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Update: 5 Things On The 5th (September 2018)

A little behind again with this, as I actually thought about it the day of -- and then proceeded to get slammed at work. That's how life goes sometimes. Anywho, this is my monthly list of 5 interesting things that happened, or 5 things I was able to accomplish in spite of my own busy schedule. When I look back ten years from now, I want to see all of the cool things that happened to me in this period of my life.

  1. I started posting spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment videos of myself playing piano on Instagram! You can follow them here. You don't have to, like, follow me or anything, but it's still something I'm kind of proud of.
  2. On that note, I really got into the hang of posting more J-Pop covers. The catch is that nobody knows where they are yet! They're out on the Internet somewhere (which means they're on SoundCloud) but only one person knows my username (Mikkun). I'm doing that on purpose. I want to sing, but I don't want to over-promote myself and be disappointed when nobody listens to me sing. So I figured I'd just post for nobody anyway! The idea is someday I'll let people in on the secret, but not yet.
  3. Something I *can* let you in on is the comeback of Dvorak -- something I referred to in this blog post. Not a lot of people now know that I was in the middle of writing a book series! And there's still time for you to help, as well!
  4. I went back to Round 1 in Cleveland (Mentor area) and played a TON of Sound Voltex. This is notable because it's the first time in a long time I've been able to go to an arcade and not totally hate everything, after what happened. It's because of that that I was able to really start healing. I know I'm not fully there, but I feel enough to go back to Akiba before it all melts down. (Also, ninja Donald Tsum Tsum. I AM THE STORM.)
  5. I've, like, officially quit caffeine. When it came down to my health, it wasn't even a guess. After years and years of just wanting to NOT exist, and then having a REASON to, I now make decisions for my own well-being. It took a while to get used to, and things aren't perfect, but there's a life I want to create. I can't do that if I'm six feet under for destroying myself with energy drinks and soda. I still drink teas and vitamin drinks, but mostly water, and I'm not ruling out having a soda while out of town (translation: Cheerwine). 
Can't wait until next month. Everything's busy, but it's exciting. Now if you excuse me, I'm gonna go embrace the day.
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