For this blog post, I wanted to answer 20 questions to get to know me as a person on a more intimate level. Although the questions aren’t that deep, I feel like they tell a lot about a person.

1. Morning or evening person?

Definitely an evening person, if I have nothing to do in a day, I could stay in bed until well into the afternoon. I also stay up really late most nights.

2. Night in or night out?

Night out, without a doubt. I’m an extroverted people, and I love being around my friends. While I also love staying in with them, nothing beats a night out.

3. Lots of friends or a few close friends?

I like to be a friend to everyone and have a lot of friends, but I’ve always had a close, tight knit group of a few core friends.

4. Time to yourself or time spent with others?

Spent with others, I hate being alone and I love being around people. For reference, I Zoom my friends for hours every day during quarantine.

5. Holiday at home or abroad?

I like spending the holiday at home.

6. Countryside, seaside or city?

For most days the city, but I love hiking and being in the mountains and countryside as well.

7. Hot climate or cold climate?

Definitely hot climate, but I like experiencing all of the seasons and I love the snow.

8. Books or films?

I usually like the book adaptation of stories better than films.

9. Rice or pasta?

RICE. Fried rice is hands down my favorite food, I have it multiple times a week. It’s an addiction.

10. Tea or coffee?

Neither, I’m addicted to Coca-Cola. It’s a horrible habit and results in many kidney issues.

11. Cook, takeout or eat out?

Eat out, I eat out far too often and never cook at home. Again, a really bad habit I have, all of my money goes towards eating out.

12. Formal or casual?

Usually casual, but I also love dressing up when the opportunity arises.

13. Dogs or cats?

Definitely dogs, I’ve had them my entire life.

14. Play it safe or be daring?

I like to think I do a healthy amount of both playing it safe and being daring- but nothing TOO daring.

15. Idealist or realist?

Idealist, often to a fault.

16. Lead or follow?

Depends on the context. Around my close friends I find myself being a leader, but in most other circumstances I’m usually a follower.

17. Work or play?

Play for sure, but I make sure to get my work done first.

18. Lennon or McCartney?

Lennon, just because I’ve always romanticized his life and what he stood for.

19. Love or money?

Love

20. Share your problems or keep them to yourself?

I share everything with my friends, including my problems. I’m sure they get annoyed with it (I’m a TERRIBLE overthinker), but they’re always there to listen to me.

In this post, I will be ranking and the children-geared internet games I’ve been playing over quarantine.

5. Poptropica

Poptropica comes in at number 5 on the rankings. For me, there is way too much critical thinking involved in playing Poptropica. I want mindless fun in a game, not some sort of cryptic storyline and mystery I have to solve. Although I do see the appeal of solving somewhat of a puzzle, I’m far to emotionally and mentally preoccupied to do this. The server is also very slow which is frustrating when playing, and I think the characters look weird.

Rating: 4/10

4. Stardoll

Stardoll is a fashion based game online- you create a character (a doll if you will), own a home (or as they call it, a “suite”), and essentially dress up your doll and buy clothes. While this does fulfill my shopping and fashion needs in this time of quarantine, it does so a little too realistically. IT IS SO HARD TO EARN MONEY ON THIS GAME! You can only earn a little bit each day, and it’s maddening. It would be much more fun if I could earn money faster and buy more clothes and makeup, but sadly this is not possible. There is also a lack of fun minigames, making it even more boring and frustrating.

Rating: 5/10

3. Webkinz

Webkinz comes in at number 3 on the list. I think most of my enjoyment of this game comes from nostalgia. Again, the server is often slow, causing me to dock some points from its rating. However, there is an abundance of activities and games to play on Webkinz, and it is hard to get bored whilst playing. The animals are also very cute, and I have a dope house from my years of playing. I love giving my pets baths and going to the curio shop. Overall a great game.

Rating: 7/10

2. Sims

Sims 4 is only a $5 download currently, making it high on the list. Sims is a classic game from my childhood, and getting to play it has been such a treat during quarantine. I’ve made a household with all of my best friends from school, and built us a mansion. It’s fun to live with them virtually and pretend we’re all still together- I often play it while facetiming them. It’s helping me emotionally get through this global pandemic we are living through, because COVID-19 does not exist in the sims world. However, Sims is easy to get carried away with, and I sometimes spend too much time creating sims or building a house, giving me a headache and stressing me out. It also makes my computer super hot, which can be concerning. But it does keep me entertained for hours on end.

Rating: 9/10

1. Club Penguin

If a perfect online game exists, it’s Club Penguin. Club Penguin was my favorite game throughout childhood, and it continues to be today. You can make money easily in the game, and the minigames are addicting to play. I could spend hours playing the same one. I love dressing up my penguin and tricking out my igloo as well. It’s also fun to interact with the other penguins on the island, they often host igloo parties and it fulfills my need to socialize from the comfort of my own bed- although with random people under aliases such as “misspenguin2.” It is a fast server and always a party. I can’t say enough good things about Club Penguin. God bless its creators.

Rating: 15/10

One of my favorite creative outlets is writing. I’ve kept a journal for as long as I can remember, and it’s my favorite way to express my emotions. While I don’t write in it every day, I often do whenever I’m particularly emotional or thoughtful. They’re mainly entries without any structure (or grammar for that matter), just my thoughts on a page. But occasionally, I write poems, draw small doodles or include song lyrics I like.

This is what the journal I currently am writing in looks like. I typically buy plain black moleskin brand journals, and this one is lined (I actually prefer blank pages). It’s not very full yet, but I’ve written over a dozen entries so far.

Here’s an example of a page- this is a lyric from “The Difference” by Flume. I sadly left my old journal at school, so I cannot include any photos from that. If you’re ever stressed out, anxious or emotional, I highly recommend keeping a journal! It helps me stop myself from overthinking situations, and always makes me feel better.

I really miss school, so I made a video compiling some of the most fun times I had with my friends sophomore year. While it makes me sort of sad to reminisce too much, I’m thankful to have made the memories I did, and even more thankful I did such a great job documenting them! I seriously have way too many videos. Enjoy!

I’ve been doing some small doodles in my sketchbook every day to keep myself occupied and creative while at home. It’s definitely a stress reliever from everything else going on in my life, but I also don’t always like to commit to creating a big piece of art every time I have an itch to create. Here’s one I did from today:

One way I’ve kept busy this quarantine is going on drives by the river in my hometown and listening to music. I live really close to the scenic “river road,” and the drive there during the hour of sunset. I thought I would share some photos I took on my drive this evening.

Some of my favorite songs listened to were:

11 Hours- Branchez Remix by Wet

Without You by Odesza

Like It’s Over by Jai Wolf

Divinity by Porter Robinson

I made my dollar bill into a heart, because I’m horrible at origami and knew I would be incapable of a more advanced shape. I’m also really missing Texas right now, so I came up with this photo.

Today, I made a playlist that reminds me of the positive, happy times I’ve had before and will have after the coronavirus inevitably passes.

When I studied art in high school, one form of art I used to love to express myself through was photography. I wanted to post some of my favorite photos from one of the shoots I had in high school through this post- and hopefully I can take and post some new content too.

One way I’ve been creative during this quarantine is by revamping my tumblr blog. I used to love tumblr in high school, and I’ve been enjoying scrolling through and reposting photos that are inspiring/aesthetically pleasing to me. Looking at some of these photos inspire me to create my own work.