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can i just express my supreme happiness over having chosen Pokemon of all things to fall in love with? like what a great franchise. what a great series. what a great game, with such a great history, what amazing characters... it's not the most emotionally complex series in the universe and it doesn't have to be. the anime is cheap and silly and shallow and that's totally fine, it's not trying to be NeoGeo Evangelion and it doesn't need to. besides, it's not about the anime, it's about the games: the glorious beacon of eternal hope that shines out at me every time i venture into the Pokemon world through the games. everywhere you look, there's a sign: don't stop! keep going! your friends love you and they love working together with you to achieve your goals together!

and the characters. pokemon influenced almost everything about my life: my spirituality [you think i'm joking? look at all those legendaries. i am looking into working with them as deities because why the fuck not!], my art and headworlds [magic systems, typing and elements, stats, attacks, you name it], myself as a person [the way i see myself and others is GREATLY improved by letting the shiny optimistic attitude of Pokemon influence me!]... it goes on and on.

i have memories of invoking the bird trio, particularly Moltres, as a young child ["fire of Moltres, keep me warm!"] without a second thought; it comes to me as naturally as that. born heathen, dirt worshipper, animal invoker, magic spell caster as a small child with no provocation or teaching. i intend to keep that going. that is my true nature and i will cultivate it. <3


on another note, bb and i tried our first gyoza [dumplings/buns] today. we got a pork one with quail egg. at first we tried to eat it with a fork, but it turned out to be easy enough to just pick up and bite into. it was good! perfectly edible. i'm not a big pork person, but if i was hungry, this would go down really well. it's a big round lump of soft bread and meat, like a sandwich but rather more interesting.
god, i love Grand Asia Market. may that place stand forever. may i always, no matter where i travel and live, be within reach of either this place or a place like it. not only is it ridiculously cheap to buy stuff there that would be really expensive at 'regular' grocery stores here [like spices and produce and other healthy food, fuck you western culture and your idea that good health should cost more than poor health, suck my ass], but just... the culture is great. the food is great. the people working there are great. the little deli in the corner of the store is wonderful. i'm always happy when i'm shopping there. i have to say this place is equal to Trader Joe's in my esteem when it comes to grocery stores. they're tied for my favorite, but TJ's is too far away for me to ever really travel to now :c

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So, in a fit of inspiration I decided to go ahead with something I'd been planning on/putting off for some time - a journal for headspace and everyone within it to write as they please, or for me to post my ongoing offline updates.


So, a short introduction, because I'll wear myself trying to make it too perfect if I let me:

This is a journal and archive for the Broken Arrow System, including the Order of the Thorn and others within headspace. We are a naturally occurring system that has been running in one form or another for over ten years and counting.

You can expect to see explanations, ideas, brainstorms, and plans as well as history, recaps, and various other data about headspace, its lands and places, its people, its culture and worlds, etc.

This journal will be mostly or entirely public, and we will talk about a variety of topics, so there is a general trigger warning for mentions of various types of ideologically sensitive material that may be discussed at any time. Subject matter will most likely involve inner as well as outer life, so certain sensitive data may be absent from the public online version of the offline journal archive.

Edit: Some short notes.

- I'm just barely able to use my current PC for online activity right now, and the one I have is too old to run Skype, art programs etc. or even access complex sites like dA very much at all. It seems to handle LJ okay, so I'm trying to get back on here and do some typing, while continuing to save up for a new PC as soon as possible [my main laptop quit back in April and this one has acted as my backup since then].