22 Touch school-issued iOS Chromebook that is broken in two places typing this paragraph.
Covid, Adobe, Economy. Man, 2020 sucked. 2021 was what was still in store. I mean it still sucks, with a global pandemic still blazing across the country and the world. Thank you for sticking in for the narrative of my life, or at least the past two days. Stay safe. If not, we are here, as a forum, to help whomever, for practically whatever, practically whenever. Stick in there.
-lattum,
The twelve-year-old
that helps others carry on.
"Winners never quit and quitters never win"
- Vince Lombardi
I sincerely hope that we are all winners and that we never quit.
Do what you need to do so that you can win that race.
Win your race.
At the very least, finish it.
Never quit.
Never.
Try, try again.
I'm sure you can do it
