been a bit since I've done one of these so here you go fair bit of yapping so prepare thyself 1. the whole trans thing it is going super well! the only clothing I have rn are tank tops and some old shirts that a friend helped me cut to go off shoulder, but things are going well! (and thanks to McKenzie I have a way to keep them clean ^^) I havent talked to the other friend about her offer but I will hopefully tomorrow (and another is offering to teach me how to do makeup... lol maybe-) 2. overall mental health i remember saying it was declining and now i think its either stagnant or going up slightly. I've started my summer job (mowing my grandmas lawn once a week) and get 30$ each time so now I have something to work for in life (money) 3. friends and my friend group so yea, I left. I left my group. hoping to start the shift to a different group soon enough 4. various other things sleep isn't as good as it used to be. I haven't had much reason to be active so I've been chilling. got McKenzie to play ssbu and she likes it so far (and she got me a bit into chess). speaking of ssbu, I was playing yesterday and my dad yelled "HOLY <word>, <dead name> IS THAT KAZUYA MISHIMA???" apparently he's a Tekken fan. anyways he enjoyed playing against me (he likes donkey kong lel) (the tekken fan part shouldve been obvious to me because he loves mortal Kombat and those kinds of games) 5. Regarding my characters I know Ive been talking a bit about the redesigns and new ones (Silence and a new villain character) but I need some time to draw them. I'm super burnt out and wanna get some more ideas for them anyways. For a sneak peek at both of them, I'll tell you this. Silence - Moth/Shadowborn hybrid. Vortheon Skall - Acheron's Counterpart (kinda like how bliss is misery's counterpart) 6. New SSBU main list Main - Kazuya + Dr. Mario Secondary - Luigi Tertiary - King Dedede Pocket - Sora + Sephiroth Funny (guys I play outside of comp) - Cloud, Inkling, Meta Knight, Terry, and Donkey Kong I'm hoping to get super good at Terry so he can replace Dr. Mario (and then I'll be like riddles finally-) 7. things I'm sick of So like... my little brother has been put into a mentality where he can treat me however he wants and not get in trouble. I went to go watch a play my sister was in and he thought it was ok to be hitting me throughout. I told my mom and dad and they just... didn't... do anything... yea real good parenting. I know nothing of it and somehow I know that's not the right way to do it. My sister is awesome though (except when biology strikes. then she gets to play on my PC and eat chip), so I'm not worried about her. Him on the other hand, yea he's gonna hurt some people in the future. At school, its the same with other kids. disrespectful idiots. name calling, hitting, all that. not on me though. but I hate seeing them do it to other people. and I having a bit of a dilemma. one of my friends (who's autistic, the same one who kept telling mckenzie she isn't a woman) has been repeatedly going on his phone during eSports and searching up some very inappropriate things and has shown me a couple of times. I've told him he shouldn't do that, and that he'd get in trouble. he isn't listening. and keeps calling me mexican (which isn't as bad but its mildly annoying). but he keeps calling me "owena" as to either be funny or make fun of me being trans (it's low-key kinda funny tho so I'm not too bothered by this either). should I tell the esports coach and see if she can do anything or just... let it keep happening and hope he stops? I'm stuck here so like... 8. summer!!!!! summer is coming!!!! yayyy!!!! I'm gonna be a freshman!!!!! but yea idk what I'ma do during summer because I'm not playing football anymore. I'll prolly just exist and hope for the best (and work) oh yeah im also gonna start a part time job when I turn 15 so thats cool (I have to save up for a car) 9. Final message Love you guys. I honestly don’t know where I’d be without all of you