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Life Updates | Stranger Things + 911 + New Favourite App

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We watched Stranger Things season 5 volume 1 at sobrang na-excite ako sa volume 2! Kaso ang tagal i-release. Sa Pasko pa. Pero perfect timing na rin kasi on-call ata si Kenneth ng Christmas at malabo naming magawa ang aming Christmas movie tradition sa cinema, so manonood na lang kami ng Stranger Things kasi para na rin namang movie ang bawat episode.

Yung last Christmas movie namin ay Nosferatu. Para tuloy nagkakaron na ng monster theme ang Christmas movies namin (and I think I like it).

Stranger Things volume 1 spoiler alert:

Nung first time pinakita na na-eexperience ni Will yung POV ng demogorgon, naisip ko na yung possibility na maco-control nya yung mga monsters, at yun nga ang nangyare sa ending ng volume 1! (maybe even controlling Vecna sa season finale??) Sobrang satisfying. Will deserved this moment. After being helpless sa mga naunang seasons, yung tipong sya na lang lagi ang kelangang i-save, now it’s his time to shine! I love this for Will.

The thing I’m dreading is yung mga mamamatay before this final season ends (for sure meron!) Ito yung list ko ng mga characters na hindi ako sobrang magiging heartbroken pag nadedz sila:

  • Nancy
  • Lucas
  • Joyce or Jonathan (dapat may isang matira kasi kawawa naman si Will)
  • Maybe Eleven and Robin??

Habang naghihintay mag-Pasko, sinimulan ko ulit panoorin yung season 1 (I’m now on season 2).

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Art Hobbies Wellness

The Menace Bulletin No. 1

Welcome to The Menace Bulletin! It’s where you’ll find a curated collection of little discoveries, interesting tidbits, and all sorts of odd curiosities.

First edition is on the house, but I’d probably reserve future ones for paid subscribers *finger heart*

THE GOODS

Cool people and things I stumbled upon.

Steal like an artist

Austin Kleon is one of my favourite artists and I’m happy to see that he has a new podcast guesting! He’s a treasure trove of knowledge about other artists and is just filled with creativity wisdom. I like how he can almost immediately pull up a quote relevant to the topic being discussed and cite his sources at the same time—his most popular book is Steal Like an Artist but he doesn’t neglect to credit the artists he’s “stealing” from. I appreciate that about him. Because what I can’t stand is when people bring up an insight or copy an idea but neglect or forget to mention where they got it from. It doesn’t give the opportunity for curious consumers to explore and dig deep into the source. Well, the worst thing is passing off an idea as their own and that’s just plain sleazy. Not cool.

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Art Money Diaries

Etsy Ads Suck

A couple of months ago, I started paying for Etsy ads. What it does is when a potential customer search for something that’s similar to what I offer, my listing will get prioritization and will be placed on the top search. I alloted $1 per day for these Etsy ads hoping to drive more sales ($1 a day is a lot for my small sticker shop). During these months of running ads, I barely make anything. Every sale I make goes to these ad payments and it’s not even driving more sales. There were times when I even owe them money because my sales weren’t compensating for the ad payments. So a few weeks ago, I stopped paying for the ads. Seeing my money disappear like that, having a negative balance on my payment dashboard, it was starting to get depressing.

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Art

Fake Twitter #16

I’m doing my monthly recap for October at nag-post nga pala ko about dun sa illustration workshop na sinalihan ko. Eto yung pinaka-favorite ko sa mga ginawa ko:

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Illustration Workshop

I signed up for an online illustration workshop by one of my favorite artists, Mike McCain!🤍 I thought yung binayaran ko ay for one session lang tapos 1-2 hours lang pero 3-day workshop pala sya tapos 6 hrs per day!! Waaaahh super excited!

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Art Happy Things Hobbies

Happy Things #12

Top Secret

It happened Oct 16, 2022. It was a Sunday. And it’s one of the most (if not the most) memorable and meaningful experiences of my life. I learned that I am capable of loving more deeply and that I have a lot of love to give—to others and to myself. I had a glimpse of a different version of myself. More loving, more curious, in awe of everything, more patient and relaxed. I just hope that I will be able to cultivate that experience—that feeling—and bring it with me in my everyday life.

Excerpt from a private entry I wrote that day:

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Art French Hobbies

Kung Hindi Ngayon, Kailan?

I’m getting my $800 back!

Short back story: Nagbayad ako ng $800 (around 34k sa peso) for French classes knowing na pag complete attendance ako, ire-refund daw nila yung binayad ko.

After 2 months, na-receive ko na (finally) yung confirmation na complete attendance nga ako. Kasi kelangan din daw muna nilang siguraduhin kung wala ba kong late, wala akong nakaaway na teacher or student, mga ganung bagay. Alam ko namang wala akong brineak na rules, nakampante lang ako dun sa e-mail na confirmed na talaga na qualified ako sa refund.

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Art Happy Things Life

Happy Things #10

Compliments

I got compliments on my dress nung umabay ako sa kasal ng pinsan ko. Thank yow! I get my confidence boost from other people kasi ang tipid ni Kenneth sa compliments. Feeling ko na-awkward sya. Ewan ko ba dun. Minsan nga ako na lang nagco-compliment sa sarili ko (why not 😂).

My cousin. Pagkakita nya agad sakin, “Wow you look good ate.” Instant boost!
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Art Insights

The Day I Stopped Calling Myself a ‘Creative’ Person

The word ‘creative’ has been attached to me for a very long time. It’s just a common fact that some people are more into the arts and some people are more analytical and logical. And when your family and friends and other people tag you as a ‘creative’ as well, it’s hard to separate yourself from that label.

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Art Happy Things

Happy Things #8

Grand Beach

Holiday nung Monday so pumunta kaming beach with the Centinos. Ang saya lang nung change of scenery. Gusto kong bumalik tapos tatambay lang kami ni Kenneth. Sya tutulog, tapos ako magbabasa or drawing.

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