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hi. as of today, I. am. 21 years old. *contemplations ahead* ...yes, it is true. I have lived thus long. How, my goodness? What...a lot it has been. I have survived many things, enjoyed so much more, and been spared lots of others. 21 years, short but so long (to me), have I been on this planet; two-hundred and fifty-two months out of eternity since my coming into existence. One-and-twenty spans has this globe spun through this solar system, on its orbit, with me on it. This unlikely adventure of my life has spanned only...7670 days. God, my God, I am young and brief upon this earth. Youthful as I am, I feel my mortality daily - and in moments like this, the fleetingness of my life sits before me as a fading flower in the passing day. I will not be here forever - but for a moment. It will be over before I know to say, "have I only lived thus long?" I know not how many more you have planned out for me, eternal One - you hold the hourglass of my life in your h...

a) First of all, Happy MLK Day to all. and b) HAPPY NEW YEAR Y'ALL LET THE DANK TIMES ROLL listen up, i have plenty of new lifestyle adjustments for 201 8 9 (dangit imma do that for awhile still ament i?) but reducing the dankness quotient of this blog aint one of them hunty idk about you, but my new year has been incredible so far, and I am s O grateful a Dios for that. Am i blessed? nuff bout me, tho - starting off the year with: a Feature Post! Please welcome to the blogstage, MYA! (aka a kiddo I've babysat for years now, and said babysitting is why she got featured in this post - gives us something to do!) - An adorable, strong yet deep, 10-year-old fellow mocchiato, with a beauty mark just like mine. I love this kid to pieces, and I want the world for her. 😄 (she'll maybe eventually read this post, but until then) ...So, without further ado, here's 🌹My Candid Interview With Maya 🌹 hi! what's ur name?  MYA how do u know ...

⭐🌟🌠well, hello.⭐🌟🌠   *notes tone change* :)  Yes, I'm still alive. How, Lord only knows. This year draws to a close - bewilderingly soon - and a new, glowingly unknown new one looms on my horizon.  So much has happened and passed - since I wrote, especially, and in this year overall. This little leaflet of a blog hasn't seen much of that - and, honestly, I'm okay with that. Not like I have a giant fanbase anxiously awaiting my next updates. This will, though, be more of a space for my own randomness and fun in 2019. I'm looking forward to that - maybe a more general life update every month or so, but otherwise just...whatever I please. I want to let a lot more of my creative ideas sail this year; what better avenue than this? Features of friends, too; exhibits of personal art, maybe. Like this upcoming year of my future, what this blog will look like is new and TBD - and, again, I'm peaceful about both those facts. Who knows, maybe I'm growing up...

- this, in essence, was our trip to a local town. About 20 min. worth of walking from the university, we found a pub (the Lion), and spent time chatting, relaxing, and blitzing around with soccer balls and other recreational objects till dark.  a sample of nearby locales and domiciles - it was really pretty and quaint skyline behind the pub - dotted with sheep and chickens, to our animal-science delight yes, that's a kiddy playground structure, and yes I played on it. #unwind self-taken pictures - my preferred modus operandi, as a photographer/someone who doesn't like being "photographed". It makes more sense to my brain, somehow? (at least it turned out well) a little shot of the pub, and another of a rando house we passed  the comrades, engaged in spirited discussion another rando domicile (I promise I'm not padding this blog length) ...really. Also, these were nice flowers, and my mum likes flowers, so ...

~Refering to my previous blog post - yeah. My trip to the UK was, overall, a lot of fun. The trip there went smoothly (although layover exhaustion was brutal) - we all made it in one piece, and nobody killed anybody.  we're actually looking @ memes here on the floor but don't tell nobody   We got to stay in nice, single-person dorms - no AC (they don't usually need it), so a bit steamy, but I figured out ways to ventilate. Very neat, efficient, and comfortable overall - and I really appreciated having space to myself. :)   viewz We ate meals together - breakfast, lunch, and dinner were all provided. Breakfast was my favorite - from past experience, Brits do a proper meal of it, and I wasn't disappointed for the most part. 😛     baked beans are muh JAM We studied a lot of different areas - the general topics of Animal Behavior Therapy and Physiotherapy have countless subcategories - and from 9am-5pm, we were pretty much occupied in le...