Just wanted to recap my weekend, 'cause I haven't had any time to sit down and DO anything for the last two days.

So, Saturday night, I went to Howl in Toronto. I'd been nocturnal for the last few days so I slept in until 5:20pm, rushed to shower and go down to my friend swampdoneky's place, ate a burger, then hopped on the bus to Toronto. It was a good night - I wore a new shirt I just got stating 100% true facts about myself ("Friendly When Drunk"), proceeded to immediately down two drinks (had a third later, I'm a lightweight, leave me alone), and then spend the rest of the night catching up with everyone I haven't seen since the last time I was in Toronto (when Howl moved to the new venue, I believe?). And I ALSO talked to a bunch of new folks! Which is saying a lot, for me.

Then just tonight I went to my boyfriend's grandparents house and had dinner with them and his mum - the goal was to just go pick out a new laptop from his grandfather (who's in the refurbishing / general computer biz) but we made it a dinner. And wow, we talked about a LOT! But I was SO happy to. I really like his grandparents, and they like me - especially since I've been getting my shit together and coming out of my shell. Seriously, I've been doing WAY better with... everything. Therapy helped with my optimism and coping with anxiety/depression, the ritalin is helping keep my energy levels up/keep the depression at bay longer, lei-lani is helping me get organized with my online/freelance stuff (NO I WILL NOT STOP PLUGGING YOU), and just... things are looking up.

The new laptop is nice. It's around the same screen dimensions as my old one, but WAY lighter and with a far smaller power supply, which means it'll be easier to take with me places (meets, cons, friend's houses), and it's got a better processor and a decent amount of RAM so I can render 3D graphics (gaming/modeling!). The only qualms I have with it is the text looks.... oddly sharp and weird, and the screen itself isn't as color accurate as my old one. It was too bright/washed out before I fiddled with the settings - it's still not perfect, but it's pretty darn close, and with the other benefits, I'm willing to sacrifice 100% color accuracy. My art will NOT suffer, there will just be a bigger difference when printed that I'll have to test out at some point. One big problem; now I'm pretty fucking broke again LMAO.

I'm just... I want to talk, but it's 12 AM, so typing is the next best thing. I wanted to get all of my thoughts out SOMEWHERE while I'm enjoying them. Plus, I wanted to express how optimistic I am about everything. I'm moving forward, and that is SUCH a relief.