halfcactus

Thank you so much to the generous anon who gifted me premium! (˃̣̣̥ᴖ˂̣̣̥) I had a lot of fun going through the list of paid features and feeling the power rush. XD May your food be always tasty. ♥

I've been meaning to post more trivial and personal updates here (food I recently ate; poems I recently read; songs that remind me of 2024; links I meant to bookmark) but I always get stuck in my head whenever I plan to do something haha.

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Tried troubleshooting my computer by reinstalling my OS and tragically it just made my computer go from barely usable to completely unusable, so I'm hoping I'll be able to find the time to take it to an unauthorized repair shop to see if it's still fixable. ;__; Since I also reformatted my internal disk, I have to say goodbye to Photoshop once again with little hope I can still reinstall even a half-broken version of it. ;___;

In the meantime I've been reacquainting myself with my physical journal and resisting the urge to open my new 2025 planner. I've also upheld my tradition of ending the year by reading a collection of poems, which has helped slow down time for a little bit.

ETA: Just remembered that I wanted to share this!
From graceofyul @ Bluesky:

This is cool. There’s some folks who have also compiled this Shanghainese to English dictionary, with phonetics, characters and the English translation. Cool to see it written down when it’s seldom written.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d-Qi-FZWEXLpNhrMRvPnVe7sfsAdEP8g/view?usp=drivesdk