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Spending Time with some Friends

It's still shocking that it's only been two and almost a half years since I moved here to Frederick. We came from Clarksburg in 2020, during pandemic times frankly (but it was during the calm before the next possible storm); we've been discovering so much and love it here. I know a good Vietnamese restaurant 'round Regal Cinemas Western center, and the mall has so much to offer despite space.
Let me skip the whole 'new kid' cliche - no doubt I found it hard to make any friends given that everyone else knew each other already. Some of my middle school friendships were 'rocky' to say the least, so I was pretty careful with who I called a "friend". Safe to say, I managed to befriend people - mere acquaintance with others - and do have a friend. They also introduced me to another friend of theirs, but they graduated so it's only us two.
I do still have some other "friends": they're soft, huggable, and tend to hang out in my bedroom... I honestly will never lose the friendships I have with my plush pals, even if I would appear to be "too old for kid toys and/or plushies".

An Itch to Doodle

During my free time, if I'm in the mood, I also may sit down and draw in my sketchbook. It's hard to get back though, so majority of the time I have little to no artistic flow. Art block? Had it for a while but am breaking out.
My passion for drawing can be traced back to when I was still a kid, maybe younger, who liked to throw myself on the carpet floor of my grandparents' living room with a coloring book and tub of crackers, full of colored crayons. The carpet has since been replaced with tile, but my passion still lives on.
I've gotten into digital art most recently through my Computer Graphics class, and I've developed some skills on Photoshop and Illustrator in Adobe. I hope to someday make something amazing for people's entertainment - film, series, what have you, but it would be something that I equally would adore doing.

A Passion for Gaming

I honestly think that we as people never stop going through a series of phases; it just tends to happen more often when we're younger and still trying to find our calling, or identity, or just our place amongst this ~~(visibly corrupted)~~ society.
My love for videogames began during middle school years. I just suddenly caught an admiration towards them, and most specifically Nintendo's games. Ironic since the comapny launched their newest console in 2017, which was around when I began the next three years of my school life, and Christmas was when me and my dad got said console.
&ensp: I'm the normal Mario player and fan of the games. I feel like it's enjoyable for all ages and there's always something for everyone to like. Me and my sister enjoy the games and the characters alike, and I don't mind being blamed for her also getting into videogames; we're quite a team if we can manage to communicate and work together well; we're able to conquer many levels. I could go talk on for hours about why I like the games, characters, and world itself, but I know eventually either I'll run out of facts and things to say and/or people will tune me out after some time.

Here are 3 of my Most Favorite Games!

Most Favorite (Me and Sister)

Back when the Wii U was the newest console, it holds many of the greatest games - despite its struggles to top competition. For my sister, this would be considered her first console she's played on, and this game considerably would be the first that she's played.
She was, I beleive, roughly four or five-ish? But she was a great teammate, even if I had to step down at times becaues she would forget her moves, or forget which character she was, or straight up she didn't watch her step and fell to her fifteenth death - list goes on.
Most fondest accident is he having to warn her in advance to "Bubble!"; hitting a certain button would put your character in a bubble, protecting them from peril and/or keeping them away from a tough challenge. So I would tell her to "Bubble!" if I knew we were getting to a hard section of the level.
But through the struggle, we both finally completed the game (considered a full 100%) and have yet to work together to beat the bonus level. What will really test our strengths - and patience.

Most Nostalgia/Retro

Speaking of the first console, my first console would be the Gamecube, and my first game that I played was Mario Party 6. Granted, the Wii would also be my first console since we used to have both, but few games. (y'know, like the good days-)
While Mariokart Wii does hold a special place in my heart, right besides it sits this game. And it's because of an accomplishment that I still carry on since I was little. I don't recall the exact details, but there was this one mini-game that absolutely nobody in the family could seem to "win" or "beat". You had to run down a corrider, all Indiana Jones style, with a boulder behind you that could crush you to death. Unaware of what's ahead, you had to jump over obstacles and such. And I'll admit, everyone sucked at trying to run away from doom.
EXCEPT for me! I was the first person to even reach the end of the corridor and actually "win" the darn mini-game! Me, a literal CHILD, beat the considerably HARDEST mini-game known to the family!
Yep, it's still a big accomplishment.

Most Recent Favorite

I had trouble naming this since it's not really a more recent game. It was actually one of the few games that is considered the first game to debut on a new console, so it puts it in an odd position for names.
Nonetheless, for being a first game to debut on the newest lauched console, it immediately became a big favorite of mine. Traveling a great world, meeting new and familiar faces, helping out in whatever way, assuring that not much damage was done by evil.
I adore how each world is so different and broad from one another. There's a world themed around fine cuisine, and another that is heavily inspired by Eastern architechture/old structures, and a NYC 'copy-paste'-esque - I could go on, but those cultural differences, if you will, and the atmosphere of each one is jsut perfectly executed.
I've since finished the story, but I still have yet to go back and collect things that I missed; and I also have to gather the courage to do the bonus level, which is really challenging my skills and costing me time to try and beat. I'll win someday...
That I know. :)
Maybe with my sister or not.
And then I'd 100% the game after.
Uh, yeah.