Woowee… It has been quite a while since I posted any kind of journal on here. Life’s been hectic these last couple of years and I wanna just make a lil update, because a lot of things (mostly good) happened this year that I think are worth sharing.

First off – I turned 30 last month! When I was a youngin, I thought of this as the age at which one becomes a grown-up – so I guess I’m officially old. Or maybe a better way to see it – I’m now an Elder dragon >:3

And the month before my birthhday, I visited Japan for almost 2 weeks with a friend of mine. We did a lot of tourist-y things, like (kinda) seeing Mt. Fuji, visited the very polite deer in Nara park, viewed a buuunch of shrines and temples, explored all the nerdy culture in Akihabara, ate at the Pokémon Café (where I bought too much Charizard swag), and much more! My friend and I had been contemplating doing this trip for a while, so I kinda considered the trip a birthday AND graduation present for myself.

Yes, you read that right, I have now completed ALL THE STUDIES! Got my PhD/doctorate in astronomy right before summer. So now I just need to figure out what I want to do next, which is easier said than done ^^ Already have an interesting job in the works that I’m excited to start, even though it’s outside of astronomy and requires me to move to a new town.

So yes, that’s what’s going on with me right now and a summary of what I have been up to lately. As for the future, it is a bit uncertain, as it always tends to be. What I know is that I have plans to attend NFC 2026 (hit me up if you’re also going and wanna meet up :3) and I still have a bunch of arts I haven’t yet uploaded on here – so y’all have that to look forward :p