[Nov 2024] Company Holiday Parties

 

Hello again angels!! I can't believe it's Friday already. I hope you've been enjoying all the updates this week. We're almost into the 2025 backlog so I'm looking forward to finally talking about some of the more positive and interesting things in my life (˶˃ᆺ˂˶)

At the end of the year my company likes to throw a themed holiday party. In 2024 it was tropical island themed which... was definitely a choice cause it was freezing by then Σ(°ロ°)

Still I wanted to be a good sport and try dressing to the theme. I obviously had to go full gal for this so I put this outfit together and bundled myself under a long trench coat for the chilly commute to the venue (ง'̀-'́)ง

I feel like I didn't really have the time or energy to do gal make for most of October and November that year so I put in extra effort for this look and took a bunch of pics to lift my spirits.

The party was fun and I really appreciated that everyone dressed up more for this theme than the last one but maybe it's just because Hawaiian/tropical themed items are a little easier to buy compared to "snow disco/ball"?? (╭ರ_•́)

We also had a smaller dinner for just my team and it was really nice. 

This was a really cozy way to wind down from the crazy launch season and end the year. 

That's it for this post! Thanks for reading and I'll see you in the next one.

[Nov 2024] Usher: Past, Present, Future Tour

 

Hello angels, I hope you're having a great day. I wasn't sure if I wanted to make this post because I was disappointed to learn that Usher ended up touring with Chris Brown this year. I think to be fair to myself I'll just keep this one short so I don't provide these weirdos with more support.

I got my nails done earlier in the week and went with this sparkly nude design. I've always loved a scatter gem moment so needless to say I was obsessed with this set.

It was already cold and rainy here in November so I bundled up as best I could while still trying to look cute. I feel like I ended up going for a very millennial outfit ꉂ(˵˃ ᗜ ˂˵)

I was lucky to have gotten really good seats thanks to AMEX and coincidentally our friend Vivian also went to the concert and was sitting in a row near us. I've never really run into friends at concerts like this before so that was fun.

The show itself was really enjoyable and I felt super nostalgic listening to all these songs that came out when I was a teen. Just really unfortunate that I can't really enjoy them the same anymore. I'm genuinely so sad that Usher would associate with someone as shitty as Chris Brown in big 2026 ૮(◞ ‸ ◟ )ა

Besides that, the concert was awesome and I had a lot of fun. Usher is a really good performer and the crowd had great energy. I hadn't been to a concert in a while so it was nice to finally get out to one. I hope I get more opportunities soon but idk I feel like music is kinda blah these days. I'm really only looking forward to seeing BIGBANG. 

I did rediscover my love for theatre after New York so I've been seeing a lot of musicals since then, but that's a post for another time.

Thank you for reading! See you later ⊹ ࣪ ˖

[Oct 2024] October Recap

 

Hi angels, hope you're having a great week so far. I'm sure I've mentioned this before but fall is usually the busiest time for me with work because that's when Call of Duty releases. This was one of my toughest years tbh and I was still struggling a lot with my grief. I tried really hard to put on a brave face and thug it out, but I ended up needing to go to grief counselling because of how hard the anniversary of my dad's passing was hitting me.

I think I've always used my appearance as an outlet for these kinds of feelings since I was old enough to whether it was piercings, tattoos or dying my hair. This time around all my maintenance appointments all lined up at once so I got my nails and hair done around the same time, which helped me cope a lot tbh (｡ᵕ ◞ _◟)

I got this fruit themed nail set instead of going for a Halloween theme. I felt like I needed a little whimsy and uplifting instead of something spooky or gloomy.

I wasn't feeling very inspired or creative with my hair but I was tired of blonde so I kind of settled on this pink and blonde split dye. I thought it was cute at first but I ended up really disliking it once it faded because it just didn't feel like "me". Also I feel like pink hair reminds me too much of my rancid ex best friend so I desperately wanted this off my head after like 2 weeks.

Despite all that I made it to launch day and was happy to add another cool project to my resume. We launched Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and the office was decorated with lots of cool branding though I can't show a lot of the in-office stuff for privacy and legal reasons. 

We also got a bunch of custom treats to celebrate. I'm always impressed by the local cake making talent because what do you mean someone made a bunch of fondant bullets and stuck it on a cake for us ∘ ∘ ∘ ( °ヮ° ) ?

Unfortunately I was so mentally and emotionally exhausted at this point I didn't even really celebrate this achievement at all. I want to say that it got better soon but 2025 was also really hard for me work-wise. Honestly things didn't really get better for me until I got my promotion this year and tbh I still feel very drained but I'm optimistic that things are getting better for me with each passing day so I just need to keep my head up (ᵕ • ᴗ •)

That's all for this post! Sorry it wasn't the most cheerful but I promise the next post will be a lot more exciting. Chat to you again soon! ♡