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Summer Pride
June 2026
June! The month of Pride! And I'm off to a good start because........
I composed my first piece! My first song!! It's short; it's simple; maybe it already exists (and I
assure you it would be a huge coincidence then), but it's done, it's finished, it sounds like music,
it has a feeling, it's mine!
This is a huge milestone for me. It's been like what? 10 months since I started learning the piano?
It's been barely WEEKS since I started taking music theory seriously. I had tried to write a piece a
few times before, but I'd end up frustrated and overwhelmed, due not knowing what I was doing, and
lacking skill with the piano. Well, I finally broke the barrier and now a piece has been completed!
HOORAY! Hopefully the first of many!
The first weekend of June was HUGE. I attended a queer event on town that had different activities throughout the day, and I got to met very nice people and have fun! Then the day after I got to run a 5km race. I placed terribly, lol, but considering my circumstances and personal expectations, I did better than expected: managed to finish the race without feeling terrible! If I wanna participate again, I oughta make sure I prepare throughout the year, though.
The second weekend wasn't as huge, but I attended yet another local event: a youth-focused event with music, art and skate competitions. Unfortunately I didn't have the best time, but it was nice to see the different skaters perform tricks. It reminded of that nagging desire I always had to try my hand at skate. I likely won't any time soon, but it's there, haha. Someday.
On the topic of trying new hobbies, I was lent a legit camera and so I was able to try photography for a bit, and damn it's hard (though the worst part to me is the weight of it and how it strains my wrists and hands...). I don't know if I'll do much photography, but I'd like to at least have the option, so I'm hoping to purchase and keep this second-hand camera.
Another thing is... I finished this year of piano classes!!! I'm officially in summer vacation until next September. Not gonna lie, during the Winter and Spring months I thought I overestimated my interest in it and I was not meant for music after all, wanting to give up. But during the last couple months something shifted, the dread disappeared, and my energy was back. I had finally settled. Barriers that looked almost impossible, are weirdly getting more doable,sometimes without me noticing. It's a very weird feeling, but the good kind. Still, I was looking forward to summer and not having any more classes for a bit....
This year I also decided to participate for the first time ever in ArtFight, so I've been preparing for it by making a profile and even drawing new refs for my few OCs, which has been a bit exciting, to be honest. I still struggle with art, so I don't intend to go all hard, I might not even draw anything at all! I thought I didn't care for what the internet had to offer in terms of art communities anymore, but no, I'm just extremely sick of the social media modus operandi. However, ArtFight seems to genuinely care about creativity just for the sake of it with an event that truly welcomes everyone, and I want to be a part of it.
The second half of June was BUSY. I've been going outside a lot, having fun with new friends during the Summer celebrations! Honestly, I want to spend now a week without leaving the house. I also attended my very first Pride march!
Some not so fun stuff that happened this month as well: I woke up to a one-second long earthquake! Luckily, to my knowledge, there were no incidents, it was a very tiny earthquake. I also had a very unsavory and upsetting experience at the pool. I wasn't hate crimed by any means, but it did happen due me being trans. The good news is that I sent a complaint and they addressed and gave me a solution super fast, so it shouldn't happen again. ;_;
This month was so packed to the brim with so many new experiences and new people, I barely got time for anything else! (That's why I barely made any new updates on the second half, whoops). I swear June has felt like 2 months long. Obviously I don't expect every month to be like this and things will surely chill out for a while, but wow, things are very different when you actually, socialize and go outside. Mind-blowing I know. I want to give myself some credit in that so much happened because I always made an active effort to get out there!
I still have shortcomings, but I'm happy that everything is paying off! Let July be half as good!
Read...
Novels/Comics/Magazines (long form)
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Aeternus (comic and artbook) by Goomyloid
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Lo bello y lo sublime: ensayo de estética y moral, by Immanuel Kant
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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Volume 1
The remaining volume I had yet to read... of my spanish collection (there's only 5 translated volumes). It's wild how extremely funny these comics are, tho.
Essays/Articles/Zines (short form)
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Libro OMEGA, Sueño Febril, vómitos de mi CABEZA by laradial
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¿Y si... y hiciera un zine? by Marín Pinta.Monas
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The Future is Possible! by sweetfish
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Fanzine de LOOP#5 Sueño by GameReport
Watched...
Shows
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The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act
It was okay. What I sort of expected, though I don't particularly care for the black hole of screentime Jax ended up being.
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Catching Up: Pilot
Podcasts*
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The MPGiS Podcast, episodes 6 to 8
Played...
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James Bond 007: Agent underfire
In a nostalgic fit I decided to replay this game that gave me so much fun during my childhood. It was... a mixed bag. Some mechanics and levels are fun enough, but the story and gameplay design is kinda mediocre, and the controls are irritating. I also beat it for the first time ever but I don't feel like revisiting it any time soon...
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Horizon Zero Dawn
FINALLY finished this game after randomly deciding to keep playing this after not touching it for more than a month. I finally started understanding its combat mechanics and unravelled the secrets of its story and... wow. I always thought the game suffered from stereotypes but it works well with the whole story. It took me many hours and it was kind of a drag (this is not good) but I'm finally impressed.
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Animal Crossing New Horizons
Caught more fish for the Critterpedia, the sladded bichir and the arowana! So close to completing it now. I've also realized lately that I don't need to obsess over completionist stuff in ACNH (or any game). I can drink coffee in the game simply because I feel like it and not because I need the achievement. Yeh, this is very obvious, but I hadn't understood how before.
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Deltarune, chapter 1 to 5 (only bits of ch. 1 and 3)
I beat Jevil and the Shadow Mantle holder for the first time ever. It wasn't as hard as I perceived to be the first times I tried some years ago... Wondering if all the gaming I did in the last couple years improved my skills?? Also, huh, chapter 5. No spoilers but while it had very fun stuff, I didn't enjoy it as much as the previous chapters, personally...
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Splatoon 3
I haven't played this games in months, after years of almost non stop daily playing. I only returned for the Big Big Run, a very rare event for one of my favourite mechanics (Salmon Run), and won the gold prize!! Now I'm back to not playing until... who knows. No more obsessing over grinding catalogues!
Miscellaneous
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Sweetfish photography
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I listened to the "You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love" music album by Olivia Rodrigo. It was a bit of experiment to see how I felt and enjoyed it, since I don't follow musicians or music, really. It was interesting... I don't quite get it yet, but I recognized a degree of appeal. I still listen to some of the songs.
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Let's Learn Together
Learning...
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Photography! I read a good chunk of manual to learn how to handle a camera, and also studied a bit the basics of photography: shutter speed, aperture, ISO, exposure... All is tricky! I can kind of tell the logic behind it and how each factor adds up or substracts, but something still evades me. I think I should probably focus in getting comfortable with handling the camera itself before I get into the nitty gritty, though...
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More piano stuff! In the last month I've been learning to play eighth beats. Logically, I shouldn't struggle with them, but I really do. I can follow notes that extend through beats just fine, but breaking single beats in half messes with my rhythm. Because of that, I was dreading the classes where I focused in this lesson. And yet, to my surprise... in my very last class I actually did pretty fine and suddenly it didn't feel that hard. It seems like I'm finally internalizing, but I still need the metronome for it.