August 21st, 2025
I don't have much to say. My maternal grandmother died recently so I've been too depressed to feel inspired, but I haven't had much time for art and hobbies anyway because work is all-consuming. I miss being able to draw whenever I want, but I also like being employed because I like being able to pay my bills and eat.
Today I was attempting to shop online and PayPal screwed up and charged me for a product I didn't even buy. I reached out to customer support and they acknowledged it was an error and said that they would refund me but that since they have to contact my bank or whatever it might take some time. They actually sent the money back within maybe twenty minutes or so, but it was still an annoying experience. The pair of boots I was originally trying to purchase aren't even worth it anymore. Once bitten, twice shy, as they say. No more online shopping for me!
All this complaining to say that despite feeling a bit down lately, things aren't actually that bad. My job isn't terrible, and I'm just kinda going with the flow day by day. I wake up every morning with my expectations set to zero, so when things actually happen even slightly in my favor I'm overjoyed. It's the little things, after all.
Oh, and before I forget, I had the strangest dream last night. I had a dream I was at the movie theater trying to watch a movie (can't remember which one) and all of the members of Oingo Boingo were there sitting in front of me?? I thought that was kind of funny because there's quite a few of them. I've been hyperfixated on them for some time now (THANKS WYATT!) so recently I have had a lot of dreams involving the band and also Danny Elfman. I don't want to have dreams about him anymore because he scares me! STATS
GET ME OUTTA HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!